Vault Bound

Chapter 1

The feeling of the fresh grass between his paw pads felt so amazing after being stuck in the vault for what felt like decades. He raised his snout to the air and inhaled deeply. He could smell all these fresh scents. To his right he could smell a bird and many different species of flowers. To his right he could smell a rabbit moving swiftly through the tall grasses. Then finally he could smell his family. He could smell the happiness radiating off of all of them. They were all thankful to be out of the vault finally. His sister Nix came up beside him her small tail wagging happily. Her best friend Amber coming up beside her. They were both giggling and Acer couldn't be any happier then he was in that moment.

Suddenly, a flash of pattern and there stood Keesha holding Nix's head. Blood dripping down her snout as he could hear her evil snickering. The sound that he could never not hear again.

He awoke panting crazily. It was all just a dream. Acer has had the same dream every night for the past two years. The musky scent of the vault filled his nose once more causing a sneeze to escape him. He looked around the room to see his family. They have all changed so much over the past two years. His parents Zeus and Zuma. The alphas of their small pack, they were still strongly built. They tried their best to keep everyone happy, but found it hard to keep themselves happy. They were proud of their Pup, but also sad that he never got to experience what regular pups got to experience out in the outside.

Acer didn't remember much from the outside vault. The only thing that was crystal clear to him was the same dream that replayed in his head every night. All night. It didn't affect him as bad as it used to, but it still affected him mentally. He tried not to show his emotions to much to his parents anymore. He didn't want to worry them.

He stood up a little shakily to get some water from the cloudy water dish they all have shared for the past few years. The humans occasionally came in and checked every single one of them over, but that was it. Nothing else. They were allowed to free roam the entire vault. At first nobody wanted to leave the room in which they now call the den as it's where everyone meets every night. Zeus bit one of the people in the lab coats on the first night causing them to not return for about a month. The second time they put a long poke in his rear end allowing them to look him over. Everyone decided against fighting them from them on an allowed them all to be looked over. They also upgraded the collars they had originally gotten upon arrival. Now they all had large black boxes attached to them. If any of them were to even go close to the large platform we came in on all those years ago we were shocked painfully. We stopped trying after a while.

Aced looked to Raven and Sasha who were sleeping peacefully next to each other. Ravens belly protruding. The humans decided they wanted more dogs in this vault so they artificially inseminated Raven with Acer's pups once he was of age. It was quite awkward at first, but they didn't think to much of it as Raven had Sasha and that's who she wanted to be with. Acer was quite weirded out as he thought of Raven as an aunt, but their wasn't much any of them could do as the humans did this without any choice of the pack. A ET was determined to be a good father to the pups, but their was no chemistry between Raven and Acer. They decided to raise the pups together but that was all. Sasha and Raven declared mate-ship to each other a few months after getting down in the vault. Nobody particularly approved of the two, but that never stopped them. Now everyone more or less approves of the two. Moving to the left of them was Lucky and Bronx who also slept peacefully their limbs all entangled together. They also claimed mate-ship to each other around the same time Sasha and Raven did. Everyone supported them of course much more than they supported Raven and Sasha. Finally there lay Lyla off to the side. She was the goofy joker of the group. Always keeping the bright side to things for the pack. They all appreciated her bright goofy self. They all truly needed a bundle of sunshine like her to keep them going through this dark time.

Acer made it finally to the water dish. He looked at his reflection. Over his left eye there was a slash. This was from Keesha the shepherd who killed his sister and sisters best friend. Sometimes he wished the shepherd would have killed him instead of his pure little sister. She was so full of life and didn't deserve to leave them as soon as she did. He felt a tear trail down his long muzzle and land into the water splashing a little. He sighed deciding he wasn't thirsty anymore. He walked back past all his pack members back over to where his parents lay still sleeping. He curled up close to them laying his head between his paws just watching and waiting for the humans to open their door for the day. He knew every inch of the vault as it wasn't very big. Acer was the friendliest to the humans out of the bunch as he grew up in the vault with them. They all enjoyed his presence as much as he enjoyed theirs. He would always get some of the people food from them and he would take it back to feed Raven. He wanted strong pups and he promised to take care of them and Raven.

The door opened and Acer bolted out the door as he does every morning. The pack began to wake up as he returned with some people food. He gave most to Raven before splitting up the rest between the pack. Giving a little extra to Lyla. He wouldn't ever admit it to anyone, but he had a thing for the goofy female. As he had his back turned her heard a scream escape the mother of his pups. "The pups are coming." Was all she muttered before she passed out. Acer ran as fast as he could out of the room in search for a human.