Sorry for the long update...blame my 4 hour sleeping habit...

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Once again the unfortunate set of campers were abandoning their newly cleared camp., fleeing from a bear named Winnie who has a penchant more for human flesh than honey. This time the group ran through the forest parallel to the river hoping not to lose sight of their source of fresh water. The bear ran after them at full tilt roaring for blood.

"I say we feed it Matt! This is all his fault since he took the damn bass in the first place." Light said as he tried his best to keep up with the fleeing group with his newfound rash chaffing him all the way.

After all Near's hard work at coddling Matt he had reverted back to his hysterical video game withdrawn state. "Don't feed it me! Don't feed it me! I just found the fish and we needed food and I wanted to do something and...can't we just feed it Mello?"

"You little fucker. If my ass wasn't all messed up then I'll kick yours." Mello sneered as he hobbled to pull ahead of Light and not be the last one closest to the bear. "Besides, I'm a valuable member of the group and you all can't risk me getting eaten. I'm just that important."

Winnie snarled and tried to swipe at the back of Mello's leg. He missed by just a few inches.

"Just wait until I come back from civilization! I'll kill you and make bear steaks!"

RRRRRAAAAAWWWWWRRRRR!

Matt gave a shrill, high-pitched scream and poured on more steam to pass Light and Mello. "Please don't eat me, bear! If it's any compensation I think Light may taste like a catfish or something."

At the front of the pack was L, Matsuda, and Near sprinting wildly trying to spot some kind of cave or cove for them to hide in. So far the only thing that had made itself available was a fox den that was already occupied by foxes that probably had rabies.

Matsuda and L ran side by side, hardly out of breath because of the long strides they were taking. Of course Matsuda still tried to talk sense into Winnie through some strange notion that he was his father, but the bear wasn't having it.

Still pumping his arms Matsuda sighed, "Children, what are you going to do with them when they try to eat you?"

Near gave Matsuda a look that said 'holy hell he's lost his mind'. "I think the oxygen that's going to your muscles right now to allow you to sprint is leaving from your brain."

"I have to rebuttal." L cut in, his bare legs cutting through the air in his short shorts. "He has no brain to draw oxygen from."

"Hey L, did you know that you have the legs of a marathon runner? I never noticed since you always wore pants." Matsuda said for no apparent reason at all.

A sudden scream and a tearing sound came from Light and L looked behind him to see the that Winnie had taken half of his t-shirt.

L gave Matsuda a well aimed kick in the ass to get him moving faster. "This is neither the time nor the place, but I do appreciate the mention."

Near was analyzing the trees and bushes as he ran, hoping to spot some kind of hiding place. But something wasn't right. The trees were all slashed with deep claw marks and the underbrush was trampled. Not many animal dens were in the area either. In fact, the area seemed too remote.

"You guys...I think we need to change course. And I mean, right now! This doesn't bode well with me." Near said nervously as he tried to get everybody to follow him. No one would because they were busy trying not to get caught by Winnie the Mauler.

Then Winnie stopped. Sat on his haunches and watched as the group pulled farther away from him.

Mello looked behind him to see if the bear was faking it, but it didn't try to get up and resume its chase. "HA! HAHAHAHA! You tired fat ass? Go eat some honey!"

Everyone else heard Mello's taunt and turned around to see that he was right. Winnie still hadn't moved from the spot he plopped down in. All of them continued to run until they weren't able to see the bear any longer. After a few more yards they stopped in a grassy clearing and caught their breath.

"We, we, oh my god we got away we got away oh my god god we're alive alive ALIVE!" Matt yelled as he started jumping up and down and hooting like a madman. The rest of them followed suit and screamed while pumping their fists victoriously. All except Near.

"Sorry to put a damper on your celebration, but we should have let Winnie eat us." Near said as he sat down heavily in the grass and put his head in his hands. "I give up. Truly give up."

Matsuda came over and hoisted Near on his feet to swing him around in a circle. "What are you saying! We're alive and not missing chunks of meat off our bones. That's cause for celebration, right?"

A bark from the underbrush said otherwise. Around the edges of the clearing, four-legged shapes were slowly stalking forward. Each of them had their teeth bared and were growling noisily. One of the bigger shapes howled which was followed by the ragged sound of panting.

Wolves. A whole pack of them.