(Unknown POV)

I lurch up into a sitting position and stare out the iron bars of the cage I'm in. I can't believe that it actually happened. A whimper escapes me as a tears falls from my eyes. I can't believe it happened.......

(Flashback)

Me and my mama are in our tree home, my papa out hunting with the rest of our pack. The trees here grow really big and tall. Mamma watches me try to open walnuts with my claws. I sit in her lap while I work. Mamma's ears perk up, and I can tell that she hears something. "Jerome, baby. Go hide in the leaves", she whispers to me. Papa must of rolled around in the dirt to cover his sent, so Mamma can't be sure that it's him, but who else could it be? I climb up a branch and into the leaves, just to be safe. I peek out to see Mamma peering down the trunk of our tree and at the ground below. I hear her shriek and bear her teeth before a crack splits the air. Mamma lurches back and falls on her side. Blood pools out from her leg.

She meets my eyes, and mouths 'Run'. Tears stream down my face, but I start running when I hear someone climbing up the tree. I slide off the branch and land on the forest floor. I run on all fours as fast I can, but I hear something running behind me. I run between two trees, only for a trained wolf to run out into my path. I turn to run to side, but another wolf jumps out. I'm soon surrounded and shaking in fear. A figure comes out from the trees, and I see that they're a human. A human who killed my Mamma, and probably my Papa.

The human holds up a gun, and I brace for impact. Instead of a bullet, out flies a dart that hits my leg. A wave of dizziness hits me, and I blacked out.

(End of Flashback)

I feel tears form in my eyes, but take a deep breath and fight them. Mamma wouldn't want me to cry. She'd want me to live, and find a way out of here. I take another look around, to see that my cage is in a room that has an iron door, and a steel table in the middle. My cage sits on a counter with cupboards above me. Doesn't look promising. I step forward and stand up my hind legs. I push and pull against the bars, trying to squeeze through. That won't work.

I fall back on my butt, and gaze out of the cage. I don't know what to do. The iron door suddenly swings open, and I scamper back into the corner of the cage. In walks a human, wearing a white coat and holding a clipboard. He doesn't look very scary, but his presence is really unsettling. He doesn't even look at me as he gets things out of the cupboard above me. He sets the stuff on a stand, and I can clearly see that they're needles filled with different colored liquids. I whimper in fear, and he turns to look at me. Not even a hint of emotion shows in his glassy eyes.

He talks to me, but I can't understand what he's saying. It just sounds like a bunch of gibberish. It must be human speak. He grabs a key to unlock my cage, and I tense up my muscles to make a break for it. The cage door swings open, and I burst out. I only get a foot away before the human grabs me by the leg. I twist and try to bite him, but he lifts me up in the air and throws me face down at the steel table. The air is knocked out of my lungs, and it gives him the chance to buckle a strap across my back, pinning my arms to my sides. I squirm and growl while every instinct I have is telling me to run.

This seem to amuse him, and he laughs down at me. I twist my head to see him pick up one of the needles. My fur immediately stands on end, making me look like a giant fluff ball. The human just laughs more, and plunges the needle into my arm. Fiery pain blast through my body. It feels like I'm on fire. More needles are injected into my skin, each one amplifying the pain. It's too much, and my vision eventually fails me.