Kate followed a sick caribou that was trailing behind the massive herd. (Hiding in some nearby bushes was Humphrey waiting to help his mate if needed) He was an ancient bull; his antlers were impressive and she knew if he was healthy he could easily clomp her on the head and kill her. অথবা worse stab her and tear her to pieces with those large antlers.
But the caribou was old, the muscles in his legs just seemed too tired to carry him through another winter. His antlers where white on the tips, and even the brown spots on his body showed white on the tips of the hairs. The old ষাঁড় lay down; completely unaware that death prowled right behind him, he was nearly deaf দ্বারা now.
He looked to his right and saw the blurred image of a brown নেকড়ে approaching him slowly, death was there and he welcomed it! He didn't even face his threat nor did he make a sound as she pounced and tore his throat open. The old ষাঁড় didn't feel a thing; but left this world for the পরবর্তি great journey, free of pain and hurt.
Kate was pleased with herself, the taste of fresh blood in her mouth was আরো than overwhelming, it was flat out exciting! Humphrey had watched from some nearby bushes and upon her signal helped her drag the kill back to their গর্ত and stowed it away safely.
Humphrey congratulated her, "Good going Kate! আপনি make hunting look like nothing to me!" "Thank আপনি Humphrey!" Kate responded and brushed her golden tail over his face when she passed him and continued walking down to the gathering to wait for her পরবর্তি turn to hunt.
The temperature was dropping rapidly when they returned. They all sat patiently as Garth hunted his prey. He killed a sick cow effortlessly and being so strong didn't need much help from Lilly dragging it back to their den.
Hutch went পরবর্তি and returned with meat, Can-do followed suit; as did the rest of the Alphas.
Tony and Winston even ventured out later to bring down a healthy bull. They may have been old Alphas but they were well seasoned when it came to hunting. Tony planned the kill and Winston brought it down. Even though Tony's back bothered him, he showed no sign during the hunt, and helped drag it back. Since they would not eat as much as the younger নেকড়ে likely would Winston, Tony, and Eve decided to divide it among themselves.
সামগ্রিক the Alphas did well for the first round, now it was Kate's turn again. She ventured out quietly followed দ্বারা Humphrey. The plan was the same, she would kill, he would help drag it back. The new game would be for the Omegas, namely Humphrey's 3 friends.
The caribou moved slowly but were now getting closer to the foothills of the mountains. The beasts were completely unaware of the disappearances of the elder and sick members. A trained Alpha as she was Kate could spot a sick অথবা maimed animal very easily. She scanned over the herd and could not see any জন্তু জানোয়ার trailing behind. "Damn it! Why can't it just be easy?" She muttered angrily.
She picked out a yearling বাছুর starting trail behind the herd, it looked to maybe have a sprained ankle. It was not very big like the others but it was খাবার and she was going to take it, the pack needed খাবার for winter. Quietly she stalked it right up until she was only mere yards behind it, concealed in the dead grass.
"Gotcha!" she growled hoarsely and pounced on it's back. It bleated out a terrified squall the instant it felt Kate's sharp claws around its neck. She desperately tried to get her jaws clamped on its neck so it would quit making that awful sound!
Then mom caribou came galloping back to her calf, the sight of a নেকড়ে on her calf's back got her raging. She would kill this wolf, even if it meant her getting killed in the process! She began to use her antlers to try and pry the নেকড়ে from the back of her calf, doing her best not to hurt the calf. Kate yelled for Humphrey, but the cow did not understand what the নেকড়ে said. All the sudden out of the corner of her eye a blur of gray streaked out of nowhere and landed on her back.
Humphrey was furious and he slashed at the cow's back trying anything to get her away from Kate. "Try and hurt me will ya? আপনি can hurt me but nobody tries to kill my mate!" It worked but now there was another problem, the cow tried throwing her antlers up to get him off. "Humphrey!" Kate screamed, they caught her and sent her flying up into the air off of the calf's back. She landed hard on the ground, "omph!" It knocked the wind out of her.
She felt a terrible pain in her side where the antlers were moments before and hoped that she hadn't been seriously injured. The pain surged and she let go of a inaudible howl, knowing that there was nothing worse, nothing. The chances that her pack would have খাবার were now likely to be running into the hills this very moment.
Humphrey worked with the outraged caribou, he grabbed hold of the antlers. With all his might he tried to hopefully snap its neck. "How come bigger নেকড়ে make this look so easy?" He couldn't do it, if only he was strong like Garth. Now his main goal was to keep the caribou away from Kate who lay on the ground barely moving. "You won't get her! I won't let that happen!" Humphrey snarled. There had to be help coming, surely the others were wondering what all the commotion was about.
He soon got his answer. A deep angry growl came from nowhere, he looked around to see what it was. Tony was standing at the edge of the brush clearing where he had been moments before, his fangs bared menacingly, his পশম standing on end all along the শীর্ষ of his back. His tail held high.
Tony prodded toward the caribou, as if he had no fear in the world. Humphrey wanted to cry out to him to tell him to stay away.
"It was foolish of আপনি to come here and harass my pack leaders! The rest of the Alphas are on their way!" Tony snarled, he was outraged beyond his wildest dreams.
The cow heard him and whirled to face the new challenge, ignoring Humphrey who jumped off its back and ran to Kate's side. It stomped its sharp hooves at Tony and charged. "Tony look out!" Humphrey yelled, but Tony saw it coming and easily dodged the attack, never did he take his eyes off of the caribou. Humphrey's jaw dropped as he watched.
"Come on sister! Just try your luck and see what happens! You'll tire before I will!" Tony glared at the cow in the eyes.
The old নেকড়ে was majestic and each blow the cow tried to deliver he dodged, never failing to keep his teeth bared and never taking his eyes off the beast. Kate was still lying on the ground in a lot of pain, she lifted her head to watch the battle unfold in front of her.
"Come on আপনি coward try and trample me!" Tony would get close to the caribou and it would charge, but always missed him. All the while Kate and Humphrey watched, not knowing what to do. Finally it turned and loped off toward its বাছুর whom was clearly in shock and bugled but it didn't attempt to follow its mother. Humphrey stepped toward Tony to get a better look at him.
Out of the corner of his eye Tony saw Humphrey approaching him, "stay where আপনি are Humphrey!" He bellowed, for the first time Tony sounded frightened.
Humphrey got his answer. The angry cow turned away from the বাছুর and charged Tony one last time, its hoof caught in a hole in the ground. The অস্থি in the cow's leg snapped, it sounded like a রাইফেল shot ricocheting off the valley walls. The other caribou frighted and ran the rest of the way to the hills, hooves thundering and kicking up dust.
The sound the cow made was horrifying. It squalled in pain at the শীর্ষ of its lungs as all 600lbs of it crashed to the ground at Tony's feet, he did not hesitate either. "Take this!" Tony ran around its side and leaped onto it's back, his jaws closed around the neck and he jerked his head sideways. The cow's neck snapped; the sound emitting from it's throat died and it lay still, moving no more. Tony still held onto its neck, breathing deeply. It would not সরানো again, Tony would not let it no matter what!
Kate heard paws padding toward them and could see the rest of the pack approaching her, Humphrey, and Tony. "I got this one!" Winston jumped on the বাছুর and finished it off.
Garth ran to his father who still clenched onto the dead cow's neck. "Dad what is going on?" Still Tony did not loosen his grip on the beast's neck.
Kate tried to সরানো but the pain seared on her side, she howled with pain again. This time Eve came running out of the crowd her teeth bared at Humphrey.
"What have আপনি done to my daughter!" Eve demanded dangerously. "Mom he did nothing it was me!" Kate managed weakly. "I tried to jump on the calf's back and kill it when the mother came running and tried to kill me with her antlers, Humphrey saved me but Tony saved us both from the mother caribou!" All eyes turned to Tony as he let go of the dead caribou's neck; satisfied that it was dead, and looked back at them all.
He frowned, "what do আপনি want some kind of reward?" He asked hoarsely. "I was only doing that for the good of the pack. Now I suppose I'll be crippled up for the পরবর্তি week in agony but আপনি can thank me anyway while your at it," he snarled. Kate tried to say something but no words came to her lips, she couldn't believe Tony would do that for them.
Humphrey felt his emotions rise inside of him and he knew that the moment Tony warned him to stay where he was he was certain he could hear a concerned fatherly tone in his rough voice. Now looking at him Humphrey could see the lines and scars upon his face clearly. As if Tony could feel Humphrey's eyes on him he turned his head to look at him briefly then turned away.
Tony scoffed at all the quiet onlookers, all in awe at the sight of him standing over a dead caribou; and began to walk slowly back to his den. The cold wind which blew his long mane of grizzled dark brown পশম sideways as he went.
Humphrey and the others attended to Kate's injuries. Luckily for her they were minor; a cracked rib where the caribou had suddenly jerked its antlers up and a minor gash there also. The cracked rib is what made it painful though, every সরানো it hurt. It would recover soon but Kate had to take it easy for a few weeks in order for it to do so.
Hutch, Can-do, and Garth dragged the mother caribou and বাছুর back to the dens and বিভক্ত করা the meat up among the Omegas. There would not be enough for all but something was better than nothing. All the নেকড়ে volunteered to share with one another if need be.
With the aid of Humphrey, her father, and mother, Kate made the slow journey back to her warm, sheltered cave. When the four of them got to the entrance; the wind ceased and snow began to fall. She looked up at the sky and felt the cold flakes falling on her face. It made her think of good times during Alpha school the পূর্ববর্তি winter, how they played with the stuff during breaks.
Her side pained her again and she made way into the cave's center. The same place she and Humphrey had mated in what seemed like days পূর্বে now.
Kate instantly lay down for rest. She knew there was a lot of stuff to sort out the following day, but she was too tired and weakened দ্বারা her injury. She closed her eyes and slept soundly.
Humphrey sat in the entrance of the cave and watched Winston and Eve return to their den. "Thanks again for helping her get home," he called after them, they nodded and continued on. Humphrey watched the snow beginning to accumulate across the darkening valley. It seemed like only moments পূর্বে when he was here stretching out when he saw Kate come running up to him with the news that the caribou herd was moving on.
Humphrey thought of the epic battle between Tony and the caribou. Never in his life had he seen such a spectacle unfold before his eyes. He never thought that Tony; an Alpha of eight years could do such a thing. He also remembered how Tony had warned him to stay back when he tried to approach him before the caribou charged again.
প্রশ্ন whirred inside his head that he wanted to ask Tony. Where had he learned that? None of the Alphas in Jasper knew that, he doubted Kate knew that.
How did he so easily manage to fend off the caribou and win? Tony was a massive wolf, bigger than Winston, but he was smaller than a full grown caribou. Either way Tony knew things that nobody else did and likely never would. He's a extremely unique নেকড়ে and Humphrey planned to go and talk to him when the time was right.
But the caribou was old, the muscles in his legs just seemed too tired to carry him through another winter. His antlers where white on the tips, and even the brown spots on his body showed white on the tips of the hairs. The old ষাঁড় lay down; completely unaware that death prowled right behind him, he was nearly deaf দ্বারা now.
He looked to his right and saw the blurred image of a brown নেকড়ে approaching him slowly, death was there and he welcomed it! He didn't even face his threat nor did he make a sound as she pounced and tore his throat open. The old ষাঁড় didn't feel a thing; but left this world for the পরবর্তি great journey, free of pain and hurt.
Kate was pleased with herself, the taste of fresh blood in her mouth was আরো than overwhelming, it was flat out exciting! Humphrey had watched from some nearby bushes and upon her signal helped her drag the kill back to their গর্ত and stowed it away safely.
Humphrey congratulated her, "Good going Kate! আপনি make hunting look like nothing to me!" "Thank আপনি Humphrey!" Kate responded and brushed her golden tail over his face when she passed him and continued walking down to the gathering to wait for her পরবর্তি turn to hunt.
The temperature was dropping rapidly when they returned. They all sat patiently as Garth hunted his prey. He killed a sick cow effortlessly and being so strong didn't need much help from Lilly dragging it back to their den.
Hutch went পরবর্তি and returned with meat, Can-do followed suit; as did the rest of the Alphas.
Tony and Winston even ventured out later to bring down a healthy bull. They may have been old Alphas but they were well seasoned when it came to hunting. Tony planned the kill and Winston brought it down. Even though Tony's back bothered him, he showed no sign during the hunt, and helped drag it back. Since they would not eat as much as the younger নেকড়ে likely would Winston, Tony, and Eve decided to divide it among themselves.
সামগ্রিক the Alphas did well for the first round, now it was Kate's turn again. She ventured out quietly followed দ্বারা Humphrey. The plan was the same, she would kill, he would help drag it back. The new game would be for the Omegas, namely Humphrey's 3 friends.
The caribou moved slowly but were now getting closer to the foothills of the mountains. The beasts were completely unaware of the disappearances of the elder and sick members. A trained Alpha as she was Kate could spot a sick অথবা maimed animal very easily. She scanned over the herd and could not see any জন্তু জানোয়ার trailing behind. "Damn it! Why can't it just be easy?" She muttered angrily.
She picked out a yearling বাছুর starting trail behind the herd, it looked to maybe have a sprained ankle. It was not very big like the others but it was খাবার and she was going to take it, the pack needed খাবার for winter. Quietly she stalked it right up until she was only mere yards behind it, concealed in the dead grass.
"Gotcha!" she growled hoarsely and pounced on it's back. It bleated out a terrified squall the instant it felt Kate's sharp claws around its neck. She desperately tried to get her jaws clamped on its neck so it would quit making that awful sound!
Then mom caribou came galloping back to her calf, the sight of a নেকড়ে on her calf's back got her raging. She would kill this wolf, even if it meant her getting killed in the process! She began to use her antlers to try and pry the নেকড়ে from the back of her calf, doing her best not to hurt the calf. Kate yelled for Humphrey, but the cow did not understand what the নেকড়ে said. All the sudden out of the corner of her eye a blur of gray streaked out of nowhere and landed on her back.
Humphrey was furious and he slashed at the cow's back trying anything to get her away from Kate. "Try and hurt me will ya? আপনি can hurt me but nobody tries to kill my mate!" It worked but now there was another problem, the cow tried throwing her antlers up to get him off. "Humphrey!" Kate screamed, they caught her and sent her flying up into the air off of the calf's back. She landed hard on the ground, "omph!" It knocked the wind out of her.
She felt a terrible pain in her side where the antlers were moments before and hoped that she hadn't been seriously injured. The pain surged and she let go of a inaudible howl, knowing that there was nothing worse, nothing. The chances that her pack would have খাবার were now likely to be running into the hills this very moment.
Humphrey worked with the outraged caribou, he grabbed hold of the antlers. With all his might he tried to hopefully snap its neck. "How come bigger নেকড়ে make this look so easy?" He couldn't do it, if only he was strong like Garth. Now his main goal was to keep the caribou away from Kate who lay on the ground barely moving. "You won't get her! I won't let that happen!" Humphrey snarled. There had to be help coming, surely the others were wondering what all the commotion was about.
He soon got his answer. A deep angry growl came from nowhere, he looked around to see what it was. Tony was standing at the edge of the brush clearing where he had been moments before, his fangs bared menacingly, his পশম standing on end all along the শীর্ষ of his back. His tail held high.
Tony prodded toward the caribou, as if he had no fear in the world. Humphrey wanted to cry out to him to tell him to stay away.
"It was foolish of আপনি to come here and harass my pack leaders! The rest of the Alphas are on their way!" Tony snarled, he was outraged beyond his wildest dreams.
The cow heard him and whirled to face the new challenge, ignoring Humphrey who jumped off its back and ran to Kate's side. It stomped its sharp hooves at Tony and charged. "Tony look out!" Humphrey yelled, but Tony saw it coming and easily dodged the attack, never did he take his eyes off of the caribou. Humphrey's jaw dropped as he watched.
"Come on sister! Just try your luck and see what happens! You'll tire before I will!" Tony glared at the cow in the eyes.
The old নেকড়ে was majestic and each blow the cow tried to deliver he dodged, never failing to keep his teeth bared and never taking his eyes off the beast. Kate was still lying on the ground in a lot of pain, she lifted her head to watch the battle unfold in front of her.
"Come on আপনি coward try and trample me!" Tony would get close to the caribou and it would charge, but always missed him. All the while Kate and Humphrey watched, not knowing what to do. Finally it turned and loped off toward its বাছুর whom was clearly in shock and bugled but it didn't attempt to follow its mother. Humphrey stepped toward Tony to get a better look at him.
Out of the corner of his eye Tony saw Humphrey approaching him, "stay where আপনি are Humphrey!" He bellowed, for the first time Tony sounded frightened.
Humphrey got his answer. The angry cow turned away from the বাছুর and charged Tony one last time, its hoof caught in a hole in the ground. The অস্থি in the cow's leg snapped, it sounded like a রাইফেল shot ricocheting off the valley walls. The other caribou frighted and ran the rest of the way to the hills, hooves thundering and kicking up dust.
The sound the cow made was horrifying. It squalled in pain at the শীর্ষ of its lungs as all 600lbs of it crashed to the ground at Tony's feet, he did not hesitate either. "Take this!" Tony ran around its side and leaped onto it's back, his jaws closed around the neck and he jerked his head sideways. The cow's neck snapped; the sound emitting from it's throat died and it lay still, moving no more. Tony still held onto its neck, breathing deeply. It would not সরানো again, Tony would not let it no matter what!
Kate heard paws padding toward them and could see the rest of the pack approaching her, Humphrey, and Tony. "I got this one!" Winston jumped on the বাছুর and finished it off.
Garth ran to his father who still clenched onto the dead cow's neck. "Dad what is going on?" Still Tony did not loosen his grip on the beast's neck.
Kate tried to সরানো but the pain seared on her side, she howled with pain again. This time Eve came running out of the crowd her teeth bared at Humphrey.
"What have আপনি done to my daughter!" Eve demanded dangerously. "Mom he did nothing it was me!" Kate managed weakly. "I tried to jump on the calf's back and kill it when the mother came running and tried to kill me with her antlers, Humphrey saved me but Tony saved us both from the mother caribou!" All eyes turned to Tony as he let go of the dead caribou's neck; satisfied that it was dead, and looked back at them all.
He frowned, "what do আপনি want some kind of reward?" He asked hoarsely. "I was only doing that for the good of the pack. Now I suppose I'll be crippled up for the পরবর্তি week in agony but আপনি can thank me anyway while your at it," he snarled. Kate tried to say something but no words came to her lips, she couldn't believe Tony would do that for them.
Humphrey felt his emotions rise inside of him and he knew that the moment Tony warned him to stay where he was he was certain he could hear a concerned fatherly tone in his rough voice. Now looking at him Humphrey could see the lines and scars upon his face clearly. As if Tony could feel Humphrey's eyes on him he turned his head to look at him briefly then turned away.
Tony scoffed at all the quiet onlookers, all in awe at the sight of him standing over a dead caribou; and began to walk slowly back to his den. The cold wind which blew his long mane of grizzled dark brown পশম sideways as he went.
Humphrey and the others attended to Kate's injuries. Luckily for her they were minor; a cracked rib where the caribou had suddenly jerked its antlers up and a minor gash there also. The cracked rib is what made it painful though, every সরানো it hurt. It would recover soon but Kate had to take it easy for a few weeks in order for it to do so.
Hutch, Can-do, and Garth dragged the mother caribou and বাছুর back to the dens and বিভক্ত করা the meat up among the Omegas. There would not be enough for all but something was better than nothing. All the নেকড়ে volunteered to share with one another if need be.
With the aid of Humphrey, her father, and mother, Kate made the slow journey back to her warm, sheltered cave. When the four of them got to the entrance; the wind ceased and snow began to fall. She looked up at the sky and felt the cold flakes falling on her face. It made her think of good times during Alpha school the পূর্ববর্তি winter, how they played with the stuff during breaks.
Her side pained her again and she made way into the cave's center. The same place she and Humphrey had mated in what seemed like days পূর্বে now.
Kate instantly lay down for rest. She knew there was a lot of stuff to sort out the following day, but she was too tired and weakened দ্বারা her injury. She closed her eyes and slept soundly.
Humphrey sat in the entrance of the cave and watched Winston and Eve return to their den. "Thanks again for helping her get home," he called after them, they nodded and continued on. Humphrey watched the snow beginning to accumulate across the darkening valley. It seemed like only moments পূর্বে when he was here stretching out when he saw Kate come running up to him with the news that the caribou herd was moving on.
Humphrey thought of the epic battle between Tony and the caribou. Never in his life had he seen such a spectacle unfold before his eyes. He never thought that Tony; an Alpha of eight years could do such a thing. He also remembered how Tony had warned him to stay back when he tried to approach him before the caribou charged again.
প্রশ্ন whirred inside his head that he wanted to ask Tony. Where had he learned that? None of the Alphas in Jasper knew that, he doubted Kate knew that.
How did he so easily manage to fend off the caribou and win? Tony was a massive wolf, bigger than Winston, but he was smaller than a full grown caribou. Either way Tony knew things that nobody else did and likely never would. He's a extremely unique নেকড়ে and Humphrey planned to go and talk to him when the time was right.