Terrance's Story: New Word Chapter 20

Dunno what to say other than: Enjoy, and image by DinoSteve.

Battling The Odds

Two years after the brief separation, Terrance woke up and started walk around, trying to fully wake up. He took a bite out if their kill, and he heard a loud roar in the distance. He woke up Thorn and they walked to where it came from.

When they got there, they saw Tommy standing at the edge of a cliff, and he saw that the siblings, Greg and Carl were watching him. Terrance started to walk to the battle, and Carl charged Tommy. Terrance ran and headbutted Carl, sending him sliding to the edge and falling off, landing with a thud. Terrance roared, and they all looked at him. Thorn had walked to his side, and so did Tommy, feeling safer there than by the cliff.

Terrance saw the battle was still a little against them, even though Carl is dead, Greg is equal in size to Terrance, the siblings are average size, but Tommy is so little compared to them. Greg attacked Terrance, the female attacked Thorn, and the male attacked Tommy.

Terrance was doing better than he thought, dodging and biting Greg, and taking the occasional slash to the head or neck. Greg was getting frustrated because he couldn't get many hits in, and none of them were more than grazing blows, while Terrance was getting some good hits in, he wasn't getting many. Eventually, Terrance bit Greg's left arm and started pulling. Greg slashed him under his right eye with his good arm, and the sudden rush of pain caused Terrance to jump back in surprise, Greg's arm going with him. While Greg was distracted by the pain of his arm being ripped off, Terrance pushed him, causing him to stumble back and fall next to the cliff side.

Thorn was doing as she expected against the female. She bit her snout, and the female pulled back and tried the same thing. Thorn headbutted her, and followed through with a bite to the neck. The female pulled herself free and attacked Thorn, missing and being bit at the base of her skull.

Tommy and the male were fighting, and Tommy was doing better than any of them had expected. He kept dodging the male's attacks, and when the male charged blindly again, Tommy dodged again. The male was going to attack Tommy, but decided to go for Terrance instead, trying to save Greg from getting killed. The male slowed Terrance down enough that Greg had time to get up, and then the male went back to Tommy, frustrated that he couldn't do anything to him.

Sammy showed up, and went to help Tommy, who was the one that needed it the most. Meanwhile, Terrance and Greg are fighting again, and when Terrance pushed Greg, he stumbled into the male, Tommy and Sammy. The male fell, Sammy was knocked off balance, and Tommy fell, landing on the male, knocking him out. Terrance went around them, and dragged Greg to the edge before breaking his neck. He was going to push him off the edge, but decided to help Thorn instead.

When Terrance joined that battle, the female freaked out and tried to run, being blocked by Terrance and Thorn, and even Tommy and Sammy. She ran past Tommy, but didn't turn fast enough, and tripped, landing next to Carl.

The male woke up, and he too tried to run. Tommy bit his tail, which stopped him, and Sammy grabbed his neck, which held him still while Tommy readjusted. They couldn't kill the male, no matter how hard they tried, and eventually, Terrance walked over and finished him off, and then stepped back to Thorn's side.

Sammy and Tommy looked at Terrance and Thorn, scared that they might be killed. Terrance and Thorn lowered their heads in respect, and they mirrored the action shortly after. Terrance and Thorn walked away after that, knowing that they had done what they came to do, and began the trek back home, to their parent's old territory they lost in the fire.