White Love

Run that one word echoed in her head as she ran while limping. She didnt know if Magadan had followed her or not. Truthfully she hoped he had. She skidded to a stop as she checked the air, her eyes widened. She hoped she wasnt right when she didnt smell anyone. Crossing over the border she immediately put her position as alpha. Her brown eyes scanning the area as she limped towards the center.

Oh please, oh please, Magadan, please of followed me. the thought swirled in her head. She looked up at the moon and stared at it for a moment. Then looked down at the ground, looking at the recent paw marks. She sniffed them, her lip drawing back in a snarl. She didnt recognize the scent. Of course, she had Lurker stench all over her so she couldnt smell past that. White Love hoped someone would show up that she knew soon.

Magadan & Yepa

Magadan had had waited a short while after White Love had escaped. He wanted to give his alpha a head start, and make sure that her escape had gone unnoticed, and that no one trailed after her. After waiting what felt like eons, the silvery-faced brute had slunk out of the Ruins himself to make a quick, quite retreat from their captors. Unfortunately, their escape hadn't gone unnoticed for long - Yepa was the first to discover the pair missing, and immediately went out to investigate.

As Magadan neared the border of Sedge Creek, he heard the small wolf trailing behind him. At 130 pounds, Mag was significantly larger than the 95 pound Yepa, and as soon as he spotted the smaller female, he rounded back and went after her. Yepa turned to dash away, but could not move fast enough through the stand of saplings, and was quickly overtaken by Magadan. The sound of snarling, yelping, and snapping branches soon filled the cold winter air...

White Love

White Love's head snapped towards the sound and she soon hurriedly limped towards it. Coming to it, she saw Magadan and went around behind Yepa. When she got there, her bristled fur made her look bigger and she pulled her lip back in a snarl. ''Get her under control Magadan." she said, trying to be calm. She looked at the smaller female. Her daggers showed fully and the flare in her eyes showed she wasnt happy. Her tail above her back in alpha position and her ears flat against her head. She wanted nothing more then to rip the small female's life from her, but she restrained herself.

''We'll keep her under our watchful gaze." she said now calm but still in the same position. "You try to run and I will be the one to kill you, I dont care if it takes weeks, months, days, hours, minutes, or seconds if you run, I will find you and make sure you dont live to see another day.'' she half growled, half whispered to the female. She looked at Mag. ''Good to be home ey?'' she smirked and started to limp back into the territory. ''Bring her. I'll call for Emma and Blazing Heart to keep her guarded and Ill call for our Omega's to help her. Maybe get some information from her.'' her gaze wondered over the land once again as she ducked her head down to sniff the ground. No trace of her pack members. It was just them for now.

Magadan & Yepa

Magadan and Yepa were already locked in a fight by the time White Love reached the scene. Yepa had turned tail and attempted to flee, but had been overtaken by the larger male in a few short yards. He'd caught her with a savage bite to the haunches, and taken her to the ground with a vicious thrashing of the head. Once down, Mag pounced and snapped at Yepa's legs and face, while the female fought frantically to roll back over and protect her vulnerable throat and belly from damage. She managed this after a few harrowing seconds, and just as she was scrambling to bolt away from Mag, she nearly ran straight into White Love. Yepa froze and immediately hunkered to the ground, tail tucked and bloodied body trembling.

Magadan towered behind her, snarling loudly with his crimon-stained fangs bared and hackles bristled. He nodded to White, "If she attempts to escape, it will be the last thing she ever does. Move!" The beta reached down and nipped harshly at her flank to get Yepa up and moving along with him and White Love. Yepa had little choice but to comply. With the small female under control, Magadan now had the time to return a look to White Love, appearing tired and weary from their ordeal, but immensely grateful to be back home, "There's nowhere else I'd rather be right now. And with a prisoner, we should have some leverage against the Haunters and their allies. It might buy us enough time to find allies of our own." As they padded back into the Sedge Creek territory, the silver-faced male turned a question to his alpha, "How are your injuries?"

White Love & others

White looked over at Magadan and nodded but it took a minute for her to respond back to him. "Healing slow. I'll be fine." she answered then turned as the rounded near the a hollow tree in the clearing and attempted to grab hold of Yepa's scruff and move her faster along into the hollow tree and stand there to call for the four she needed to get Yepa safe. After all, the Haunter's hadn't done anything to White and Mag besides keep them prisoners. She lifted her muzzle to the sky and let out a strong howl, calling for Emma, Blazing Heart, Moon and Snow Love. Once they had gotten there she looked to Emma and Blaze. ''I need you two to keep this mutt well guarded in this hollow. If she attempts to escape, show her that you're not afraid to cause her anymore damage then Magadan has already inflicted on her." she growled a little then watched as they took their place on either side of the entrance to the hollow tree. White then turned to Moon and Snow Love.

''I need you two to take care of her wounds, possibly get some info out of her about the Haunters. I know you two don't like fighting so im not asking you two to hurt her, im asking for you to help her." she said and again watched as Moon went off to get supplies to help her wounds while Snow Love entered the hollow tree. Then she turned to Magadan. A small smile creased her lips a bit. "Did she hurt you in any way?" she asked, as she limped forward, checking him over.

Magadan & Yepa

Magadan nodded, but remained concerned for White Love's wounds after that fight with Kree. He further feared that the stress from their capture and daring escape would wear the alphess out and weaken her further. It was one reason he'd been so swift and hostile in dealing with Yepa, even though the small female presented little threat to him. Now that he saw her in action however, it was clear that she still had every ounce of spirit in tact, even if her injuries were causing her to limp. Just to be safe though, Mag began to gingerly sniff over White Love's bite marks to ensure none were infected.

Meanwhile, Yepa was cowering pitifully, with her tail tucked tight against her belly and her ears plastered against her skull. She yelped as White Love grabbed her scruff and guided her along quicker, forcing her into the large, hollowed tree. The little wolfdog did not fight against her, nor did she snarl or snap at the guards whom White Love called in to watch over her. Instead she whimpered quietly, saying nothing.

When White Love had finished giving her packmates orders, Mag stepped back and lifted his head. A faint smile of his own appeared as he shook his head, "Nothing worth mentioning. I'm fine." It was true; the only damage he'd taken from Yepa were a few puncture wounds on his check and foreleg, all of which would heal in good time, as long as he kept them clean. "Are you sure you're okay? I can get you some food, if you're hungry."

White Love & others

Snow Love padded slowly into the hollow tree and looked to Moon as she came back with supplies to help Yepa. Snow Love took the wet moss and started to gingerly pat it on her wounds. "I won't hurt you. I'm not like the others, the name's Snow Love, and this is Moon. Can you tell us your name?" she asked still patting the moss on her wounds to clean up the blood. Hoping she'd open up to the two of them. While she turned to get some poppy seeds to give to Yepa for the pain in her wounds as she worked. She then turned to get some Aloe Vera plant and chew it to a pulp then spread it on her wounds to help heal them.

White Love nodded. "I'll be fine. We'll go hunting later. If anything I'll just get some poppy seeds from Moon for the pain." she said, looking towards the hollow tree and sighing. "Do you think it was a little harsh to cause that much hurt towards the pitiful thing?" she asked looking back towards Magadan as she limped over to a shaded place and lowering herself to her haunches.

Magadan & Yepa

Yepa sat with her back hunched and her head held down low. The gray and off-white female was not meant to be a fighter, and had seriously underestimated Magadan's speed. Wounded and terrified at the situation she found herself in, the female didn't even growl at the two who were guarding her. She just sat there, tail tucked and hears smoothed back against her head, waiting for whatever would happen next. When Snow returned, Yepa was surprised by her act of kindness and gentle actions. She held still as the moss was applied, followed by the aloe vera paste, then hesitantly licked up the offered poppy after biting through the dried husk of the plant's seed head. Hesitantly, she flicked her eyes to Snow, then hastily looked down to the ground, "Yepa. ...why are you even helping me?"

Magadan followed White's gaze to the tree, but he felt no hint of regret or remorse for his actions. He was far more concerned with the alpha, and what would become of their pack after the Haunters found out about the escape. When she questioned him about his harsh treatment of Yepa, Mag looked back to his leader and spoke evenly, "No. I fully believe that they would have eventually killed us, back there at the Ruins, if we hadn't escaped. If I hadn't stopped her, she would have run back and alerted the pack of our escape, if they haven't figured it out already." He sighed heavily, "I was trying to buy us more time. Surely, the Haunters and their allies won't let our escape go unpunished."