PREDATORS’ HUMAN – 27

PREDATORS’ HUMAN – 27Chapter 27: THE WOLF PACKb**st and I are back at the lagoon and discussing the success the team has had in formation and establishing a secure zone around the clan and village (even if they weren’t supporting the effort). During our discussion we were considering the timing for going to the NW mountain and making contact with the other people village and the other clan. I was interested in the dragon creature. I was estimating this expedition could take a considerable amount of time away. Part of my concern was returning in plenty of time for Landda’s due time. I did not want to miss her delivery. b**st and I had offered our lagoon for the time leading up to the birth and the time right after it so I could give caring assistance to her, the infant, and the rest of the family as she focused on the infant.b**st offered, ‘Alexa, I think that trip to the other mountain could take more than a weeks’ time. It will take two to three days of hard travel to get there and then return. The time there should probably be one day for the village and another for the clan. If we are to also seek out this other creature, it could take several days just to find its nest or home and another day to determine if it can be useful and/or is willing. So, it could be easily from 11 to 13 days.’‘That’s a long time to be away if we are taking the full team.’‘I think we need to take the full team. This will be a long distance and time. None of us knows the route or what to expect. There could be significant danger. We know the new people are more active in that direction.’‘No, I agree with you totally. It is just a long time. We now have a plan for securing this area and then we abandon it. I agree we need to go and we all need to go. Perhaps we should train a couple more males from the clan to patrol in our absence.’‘That might be wise. But maybe we should just bring it up to Gongon. Up to a few weeks ago there wasn’t any patrol in existence. They may say they don’t need to worry for now. They will just be more vigilant as they go about their activities. We could tell the village the same.’‘Excellent point. Thank you for putting that into perspective, b**st. I hope you realize that you are one of the reasons I appear so smart to the others.’There was a long pause in the conversation and b**st could sense there was something else that he couldn’t quite discern. Because we communicated with each other through our mental thoughts, we had never needed to develop any verbal communication. But, even though it was mental, he couldn’t make sense of jumbled, disjointed thoughts. So he might pick up on a few thoughts but the context may not be clear. That was what was happening to him now. So he asked, ‘Alexa, there is something more. I can sense it but not able to make out what it is.’‘This is what I have been mulling. The wolves we have seen. We have seen them quite a few times but always at a distance and always to the West. The sightings are not just fleeting, happenstance. Many times they are just sitting watching us but from a distance. They don’t seem to be afraid of us or a danger to us. Although I am sure they could be dangerous, they have done nothing to indicate they would to us.’‘Yes, that is the same impression I have of them. So?’‘So I want to know more about them. I want to see if I can make contact with them. They are a major mammal in the region. They would be high up in the food chain. Their range should be extensive. I think they could be extremely useful and have much knowledge of the new people’s movements and activity. And, they might also be willing participants for the core team. I think it is worth the chance and effort to determine these things.’‘Okay, when should we go?’‘No, I think just me. Your presence could be intimidating. I would expect it to be.’‘That could be very dangerous. We think they don’t mean harm, but we don’t really know that.’‘As I said, I think it is worth the chance. I will be careful. First contact will be from a distance, maybe from an elevated position of defense. And I will be fully armed. Are you okay?’‘No, but I am just being protective and I know you are more than capable to take care of yourself.’I made preparations for leaving in the morning. I packed a backpack with some supplies and tools including some rope in case I wanted to secure myself in a tree for the evening. I also packed a cover in case of weather change. Normally I could curl up with b**st and stay warm at night.b**st walked me out through the tunnel. We covered some last minute details about my intended direction and area I hoped to find the wolves and their pack. If I wasn’t back in three days, he would be looking for me in that area. He watched me leave, heading west. I was likely to get further West than either of us had been before which will also provide good information about the island. I was dressed as usual for normal activities which is to say not very dressed. I was wearing battle boots which were created for me while on the Predator ship. Then, the only other things I was wearing was a long knife strapped to my left thigh, my gun and holster strapped to my right thigh, and my Predator battle lance and scabbard and arrow quiver strapped to my back. I carried the bow in my left hand. My hair, having gotten to be very long, was loose and flowed over my shoulders hanging to mid back.My journey had little definition. I knew I wanted to make contact with the wolves. I believed I could possibly encounter them just by going west. But I didn’t know how far or if I would intersect with their present location. I also didn’t know what else I might encounter along the way. And, I didn’t know if I would be able to communicate with them when/if I found them. Could I get them to let me be around them long enough for the processor to decipher the language pattern? And, what if they seemed dangerous and had watched from a distance only because they were afraid of b**st? What will happen without b**st’s presence? And the biggest question in my mind, if they are receptive, communicative, and supportive of the team effort, is there something bigger happen here that is bringing all this together? And what would that be?I walked most of the day without seeing a trace of the wolves. The jungle gave way to a swampy area which I skirted. Wolves wouldn’t normally figure on the swampy areas and the water there wouldn’t do me much good. I knew I needed flowing fresh water for survival. I brought enough for the day but would need to replenish my supply. I was also beginning to think about what my camp might need to look like if I would need to spend the night out here on my own. I was following an a****l trail over a ridge and at the top stopped and scanned the area in front me. Then I saw one, then two and more. The first was sitting on an outcropping of rock just watching. The others were s**ttered around. Some were also just watching and others were moving but casually. Since I had a highpoint view, I squatted down to rest and to indicate my watchfulness, too. I took out the binoculars and scanned the wolves I found. I had no way of determining if I might be looking at the dominant wolf or not. But some were definitely larger than the others which I thought would come into play for determining the power order within a pack.After all of us were just sitting watching each other for about 20 minutes, I noticed some anxiety in the wolves. They were clearly not expecting me to move through. I picked a large wolf out and left the trail, walking directly toward him. The walking now was much rougher and slower but I checked my direction repeatedly to maintain course to that one wolf. When I got within a hundred yards of him, I stopped and watched him more but not before scanning my surrounding for activity. After we were just watching each other for just a few more minutes, I did notice movement to my right and left. I unclipped the holster lock so the gun would come out cleanly. I left my right hand on top of the handle. When I saw a couple wolves on my right and left, I slowly eased the gun out of the holster and armed it, holding it relaxed along my right leg. I squatted down again and knelt with my right knee on the ground. When I did that the wolves all sat. I could hear the wolves making sounds among themselves and I hope the processor was working on it for communication.Then I came fully alert when the wolf I had focused on stood and moved off his rock outcropping and winded his way down toward me. When he was about thirty yards from me, he stopped, watched me for a moment and sat, again. It almost seemed we were taking turns showing our interest and trust. So I stood, still with the gun held at my side, and moved ten yards closer. I was picking up more noise from them. Not sensing any more movement I knelt down. The noise was now back and forth. This was communication but I was not getting anything from the processor, yet. We all just watched each other. Then he got up and moved half way closer. We were still about ten yards apart. He sat.“Where is the black one?” That came from my left. Okay, they were wary because they didn’t know where b**st was.From my right, “What does it want? Why is it here? Why isn’t it afraid?”I looked at the wolf in front of me and tried to communicate, “I am friend.” From the way they cocked their heads, that didn’t work right. I tried again, “I am friend.”The one in front of me stood, “What?”I said, “You heard me didn’t you? I am a friend.”This was causing concern to them. How was this that this human could talk like them? I tried more, “I have come here for your help.”He looked at me, cocking his head and looking at me carefully. “What help? Why you want our help?”Success! We were communicating! Now if we could find a trust to hear each other’s words for their meaning and intent.“You have seen me before. In the jungles to the east toward the other mountains. You have seen me with the black one. He is my friend. You have sarıyer escort seen us fight the dogs. Fight the dogs for the people and for the gorillas.”“Yes, we have seen these things. Why you fight for the others?”“The dogs and the new people on the plains are a danger. The dogs have been a danger to the people and the gorillas to the east. That is where we live also. We helped because they needed it.”“You and the black one are fierce fighters. You are dangerous to the dogs.”“Yes, I am.”“To us, also?”“Not if you are not a danger to the people, gorillas or to us.”The conversation went on like this with them asking questions about my involvement in these things, understanding why I would endanger myself. Back and forth. Then I started exploring their awareness of what was occurring around them. Yes, they knew about the dogs. Yes, the dogs were a danger. Yes, the new people were active near the other mountain. Yes, they were aware of the fights at the people village there. Yes, they were aware of gorillas being killed and captured. Yes, they were aware that people and other a****ls were being taken from the plains.By this time I had long since re-holstered my gun and was more relaxed. Then everything changed in a flash. A very large but mangy wolf jumped into the mix. From the comments I was hearing being muttered, he was not welcome. This one scared me. I slowly unclipped the restraint for the knife on my left thigh and kept my hand there. Then the one I had mostly been communicating with said, “You have been banished and are not welcome here.”The mangy one said, “So what. I go where I want. This female is mine. Whether I mate her or eat her makes no difference to me.”Several made moves toward him which surprised me. They were now prepared to go into a fight for me? The one I talked to said, “Leave. She is under our protection. She came here in peace to seek our help. She will not be harmed by you.”“Don’t be so sure.” And with that he swatted with a powerful swing and connected with the nearest wolf. Then he leaped. He had to be seven feet in the air. And directly toward me. Nothing was going to get to him before he got to me. And to me he did. But he landed on my blade which I thrust into his chest where I thought his heart would be and I rolled to the side and came up on top of him. Removing the blade I slammed it into his head and twisted the blade to inflict maximum internal damage. It was all over in a couple of seconds. And it was deathly quiet. I had killed one of them even if he was banished and intent to cause me harm. But he was dead. I stood and in the same motion unclipped the restraint on my gun and pulled it but let it hang at my side. I looked around me, turning to take in all the wolves. If I was going to die here, many of them would, too.Then I heard, “What do they call you?”“Alexa. My black friend is b**st.”“Alexa, I am Thunner, number two in our pack. You can relax, Alexa. We do not consider his death a problem for us.”I sighed and re-holstered my gun, yet again. “Good. I was not intending to be anyone’s meal.” This brought an interesting reaction from all the remaining wolves. They almost appeared to be kind of laughing or at least a reaction of amusement. I opened my backpack and took out the salve that Danna prepared for me for wounds. I applied it to the several places that the wolf’s claws had made contact before I killed him. I then looked around and asked, “Which of you was also injured by him?” He came forward, limping on his front right leg. I approached him and put my hand out for him to sniff me. I said, “I will not hurt you. But I want to look to your wound, also. This is a cream I use on my body to promote healing. Can I put some on your wounds?” He looked to Thunner and then nodded consent. I examined and cleaned the wounds with water from my container, applied an antiseptic wash, and then the salve. I put my hands on the sides of his head and said, “Thank you, for standing up to him.” I stood and looked at all of them and said repeated it, “Thank you, all of you, for moving to stop him.”Thunner said, “But we didn’t stop him. He still got to you.”“Yes, but you did try. The important thing is that you moved. Your movement to intercede caused him to refocus on you and took his attention off me. That was his mistake. That gave me the opening to kill him with minimal injury. So, I say again, thank you.”Then I add, “Before we were interrupted by this”, and I kicked his carcass, “I was going to ask another question.” I decided to gamble on the contents of some of the cages being loaded onto the ships. “I am aware of many a****l species being captured and taken by the new people and taken away. I know they are being taken across the plains to the ocean and put on ships and leaving this land. How many wolves have been caged or killed by these new people?”They all looked to Thunner, “Yes, you are correct. Although we are uncertain of the number. There are two packs. This one and one on the other side of that mountain. But our pack has lost about ten either in capture and taken away or killed in trying to escape or to help the others.”“So, you also feel the danger?”“Yes, we do. But we are wolves, how do we combat an enemy like that? It might be better to hide.”I stepped closer to them, “Or, to join forces with others.” At that moment I realized I couldn’t make out the details fifty yards away. It was getting dark quickly. “It is getting dark. I need to find a safe place for the night. I am alone.”Thunner said, “No, Alexa, you are not. I will send several back to the pack to share what we have discussed and what has happened here. Tomorrow we will go to the pack. You will meet the number one. Tonight, some of us will stay with you and keep you safe.” With that there was quiet discussion and half the group left. “On the other side of that rocky area I was originally watching from is a grassy area. It will be good for the night and provide defenses.”“Thank you, I am in your debt.”“No, I think not. You are truly a fierce fighter to take that one so easily. None of us would have looked forward to fighting him.”“Yet, you were about to.”Upon reaching the spot he mentioned, I was impressed. It was indeed a grassy section and being elevated and the back was a rock wall, it was a very defensible camp. I removed all my weapons except the knife on my thigh. I left that there in case I might need it later. Then we settled into a grouping and had minor discussion about the other species, the people, the new people and dogs. Then I noticed one of the wolves raise his snout to the air and search for the location of what caught his attention, then another and another. I realized it was probably me. I am such a slut. Surrounded by four males and my body was sending out signals!I decided to take matters into my own hands. After all, the way things were going a little encouragement might be all that is needed to have strong allies tomorrow in front the ‘number one’ as he was referred to. I looked at Thunner and then the others, “You guys aren’t very subtle.”Thunner said, “Sorry, Alexa, we know you are not one of us but that is what happens among our kind. The scent of a female who is ready.”“Yes, let me explain something to you all. The ‘black one’ that you refer to is my mate. He is not just a friend. I have taken him as my mate and he has taken me as his mate. In every way.” I let that sink in and I got the looks I was expecting. “And I have also been with some of the gorillas. We have a group that patrols and watches the area around the village and gorillas. I have been with them. We are three species so far. I am here to hopefully make that four species to work together to help the others. Yes, you have picked up my scent. My body is ready and I am willing.”It is dark and difficult to see. Thunner comes right in front of me. “Are you saying you will mate with all of us, Alexa?”“Yes, I am.”“I am not arguing but why? We are not of your kind.”“No, you are not. But, as I have said, my mate is not of my kind. Living here in this land, all of those who are my friends, those who I trust with my life, are not of my kind. And I mate with many of them. Thunner, we have now shared a bond, I feel. You tried to defend me.”One of the other expressed an obvious concern, “But, what about your mate, b**st?” Several of the others nodded their concern.I smiled, “My mate knows and has participated with my mating of others. He has even crossed over other species lines and mated not only with me but also a gorilla female who is my very best friend after b**st.”“Okay, Alexa, but there are four of here.”“I know that. I may be tired in the morning.” And I smile.“Okay, we are honored that you accept us as trusted friends.”Good, they were thinking ‘trust’, also. I assumed the wolves were the same as other K9’s. Fucking four of them would be getting four knotting, too. Yes, this was going to be a long night … and a short sleep.I asked, “Is there any potential of danger here? From the dog packs or other a****ls?”“Yes, of course, there is a potential but the dog packs seem to be active in the day.”“Then, since there a four of you, I suggest that those not active with me at any given moment be on the watch for anything approaching us.”“Very wise, Alexa. We will do that.”I figured it was up to me to make the move. I crawled to Thunner, as the dominant in the group, and said to him, “Will you let me touch you and show the others that it is okay what I might do to them. I may be different in some things than a bitch in your pack.”“Yes, Alexa, do what you wish.”He was standing and I approached him and lowered my head and shoulders to go underneath him at his groin. He was nervous and moved slightly but held his position. I touched his sheath with a hand and felt the cock tip outside, already. I reach in with my head and licked the tip. He flinched slightly but stayed. I licked again and more of his esenyurt escort cock came out. With a couple inches out of the sheath, I took the cock tip into my lips and gently sucked the tip. I got some pre-cum and sucked harder and was rewarded by more. He now was exposing more cock and I took more into my mouth and stroked my mouth and lips over his cock and was quickly rewarded by more cock. I raised up to a sitting position and put my hands on either side of his head and moved my face slowly to his. I touched my lips to his snout and gave it a little kiss. I then moved my lips to his mouth and kiss it. He had no idea what I was doing. So I just extended my tongue and licked his lips. His tongue came out and licked my mouth. I smiled and repeated the action. Our tongues met.I smiled at him. I turned onto all fours and looked at each of the others who were mesmerized by what I had been doing to Thunner. I pointed my ass at Thunner and wiggled my ass at him. He knew exactly what to do with that view. He came forward and sniffed my cunt and ass. He gave me a couple licks and then mounted me. He had definitely mated before even if it was a bitch from the pack. With his front legs wrapped around my waist, he pulled me to him and himself to me. With the first contact of his cock to my ass, he started thrusting. I slipped a hand between my legs to help him. A bitch’s body and mine were different in many aspects and I wanted him, all of them, to feel successful in mating with me. It didn’t take much with Thunner. A slight guidance with my fingers and he was inside me. He adjusted himself on my back and pushed his cock further into me in the process. Satisfied with his repositioning, he started thrusting hard and rapidly into me. Having never seen a live wolf I was unfamiliar with their size on Earth. But these seem larger, just like many of the a****ls on this planet. And he was very powerful and his thrusts were dominating and soon were fully controlling me. Not as much as b**st but b**st was that much bigger than these guys.Very soon I feel his knot at my entrance. For a moment I hesitate. If we are knotted, we will be defenseless. He sensed my hesitation, “What is it?”“If I take your knot, we will be defenseless?”“Will you feel better with your weapon? Then get it.”I slowly moved away from him and felt his cock leaving my cunt. My body protested the emptiness but my mind welcomed getting the gun. I took the gun from the holster and brought it back with me. Thunner was reminding two of them to be watching away from us. I returned and presented myself again. He jumped back onto my back and we rejoined. I lay the gun under my body where I could easily reach it, even knotted. He was still stimulated enough that it only took a few more minutes until his knot was again bumping onto my cunt lips. I encouraged him for what I wanted, that I truly did want it, “Okay, big boy, give me your knot now.”And he pushed hard against me. Feeling him push with intent, I pushed right back against him. My lips were in the familiar situation of opening slowly to the insistent pressure of a knot. But his knot was considerably smaller than b**st’s and it took less time to work it inside. And once inside, that lovely feeling of his cock all of the sudden inches further inside me and much fuller by accommodating the knot. With him inside me, his cock was leaking more pre-cum and he stroked easily inside me. Him pumping into me and me trying to push back against him but his thrusts were so fast and frantic that I couldn’t catch up to match the rhythm. So I let him go and I could feel my orgasm coming and he kept pounding into me. His legs holding me tightly and his hips moving like they were attached to a machine stuck on high speed. When I felt him tense and hold me even tighter, driving even deeper into me, I was already well into my orgasm. My legs shaking under him I felt his cock inside me jerk and twitch as I felt the first shot of cum sprayed into my cunt. Then the next and the next and more. He kept cumming inside me. The volume was amazing and a thought came to my shaky mind that he, maybe all of them, haven’t had a mate in a while. When he stopped the powerful spurts, I still felt little leaking of cum from his cock. I was feeling the last of my orgasm when he turned on me and we were ass-to-ass and he pulled, hard. My knees slid on the grass. He stopped and then pulled again. Each time he had hit my g-spot and I shuddered each time. I told him to do that again and he did and I shuddered, again. I then rocked back and forth on his knot. Each time I pushed into him and the knot moved further from my opening I could feel his cum leak out of my cunt and down my thighs. I was rocking and he would occasionally pull to test the tie and I came again. I screamed my pleasure this time and dropped my front to the ground and shook. Not just my legs, but my stomach and arms along with my legs. As I was coming back down from that wonderful orgasm, already the second, the knot pulled out of me and I swear I could hear it, and my cunt gushed a stream of cum. I collapsed completely to the ground on my front.I rolled over onto my back and looked up. Thunner was standing over me. I smiled at him, “Thunner, that was wonderful. Thank you.” I put my hands on the sides of his head, again, and pulled it down to me. He seemed to already anticipate the action this time and let his tongue slip out of his mouth and we tongued. I opened my mouth and let his tongue inside and I trapped it with my lips and sucked on it. He pulled back and I just smiled at him.I looked to the side and saw another of the wolves standing, waiting, mostly patiently. I crawled over to him and slid under him as I did to Thunner. His cock was already well out of the sheath but I took it into my mouth for several sucks anyway just so he could also have the experience of a human mouth. I then slid out and turned on my hands and knees and presented my ass to him. He sniffed my ass and licked, then licked more and more. He was doing a good job of cleaning me up. He then jumped onto my back and started thrusting. He was more impatient, perhaps never mated, but instinct was giving him direction. I used my hand to get him inside and positioned. Then he started wildly fucking me. I reached back and held his hind leg against my thigh to keep it inside long enough for his cock to grow to length and be firmly seated inside me. And then is was good, too. He cock grew and he was getting deeper and his strokes, still frantic, had a better rhythm. I let go of his leg and braced myself for this onslaught of youth. I decided he was a younger, inexperience male. If true, I would be his first bitch, a human female. Would that be something he brags about to his buddies? Do a****ls do that? Maybe all males of all species are the same and feel the need to expound on their conquests. But I was being fucked and fucked well. The pre-cum added to the cum deposited just moments before and was giving a very easy fit inside my cunt. And the knot, again, knocking at the door, insistently demanding entry. And I was intent on letting it in. I wanted it inside. So I joined his urgency and in moments it was inside. Yes, yes, yes. God, this is going to be a night to remember.His knot was sliding back and forth, his cock was pounding deeply, I felt his cock twitch and tense, I felt him tense on my back and he pounded into me hard. I temporarily lost my balance and my arms slipped on the grass and he jerk up and when he did he started cumming in watery jets of cum into my cunt but while that was happening his jerking up caused his knot to bang into my g-spot and I went over the edge, again. Him cumming hard inside my already filled cunt. As he pumped and jetted out his seed, it was leaking in streams down my thighs. Another orgasm overtaking me, I hung my head and then sag my shoulders, then settled my front and head onto the grassy ground and groaned and moaned out my release. When I came back to my senses and was again aware of my surroundings, I was ass-to-ass with this one, also. He continued to test the tie, pulling against me, extending my lips outward. It felt wonderful but I didn’t need to cum again. He pulled out sooner than I expected.With my ass in the air, I felt a tongue licking up my gaping cunt and ass. I looked back and it was another. I looked around and saw Thunner facing away. He looked around and at me, he nodded and turned back to watching beyond our camp. This one continued to lick me and it brought new stimulation to me. New, I wasn’t receiving enough in the fucking? He stopped his licking and came around to my head. I raised up onto my elbows and smiled to myself. They catch on fast. They each had seen that I provided with my mouth first and they want some, too. This one was already fully out of the sheath and the knot was visible. This one would be faster. He was very excited and I worried that he might cum in my mouth. Although that would be easier on me, I wanted all of them to have the same experience and not be seen different by their peers. When he mounted me, he was immediately deep. And, his knot was right at my entrance. I was gaping still from the previous fucking and the volume of cum put inside from the previous two made his knot easier to take. With the knot inside me and getting pounded by the third, I call the fourth over to me and I took his cock in my hand and led him to my mouth. I wanted him hard, out and ready.When the third pulled out, I immediately turned to the fourth. He mounted me without any hesitation and I had him inside me using my hand again. I had a minor orgasm with the third and wanted to finish this off with a better one. His knot went in easily, also. With this one, his fucking strokes actually squished inside me. I had more cum inside me than I ever had. Although my bangs with the Predators may have had more fucking, this produced much more cum. I pushed avrupa yakası escort back onto him as he pushed into me. With the knot inside, I moved on him, raising and lowering my ass to hit different places inside my cunt. I found the spot I needed on his pull back with the knot pulling my lips out before ramming back in. By raising I put more pressure on the front of my cunt and the g-spot. I continued this feeling him stiffen inside me and begin shooting his seed to join that of the previous three and as he did, with my determined action for stimulating myself, I came, also. And came hard. Again, my arms shook as he shot into me and my orgasm took over and overwhelmed my body. When I once again started moving my ass, I found myself with my chest on the ground, my ass stuck up in the air, ass-to-ass with this one, and more cum running down my thighs.When this one pulled out, I just lay onto the ground and curled up on the grass and was softly moaning and sighing. Thunner came up to me and asked if I was alright. I said, “Yes! Wonderful.” And realized the feeling was the aftershocks of the orgasms I had just experienced. Small sensations were rolling through my body. When they stopped, I rolled over onto my back and stretched. I sat up and looked down. In the moonlight I could just see the cum flowing out of my still gaping cunt and pooling on the ground beneath me. Notch another species into my headboard … if I had a headboard.Thunner was standing in front of me. He said, “Alexa, thank you. Two of the others have never mated before. They will remember this.”“And what about you, Thunner?”“I had a mate.”“Had? What happened? Can I ask?”“It is relevant for you to know. My mate was taken by the new people. She was put into a cage. I saw it and attempted to free her. I was nearly killed and left for dead. I was only stunned, though, and my wounds were superficial. I healed but I have never seen my mate, again.”“I am so sorry, Thunner. I am not her I know, but I would like to curl up with you tonight to sleep?”“Yes, that would be nice for me, too. But only until it is my turn to watch.”He lay on his side and I crawled into him so my back was against his front. I slid down so my ass was at his sheath. I felt his cock come out and I wiggled to get it between my thighs, not quite into me. I wiggled back against him, my gun clutched to me. I fell immediately to sleep.I was awoken by sunlight filtering to me through the trees and the sound of movement around me. Thunner was no longer against me as I expected. I rolled onto my back and stretched. Then got to my feet and was greeted by the wolves. One was missing. Thunner called to me and I went to him. He explained, “We just heard the approach of something, a few somethings. One of us was sent out to investigate. We are very quiet in our approach. We will know if there is danger.”I went to my pile of belongs and put on my boots and tightened them in case of need for quick and sure footing. I then attached the gun holster and knife scabbard to my thighs and the lance and arrows to my back. I picked up my bow and returned to the others with my backpack on in case we needed to leave quickly. Thunner looked at me and asked, “You are ready?”“Yes, if necessary.”Then we heard a howl and crashing in the brush 100 yards ahead. The wolves started spreading out, “He was instructed to lead anything that detected him into us and we would have a trap.” So we spread out with two on each side of the line of return. Soon there was barking and crashing approaching us fast. I pulled an arrow and readied my bow, unclipped the gun on my side for quick removal and flip the switch to arm it.I look across from me and saw the two there crouch low among the brush out of sight. I followed suit and retreated behind a larger bush. Soon the wolf came running out of the brush below, over the rock outcropping and straight through the camp. At the back end of the grassy clearing he slid to a stop and turned, lowered his head and bared his teeth, ready. I returned my attention to the direction he had just come and pulled the bow back ready to release an arrow. Then I quickly rethought that, lowered the bow and took out four more arrows, moved for a clear view and stuck them into the ground in front of me and readied myself just as the first dog came into view. He dropped where I saw him with an arrow sticking out of his forehead. The next dog was down with a shot in his mouth. The third got past but the fourth was down. I reload the bow and scanned where the dog went but saw more coming and felled another. I rearmed and waited. They were circling us. They saw the others fall. I again looked for the dog I missed. He was down with a wolf at his throat. He was done. I heard a snap behind me and spun and release the arrow in that instant. Another down. I could hear more but wondered if they had the stomach to continue given their losses. Then two jumped into the clearing and three wolves were on them. The fight was quickly over. We heard sounds moving away from us.I put the bow around my neck and shoulder and pulled the lance, pushed the button and opened it to full length. I then went to each dog and sliced it open at the throat making sure they were dead. I retrieved the arrows. It almost seemed silly given how many I had at the lagoon but it was also silly to waste them.I sat down and realized I was breathing very hard. I looked around and all the wolves were doing the same. I said, “That was certainly intense. Who was it that went out there and led them back?” He stepped forward. “Very well done. The way you came right through us and then stopped and took their attention away from us. Is that taught?”Thunner said, “No, we don’t practice battle fighting, we hunt for food.”“Well, I am even more impressed then. That was very fast thinking and action. I want to say, to all of you, that this was a surprisingly efficient and effective battle against a very dangerous and more numerous enemy.” I looked to the one who led the dogs in, “What is your name?”He said, “Holden, Alexa. My name is Holden.”I then went around the group and asked for the other two names so nobody was left out. I asked if anyone was injured. One was bitten on the leg and limped slightly. I retrieved my med-kit and treated him.I looked to Thunner, “What is the plan then? I assume going to the pack and speaking further?”“Yes, we will leave immediately.”“Wait. Is there a stream or water nearby? I want to … clean up … before going. I … want to … reduce my scent … before we get to the pack.”He seemed to smile. Do K9’s smile? He said, “Yes, your scent right now would be a little distracting to the males.”“And the females?”“They would hate you.”“Well, then I really need to clean up.”After getting that accomplished at a stream, they all watched very intently, we were entering the pack. I attracted a lot of attention. I followed Thunner with the others alongside me on both sides. The one that was injured and limping was rushed by a female and right behind her were two young pups. I stopped which caused the others to stop. I watched the reunion and there was something going on between them. The female looked at me and came over me. She licked my thigh and pressed her head to me. I knelt down to her, held her head and said, “He will be good.”Hearing me speak like them caused a lot of curiosity and agitation among them. But I just repeated it to her, “He will be good. But take care of him. He is brave and a fierce fighter.” She looked at me and then him. She returned to his side and pressed her head into him. And his into her.Thunner suggested we continue. When we reached the ‘number one’ he was with many others including the one that was injured yesterday. Thunner talked the number one through the events of the past two days. Others involved offered reinforcement occasionally and personal affirmations toward me. Finally, Thunner described my intention of originally coming to meet with the pack. He described the intent and purpose of the team I was looking for the pack to participate in. Number one turned to me and asked, “And why should we agree to join this team and put to risk our own for others?”“Yes, the intention of the team is to provide assistance to others, but also it would be providing assistance to the pack. As evidenced today, the dogs and new people are a grave danger and a course of action must be assessed and working together is the best way. Your pack has members who have witnessed me and my mate assisting others for some time now. I do so today for the pack. Surely you recognize the dangers that exist now.”Thunner spoke again, “Number one, I propose we assign the two she wants. The inter-species team will unite us all if need be.”Number one looked to me again, “And who would you have on your team?”I looked at the female who approached me and said to the group, “I request only mature males who are unmated, but certainly without family.”“Why?”“Because there is potential real danger involved by the members who will be in the front of potential conflict. And the reason for this whole effort is to secure a peaceful future for all. And the future is our young and families. It might be that the mated will be needed to join a fight if it threatens the pack.”“Wise. Yes, I approve. So who will be members of this team?”Thunner spoke up, “I will. I have lost my mate to the new people. I want to be with her.”I look at him and then to the number one, “I like that. He is a good commander and brave.”Holden then stepped forward, “I also wish to be a member.”I looked at him and smiled, “Yes, he will be good, also.”The number one said, “Then it looks like you have your team members.”“Thank you.” I looked at the two and thanked them. I asked them to walk with me for a while. I explained that the rest of the team would be coming through in a few days to go the other mountain to make contact with the people and gorillas there. Perhaps we could also meet with the other pack, also. And I headed back to the lagoon. A successful trip but one will many dangers. As I walked, I couldn’t help anticipate my reunion with b**st. Despite the mating I receive, his are still the best for me. But … what is this now … five species?Hmmmmm, what could be next I wondered …?* * * Part 28 will follow * * * Thanks for reading.