Unknown Danger

Hope shot through Naiche as he saw the other wolf latch onto the bear. Wow… that looked…dangerous. Naiche watched as the bear whirled around and the wolf kept with it. Naiche’s shifted his weight back and forth trying to find the best opening. The other wolf was at its back, teeth and claws were on the front end! The wolf was in a good spot but it still wouldn’t last against the bear alone.

Naiche would not be a coward! He charged in, “come get me! C’mon!” the high-pitched notes carried at the bear, trying to demand its attention. The bear swung a massive paw at him but lucky for Naiche that was right before it was attempting to sit on the other wolf, which meant the paw could not reach out as far. When its but was momentarily on the ground Naiche imagined it best chance for his to test blood he could get. He had still been facing the side, so he attempted to jump for a piece of the bear’s shoulder.

The bear swung faster than Naiche would have given it credit for, his jump had been planned for the shoulder, instead it was more like a hare’s leap straight up over the bear paw. He made the leap but was then directly in front of the bear. Naiche moved to get away from the dangerous end. His odds of living certainly depending on how the other wolf was doing with that back end. At least the bear had its paws full.