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After Scarlet got into the water both Travis and Alex were still following her, and Alex was right on her tail so to speak. She realized that she had to come up with something quickly. Once Riptide told her about the waterfall, she knew then that she had an out. She couldn't hear what Travis was yelling at her, with the water drowning everything out, but he sounded panicked. When she heard different voices, she figured that Travis' yelling must have drawn attention from the others in the woods.
"I'm almost there and once I reach it; I will be free. I just need to reach the waterfall. Not too far now and I'll be home free." Scarlet thought to herself. When she made it to the crest of the waterfall, she used her Energy to push herself with all she had to get as much air as she could. When she was at the peak, she opened the flaps on her and turned her outfit into a glider. From there she went off in a random direction so that if she was followed, she could still lose them when she landed and started on her journey again.
After flying for a few miles Scarlet started to get a weird feeling, so she darted for the ground and touched down in a wooded area. After she landed, she put her mask on so that even if she was found they would hopefully just think that she was just another Male, and she could run for it.
Scarlet may be able to handle herself just fine in a fight, but after 10 years of fighting for her life if she could avoid the annoying ones, she would. There was no reason to fight unless it was something that she wanted to or needed too.
Looking around and she sent out her Energy to see what was around. Scarlet breathed a sigh of relief when she found that all seemed to be fine. She made sure that those Two Males didn't follow and started on her predetermined path again just hoping that they didn't find her again.
*Little did any of them realize that the Elements had their own plans for the small group, and those plans would come to light soon enough. *
Ten days later Scarlet made a stop in a new area to rest for a few days and restock on some of her supplies.
When she was getting to know the lay of the land when she heard a deep deafening roar coming from her left, she jumped up high in the trees so that she could get a better view of what was going on. When she caught sight of a group of Huge Males that were bigger than the other groups that she seen out hunting before. "This could be a potential problem." She thought to herself. Not knowing what these Gigantic Males were doing, or how to deal with them efficiently could be quite troublesome later.
She made the decision to keep moving and just go to another area to restock supplies. A couple of miles into the trip she heard another deafening scream, but it was a Female this time. When she followed the sound what she saw she couldn't imagine.
There were Three Males that were surrounding a Female and she seemed to be having trouble with her labor. She was about to just walk away when she heard a Male say "Please you need to hold on just a little longer, there is a Doctor just in the next village. Please just hold on and we will make it there soon. Please don't leave us you need to hold on!!!"
"DAMNIT!!!" was all Scarlet could think when she heard that.
Scarlet came out at that point and made her way towards the small group. When one of the Males seen her, it looked to be a Sheep Male, he went on the defense trying to chase her off. He was easy enough to dodge, the Second Male a Wolf seen that and went after Scarlet next. Again, he was easy to stop, and before the Third Male another Wolf could make up his mind of to either attack of defend Scarlet quickly said "She needs help now! You need to make a choice to either try to attack or let me help!"
This got their attention but because Scarlet still had her mask on, they didn't know what she was, let alone a Female. As she proceeded to walk towards the pair, she unmasked herself. The Wolf Male didn't want Scarlet to get closer when he seen her eyes, but since she said that she could help he let her pass but kept his guard up.
When Scarlet reached the Females side, she said to anyone that would answer "How far along is she?"
The Wolf Male closest to Scarlet answered with "She is Four Moons along and is having trouble with the birth. She said that she had pain that she didn't have with her other births. So, we wanted to get her to the Bigger Village 'Green Rock Mountain City' and that way we can get a better Doctor to help her."
Scarlet began her exam, and she asked what the Female species was, the same Wolf Male said "She is a wolf, and this is her Fourth Birth. When she said something was wrong, we knew that we had to get her help." Scarlet looked at the Male and determined that he was the father because his Energy was the same as the Pups. This Male also seemed to be the Leader of their Smaller Village.
After the exam she found that the Wolf Female was having Three Pups and that there were multiple issues happening here. If things were not resolved Quickly, it would be over for not only the Pups but the Mother as well.
Taking her bag off to grab her surgery kit, with some medicines that she made for pain and keeping the Mother calm. She gave the pills to the father and said "Feed these to her one at a time. Give her water in-between each one."
The Male did as he was told, and the pills had a quick effect. When Scarlet seen that the Wolf Female started relaxed, she told them what she needed to do to save them. The group didn't like what needed to be done, they were all upset and wanted Scarlet away, but there was no real choice.
Scarlet had to do a C-section on the Mother, because the babies were breached and hearing that their Female needed to be cut open scared them. Of course, if anyone was told that the one that they loved was about to be cut open to save their life they would have every right to be scared. They gave her the green light to go ahead, and Scarlet told the Father to have her rest on his chest and to hold her to where her arms were pinned on her side. The others were to hold each leg so that the work could be done without the issue of her moving around.
Cleaning the area Scarlet was watched like a hawk as she started the procedure. When she made the first cut and they all started to freak out. This was when I yelled "You need to keep calm and listen to what I say. Everything will be fine." She kept working on the Wolf Female and could feel that they were all still freaked out. When she got to the First Pup, he seemed like he was going to be fine and started to breathe on his own when she got him out. The Second was just fine as well, but when she got to the Third Pup it was not good.
He was Not Breathing! Having no choice Scarlet had to hand him to one of the Males holding a leg and told him to rub his back firmly yet gently to help him breath. She didn't have time to take care of both Pup and Mother and she had to focus on closing the Mothers stomach up first, just trying to keep the infection and contamination of the open wound to a minimum. Luckily as Scarlet was closing her up, she heard the baby take his First Breath and was so relieved. After she finished the procedure and checked on all Three Pups, she was relieved that they all seemed to be fine. The Males on the other hand they were about to lose their minds.
The Mother started to come back to reality from the medications she was given and looked at Scarlet with disgust. Scarlet didn't pay her any mind and continued to give the Males the instructions on what to do. She was about to give them more medications for pain and an antibiotic of sorts to help prevent infection for their trip and recovery when she yelled in a weak screechy voice "I don't know who you think you are! But you need to get away and stay from My Males." She turned to the Sheep Male who was still rubbing the New Pup and said "Take that Defective Pup and get rid of it! I don't need any Weak Young and that one will be dead before it reaches Reproductive Age!"
Scarlet was floored when she heard this, but the Males were not shocked at all by what she said. After she quickly packed up her stuff Scarlet Snatched the Newborn Pup from the Seep Male who was about to just toss him in the woods and said angary "This Pup is my payment for treating Your Ignorant Female!" She made sure to emphasize the last two words, then proceeded to walk off without another word. The group was left completely shocked but didn't say anything else and continued to move on to 'Green Rock Mountain City.'