"I will not let them end you, if I have to drive the tractor and horse trailer out here to get you myself." I said it with enough conviction the mare noticed. I went to work on her next cleaning and stopping the main area that was bleeding. patching it, so that an actual vet could do the rest.
Lada spoke then, "I must be off. Your hound is coming with the rest."
I nodded, "Thank you" but she was gone already.
I finished, my work on the mare. Looking back to Mackie I seen she had slumped in her position. Getting back to her, I checked her pulse, alive but must have passed out. "Mackie?" I asked.
Her head wobbled a bit but she lifted her gaze to me. You could see her tired, and worried. "It will be ok, they should be here any minute." I touched her cheek again. I picked up the rifle I left standing along side the building. I walked a little closer to the entrance. I heard the shot, just as I felt the warm breath hit the back of my neck. Every hair on my body stood. I did a body check to make sure there was not a bullet hole and then slowly turned around. There laying just inches behind where I had been was the red wolf. I seen where I had shot him and the seen the much larger hole to his chest. His mind I heard him say as he was departing this world "your kind should have died long ago..."
My kind I thought.. What the hell is my kind? And who shot him? I looked around. I did not see anyone or thing. I was however hearing a load of horses and ATV's headed this way.
I waited at the entrance, I could see a butt load of people hauling ass on ATV's, dirt bikes, and horses. I seen Chief out front of them all still baying like crazy. I lifted my rifle, to wave it to them. I seen that some of them waved back taking different tracks to get up here. Riders stopped further down to leave their horses. The motor vehicles came to the top. Stan was the first to shut his engine off. "You found her?!"
"Yes, she is in a bad way though." I wasn't going to color it.
Stan said no more, just took off into the ruins, I heard a "holy shit" come out of him just past the door. Yep he saw that massive dire wolf. I turned and followed him in. He was running full tilt toward her skidding to a stop on his knees he starting hugging her and kissing her. she was crying, "She is wounded Stan, be gentle." I chided. I knew he was happy to see her. Others were pouring in a ton of expletives came from their mouths as they seen the dire wolf.
"What the hell happened!" Stan finally stood up looking around. Seeing the two dead human looking bodies and the massive wolf.
"A Skinwalker, the one who has been on and off killing cattle and stuff. Plus its new friend the dire wolf." I pointed to the large dead wolf.
"Normally I wouldn't believe this crap, ain't nothing the lord can't handle." Stan took a breath and looked around one more time. "But..." Another breath and he looked back at his wife, who was now being tended by two emt's he knew. "I can't not believe it."
"I have always said there is more between heaven and hell then meets the eye." I shrugged. I heard another engine in the distance getting closer. "Her mare was wounded by the wolf. she will need to be tended too as well."
"Yes, yes of course." Stan mumured while looking back at his wife. They put her on a carry board and got her strapped in. Iv's and fluids already set. "Call my brother to bring the trailer out here. We gotta get the mare too."