The Dying Rose and Us ch 15

i opened my mouth to speak when a howl broke into the air. omen shot up into sitting position. i grew furious at the sudden disturbance. "this is it" omen said in a low voice.
i wasn't angry anymore, i was confused, "what?"
"both pack leaders have met up, they've agreed that there will be one more fight"
"winnder take all?" i asked.
"yes"
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"omen?" i asked keeping my head low to the ground. "yes?" his green eyes faced me. i refused to look at them. me and him were two in a hundred wolves, all closely packed together. we were in some part of the town, a park, i think.

"i'm scared" i murmered. and i was. i didn't know how else to feel. i would feel brave, but for some reason i think that would be stupid.
"it'll be alright" omen told me, "don't worry, i'll protect you" he smiled.
goodbye.... huh? why did i think that? hm... this isn't good bye... is it?

my back began to hurt. i didn't say anything about it. several minutes passed with me not complaining.
"your shaking" omen noticed.
"well... yeah... so?" i retorted. the pain continued, and continued, and continued. it didn't go away until a thought crossed my mind. i found that odd, but important.
"Omen?"
"yes?"
"what... if.. this was a trap? like an anbush."
"what? that can't be, no" he denied. "how do you know tho? how do you know that this wasnt' a trap? what if someone betrayed?"
"no, no.no. not anyone in The Dying Rose" he denied.
he didn't want to beleave that he could be betrayed by his own.
"then where are the Fallen ones?"
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everyone stood at alert, and alot of them were irratiable. i fell asleep under Omen. he stood protectively over me.

"excuse me..." agently, but rough voice echoed my mind.
"miss..." leaver her alone, she's sleepign" that weas omen's voice.
"please"
i lifted my head, i tried to open my eyes, but that didn't work out so well. "miss... are you... perhaps... arra?"
"no..." i muttered, "i'm kiki"

i turned away.

~~~

i jumped two feet into the air. "what?!" i said a little too loudly. omen bit my back leg. "it's starting" he said flattly. "what is i asked?
his eyes directed ahead of us. a large mass of wolves were fathered toegether, heads held low, about a hundred yards infront of us. my back hurt again. suddenly i found myself darting in the other direction. "Kiki!" i heard omen call after me. i leaped away from the pack.

my eyes' grew wide as i saw a single grey wolf come out of the shadows and lunge at me. i skitted to a stop, gasping in shock. omen jumped out over me and tackled that wolf into the ground, my back stopped hurting.
...there was a trap....

at the sign of that wolf's fail attack, another wolf jumped out of the shadows. then another, and another. but the pack saw the whole thing, they reared around and attacked back. at the same time, the Fallen Ones in front of us attacked. we were surrounded. i wheeleed around in all directions. taking in everything. a wolf grabbed onto another's neck. that wolf's buddy clamp onto it's attacker's side. before that wolf's buddy cuold dave 'em, the attacker already ripped their throat. blood shot out and suirted into the grass. they twiched stiffly on the ground.
that wolf's buddy munched down on the enimie's shoulder bone, breaking it.

i turned away.
i felt a strong tackle throw me down. i could hear the ground roar as i hit it. a fallen ones wolf tried to snap at my throat. i rolled out of the way and onto my feet. the wolf lundged at me, i leaped out of the way, barely. i nawed, i chewed, and i snapped as hard as i could... on their ear. they yelped and cried in pain. i lunged and did the same thing to their tail. i felt the bone crunch in my jaws. i wanted to barf. but no. i'll do that later.

i've always been against killing, but every part of my body told me to do so... i reared back, unable to do it, instead.
Omen, just then, leaped out and finished it for me. without a word, we attacked any wolf that we faced, him killing everytime. a third wolf joined us, said his name was Bar. him and omen took turns killing.

THREE HOURS LATER....

twelve wolves were left on our side. ten on theirs. i reconizged jamie, megan, miss killi and my father.

an old, grey and black wolf stepped forward. over several limp bodies. "give in anna. before you lose a pack" the grass was wet with blood.
"..."
bodies scattered all around.
"this isn't over thomas. not untill the end'
i helped kill them.
"so bit it!"
everyone charged at eachother. i've forgotten about omen, and the others. i sped far ahead of them. tears streamed my eye's.
daddy....

this had to end now. the others seemed to know this was just between me and my father. a growl broke from my lips. it wasn't enough, he lached a jaw around my chest. i squirmed out of his grasp. i took as second to look at the damage done. it was a stand off.
he jumped at me, i jumped too. our bodies collided with a boom, and hit the groudn witha thud. we both pulled back to the way we were before.
a pain creeped up my back. i looked behind me just in time to see jamie ram me, head first. before this would have stunned me, but now i kicked. i hit her dead on her side. she barely caught herself. my father took this chance to try and attack me when i was defenceless. he clamped my shoulder.
i squirmed but that didn't do anything. i found his leg in my jaw. i bit down.

Crunh....

he let go of me yelping in pain. i stood on three legs, he did too.
I reard back as jamie tried to ram me again. we all stood facing each other. me with my wounded shoulder, jamie at full health, and my dad with is broken leg.

my back hurt again. i wasted no time and jumped to the side. sure enough, megan toppled into the ground where i was before. i snapped at her, but only managed to pull away a few clumps of fur. this was a waste of time. i've had enough. i charged forward with all my might, knocking donw my dad. i bit into him. at the same time jamie and megan were both biting into me. i ripped at my dad, only thing that puled me away was jamie, even then i didn't let go. my father was twiching, he was dead. i still tore at him. with everything he did to me, i still loved him the way a daughter was supposed to love their father. tears rolled out of my eyes. the things he did to me....
i took another piece of his flesh in my jaws.
he betrayed me.
i was never the daughter he wanted. hell. i was accident to begin with. he blamed me for everything. i was the reason he was a drunk. i was the reason he couldn't find a woman. i scared them all away.
jamie and magan pulled at my sides.
even with all that, i still tried my hardest. he never saw me as the daughter he wanted.

my dad was dead, i killed him. and i couldn't have felt more free in my life. i think i even smiled.

"kiki!" omen?
i stopped. the ground slipped away, as did my father from my site.

"Jamie!" i snarled. i was thrown to the ground again.
this time by megan. i gasped for breath while trying to find my feet. something bit my back leg, i thought for sure i was gonna lose it to a feirce bite. instead i was skitted across the ground and thrown into the air.

"kiki!" omen cried again.
i'm sorry omen... i'm too tired to fight anymore.
i weakly opened an eye to see omen standing protectivly over me. i didn't care. i closed my eyes, too tired to keep them open. i felt numb with pain. i could barely breath. every noise was twice as loud as it was supposed to be. all i heard was fighting.

"don't worry, i'll protect you" omen's words flashed into my mind. every memory i had with omen, every word he said to me, flowed into my mind like a river of sound and echo.