deep breathe and realized she must have been holding it for that whole time. Two: Baako ran to her side again.
“Are you okay Miss?” He asked kindly but she heard the concern in his voice. It seemed like déjà vu. “Eli didn’t mean to scare you. It’s just that you need the food more than we. You need to keep your strength up,” He cautioned.
With the pain through out Naryia’s body she didn’t want to speak, but it was the only way to keep those pictures from returning.
“I’m fine really… I…I-” She didn’t know what to say. “I’m full,” She finally said, it wasn’t true, she was still hungry but once the pain from her legs were gone she needed some way other way to keep the memories out, slightly starving herself was her best solution.
“Okay,” Said Baako and he lifted his head toward Eli, “You can have it,” He told him. Eli started to dig in before Baako even said anything but Baako paid no more attention to him. He simply sat next to Naryia, a few silent seconds past before he started questioning her.
“So where’s your pack….if I may ask?” He started but Naryia didn’t look at him. She stared at the ground, not wanting to talk about it. Instead she turned the question on him.
“Where’s your pack?” She asked, never taking her eyes off the ground.
Baako knew she wasn’t going to let him in until they knew each other better but since Baako already knew that he was kind and gentle, he just wanted to skip the whole trust thing and become friends, like he and Eli had.
“They’re gone…” he started with his head towards the ground. “But that was a long time ago. I was….unwillingly adopted by the founder of my slaughtered friends and family. I was only a pup then. I left my founder pack yesterday because he didn’t understand my needs. Others tried to follow me but I outsmarted them,” He said with a smug smile. Baako felt great about leaving his ‘founder pack’. He felt free to explore, which was everything he ever wanted.
“What about Eli…?” Naryia asked. “Are you two related?” She felt it was a dumb question. They looked nothing alike, she wasn’t even sure if they were the same breed.
“No we aren’t related. Eli left his pack the day before yesterday. He says he was meant to leave the pack and get re-owned by another, he’s not sure why but he refused to leave. He said he got in a fight with his alpha and that’s how he got those scratches,” Naryia shuttered when Baako mentioned the scratches. Baako saw her flinch but didn’t go into it until he knew she trusted him.
Baako continued, “He ran away that night and found me yesterday. I scared him half to death,” He chuckled, “We started informing each other of our packs whereabouts and we stumbled across you… Sorry that turned into a ‘How We Met’ story, didn’t it?” He said. Naryia’s smile hurt her face but she put up with it. “Your turn…where’s your pack?” Baako pressured. Naryia took a deep breath, still staring at the ground.
“It doesn’t matter where they are…” She said slowly. She didn’t to go any further than that, in fear of her mind being taken over.
“Okay….I see we will be getting nowhere with this conversation. Are you going to go back to your pack or are you going to wonder around alone?” Baako asked softly but he didn’t get an answer. “If you’re going to stay out here alone then would you mind joining us? You didn’t seem like you were in very good shape last night and whether you like it or not I’m staying with you until you are well enough to provide on your own,” Baako said with determination in his voice. But he still had no answer from Naryia. Eli had finished the meal and headed over to Naryia’s other side.
“This isn’t a great place to stay the night,” Said Eli.
“You’re right Eli, there’s no cover here for us,” Replied Baako
“No I meant there’s no food source for miles…” Baako rolled his eyes at Eli’s comment.
“We still need to find shelter,” Baako explained. “I’ll go and search for a near place to spend the night. I’ll come back for you.”
“Okay Baako,” Baako ran off before they could say anything else.
“How are you going to get me there?” Asked Naryia after a few seconds.
“You’ll walk of course,” Said Eli, he hadn’t noticed anything majorly wrong with Naryia, he just thought she was a klutz.
“I can’t walk, I’m in too much pain,” She said.
“Pain from what? You haven’t done anything,”
“Pain from running all night,” Naryia was starting to get irritated by this idiot; she wasn’t sure if he was stupid or if he was just trying to annoy her.
“Well you shouldn’t have ran all night, then you wouldn’t be in pain now would you?”
“Well what would have you done if your pack was being slaughtered right in front of your eyes?” Naryia hadn’t noticed she was yelling and she found herself towering over Eli as well. “Uhh sorry…I’ve just had a bad….day,” ‘or a bad life perhaps?’ She thought.
Naryia lay back down, Eli was too afraid to speak again.

Chapter Seven: RED LIGHT------------Wednesday afternoon

Litzy had been following her brother all day, not making any sound. She thought she had crossed his line when she saved him. They had a late breakfast… or early lunch. But neither were hungry at this point, even when catching their prey Litzy had just sat and watched, she didn’t speak, she didn’t even thank him for the food. Durango had actually liked it this way.  They were looking for shelter at this point in the day. Considering last night wasn’t a pleasant sleep for either of them. Lying on top of sticks and smalls stones with only a tall tree for cover. Thankfully it hadn’t rained on them last night. Actually in seemed unusually dry this time of year. The sun wasn’t overly hot but the ground looked so unhealthy and the dry mud cracked, forming canyons for small bugs. It made Litzy want to spit on the ground just to help the grass grow.
Durango wasn’t searching for just any old shelter, he wanted a shelter that he could live at. One with a nice stream that wasn’t too far away from a big food source. There were loads of places that would have been suitable for two wandering wolves, but Durango was picky. At last they had found a field that Durango would settle for. It had a rushing river, a cool cave and a heard of caribou not too far away. The only problem was: it was a very small field. It was surrounded by trees that looked as if they were on the verge of falling over and ‘poofing’ into dust, it was so dry.
“Here we go Litzy,” Said Durango as he trotted up to the cave – still with Litzy following.
Litzy looked around with a worried expression.
“Are you sure this place will be okay?” She asked.
“What’s wrong with it?”
“Nothing really, it’s just… a little… never mind. It’s perfect!” Litzy couldn’t bring herself to complain in fear she may upset him again.
Durango felt confident in his finding, but his finding took them all day. Their only choice was to sleep until dawn so they were able to search the place more.
“We’ll have to take shifts to be on guard tonight. You know, just to make sure no one has already owned this territory. You take the first shift and I’ll…..wake me up when the moon is highest in the sky.” But Durango wasn’t really planning to wake up at all. If he was woken up he’d most likely snap at her. But lucky for the both of them he wasn’t woken up… well not for the shift change at least. Litzy sat outside the cave, occasionally running around just keep herself awake. But it didn’t work in the end, she’d finally drifted to sleep, loosing track of time.
They both slept soundly, until one o-clock in the morning.
Litzy heard a huge crack followed by some repeated small cracks, but it was the big one that had jolted her out of her slumber. It took her a few seconds but she soon remembered she was meant to be on guard. She looked into the sky checking for the moons location. It was time for the shift swap. But as her eyes fell back to Earth she saw a bright light ahead of her (No she’s not dead). This light was a red and orange blaze of colour. She saw tiny sparks of bright orange flying away from this unearthly source. She could feel the heat being thrown towards her, she watched as some trees fell in the forest, creating a wave of those little orange sparks. Litzy’s eye grew wide in fear. She ran into cave kicking Durango and nudging him with her nose.
“Wake up!” She cried. “Durango you need to wake up! NOW!” She gave him a huge wallop in the stomach, which surely woke him up.
“What? Why do I need to wake up, it’s not my shift yet! LEAVE ME!” He yelled back at her.
“No Durango, we need to move now! There’s this strange thing outside, I don’t know what it is but it’s tearing down the forest, tree by tree. And I don’t think it’s a good idea to get caught in it.” She warned. Durango opened his eyes and viewed out the cave. As soon as he saw what Litzy was talking about he suddenly felt the heat it was