Start Her Up

Rudyard had been roaming the gods garden and had been deciding if he wanted to take a stab at hunting small game like a rabbit but his pace slowed as a scent caught his attention.  Another one of the hallows wolves, there was no problem with that but his concern was the direction the path went.  Rudyard had followed it until he got to the edge of the garden and admittedly for a few minutes time stayed still to Rudyard.  He looked at the landscape and could only see where he’d washed ashore, could see where Oxx had stood above him and remember how it had felt.  Rudyard felt a shiver going down his spine, looking at the paw missing its toes.  Shaking his head he stepped past the garden and continued forward.  

No one was going to hear about the fear beating in his heart as he tracked the fellow wolf.  What if Oxx was still out here?  No more should be mutilated, none should risk death from the cruel wolf.  No scent of Oxx but Rudy did catch a different scent, far less dangerous but still a threat, another bear.  Had every bear in the lands come to the hallow borders?  The scent of their wolf and bear mingled.

Rudy quit worrying about fear and ran towards the scents.  Short ways ahead he saw a bear making his way through the trees towards Serenity.  Rudy gave a call to her a mix of bark and partial howl, “look out!” Fear was gone, his focus now on protecting someone else.  What it all came down to was knowing what needed to be done so he could act on it.
Rudy charged ahead of the bear so that he got in between it and Serenity, snarling to show his fangs.  He lunged towards it but then backpedaled quickly when an absurdly large paw swiped at him.   So long as the other wolf fought with Rudy he was confident they could handle the grizzly.

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