Taro | Wheel Dog| Ment: Pack (Indirect), Tukaii (Direct)

Taro groaned, lifting himself groggily and following after Dakota. He could feel his tail begin to thump behind him excitedly, realizing they were headed the way he'd first heard voices. As per usual, he lagged behind the other to glance back at Amka, then would turn his attention back to Dakota and the others he finally was able to see.

He let out a little growl at first, but it didn't take long for his brain to catch up to the fact that these dogs were his family and not enemies. He looked over Dakota one more time before taking in the others. He wasn't very close to any of them regardless of him considering them his family, and didn't feel like bothering them since they'd no doubt notice something was wrong with the way he limped. He never limped.

But then a sudden thought came to mind." I'm glad we found you all, but where is Nala and Miska?" He asked gruffly, then his eyes widened when he realized he'd heard something coming from another direction, and it could've been another one of the sled dogs.

Without warning, he began to walk the way they had come from with his nose dutifully sunk in the snow to try and pick up any scent he could possibly get. He smelled something faint, almost completely gone, but as soon as he recognized the scent he was searching even harder.

" Tukaii!" He barked, as loud as he could. He tried to look for her but the snow on his face was making his eyes burn and wasn't allowing him to do such. With a little while and barely any hesitation he continued to sniff until the scent led him to a mound of snow and suddenly cut off." Tukaii?" He barked again, hoping to get an answer this time.

Nala's ears sagged, hoping her disappointment wasn't to noticable to Azula. Thoughts began running through her mind about where to begin, or even which way she was supposed to go. No tracks had been left behind and her nose was close to useless in the thick snow that lie peacefully on the ground. The sun started to dim as some stray clouds rolled in, bringing a chilled breeze with them. We've got to act fast. She thought to herself.

Nala kept her gaze at Azula as she continued to speak but her ears quivered at some distant noise. Foot steps? She thought almost confused. Taking her eyes off Azula, she scanned the area, seeing Theo pop into sight only moments later. "Theo, you're ok!" she said, almost guilty for being so excited. "We were just getting ready to head off and look for the others, "have you seen anyone else?" she said, looking more hopeful this time.

Moments after she had finished asking her question another canine came into sight, "Kiara! You're ok too. " Quickly identifying the she-dog. Suddenly Nala started to feel more at peace, since more of the team had shown up. With this feeling came confidence, something she hadn't felt since this whole mess. Suddenly, a voice broke her from her thoughts. It was Azula, What's up with your leg? said the female. "It's just a small injury I got in the crash, n-nothing I can't handle." She said, gritting her teeth as another round of pain swept through her leg. She glanced at the cut, oozing a gnarly looking substance, it looked worse than she would've liked to admit. She wasn't used to taking care of these things on her own, usually this is something she would be taken into the vet for. The cut looked rather irritated, sporting a reddish-pink color on the outside. She had been doing her best to keep it clean and from getting infected, but resources had been limited. Giving it a few quick licks she continued on, "Come on guys, it's getting colder so we should probably get a move on."