I Don't Need Help. [PRP Archer x Sasha]

[NatiStorm]

Gold eyes anxiously scanned the forest for any hope of escape but none was to be found. Of course not, that's just my luck. Of all the trees in the forest, I had to pick this one. The small tree she was trapped in stood away from any others, a big brown wolf circling it's base. Sasha was resting on one of the higher branches, thankful wolves couldn't climb. Every time she crept to a lower part of the tree, the wolf would stop it's circling, tense, and lock eyes with her. Who knew wolves were so determined?

And all for one tiny bite of rabbit. It hadn't even been that good. Raw food here in the wild was nothing compared to the wonderful tasting food back home in the city. Not to mention the consequences weren't nearly as harsh. Back home she would have gotten a soft hit from one of the humans. But here? Here she has a wolf try to add her to the menu. How did anyone ever live out here?

For a moment as she watched the hungry wolf circle her tree, Sasha wondered if she would go back to the city if she got out of this alive. She shook her head violently and pushed back the thought. She was never going back. A wave of memories and feelings washed over her. The betrayal, the hurt, the anger, the pain. The wolf below her seemed small in comparison to the rest of her life.

A loud rumble in her stomach brought her back to the situation at hand. The rabbit she had stolen from the wolf was the only food she'd eaten in days. She really needed to find a way out of this tree.  

[Reoakee]

Archer’s paws were quite as he was traveling back to Kemet. Wren had gone ahead of him after a lot of nudging. He wanted time to think and wonder over the course of his life. Right now he was thinking of Kemet with longing and fondness. Originally he had wanted to travel but now that wish just seemed silly. He had gotten out in the world met a few interesting foxes but never found that one special fox like his mother had. It wasn’t a bad thing, but it was a bit discouraging. Love wasn’t the only thing on his mind but he hoped that one day he would have a family to call his own.

He heard snarling and thought it might be a fox in trouble. He had no idea the snarling was from what was causing the trouble. Rushing off toward the sound of trouble he soon found himself looking at a wolf circling a tree. The wolf hadn’t noticed him yet so he pulled back quickly trying to figure out why a wolf was circling a tree. Hidden behind a larger tree of his own quite a distance from the wolf he risked a peek up into the tree and swallowed hard at what he saw. There was a fox trapped in the tree. He didn’t even realize that he had made a sound when he heard silence and looked at the wolf to see the creature staring at him. It was stalking toward him sending Archer taking a few steps back. He was brave enough but he was no knight and he knew that. Still when it came to survival he was in no rush to die. His thoughts ran along the lines of rabbit and fox with himself playing the rabbit in this case. If he was able to lose the wolf by running the girl could get down and hide right? “Drop and hide.” With that said he was ready to flee as soon as the wolf got close enough that he was sure it would go after him not the other fox.
 

[NatiStorm]

There was nothing to do but sit think of escape plans while stuck in the tree. A few of her plans, she had already attempted and ended with her still in the tree and a few hairs on her tail pulled out by the wolf. After awhile, Sasha decided that the only way she was going to get down from this tree was when a rabbit or some other easier prey walked by, allowing for a distraction. There weren't many, if any, wolves in the city so she had no idea how long one would wait at the base of a tree. Considering she took the last of it's food though, it was probably hungrier than she was and wouldn't starve itself in hopes of catching her.

The lower branches of the tree were larger and more comfortable to sit on. Sasha had picked on out and was moving to settle on it and being her waiting game when the wolf turned away from her tree and began moving slowly away. A voice reached her ears just seconds before she spotted him. Drop and hide? Wait... Was he going to try to lure her wolf away?

"Oh no you don't." Sasha growled, mostly to herself. This was her wolf, her problems, and no one was going to come in and save the day. Help only made things worse. And she never needed help anyway. No matter what situation she found herself in, she had always pushed through it by herself. This was no different. Who did this fox think he was trying to distract a wolf for a stranger? A hero? Well, she would have no part in that. No sir.

"Hey!" She called loud enough for the other fox to hear her and to drag the wolfs attention back to herself. "Go find your own wolf mess with. This one is taken. Go away before you get hurt." Seeing that the wolfs attention was more focused on the male fox on the ground, Sasha hopped to a lower branch, shaking it lightly to draw the attention back to her. It worked. The wolf had turned back to her but hadn't moved any closer to either of them.  

[Reoakee]

The other fox’s reaction came as quite the surprise to Archer. Yes he could get hurt but between the two of them he wasn’t trapped and had a much better chance of escaping. For her to risk her life by going lower in the tree just to give him time to flee did not make sense to him. Normally when anyone told him to leave he was enough of a gentle fox to do so without complaint but when it came to a life in danger his more stubborn instincts kicked in. “Excuse me I’m very sorry but it seems to be a free forest for anyone to hassle whatever wolf they happen to cross.” His tone was polite and calm even if his syntax was sarcastic. “Still if you’ve a better idea on how to get down without getting either of us mauled I’m very willing to listen.” His eyes never strayed from the wolf while he spoke and he was surprised that it had stayed between them not going after either. Perhaps it had been he had kept his voice calm enough that it wasn’t assuming he was aggressive, or perhaps the other fox had done something horrible enough that the wolf seemed torn on wanting her to be the best target. What could a little slip of a fox like her have done anyway to get a wolf to chase her like that? Given who his mother was he quickly decided not to speculate. Pity he didn’t have a kill of some kind that he could toss at the wolf in hopes of it taking and leaving them alone. He wished he had time to hunt and kill something but he no guarantees the other fox would be safe in the tree long enough for him to get such an offering. He shifted his weight still ready to run the adrenaline coursing through his body at this very present danger. On his own he would have fled this place as soon as the threat was seen but now his body was shifting from flight to fight. Still at least he was smart enough not to go recklessly charging in where he would likely end up only getting himself and the other fox killed.
 

[NatiStorm]

Oooh. She did not like this fox. Coming in and trying to take control of her situation. Was he crazy? He was going to get hurt. Ugh. Now she had not only herself but someone else to worry about.

She hopped down another branch, dangerously close to the ground. "Yeah, I've got an idea. How about you go away and leave me alone to deal with my own mess before you get hurt." Sasha didn't like repeating herself but this male fox didn't seem to have heard her the first time. He did know that was a wolf right?

The wolf was watching her but she could tell that since she had taken it's meal, it was much more tempted to go after the male rather than herself. She watched as the wolf seemed to have lost interest in her and turned back towards the male. It took two steps towards the stranger. Sasha, fed up with being ignored, jumped down from the tree.

The moment her paws touched the ground the wolf turned back to her and charged. A second later, Sasha was back in the tree, the wolf snapping at her tail. Her claws were sunk deep into the branch, her heart pounding in her ears. The wolf took a few more snaps at her before giving up and returning it's attention to the male fox. Sasha followed the wolfs gaze to him.

"Are you still here?" She almost growled irritably. "Get lost."  

[Reoakee]

Was she just flat out insane? He was really beginning to think so and that mouth on her really was starting to irritate him. Still he would be remiss if he just left her to her fate. He sighed and ground his teeth more in frustration with the whole situation. “Look just stay alive for a while and don’t bait the wolf too bad got it Miss pain in the tail?” He spun and darted off concentrating on the stupid foolish thing he was going to do before he realized what he called her. When he realized it he almost tripped over his own paws. Had he really said that to a helpless vixen who was in a tree? Shame and guilt ate at him but he kept moving trying to scent something anything that he could get as bait. He couldn’t find anything useful at all and he wasn’t paying attention like he should. He noticed something sharp in his hind paw. Twisting and skidding a bit he saw what happened. There had been a snake and he must have stepped on it. The way the snake was sprawled out it must have lashed out and caught his back paw. Groaning he was pretty sure it wasn’t the poisonous kind but he really didn’t know. He was desperate and this snake was the answer to his prayers. Snapping forward he caught the snake and jerked his head to kill it quickly. Then he took off being occasionally tripped up but the long body of his kill. He only hopped that he would make it in time.