Breeze sadly looked up at his parents as they hugged him, crying.

"Breeze, you have to run." Flake whispered. "If you don't, they'll kill you. They'll kill both you and us. You have to run. You have to go."

"Buwt Mama, I down't wanna gow!  Nowt wiwthouwt youw!" Breeze whined, cuddling closer to his dear mother.

"She's right, Breeze.  It's not safe here anymore." Frost sighed, putting a hand on Breeze's shoulder.  "Please, you have to go."

Breeze whined, but nodded and started running away.

He froze when he saw Rosa guarding the entrance and slowed down.  Her ears twitched and she noticed him.

"HEY!  WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING!?"

Breeze yelped and ran the other way.  Rosa gave a loud warning chirp.

"FOSC!  THE PUP'S GETTING AWAY!"

Fosc growled and rushed out of his tent, giving a loud, demanding roar to the others.

"GET THE PARENTS!  WE'LL USE THEM AS BAIT!"

The others immediately chained the parents together.  Ash carried them on his back as Crash made sure they wouldn't fall.

The gang set off after the young pup as he ran as fast as his legs could carry him, panting and whining.  He looked back at the gaining gang and yelped when he saw his parents chained together.  Their eyes beckoned him to keep running, so he did.  He ran and ran and ran.  He ran until he felt like his legs would give out.  He wanted to stop, but he knew he couldn't, so he kept running.  His heart pounded against his chest.  His sides burned.  He kept going anyway.  He kicked up dust behind him, attempting to slow his pursuers, but nothing worked.  He kept running.  Bullets flew next to him as Rosa fired her two pistols at him.  He yelped and ran faster than he had ever run before.  He felt like he was the fastest animal on the planet, but that wasn't true.  Knowing she couldn't hit him with her pistols, Rosa went into her cheetah form and zoomed ahead of the gang in pursuit.  Breeze quickly lept out of the way.

"WEAVE ME AWONE!" he howled.

"YOU ARE A MISTAKE!  You should be DEAD!" Fosc roared, going into his lion form.  Breeze whined and kept running.

He knew he'd collapse if he didn't find shelter soon.  He faked a turn to the right, directing the gang on that path, then ran to the left.  He quickly hid.

The gang soon realized his trick and turned back, but couldn't find him, though he was nearby.  He kept an eye on them.

"Forget it.  He'll die out here on his own." Fosc concluded.  "Let's get rid of the parents while we're at it."

Ash bucked the couple off of his back and onto the ground.  The two of them wheezed as he gave them a kick with his hoof, shattering their ribs, which were already bulging out of their skin from lack of food.  Terry got her sword and raised it in the air before swinging it down at the two husky nekos.  They both howled in pain as it made impact.  She kept cutting and cutting, swinging and swinging, until they were impossible to recognize.

"Tori, drink as much as you want." Fosc said with a smirk.  The eager vampire quickly leaned down and drank as much of their blood as she could, licking her lips after she was done.

The gang camped there for the night before leaving the next morning.

Breeze whined and raced over to his parents' bloody bodies and nudged them.  When he realized there was no sign of life left within them, he let out a loud, mournful howl before starting to cry, laying on top of them and sobbing.  He howled and howled, whined and whined, cried and cried.  He laid there until he got too hungry and thirsty to stay in that place.  He quickly ran away again, but tripped and fell.

Breeze gave a loud yelp as he jerked awake from his nightmare, panting.  He whined.

"...how long was I asleep?..."

He peeked out of the shelter, but hid when he saw the gang was there.

"..oh no."