There Is More Than What Meets The Eye

Chapter Nine: Attempted Rescue/A Hero's Hope

"Put me down!" Trevis insisted, partially screeching.

"Shaddup, ya mutt." Kanoa growled, tightening his grip on Trevis's scruff, making him yelp.

"TREVIS!" Ramon screamed, causing Trevis to glance back at the train he had just been on. Ramon had climbed up through a hole through the ceiling of the boxcar and was running on top of the train, which was still moving.

"Ha, Ramon will save me!" Trevis blew a raspberry at Kanoa who just rolled his eyes and continued to dash across the snow, leaving very crisp paw prints behind him. "RAMON, WATCH OUT!" Trevis suddenly exclaimed just as Ramon noticed the danger. He was nearing a tunnel, and the train was going through it very quickly. The space was way to narrow for Ramon to squeeze through, especially while the metal machine wasn't exactly stationary.

"Don't worry about me, Trevis!" Ramon called back. "Whoa!" He shouted as he tripped over his own paws and he began sliding across the top of the train, not able to find his balance. He fell over the side of one of the boxcars, claws fully extended as he tried to hook onto whatever was in reach. He missed and got stuck in between the two boxcars, legs bent as his muscles couldn't help but shake.

Right underneath him, was the connecter that brought the carts together. And below that, was the ground and tracks going by quite fast, so fast, that's someone might get a body part shredded if it got stuck. Perhaps a groin? Ramon's groin was really close to the connecter, and he began to panic, hoping desperately that the vulnerable area didn't got torn apart as he became stable and started walking up the space between the carts, two feet on each side.

"No..." Ramon whispered, groaning a little as he climbed back up onto the top of the train. Trevis and Kanoa were in the tunnel now, there was no way he could reach them. Not wanting to give up, the fox colored canine leaped off the train. Just in time, Kade caught him by his scruff, and Butch helped pull him up. "Let me go!" Ramon squirmed, even going so far as to try and bite his saviors.

"Knock it off, Ramon! We all want to save him, but we can't make it in time! They're gone..." Kade muttered.

"Don't listen to Kade, Ramon." Butch attempted to comfort the other brute. "We'll get him back, but right now, the circumstances are against us. We'll have to wait and see what happens next. Don't worry, it'll be alright."

Ramon finally sighed. "You're right...I just, really wanted to save him. It had to be me...I'm responsible for him! This is all my fault isn't it?!"

"Yes-" Kade was cut off when he received a small shove from Butch. "I mean...no?"

"You have to come back, Kade. Trevis is a wreck without you." Ramon muttered.

"But...I've been banished."

"Couldn't you just explain the situation to your Alpha? I'm sure he'll understand." Butch added.

"No, you don't know my Alpha. He isn't one you are able to reason with. He'd just get angry...then...he'd-" Ramon gulped before finishing his sentence. "Kill me." He began shaking frantically.