Her Fight For Freedom

Chapter 10

It-It-It-It can't be! He-He-He...

The two black wolves are on each other like white on rice. Tumbling, snapping, snarling, and puddles of blood all over the place. The rest of the pack is barking and yipping with encouragement to the two leaders pouncing and trying to rip each other into million pieces. They suddenly break apart and slowly circle each other. Both trying to look like they are not injured at all.

"I told you brother, dear. You won't-" Nyon starts with a normal bark.

"Don't tell the alpha of this pack what he can and cannot do. That's an order!" Nixon growls angrily and shows his huge, sharp, bloody teeth.

Nyon does not change his facial expression. He still has a creepy smirk, as always.

"We are both the rightful alphas of this pack, its just that father picked you instead of me." Says Nyon glaring at me in the corner of his eye.

"Keep your eyes on me fool!" Nixon barks catching everyone's attention. "Haven't I taught you anything about fighting a strong opponent."

Nyon flashes a last glance at me then charges at Nixon. Nixon is caught off his gaurd and tumbles backward.

He begins to fight back, but he is no match for his brother's strength. His back legs faulter and he gets pushed back by his younger brother.

"You have grown soft brother, o' mine." Nyon spats out as he pushes his brother backwards.

"Well sorry, I have been taking care of MY pack!!" Nixon says trying to find some strength to fight against Nyon. He shoots a glance over to me and freezes.

My eyes filled with tears. I whimper a bit, but the mean wolf growls. I stop and look at the angry wolf. He glares down at me as I look up at him and I noticed, compared to me he is a giant. He growls more fiercely and I cower down onto the wet grass. I lay my belly down and watch the duel.

I look back at Nixon, he is trying to fight back. He tries to bite Nyon's shoulder, but Nyon fights through the pain. He looks into his brother's cold eyes. Both of them stare at eachother.

Nixon fights more than he has before. He puts every drop of energy into his back legs and finally, he stands proudly fighting with his brother.

Nyon's eyes widen at the sight of Nixon having strength. Nyon releases his grip on Nixon and steps back in confusion. His jaw drops open a bit as Nixon stands with his shoulders back, tail high, and fur standing up.

The rest of the pack's jaws drop to the ground as Nixon sizes up his brother to show him who's alpha. Nyon doesn't approve for a minute.

Nyon clenches his jaw and charges toward Nixon, but Nixon is all to prepared for his arrival. He buffers out his chest and holds his ground as Nyon crashes into his broad chest. He falls back, but instantly gets up and tries again. Again, again, and again Nyon tries to knock his older brother to the ground.

When Nyon is losing strength Nixon understands that he must finish this duel. This duel will not be settled with two victors and Nixon understands that. Nyon charges again not knowing what Nixon is going to do. As Nyon rams his head into his chest Nixon takes ahold of his neck and grips hard.

Nyon wiggles trying to get loose, but Nixon's hold is too strong. His body falls limp and the last air from his mouth falls making a small cloud into the air.

Nixon closes his eyes and drops his brother's corpse. He stands over his dead brother for a while then slowly limps over to me. My eyes are locked on Nyon, laying limp as grass without the tiniest breeze.

I look up and Nixon is staring at me. He looks at the wolf thugs with a warning glare and without a peep they scurry off into the woods. He look down again as blood pours over his eyes. His body is covered with wounds and gashes.

A tear forms in my eyes and I blink. In that instant he collapses next to me. The rest of the pack quickly gathers around to see the news. The medics rush over and put him on their backs then take him away.

The rest of the pack stares at me, blurting out questions from their mouths. I look around frantically at the howling wolves. My ears ache after hearing too many questions. I put my head down and my paws over my ears to try to block out the sounds. It doesn't work.

"Alright, alright. Break it up." Someone says above me. I look up to see a dusty gray wolf stand over me. His face bruised and body bleeding. He turns his head so I can see his face.

'It's Shurno!'

My heart races at the sight of him. I feel warm and protected. It feels as if everything is okay if he is near. Like I am a thread and he is the needle weaving me through life.

The pack immediately stops asking questions and steps back a bit. He turns around and helps me stand. My ears get warm as I start to blush.

"Come now Miyla. We must go see Nixon." He says urging me to walk fast. I quickly trot towards where they took Nixon. I look over my shoulder to see Nyon gone.

'Did someone take him somewhere?'

I enter a den that smells of blood and death and instantly I know this is the infirmary. I look to my right and see three small red wolves with leaves covered in blood wrapped around their front paws. I look to my left and my mouth drops. I see Tala and Nixon laying down unconscious.

Tala has one big leaf wrapped around the teeth marks on her neck that Nyon gave her. Nixon is crowded by dark, gray wolves with leaves and water. They frantically rush to tend to his wounds. One bows his head down to Nixon's nose and looks up slowly. His eyes weary and hopeless. They all stop and look at his body. His belly doesn't move a claw length. He isn't breathing. They walk away in dread bringing the leaves and water with them.

'It-It-It-It can't be! He-He-He...'

I slowly creep up to his body. I lay next to the corpse and begin to cry. I whimper and screech and I stay there until I cannot cry anymore. I stay there and no one dares to come and tell me to move or to tell me anything.

'I want to leave.' I say in my head. 'I cannot stay any longer. I want a new life.' I pause and look up at Shurno who has his head down. 'I want Shurno.'

Hey sorry for the late and bad chapter. I'm not always the best at action chapters. I just can't  believe that both of them died. I thought of that at the weirdest time too because I was eating lunch with my friends and I was like "OMG you know what, both of them are going to die." And my friend were like "What the heck are you talking about." I need some epilogue ideas. Please comment and share and thanks so much for reading.☺️☺️