"You want me to do what!?" Anders yelled at his mother who refused to look at him.

"You're being sent to track down your brothers and bring them back here to fight."

"You can't be serious can you? আপনি actually expected me to agree to this?"

"It doesn't matter whether আপনি agree অথবা not," Humphrey said, "The council has made their decision, আপনি have no choice অথবা say in the matter."

Anders paused and looked at both of them. "You can't be serious." He repeated while looking for any change in his parents hoping that it was only a terrible joke. After a মিনিট of silence Anders finally sat down in astonishment.

"Anders......This is our only hope of getting the valley back..........We have no other choice."

Anders ignored his father's reasoning and continued to look at the ground in disbelief. He shook his head and began to walk the other way.

"This is unbelievable. After what they've done, after they abandoned the pack?"

"Can আপনি think of any other way to end this war?" Kate snapped.

Anders stopped dead in his tracks. He knew there wasn't much hope that the pack would be able to go up against the northern and southern নেকড়ে combined power. Not wanting to accept the fact, Anders began running tactics through his mind. All of them seemed to fall apart even before they started and he soon gave up. He slowly closed his eyes, sighed deeply, and slowly turned to his parents with his head hung in defeat.

"Alright...I'll do it."

"What!?" a soft scream ব্যক্ত as he ব্যক্ত this. Anders and his parents turned towards the noise all knowing who it was.

"Faith?" Called Anders.

Faith hesitantly emerged from her hiding place and walked over to Anders with a sad look on her face.

"What are আপনি doing here?"

"I was coming here to see how আপনি and your parents were doing...but then I heard আপনি yell so...I hid."

"So? আপনি heard everything?"

Faith nodded unable to look into Anders' eyes.

"What's wrong though?" asked Anders not knowing he would regret asking.

"Oh he's a goner now." Whispered Humphrey while Kate smiled and nudged him to be quiet.

"What's wrong? WHAT'S WRONG!?" Faith began to stomp অগ্রবর্তী to Anders while he stepped back with every word that she said. "You're leaving to place unknown and you're asking me what's wrong!?"

"I......I don't understand Faith...I mean I leave all the time."

"That's not the same thing আপনি idiot! You're going to places that might get আপনি killed, and আপনি expect me to just sit here and wait?"

"Well uh....erm..yes?" Anders ব্যক্ত struggling to see the point of her anger. Faith tackled him like a train hitting a tiny sports car.

"YOU THICK HEADED ALPHA!" She yelled as they landed on the ground, "How can আপনি not understand? I don't want আপনি to leave me! I don't want আপনি to get hurt somewhere where I can't help you!" She began to cry and loosen her grip. "I don't want আপনি to die! I প্রণয় আপনি ANDERS!"

Faith cried into Anders' chest, and Anders was stunned at the amount of emotion and pain she was in. He wrapped his paws around her as she continued to cry.

"Please...Please don't leave me Anders."

Anders was conflicted. He looked at his parents for at least a little sign of guidance, but all their faces held was confliction as well.

"Faith...Anders...... um," Humphrey started as he walked over to the two, "He...He has to go Faith."

When Faith heard this she got up in an attack stance and growled at him. She was just about to attack when something stopped her. "He's right Faith."

"But......Anders....."

"There's no other way Faith. If I don't we may lose আরো if they come after us."

"Anders..."

"I প্রণয় আপনি too Faith... That's why I have to do this. We need to take back the valley so we will be able to live নিরাপদ and happy lives. There is no other choice. I have to do this. So if I promise to come back... Will আপনি wait for me?"

"Are আপনি sure আপনি can keep that promise?"

He rubbed his nose with hers, "I'm sure I can keep this one."

Faith sighed deeply and rubbed her nose with Anders'. "Oh Anders, I প্রণয় you."

"I প্রণয় আপনি too Faith."

Humphrey moved closely to Kate and snuggled with her. "Looks like our little নেকড়ে is growing up..." Humphrey ব্যক্ত to his mate who was looking happily at the two lovers.

"Yeah...do আপনি think it was the right thing to do to send him out there?"

"Come on Kate, this is Anders we're talking about. He'll bring them প্রথমপাতা safely." Humphrey ব্যক্ত as he nuzzled Kate.

"I প্রণয় আপনি Humphrey."

"I প্রণয় আপনি too Kate.