Only New Life, Can Defeat Death

Well, I rather not talk about it. For those who know the reason why this update took so long, then you're lucky because I'm not going to re-live my past events. If any of you that are curious as to what I've been through, ask the authors; Smile for an Omega, and Rex and Rey, they are the only ones who knows what I've been through.

Through the entire night, Kate couldn't fall asleep. How could she? Her love of her life is only a few feet away from her and he's trying not to die or might even already dead. Kate laid on the half rock half dirt floor between her parents. She acted to fall asleep earlier to get her mom to stop comforting her because to Kate, it seemed as if it was only hurting her even worse knowing that Humphrey could never wake up ever again. She laid still between her parents, hearing time after time again of whimpers of pain coming from the den not too far from her.

Kate tried not to move so suddenly because she would wake her parents up, and that's something she didn't want to do for what she has planned. Kate slowly stood up and looked at both her parents, seeing them asleep and not waking up anytime soon. She turned around and looked at the entrance of her home, knowing that her beloved Humphrey is within the darkness of her own home and no one to be by his side.

Kate looked down and saw her shuffle in her sleep, seeing her mom's paw crawl up her face scratch her nose, getting rid of an itch. Kate looked underneath her, seeing the ground where her legs are at and slowly stepping backwards, trying not to accidentally kick or move her parents. As she was backing up, she heard another whimper of pain coming from Humphrey in her parents den, making her jump from her current spot and out from her parents legs. Kate laded and without hesitation, she turned and ran into the den.

The stench of blood filled the den and it seemed like it would never get aired out. Kate then heard more frequent whimpers coming from Humphrey and Kate shot her attention to the back of the den. Kate walked briskly to the sound and was careful as to not trip over Humphrey. As she continued her short venture, but to her, it seemed like forever as she saw nothing but the endless void of black clouding her vision.

Kate stopped when she didn't hear anything in the den, absolute nothing. She didn't hear the small whines of pain or even the smallest movement, just nothing at all. It was scaring her. Not the fact that her love of her life was just ahead of her almost dead, but the fact that she never knew she was in such a situation as this. She couldn't shake this feeling someone was behind her, and felt the fur on her back stood on end when she felt a cold vibe run through her spine.

"H-Humphrey?" Kate called out, fear clearly in her voice. No response. Kate sat down and took in deep breaths, but soon regretted it when she smelt nothing but the iron like smell of the blood. It nearly made her gag on just the air. So much blood had to be spilt in order for her to almost throw up. She put aside the smell, and something came to her.

She felt a small touch on her paw and her eyes shot open. She looked down but the darkness was too much and she only saw a vaguely shadow that was hardly noticeable in the darkness of where she was at.

"K-Kate." Came the raspy voice of her beloved Humphrey. Kate's eyes filled with tears, not believing that her love of her life so far was still alive. Without any response or communication, Kate laid down and clung to Humphrey's blood mattered body, making him wince, yelp, and cry in pain from the pressure endured on his side. Kate couldn't, and wouldn't let go of him, not after what happened.

"I'm sorry Humphrey." Kate sobbed into his chest fur, soaking it in seconds from bottling it up from before.

"I'm sorry for putting you in this situation and how my mother treated you." Kate apologized as she clenched his body into her own even more. Humphrey was crying too, but with tears of pain. His body was screaming for Kate's embrace to release him and let his body rest. His flesh felt like it was on fire from the puncture wounds and scratches endured on his body. He tried to speak, but all that came out was a loud yelp of pain, causing Kate to loosen her grasp on him. Kate laid beside him, watching him sniffle and whine in pain. Kate could see his body shaking from the pain and seeing that sight before her cause more tears to stream down her face.

Humphrey looked at Kate by moving his eyes only, not wanting to bring more pain to himself than what Kate gave him. He watched as he saw her sniffling and crying, seeing the shadowy figure before curl up into a ball and soon enough, Kate fell asleep.

(Morning)

Night turned to day, and the morning was still like the usual for some wolves in Jasper. Not wanting to get out of bed, but the sun's rays of light prevented so. Winston woke up first and noticed he was lying facing the slope down to the Feeding Grounds. He rolled onto his back, regretting he did. He rolled over a sharp rock that laid on the ground before him, making Winston's eyes open wide and lift his back off the ground. He moved his paws frantically under him, trying to move the rock away and not land on it. Winston felt the rock and flung it aside aimlessly, making him regret once again.

He laid back down once he flung the rock, but when he heard a gentle, *thump*, he knew he was in for it.

"Eve, please let me explain, it was an…" Winston was cut off when Eve grabbed his leg and pulled him with such a force, that she nearly swung him in the air, but in reality, she just flung him across the ground down the slope. Winston went tumbling down, rolling on his sides and spinning uncontrollably at a fast rate. Winston was half ways down when he sprawled his arms and legs out to try and stop himself from rolling on further.

This time, only this time, luck was with him and he immediately stopped and slid to a stop, his vision blurry and spinning. He laid on the ground and put his paws to his head, making an effort to try and making his vision stop tricking him, making the ground before him vertical and trees horizontal.

Eve sat at the top of the slope, tall and with great posture that it seems that nothing will get past her. Winston's vision was finally good enough after about 5 minutes of lying on the ground and he started his venture up the ramp, only to be stopped by a small growl coming from Eve as he came near her.

"Eve, it was an accident. I didn't mean to throw it at you. I'm sorry." Winston apologized. Eve stopped her small menacing growl and turned her back on him, walking slowly to their den. Winston sighed and looked out the slope, only to see the sun just half ways above the trees and grey dots flying across the sun.

Winston watched as the birds in the distance flew away and he turned his attention back in front of him, walking to their den.

Once inside the den, he saw Eve in the back of the den with Kate asleep, mixing some herbs and medicine together.

"Eve, do you know where Humphrey is at? I need to talk to him." Winston asked as he sat down and scratched behind his ear. Eve sighed and put the mixture she had in her paws down aside and looked at Winston.

"He wasn't here when I walked in." Eve answered, not even the slightest sound of worrisome in her voice. Winston's foot instantly stopped when he heard of Humphrey's disappearance and placed it on the ground.

"He wasn't here?" Winston asked, looking at Eve for an answer. Eve turned away and picked up her herbs and continued what she was doing, shaking her head side-to-side.

Winston stood up and walked out the den and down the slope, looking for and where Humphrey would have gone. As he was walking, he came across a couple of wolves that were walking by, talking like usual.

"Hey, Felipe, by any chance, would you have seen Humphrey walk by here?" Winston asked as he came up to the couple.

"No, not that I know of. Have you/" Felipe asked as he turned to his wife beside him. She just shook her head and looked at Winston with a concerned look.

"Why, what happened?" she asked.

"He wasn't in our den this morning." Winston answered back.

"Have you caught his scent by any chance?" Felipe asked.

"No, he lost a lot of blood, and the smell would be noticeable if he left, but he just… disappeared." Winston explained.

"Well, sorry we couldn't help, but I hope you could find him. Wait, why won't you just send out a search party for him? I'll be quicker?" Felipe's wife suggested.

"Well, I would, but something's telling me not to for some reason. I don't know why, but I can't send out a search party. But I'll keep looking, see you two later." Winston called out as he left in continues to find Humphrey.

"Come on Humphrey, where did you go!" Winston's mind yelled. Winston ran through the Feeding Grounds and into the forest in search of Humphrey.

(Somewhere in the Forest)

Muffled yelps could be heard, but only if the forest was silent, which it wasn't due to birds chirping and the nearby water fall. Humphrey laid on the ground tied up and gaged. He couldn't remember anything that led him there, except what he heard.

(Flashback)

As Humphrey and Kate fell asleep along with the entire pack, two wolves snuck up to Winston's and Eve's den, silently and unnoticeable. When Humphrey was asleep, he heard thing in his dream, but it turned out to be for real. He heard a voice say to be quiet, or the one he held most dear would be killed before his very eyes.

He woke up with a sudden gasp, but was knocked out before he hit the ground.

(Reality)

Now he lied on the ground, muzzle tied shut, paws tied together, and blood leaking out his reopened wounds. He felt as if he would throw up, but knew he would choke on it. His vision was blurry with the tears of pain, and he tried to see who was torturing him.

As he turned his head to the left, he was greeted by another claw filled slap, leaving yet another 3 claws marks on his torn up face. Whined in pain and could only squirm on the ground to get free. As he laid on the ground, he heard two wolves laugh. He recognized them as pups, but didn't know who or where they were from, but the only thing that was on his mind was what he did to deserve this.

"Come on; let's push his face in the waterfall." One boy laughed as he kicked Humphrey in the stomach, making Humphrey loose his breath.

"I told you before, his blood would go down stream and other would catch on." The other retorted back.

"That voice. It sounds so familiar." Humphrey thought to himself.

"Then what else could we do to him, we already beaten him up for being close to Kate, now what?" the other asked as he sat down.

"Well, we could torture him for a bit more, but remember we can't kill him." Said the one that Humphrey some-what recognized sneered and he kicked Humphrey in the ribs, making a sickening snap, indicating a broken rib. Humphrey's eyes shot open, tears flowing out and his breathing stopped. The air in his lungs were forced out because of the tremendous pain as he laid on the ground, crying but no yelps or whines of pain coming from him.

The two pups continued to kick and ferociously beat his body, not caring for how many bones they broke or the sound of the bone breaking. The two pups were in the time of their lives, not wanting it to end, until they noticed his body wasn't moving anymore.

"H-hey Garth, do you think?" the other pup asked as he stepped away from Humphrey's motionless body. Garth took a step closer and nudged him with his blood covered foot, receiving no motions at all.

"P-Phillip, we need to get out of here!" Garth shouted as he ran through the forest, heading East, towards home. Philip ran the opposite way, running to the Feeding Grounds and would act like nothing happened. Humphrey's body laid motionless, bleed seeping out the old and new cuts that were inflicted on his body. Ribs broken and a total bruised body were now on the floor lying about.

(Winston (Forest))

Winston ran frantically though the forest, searching high and low for Humphrey. As he was running, he saw a wolf pup run through the forest like he saw a ghost or something.

"Philip? What's he doing out here so early?" Winston thought to himself, but reassumed on with his search. As he was running, he couldn't help but head towards the direction Philip was running from, and when Winston followed his scent, he noticed blood on the ground and a strong scent of it.

"Caught yourself your first caribou I see." Winston thought proudly of Philip as he saw more blood heading towards the water fall. As Winston was getting closer to where the blood scent was coming from, he was in shocked.

Humphrey's body was beaten, broken, and bruised all over his body. But that wasn't the worst part. His body wasn't moving and there was a pool of blood around him, and still flowing.

"PHILIP!"

So, what do you think? Pretty good for not updating in so long right? Well, there you have it and for those of the curious type and want to know the reason why I haven't updated and such, as Smile for an Omega and Rex and Rey, they know why and tell them I sent ya. Thanks.