Rat Race

Unfortunately for it, there was another presence lurking around. "Chase it. Get it. Tear it apart. Taste its sweet blood..." His heart began to beat faster. Breath quickened, muscles tensing. He shook his head, trying to rid himself of whatever he heard. It wasn't the first time he heard it, no. But whenever he did, he would find himself among the unrecognizable carnage of whatever animal that had gotten in his crosshairs. He just...never had any memory of it while it was happening. "Shut up!" He fired back, forgetting that the other wolf was there.

He ventured forward, body low to the ground as he sought to get in closer to the big rat thing. Gold and silver gaze never looking away. Mud sucked at his paws, the boy leaving deep imprints as tried to widen the area just a bit more between him and his prey. Closer...closer..."Go! Get it! Don't wait! Strike! Blood!" His mind shut down, and suddenly he was rushing forward a little too soon. The creature squealed in alarm as it began its rush to the water, and Cloud was racing to try and catch it. Unfortunately for him his paw would slip on slick mud the closer he got to the water, momentarily sending him to the ground. He slid on his side for a moment before scrambling to his paws, but even that wouldn't break the strange trance he was in as he hurtled into the water.