--Hoist the Colors High [MB]

Liar smiled at her mother. "well the other wolves who arrived are gone. Unfortunantly Junior is still here. He told dad and I he's supposed to kill me now like he was then so dad got mad I left and ended up in Jabbar. Dad accepted an alliance with Jabbar which means I guess were all kinda tied except Muerta. Damean said that the tie with them was probably broken. He spared my life cause of his grandchildren and or neices and nephews. Were not sure how were related but we are and that's about it. Dad's talking with Junior still. " liar spoke as if this were all funny. Like none of it had an effect on her...

Liar smiled as her mom claimed her under the persona of herself. She smirked and did as she said, laying down and relaxing. "You know, it's not half bad." she smiled and took a deep breath, only to have it caught when her father's voice fluttered in her ears about speaking alone to Calypso. She lifted herself up, let out the breath, and pushed herself on her feet. "have fun" she said softly and nudged her dad on the neck. He looked stressed. "I'm going to go lay down. I don't feel so good" she gave a fake smile and began to walk away. She knew exactly where she wanted to go. It was the very same den that Khalon and her had spent the winter in so long ago. She walked in and circled. It smelled like him and she inhaled deeply. Khalon had gone off to do something, hunt, run the boarder, do his job. She felt her belly tighten and she held her breath. No. she needed to breath and so she did. This was going to be fun, but her worry was gone, and she just wanted to get this over with, whatever this was.

"Shit. Shit shit SHIT." Khal cursed as he stumbled once again, almost falling this time. Stopping on shaking legs, he turned his head. The wound on his side was still bleeding, crimson drops falling with a scary steadiness to the ground. Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath, trying to wake up his foggy mind. Damn that bitch! He had been fine until she had showed up. What a way for his first Guardian's scrap to turn out. The thought caused him to smile despite the pain, heartening him enough to take another few steps.

"Hey!"

Khal stopped dead in his tracks, incredulous. There was no way.. she had followed him?! He wasn't far into Pearl territory, but still... shit! "Hey! Wait up, love! What were you thinking, leaving? And right when we were having so much fun." As the last word was spoken, Khal felt the breath leave his lungs as a dark fem hit his side, knocking him off his paws. "Now, I'm curious. How many times do I have to knock you over for you to realize you won't win!" She grinned, ivory teeth glinting evilly in the light.

"Mel, give it a rest, will you? Actually, I don't know why I'm bothering. You haven't changed a bit."

"And neither have you, Khal! Maybe you should have stuck around with us a while longer, you're still as weak as a whelp!" She lowered her head, face close to his. "But you didn't. You left, which makes you no better than a traitor. And you were with us long enough to know what happens to traitors, weren't you?" Khal glared back, a snarl beginning to rise in his throat.

"Why don't you just kill me and get it over with, Mel?"

"Oh, brave words! But what would your family think? Pretty little Liar... do tell, how is she? Still running off on her own frequently?" A malicious gleam lit her gaze. "Hmm, perhaps I shall have to drop by at a later time."

With a gutteral growl Khal forced energy through his limbs, launching himself at Melusina. Catching her off guard, he snapped at her leg, tearing a gash. Nothing too harmful, but enough to make her take a step back. His legs were shaking so badly he feared he would collapse, but somehow, he stayed upright.

She smiled. "Didn't like that, did you, knight? Well well, I suppose I should be getting back anyway. I'm not quite ready to bring this storm to bear, but do beware, brother. You will see me again." She winked. "Send my regards, will you?" With that she was gone, leaving him standing alone. For a moment he stayed as he was, but only a moment. Then it suddenly felt as though he was standing on nothing... his legs crumpled beneath him, head swirling. Mel's tackle had opened his side even more, the fire coursing through it, tearing his resolve. I'm not going to die here, he thought savagely. Digging his claws into the soil, he rose slowly, the world spinning, darkening, then righting once more, if a bit tremblingly.

Then he caught her scent... faint, but closer than the rest. Liar. Hope made his steps quicker, but still, he was still a ways off when his legs once again threatened. He wasn't going to make it. He could only force himself so far before his body betrayed the mind. As darkness took over, he may have called out, he may not. His mind wasn't really registering much at the present.

OOC: bringing him back ^^ had to explain why he was gone so long, so I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone. Don't worry, Mel will be back! just wanna see how time management goes for the moment, lol

Liar felt her sides tighten and she grumbled in pain. "Khalon..." she said in a sharp cry. Then it was there, that familiar scent, the one from her mother. She looked back in suprise as one squirming creature moved behind her, she quickly picked it up and licked whatever was on it off and pushed it to her belly. Then there was another, another, and another. Four pups. She didn't know the sex, she wanted Khalon here for that. She smiled, as her sides tightened one last time and she pushed, nothing came though and soon she relaxed. She felt the pups feed, then stop, and they curled in balls to sleep. Maybe it was because she was young and new to this but danger spoke and she stood up stepping from the den. She felt weak, and before she knew it her nose had lead her just a short ways from her den. Had she not been alone she would have stayed inside, let someone else try to defend her young, but she was alone, and wanted to check her nose before she went back.

He was here, that brute, the scary one. She felt her hair stand on end, the hair covered in her own body fluids and she growled. "Get away" she said in a whisper. She wanted that adrenaline she knew to come back, but it wasn't here, she couldn't feel it, she was so tired...had she been more alert she would have noticed another wolf but her eyes were just trained on Harmi.

Ooc:|| I dunno when Shadowed will post, but Zai is to leave one pup alive. Sense, you may beat up Liar just a little if you want, it's okay with me. She'll just crawl back in a whole when this is over with her dead pups and one live one. Haha! MUWAHHAA. Good stuff.

WAKE UP!

Something in his mind screamed, and though he didn't know the reason, suddenly, forcefully, he had opened his eyes. Something.. something was wrong. As consciousness flowed slowly into his beaten form, he felt the pain, and wished he hadn't woken. This thought was erased a second later, however, as a scream split the sky open, especially painful to the auds of this bru.

"LIAR!" Pushing himself to his paws, ignoring any faintness, he charged in the direction of the call. If something had happened.... a fury he had not known flew through his veins, both at his own weakness and at whatever had caused this reaction to her. He could blame Melusina that he wasn't there right now to protect her, but the fem hadn't forced him to give up, to lie down and give in.

Bursting in on the scene, unmindful of the fact that his side had, once again, opened up with the fury of his run, he took in Liar's anguished cries, coming from inside of the den, then her appearance. And two brus, standing to the side, one with blood on his muzzle. He scented it in a heartbeat... Liar's blood had been spilled, along with others that, while unknown, he would have known above any other memory.

"No... no..... NO!" The last was more a roar than a bark, and in an instant, he was on them, running past Liar. He went for the bloodied one first, the one who had done this, heading straight for the throat. It was mindless and foolish, this attack, but he would tear this monster apart, even if it was the last thing he did.

Khal was furious, angry, and suddenly willing to die for revenge. For a moment. As he dodged the Midnight wolf's lunge at his side, he almost stumbled again, and the realization that he was wearing out again flashed through his mind. He would die here if he continued, that was clear. He may have taken the bru, may, on a good day, for he had the training. But right now, energy was what he needed. He paused mid-retaliation as Zaiku and Deadly's words hit his auds.

Frustrated, pained, angry, confused, he growled, lowering his head and glaring at the bru who had taken everything from him.

Not everything.

His mind remembered Liar, and the one remaining whelp that they had left. She needed him. She had needed him before, and he wasn't here. The least he could do was try to make it up to her, some way, somehow. It would never be enough, he knew that. He would never lose this day, the darkness of not being there to protect the ones he loved... the guilt. But at least he could stand by her side now, and never leave. Never.

Looking at Harmi, Khal snarled, the sound murderous. "I leave you now, but beware brute. I know your scent, and if I must wait a lifetime, I swear, I will taste your blood again, and my jaws will be the last sensation you will feel in this life."

With that he whirled around and ran, the shame of leaving tempered by that which he ran to. As he reached the entrance of the new den... thank god, he couldn't look at them right now, not yet.... he slowed his steps. Carefully he stepped inside, slowly and gingerly. Just inside he stopped, looking at Liar, not sure if he should approach or not. So much pain... seeing her like this, it killed him, and he could have stopped it.......

"Liar, I'm..... I'm so sorry....." His gaze was shocked and empty, and suddenly he couldn't look at her. He didn't deserve to call himself a mate, or a father.

He had thought she would turn from him in disgust, hate him for not being there. Instead, she came right to him and apologized. Apologized! Like it was in any way her fault. He knew at that instant that she was too good for him, and the fact that she had chosen him, over any other bru, caused warmth to fill the previous emptiness in his amber orbs.

"No, not him... another." The fight with Mel seemed years away, but he suddenly felt a flash of anger towards her as well. Eventually, she would show her face again, and this time, she wouldn't be so lucky. It seemed a day of reckonings.

As she mentioned going outside, he felt a sudden rush of terror for her. "Liar..." but she was gone. Will you stay with her? She'll love you. And she would. He looked at the small shape in the back of the den and softly padded over to her. His daughter. His eyes widened with wonder as he looked on her little features for the first time, and any anger he felt disappeared. He wouldn't taint her with such things. So tiny, innocent... lying down, he gently touched her with his nose, and felt her move closer to his warmth. So this is what it was like. Instantly, he understood Jack. The protectiveness against any, even those of his pack. He knew in a moment that if any approached, he would be wary... so wary. Any but Liar.

"Hello, little one." He spoke softly, as though not wanting to wake her, despite the fact she was probably still deaf to the world. "Don't worry, dad's here. And I'll never leave you alone again. You or mom." He couldn't stop staring at her, eyes on her, auds on Liar, who was only a little way away.