Chade felt a sense of pride in being a true hunter for the pack.  He wasn’t just some tag-along yearling but a true hunter that benefited the pack.  Due to the past Ricin and he had shared neither took having a home lightly.  Chade would do anything for the group of wolves who had taken him.  So it was the young man was more work than play.

He had already hunted in the early morning hours as the sun was hardly up in the sky.  In the afternoon he had rested from the hunt, spent some time with his brother and now here he was patrolling the edge of firefly lake where it bordered the pack land.  He wanted to make sure any predators nearing them were found before they got on pack land.

Near the lake, he spotted a lion.  It was minding its own business, doing no one any harm at the moment.  However, the lion was still close to his pack land and was bound to eventually get hungry.  It also looked like it would be a great fight.  The red-eyed wolf charged toward the lion, ready to either chase it away or kill it, which depended on the lion's intelligence.

The lion turned to face the wolf and apparently didn’t think Chade was a real threat.  A large wolf, but with a lankiness that came from youth despite the sinewy muscle.  Chade ran towards the head but as the lion moved to lunge in Chade deftly pivoted out of the way, spinning about to grab on to a front meaty shoulder, biting in to peel flesh back before the lion knew what hit him.

Chade would normally have Swift with him but today Swift had asked to go off alone so that she might try a lone hunt without the protective wolf ready to protect her.  Now she was going to miss out on this fun.

"Chade"

The bad thing about being part of a pack was that there were a lot of wolves around. The good part about being part of a pack was that there was always something to kill. So far, he'd killed lions, tigers, bears and other things in between. It never ended and the purple giant didn't mind that one bit.

While navigating around the lake, the sounds of a fight met Merrick's lavender ears and he practically pranced towards the sound. Upon seeing a young wolf attacking a lion, Merrick sighed happily and rushed in to assist. Teeth bit into the hip of the distracted cat, taking a chunk out of its flesh which the brute spat onto the ground. The feline spun with a snarl, swiping out and catching Merrick's shoulder just barely as he backpedaled. It was nothing. Just a scratch. He couldn't help but grin.

"Merrick Mendacium"

Chade was happy to see help arrive. Sure, the boy had gained the confidence to fight a lion without calling for back up but that was different than saying he wouldn’t welcome to help. The lion initially had intended to go at Chade with teeth and claws but now a new threat had arrived. It was impossible to keep attacking the shoulder the way the lion spun so fast to get Merrick.

Big mistake cat.

The lion had spun for Merrick and so Chade attacked the side of his face that wasn’t facing Merrick, the source of its main attention. Chade didn’t quite get the eye but got his teeth in the face close to the cheek around it, pulling back, creating a rather gruesome look on the face. The lion spun about to confront the assault on his face. Chade met the attack, biting into the lion’s muzzle as it spun around. The lion’s jaw opened and shut before jerking away from Chade’s attack and lunged with the intent to bite Chade’s throat in hateful rage.

Chade had already distanced himself a stride, glancing back as he turned around. Now when the lion opened its mouth to bite it would have to feel the pain of the crack in the bone covering that portion of its muzzle.


"Chade"

The kid bit the cat and the thing spun, rage in its eyes. It made to lunge for the boy but Merrick's teeth were latched firmly in one hind leg just above the heel and he pulled and jerk, each motion sinking his teeth further and further into the thick muscle, which he promptly shredded. Yeah, that leg wasn't going to do much anymore.

With its attention pulled in two directions, the cat began slipping up. Merrick bit here and there and soon the cat looked as though it was spotted with all of the different patches of blood on its tawny pelt. The lion turned and roared at Merrick, swiping out and him and in true Merrick fashion, he roared back and swiped out with one huge, taloned paw, clipping the cats lower jaw and leaving huge gashes in its wake.

"Merrick Mendacium"

Merrick had all the cat’s attention. The lion looked a mess with blood seeming to be wherever you looked. If they allowed it to live the lion would die either eventually die of injuries or starvation. Chade came back in and with Merrick now facing the front end it was Chade’s turn at the back end. There really were bit marks everywhere!

Chade hopped up with front paws on the lion's back and he bit into that fat and muscly rump. Biting into a chunk of flesh, and another bite, followed up by another still. If the game was just seeing how torn up they could make the lion Chade could play that game just as well.

No surprise the lion turned around to deal with the threat Chade was and the boy swung around to keep his position along his rump. The lion was already far too injured to keep up with Chade and he went right back to ripping into the lion’s back end. Man, blood littered the ground, lions coat, and both wolves.


"Chade"

With the kid going at the back end, Merrick had no choice but to take the front, right? Ducking low under the lion's chin, the brute opened his jaws wide. Teeth hooked around either side of the lions windpipe and he bit down hard, bringing an odd, wheezing whine from the big cat. In its weakened state, the cat didn't last long. It scrambled with its paws, but with little strength, it did no damage to the big man. Soon, it was dead.

Dropping the dead cat, Merrick panted, tongue lolled out happily as he caught his breath. The brutes tail swished back and forth as though it was the best day ever. Truly, any day that he could kill something was a good day. He nodded to the blue boy. "Well done, kid. You didn't even get hit once."

"Merrick Mendacium"