Chapter 11
As the night fell over Jasper things got quiet and there was an urgency everyone could feel would there be a murder or would the night go by without any incident? Humphrey was still holding Kate and she swas sleeping he fell asleep right next to her her breating in sync with his it was one of those surreal moments considering the situation at hand. The night passed and nothing exciting happend and everyone was breathing a little easier after a quiet night. Humphrey was till holding Kate when he woke up he woke her up as well. She saw he was still there and he was still holding her she licked him on the mouth and he returned the favor. "well good morning to you too he said" and for the first time in a while she smiled and he felt a little better about the whole thing. "we have to keep searching" she said "back to reality" he thought to himslef and he nodded in agreed "ill get a group together he said" "and the pups?" she asked "well" he said "we can leave these two with Laila they like her." So Humphrey got a group together mainly revenge hungry wovles but Humphrey thought that they were just the same as him and they had their own reasons.
Flora woke up with the sun in here eys Winston was eating some caribou and he offered her some "thanks" she replied as she began to eat the sweet tasting raw meet. "So any new plans?" she asked. "Nothing major" Winston responded "we are going to let out another howl then take the pup with us and move to a diffrent location they are palnning another search party today we are going to throw them off track." "Sounds good to me" Flora said "where are we moving to?" Winston looked up to the cliffsides and said "there is a large cave system that runs through the cliffs we will walk through there and end up on the other side of the territory we will have a full view of the den areas." The plan sounded good so she went with it she called the pup out "Streak!" Winston called out "come on we are going "the pup walked out obdiently but with rage in his eyes and he was bloody for they had beaten him like that to keep him quiet it had worked. "One more thing" Winston said "I have noticed that some of the wolves are beginning to cave in on themselves they are going crazy one by one we just have to keep the pressure on and they will lose it completely then we will strike out and knock them down then eventually kill them off." Flora took this all in and didnt respnd she would just wait and see how it went. "Alright" Winston said "sound the howl and lets get out of here" Flora let loose a heart stopping howl and then they bolted for the hills.
Everyone heard the ear splitting howl coming from the woods everyone just stood still and all the anxiety was back just in a flash Kate sat down and started to shake and Humphrey felt himself beginning to fall down as well he slowed himself down and simply layed down on the floor of the cave he shook off the anxiety as much as he could and he went to gather the new team of wolves. Soon they were heading in the oppisite direction of the howl they werent going to fall for that trick again they could count on that. They hunted for several hours covering almost the entire base of the territory the only place they hadnt looked was the cliffs but it was very dangerous up there as the original creature and some others had found out in the first fight. His team was exhausted as we he he called it a night and they headed back. They were about 3 quarters of the way back when a couple of wolves stopped to get some water and they told the others to go on but not without protest. Eventually it worked Humphrey had gone on ahead and the two wolves at the river had taken another way back but the other 7 were stuck on the main trail heading to the lower den areas. It was like a flsh no sound or warning but the lead wolf was suddenly down followed by another and then another the shocked wolves were easy prey and with a minute they were all dead or dieing Flora looked at her work then bolted for the woods knowing some would be on their way. "Too easy" she thought to herself "dont get too cocky" she heard in her head and she sighed and just let it go.
Humphrey had just returned to the den when he heard the cries for help "no!" he thought to himself he wasnt the only one who heard it many wolves began running into the woods he and Kate followed suite and they ran into Kayla and Tyler on the way there "the search party" he stammerd "they were right behind me how?!" His fears were realized when he came upon a horribly grusome scene in which 7 wolves were lying in their own blood or others organs of some where spread out all over the path. Kate nearly collapsed on the spot this was the must grusome attack there had been in this rampage 7 wolves lieing in one massive pool of blood still fresh it took all of Humphrey`s will to keep his food down it was nearly midnight and the moon was full there where many cries from loved ones of the victims. Laila approached and she simply said "they had no chance did they?" Humphrey looked at her with a few tears rolling doen is cheek wetting his soft gray fur "no" he said "it looks like it was a surprise attack they were all too stunned to fight back." Laila nodded and left Kate and Kayla approched him "Ktae" Humphrey said "maybe you shoul-" she cut him off "im tired of hiding from this reality" she said. "Me too" said Kayla its been ripping me apart time to face it." Humphrey nodded in agreement "lets clean this up" he said with grimness in his voice a few wolves with strong stomachs helped them gather the bodies. Humphrey was trailing blood from his paws when they were done he could feel the fresh sticky red liquid on them and it made him sicker than he had ever felt. Kate just laid down in the den and broke down Humphrey just laid down and didnt sleep the whole rest of the night. "insane" he thought "its inevitable now it just is."