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As black spots threatened to take control of his eyes, the Alpha loosened his grip. Even though his ears were pounding, he could make out a voice, a females, and the rainy flowery scent told him it was Lididya. And by the sound of it, she seemed to almost be begging for his life. His grip loosened more, and the black spots began to retreat. Then finally, the Alpha let go entirely, and after putting a little more weight on his chest in victory, jumped off of him. Kodak rolled over on his side, not facing Lidiya and Coooer, and gasped for breath. He noticed Hymir and Commodus fighting six other enemy fighters, and they weren't doing well. "Hymir! Commoddus! Retreat!" He yelled, his voice rasping, but enough for Hymir and Commodus to hear him. They seemed to be heavily injured themselves, and after a pity look to him, they ran off, the enemy fighters not choosing to give chase. Even Hymir and Commodus wouldn't break an order. Kodak turned over to face Lidiya and Cooper once he was sure Hymir and Commodus had gotten away. Cooper began towards him, after ending his discussion with Lidya "We'll finish this later," and approached Kodak. "You are now a prisoner of my pack. You will either give me the information I want, or face the consequences. Lidiya here will be your guard. As she has spared your life. Even though I don't know why." He added mumbling under his breath while turning to face her. "You will stay in that empty den over there, now go." He growled the last words under his breath. They he yelled for two of the other fighters to escort him there. Kodak struggled to get to his paws, his shoulders and legs heavily scraped and bruised, his legs wobbly. The one to his left shoved him to get him to go. Making him give a small yelp in pain. After a few more shoves and making it all the way across their camp, the two wolves gave him one last big shove, successfully making his fall over, giving yet another whine in pain, before leaving him. He was alive and safe for the moment, awaiting on Lidiya once again. |
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Lidiya absolutely skedaddled. Honestly, she knew Alpha Cooper was coming for her to get he ass handed to her - like, it wasn't like for the past year or so she had been on quite the rebellious streak. "We'll finish this off in a moment." Off he then went to get Dev, the elders, and everyone else hiding in the safe space. And Kodak gave a yelp of pain as Jeremiah shoved him like a sack of wheat. "Oh, and Lidiya?" Alpha Cooper turned around, suprising Lidiya for a second. "You're in charge of the mongrel that you decided to spare. If he escapes..." his lips curled back in a snarl, "you'll regret it." Lidiya made a show of looking down submissively. "Yes, alpha." Not that... she had absolutely no chance of following that order. Kodak was getting out of here. Right now, before Alpha came back later tonight and questioned him. She had seen the results of "questioning" before, and it hadn't been pretty. It also had happened during the small hours of the morning. So she had until then, then Kodak's thoat would be ripped out no matter what she did. And she just couldn't let that happen - to Kodak or anyone. Digging up one of her fresher kills near the food stash - a relatively fresh rabbit - she loped over to where Kodak was lying in one of the empty burrows they had appropriated as "dens", and looked almost as if it was going to cave in on itself. There was a reason why they hadn't actually inhabited this one, after all. It looked... rather unsafe. Lying there, Kodak didn't look like the wolf that had proudly led his pack into battle, or the wolf that she had almost bluffed he way out of fighting, or the wolf that had chivalrously warned her of the attack. He just looked alone, and so painfully vulnerable. And the huge gash he had - he was injured, too. And it wasn't like she could call their healer into here - in fact, they probably had explicit orders to not come in here and let her, the assigned guard, deal with it. Well, she could deal with it. "Kodak?" She dropped the rabbit in front of his muzzle, and her protectiveness then got the better of her - she couldn't help it, but she began licking Kodak's wounds. They just looked so bad - She was also acutely aware that they were now definitely alone, and hopefully no-one was overhearing them. "Kodak?" she repeated as she licked the blood off of his wounds. "Are you alright?" He'd have to be. Because she was getting them both out of here, else he'd be dead by sunrise. |
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Kodak was familiar with questioning as far as his pack went. Whenever Njord would "question" anyone, it was pretty much condemning a wolf to death. No questions, just killing. He didn't know if that's how this packs questioning would go, but he was almost positive he wouldn't live to see after it. Kodak just stared forward, towards the wall that looked as if it would collapse any minute. Hopefully everyone had made it back safely. Covan he was most worried of. Those apprentices looked as if ripping flesh of another wolf's bone was their favorite passtime. And Covan was heavily injured as well. He would be waiting for a mourning howl tonight, and he hoped he wouldn't hear one. He heard Lidiya approach and call out his name, but he just didn't have the energy to move, he didn't say a word either, as well, he didn't know what to say. She dropped what smelled to be a rabbit by his muzzle, and repeated his name. Was he alright? If being on death row in immense pain was alright, than yes he was in perfect help. But he knew it wasn't the time to be rude. She was the only one who was going to help him now. Then she did something that surprised him completely. From the corner of his eye he could see her lower herself and began to kick his wounds. As her warm tongue connected with the large gash along his side, he flinched and winced, but it sent a shock of energy through his body, and found enough strength to lift his head to look at her. "You don't have to do this you know. We're even. I warned you and you spared my life. You don't have to help me anymore." Even as he said it, he knew she wouldn't listen. For some reason it just wouldn't feel right if she wasn't by his side, even with his future winding down before his eyes. His Golden eyes locked with hers and even on this chilly day, his body began to warm. .. Njord awaited in the confines of his comfortable den. Awaiting Kodak. Even though his brother didn't know it. Ever since he had become of age, the attacks on Grey Hill had increased. Kodak, at the age of four, had already fought in ten battles against Grey Hill alone. And miraculously returned, to Njords distaste. How many missions would it take to kill him? He growled as he thought of this. He wanted to take over that pack so bad, but with Kodak looming, the wolves of his pack wouldn't trust him completely, wouldn't listen. As long as Kodak was here, his throne was threatened. His brother was much larger than he, and had much more support in the pack then he. And how had his little brother not figured it out yet? The guards being posted ever since he had become of age? The constant battles? Missions most expirenced of fighters wouldn't survive. Commotion began to arise within the pack, as the wolves from the mission returned. Kodak would come to him first he knew. And would tell him that they had taken over and killed everyone without a problem. But instead the two brothers, and Kodaks stupid friends Hymir and Commodus entered his den, each looking to have taken a ride through hell itself. Hymir approached and bowed, and Njord nodded his head, inviting him to speak. "They figured out we were coming." He started, and a look of shock flashed on Njords face, but only for a minute. "I don't know how." Hymir continued. "They had evacuated the elders and juveniles, and their fighters were waiting for us. We all were heavily injured but... but." Hymir paused, his face full of commotion. "But Kodak was captured." No way. It was about time. A smile flashed across his face, followed quickly by a look of remorse. "Well, I'm sorry to tell you this. But if he was captured, he is most certainly dead." He flashed a smile again, this time lingering. "After what we do to prisiners, he won't stand a chance. He is dead. Kodak is dead." He laughed as he said those words, getting a confused look from Hymir and Commodus. "Assemble the pack you two. We must mourn for my lost brother." He smiled before stalking out the den, towards the high rock where they made announcements. Hymir and Commodus following behind, their heads bowed, believing their Alpha, believing that they friend was dead. |
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Lidiya stopped cleaning his wounds long enough to look at him, finding his golden eyes already locked on hers like a heat-seeking missile. "I don't have to do it." The sides of her mouth quirked up slightly. "Since when has that ever stopped me?" She dropped her gaze and spoke to the gash in his side - it looked slightly better now, but still, a wound was a wound. "Eat something. You'll feel better with it in your stomach than outside your stomach." She probably sounded slightly bossy - and Kodak had more dominance than her, so she really shouldn't be sounding like such - but it was hard not to when he was completely prone in front of her with a bleeding wound. She licked it a few more times, then, after assuring herself it wasn't going to bleed much more, she sat down on her haunches and looked at him - a difficult position, she realized almost instantly, as that put her quite far above Kodak. Sliding down on her front paws slightly so that she was the same level as Kodak's raised head, she quickly looked at the entrance to the den - nope, no-one there, and from the sounds of it the rest of the pack was returning - and she whisper-hissed the next few words to him. "They'll send an enforcer in to here to essentially keep you captive. I'll be sent out the front, guarding the entrance. Two hours after dusk - " she hoped that was enough time for them all, " - I'm going to come in, and we both need to disable the enforcer. Somehow." Please don't kill them. "After that, we both need to get the hell out of here. Both your pack and mine will be after us, but the alternative..." her voice caught slightly at that point, "... the alternative is that you'll be dead by sunrise." She had to admit, it wasn't a very watertight plan. But it was all they had. Get the pack to sleep, take out the big wolf that the alpha would no doubt send in to just glare at him for the next few hours, and absolutely book it. She had to just hope it worked. |
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Kodak smiled at her comment, noting the way she looked away when their eyes met. At her command, which he knew he didn't have to take, he obeyed, and lowered his head to take a bite of the rabbit, as he ripped the flesh from the bone, the taste filling his mouth with flavor, and even though he didn't want to admit, filled his stomach, as he'd been starved. After warning her, he hadn't had enough time to eat, and he forgot to eat last night, thinking about his plan. Quickly the rabbit was gone, and he listened to her plan, which was no doubt a good one. The rabbit had given him strength, and at her words he knew he would need it. "Okay, but after we book it, where are we going to go?" He asked the question with concern, because even he had never ventured far from his home territory. But he was cut from his thought when a howl rose through the air. It was faint, but he knew that howl anywhere. A mourning howl. But this one wasn't like the mourning howls he was used to. This one was used for royalty. Not normal wolves. At first his heart dropped. But then Lidiya's plan surfaced in his brain. He looked to Lidiya, into those beautiful eyes and muttered. "That plan will have to work. Because by the sound of that howl. They think I'm dead, and aren't going to come looking for me." Hymir and Commodus popped into his head. What were they thinking right now? Thinking he was dead. He couldnt just leave them without answers. He gazed down as he thought about it then looked up at Lidiya again. "My friends, the other two you saw the ither day. I can't just leave them thinking I'm dead. I know that it will make it harder for us. But I know exactly where they will go to mourn me." As he spoke, he couldnt help but think about the looks on their faces when he showed up alive. But as he was brought back to the present, he told Lidiya, "You know where our territory splits? On my side, we used to go as juveniles to the broken tree. That was our true happy place. I know they will go there. When we leave, I'll talk with then for a bit, say our goodbyes and then I'll find you and we'll go. Is that alright?" He asked, not knowing deep down why he wanted her input so much. |
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Lidiya nodded. He had enough dominance to compel her into ordering her to allow him, but... he had asked for her opinion. There was nothing wrong with that. "My pack..." she stopped for a moment. "Alpha won't forgive me for setting you loose. If I try join your pack, they'll instantly reject me, and they'll think you're a collaborator." She shook her head sadly. "But if your pack knows that you're alive, and with me... they'll come after us too." Really, if she had any sense, she'd have left Kodak to die along one of the many points that he could have. But clearly when it came to Kodak she didn't, because here they were, plotting his escape and her exile from the pack. "We're just going to have to go somewhere. Become loners, I guess, until - if - we find somewhere else that we can go." Some of her fellow packmates had done exactly that recently. But this time, they had something they were running from instead. "And it should be fine. As long as they don't send your entire pack after us, we should be fine." One pack chasing them down was bad enough - she didn't want two. "I trust that they won't, though." "Does that sound alright to you?" She wanted his opinion - this was his life they were also dealing with. And while it did have a lot of holes, it was probably the best they could get right now. And she wanted Kodak's approval, strangely enough. |
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