The forest was quiet, more quiet than it ever was, ever since a lot of species had been adamantly hunted down and killed, places like this were quite silent. The onyx colored wolf trotted around a cluster of tress and shrubs, sniffing at the ground and glancing around. He was calm, though watchful, these weren't the days when being a wild animal could keep you safe and hidden. With the morphing technology spread across the globe to humans, no animal, whether just an animal or a morphing capable human, was safe from being attacked. Still, he didn't sense anything, and the silence, while disturbing to him, was a comfort too. That and he would smell anything if something were to come up to him anyways.<br/><br/>The others were close, he knew that much, but he knew what they were, and where they were for that matter. They had ventured out of the safety of their base for the sheer fact that there needed to be another scouting route to be done. It had been a few days since their last check, and that was dangerous when it came to a world like theirs.<br/><br/>He had long since accepted the world that was the Earth now, he didn't like it, but that's how it was. The Yeerks had hoped to catch all the humans off guard, make an easy swoop in and take everyone without a hassle. Thankfully the human race was given a sort of chance through the means of the original Animorphs, who had been kids when their fighting had started. Then when the Yeerks decided to just take it all, they had helped people, free them and spread them out to the many corners to keep them harder to get at. It had helped when they had supplied them with weapons and means to fight otherwise, but still the rebels had been unable to fight well anyways. When the Escafil device had been dropped in their laps, there had been much inner squabbling over who should receive it and keep it. In the end, the Ex Mortis group had kept it after the other groups were given the device long enough to use.<br/><br/>It had caused issues that they held it, but then again, not too many of the groups really bothered to put up too much of a fight. Ex Mortis wasn't exactly known for their patience with people who got in their way, and they weren't exactly afraid of fighting another group. So there was a peace for now, and they weren't stingy with it, though a few rebel groups were left out of being able to use the device, generally because they weren't exactly the most trustworthy. Ex Mortis might be filled with rough individuals, but they were a group of their word.<br/><br/>He turned at the sound of another's footsteps and waited till he spotted his partner Zack, back in human form and clad in tight clothing as they were supposed too unless they wanted to be naked when they reverted. He snorted with a shake of his head as he willed the change. The typical odd sensation of his bones shifting, organs changing places and other physical changes was felt through his body and within seconds he was standing on his own two legs again.<br/><br/>He looked up, "any movements towards us?"<br/><br/>Zack shook his head, his eyes kept around their surroundings, "not as of yet, but I doubt we'll find anything."<br/><br/>Dyne half shrugged, "true enough, they've been keeping their distance from this area, but that's what troubles me. They're not exactly the type to just let us be as it is, they're up to something."<br/><br/>Zack snorted, "Surprised they haven't tried destroying the mountainsides yet."<br/><br/>Dyne shook his head, "they don't know which part of the mountains we're in as of yet, and just randomly doing that could set off something underground. We're not exactly on a fault line, but you destroy enough with enough firepower, and something down the line will get set off."<br/><br/>It was Zack's turn to shrug, "well, whatever it is, I still want to get out of here and do something. It's been weeks since we were doing anything except strolling through a forest hoping to find a Controller."<br/><br/>Dyne rolled his eyes, "let's just take the moments of peace we have, we need them to fortify and get our asses together."<br/><br/>Zack sighed, "fine, but when are we going to head back?"<br/><br/>Dyne looked around one last time, "whenever the rest find their way back with their reports."