The ice goes crack

Rampage raised his head when Rebel offered up her own idea and ran off a short distance.  How about that!  Rampage hadn’t known if walking out on the ice would be alright.  Well, that had clearly been stupid considering Rebel was proving that it was safe.  Rampage glanced down at his patch of ice, flicking his ears back in a glower at it.  Ram slammed his paws into the ice another two times, venting his wrath on the cold surface.  Raising his eyes he saw Rebel crawling further onto the ice.  

Rampage swallowed the urge to call out to Rebel and say it was dangerous.  The young prince’s pride refused to allow him to say something could be dangerous and risk sounding like a coward when it turned out to be safe.  He didn’t hit the ice with his paws anymore though.  The brown pup had to grudgingly admit his respect for his sister was growing!

Ram was all-eyes on Rebel when the ice she was under cracked, and broke, and his sister fell into the water.  “REBEL!!”  His howl was sharp and fast with fear and while it wasn’t specifically calling for dad, it was the call of a scared pup that would carry well. Rampage’s heart pounded as he tried to think of what to do.  If he went after Rebel then he might just fall in also but how long did Rebel have?  What if she drowned?

Rampage spied a branch a short distance away and charged for it.  It only took around five seconds to reach but his heart hammered in his ears with each second.  Right back to the lake and the struggling Rebel.  The stick was almost as long as the pup and the thickness and about an inch thick; surely that would be good enough?  Hmm, the edge of the ice wasn’t close enough even with the stick.  Rampage put two feet on the ice, lay down and started crawling out on the ice, one end of the stick sticking out of his mouth.  The closer he got, the more the pup had to acknowledge the stick wasn’t all that long for this but it was the best stick he could find fast!!

“I’m commn Rebl, cmmin!” The words were mumbled with the stick awkwardly placed in his mouth, pup teeth grinding into it.  “Git, th’ stck!”  Rampage watched a new crack form and he froze in place.  Rampage was never going to like ice cracks again.  “Climb!” No no no no Rebel was gonna drown.  Two more crawling motions and Rampage stretched out his neck with it teasingly close to Rebel.  It wouldn’t be enough to pull Rebel up with but Rampage didn’t know it.

"Rampage Klein"