YAY! Another chapter done! Hope you all enjoy it! XD

... and Wolven... please don't kill me about the elements near the end... it wasn't meant to happen... it just did, before I even realized it *FACEPALM*Anyway you'll know what I'm talking about after you read it...

Mist had put on several pounds over the last couple weeks. So had the others, but more slowly. The man that fed them brought them their food as usual, But after a few bites Tiberius stopped.

"This doesn't taste right…"

"It tastes fine to me…" Sasha commented, quickly gulping down the food.

"Mist does it taste funny to you..?"

There was no answer. Tiberius was suddenly very worried.

"Mist?!"

"I'm sure she'll be fine…" Sasha yawned.

"Sasha, you'll feeling okay?" Tiberius started panicking, clawing at the door to his crate.

"Yeah…. I'm… fine…" Tiberius could hear her as she slumped to the floor of her crate.

"Sasha?! MIST!" He was starting to feel groggy himself. No, he couldn't give in! "HOLD ON! I'm COMING!" He started to slam as hard as he could against the door. Each blow getting consecutively weaker.

"I'm…coming…" He slumped to the steel bottom of the cage. "after… I get… some sleep…"

The large tan wolf drifted off to sleep starting to snore loudly. He never heard to men come in, or felt them cart them off in their crates. The next thing he remembered was opening his eyes. His vision was heavily blurred and he felt like he had been hit with a ton of bricks, but directly in front him he could just make out the black muzzle of a wolf almost as big as himself stares directly at him.

"Tiberius?" The black wolf spoke in a pupish voice.

The voice sounded so familiar, yet different at the same time. Tiberius tried to open his eyes more, beign blinded by the brilliant sunlight.

"Tib?" the black wolf said.

"How… how do you know my name…?" Tiberius questioned.

"Tib, it's me, Tobi… don't you remember?"

"Tobi?" A small grin spread across his face as the all to familiar scent finally found its way to his nose. "I remember, we thought we lost you."

"I thought I lost you!" The pup cried, burying his head in the older wolfs fur.

"It's okay, we're together now…" Tiberius said, choking back tears of his own. "Nothing can separate us now."

"I know…. But what about the others?"

"The others?" the effects of the drug was starting to wear off and he slowly tried to stand up.

" Shiego, Jade and the puppy…. Have you seen them…?"

"Shiego and the pup got away…" He stammered.

"And…. Jade?" The pup said hesitantly.

"She… she didn't make it…."

A fresh tear rolled off the black wolfs cheek. "So she's…."

"Dead." Tiberius finished the sentence for him.

"Oh…. I had hoped…."

"Me too."

"Flint's dead too….." Tobi murmured.

"I think Mist suspected as much." Tiberius lowered his head. "Speaking of Mist, have you seen her and Sasha?"

"Yeah, their back near the den. They weren't waking up so I… I panicked and started running…. That's how I found you."

"I see…"

"Are they going to be okay?"

"They'll be fine, the humans put something in our food that put us to sleep… I only had a few bites."

"Then what are we waiting for! Let's go!" Tobi dashed off through the bushes. "Come on! Keep up!"

Tiberius stumbled along as best as he could after the pup. Tobi was as tall as he was, yet still as skinny as a rabbit in winter. The pups voice was starting to get deeper and even his coat had a different shine to it. His own fur was matted and gray, no doubt from the lack of sun. Also there was an unfamiliar scent on him, the scent of another strange wolf.

They quickly arrived at the den. Tiberius paused for a moment to examine it. It was sloppily built, more like it was thrown together rather than dug out. They went inside, Tiberius took immediate note often walls. They weren't made of dirt. He brushed up against one with his shoulder. It was hard, and gritty on his fur.

"Tobi…. These walls…"

"Yeah I know. The humans made this place. It wasn't my first choice, believe me…"

"What's that smell!" He came to an abrupt stop.

"What smell?"

"There's another wolf here…" he snarled, raising his hackles.

"Oh, him…. He went out for some food, he knows this place better than I do."

"Him?"

"Yeah, Ember… he's been here since he was little. He's helped me out, this is his place."

"But what about your loyalties to the pack… you can only belong to one."

"No, no, it's nothing like that." Tobi said defensively.

"Then what's it like. Enlighten me." Tib barked, his voice echoing of the hard concrete walls.

"He's just a pup… a little younger than me and Sasha." The black pup said hastily, taking a step back. "I've been looking after him, he doesn't have a family."

"A pup? He's a pup?!" Tib sat back on his haunches, shocked.

"Yeah, he's… this is where he's been staying…"

"Oh, okay… I think."

"Come on, It can't be that bad. Until the humans brought you here, it was only us two."

"Wait, the humans… What is this place?"

"I don't know what they call it… but there's a fence ALL the way around." Tobi rolled his eyes.

"A fence? Why don't you jump it?"

Tobi winced, "I tried… it hurt… a LOT!"

"What do you mean, a lot?"

"If you so much as touch the fence… it hurts you. It's like a bazillion bee stings, all over your body." Tobi rolled onto his back showing the grid like scar pattern that was burned on his chest.

"WHAT THE…! How'd THAT happen!?" His jaw dropped.

"I… I tried to jump the fence." His body shook at the memory.

"Tobi, it's okay… were together now." He placed his nose up against the pups cheek. "Now, where's the others?"

Tobi looked up suddenly, "Oh Yeah! They're this way!" He scrambled to his feet, dashing off further into the den. "This way!" he hollered, his voice echoing off the walls.

Tiberius dashed after the black pup, barely able to make him out in the dark. The two wolves scrambled around in the dark for a bit until Tobi stopped and bent down. Tiberius stood beside the younger wolf and looked down. At his feet were the two still bodies of Mist and Sasha. They hadn't awakened yet, and their breathing was very shallow. Tiberius nudged Sasha's chin as Tobi lay down in front of her. Ever since they had first met the white wolf he had sought to look after her, to protect her. Now, when she was right before him, there was nothing he could do to save her. His gently let his nose caress his sisters face, licking her cheek.

"Come on Sasha… please wake up…" he whined.

"She'll be okay," Tib said as he checked on Mist, who was doing only marginally better.

"But, but…."

"Listen to me," The tan wolf said in as soothing a tone he could muster at the moment. "The humans put something in our food that made us fall asleep. Give it some time, they'll pull through."

Tobi was no longer listening, instead softly humming to himself. He slowly let his eyes slide close as he let the song take him over. Tiberius himself could feel the calming sensation of the melody as it seemed to fill the manmade den. The older wolf could feel the power of the song as it lifted his spirits, his drowsiness slipping away. The pup let the song flow through him, it was a song he had never heard before, and he didn't know how he knew it. All he knew was that he needed to sing it, and with Sasha before him he poured his entire heart into it. There were no words to the tune, but it didn't need any. The pitch ascending into a howl that filled the air around them. Tiberius could feel the power of the song as it seemed to flow all about and through them, linking them all together as if they were one. Each one feeling the others hurt, touching each other's minds, and sharing in each other's lives. The song started to die down as a tear stained the ground under the black wolfs muzzle.

"Sasha…. You have to be okay…. You just have too…" He laid his head down beside hers.

"….Tobi….." A soft voice, barely above a whisper cut through the soft crying of the charcoal colored wolf.

"Sahsa?"

Sasha let out a weak smile, "I knew you were alive…. I just knew it…"

Tobi couldn't help but crawl closer, rubbing up against her side as he laid his head gently on her shoulder. "I thought I was going to lose you."

"Me too… but something called me back…Tobi…" she closed her eyes and took a warm breath. "It was beautiful Tobi… the song that led me back…"

Tobi wrapped himself tighter around her, determined to never come this close to losing her again. A tear rolled off his cheek and onto her forehead. Sasha gently rolled onto her side, and kissed her brother cheek.

"Tobi…. I love you… thanks for watching out for me."

"I love you too… And I'll always look after you." He pressed his head tight under her chin as he continued to cry. He felt slightly ashamed of himself. He wanted to be strong, like the white wolf. He had looked up to him, even when he seemed too busy to bother with a pup like him. He had only ever once seen the white wolf cry, and even then he kept going on. There was a strength in him that no wolf before had ever had. It was what had held their pack together for as long as it lasted. He knew they would try to stick together as best they could know, but without the white wolf, they all felt alone. Blind, as if they were trapped in the dark and couldn't find a way out. Shiego had provided guidance to the pack, gave them a purpose. All that was gone now. Tobi cried himself to sleep, Sasha comforting her twin brother as best she could.

Tiberius watched the two pups as they slowly drifted off to sleep. He was startled when mist spoke beside him.

"They truly are something…"

"Mist?" Tiberius turned, shocked that she was awake now as well. "How are you feeling?"

"Quite better now, thank you very much." She laid down beside him, resting her head on her paws.

"Mist…" Tiberius started hesitantly.

"Yes…?"

"It's…. Flint…. He didn't make it…" He said, trying to be careful of his words.

"I know… I he told me." She said, a tear rolling down her cheek and onto her paw.

"Told you?"

"When I was sleeping… I was dreaming, flint was there. He told…." She tried to fight back tears.

Tiberius placed a paw gently on her shoulder to comfort her.

"He told me… to be strong…. That we'd meet again one day, in Paradise…." She broke down, drenching the floor with her tears.

Tiberius lay down beside her. Mist pressed her side against his, needing the support that only another wolf could offer at a time like this. Tib laid his head on hers, in an effort to calm her. He would take care of her in Flint's absence. He would take care of all of them, as best he could. It was what he knew the white wolf would do, and he owed him that much…

Okay, that wasn't too bad was it? Let me know what you guys and gals think! I'm always looking for input and motivation to keep going. Next chapter we finally get to meet a new character! Also keep on the look out for a new story that I'm working on with my best friend. The title is "Mark of the Traitor" and the first couple of chapters are now on the editing table... so keep your eyes open.

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