The sounds of firing was all that could be heard by the wolves. Christian's body tensed over Klein's but he knew he was not allowed to move. Even the slightest bit of movement while she remained a wolf would make her a target. The sound of militia forming was what it sounded like. A group of soldiers filing in to the sound of one commander. Yet no words were said yet. Christian tried to count the set of footprints at first. That was hard. The way that the soldiers moved in unison. It was too difficult to distinguish the gap between boots let alone the number in pairs. Silence. Only the shifting of guns were heard for the longest times. Christian had no idea what to do. This was their territory. Yet hunters were here in large groups. This had to be breaking the peace brokered long ago. There was a reason why the wolves were at the outskirts. They were deemed to dangerous and as such Manuel took his group out as a sign of an attempt of true peace. That peace lasted for as long as it could it seemed.<br/><br/>The sounds of shifting guns stopped and once again there was only the sound of nature filling the night sky. Christian wanted to look for the direction he heard the hunters but knew it was a death sentence. Nonetheless he waited and tried hard to hear the sounds. The directions they went. He needed to find the smallest group and try to take them hostage. No deaths. The moment one human died all reliability was lost. He heard the words "Keep one alive." And knew this person leading and the Colonel were two different people. Ulysses obviously had some very open ideas of the wolves. He even went as far as to try and eliminate them in their homes. Not a very smart idea. This person. She was systematic. Her group was well trained. Organized. It was as clear as night and day they were two very different operations. But why were they here at the same time?<br/><br/>The group split. Christian listened closely and heard the sound of night vision goggles turn on. Christian assumed the worse and thought heat level would be burning red underneath the bright lights of those goggles. Christian was the first to turn back to his human form. Now completely naked and caught in the elements. Two things he was used to after having turned.<br/><br/>Klein was quick to follow suit. Christian and Klein often understood the same things. Klein's military training and Christian's personal training from his father were vaguely similar. The two crouched down and waited for the splitting of the groups. Yssa and Hatu turned back to their human forms and followed back to the group forming a small circle while they waited and listened. The group of wolves found a smaller group of stragglers. Should they not have needed to keep them alive then this would have been easier. Christian explained what he heard and knew that finding something as close to peace in a resolution was best. He didn't care for the other wolves. They were not his kind and in turn decided to live among their kind without helping them. It was the other three that Christian was so concerned about. Killing eight with four getting away. That was a victory on its own. Them escaping. It could even be ignored that they were there in the first place.<br/><br/>Christian began to follow behind Klein. She was his lifeline at this point. What kleined lacked in stealth in her wolf form, she made up in her ability as a human. She made no sound when traversing. It made what followed that much easier. Christian took the long route away from the group and the search party. He would provide a distraction. The numbers were made clear as he did so. There were five of them. Two men and three women. Christian was quick to rustle and shake a couple of bushes and trees. The sounds of the group turning and aiming guns was quick. Their approach. Slower. Christian tried his best to take cover and wait for Klein and the group to take action. A couple of steps into the trees Klein struck. A quick Jan to a man's side and a pinch to his throat was all it took to get him down. Hatu tackled two women down and had more trouble keeping their guns down and away without any trigger pulling than getting them on the ground. Yssa quickly grabbed the woman remaining and went for her neck. Before a snap could be heard out of insticnt there was a loud "Wait!" That left Christian's lips. Their cover was blown. Four out of five was good but the sixth grabbed hold of his gun. "Wait...wait. We aren't going to kill you. We want to leave. And like it or not. We have four of your friends. You kill me. They kill all of you,take word to the alpha and the alpha kills every hunter in New York. Now listen to me. We don't want that. Just call your leader and your group. I know she wants us alive. We can make a deal. We give you back your men and women. And we leave. We never met and everyone walks away happy."