A dark and eerie silence fell over the room after I asked that one important and crucial question. "Can we?" It was just two little words that had an impact on each and every wolf in this room. It echoed around the room bouncing off the walls, causing doubt to snake around our bodies. Wrapping around each and every one of us.

Suffocating us.

"We can." Jordan puffed himself up as much as he could in his small cramped cage. Confidence was radiating off him, letting a small slither of hope back. "But we need to be prepared. Not everyone will be able to get out, some of us will need to sacrifice ourselves."

This wasn't what anyone wanted to hear, but it was a thought, a fact that would swirl around our brains in the moments that followed. This was the best way, this would be the only way that even some of us would have the chance to escape.

But who would risk their own lives? Who would willingly stay behind to let the rest of us live? Only for them to be captured and lock away again, or worse. Killed.

I knew two wolves that would give up everything just so I could get out, but we need more then just two wolves. For our best chance of survival and to make it out of this hell we need more wolves. We would need half of us to stay here and sacrifice themselves so that the other half of us can run to freedom.

But who is to judge who lives and who dies, we all know that deep down whoever stays will die. They will not let anyone live who tried to escape.

If they tried it once they would try it again. The only way to stop it is to kill them, make a show of it. Let everyone else who has ever thought of escaping see what happens when you attempt it.

This felt like a bad idea to me, the logical part of my brain kept coming up with flaws and reasons why this idea would fail, but I want freedom but as much as the next wolf.

I want to see the moon at night, feel the warmth of the sun on my skin. I want to run again.

Who am I to take that hope away from everyone?

"Would anyone be willingly to stay behind?"

Silence was all that answered the question that Jordan asked. No one wanted to die, we all want the chance to live. We would have to find a fair way to decide on who stays and who runs.

But how?

My mind was trying to come up with ways that were fair to decide when a voice spoke out. "I'll stay." It was a woman across from me, I have watched her and the male next to her interact before. "I'll stay only if it can be promised my brother will leave." She sounded just like my brothers. Determined to save her family.

After she spoke up others did too. Some were putting their names forward to stay, or begging for others to be allowed to flee.

There truly were some selfless wolves in this room.

"I'll stay." I spoke up.

"NO!" Both of my brothers roared in unison. I knew that they would say this. "You will get out of this place and live." Conner looked over to me as he spoke. He was begging me.

"You need to live for us." Jordan brought my attention over to him.

"I want to help everyone else, I want to say with you." My voice came out in a whine. I wanted to stay with my brothers, live or die with them. They have been the ones to stay with me.

I wont make it without them.

Ever.

They are my rocks and I am there's. I would gladly die with them if it meant I got to stay with them forever.

"We need you to live, please don't argue." Jordan started. "We al need to take sacrifices and this is yours, no one here wants to leave there loved ones but this is something that we need you to do. I wont give you a choice in the matter." I wished that I could look into his eyes properly to see what his real emotions were.

You know what they say, the eyes hold the truth our mouth cant speak.

"okay..." I whispered back reluctantly. We could argue this for hours, days even years. Jordan and Conner would never change their minds on this subject.

And for that I love them even more.

"How will we do it?" The first wolf that offered to stay asked.

How would we do this? We firstly need to figure out a way out of these cages, its not like there are keys hanging in reach or the wires underneath us wont stop shocking us and then what would even cause a distraction? What would draw everyone away to one spot and keep their eyes away from all the exits.

We don't even know what is outside this building. It could be worse out there.

"The ones who are trying to escape will go in groups, we have what 12?" Conner asked, helping Jordan take charge.

"Yes." Whispers murmured throughout the room.

"Well then we have them running in groups of three, not too big and not to small." Jordan took over. "When we get food and water we give them some of our rations so they have the strength to run. We will still eat so that we have some energy to fight. We just need enough strength to hold them off long enough to give them a head start."

The room went silent once more taking in the weight of the situation, what this would mean for everyone. For the first time since being here we exchanged names, we got to know the wolves trapped here with us.

We hadn't gotten much planned besides the groups, the ones escaping would be in groups of three, my group would go first. I would go with Lucas the younger brother of the first wolf who spoke and Anton a season warrior, we all tried to pair younger ones with one season one when we needed up putting the group together.

Some of the ones who said they would stay were told to run and protect us younger wolves. We would be followed and not many of us have got fighting skills. And because we are also still very weak due to everything that is floating around our systems.

The ones that are staying and fighting were going in groups of four they needed more then we did. They kept planning while I started to zone out.

"Lucinda." Jordan reached out to me, knowing very well by now we would never be able to reach each other. It seemed so weird to hear him say my name again, I got so used to just being called little wolf. "I know you want to stay with us, but I need you to leave, I need you to live your life." Jordan was crying, not once since being here have I ever heard him cry.

This was a shock to me.

"I want to stay with you."

"I know little wolf, just remember that we both love you." Great now I am the one crying, I can't cry right now. I need to be strong for them.

I couldn't speak to him or Conner right now, I would just beg them to change their minds and that would make it harder on everyone. So I decided to just sit back and let them plan, just like most of the ones who were escaping.

We all felt guilty and didn't want to leave the ones we love here, if the others had any.

After a while of sorting groups out it stopped, we would make proper plans later, or so Jordan said.

We lost in our own minds, trying to figure out if this was the right decision when the room was engulfed in light, all of us hissed out and jumped away. Some of us unfortunately hit the wires below us causing moans and shrieks of pain to be heard.

I didn't even think they room had a proper light. They have only ever come in with torches before. I was barely able to see any of them, the light was too harsh on my eyes once again.

Why were they here, do they know? Are we all about to die? These thoughts kept swirling around in my brain.

They were laughing at us, that I could hear. We were all shielding our eyes from the light when one started to talk.

"Well don't we have a treat for you all today." There was a mock in the voice of the man that spoke, this was not going to end well for us.

They left returning the room to darkness with laughter flowing out the door and down the hallway behind them.

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So here we are, another chapter! What do you think of it? What treat do you think they have in store for our wolves?

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