cries of a pup. From the sound of it, it sounded like a female.
"It's her! It's her! Hitze It's Her!" Anilda exclaimed jumping up.
"What?" Hitze asked curiously.
Anilda, again siezed hitze and pulled him to the ground. Pressing his ear to the ground.
"Anilda-" Hitze started but anilda clamped his jaws shut again.
Being held down like this, Hitze had no choice but to listen.
He heard it.
The sad cries of a female pup. Hitze would have gasped had anilda not been holding his mouth shout.
"You hear her?" Anilda asked
Hitze couldn't answer her verbally so he nodded his head.
Anilda let go of hitze, allowing him back up. But knocked him back down as soon as he'd gotten up.
Hugging him anilda exclaimed "Hitze you're a Saint!"
Hitze blushed slightly "Im glad I could help"
Anilda suddenly started crying.
"Anilda. . ." Hitze said, unsure of how to react.
"Hitze if we hadn't met. . . you've helped me threw so much. . . there's no way i could possibly repay you for all you've done. . . I just can't help. . . you're the best friend i've ever had" Anilda sobbed into Hitze's shoulder.
Hitze smiled. "Don't worry about repaying me. I just want you to be happy"
Anilda licked Hitze's cheek. Tears still running down hers.
"Come on, Anilda, let's go get your daughter"
Anilda got to her paws and smiled at hitze as he got up.
Anilda gave him a final friendly nuzzle.
The two then ran the rest of the 3 mile length of the mountain till they reached the edge.
Anilda and Hitze glanced over the edge, unsure of what they would see.
Nothing could have prepared them for what they saw.

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
"Get up! This is your only chance to get away remember!" The N-C shouted. Circeling Aleu as she lay in agony.
Coughing up blood, she struggled to her paws.
A Nightmare that had haunted Aleu for years had come true.
Aleu could barely hold back the tears.
Pain seared threw her body. A long cut bled on her side.
She had been kicked in the hind leg by the N-C and four large gashes had becun to bleed. It had been a long time since aleu had felt such pain.
"Come on aleu, you just have to get one good cut" Aleu thought, willing herself to stay on her paws.
As soon as she had gotten up, she was knocked back down. The N-C raised his caws high into the air and brought them down on Aleu's side. Sinking deeper than ever.
Blood gushed out over the N-C's paws even before he'd removed his claws.
Aleu screamed in agony. Nothing could compare to this much pain.
But only one good thing came from this. A dribble of blood ran down the N-C's leg. A small, but deep cut stood out.
Aleu then passed out.

Awakening again aleu realized she was still laying on the ground. She wasn't in the cave. Surprised that he N-C and the Red Rock pack had kept their word, aleu lay there motionless. Her side pained her beyond anything she'd experienced.
To stop the blood flow from her side that had turned her gray fur to scarlet, she found the strength to roll onto her other side. The snow becan freezing her side, numbing the overwhelming pain riping threw her.
Slowly the pain subsided. Sighing aleu tried moving. She was too weak. Wanting to get as far away as possible she kept trying, knowing there was no use. Her body felt ready to give out on her.
Aleu then heard rocks fall.
Her heart began to beat faster.
Someone was coming. . .

"Anilda what are you doing?!" Hitze whispered urgently to anilda, watching her climb down the mountainside.
"I know her, that's Aleu!" Aniled replied, not stoping.
"Who?" Hitze asked, following her.
"The alpha of my pack" Anilda replied. "Now shush. She may be guarded"
Hitze took her word for it and didn't say another word. They continued down the mountain as quietly as they could.

Getting down the mountain turned out to be easier than going up it. Even if they did remain low silent. What took them hours to climb up, only took 30 mins to get down.
Once they had descended the mountain and she could feel the familiar snow under her paws, Anilda darted for Aleu.
Her jaw dropped when she saw aleu's beaten body.
"Aleu!"

Aleu lay on the ground, searching for any energy left in her. She felt weary, she might have rested there had she not heard the noises behind her, filling her with fear. She was completely defensless.
For 30 long minutes that dragged on forever, she heard the noise grow louder. Closer. Then finally the noise ended. Hearing someone running at her she closed her eyes, If she couldn't escape, at least she didn't have to see it.
Then. . .
"Aleu!"
It wasn't a growl or an angry voice. Instead it was a shocked, familiar voice. It sounded like. . .
Aleu's eyes snapped open. She felt relief rush threw her.
"Anilda!"
"Aleu, oh, what happaned to you?" Anilda moaned.
Aleu noticed something different about anilda when she turned and called for some named hitze. The old tale about a vicious fire-wolf name Hitze who killed pups who misbehaved registered in aleu's mind briefly but she dismissed it. She had to have heard wrong.
"Anilda, you pup. . ."
"I gave birth but she's been taken from me. I know where she is but i don't know how to get to her" Anilda explained. "Besides ill tell you it later, Hitze will get you to safety"
A flashback of the crying female pup in the cave flickered into aleu's mind. "Anilda, your daughter's in there"
Aleu could only gesture her paw at the mountain.
"I know, have you seen her?" Anilda asked
"Yes, she's gray" Aleu explained as proof she had.
"yes, how can i get to her?" Anilda asked quickly.
"The entrences is right there. about halfway up" gesturing to the mountain again.
Anilda looked but didn't see. Not at first. Starring up at it she spotted it. The mouth was sealed with a large boulder.
Without saying another word she ran in its direction.
Hitze watched anilda. He didn't know if he should follow her or not, but he decided to help the wolf that wen't by Aleu.
"Come on, lets get you out of here" Hitze said and lifting her gently. Then, sliding under her and stood up. Aleu now lay on his back. Hitze went as fast as he could, doing his best to make the ride as smooth as possible for aleu. It wasn't easy with shoulders like his.

CHAPTER THIRTY

Zach glanced down the mountain he stood on.
Adam had told him specifically where to look but apparently he wasn't the only one looking for Aleu. He could see below him a white furred, fierce looking wolf, walking with the motionless figure of aleu on his back.
Finding his way down in just under 20 minutes, Zach looked back to the area he'd seen the two. They were still going in the same direction though they were some distance apart.

Zach ran after them. Stretching his legs to their fullest extent while he ran. Gaining on the slow-walking wolf.

Anilda had nearly reached it. So close to the boulder that sealed in her daughter. She luckily did'n't have to climb up. Their was a path that swerved up the mountain but it let to the stone platform she was headed for.
Five minutes later she was standing before the boulder. Looking around she was surprised it wasn't guarded. She sighed. One less thing to do. Looking around the boulder she looked for the best direction to push it. Since the platform she stood on was perfectly flat she supposed it really didn't matter.
Putting her shoulder up against the giant rock she pushed. The rock didn't budge. Trying again the boulder refused to move. Throwing her shoulder into the boulder she managed to slid the boulder slightly. Just a few milimeters.
Taking a deep breath she continued thrwing her shoulder into the boulder until unexpectidly the boulder rolled. She fell to the ground as the boulder rolled away from her. Panting she ran into the cave. She could hear the pup whining.
Following the sound she found her.
Tears filled her eyes and she licked the pup. The pup whimpered.
"Mommy has you" Anilda said picking her up and setting her on her back.
Heading for the entrence of the cave again she saw a pair of gleaming red eyes glare at her from the entrence. His body cast into shadow. Anilda gasped and looked for another way out.
None.
She was completely trapped. . .
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

While Bailey was busy taking the sobbing angle back to the pack and Zach was gone looking for aleu, Lang kept wondering about what Jon had done that brought angle back to his senses.
Curiosity got the better of him. wondering over of Jon who lay near Adam with mali, praying for him lang cleared his throat.
"Jon, could i talk to you a minute?"
Jon stood up. "yea, what is it?"
"Its about earlier, with angle..." Lang started
"Go on" Jon said watching Lang
"Well i was wondering, How did you do it?" Lang finished
Jon sighed. "it's kinda hard to explain but its similar to an exorcism, I simiply cast out the soul that, currupted angle's heart"
"But. ." Lang started but mari suddenly called for them.
"Guys! Adam, he's waking up!"
They all ran frantically over to adam.

Adam opened one bleary eye. His vision was blurred to bad to make out anything. Lifting his head up some his other eye opened. His vision came into clearer focus, though it was still hard to make out much.
Adam could see several figures crowd around him. Confused he opened his mouth to speak but nothing would come out.

Jon,Jake,Alike,Anisto,Bailey,Lang,Mari, and Jasper gathered around their leader.
They noticed he seemed to be having trouble getting things into focus. His mouth opened as if to say something but was unable to.
"Adam? Are you alright?" Mari asked curiously
Adam tried again. A grunt came out. Trying again he got his voice threw. Raspy, not at all like his own, but they could understand him. "What happened?"
Anisto looked at mari then spoke up. "You nearly died from blood loss"
Adam looked down at himself. Things started coming back to him.
The N-C, Aleu missing, Zach running off to find her, then blackness.
"Has there been any news on Aleu yet?" Adam asked swallowing.
"None. We've been waiting for you to come around. The pack is probably in the Safe Haven now though" Mari replied.
Adam sighed. He realized he couldn't feel the entire side of his body that lay on the ice.