*Scent*

The scent of sheep's blood comes from a pile of leaves and grass, next to a large log. Bits of sheep wool are scattered about. There is some other scent mingled with it...

Luna

The she-alpha was in search of food now. She knew her pack must be healthy before they confronted Turret. She knew it would be easy enough for her pack to take him down, but they would have to also withstand the retaliation of Turret's pack. Luna wasn't sure how big his pack was though.

Catching scent of the lamb blood, she figured it would lead her to an easy meal. Sprinting forward quickly, she began to search the area where the scent came from.

*Trap*

A leg-hold trap suddenly snaps shut around one of your paws. It is secured to a large log, so there is no way to pull it free.

Luna

Holding back a yelp of surprise, Luna springs back. But the force of her spring and the sudden jarring force on her paw as the trap reached the end of its length nearly dropped her to the ground. Gaining her feet once more, the alpha tugged back again and again, but to no avail. She tried her teeth at the metal, but found it useless. Terrified at this new thing that clutched relentlessly and painfully at her paw, Luna howled out to her pack for help.

Mark

It was almost two days before Mark got back to this trap. Normally he didn't leave them that long, but he was very busy. He had just dropped two dogs, one of them his, off at the vet to be treated. He himself had to bandage his leg where he was bit by a wolf.

Mark drove his truck over an old, worn-down trail that led through the territory. He stopped it and got out of his truck with his riffle in hand and approached the trap. Seeing it was a wolf, Mark raised his gun and fired at her. From his last experience, he wasn't going to wait around for the pack to show up.

Luna

The alpha gave a yelp as she tried to spring back. But there was no where for her to go, and she couldn't escape her fate. The bullet struck her and she fell down, pawing at the earth while trying to rise again. This was the fate of Lilac and two of her pups, she remembered. She didn't want to endure the same thing, but she'd fight it valiantly till the end. Luna bared her teeth and snarled at Mark, but was quickly feeling weak.

Mark

Mark didn't like killing any wolf who wasn't a bother to his livestock, but it would be too difficult to free her from the trap. He moved much closer this time and aimed for her head before firing once more.

Shika

She lead her new friends here hen she sensed trouble. She saw Luna and Mark and panicked. Suddenly without warning she leapt onto Marks arm where he had the gun and she bit down hard so that he’d hopefully miss or not be able to shoot. She growled hoping Luna would be ok.

Luna

Luna flinched when Mark shot again, being startled by the blast. Whether it hit her or not, she was already slipping away. Her dying eyes focused on Mark a moment before she then saw Shika. The alpha managed to thump tail against the ground once before her whole body relaxed in death.

Shika

She saw Luna fall so she leapt off Mark and ran to Luna and meowed sadly. She then turned to look at Mark then hissed. He better beat it for she was sure her new friend wouldn’t like to see him.

Vlanafh, Ravanok, & Feather-Paw

The three soon entered, but didn't right away show themselves. Vlanafh was right away suspicious of the human and his gun, especially when he saw it killed this wolf in the trap. She slunk into view, standing near Shika. Her black-tufted ears were laid back and she hissed boldly at Mark.

Ravanok and Feather-Paw came out from hiding and hissed at Mark as well.

Mark

By the noises he made, it was clear to anyone that he wasn't happy to be bitten by Shika. He at first feared she was rabid, but when she backed off, he figured it wasn't. He didn't want to just leave Luna, because he could use the fur. But then the lynxes appeared and made him think otherwise. A mother lynx was nothing to mess with, even if he had his gun. If he missed a shot at her, he would have time to aim again before she might attack. Mark began to back off once again, shifting his gun fro

Shika

She was really worried that Aquila, Nike, and Soraya might be hurt. She continued her cat growls and hisses. She wanted to attack again but the gun did discourage her. She didn’t want to suffer the same fate as Luna. If Luna had still been alive she would have attacked in fear of her getting shot but she wasn’t. She was glad her friends were beside her.

Mark

Reaching the truck, he hopped in and slammed the door close. The engine roared to life and Mark drove off at a very swift pace.

Shika

She sighed and cried for a few moments as she lye down next to Luna. "This was the alpha. She was a very close friend but that stupid human as you can see killed her. Maybe Aquila... my closest friend is at the main pack lands. I’m sure he’d like to meet you." She said standing and looking sorrowfully over to Luna her pelt stained crimson with blood.

Vlanafh, Ravanok, & Feather-Paw

Vlanafh hung her head down a bit, "Those humans seem to be very ruthless. They stand like an angry bear, but are not so bulky." she pointed out, then answered her friend's question, "I would like to meet Aquila."

Feather-Paw and Ravanok both held their heads down as well, sad for this wolf even if they had just met her.

Shika

She nods. "Follow me." and runs to the main pack lands of the terrain.

Vlanafh, Ravanok, & Feather-Paw

With Vlanafh leading, the three wild cats trailed after Shika. They were all upset over the course of events, even if they hadn't known Luna.