P.O.V: Enemy Leader
I stood at the edge of the cliff staring down at the pool of water my prey had just plummeted down to. Slowly scanning its surface for the two Western Pack alphas I had been sent to kill. I soon found one lying on the edge of the pond. Then spotted the other go up to him and help him to his feet. They looked a little shaken up but I couldn't see any injures on either one of them.
"Sir? What do we do now?" I turned around to see my second in-command standing a few feet behind me with a worried look on his face. He was only a few months out of alpha school, so I was more than surprised when Gordon appointed him to be my second in-command for this mission.
"Well" I said back to him while considering my options "You, Randy, and Weaver go down there and finish the mission. And bring back their throats as proof that they're can't leave any chance of them surviving. Meet me outside of the main den area in two hours for debriefing. Understood?"
"Yes Sir!" he responded back, and turned to start making his way down the cliff side with Randy and Weaver close behind him.
I turned to the rest of the squad, "Lets head back!" I ordered as we all headed for home.
P.O.V: Humphrey
The impact of the water hit me like a brick wall, and knocked all the air out of my lungs but I was practically being held underwater by the power of the waterfall crashing down on me. Just when I felt like my lungs were going to explode I was able to swim out from underneath the waterfall and come up for a breath of air. I exploded to the surface gasping for air and looking around to get a grasp on where I was. After a quick swim I reached the edge of the pond and flopped on to the bank still trying to regain my breath.
"Need a paw?" asked a familiar voice. I looked up to see Hutch standing over me with an outstretched paw.
"Sure" I said grabbing his paw. As Hutch helped me to my feet he froze staring up at the top of the cliff we both just fell off.
"What is it?" I asked. When I turned towards the cliff I caught a quick glimpse of a solid black wolf turning away from the cliff's edge.
"Oh man this isn't good." Hutch said more to himself than to me. "They know we are still alive down here."
"So?" I asked. I still didn't get what had him so worried.
"Humphrey! They were sent here to kill us; I don't think they are going to let us get away just because we fell over a waterfall!” Hutch yelled back at me.
"Ok,ok." I said trying to calm him down. “What do we do now?"
"Our best bet is to set up an ambush. I'll bet they won't come down here in full force. So as long as they don't out number us by too much we should be able to handle this." Hutch said.
"Yeah but what if all of them come down here? It'll be eight on two, we won't stand a chance." I replied
"There is no time for what ifs right now; we need to find a place to hide anyway. And if they do out number us by too much, we will just stay hidden and try to sneak away" Hutch replied.
I looked over our surroundings; the pond we landed in was surrounded by tall pine trees and thick bushes on all sides. "Perfect area for an ambush." I thought to myself. I didn't like the odds of us winning in a fight against them, but if it was our best chance of getting out of this thing alive I was up for it.
"Hutch this looks like good spot to set up." I said as I motioned towards a large group of bushes that surrounded the trunk of a large pine. Hutch nodded in agreement then we both crawled on our bellies into the bushes trying to cause as little disturbance to the bushes as possible. As we lay there in the bush my body started to shake and tremble with prebattle jitters. Every muscle on my body was shaking and twitching uncontrollably. Hutch looked over at me and could tell I was nervous.
"Humphrey. Calm down, take a deep breath and remember your training." Hutch said to me calmly. I took a deep breath and thought back to my time in alpha school.
I stood at the edge of the cliff staring down at the pool of water my prey had just plummeted down to. Slowly scanning its surface for the two Western Pack alphas I had been sent to kill. I soon found one lying on the edge of the pond. Then spotted the other go up to him and help him to his feet. They looked a little shaken up but I couldn't see any injures on either one of them.
"Sir? What do we do now?" I turned around to see my second in-command standing a few feet behind me with a worried look on his face. He was only a few months out of alpha school, so I was more than surprised when Gordon appointed him to be my second in-command for this mission.
"Well" I said back to him while considering my options "You, Randy, and Weaver go down there and finish the mission. And bring back their throats as proof that they're can't leave any chance of them surviving. Meet me outside of the main den area in two hours for debriefing. Understood?"
"Yes Sir!" he responded back, and turned to start making his way down the cliff side with Randy and Weaver close behind him.
I turned to the rest of the squad, "Lets head back!" I ordered as we all headed for home.
P.O.V: Humphrey
The impact of the water hit me like a brick wall, and knocked all the air out of my lungs but I was practically being held underwater by the power of the waterfall crashing down on me. Just when I felt like my lungs were going to explode I was able to swim out from underneath the waterfall and come up for a breath of air. I exploded to the surface gasping for air and looking around to get a grasp on where I was. After a quick swim I reached the edge of the pond and flopped on to the bank still trying to regain my breath.
"Need a paw?" asked a familiar voice. I looked up to see Hutch standing over me with an outstretched paw.
"Sure" I said grabbing his paw. As Hutch helped me to my feet he froze staring up at the top of the cliff we both just fell off.
"What is it?" I asked. When I turned towards the cliff I caught a quick glimpse of a solid black wolf turning away from the cliff's edge.
"Oh man this isn't good." Hutch said more to himself than to me. "They know we are still alive down here."
"So?" I asked. I still didn't get what had him so worried.
"Humphrey! They were sent here to kill us; I don't think they are going to let us get away just because we fell over a waterfall!” Hutch yelled back at me.
"Ok,ok." I said trying to calm him down. “What do we do now?"
"Our best bet is to set up an ambush. I'll bet they won't come down here in full force. So as long as they don't out number us by too much we should be able to handle this." Hutch said.
"Yeah but what if all of them come down here? It'll be eight on two, we won't stand a chance." I replied
"There is no time for what ifs right now; we need to find a place to hide anyway. And if they do out number us by too much, we will just stay hidden and try to sneak away" Hutch replied.
I looked over our surroundings; the pond we landed in was surrounded by tall pine trees and thick bushes on all sides. "Perfect area for an ambush." I thought to myself. I didn't like the odds of us winning in a fight against them, but if it was our best chance of getting out of this thing alive I was up for it.
"Hutch this looks like good spot to set up." I said as I motioned towards a large group of bushes that surrounded the trunk of a large pine. Hutch nodded in agreement then we both crawled on our bellies into the bushes trying to cause as little disturbance to the bushes as possible. As we lay there in the bush my body started to shake and tremble with prebattle jitters. Every muscle on my body was shaking and twitching uncontrollably. Hutch looked over at me and could tell I was nervous.
"Humphrey. Calm down, take a deep breath and remember your training." Hutch said to me calmly. I took a deep breath and thought back to my time in alpha school.
