The beginning of the End (pack split thread)

Leading up to this point in time; Bandit had only tagged along with Coven, Molly, and Karbon because of Bleu. However, now as he stood there watching her growl at some unknown stranger, who had the worst timing of all history, the shock of the situation was starting to settle in. There was something in the way she protected Molly that made him angry because even though he had only glimpsed Blitzen's dying form, it was imprinted in his head as he had stared and studied the scenery for hours. Bandit growled at his sister not being able to help the sadness, anger, and surprise that was welling up inside him. How could she be so protective? "Bleu, what are you doing? Why are we here? We need to get back to mom and dad now!" He couldn't just leave their parents like that, leave Rayne like that to just wallow in mourning. Coven and Molly had lost nothing, and from where he was standing they were pulling of some serious cowardly and selfish shit. How could Bleu not see that? His face crinkled as he tried to understand what was up with her. "I understand Molly's been a significant figure in our life Bleu, but look at her. She just let her supposed life friend, alpha, brother die in a pool of his own blood without even a second glance. I'm not betraying our parents like that. Coven and Molly have made their choice, we're not going down with them. Bandit side glanced Coven to make sure he wouldn't get mad at his words then stepped back to see if Bleu would come with him. They were just yearlings and Coven didn't even like them! What the hell were they going to do when Molly was fine to be on her feet and Coven didn't need them? They were the odd ones out.

KiRae walked quickly into the dens, His ears pinned against the back of his head. He'd seen two fight and the kill. He'd watched it and he never helped. He could have done something to help, yet he stood by and watched. He let out a sigh as he heard the murmurs of the pack as he approached. Pausing at the edge of the dens, he looked into the groups, seeing nothing but the chaos, the seperation. Taking a deep breath in, the silver wolf stepped forward again, his head lowering. KiRae never felt like he was really a part of the pack. He met a few, but then he'd leave the pack alone for such a long time, for no real reason. He walked around for a while, hoping to run into Fallon, or someone he knew, but the chance didn't seem to stong at this moment.

Dakota followed her father and brother mutely, hiding her face in her father's fur and doing her best not to look at Blitz's frozen form. Soon she was away from the scene, and although she was still shaking, she was slowly pulling herself together. "What?...Why?...How?" Was all she managed to stutter awkwardly as she sank into a sitting position to stare, bewildered and frightened at her brother and father.

Molly smiled at the new male as he spoke, shrugging slightly and glancing at Karbon. "Calm down Karbon." She said softly, glancing at Bleu at the same time that Bandit arrived. It was surprising and at the same time, completely expected that the young male blew up. She didn't hold it against him, and nor would she hold it against Bleu if she left. She watched silently, keeping her opinions to herself and her eyes on the young pair.

Bleu's growl ceased almost instantly as Bandit started to flip out. What the hell? She simply stared at him as he ranted, her muzzle parted in surprise and confusion as she fought for words. What should she do? She loved her brother, and she'd never been apart from him, so she couldn't bring herself to not follow him now. She glanced back at Molly, who seemed rather calm, yet remorseful in a way. But the older white female said nothing. "Calm down, Bandit. I'll go with you wherever you want to go." She said softly, her ears flat against her skull as she moved to her brother's side, licking his chin and looking around at the other wolves for only a moment before her eyes returned to her brother's face.

Laek couldn't understand how grateful Tessa was for the physical comfort, something not even Sib had offered her when they had found out the hard way. She crumpled against Laek and drew comfort from the contact of her friend, still fighting to hold herself together, yet barely able to keep the panick and fear from overtaking her. What would happen now? Where would they go? What would happen to the pack? To Rayne?

Xerxses was out on patrol, unfortunately in the furthest place from the dens. There was no way for him to hear the snarls of anger or yelps of pain. He had taken Teras with him today, mostly because the younger male wouldn't stop nagging him about warrior training and crap. Either way, they had no idea what was happening, and they wouldn't find out until they returned to the dens later that evening.

((Molly/Karbon/Coven/Antero continued here: https://incendio.rpg-board.net/t147-rebuilding ))

Bandit sighed with relief as his sister stepped up and joined him. He hadn't realized how is heart had been racing and how he had held his breath while awaiting her response until he released all his tension. Bleu had seemed so set on her decision to leave he was worried and dreadfully certain that this was going to go in a whole different direction. Bandit frantically returned the licks and nuzzles, showing his nervousness and discomfort with the whole situation. He didn't like the image of seeing his sister dead within a few short months. Knowing them, all the food would go to the pups and themselves, leaving Bleu to survive off of scraps as the inferior; and they both knew they weren't the best at hunting just yet. "We can come back if they desperately need us. Just call Molly, we owe you that much. Bandit lowered his gaze, averting Coven because he couldn't exactly promise the male anything. They didn't see eye to eye and he had just killed the alpha who happened to be Rayne's mate. Bandit didn't know how he felt just yet about that. Rayne was blood.

Without another word the yearling loped off in the direction of the pack, ears facing backwards as he listened for his sisters footsteps.

KiRae sighed softly again, he looked arond around, it not taking too long until he found Cas. He quickly padded over to the male, his ears flattening, but a smile came across his muzzle. He nodded as he came up to the wolf. "Hey, Cas." he said, flattening his ears sideways now. "H-how...are." he paused in mid-sentance, hesitant about what to say, but finally he continued. "How are you?" he asked softly and lowered his head respectfully. THe silver wolf looked back up, waiting for an answer.

Bandit was headed back to the dens when he picked up on their parents scent. He slowed his pace down a bit, nudging his sister, then veering off in the trail's direction. When they happened upon the small group Bandit called out to his mom as he saw her limping, then rushed forward to greet her. "Mom, what happened?" he whined softly ignoring his dad and licking his mother affectionately. Go figure she would get hurt while on his fathers watch. Bandit looked back to his sister then back again to his mother questioningly.

KiRae looked over at the pups, nodding slowly. "Y-yeah, it..i have no doubt, loosing anyone isn't easy..." he said, his tail flicking back and forth slowly. "I'm sorry." He added in a whisper, He gave a soft sight and turned his head to the male. "Whats going to happen now?" He asked, "What are you going to do now?" said without realizing it, not wanting to pry into it, not now at the very least, biting his lip, he looked back at Cas' pups. "Sorry, didn't mean to..." he said and gave a soft whine escaping his throat.

He looked over the male, watching his reactions. He lowered himself down to the ground, "It'll be ok." he said when he recognized the fear in Cas' eyes. He was silent as he wathed Dante and Dakota down by the water's edge. "I'm sure..." he said, his voice was hesitant, but still held strong optimism. He pawed the ground slightly, thinking about what he'd been watching over the recent activities. "If you need anything." he paused, keeping his eyes forward. "Anything at all, I'll be here, I'll help you out." he said, finally KiRae lifted his head and met Cas' eyes again.

The male watched the two, seeing Dakota try to hide her Fears and thoughts in Dante's fur. He was gald that she had someone to help her though this. KiRae closed his eyes before the male next to him spoke. He listened to the words that were said. When Cas finished, the wolf moved to stand up again, coming up eye to eye with him. "I'm glad too." He paused, his thoughts trailing back to the cubs. "And glad for them...They've got a wonderful fathe...who." He bit his lips. THey have a family that'll never give up on them." He said, flicking his ears, a smile coming across his muzzles as he turned to face Cas once more.

Bandit moved out the way, allowing his mother to pass as he followed them back to the dens. Upon arriving he gulped down the disgust that surged through him as he looked towards Blitzen's dead form. He didn't know what to say. He didn't know how to help his mom and sister with Rayne. This made him angry and he approached his father from behind, sitting down next to the white male and narrowing his eyes. "Coven crossed the line, dad." He took a long moment, just staring at the death laying just a few feet from his paws. His expression was suddenly emotionless as he just kind of drifted off into his thoughts. "...when the time comes, I will be there to help." he said finally while looking up at his father. It was a promise he was willing to keep.

Cici yawned briefly, standing up and exiting the nursery with a certain air of grogginess about her. She had been sleeping, but all the commotion had rudely awaken her and she intended to let everyone know about her displeasure. However, as she stepped out into the brightness of the sun she could instantly tell that something was really wrong. The group was gathered on the far side of the den area and with Xerxses mournful and vengeful howl she started trotting her way over to them; chubbiness swaying ungracefully. The same exact moment she saw Blitzen lying there on the ground in a bloody heap, she instantaneously started to whine with an eerie shrill behind it. She circled around the alpha in panic nudging him only once just to check. They could have mistaken his death, somewhere under all that fur he was moving slightly. His breathing shallow and almost unnoticeable. Maybe he was sleeping? Cici collapsed on her stomach placing her head on her paws. Her mind started to shut down and like a puppy left behind in a strange place she continued her cry for help.

From her crouched position, Fallon stared intently at the leggy deer straggler a short distance away. The doe was never casual in the quick, wary glances she swept out after every mouthful of leaves, but she was oblivious to the imminent threat so nearby. In slow motion, the red and black wolfess began shifting her body just right so as to move without a sound nearer to the doe. This was a lone mission today. She'd had the hunters working hard since the greenery had started poking through the diminishing snow, and every once in a while Fallon liked to give them a break. Today was one of those days, but Fallon always had loved the hunt and had grown to enjoy coming out alone every now to hone her skills. While she'd had some doubts a year ago when she'd been assigned this position, now she was in all ways worthy of the title 'Head Hunter'.

Just as she began to take another step closer to her quarry, a horrible howl forked through the air. A howl of loss and agony. Xerxses' howl...Fallon's front paw still hung in midair as she forgot all about the deer twenty feet in front of her and held rigid for a moment as her stomach dropped. Who was the one person Xerxses cared about? In the next instant, the female spun around - sending the deer flying in fear - and sprinted back to the dens, the origin of the howl.

Panting hard and her ears pressed back against her head in weariness, the wolfess entered the den area, skidding to a stop just outside the loose circle of wolf. The smell of wolf blood and sorrow and red anger hung thick over the area; stepping forward into the scent was like stepping through a waterfall of the thick red liquid itself. Fallon practically choked as she exhaled. Stepping closer, she first examined the faces of those nearest her. She definitely came to a conclusion from that: someone was responsible for this. There was no time to ask for or care about who had done this, though, because Fallon finally had come up to who it was. While the scents of the intense emotions emanating from the pack members had been almost overbearing, they hadn't masked the identity of the thickest blood scent, though Fallon had denied to herself that it could be. She'd decided during her run that it couldn't be, so it wasn't...not until she saw for sure...and now she had. With a strangled gasp, the female sank down beside the large white body and place a paw gingerly over the alpha's bloodied leg. Suffocating as she tried to gulp in swift, sharp breaths, the hunter counted out her list: Khalessi, Inferno, Eve...now Blitz - wolves from Silverlight she'd loved and lost. "Blitz," she whispered before crawling closer and licking at the crimson fur on his neck with long, loving strokes, thinking of nothing but Blitz, pushing away all the other painful memories that had resurfaced, because this was Blitz's time...and she couldn't imagine why he still looked like such a mess, but if it took all day, she was going to clean him up.

Bleu seemed persistent to get her attention, and, after giving another low whine, she looked up at her. It was hard to focus, to actually let her mind run down the list of things needed, but... she managed, somehow she managed... she didn't even know how she did. So, with one final sigh, she started to speak. "Stop the bleeding first... you can't clean the wound efficiently if it's still bleeding... a nice ball of moss, and a little pressure can help with that, and it'll soak up the blood nicely. Then you clean it... there's some antibiotic herb over near the entrance, already crushed up, that and some water should be put on the wound, the water will help the skin absorb the herb easier. After that, bandage it to keep it from getting dirtied again..." She said, though her voice was low, it was still loud enough to be heard, and afterwards she let her head sink back down, laying over her paws as she stared outside.

Sib watched silently as both Xerxes and Fallon now started to clean up Blitz, smiling a bit. He really did deserve at least that, to be laid to rest without all the blood covering him. He glanced at Teras as he walked over, shaking his head and standing. "It's nothing Teras, me and your brother were just talking... Though, I need to ask you two, can you guys just keep watch, I'm going to go help Fallon and Xerxes.... we're gonna need to move Blitz's body soon, and I need you two watching to make sure no one else comes. If anyone does, especially Coven or Molly, come get me, got it?" He said, grinning at the two. He didn't even wait for an answer before walking over to the other two. He had to help bury Blitz... he was his brother basically, it would be wrong to just leave Fallon and Xerxses to do it, and plus, it helped him feel a little better about not having gotten to go after Coven like he planned. He sat near them, and along with them, started t clean Blitz up.

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