Beat up

>Neighboring bears threatened to over run the cave
>Grizz agrees to take regular beating to keep them at bay
> Grizz keeps this a secret from panpan and ice
>Grizz leaves the cave once during the night every month
> Grizz is left on the ground bruised up and sore after another beating. "n-nice one you guys"
>The bears are long gone and Grizz is picking himself up after wiping a smear of blood from his lips
>"Its a good thing fur hides bruising"
>Grizz pats down any mangled hair and smiles as he makes his way home
>"Anything.. for my lil bros."
>The beating get worse and worse and go from once a month to every two weeks
>Grizz begs for mercy but his pleas go unnoticed as the bears continue to beat him even harder
> two ribs are broken during the beating, the bears leave as soon as he blacks out from the shear pain
>Grizz wakes up moaning from a sharp jab of pain in his side. There was only an hour before sunrise.
>Grizz quickly shuts the pain from his mind and hastily tries to get up.
>"come on, Grizz, you need to go home before my lil bros wake up."
>Grizz coughs up blood as he falls on his knees
> Grizz wipes the crimson liquid off his snout and stands back up
>He notices his vision is blurred and his balance is off the more he struts forward
>after a minute of dragging himself through the dense forest he see the cave house just ahead
>"homee sweert hhome." Grizz tells himself
>Grizz feels cold and yet never so happy to see his home and to finally be with his lil bros.
>Grizz collapses in front of the cave, a yard away from the door step.
>Sunrise consumes Grizz's body as he lays on the damp ground
>Grizz feels even colder despite the warm rays of light touching his battered cheeks
>Grizz tries to speak only for gibberish to come out
>Grizz painstakingly wills his body to edge closer to the door, his breathing becomes short and quick
>He manages to touch the door with his paw but the strength is gone.
> Grizz is struggling to breathe as another sharp pain hits him in the sides
>Grizz uses his claw to start etching in the wood
>Grizz splutters out more blood but continues to write on the wooden door
>After what felt like an eternity, Grizz is done.
> He retracts his claw and looks at the door. smiling as he looks over it
> "I love you bros. I'm proud of you, I saw improvement, I saw heart, and you can't teach heart..."
>Grizz closes his eyes.