Redemption of the Forgotten Alpha

Chapter 3

Present Day

The bear continues to survey me, slowly and methodically, I slowly inch backwards careful to make no sudden moves, with each step I take back the bear takes one forward. When I stop, the bear stops, still I continue backward, I’m unaware of how far back I’ve gone when the heel of my foot lands in the edge of the pond. Adrenaline spikes, I know I’m cornered now, my mind is frantic trying to come up with a way out of this mess. “Into the water” The voice in my head tells me, without hesitation I jump back into the water, thankfully I taught myself how to tread water during my time out here. Unphased the bear continues its stalk forward, not skipping a step as it plunges into the pond after me, its eyes never leaving mine. Those eyes…. Where have I seen them before I wonder? They reminded me of the time I ran into the mother bear and her cubs, could this be one of the cubs? I shake my head, these thoughts are useless to me right now, I scramble trying to swim away from the bear, knowing they are much more efficient swimmers than I, I feel hopeless, I cannot see a way out of this.

           Although only seconds passed in real time, it felt like time for me had slowed down, ‘this must be what it feels like to know you’re about to die’ I thought to myself. “Shut up, you’re not going to die” replied the same voice from within. ‘Well at least I won’t die alone’ I smirked and closed my eyes. What ever was coming I didn’t want to face it, I was almost relieved to know it was almost over, the struggling, the starvation, the endless cold nights… yes I was at peace with this.

I felt it when the bear made contact with my body, there was no pain, instead I was dragged underwater, I opened my eyes to see the bear dragging me down deep under water, I could barely see with how fast we were moving and before long I had run out of air. Desperate to breathe I start thrashing trying to set myself free to no avail, my movements became sluggish and my vision was fading fast. The last thing I saw before I lost consciousness was a dark tunnel in the distance which made no sense, underwater tunnels? Maybe I already died and this was my transition, I laughed to myself as I drifted off.