The Call of the Wild (IC/RP)

Odin's eyes slowly opened. He blinked a few times to get a good look at his surroundings. He was inside the den with many of the other wolves. The enemy wolves had been chased off, and the meat was safe. Odin tried to stand, but fell back down with a small whimper. His paw was in terrible pain, so he couldn't stand.

He was still hungry, and noticed some of the meat was sitting nearby. He grabbed it and began to chew on it, ripping it apart and swallowing it. He noticed some of the wolves were taking a glance at him. Had he done something wrong? He didn't know. He just kept on eating.

Originally posted by Survivor01
He weakly looked at her and tried to walk but continued to sit still due to her standing infront of him. He sat down like she had said and waited for her next move. "I have had many wounds like this one.. it is nothing to worry about young one.." He attempts to rise back to his feet but loses most of his strength from hunger. He looks up ate her and then looks down at the ground. He never wanted anyone to see him in a weakened look.. He looks back at her and smiles before laying his head down on the ground.

Faith smiled, laying down in a vertical position towards his horizontal, with her head turned at him. She lifted both her paws and placed them over his back gently, as she started sniffing the wound. "What did you do to get this?" She asked, pausing for a moment "Oh, this might sting a bit" She said, pushing her tongue against the actual wound and started making everything clean in it, in order to save him from possible infections that could be caused from wandering around. She raised her head, watching Loki and checking if he was alright with this treatment. When she removed her tongue from the wound, she licked her paw carefully and replacing the tongue against the wound with her paw, creating a pressure against it.

Loki smiled at her and tried to remain still as she helped him with his wound. He thought for a moment trying to recollect how he came by getting his wound. He finnaly remembered he tangled with a wolf away from the den where she had found him. "I came by getting this wound from a stragler wolf that tryed to attack me where you had found me. I tryed to cover it up from you so you wouldn't have to worry about an old wolf like me." He breathed heavyily from exhaustion and relaxed his muscles so she could work on his wound easier. He cringed slightly from the pressure on his injury but kept it concealed from her.

Odin watched as wounds were being tended to the other wolves. He took a glance at his leg and noticed it had stopped bleeding and had been cleaned of infections. His back was probably in the same condition. He knew he wouldn't be able to walk for a couple of days, so he lay down and watched intently.

Where was everyone else? Carbo, Tyri, and Chaos? What had happened since he was unconscious? All those questions needed answering, but he waited patiently for someone to check on him so he could ask them.

"Carbo! Get over here! Rabbits are served and ready to be eaten!" A voice echoed trough the summer field and Carbo hesitated not, started running in the direction of the voice, wagging with his tail. An uncountable number of rabbits lined up in a row, ready to be eaten.
"Go ahead. Have some, Carbo" The voice said again, and as Carbo raised his head he saw the face of Tyri. He wagged his tail and leapt right at her, giving her a heartly tackle and tipping her to the ground, licking her over the nose gently.
"Hey, lazybag. Get your paws back to work" She said, and he looked at her shocked. That sentence did not make any sense to that already perfect scene. He took another look at her, carefully, as she all of a sudden disappeared and everything turned black.

Carbo opened his eyes quickly, looking around and analyzing the area. He gave out a sigh, realising that it was nothing but a simple dream. The pup next to him tackled him.
"Hey, lazybag. Get your paws back to work" The pup said and Carbo looked at him with a glare stating 'What you going to do about it?', but said nothing. Instead he smiled and got up on his four paws. The pup charged him once more, but was easily pushed to the side.
"You are in charge now. You and Tyri. What will happen to us?" He asked, but Carbo just sighed and walked silently towards the exit of the den.

Carbo walked out of the den, giving out a yawn and stretched the muscles of his body. The sleep had recovered most of his wounds, but like usual, his right eye hurt and it flickered a little as he walked up to the rest of the pack. He lowered his head, thinking about the dream he just had. He would be ready to give his left eye, if the pack could only have it like that. He cared that much of them, but they were running out of options as the winter approached. He had to prioritise. What should he and Tyri do first?

With a mumble, Carbo walked across the den yard, walking past Odin and repeatingly spoke the things on his list of priority.
"Alpha... Migrate.. Fight.. Food.. Alpha... Migrate.. Fight.. Food.." Was all he said as he walked trough the camp and laid down on the other end of the yard, climbing up on a rock where he laid down and stared of into the distance. He gave out a sigh as he placed his head over his paws.
"What to do?" He asked himself, sighing once more.

Originally posted by Survivor01
Loki smiled at her and tried to remain still as she helped him with his wound. He thought for a moment trying to recollect how he came by getting his wound. He finnaly remembered he tangled with a wolf away from the den where she had found him. "I came by getting this wound from a stragler wolf that tryed to attack me where you had found me. I tryed to cover it up from you so you wouldn't have to worry about an old wolf like me." He breathed heavyily from exhaustion and relaxed his muscles so she could work on his wound easier. He cringed slightly from the pressure on his injury but kept it concealed from her.

"I am Faith. Worrying is my thing" She said with a smile, placing her head on the paw that kept a pressure against the wound in order to keep it closed as tight as possible. "Does it feel any better? Normally I would remain like this over night, but I think we should move at least closer to the den, or even inside the den. You will not get as cold there and we can meanwhile check on the rest of the pack" She said gently, still remaining on top of him with her paw against the wound. Her tail wagged, as he seemed to appreciate what she did for him. She was glad someone did, as the pups never showed their gratitude. They probably thought of her like a pain, always stuffing them in, taking care of them and such. She loved them so much, as well as the rest of the pack. She sighed, but it was not a sigh of uncomfortability, but a sigh of relief and joy, as well as a sigh of comfort. He had such a soft fur, which she did not mind resting her head on. She felt a tad bit worried for him. He was very old, it was shown. Hopefully he was not too old, as she would love any upcoming friendship between her and this all too kind wolf.

"You are most likely right. I will be ready to move when you are Faith." He tried to get up but decided to stay down until he heard what she wanted to do. He looked up into her eyes and felt ashamed to be a burden on one of the younger wolves. "We must not forget the sledges though, you risked a lot for them and we don't need to lose them now." His eyes seemed to have a slight hint of color coming into them instead of the old gray color which usually dominates his eyes. His white fur was slowly being stained red and the same was for the sanow underneath him. He noticed the snow slowly piling up on Faith and started to attempt to rise at the least to knock the snow off of her.

She smiled, lifting her head and removing her paw from the wound. She lowered her head into the snow and shovled up some snow on top of her nose in a pile. She then moved her head above his injury and let it drop over it. This should absorb blood that would flow from the wound, at least for a minute or so. "You go ahead, I will take the sledges" She said, nudging him on the behind with her nose, motioning him to get up and get a move to the den. She got up to her four paws and shook her body for a moment, removing all the snow from her back, head and tail. She then turned around and trotted back a few yards, grabbing the string of one sledge in her mouth and at the same time grabbing the handle of the other sledge. Both handles would not fit in her mouth, but the string from one of them would, together with the handle. With proud and careful steps she started heading back to the male, walking with her nose up high into the air proudly.

He got up and slowly trotted along with her to the den. He had slight limp but not enough to hinder his movements. He looked back at her and slowed down incase anything happened and he was needed. He kept an even trot towards the den but would stop moving every know and then from the pain shooting up his right leg from the wound. He closed his eyes and continued to move ahead until he finnaly saw the den in the distance. "We are here now we can at least take a rest for now." He looked back at her and stopped until she caught up with him. He trotted next to her.

"For now, I will take no rest. You however, should rest on the sledge. It would help me because it would make you not overdo youself. Besides, the sledge has this handy function to be capable of pulling things normally too heavy to pull" She said with a smile, running up next to him and stopping by his side. She nudged him on the side, looking him into the eyes with a begging look. She hated to see someone tear themselves apart like that from pain. She dropped the handle of the sledge and pushed it forward, in front of him. Even though she often was too kind, she would do her best to not accept a no for an answer. He needed rest and she could provide it to him. "It is not very far to the den. Please, let me do this" She said, nuzzling his back with her head.

He looked at her face to face and licked her on the nose before he slid onto the sledge without a fight. He saw the look on her face and couldn't say no to her. "I will do this but only because you are willing and stronger at this moment. Thank you for your kindness Faith, I will have to repay you in the future." He looks tired as he rests on the sledge and hopes it is a short ride to the sen. He did not want to be a burden to the younger wolf but if he collapsed he would be even more of a burden on her. He sees a etheral wolf staring at him in the distance and closes his eyes and opens them again and the wolf is gone. "I am seeing things again.."

Faith blushed from the lick, freezing on spot for a moment. However, got moving after a short amount of time, recalling he was injured and needed to get to the den. "No repayment" She said, bowing her head and picking the sledge handle in her mouth. She was a bit worried when he claimed he saw things again. She paused for a moment, realising that he would have to keep conscious until she could continue take care of the wound, so she decided to give him a task. She picked the empty sledges handle up and dropped it in front of him. "Please hold this" She said, turning back and picking the handle of his sledge up in her mouth and started pulling. She stopped after only a meter or so, sniffing the air. "Please have a lookout for hostility" She said, hoping it would keep him busy. However, she knew there was none nearby, but it would hopefully be enough to keep him alert.

He nods his head slightly and grabs onto the sledge tightly. He looked around the area for anyhting that could be hostile. He lays back slightly relaxing his muscles to make himself somewhat lighter at least to make the strain less on Faith. He watched the snow fall slowly as he felt himself slowly fall asleep. He tried his hardest to stay awake long enough to get to the den. His blood slowly pooled under his fur in the sledge but he kept quiet about it and kept it covered up so not to worry Faith. His eyes slowly closed but he opened them quickly forcing himself to stay awake.

Odin heard Carbo muttering to himself and barked softly at Faith, who wasn't too far away "Sincerest apologies for disturbing you, but please, help me up. I need to speak with Carbo." As Odin waited for a reply he lifted up his hind legs and his free paw, but he swayed slightly from the effort of trying not to bring his weight on his injured paw. "Please, I need help." Odin lost his balance and fell on his side, yelping slightly in shock. He tried again, but fell down once more as he lost his balance again.

Faith finally reached the den, with Loki laying on the sledge behind her. She gave out a sigh as she dropped the handle. That wolf was heavier than what the eye met, but she decided to ignore that. Once they reached the camp with the rest of the wolves, she stopped close to the entrance of the den and turned around, watching Loki on the sledge. She smiled, walking up to him and nuzzled her head against his. "You can drop the sledge now" She said, before walking up to the side of the sledge where Loki laid. She took her nose in under the sledge and with a push, she tipped it with Loki inside, which made Loki fall out of the sledge and onto the ground. That would hopefully wake him up, touching the cold snow. She made sure to tip him onto the side with the wound up, ready to be taken care of. However, it seemed like Odin needed her help for a moment and she gently nudged Loki. "Do not move. I will be back soon" She said, pulling the sledge from the wolf on the ground now.

She walked up to Odin, who laid on the ground not far from where Loki was. She sniffed Odin carefully, not sure if she should help him up. He seemed to need rest as much as Loki did, however she realised it was rather important to him to talk to Carbo. She walked around the wolf on the ground and walked up to his back. "I will help you, Odin" She whispered, putting her head under his back and in the snow. She took a deep breath, gathering strength and slowly lifting him up on his paws again. She held her head under his stomach, in order to keep him standing. She noticed how he had a hard time standing. Since Carbo was not far from there, maybe she could make a try lifting him over to Carbo. With care, she walked under him, making him lay on top of her with both his left legs on her left side of the back and both his right legs on her right side of the back and his head resting on her shoulder. Grunting a little, she looked at her back "Will this work?" Even though she did not know if he wanted her to carry him, or just help him. Either way would work, since he was not all too heavy.

"It might. It's only a short distance anyway. I would go on my own, but as you can see...I'm incapable of doing so at the moment. Carry on." Odin watched as Faith began to carry him slowly across the den yard. He was amazed at the strength she carried. Normally it would take atleast two wolves to carry him, but something was different about her, like she had the experience.

Once they reached Carbo, Odin was placed down softly beside him. He thanked Faith kindly. " Thank you. I will remember your kindness always." As she walked off, he watched Carbo for a brief moment before speaking. "I heard you muttering. Tell me, what troubles you friend?" Odin smiled intently as he listened to what Carbo had to say.

Touching the cold snow woke him up quickly and he attempted to stand but his vision blurred when he looked at the others and he fell back down. He had lost quite a bit of blood so he sat up instead of standing and he looked at Faith with Odin. He looked out of the opening of the den into to cold outer area of the winter grazed land. His eyes seemed to focus on a creature that isn't actually there. What he was staring at seemed to move closer to him and stopped at the edge of the den and sat down. Even though nothing was there he just simply stared.

Faith smiled and nodded kindly to Odin and bowed her head for Carbo before quickly walking back to the den and where Loki was located. His gaze seemed so distant, yet so close. It was a little bit frightening to her, as she nudged him on the side of the shoulder in order to shake him out of whatever he was watching. "Lay down" She almost growled, yet having a smile across her face. She walked around Loki who sat by the den and she stopped by the wound he had on the side, waiting for him to lay down again. "Let me deal with the wound, but lay still" She ordered him, treating him like she did with the pups. Sharp at words, giving orders more than asking and yet, gentle at voice and with a smile on her face.

He layed down on the ground like she wanted but kept his stare until the etheral wolf disapeared leaving odd footprints in the snow that all can see. He watched her movements and then looked at the snow. He did not know why he was letting her tell him what to do. Usually he did not take orders from anyone. He closed his eyes and quit moving allowing her to work easie on his wound. The symbol on his forehead seemed to glow in the low light. He let out a short sigh as he waited for her to start.

Faith smiled at the obeying wolf, giving out a sigh of relief. She wished that the pups of the pack were this approval of her care, as this wolf was. She stroke her head against the side of his body, before turning the head back to the would, placing both paws on each side of it gently. She laid down in order to be the same height as the wound as she started first nuzzling it with her nose carefully, before eventually started licking it with her tongue. It felt a bit funny, as it was the first time in a long while she took care of an adult wolf. It tickled slightly in her belly as she though about the old male wolf while licking his wound. She raised her head and looked him in the face to make sure he was alright, before lowering the head again and continued to take care of the wound with her tongue.