I'd rather be dead than live a lie
BURN THE WHITE FLAG!

Natha gazed out across the frozen field which even in summer maintained it's ice and snow. She was well suited to the cold but even so she was ready to start moving farther south where the days would be at least a little warmer. She stretched her forelegs in front of her and yawned before pulling herself forward and stretching her hid legs. She'd slept longer than intended and found herself a bit stiff.

Movement caught her eye and she turned her head but at first she didn't see anything. Natha's golden eyes narrowed. Now wait a minute… She stared at a curious mound of snow that just didn't seem right and as soon as she realized what it was her fur stood on end. Fucking hell, that was a polar bear! Was it stalking her?

Well this was easily one of his worst ideas. Why had he come north again? He hated the cold. He'd disliked it as a child and dammit, he full fledged hated it now after having lived comfortably in the south for years. Apparently his blood had thinned during his time in the warmer climate because his tolerance for cold had dropped considerably. It was just all around unpleasant and he felt like bitching about it. Unfortunately Amadeus had heard enough and wouldn't entertain so much as a whine anymore which left Jupiter to sulk in silence.

His ears pricked forward as a semi familiar brown shape caught his eye. That was that cat. The cat that had answered his call to melee. Damn she sure got around on those stumpy little legs. Jupiter squinted at her. She looked a little freaked out. Now, normally he would be rather indifferent to that sort of thing, but he was intrigued by this cat that didn't seem to fear canines so of course he had to investigate.

He ambled over, the whole while fretting to himself about freezing his toes or his balls - or both - off, and stopped a short distance away. "Something twistin' your whiskers, pussy...cat?"

I'd rather be dead than live a lie
BURN THE WHITE FLAG!

Natha watched the bear intently, keeping her eye contact. She was pretty sure it knew she was looking at it but the bear held perfectly still. It knew she was looking but hadn't grasped that she had realized that it was, in fact, a bear. Natha pondered what to do. Could she outrun the polar bear? Maybe it had been resting and had no intention of going after her at all. As if to make matters wolf and bizarrely colored wolf showed up and she immediately suspected it was the same wolf she'd fought with in the melee. The voice confirmed it and when she turned to look at the man, a sassy remark bubbling up her foot the polar bear lunged forward and charged.

"Aw, shit!" The bear was surprisingly fast. She'd turned to run but her sensitive ears picked up the sound of it's heavy breathing and she dove to the side, just missing being swept up by those horrible claws. Well, it was a fight now. She wasn't going to outrun that thing on a barren field. The only option was to wound it enough to get it to go away. Her hind legs uncoiled as she leapt up, landing on the bears back, just in front of hit's hips. All four sets of claws dug in deep as did her fangs.

Oh, oh now he got it. She was having bear trouble. That was one of his favorite types of trouble, honestly. Bears pulled no punches. They hit hard, they his fast, and they had no sense of humor. Basically they were a party everywhere they went and Jupiter? Well, he never turned down a good time. It was for that reason when he saw the bear lunge after the cat he decided to join in the fray.

He followed after the bear, a swirly, bright blue missile. Natha succeeded in getting onto its back and as the bear spun to the right (in a tight circle) with snapping jaws to try to pull the cat free, Jupiter got in line with it and dove into its blind spot. He sank his teeth into its ribs just behind its left elbow, braced his legs and pulled backwards.

As soon as he felt the bear begin to turn his way Jupiter released his bite and scrambled away. In his haste he tripped over his feet and lurched toward the ground. Somehow he managed to catch himself before face-planting. Jupiter dug in his heels and kicked forward for all he was worth. He thought he could feel breath on his haunches and that was all the motivation he needed to move.

I'd rather be dead than live a lie
BURN THE WHITE FLAG!

Natha held on for dear life. She was in a good position in the fact that she was hard to reach. She was just far enough back that the bear couldn't reach her with its jaws or its claws but she wasn't exactly doing a lot of damage from back there. That meant it would come down to endurance. Thankfully, and she couldn't believe she was thinking it, but thankfully the wolf had decided to join in.

When the bear whipped around to try and get after the wolf though the momentum became to much and Natha went flying into the air only to land with a fwump in a snow pile. "Oof!" She stuck her head up out of the snow, shook it from her coat and then decided to dive back into the fray. With the bear now in pursuit of the wolf she had a perfect shot at it ass. Natha raced over the snow, her massive paws giving her lift as she leapt and landed right on the bear's bum. Her fangs seized around it's short tail as a howl of pain testified to her success. They didn't need to kill the bear or even maim it, they just needed to piss it off enough that it would go.

Uh oh! She felt the bear's weight shifting backwards and she quickly bailed from her purchase before the beast sat on her.

Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck- that was breath, wasn't it? On his heels? Had to be. God this was the worst idea - okay maybe not the worst one he'd ever had but still a terrible idea - and he was so going to get a bite take out of his ass. He was much too heavy for this. Honestly he had no idea how the bear was doing it. It had to have some sort of extremely unfair advantage and he hated. Technically, it was cheating.

And suddenly the bear was gone as Natha reengaged it. Suddenly the chase was fun again. Jupiter came around in an arc to take stock of the situation. His gait was springy and wasteful, like bambi through the woods, but now that he wasn't afraid he was about to lose his rump it was all fun and games again. He laughed, the sound booming off the ice, at the sight of blood dripping from the bear's tail. The cat had spirit.

He dove in after a front leg with the opportunity presented itself. If they just kept picking at it eventually it would back down.

I'd rather be dead than live a lie
BURN THE WHITE FLAG!

The bear's focus shifted back to Jupiter, giving Natha enough time to size up the bear for her next attack. It was clearly getting agitated and it shuffled backward with a snarl. When the wolf dove for one of the front legs then she dove for the other, slashing with her claws, drawing large red marks across its flesh. The bear swiped at her but she scrambled back out of the way. It had to be getting frustrated now She didn't dare seize hold of the legs. Even if Jupiter had the other leg there was still the problem of the bear's jaws.

She lunged again, this time latching onto the side of the bears head, her fangs around one of its delicate ears, her left paw over the bears face and eyes and the right wrapped around the other side of the head with her hind legs perched on the bears shoulder. It let out a furious roar and thrashed again sending Natha flying. She managed to land on her feet… in three foot deep snow, completely buried.

Okay now that he was back in the swing of things it was time for his mouth to start working again. "You know," he shouted as he ran a lap around the bear. "You and I make a great team." When an opportunity presented itself and the bear was distracted by Natha, he dove in for another bite. He really needed to learn some more moves against a big opponent like this one, but every other trick he knew how to do would be useless against one so big.

Jupiter sank his teeth into the bear's haunch and then quickly released it, his teeth sliding free in a torrent of blood. Oooh must have hit something good. Good. What kind of a beast picked on a cute little cat?

The bear seemed to realize further antagonizing the dynamic duo was a bad idea. With a huff and a pained roar it turned tail - ha - and took off running. Jupiter roared after it,"Oh ho, not so tough now, eh?" His tongue lolled out of his mouth. Damn that was fun. He decided to tell her as much. "I meant it when I said we make a great team. And I think, since we're in the great predator-heavy north here, we should, maybe, if you're not too chicken, see what kind of damage we can do while we're here."

I'd rather be dead than live a lie
BURN THE WHITE FLAG!

Natha worked her way out from beneath the snow, her head popping up and a sour expression on the face. She didn't mind snow or the cold, except when it got in her sensitive ears. She shook her head and scrambled out of the snow in time to see the polar bear retreat. Good!

The man turned to her with a cheeky grin, stating that they made a good team. Her first thought to his suggestion was that he'd inhaled to much cat nip but as she sat for a moment and pondered she had to admit it was tempting. Wasn't she just saying that she needed to improve her skills in battle? Wasn't it also true that the Gang had more to worry about than just wolves. "Hmmm… I think you are crazy. However, I think it's a crazy I can work with… for now. The name is Natha. What exactly do you have next in mind?"