Tornado

The alpha saunters into the eskers, following the ridge of one sand ridge. He headed into the wind, so that he'd be downwind of any prey in head. And front atop of the esker ridge, he could spot prey from a ways off.

Aliyyah

The alpha pads up beside her mate, looking for prey. She sniffs the wind, "ah, it feels good to be out of the den for a bit." she said with a smile...

*Musk Ox*

As luck would have it, the two wolves chance upon a lone musk ox. The oxen was a domestic one that had escaped from a farm.

Aliyyah

She nudged Tornado, motioning to the ox. Her adrenaline began to rush in excitement...

Tornado

His nose twitched as he caught the rank scent of the creature. He too was very excited. "He should be easy to take down on his own." Tornado whispered to his mate, "They are much harder to catch when they're in herds." He studied the Musk Ox for a moment and spoke quietly once more, "I think it would be easier to kill once we have it on the ground, because there is so much fur at its neck that we wouldn't be able to kill it easily that way. I'll go for the side of its head and try to bring it to the ground." Tornado finished, then began to rush down the side of the esker to reach the lone ox. If he got close enough, he tried to leap up and grab the side of its furry head.

Aliyyah

She nodded, rushing down she went around the Musk Ox, trying to grab it on the other side of it's head..

*Musk Ox*

The shaggy beast knew he was in trouble without any herd to protect him. When Tornado came at his side, the ox held his ground. When the wolf jumped, the ox met him with his huge head. A horn narrowly missed stabbing Tornado, and a thrust of his large head sent the wolf to the ground. When Aliyyah attacked, the ox spun around to his other side. The wolfess missed her mark, and was also thrown to the ground when he slammed his heavy head against her. With a snort, the musk ox charged at the two wolves.

Aliyyah

She snarled and jumped up, her side ached from being thrown but she would manage. She ran around the Musk Ox in a circle, trying to confuse it. Then, she made an attempt to attack him at the throat...

Tornado

Tornado scrambled up, catching his breath after being slammed into the ground. He shook his head then charged at the ox again. Like his mate, he ran circles around the beast because he knew the ox couldn't turn circles as fast. Their spindly little legs made it hard to move swiftly. When Aliyyah went for the ox's throat, Tornado dashed for one of its hind legs. He would yank back with all his might if the ox tried to run forward, and perhaps make it fall.

Aliyyah

If she grabbed the ox's throat she bit down hard, hoping to crush its life

*Musk Ox*

The thick, shaggy fur over the ox's throat saved him. Aliyyah's fangs dug only into fur. The ox was about to slash the wolf with his front hooves when Tornado caught his hind leg. The spindly little legs couldn't their weight all of a sudden, with one leg yanked back. The large beast crashed onto his side. His sharp little hooves lashed out frantically as he tried to get up again...

Aliyyah

When he fell she went for his nose, trying to latch onto it so he couldn't breath...

Tornado

He sprung back so that the dangerous hooves didn't hit him. He then slashed at the ox's side and stomach when ever he got the chance, hoping to make the creature go into shock or make it bleed a lot.

*Musk Ox*

The creature snorted and thrashed until he was able to get to his feet again. His sides were torn and bleeding, and it was getting difficult for him to breath with the wolf latched onto his nose. With a burst of strength, the ox staggered to his feet and tossed his head back a bit, lifting Aliyyah off the ground for a moment, but doing her no harm. He was unable to strike out at her with his front hooves. He thrashed his head now, trying to shake her off. If she held on much longer though, the ox would die.

Aliyyah

She was determined to not let the Ox go, her mate, pups and pack needed food and she wasn't going to let them down. She held on tight to the animal's nose, not going to let go.

Tornado

Tornado springs up and lands on the back of the shaggy creature. His powerful jaws clamp onto the back of the ox's neck, although he knew he couldn't easily kill it that way. He would try to keep it from thrashing around or getting away so his mate wouldn't get hurt.

Aliyyah

She caught a glimpse of Tornado when he jumped onto the Ox's back. Still holding on as tight as she could, digging her teeth into the animals nose..

*Musk Ox*

With a muffled snort, the ox tried to shake the wolf of his back. But lack of oxygen and the shock of the attack was taking its toll on his body. His spindly little legs grew wobbly under the weight they had to carry, plus the extra wolf. After a long struggle, the ox collapsed and couldn't rise again. A few minutes later, he was dead.

Aliyyah

Sensing the ox's death she let him go, blood was on her maw from the animals nose. A grin was given to her mate in victory..

Tornado

He grinned as well and leapt down from the beast. "What a hunt! And now we have even more food for the pack." he glanced at the ox, then back to his mate, "It looks too big to drag all the way back to our caches; should we have to pack come here to eat it? It would be good exercise for the pups to come out here, I think."

Aliyyah

She nodded in agreement, "Yes, that sounds good, should we howl for the pack, or one of us go and get the?"

Tornado

He glanced around, thinking. "We should probably howl. There might be some scavengers that want this kill, since there has been such a long famine." The alpha howled out loudly in the direction of their pack, hoping they would hear.

Aliyyah

She nodded, howling with her mate...