Pentagon Part 5

Carbo lay down next to her "What's that thing on your leg?" asked Carbo looking into her blue eyes "What do you mean?" asked Inculta "The wound" he replied "That's where they darted me" said Inculta slowly doubting his sanity. "Dar- what?" asked Carbo, "What have you never been darted?" asked Inculta incredulously "I have no idea what your even talking about so no" said Carbo grinning at her. "Its where they fire this thing at you and it sends you to sleep" said Inculta struggling to find the right words, she sat up so she was lying on her front her head up. Carbo rolled onto his back his tail wagging his tongue hanging out, Inculta giggled "Your worse than a cub!" she said laughing.

"Yeah but I'm better company" said Carbo rolling onto his front, "Can't say I've ever really had company" said Inculta "Me either, I hate being responsible for other people or having responsibility, I'm a lone wolf you could say" said Carbo grinning. "I've just never really had anyone around" said Inculta "What about your home pack ?" asked Carbo "My what?" asked Inculta "Know the pack your born into with your mum and dad" said Carbo "It was just me and my mother" said Inculta "We don't live in packs" she continued. "Well we do here, a lone wolf is an extreme rarity" said Carbo. "What about your mother then" carried on Carbo, Inculta turned to look at him "My mother was killed, a long time ago now" she said her blue eyes trapping his gaze impossible to look away "What happened?" asked Carbo whispering. "The humans took her, not like taken like I was. It was in the spring the sun was high in the sky we were both thirsty and exhausted just walking along looking for water, we knew their was some nearby. I was only 5 moons old back then, just a tiny thing, mum would sometimes nearly sit on me by accident, she was quite clumsy, I got that from her. We decided to sit down to rest, I went of to play trying to pounce upon A beetle that was walking lazily along. I knew mum was rolling her eyes, she would say I was wasting energy. That's when the first shot sounded. I turned quickly and mother fell to the floor, I ran over to her, I saw that something was in her neck, blood was pouring out of it turning her light sandy pelt red. I remember crying instantly, I didn't care that I was wasting precious water, I remember screaming at her asking what had happened, she couldn't talk they had shot her through her voice box, she just made gagging sounds like she was drowning in her blood. Her eyes were wide with fear like the look id seen in the prey when mother caught us meals. It seemed to go on for so long, I was howling screaming for help but none came, I was just watching her suffocate slowly. I remember licking the blood away from her eyes when it got close, it was night before she actually started dying, it wasn't a clean shot, I almost wished she had died sooner. I cried and cried until my body was so dehydrated it couldn't produce any more tears, I couldn't stand so I just lay down under my mother's paw pressed up against her chest listening to her dying heart. There was no chance of sleep, I just lay their numb as her body became colder and colder."