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Balto sensed what Keso was doing and struggled to his feet again. He turned and started toward Jenna, but Keso had already made his move.

Jenna stepped back as Keso charged her, but her own haste caused her to fall backward, and she felt his fangs dig into her muzzle. She tried to scream, but couldn't, for the teeth clamped on her muzzle held it shut tight. She shifted forward and swiped at Keso, but to no avail. Already, his grip was tightening, and she whimpered instinctively as she felt one of her jaw bones giving.

At that instant, Balto tackled Keso off of Jenna. He had intended only to get him off of Jenna, but he had not taken into account the slight hill to the side, and the two began to tumble down it, locked in fierce struggle.

Jenna finally cried out as Keso's teeth were torn from her muzzle. She moved her jaw to make sure it still worked, but found that it only increased the pain lingering from her attack. Blood streaked down her muzzle, turning it from a beautiful cream color to the crimson symbol of death and dying.

OOC: hiya again everyone, i'm finally back on the comp...sorta, and will be retaking over my character Cale again, and ty so much aniu for keeping him going for me in my absence. *huggles aniu*

(Sorry if my postings a bit rusty...)

Cale stumbled some as Kalgorn got his claws into his back, but knew if he tried to shake the wolf off the claws would only go deeper. Instead he would bring himself down low to the ground, then with all he had push himself backwards taking the attached Kalgorn with him, and landed all his weight down upon the wolf, hoping to knock the air out of him as well as probably break a rib or two. Immediately after he'd smashed Kalgorn down, he quickly escaped the weak grip of the wolf, and would rise to his own paws and turn, smiling as the wolf's soft underbelly would now be exposed, and pounced himself right at it his front claws extended towards his target.

Balto snarled as he and Keso rolled over and over down the small hill. As their claws and teeth lashed became entangled, he saw that the ground beneath them was flattening out. At least on even ground he would have a better chance...

Jenna shook her head violently in an attempt to rid herself of the blood seeping from her torn muzzle. Having little sucess, she stumbled to the edge of the lake in hopes of easing the burning pain coursing through her. When she looked down at her reflection in the crystal waters, though, she nearly cried out in fright. In shaking her head, she had sent streaks of blood over her entire face, and now they had dried, making her appear the very embodiment of death. She turned and ran down the slope toward where Balto and Keso fought, thinking that perhaps she could use her new appearance to her advantage...

(OOC: At this point things start to get interesting....)

Angered by the attack to his neck, Cale took full advantage of Kalgorn's weakness of being on his back again by pushing his paw deeper and deeper into his soft neck, his claws making quick work of the soft, tender fur and skin. One way or another, this wolf would die, Cale was sure of this now, nothing would keep him from this kill. As Cale pushed, he would be cutting off the wolf's windpipe and weakening him and the less air the pathetic wolf got, the more he'd push down on his neck. If Kalgorn could only see Cale's eyes, the determination burning within them even as his own neck was ripped into, one way or another, Kalgorn was going to suffocate, Kalgorn was going to fall asleep from lack of oxygen, and Kalgorn was going to die.

Balto, who had quickly regained his footing, stopped when he heard Keso speak. He looked toward him, and saw the look of horror on his face; then he followed his gaze. What he saw nearly made him gag. Jenna's face, and some of her chest, were covered in blood; he'd never seen something so...appalling.
"Jenna...How...Ar-are you alright?" he stammered.

Jenna skidded to a stop a few feet from Keso and, upon seeing the fear on his face, straightened up and looked him square in the eye as her lips curled into a low growl.
"I'm fine, Balto," she said flatly, keeping her eyes on Keso as her voice turned to a snarl, "but you, Keso...oh, you..."

Confused by Keso's sudden lack of interest in the world around him, Balto quickly took the chance to move between him and Jenna again.

Treffen and Krystal, who had been standing behind Balto and Jenna as a last defense to the cave, leapt at the momentary lull in the fighting and moved quickly between Balto and Kalgorn. They then positioned themselves so they could come to the aid of either easily and quickly. Yet while each glanced at their friends, just to be safe, their main focus was Cale.

Jenna, too, seemed taken aback at this new developement.
"Balto, what's going on?"

"I don't know, Jenna," Balto replied, "But if he tries for you..."
He paused, and eyed Cale and his troops.
"...or if they try for you, run. I'll draw them away."

(OOC: Aniu_blade, the italisized words should follow along with your flashback, if that works. )

Balto eyed Cale's troops suspiciously. Were these really all he brought? Just five?
Surely he must have planned for his troops to be seen, Balto thought, Does he have more troops waiting in the darkness? Are we being surrounded even as we speak? No. No! Get a hold of yourself, Balto. If Cale had brought more, they would have jumped into the fray by now, esspecially seeing their commanding officer struggling for his life. They would have come out by now... right?

Beside him, Jenna was having the same thoughts as Balto. Not just similar thoughts, she could hear Balto's exact thoughts as clearly as though he were whispering them into her ear, but his lips weren't moving.
What is this? she thought, turning toward Balto, How can I hear him...when he's not talking?

The more Kalgorn pushed Cale closer to death, the more Cale would struggle back. While Kalgorn was busy drenching himself in Cale's blood, Cale's paw had now sunk deeply into Kalgorn's throat, and he would by now be causing the stupid wolf to be choking on his own blood, as his claws had fully punctured through the wolf's throat, and the red liquid poured into his windpipe, cutting off any oxygen that even attempted to come through. Cale was breathing heavily himself, but knew that Kalgorn was only choking himself on his blood also, a foolish mistake, as Kalgorn's mouth would fill with Cale's blood and it had to go somewhere, but to swallow it wasn't much of an option anymore, and the foolish wolf couldn't be getting breath anymore, so what would he do about it? Absolutely nothing, he couldn't do anything now, Cale had him down for the count, just a few more seconds and this wolf would be history, but would he have any fight left to assist his alpha Keso, or would he be down along with Kalgorn?