She tried to get up, but ended up stumbling again.  Belle's next instinct was to shift, but the wolfsbane in her blood prevented her from pulling her wolf to the surface.  She scrambled along the ground, crawling through mud and muck as she tried to get to the cave.  It was an impossible task, and the footsteps drew ever closer until they closed in on her.  One man gripped her shoulder and turned her over with a violent pull, while the other pointed the crossbow he had hit her with down at her.<br/><br/>"Keep moving and I'll shoot your other leg.  You'll have time enough to heal when we get you back to your parents."  The one holding the weapon said to her.<br/><br/>Belle's eyes flashed a bright blue.  "They aren't my parents."  She growled up at him.  They wouldn't kill her, that much she was sure of.  They had taken this long to raise her and find her, they wouldn't risk damaging the goods now.  "You don't want to do this."  Belle said, trying to use the innate ability she had to inspire calm in the hunters, but neither of them softened.  She saw the amulet around their neck and knew suddenly it was of no use.  The amulets caused the wearer to be immune to her abilities.<br/><br/>"You got the tranquilizer?"  The man holding the crossbow asked his partner.<br/><br/>"Yep."  The other man answered as he produced a tranq gun from his pocket.<br/><br/>It was over.  They'd knock her out and take her, and this time she would not have some fake 'normal' life.  Belle was almost certain they would just throw her in a cage until they needed her.  As he pointed the gun at her, Belle closed her eyes tightly and waited for the stinging pain of the tranq dart.