Chapter 7

...And then it happened...

(BACK TO MITTENS AND RHINO)

Rhino was still following Mittens, who was still tracking down Maybelle. The sky was getting a little brighter around them. Maybelle's scent was soon followed by Bolt's scent.
"Yep. She's following him." Mittens informed Rhino.
"I knew it!" Rhino said excitedly.
They both heard a honk.
"What's going on over there?" Rhino asked out loud.
Mittens didn't bother to try to answer Rhino's question. She was too busy trying to concentrate on keeping the dogs' scents within her nose.
Mittens followed both of the dog's scents, until Mittens led Rhino to a highway.
They both looked both ways... Then they both saw Maybelle in the middle of the highway... with a car driving at her.
"Maybelle!" Mittens screamed.
"Watch out!" Rhino shouted.
Maybelle turned around to look at them... But it was too late.

The car hit Maybelle. It sent her flying about 10 feet in the air, and about 100 feet away from where she was hit. Maybelle looked like a stuffed animal being thrown across a room. She landed on the other side of the road, in the ditch.
...But the car kept on going, it didn't even bother to stop to see what that person hit.

Both Mittens and Rhino were in shocking horror, their mouths agape.

"NO! MAYBELLE!" Mittens screamed bloody murder.
"Oh god no!" Rhino mumbled under his breath with tears forming in his eyes.
They both ran across the highway, not caring if they would become road kill or not. When they came to Maybelle, the sight could almost make both of them burst into tears.
Maybelle had a massive gash in the side of her head, her rib cage looked like someone took a pick and hammer to her ribs and broke five of them so some stuck out, and her right rear leg was also broken, so she was bleeding, bad.

"Oh god! What have I DONE!" Mittens started to cry.
"...My first 15 minutes on the job, and I already screw it up! I CAN'T EVER WIN!" Rhino was also sobbing.

A faint whine was coming from Maybelle's limp body.
And both Mittens and Rhino heard it through their deep crying.
"Oh my god, she's still alive, Rhino!" Mittens said excitedly.
Rhino quickly got out of his ball.
"W-what are you doing?" Mittens asked.
"I have to check if she is able to breathe." Rhino said calmly.
Mittens nodded her head to confirm that she knows that Rhino knew what he was doing.
Rhino carefully walked over to Maybelle's body. He first put his ear close to her nose to hear her exhale. Then he carefully put the side of his head against Maybelle's broken chest. Maybelle let out a painful whine.
Mittens choked on her tears when she heard her whine.
"Shhh. It okay. It's okay... There I'm done." Rhino said as he finished his observation.
"Well?" Mittens asked sadly.
Rhino sighed.
"...I don't know if Maybelle is gonna make it or not..." Rhino said but was cut off by Mittens sudden bust of tears.
"...Her breathing is shallow, and and her heart rate is irregular." Rhino sadly finished.

A/N: Again, review.