Yak.

"How'd you live? And how'd you escape?" asked Patrick.

"It wasn't easy." explained Yak. "First of all the coyote's thought that since we were all wounded and tired it would be funner to take us prisoners. When we got to their camp we met a few other animals that were also prisoners and they told us that it if we wanted to live we should do what they said and not try to act smart with them. Of course there were some that didn't believe this and tried to resist and kept mouthing off. What the coyotes would do with them is take them to a cave and just beat the hell out of them! The other prisoners also told us that the coyotes would never kill anyone instantly. They preferred to teach their victims a lesson by beating them and usually they'd beat them so viciously, but just enough so that you didn't die from it, which is why it was best to just do what they told us to do. After just a week in that hell I decided I wasn't going to die there so I started making a plan to escape. I told the others, but most of them didn't want any part in it."

"So what did you do?" asked Patrick. 

"Well I had to wait a while to pull it off so I could talk about it with those that were going to help me. What we did was that one group of prisoners would pretend to run off with the coyote's food, while at the same time another group would cause a rock slide on one of the nearby hills. Most of the coyotes ran off to check  on both events and when most of the guards that were watching my group took off I snuck off hoping that no one would see me. Unfortunately one of them did see me so I had to hightail it as fast as I could. After what seemed like forever I knew I was losing energy so I hid behind a tree to catch my breath and when the coyote that was chasing me appeared I grabbed him by the neck tackled him to the ground and started choking him. I didn't want to risk him killing me or him going back to the others and telling them about me."

When Yak started to talk about his kill he started to cry. Everyone understood why.

At last Patrick spoke up "So I guess were both lucky as hell, huh?"

"Yea," said Yak "wish I could say the same for the others."

Patrick was confused. "Others? What do you mean? We're the only ones."

No you don't understand!" said Yak. "The others! Our pack! They're not dead! They're alive! All of them! And I know where they are!"

Patrick was in disbelief. The pack he thought was dead has been alive all this time and they've been prisoners to coyotes all this time! He couldn't imagine what they had to deal with. He was at a loss for words and all he could do was try and think about how his pack was doing and what they had to go through. Finally he spoke up. "Where are they?" he asked Yak.

End of Part 2. Stay tuned for Part 3!