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CHAPTER 1: Captured

Original Wolf's Rain characters belong to Bones

All others belong to SierraCanine (*ME*)

Tiberius lay groggily in the central part of the den. Not really listening to the conversation between Tobi and the alpha. Sasha was resting up against his back, barely awake after a long day of hunting. Food was starting to get harder to find. Especially since the humans had stopped putting food out for them. Flint had just returned from scavenging, only finding a few scraps from some dead animal. They were thankful for the little bit they could find.

Jade was so preoccupied with the pup that she didn't have time to interact with the rest of the pack. Even Shiego was hardly seen. Instead spending what time he could in Jade's den. The den had a large central clearing dug out. It was big enough for the whole pack to assemble but they never seemed to have that many in there and it would get rather chilly. Tiberius shared a small den with Tobi and Sasha. It was tight, considering who big they grown already. They were almost full grown, only their large paws and floppy ears gave away their age. Mist and her mate Flint shared a third den off the back of the central den.

Tiberius had spent as much time as he could with Tobi, seeing the alpha was preoccupied. He was doing his best to teach him how to be a wolf. He had tried to hunt with him, but Tobi would keep startling their prey before they could get close enough to chase it down. He was trying to recall some of the legends he had been taught as a pup, but they were so heavily clouded by his past that he didn't dare venture that far. He raised his head slightly to hear Shiego. He was talking to Tobi, who seemed upset about something. Suddenly something wafted to his nose. The all to familiar scent of something burning…

"Fire!" Mist yelled, bolting up as she smelled the smoke.

"Everybody out!" Flint screamed, making a mad dash for the exit. He was only gone a few seconds before the first gunshot rang out. Mist's expression change from fear to anger as she dashed out after her mate. Tiberius stood to his feet and bolted out after her, followed closely by Tobi. They bolted out into the snow covered clearing. They could see the flames behind them, and the people who carried it.

"RUN!" Tiberius yelled at Tobi. He took off into the woods away from the approaching people. Tobi whizzed past him, the pup was built a lot lighter than the chubby wolf and quickly put some distance between them as they bolted through the trees.

"I think we lost them!" Tobi hollered back, not looking where he was going. A man stepped out from behind a tree and raised a rifle to his shoulder.

"TOB..!" The rest of the warning was cut off as the report issued from the gun. Tobi screamed out in pain, sending a shiver down Tiberius's spine. The pup promptly collapsed limply to the ground. Tiberius charged with a vengeance, determined to teach the man a lesson. The man pumped his hand along the barrel of the firearm. Hearing a resounding click he raised the barrel to the level of his eye. Sighting down at the rapidly charging wolf. He took a deep breath, and depressed the trigger. Rocking back slightly from the recoil.

Tiberius yelped out in pain as he struck the ground. His teeth biting at the shiny metal barb imbedded in his shoulder. He was only able to manage to pull a few feathers from his shoulder. He spat out the blue feathers that now clung to his tongue as he slowly slid onto his side. His body went numb as his head slammed to the ground. He could see the man bending over him, but his body wasn't resounding to his mind. He wanted to flee, to fight, to get away. But he couldn't do anything, except sleep…

"Hey Jax! Heard you got two of them!" The voices of men floated back to Tiberius's ears. He was exceedingly groggy, and the jostling of the truck didn't help.

"Yeah I got the big one and that black one too."

"No kidding!"

"You here what Sringi did?"

"No what?"

"Well you know that wolf that got away from the lab?"

"Yeah, the only female we had too."

"Well hot shot over there," Motioning to another vehicle driving behind them. "He forgot to load tranq's into his gun."

"NO WAY!"

"That's not the best of it."

"Go on…"

"Okay, remember that white wolf?"

"You kidding?! That guys was a beast, breaking in to the lab like he did…"

"Well, he was there."

"Your pulling me leg."

"No, really. And he had a pup with him too."

There was a brief bit of silence. Before the mans friend replied.

"You mean one finally made it?!"

"Well Sringi said it was at least three weeks old."

"What did it look like?" he said excitedly.

"A small reddish brown pup. He said the eyes were still closed and it was shivering in the snow.'

"Well what happened to it? No body placed it in the back with the rest of them."

"He got away."

"Uh-uh, no blind, three week old puppy just runs away."

"If you noticed we didn't get the white male either."

The words echoed in the tan wolfs mind. As long as the pup had gotten away there was hope. He slowly sat up, bumping his head along the top of the metal crate he was confined in. It took a moment for his eyes to adjust to the darkness, the only light coming from a small tear in the fabric walls. He saw several more crates, the metal glistening in the dark as light would strike them. He still felt extremely dizzy but he tried his best to stand. His back pressed against the top of the cage and his tail stuck out the back, through the bars. He could just make out the forms of three other wolves in cages. None of them moved. Tiberius collapsed to the bottom of his crate exhausted. He didn't feel entirely there, as if he was in a mist. Things slowly faded out to black again as he slipped back into unconsciousness.

"Tobi…?" Sasha's scared voice echoed in the bright room.

"Sasha? Is that you?" Tiberius said squinting as his eyes tried to adjust to the bright light.

"Tiberius… I'm scared." Her voice sounded close bu the couldn't see anything due to the panels that separated them.

"It'll be okay Sasha."

"Why's it so bright?" She whined.

"I think this is where the humans took us," wherever that is.

"They took Tobi. What are we going to do?"

"We'll figure something out… I promise." He fought to stay awake as the drugs tried to bring him down.

"Sasha… everything… will be… alright…" He passed out on the cage floor, sending a resounding thud throughout the room.

"Tiberius?" Sasha whined, concerned for him. "Tib?"

When he eventually awoke his eyes snapped open. He felt a pricking sensation in his shoulder and tried to nip at the irritating feeling. He couldn't move! He started to struggle, thrashing about.

"Whoa! Looks like we got a good one." A man wearing long white coat exclaimed.

"No Kidding!" shouted another as he tried in vain to stop the wolfs thrashing.

The first man turned away to a tray behind him. He carefully selected a syringe and picked up a small vial. He drew up some of the syrupy liquid, and looked back at the wolf. He turned away again and drew up a little more before returning the vial to the tray.

"Okay bud, this won't hurt a bit…" He drove the needle deep into his shoulder. Immediately everything went numb. He was still conscious but he was unable to move his body.

"We've got three minutes before respiratory collapse."

"Laryngoscope…"

Tiberius saw what looked like a large metal claw in the mans hand. The man took hold of the wolf's jaw, pulling it down as he inserted the instrument into the back of the throat. He could feel the chill of the metal as it pressed against his tongue.

"Endotracheal tube…"

The man was handed a clear plastic tube and proceeded to inset it into the wolfs throat. Tiberius felt a gagging sensation as the tube was past down into his chest and the metal claw pulled out. Suddenly it felt as if his chest was on fire as it became immensely harder to breath.

"Heart rate steady at one thirty…"

"Oxygen..."

A tube was attached the tube sticking out of his mouth. And it suddenly became impossible to breath. His pupils started to dilate in response to the pain in his chest. Suddenly he heard the scarping of metal on metal as the rusty valve on a large green cylinder was turned. His lungs were suddenly filled with some of the most wonderful air he had ever breathed.

"Isoflurane…"

A tingling sensation started to fill his body as the concentration of gases changed. Slowly causing him to fall asleep so the humans could perform what ever they had in mind…

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