It is the year 2008, the government has grown tired of the war in the middle east and began their campaign to impeach the president. Once the president had been forced to step down they ordered all the troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq. All the work they did left behind along with the people who grew close and began to trust them. The government promised the people they will be fine as they have grown and is capable of stopping the terrorists on their own without military assistance. The debate about cloning has become the main focus as research facilities around the world began looking at the possibilities of using cloned animals as a food source and the idea of playing with the DNA to create disease free children for parents with plenty of money to invest, designer pets and clones for body parts in medical research. The public soon became disgusted and opposed to the idea that soon the government put a stop to cloning worldwide.

While the government was putting a stop to the cloning scare ... or so they told the public ... a laboratory was established in Antarctica to continue its cloning research. After trying different animals, the first wolf-human clone was a success, using the DNA obtained from prisoners, hospitals and abortion clinics for the experiment. After months of failed births, 10 children were finally born in the lab with 15 more still in the process of completion. But as the middle east and other power hungry countries became restless, the government that funded their research were displeased with the scientists. They didn't want babies, they wanted full grown trainable adults to be able to quickly fill the ranks of its military and be able to take on missions when necessary without having to sacrifice a normal human life for any outbursts or wars.

And it didn't even take long before the Iraqi government began falling apart. Without the reassurance and guidance and protection they once received they began taking any easy way they can to get out of their situation. An opportunity the terrorists took to infiltrate the government take over from the inside out placing their own people within the ranks. By April 2009, the terrorists have taken complete control of the Iraqi government and threw the citizens back into the dark ages from once they came. Killing families who did not enlist their sons into the new terrorist-led Iraqi Army when they turned 13 and murdered them should they be caught trying to cross the borders or leave their villages. Soon by January 2010, the Iraqi Army was complete and while the United States remained oblivious by what is going on in the middle east they planned on the biggest war of their life time. They planned to wage war on American soil ... and three years later they came by the billions and waged their war.


Omega wanted more ... more blood ... more flesh, but as he began losing himself he let out a sudden bark and the others stopped. Snarling he turned towards the security door behind them and began pounding on it. His brute force began putting dents into the center of the heavy metallic door.

Inside the back of the lab where Alpha One and the others often played, the children began running around the room in a panic looking for a way out. He wasn't sure what was going on, but by instinct he knew he had to leave this facility. Looking around Alpha One found a vent that was large enough for children to fit through yet small enough to keep anyone larger than a 10-year-old childout. After sliding his fingers around the sides he found a loose corner and pulled the vent open. Pleased with himself he smiled and turned to motion the others to go through the vent tunnels. When the last child pushed themselves through the vent he entered and followed.

Omega finally dented the door enough to pull it open and ripped them off its hinges. He looked around the facility and sniffed the air. Barking as if giving a command his pack split up and began tearing the facility apart. Omega leaned forward and got on all fours, sniffing the ground he looked beneath the desks and lab tables. Then he caught a scent ... a scent not much different from his own ... a hybrid ... this is what the general wanted. Omega knew he had to kill and bring the body of the hybrid to the general or he would receive no drugs for the pain in his head. That was all he wanted now ... fresh blood ... fresh meat ... painkillers.


As the sun broke the horizon and the frozen wastelands of Antarctica glowed with brightness as far as the eyes can see, a head pokes out of a mound of snow and looks around. Alpha lifted himself from the mound and sniffed the air. Nothing but white frozen snow as far as his eyes could see. Not even the facility was standing. He looked back down into the mound at his pack shivering as they slept. The only thing keeping them warm was their bodies huddled closely to one another. But soon they must leave this place or die in the elements.

Nudging one of the pack members Alpha crawled out of the mound and looked around. His stomach growled from hunger. Normally their caretaker would have brought them some breakfast by now. But all that was gone and they had to find food for themselves. Looking around again scanning the bright snowy landscape Alpha began howling in a daring attempt to locate the others from the lab and listening for any replies. Nothing returned. The others were already awake and crawling out of the mound. Alpha gave them a quick grunt and began running across landscape towards the North, the others followed.

After what seemed like days they found the edge of the continent. Nothing but a wide blue ocean as far as the eye could see. The others began whimpering as they huddled together for warmth. Alpha was upset, his instincts tell him to go north but he doesn't know how he'll be able to cross the water. That is until he spotted something moving in the distance, a small icy island moving along the edge and out towards the North. Alpha grunted and took off after the moving island. As they neared, one by one they leaped onto the island of ice and quickly huddled for warmth.


It has been three years since Alpha arrived to the new continent. His instincts led him to the shores of a vast jungle covered land. Freezing and sick, the pack huddled together for comfort and warmth. It wasn't long before they were discovered by an old man and his son. It was that day he and his pack were renamed and given homes where their new family taught them how to survive the jungle, gave them a language to communicate with and trained them to protect themselves should a need for it arises. Alpha was proud of his new name, "Aki'bo." He never had a real name and can't remember what the scientists called him before if they had a name for him at all. He does remember one scientist who would hold him when he was sad, read to him as he fell asleep and fed him when he was hungry. But he also remembers the scientist who tried to save him from the Omega team.

"Aki'bo!" shouted an old man beneath the tree. "It's time to go hunting, son!"

Aki'bo loved to hunt, he was very happy to be taken in by his adopted father Lokena, the village leader, and his tribe. He knew the others were happy also and enjoyed learning new things from these people untouched by modern technology, greed or wants. He loved that despite their subtle differences - long canines, longer tongues and their inhuman strength - they adopted him and his pack willingly. For once Alpha, a.k.a. Aki'bo was happy. He never forgotten the incident at the laboratory but never missed it either.As he climbed down the boys from his pack greeted him at the base.

"Come on Aki'bo! Your father said he would teach us to hunt also," said a rather robust child with scruffy hair. The other boys laughed as they surrounded Aki'bo and patted him on the shoulder. Lokena smiled as he watched the boys show their love to his son. "Besides. Jimboa and I have a bet going to see who is the better hunter. You or Din."

With a huge grin another scruffy looking child puffed his chest and beat it as a smaller child patted him on the shoulder.

"If you say so," Aki'bo replied with a grin of his own. "What do you think father?"
"Now Aki'bo, you know hunting is not a contest," Lokena said with a stern voice. "It is about survival. We take what is needed to feed the village and no more. While we hunt the women gather the spices and vegetables to make the meals."

As if on cue the women walked past them followed by the girls. Aki'bo smiled as Aria walked past him. The two exchanged smiles as they looked into each other's eyes from a distant. Until Lokena slapped his back, "Aki'bo you must concentrate. I'm sure Aria would only want to take a strong hunter for a husband."

Aki'bo coughed in embarrassment as he turned to see his comrades laughing at him andsnarled at them for taunting him.Lokena waved for the boys to follow him as he was ready to lead the boys into the forest to catch up with the other hunters already stalking a deer nearby.

As they got closer to the other hunters, Lokena signaled for the boys to sit still behind the bushes and watch. Aki'bo watched with excitement as did the other boys watching as the hunters slowly approached a rather large deer with long antlers. When the deer's head shot up quickly as a distant noise spooked it. The hunters crouched with their spears ready and waited. Something echoed in the distance and suddenly all the animals were silent.


Aki'bo knew what his father meant and tried to hold back his tears as he watched boat go up in flames. He looked at his pack as they stood there crying while the villagers though hesitant hugged their shoulders in comfort. Li'na's adopted parents mourned on the sands of the beach watching the boat sank into the rolling waves breaking the boat apart as it swallowed the flames.

Two years have passed since the attack, the villagers seemed at ease with Aki'bo and his pack once more. Aki'bo knew it wouldn't be long before the wolf soldiers came back and he knew they would attack when the villagers least expected. It was almost time for Aki'bo and the other boys to go through their trials into manhood. Aki'bo looked forward to the trials but still, something worried him. Afraid to leave the village on their trek into the jungle for fear that Omega's wolf soldiers will strike while they were gone. But he knew his father would not hear of either him nor the other boys refusing to go.