Isabel

Isabel dragged Tahti's limp body back home. The flood waters were rising almost up to Isabel's chest. She howled for her father Windsong. "Dad! Mama is dead!" She cried out, tears pouring from her eyes.

Minke

Minke ran to the territory, sobbing uncontrollably. "Dad! Asylum killed Vulpin!" The daughter of Windsong and Klavdia yelled. "He was just a pup and she killed him!" She hated to see what her father would do with two losses.

Windsong;; Suenga;; Others

Windsong snapped awake, eyes wide open and lips curling. Immediately, he bounded towards them. His legs were shaky as he looked down at Tahti's dead, cold body. Windsong blinked, trying to register it. "Oh...god..." Windsong whispered, burying his head in Tahti's fur. Then, he saw Vulpin. Sobbing, he nuzzled his son. "That bitch..." Windsong sat down, thrusting his head to the sky and giving a mournful howl.

Suenga heard the call, and bounded forward. Seeing his step-mothers dead body, he shook his head. "The Avengers..."

Vale, Summit and the others came forward, all joining into the howling. A mother and brother was lost today.

Predator & Others

Rowan strode forward mournfully, carrying the green jewel in his mouth that his father had given his mother long ago. He set the emerald on a rock that was partly out of the water. "Here, Dad. This is so we can remember Mama better." The three-legged coywolf said, tears in his eyes. He was sorry that his sister had to see their mother's death. But he felt especially sorry for Windsong, who was now mateless.

Virosa and Minke lay next to their dead brother. "Mama said the Avengers were bad." Minke sobbed.

Predator stared down at her dead mother and half-brother. "Tainted is going to kill the Avengers. And I won't be sorry." She growled, trying to be strong.

At the moment, Tainted was at the Ruins, but had left a messenger bird here. Lune, a great horned owl, perched on a branch. "I am sorry to say this at such a time, but we should leave this territory until the flooding goes down. We can go to the Mountains. The Avengers are there, but they're weak. Perhaps we could plan an attack on them." He suggested.

Isabel looked up at the bird. "No. My mother died trying to keep this pack neutral. Trying to keep this pack from fighting. We should continue her legacy. We should live and let live. Turn the other cheek." She replied.

Predator moved so she was standing in front of her half-sister. "Well, what of it? If the Avengers want a fight, they'll get a fight. They walked right into this one. And they're not walking out until we get our revenge. Are we going to stand aside and let them kill off every member of our pack until our mother's legacy dies with us?" She looked back at Windsong. "I think, ultimately, it is up to the sole leader of the Refugees what our plan of action is. But I say this - if we do not retaliate, they will not hesitate to attack again."

Lune nodded. "I agree completely, Predator. I'd hate for--" He was cut off by Isabel. "You only agree with her because she's your leader's full sister. Think about what Tahti would want. Would she want her neutral pack going into war?" She challenged.

Predator shook her head. "Face the facts, Izzy. Mother isn't here anymore. And what would she want if she knew her son was killed? Would she stand back and let the Avengers get away with it? I think not. I've known her longer than you have." She answered. "I'm sure she has told you about her son Liekki. Did she let that tiger get away with killing her son? No, she did all she could to get back at the traitor tiger."

Taija stepped between the quarreling sisters. "Stop fighting! Our mother wouldn't want us arguing like this either! Neither of you is the leader of this group, and if Windsong wants your help in deciding the course of action, he'll ask for it." She scolded. Then the hybrid looked at Windsong and bowed.

Windsong & Others

Windsong's lips drew back, turning to the others. "Let's move their bodies elsewhere, and we're going to the Basin. I'll deal with Kalaber myself. His mate killed mine, and his child killed one of mine. It will be I that will kill him," Windsong replied hotly, looking at Predator, Isabel and the others. Windsong held back a sob, looking at the emerald Rowan had dropped. Windsong picked up Tahti's body, trotting up to a hill and dropping it in some ferns.

Vale, near her pup's birth date, picked up Vulpin and waddled up to hill and placed him beside Tahti.

Windsong then turned to the pack. "Let's go" Windsong instructed, moving out.

Predator

Predator nodded. She agreed with her alpha's choice. Isabel sighed, following Windsong.

Klavdia, Big Wolf, Little Flame and White Fox came back with Ivan's dead body. Flame and Wolf placed the son of Predator and Storm Warning, brother to Klavdia, in front of Windsong. "Kalaber killed him. He had rabies. Kalaber tried to kill us, so Ivan tried to save us, but the rabies took over."

Isabel growled. "Another Refugee falls to the Avengers." She looked up at her father. "They're going to be sorry when they get what's coming to them."

Predator stepped forward and looked at her son's dead body.

Klavdia had lost a grandmother, a brother and a son. What was next? Would the walls fall around her until she stands alone? Is this the ind of world she lived in? She hoped not.

The group followed Windsong.