Tyden looked down at the bug then back at Seth. "Um . . . Sure." Ely finished the apple was given to her then she got up and snuggled up to Tyden. Tyden still felt a little uncomfortable but he was coming around to like it when she looked to him for protection.

"Can I see more of your territory," Ely asked Tyden.

Tyden looked at Seth then down at Ely, "Sure, we'll go to the lake today then the emergency den. Do you want to come Seth?"

Ely looked at Seth, "A bird huh? Impressive." She looked at the size of Seth and wondered how he could have caught a bird. Then again, she didn't know much about how swift foxes.

Tyden looked at Seth when he asked him that question. "All humans? Well, of course not all, mostly just the ones that come onto my territory. I know that you knew of some human though, so obviously not all are bad. Though I did send many of them what I head them call a 'hospital.' Humans who are not self-centered seem so few in number." Tyden looked at Seth, then back at Ely; she had no idea what he was talking about and looked confused. Tyden would never forgive himself if Ely was ever hurt.

Ely looked at the bird, she didn't know what to say about the half eaten bird. "Eh, nice catch Seth. Good work, keep it up." Then Ely's attention turned toward Tyden who as lying in the shallow water. She went over to him.

Tyden got up when Ely came over, he shook off and looked at Ely then Seth. "Well, you want to go see my other den then? There's some great fruit bushes and trees near there." Tyden said to Ely.

"I'd love too." And with that said, Tyden led Ely toward the emergency den. He looked back at Seth to see if he was coming.

Tyden looked at Seth as he caught up, "No, no humans should be near this den. I built my den's away from the popular human sites." Tyden knew that Seth didn't know much about the wild since he has been in a sanctuary all his life. "This den is a bit smaller and not as good as my other one but it is built just in case if the other one can't be used."

The three foxes and 'Chirpy' continued towards the emergency den. It was a ways off in the middle of Tyden's territory so it'd take them awhile. Ely stayed close to Tyden and she seemed to be lighting up and being happy around him. Tyden was aslo becoming more comfortable with himself around her. He no longer felt like he'd mess up or do something to scare her away.

Tyden showed them the den and told them that this is a backup so if they are ever needed to regroup, here is to go to. The den was under a mound of dirt and came out near another tree. It was also pretty well hidden and covered in leaves so not many other creatures will know where it is.

There was also a small pond near here, it's the closest water source. Usually had good food there too with insects and frogs. The den was built well but the problem was that there were roots to help keep it up and if an hunter were to burn it like his main den, it would collaspe so he usually stayed at his other den. He prefered the water of the stream rather than that of a pond anyways and his main caches were at the other den as well.

After taking Ely and Seth to the pond, a familar and unsettling scent was picked up. He recognized it from that last human encounter. But the smell came with that of gun powder. It was a hunter for sure, probably one of the old ones; whoever it was, it was bad news.

Without trying to alarm the other two, Tyden said, "We need to get back to my main den, quickly." Ely and Seth could hide while Tyden tried to lose the human. Tyden started to lead the way back to his den but it was aways off and the human scent was growing stronger, they needed to hurry.

"Wait!!" Tyden screamed. He smelt of another human though not any smell of weapons with this other human. This human was at the den though. Tyden looked behind him, the human has been running after them and was catching up. They would have to take their chances with the human at the den. "Run!" Tyden screamed but it was not long until Ely tripped and hit the ground screaming in pain. Tyden stopped and looked back at her, her leg seemed immobile. "Seth!" Ely's leg was bleeding with a trap around her leg.

The hunter caught up and aimed at Ely, Tyden jumped infront of her and the hunter fired. The bullet missed tyden and flew through his fur but his ely in the ribs. Tyden turned to see her suffering, tears flowed down his cheeks has anger overtook him. Tyden jumped at the hunter and bit the gun, with the rage within Tyden coming out, the gun broke in half. The hunter was confused but did not hestiate. The human pulled out a pistol and took a few more shots at Tyden, Tyden bit the hunter's arm which caused blood to well out.

Though Tyden needed to get the hunter away from the other two foxes so he ran back where the hunter came and the hunter trailed him.

Ely however was still stuck in the trap with a bullet wound in her lung. She bled uncontrollably and called for Seth.

Tyden led the hunter away, but he had no where to go this time. Seth should had brought Ely there so he couldn’t go back and his other den wouldn’t work. He needed to get away quickly, so he decided to hide in a bush. Tyden stayed in the bush and watch the hunter approach but stopped knowing that the fox was hiding. The hunter looked around and took out a hunting knife and started to cut up some bushes. He went from bush to bush cutting it to shreds until he got to the bush that Tyden was taking refuge in.

Tyden couldn’t stay there obviously, he had to come out. So Tyden bared his teeth and jumped out and bit the hunter around the leg. Tyden’s teeth broke through the cloth and punctured the skin and blood came through. Tyden yanked the leg out from under the hunter which caused him to fall and hit the ground.

Tyden jumped on the human’s chest and clawed at him but the hunter brought his knife up witched slashed Tyden’s chest and blood dripped freely. The force of the cut knocked Tyden off and to hit the ground, he however got back up and stood there with his teeth showing and growling. The hunter also got up bleeding from the ankle and chest where the claw marks were. The hunter pulled the pistol out again and aimed it at Tyden, Tyden jumped for the human’s arm and let his teeth sink in once again around the human’s hand which also bent the gun. The hunter once again hit the ground and no longer had any guns to work with, just the knife but that was lying a few feet away.

Tyden stood over the knife so if the human reached for it, he wouldn’t be able to get it. The stupid human reached for it anyway and Tyden didn’t attack the human’s reaching arm but went for the throat. Blood spilled from the hunter’s throat and soon Tyden’s mouth was full of it. With Ely still fresh in his mind, Tyden was overwhelmed with anger once again which caused him to use his teeth to slit the human’s throat.

The human flailed in pain and knew that he was loosing too much blood. Tyden back away and extended his claws and slashed the human’s check with three slashes that would be there for the rest of his life. The hunter was no longer a threat so Tyden turned, grabbed the hunting knife and ran towards the den.

Tyden ran towards the stream first though to drop the knife in but didn’t not have time to clean up he slash across his chest which still bled freely. But he needed to get to Ely, so he ran towards the den. When he arrived, he noticed another human crouching over Ely; Tyden didn’t know what the human was doing but he ran over to Ely and stood over her. Tyden growled at the human to tell him to back off.

((ooc: Tyden doesn’t know that Dan was helping her so that’s why he’s taking offence and he didn’t see Seth there, is was tunneled-vision on Dan and Ely so . . .))