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"Tib…?" Sasha whined quietly from across the room. It was dark now, as the humans had left the facility for the night. Leaving the wolves looked in cages in a small room.

"Yeah…" came the week reply. His whole body ached, having been poked and prodded all day. Numerous instruments being hooked up to determine his health and over all condition.

"Are you okay?" She whined.

"I'll be okay… what about you?"

"I'm scared…"

"Me too Sasha…"

"Where's Shiego?"

"He… he got away…"

"Your lying!" She cried. "He's dead! I just know it!"

"Hey pipe down!" A female voice yelled.

"Mist? Is that you?" Sasha said, stifling her tears.

"Yeah, try to keep it down will ya, I'm trying to sleep here…"

"Knock it off Mist." Tiberius growled. "We're all in this together."

"Ah, shut your trap…" Mist growled back.

"Hey! Cool it!" He barked.

"Humph!"

"Tib…?"

"Yes Sasha?"

"Tobi still hasn't come back" she said worriedly.

"I'm sure he's just in another room Sasha."

"I don't think they want to hurt us… They seemed upset earlier…" His voice trailed off, remembering what the humans had said about Jade.

"But… but… what do you mean?"

"OH come on! It's not that hard to figure out." Mist cut in.

"But she doesn't…."

"Jade's dead. Plain and simple." Mist cut him off.

"Mist!"

"What?! You obviously weren't going to tell her."

"Well you could have broke it to her easier." He scolded, hearing the brown pup slump to the bottom of her cage and begin to cry.

"Get over it Chunky! You don't leave here… at least… not alive."

"Can it!" Tiberius growled.

"MAKE me!" She slammed into the front of his cage barring her teeth.

Tiberius scrambled back to the rear of the crate, completely shocked.

"How…how'd… you…?"

"Just shut up. I want to sleep!"

"But… but….. Can you get us out?"

"No! And stop asking questions!" She snapped at him before returning to her open crate.

No one spoke any more words that night. Though Tiberius had his doubts as to why Mist was acting the way she was. Did it have something to do with Flint? Come to think about it, he hadn't seen him since they were in the back of that noisy and smelly truck. He settled down as best he could in the confined space. His body was still shaking slightly from the pain as he fell asleep to the sound of Sasha crying.

Tiberius woke early the next morning to the turning of the door handle. A dark figure reached into the room and flipped a switch. The room was suddenly filled with a blinding white light. Tiberius squinted to see the figure that strode into the room. He could smell the fresh scent of bloody meat. Suddenly the door to his crate was unlatched and a round, hollowed out object, filled with meat from some unknown animal was placed at his feet. The door was latched as quickly as it had been opened as t human went about feeding the other wolves. Tiberius didn't touch the food. Instead listening intently as the man went about his numerous chores.

"Hey, girl… how are you?" the man said to someone.

That was odd Tib thought. The only ones in the room were the other wolves?

The man came back into view, followed closely by the grey speckled female.

"Sorry girl, you need to stay." The man made a gesture to the wolf as he simultaneously reached for the door handle.

Mist promptly sat on her haunches as the man opened the door wide and walked out. The sound of the door being locked from the other side as the door was shut. Mist sat and stared at the door for several minutes before getting up and returning to her crate. Tiberius could hear the sounds of teeth clinging against the metal dish as the speckled wolf ate her meal.

"What was that all about!?" Tib blurted out. He had known dogs to listen to humans before. But never, in a thousand moons, had he heard of a wolf doing it.

Mist continued to eat, ignoring his question. Tiberius could here Sasha moving in her crate as she too began to eat the half frozen food that could hardly be called meat.

"Mist, answer me. Why didn't you bolt? You had a perfect opportunity."

"You can't just leave well enough alone, can you?" she grumbled.

"Something doesn't seem right… and your in the middle of it." Tiberius accused.

"Are you threatening me?!"

Tiberius could hear the sudden silence as Sasha stopped to listen.

"What if I am?" He said boldly.

"Your full of it!" Mist barked back.

"Says the wolf who acts like a dog!" He growled back.

"Says who!"

"Your actions speak louder than words!" He snarled, the hair standing up on his back. He had never liked traitors. Perhaps that is why he disliked himself so much. He had let his pack down, for failing to do what was required of him. It was because of that he was forced to leave, exiled to wander alone… Until he was taken in by the white wolf.

It had been several moments before he noticed Mist hadn't answered him. He strained to listen and could hear the soft sobbing of the older female.

"Mist, I'm sorry. I didn't mean…"

"No, don't be…. Your right.." She sniffled. "I'm no better than a mangy dog…"

"Don't say that." Sasha whined, pawing at the door to her crate.

"It's true…" Mist sobbed, moving to face Tiberius, the door to the crate the only thing separating them. "I have lived with the humans my whole life. Flint and I…. we…" She tried to maintain her composure. "We were trained by them to find other wolves…"

"That still doesn't explain how they found us!" Tib barred his teeth at her. He should never had trusted her. He had allowed them to join the pack, due to Shiego being unable to make the call.

Mist raised her head high. A thin silver band was visible just under her thick fur. A small shiny cylinder was attached to it and hung on her neck. It was small enough that it would be hidden under her fur. But how could they find them with that? Tib was getting annoyed. He didn't like secrets being held from him, especially when they were staring him in the face.

"But how…. How… did they…" He stuttered.

"It's a tracking collar. It tells the humans where I'm at all times…" She lowered her head, avoiding her gaze.

"And the teaching us to beg food from humans?"

"That was to try and get you used to them… They aren't all bad you know."

"They can't be trusted!" He barked, causing mist to take a quick step back. "It's because of them Jade's dead!"

"But… but…. she shouldn't have resisted…"

"You don't get it do you!" Tib growled. "She was one of the humans experiments… Shiego rescued her. She would rather die than go BACK!"

Mist looked up from the floor, hurt plainly visible in her eyes. "I trusted them… they took care of me…"

"That may be. But look where it's taken you! Your HUNTING your own kind!"

A tear rolled down the speckled wolfs muzzle, splashing on the cold, hard ground.

"Your are no better than a dog. Your not even worthy to be called a wolf!" He continued to berate her.

"Tib..?" Sasha whined.

"Not now!" He barked before he continued. "Your more evil than a CAT! You TRAITOR!"

Mist collapsed on the floor, crying. She didn't contest anything Tiberius was charging her with, because she knew it to be true. The humans had used her for their own selfish gains. She could see it now. All she had ever known was an elaborate plot to get her to turn against her own. She feared for her life, should Tiberius ever get out… The humans trusted her enough to not crate her up. In fact her crate didn't even have a latch on the door. If the large tan wolf ever got out. She would stand a chance. After all, she herself could barely hunt… and Tiberius showed the scars of a warrior.

Mist spent the rest of the day and the next crying, interspersed with infrequent fits of sleep. Tiberius wouldn't talk, any attempts at conversation were met only with growls. Even Sasha wouldn't talk to her. The brown pup, was quickly growing up into a true wolf. Not the pitiful animal that Mist had come to see herself as. There was nothing left for her now. Her only chance at solace was her mate. If only he could be with her right now. She didn't feel as in charge anymore. As if everything around her was crashing down, and she was unable to do anything to stop it.

The strange man would come in several times every day. He would usually bring food, but every so often Tiberius could tell he was there because Mist was.

"What's wrong girl?" The man would ask as he ran his rough hands through the disheveled and matted fur of the once elegant wolf. Her condition had continued to worsen over several days as she was refusing to eat. And the man had resorted to forcing food into her throat. As soon as it was down it would come back up. She was unable to keep anything down, and the other wolves showed her no pity.

As far as Tiberius was concerned she was no longer a wolf. Just a mangy mutt that was below a true wolf. Not worthy of notice, or care.

Sasha wouldn't talk to her either. But the pain on her face as she would look at the older female showed that she desperately wanted to. She was afraid of Tiberius. What would he say if she spoke to her? She was still very much a pup at heart and didn't know what to do in the current situation other than just shut down. She would clean her coat constantly, greedily gobbling down any food placed in front of her. Once the man reached out to touch her. She snapped at his hand, missing it by a hairs breadth. She would not become a traitor! They couldn't make her. She'd chew them all to pieces first.

Tiberius was dozing lightly when he noticed the grey spotted wolf standing outside his crate. Her neck was pressed against the side of the door, her eyes closed as her body shook.

"Just do it…." She whined. Closing her eyes even tighter.

Tiberius slowly stood up. Moving closer to the wolf that stood braced against his crate.

"What are you waiting for?' She cried as he placed his teeth against her throat

She started to shake even more, as the teeth just lay against her skin.

"Finish IT!" She howled, longing to be put out of her misery.

Suddenly she could feel the teeth being pulled away from her skin and could feel the warm sensation of the tan wolfs tongue as he gently licked her neck.

After several moments he stopped and returned to the rear of his enclosure, turning around and laying down.

Mist collapsed to the ground in front of his crate as she hot tears streamed down her muzzle. She cried until no more tears would come.

"But why?" She choked the words out. Still not believing that he had just spared her.

Tiberius took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. It was a very soothing sound and helped the distraught wolf get a better hold on her senses.

"Were in this together." Tiberius said in a soothing tone. "As a pack, we take care of our own… all of them."

Mist closed her eyes as she let the words soak in. She was part of a pack. Something that she had never truly understood. But she hoped that someday, she would fully understand what that meant. And she hoped that one day, she would prove to be as valuable an asset to the pack as any other.

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