Redhawk Caldera Vessel

I'll put this on pause a bit- would love if @Teya, @Bronte or @Killdeer could pop in; no worries if you can't, I left this super last minute <3

He winced and shrank to the ground as the wolf pulled back, expecting to feel the hefty smack of her paw any instant. But when he opened his squinted eyes, he saw a flash of golden as she was tossed sideways- carried by the force of his Dad, who tackled her to the ground-

but not to the ground, into it. 

The great, jagged crack in the ground swallowed them whole, and then slammed shut without any sign it had ever been there to begin with. Horrified, he stared at the ground for a moment, before he bounded forward and began to dig furiously. 

"Dad! Dad, no! Come back!" He pleaded as he scored the ground with his claws, sniffling and crying, begging over and over again for his father to come back.