Ankh

The young alpha, perhaps making up for his smaller size, had always tried to assert himself and make his name known. He relished the days when he departed from the Lurkers and had his fun with the humans. And now that he had his own pack, he would do just the same. Make humans fear him, make other packs respect him. Dominate the others, and bring the Lurkers to power.

Although he wished to attack the ranch owned by the Johnson's, Ankh knew that such a rash move could get him and his small pack in trouble from Hydras. And at this point and time, he couldn't afford to make her angry. He'd have to wait before striking Aidan's home.

So instead, Ankh choose a newer place. As dusk was setting in, the wiry ebony hybrid moved like a shadow across the land, heading straight for the stable. He was looking for any livestock that would be an easy target...

Satan, Suki and Kuro

Following Ankh at his heels was a large brute of a wolf, staying as silent as his lead. Slowly he made his way across the land, taking Ankh's direction to the stable. His senses were on the look-our for livestock.

Two other hybrids padded after the pair, tensed and aware as they guarded the rear of the group. They were looking out for the human occupants, ready to send up a warning should Jake or Nicole come out.

Torell/*Chickens*

The stable was not empty. It was guarded by a somewhat tame heron, Torell. His sleek head shot up when he sensed the canines. He was small, but far from weak. "I'm going to give you five seconds to get out of here or I'll cal Eli!" He warned, flapping his large wings.

Behind the larger bird, three roosters and four hens ran confusedly around in the stable. Feathers and dust flew everywhere.

Ankh

Ankh looked to the heron with surprise, then offered a grin. A heron had been the present he gave to Snowy Owl when she had their first litter of pups, and seeing Torell made the little hybrid grin at the irony. "Five seconds is all we need." He replied in a cocky tone before adressing his pack, his voice dropping a note and becoming more sinster, "Kill them all."

As he gave the go-ahead for them to assault the poultry, Ankh himself lunged for Torell, trying to sink his fangs anywhere he could into the bird's flesh...

Torell

Torell narrowed his eyes. "Ha ha very funny." He said unamusedly. "Like you could kill me in five seconds. That's rich." He jumped back when Ankh attacked. But he was just too late. His wing was in the hybrid's deadly mouth. "Let me go! Eli! Eli! There are some wolves!" He called loudly.

Ankh

As soon as his teeth hit flesh, Ankh bit hard. "You're right... I could probably do it in three." He quipped arrogantly between clenched teeth as he began to thrash his head violently from side to side, attempting to destroy the wing.

Suki, Kuro and Satan

At Torrels words, a chourus of mocking, malicious laughter erupted from behind Ankh. On his command, all three laucnhed forward for the birds behind Torrel.

Darting behind the heron, and flashing his teeth, Satan remarked, "Calling your friend won't save you." Before diving for a chicken. He aimed to tear it head from his body by pinning it under him, and jerking his jaws upward sharply.

Suki circled round the other side of the heron, fangs bared as she propelled herself at a chicken, aiming to grab its neck and snap it in one quick bite.

Kuro snarled, following close behind Suki and threw himself at a chicken, targeting its neck to suffocate it.

Torell/*Chickens*

Torell struggled, but his wing was soon broken. He jabbed his bill at Ankh's eyes.

The chickens ran like crazy, but the three who had been attacked were killed.

Rowdie

A loud snarl came from behind the group. "Go away!" a voice says. Rowdie is standing weakly, but protectivly in the opening. She is still visibly in horrible pain but she holds it back. "Get out" she snarles.

Ankh

Ankh finally released the heron, but not before the tip of the bird's bill cut a deep gouge above his eye. "I'll deal with you soon enough." The fiery little hybrid spoke louder now to address his pack and rouse them, "Lets show these humans who's boss! Kill their pet."

Seeing how wounded and weak Rowdie appeared to be, Ankh was sure this would be an easy task. Springing forward, he dove headlong at the other, trying to bring his jaws around her throat...

Rowdie

Rowdie imidieatly jumped up and over the other. She may be weak but she would still fight. She then stood protectivly infront of Torell and the chickens.

Nicole/Fox/Torell

Nicole followed Rowdie, with Fox by her side. She gasped when she saw the canines. Then she ran away, and soon came back with her rifle. "You touch my animals and I'll kill you." She warned.

Fox barked frantically. "Get out of here!" He demanded. Torell stayed in front of the chickens and beside Rowdie. "You'd better listen to the dogs because their human has a gun." He advised.

Rowdie

Rowdie snarled. A couple times, however, she found herself having to catch herself from falling over. Every so often a terrible wave of pain would surge through her.

Suki, Kuro and Satan

Snarling, Satan spun round, but before he had time to attack, the humans came with their filthy pet. Growling savagely, he drove forward for Nicole, aiming to knock her over so she was vulnerable, and then close his jaws round her throat.

Kuro slid in front of Suki, growling protectively. He, following the lead of Ankh and Satan, took on Jake, propelling himself upward to tear at the man's face.

Suki, taking the chance of the two humans being distracted, lept for Fox also aiming for a throat hold.

Nicole/Fox/Torell/Eli

Nicole was no match for the canine. Satan's attack was successful. Her neck was in the jaws of the dog. With a scream, she jabbed the rifle up towards Satan's underbelly, then fired.

Fox barked furiously. "GET OFF MY OWNER YOU JERK!" He demanded, barreling at Satan. But before he could hit, Suki had his throat. "Let go!" He barked.

Torell stepped back. This war was out of his hands now. Suddenly, Eli walked into the stable, hearing his friend's scream. Now these dogs were really going to get it. He quickly reached down to grab Satan by the back of the neck.

Rowdie

Rodie lunged at the one on Nicoles neck, she aimed for the throat of that one, planning to tear it off Nicole

Ankh

Taking a brief pause to assess the situation, Ankh's first target was the human. But as he charged towards her to aid Satan, Rowdie sprung. Abandoning Nicole, the hybrid spun and launched himself at the wounded Rowdie, attempting to grab her along the jawbone and tackle her to the ground before she could reach Satan...

Rowdie

Rowdie swirved and jumped over the oncoming other, but she landed and there was an earsplitting crack. She yelped and slid a couple feet. She laid there a moment but then tried to stand up, holding one paw up.

Ankh

His lean jaws shot up, snapping for the body that sailed over him, but he missed. Not missing a beat, Ankh swiveled about and pounced for Rowdie with the mercilous intent of killing her. He had heard the crack, and figured she must have broke something, which pleased him greatly. Instead of going for the throat, Ankh strove to sink his teeth into her face...

Jake

Jake, hearing the commotion, raced to the stable, holding his rifle. He clenched his teeth when he saw the wild canines attacking his sister. "You all go away, or I'll kill you. Then I'll hunt down your pack and make sure this never happens again." He growled, aiming the rifle. He first shot at Satan four times, then at Ankh two times, then at Kuro and Suki one time each.

Rowdie

Rowdie was unable to get away this time, she felt the terrible teath sink into her face. She put her paw up and tried to pull the other off then she began thrashing around.

Daggar

Daggar ran after Jake, she could smell Eli. She tried to ignore the pain as she ran. When Jake stopped she slid to a halt, then she looked up at Jake and then Eli, waiting for a command.

Satan, Suki & Kuro

Unexpectedly, the gun jabbed Satan in the stomach, causing him to snarl and release Nicole before the bullet could be fired. Now truely angry, he growled sinisterly, his eyes ablaze. Before he could attack again, Eli seized his scruff. In a lightning fast move, the wolf turned his head to snap at Eli's hand, before renching himself free. He bounded away a few feet, mainly to recompose himself, but a bullet from Jake's gun met his shoulder. He cried out, his left foreleg buckling under the impact, but he quickly composed himself. Now fully geared up with adrenaline pumping through him, he was blinded by rage as he went for Nicole once more, propelling himself up towards her neck to seize it.

Suki bit down on Fox, shaking her head violently as she tried to cause as much damage as possible. "You should have just left us to take our food, you pathetic pup." The bullet missed her by inches as she comtinued to drive forward to topple Fox over.

Kuro snarled, rushing to help out Ankh when he heard the gun shots. In a fast move, he lept in front of the bullet that headed for his alpha, taking it on his right flank. Snarling like a psychotic demon, her whirled round, the bullet aimed for him also catching his right flank just above the one he had blocked Ankh from. Ears back, he charged for Jake, driving forward to knock him over and tear at his face and neck.

Daggar

Daggar leaped in front of Jake,blocking Kuro.

Nicole/Jake/Fox/Eli/Torell

Nicole quickly scrambled to her feet when she was released. She was covered in blood and teeth marks, but she still fought, sending two more bullet's Satan's way as he leapt for her. She was thrown to the ground again.

Jake was furious. "I'll kill you all!" He hissed, and he wasn't bluffing. Nothing would stop him from eliminating them, he thought. This time, he ran to his sister and sent five bullets at Satan before attempting to smash the dog's face in with the rifle.

As soon as Satan got loose, Eli grabbed a shovel from the corner. It was a perfect weapon. "Good girl, Daggar. You show these pitiful monsters who's boss. ATTACK!" He commanded. He ran at Satan, trying to ram his side with the end of the shovel.

Fox yelped. ",b>Help! Save me!" He barked. Torell could not fly, but he still had a few tricks. He ran towards Suki and jabbed his bill at her eyes.

Daggar

Daggar barked with pure delight. She immediatly lunged forward, ignoring all pain. She went straight for Suki. She kept an eye on Eli, however so that she would be ready for any other orders.

Ankh

Ankh dug his teeth in and thrashed with all his strength, unrelenting against her paw swipe. He wanted to crack through bone and kill her, or at least leave her with a parting gift. It wasn't until bullets began to fly that the black hybrid realized the tide was beginning to turn.

Still he lingered, holding onto Rowdie until the gun was turned to him. Before he took the chance to release his prey and spring, Kuro was there and taking his bullet. Dropping his bite on Rowdie, Ankh snarled loudly, "Pull back! Pull back! To the woods!" With those orders, Ankh sprung across the ground, heading for the doors. Before he made his exit though, the nimble-bodied canine lunged suddenly at Jake, attempting to clamp onto the human's gun-wielding arm and save Satan from further damage.

Daggar

Daggar saw Ankh and she lunged into his path hoping to knock him to the side and keep him from reaching Jake.

Satan, Suki and Kuro

Kuro, who had been obstructed by Daggar, began to snarl wildly as he snapped at the canine's face before leaping back from any retaliation. However he heard Ankh's command before he could dive into any more fighting, and turned to leave the barn, scooping up a dead chicken on his way out.

Satan dodged both bullets from Nicole and once he had hold of her he began to thrash his head violently, causing as much damage as possible. Hearing gunshots behind him, he took two to the back from Jake, but had released Nicole and bolted away before either Jake or Eli oculd assault him with their weapons. Bleeding, but feeling relatively triumphant, he seized two of the dead chickens in his jaws and charged for the tree's under Ankh's orders.

Suki dropped Fox as two new targets came into play. Side-stepping Daggar, she plunged for Torell, bluffing an attack by snapping her jaws at his neck. Then she was called off by Ankh, and beat a hasty retreat after Satan.

The trio congregated in the woods, and waited patiently for Ankh to emerge.

Nicole/Jake/Fox/Eli

Jake barely dodged Ankh's attack, and, when the group left, he ran to his sister's side. "Nicole! Nikki!" He exclaimed frantically, checking her pulse. "I swear I will kill those dogs." He hissed through clenched teeth.

Nicole gasped, opening her eyes. "Wh...Where's Fox?!" Was all she said, scrambling to her feet and nearly falling over. Jake pointed to the medium-sized dog lying exhaustedly on the floor. "He's fine." He stated, supporting his sister in any way he could. "We have to get you to the hospital." He helped her to the truck, opened the door, started it up, and they drove away.

Eli looked down at Fox and sighed. He picked up the gun which Nicole had dropped and kept watch.

Rowdie and Daggar

Rowdie was lying in the shadows. She hadn't moved. Why had she been so stupid as to come here without being treated for her earlier injurries. She was amazed she was still alive, she had a chain digging into her neck, her ear was torn, her face was bleeding heavily, her legs were messed up one in particular, the one that Nicole had taken the chain off, she alos was covered in both ald and new cuts and gashes.

Daggar walked up behinf Eli, she was bleeding but was still able to stand, she nudged Eli's hand, putting her head under it so it was then sitting on top of her head, she looked up at him, hoping he wasn't mad at her.

Ankh

As the humans began to depart, Ankh gave a short, low howl after exiting the Barn. A little delcaration of victory, of sorts. He was angered that his pack had gotten injured, but in his eyes, they had come out the victors in this squirmish. They had food, and they had inflicted some good damage on the two leggers and their pets.

Picking up a decent pace, Ankh headed back to their territory, banner carried high.

Eli/Fox

Eli fired a shot in the direction of Ankh as he left, just to warn him never to come back again. "Don't you even think about coming back." He growled. Then he turned his attention to the dogs. He patted Daggar on the head before kneeling down next to Rowdie. He had only a small amount of medical training, but he figured he could help somehow. He walked away momentarily, still holding the rifle. He came back with some medical tape, gauze, a spool of thread, and some wire clippers (for the chain). He set to work cutting the chain away, hoping that the dog would remain still.

Fox looked down at Rowdie and barked. "Don't move. He's trying to help you." He said.

Daggar + Rowdie

She had a chain digging into her neck, her ear was torn and bleeding, her face was bleeding heavily it had deep penetration marks from when the teath had dug into her muzzle, her legs were messed up with gashes and tears covering them, one in particular, the one that Nicole had taken the "shackle" off, had a bleeding ring going all the way around it. she also was covered in both old and new cuts and gashes, some were only scrapes but others were deep and open. She knew she had broken something when she had landed, she had heard the earsplitting crack.

Daggar walked up behin Eli and stood next to him, blood dripped from her snout and along her stomach but she ignored it.

Eli/Fox

Fox looked out the door, then back at his friends. "I'm going to hunt down whoever did this to us." He stated before running off.

"Fox. Fox!" Eli called, but it was too late, and he was occupied with Rowdie right now. He continued to cut the chain on her neck away, hoping to get it all off soon.

Rowdie

Rowdie tried as hard as she could to not move, but the pain soon began to overpower her, she wished she had stayed at the vet clinic.

Eli

Eli continued to cut away the chain until it was off. Then he applied some antiseptic and began stitching the wound up. Once that was finished, he would stitch up the gashes on her legs.

Rowdie and Daggar

Rowdie looked up at him lovingly.

Daggar gently licked Eli's ear. Then she rubbed her head on his arm as he pulled it away for a second.

Eli

Eli looked over Rowdie once more, to make sure she didn't have any more injuries. He picked up a wooden splint and put it on the dog's broken leg using gauze and medical tape. Once that was finished, he got up and looked at Daggar to make sure she was okay.

R + D

Daggar looked up at Eli she barked happily, blodd still dripped in a couple places but she tried to ignore it. She put her right paw up and "waved" it at Eli as if she wanted to shake hands and confirm that he had accepted her.

Eli

Eli watched Daggar carefully and grabbed her paw in his hand. "I see you were taught some tricks, no?" He said to her. He walked to the door and looked for Fox. "Fox? You there?" He called, but there was no answer.

Daggar

Daggar pricked her ears. She walked over to Eli, looked up at him and then put her nose to the ground.