Raven Wolf - 04 - The Wounded - Chapter 07 by Kurapika < Submission

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Chapter Seven

“Please, you must help me… my dear friend… I can no longer recognize him as who he once was… he has allowed his hatred to change him to become a monster… it is my job to stop his destruction… you must help me.”

Teddy looks around him, he surrounded by nothing but darkness, the voice that sounded like his own all that seemed to exist. He opens his mouth to respond to the voice even though he felt foolish doing so. “How could I possibly help you?”

“Give up your life as you now know it, take me in and accept what I have to offer you.”

Teddy frowns not liking the sound of that at all, his family, his companions, Iuana, it was impossible to throw all of that away. “Give up my life? Forget about it! Aside from the weird situation I’m in right now with the True Bloods my life is finally heading in the direction I want it to. I’m not going to give that up!”

“So then you will not help me…?”

Teddy shakes his head no, there no way. “No. I won’t.”

There is a flash as a bright light surrounds Teddy, binding him and engulfing his surroundings.

Teddy slowly opens his eyes, his head pounding and body aching. He lets out a groan as he slowly sits up, this feeling being normal since getting stuck in the glass cage armed with a guard, Teddy starting to forget what it felt like to wake up without a headache and not aching in pain.

Teddy looks out through the glass that is keeping him trapped, his strange looking guard having dozed off for a moment, Teddy’s attention taken off of him when he realizes that he is able to hear a conversation that was happening outside of the room he is in.

The voice of Rebecca, the lead scientist concerning the project he was involved in, could clearly be heard. “No, it didn’t work again. I don’t understand why, all the results from the testing say that it should, but for some reason the connection is lost before the desired result can be made.”

The door to the room slides open as the True Blood’s Commander General storms in with Rebecca following close behind him. The entrance the two made promptly waking Fenrir from his light nap, he quickly sitting up to keep from looking lazy.

Zephyr comes to a stop in front of Teddy’s confines, he now staring in at him. “It’s your fault it isn’t working. You’re being difficult aren’t you?”

Teddy shakes his head turning away from him, by now he was well aware of who this man was, having been confronted by him several times before, Zephyr’s frustration exceedingly getting worse with each attempt to control the lighting source that failed. “I honestly don’t know what it is I’m doing to be difficult, I never remember doing anything or even leaving this room.”

Zephyr frowns while Teddy continues explaining. “The only thing I seem to be able to remember is waking up in this cage in pain, over and over and over again.”

Zephyr lets out an angered grunt as he looks back to Rebecca. “Are you sure he’s compatible?”

Rebecca nods her head yes, there no doubt. “I’m positive, all the tests point to him being so, and he’s yet to be killed by the source when we bring him to it.”

Zephyr turns back to Teddy, lifting his hand and slamming it hard against the glass cage, the pounding sound amplifying and making Teddy’s already aching head hurt even more. “Start cooperating or you will face the consequences!”

“Yeah sure… I’ll get right on that once I figure out what exactly it is I’m doing wrong.”

Zephyr storms out of the room, Fenrir letting out a sigh as he looks back to his mother. “I’ve never seen dad so livid…”

Rebecca lets out a sigh as she looks over toward her son before engrossing herself back into her work. “Our project isn’t the only one giving him trouble. Apparently the Super Soldier he managed to get is also proving difficult.”

Teddy lets out a smirk at that information. “Well that’s not surprising.”

Fenrir frowns as he looks back to Teddy. “You’d better figure this out you know. Dad doesn’t allow himself to stay stuck, even if you are compatible with the source if it’s not working he’s just to move on and go back to what he was doing before, because he knows that even if it takes a while it will eventually work. That means all your friends that got captured along with you are going to be brought to and slaughtered by that thing until one of them is finally able to contain it.”

Teddy looks over to Fenrir. “Why would you care what happens to them?”

Fenrir frowns at him. “Just because I’m a soldier doesn’t mean I like slaughtering people for science. In wars and battles I understand that it can’t really be helped, and I understand that sacrifices need to made for progress, but still if having to kill someone can be prevented then it should be.”

Teddy stares at him, it not a response he had expected. “Interesting…” He turns away from him, sitting down upon the floor of his room, a curious expression on his face as he begins to question his guard. “Didn’t think I’d hear one of you guys say that, since I’ve arrived here I’ve either been treated as a hostel or an experiment, I was starting to think you guys had absolutely no humanity in you.”

Fenrir frown at the comment. “We have far more humanity than any of you Wilds or Domestics do. It’s unfortunate that you’re in this situation but we do what we have to do to survive! I want to keep on living just as much as anyone else here, if we have to sacrifice a million Wilds to do it then so be it, if we don’t then even better.”

Teddy questions this, with all the high tech equipment surrounding him it didn’t seem a if anyone in this place could possibly be struggling. “Survive?”

Fenrir nods his head. “Yeah… we can’t do it for much longer without at least one of the sources under our control.”

Teddy continues to question Fenrir about this. “I don’t get it? How could it be so difficult to survive that you would need a source to do it?”

Fenrir smirks as he looks back to Teddy. “You Wilds and Domestics are so caught up in fighting one another that you’re completely oblivious to everything else that’s going on, if you would stop attacking one another and actually think for a moment you might realize just how lucky you guys all are.”

Teddy doesn’t look to understand, Fenrir shaking his head as he continues to explain. “Thirty days.”

Teddy seems confused. “Thirty days… thirty days of what?”

“That’s how long a True Blood can live outside of an environmentally controlled facility like this one.” He looks back to Rebecca as his mother again goes over her work, looking for any problems that might be effecting why they were not getting their desired results. “You know mom’s never been outside, not once in her entire life, and she’s not the only one. There are hundreds that never get to leave this place, do you know what it’s like to never see the ocean, a field, forest, even the sky, to grow up and die in this cold underground nightmare?”

Teddy shakes his head no, he not able to possibly imagine such a thing.

Fenrir holds his hand toward his military badge to point it out. “Only military members get to leave this place. That’s why I joined, heck that’s why most people join. Just so we can get a glimpse of the outside.”

Teddy looks back to him trying to understand. “And a source… having control of it is somehow going to change this situation? Just how do you intend to have it fix your problem?”

Fenrir crosses his arms as he glares at Teddy. “I know what you’re thinking. That once we have it we’ll use it to attack you guys. Trust me, if completely slaughtering the Domestics and Wilds was on our agenda we would have done it by now, you guys are so intellectually inferior to us it would be a joke for us to see you as a threat.”

Teddy demands some kind of an explanation from him. “Well then how? There’s a reason your race is going after the Six Sources right? What do you intend to do with them once you get them? You said you’re intellectually superior didn’t you? If that’s true there’s no way the True Bloods would be doing something so complicated and dangerous unless there was a specific and clear reason for doing it.” Fenrir doesn’t answer, Teddy raising his voice as he demands an explanation to all of this. “It you do actually manage to trap this thing inside of me then what’s going to happen to me after that?”

Fenrir shrugs his shoulders. “Don’t question me like I have the answer to everything. There’s only so much that I know.”

Teddy shakes his head turning away from him. “Yeah, well in that regard your military is not much different than ours when it comes to giving you reasons for its actions.”

*******

Chase stares at Dolly, she having just finished explaining everything she could about her situation and Shiya, Chase looking from her and over to Shiya, it a little hard to swallow, yet at the same time answering a few things. “Ok… so I guess that would explain why the military is working so hard to capture you…” He turns back to Dolly. “But that still doesn’t fix the problem that me and the other Super Soldiers are going to be destroyed if we don’t bring him in!”

Fitz shrugs his shoulders, there just something he didn’t understand about all of this. “Can’t you just leave the Domestic Military?” Chase turns to Fitz with a frown, Fitz frowning back at him. “What I’m just pointing out the obvious here!”

Chase shakes his head. “It’s not as simple as just leaving!”

Fitz begins to question him. “Ok then what’s stopping you? They have some way of controlling you guys? Or maybe they’re holding something against you? Giving you some kind of serum that you need to live and will die without that you can only get through them?”

“No!! What the heck is wrong with you? Where do you even get these ideas?”

Fitz doesn’t understand. “Well then what the heck is stopping you from just taking off?”

“You talk like it’s the easiest thing in the world to do!”

Fitz frowns at him the whole ordeal a no brainer. “The military is labeling you as defective and threatening to kill you… I would be long gone by now if I was in your situation.”

Chase looks to the side, he not exactly a normal person that could just go about living your basic everyday life. “Yeah well where else could someone one like me go? The military is the only place a genetically created weapon can be, do you honestly think that I could go anywhere else?”

Dolly speaks up interrupting Chase before he could continue any further. “You could stay with me.”

Chase looks back to Dolly beginning to question her about this. “What do you mean with you? You’re still in the military aren’t you?”

Dolly shakes her head no, there no way that should could go back. “I’ve known for a while that I can’t continue with the military… I just was too afraid to believe it. You may have forgotten Chase but I’m a wild, and Teddy is my brother. As long as I’m in the military I’m going to have to fight them… and now that I know the power the military is after I can’t let them have it.”

Chase is horrified to hear this. “Why would you do that? The military is going to find out that you’re helping one of their targets and once they do they’re going to hunt you down and catch you. Maybe if Mort was still our General he might have tried to pull some strings to help you out like he did with Zack, but Dmitri is our General now, Dolly if you make him your enemy he’s going to rip you to shreds!!”

Dolly stares at Chase “And what do you thinks going to happen to me if I do stay? General Dmitri already knows that I’m hiding something… the other Super Soldiers are going to find out and then the exact same thing will happen, the only difference being that I won’t even have a chance at getting away.”

Chase tries to talk some sense into her. “Come on there has to be another way. I won’t tell anyone about this if you don’t want me to, I mean you’re really important to me and I would hate to see you get hurt.” He sighs, hearing himself say it made him realize just how impossible it would be for anyone not to find out, and he was stupid to assume that no one would. “Or… I guess…”

Chase looks to the side what Dolly had said indeed the truth, although he would have a hard time attacking or turning Dolly in because he was found of her the same could not be said about the others Super Soliders. “Just where do you expect to go?”

Dolly begins to explain, having already gone over it in her head. “First… I need to get out of the city… then I’m going to go after the True Bloods.”

Not just Chase is mortified to hear this information, Fitz and Shiya also not sure about this, Fitz the first to voice his opinion of the group. “The True Bloods!? Are you crazy!? That’s a death wish!”

Shiya nods his head to agree with Fitz, they not an enemy that could be taken lightly. “They are a powerful military force, one that even the six sources fear crossing paths with, you can’t take them on alone.”

Dolly looks back toward Shiya and Fitz. “I have to! They took my brother and Magellan. I can’t just ignore that and leave them there.”

Shiya lets out a sigh, though Dolly’s determination was good that alone would not be enough. “You need to be more prepared to take on a task like that. I’ll help you if I ever manage to get out of the city as I have business with the True Bloods as well, but it’s going to take more than just the two of us to take them on.”

Chase looks over to Fitz. “What about Fitz, is he going to be helping you too?”

Both Shiya and Dolly looked confused by that question, neither of them really knowing Fitz or even thinking for a moment to include him, Dolly being the one to question Chase about this. “Why would I bring him along? I don’t even know him.”

Chase is confused, Fitz practically a necessity. “Because he knows where the True Bloods are and how to get in and out of their facility.”

“He knows-” She stops talking as she quickly turns her head towards Fitz, she now recognizing him. “You’re that guy that Zack chased down at the museum!!” Fitz lets out a groan having hoped that Dolly would not have remembered that incident, Dolly continuing to speak to him. “If it’s true that you know where the True Bloods are that’s information that I really need. If you don’t want to go then maybe you can just draw out a map or instructions, anything to help!”

Fitz shakes his head. “I’m not going to send you off to get killed. Look your partner already asked me about it, I didn’t have the guts to send a Super Soldier there! There’s no way I’m going to send a pretty lady like you there.”

Dolly frowns “With or without you or anyone else’s help I’m going. You refusing to help me isn’t going to stop me, it’s just going to be putting this ‘pretty lady’ in an even more dangerous situation.”

Fitz tries to talk her out of it. “Come on Conner stop being so unreasonable.”

“This is something I have to do! With or without anyone’s help!”

Chase finally speaks up, raising his voice above everyone’s so that he would be sure to be heard. “I can’t let you try and take on the True Bloods on your own Miss. Conner…” He lowers is head unsure if he was going to regret saying this. “Wherever you go… I’ll go too…”

Dolly smiles at him, relived and happy to have his assistance. “Thank you Chase… and please, call me Dolly.”

Chase smiles at her, saying her first name a privilege. “Certainly! I would love more than anything to be able call you by your first name!”

Fitz frowns while staring at Chase. “You know you’re pretty easy to please for a Super Soldier…”

*******

Kitchi makes his way through the village of Raven Wolf, searching through it as quickly as possible until he finds Iuana who is right now exchanging words with his older brother, he approaching her and explaining the situation that he and Eleven had encountered outside of the village.

Both Iuana and Maigan look extremely troubled to hear this information, Maigan questioning Kitchi before Iuana has a chance. “A Domestic Super Soldier is outside of our village!?”

Kitchi nods his head. “Yes, Eleven is with him right now to keep an eye on him, apparently his stay within the Domestic Military is proving to be fatal to him and he is seeking to leave and instead ally himself with Raven Wolf.”

Maigan crosses his arms. “That’s what he claims, who knows if he’s telling the truth or not.”

Iuana now begins to question Kitchi about this. “What about Eleven? What does she think of this situation?”

Kitchi looks to Iuana, it pretty clear that Eleven was not onboard with this idea. “Eleven has not said it directly but it’s clear to anyone that she does not trust him. Even if his intent to leave the Domestics is true she fears that it would only be a matter of time before he betrays and does the same thing to us.”

Maigan doesn’t seem to understand, there no question about it then. “If Eleven is so sure that he would bring harm upon us then why are you here to even bring it up?”

Kitchi explains, it not so simple. “If we do not grant his request for an alliance he threatens to complete the task his military has assigned him. Attack Raven Wolf and take from us the Oracle.”

Iuana becomes concerned, she looking from Kitchi and back toward Yula as he plays a game with the young pups and cubs in the village, the children laughing at both how clumsy he was for an adult, and how he kept forgetting the rules.

Kitchi brings Iuana’s attention back to him. “Eleven wants you to make a decision Iuana.”

Iuana lowers her head, this not as simple predicament they found themselves in. She looking to Maigan and giving him instructions. “Gather as many warriors you feel is necessary, I’m going out to meet him.”

Maigan is against this idea. “Iuana you can’t! It’s too dangerous for you to confront such a person! Eleven’s opinion is that he cannot be trusted, this could be a trap, and even if it isn’t he is loyal to no one and would eventually betray us!”

Iuana frowns at Maigan, she well aware of the situation. “I am well aware of that! Now gather our warriors so that we can deal with him should my meeting with him become unfavorable.”

Kitchi stares at his older brother as Maigan reluctantly turns away from Iuana to do as he had been instructed, Kitchi looking back to Iuana, he also worried about this decision. “Iuana I really don’t know about this…”

Iuana looks back to Kitchi not sure why both he and his brother were acting so surprised. “It’s the same action my father would have taken.”

Kitchi nods his head, that indeed the truth. “Yes of course he would have, but you’re not your father.”

Iuana is insulted to hear this. “So this decision is less sensible if I am to say it instead of him?”

Kitchi shakes his head no, having not meant to upset her. “No Iuana… I mean very few ever saw Shiya’s decisions as the most sensible… I’m just saying that you don’t have to act just like your father. I mean confrontations like this have a habit of turning out badly, just think back to the peace treaty that got you kidnapped!”

Iuana nods her head. “I know what happened then!” She lowers her head. “I also know that it was one of the best things to happen to me. As terrifying as it was that situation lead me to not only find Yula and bring him back home, but it also resulted in me meeting Teddy as well, who by the way was a member of the Domestic Military that chose to side with and join us.”

Kitchi shakes his head. “Not everyone is going to be as nice as Teddy…”

“Do you think that I don’t know that? I’m not stupid Kitchi, I know how high the chances of this ending badly are, why do you think I’m bringing warriors with me?”

“Then why are you even taking the chance?”

“Because I’m not afraid of taking chances.”

Maigan returns with several of the most skilled members of the Raven Wolf warriors following him, his and Kitchi’s father Hasson included among them. Iuana motioning to them while giving them their instruction. “There is a soldier of the Domestic Military outside of our village. I am going out to meet with him and you are to prevent anything bad from happening should this meeting turn out poorly. He is very powerful so be on your guard and do not underestimate him!”

*******

Chase is laying on the floor of the empty room he and the others had taken shelter in, Fitz staring at him in disbelief as he sleeps soundly and comfortable on the hard ground. “How the heck can he be so relaxed? He knows that the entire Domestic Military and an assassin are after us right?”

Dolly nods her head yes. “He can’t help it… being unusually fatigued is his defect. When I found him today he had fallen asleep outside in the rain.”

Fitz frowns at that information. “Oh well he certainly sounds dependable.”

Dolly lets out a sigh as she looks over toward Chase “When on duty he’s supposed to wear a device that sends an electric shock through his body to wake him up should he fall asleep. He must have turned it off because being wet from the rain probably intensified the effect.”

“I gave him a coffee earlier when we went out to eat, that usually tends to help him out, but it looks like it’s warn off now.”

Fitz chuckles to himself. “Well I guess you guys had better hope it’s not raining when you go to try and take on the True Bloods.”

Shiya looks over to Chase. “You don’t think he has a tracking device on him do you? Both Iuana and Yula did.”

Dolly shakes her head no. “I doubt it, Yula and Iuana were both regarded as Test Subjects not Soldiers, and even if the military did dare to put those things on their soldiers without their knowledge we would know Zack’s location, but the military has absolutely no clue, and I doubt that Chase or the others wouldn’t notice if they had one. They’re pretty perceptive about things like that.”

Fitz laughs at the comment. “Perceptive is not a word I would use to describe this one.”

“Despite how he acts he’s actually the highest ranking Super Solider when it comes to the skill and accuracy tests. So I wouldn’t look down on him like you’re doing.”

Chase mumbles to himself as he rolls over laying on his other side, looking about as unintimidating as a child taking a nap. “Yeah I know all about how evil and scary these things actually are. You’re pretty lucky that this one has a crush on you, else he would have taken us all out in a heartbeat.”

Dolly frowns at the accusation. “He doesn’t have a crush on me.”

Fitz stares over at Dolly in disbelief. “What?? Of course he does, how could you have possibly not noticed!?”

“Chase is a college of mine and respects me as so.”

Fitz smirks while nodding his head. “Oh yeah, sure, that’s totally it.” He looks over to Shiya making a motion to signal that the obvious was just flying right over Dolly’s head, Shiya laughing at the gesture while Dolly becomes annoyed by it.

“I would know if someone was attracted to me alright!”

Shiya shakes his head no, he having to agree with Fitz on this one. “Clearly you wouldn’t.”

“Don’t you side with him!”

Fitz turns over to Shiya looking him over. “You know I still can’t get over how little you are.” Shiya lets out a sigh while Fitz continues. “It’s not a bad thing you know, I mean if you want my opinion I think you’re an adorable little thing, I just want to hug you or keep you as a pet or something.”

Shiya turns away from him. “I’m just going to ignore you now…”

“No really! I’m giving you a complement here!”

A sudden tremor startles everyone in the room, the ground shaking for a moment before stopping just as suddenly. Fitz looks around him confused. “What the heck was that?”

Chase pushes himself up off of the floor, the tremor having woken him from him sleep. “Was that some kind of small earthquake or something?”

Shiya gets to his feet, a serious frown on his face as he makes his way over to the window looking out of it, Dolly calling out to him in concern. “What are you doing? The whole city is looking for you if you remember.”

Shiya looks back to her. “That was a call for help.”

Fitz shakes his head not getting it. “What is that some kind of metaphor or something? Cause I’m not getting it.” He looks over to Dolly and Chase. “Are either of you getting it?”

Shiya turns toward Fitz. “No, I meant it in the literal sense, that was a call for help. From the Earth Source.”

Dolly frowns at the information. “Wait… so Earth is here too? Just how many Sources are going to show up here? Only two more and then you’ll all be here.”

Shiya looks back to Dolly. “Like I said… they’re gathering because I’m very close to being caught, they’ll do anything in their power to keep that from happening.”

Shiya looks back outside, grabbing onto the window frame to pull himself out, Dolly and Fitz both reacting quickly to stop him from jumping out. “What are you doing?”

The wolf looks back to the two of them. “It was a call for help! I have to help them! Especially if they came here and are in danger because of me!”

Fitz holds his hand toward the outside. “Well you can’t go out there! The military is more alert than ever because of this fog you filled the city with! You’re going to get caught!”

“I can’t just leave them.”

“The other sources must have felt it too, let them go and help.”

Shiya shakes his head no. “But they’re in danger because of me!”

“Just think about this for a moment will you?”

Chase lets out a loud yawn in the middle of trying to talk. “I wonder what he’s in danger from…”

Everyone looks back to Chase, the mink explaining while nodding off. “Knowledge regarding the sources isn’t exactly commonplace among the military, only people really high up in the ranks know exactly why we’re after Shiya… I mean I never knew and neither did the other Super Soldiers, we were just following orders.”

“And to the military’s knowledge Shiya is the only one of them here, if there were others we would have certainly gotten descriptions, but our targets still remain the same.” He looks back to Shiya. “Even if one of the sources was spotted by someone in the military we would have no idea that they were one of them and would completely overlook them.”

Shiya steps away from the window as he approaches Chase. “What exactly are you saying?”

Chase doesn’t answer, his eyes closed from dozing off again, Dolly running up next to him and shaking him back awake. “Chase wake up, what are you trying to say?”

Chase shakes his head snapping back into reality and answering the question. “I’m saying that if this source really is in trouble it’s not because of the Domestic Military, and since that right now is the highest threat in this city to the sources I doubt they would endanger the others over something less threatening.”

He looks over to Shiya, it obvious if you added all of that up. “It’s a trap… it’s got to be.”

Shiya shakes his head no, that impossible. “How could it be a trap?

Chase continues explaining, he sure about it. “You said there are other sources in the city that are looking for you right? Well none of them have tried to draw you out of hiding in any way, because they know that doing so would be dangerous for you, so why would this one start?”

Shiya frowns he not wrong about this. “That tremor came from the Earth source, it’s not a signal that can be replicated by anyone or confused as anything else. Any source that feels it will know its meaning and respond.”

Chase scratches the back on his head. “Which makes it even more likely that it’s a trap, if you were one of six highly elusive sources… well wait… I guess you are… I mean if you happened to get caught or were in danger and were capable of sending a signal to your friends, would you send a signal of help, drawing them closer to you and the enemy that was capable of catching or endangering something as powerful as you, or would you send them one of warning, telling them to get away as far and as fast as they could?”

Shiya is confused, those Chase was right such signals couldn’t be replicated, and it just didn’t make sense for another source to try and trap him. “I can’t just ignore it.”

“Well you have to if you want to stay elusive.” Chase lets out a sigh as he gets to his feet. “Did that call for help come with coordinates or were you just going to run off some unknown direction?”

Shiya frowns that much obvious. “I’m not so dumb to take off not knowing where to go!”

Chase nods his head. “Ok then, where were you going to go? I’ll go check it out for you.”

Shiya looks reluctant to say anything Chase sighing as he tries to talk him into saying something. “Oh come on, I’m not going to turn you in or anything like that. I’m just going to take a look, if it is the military then they’re not going to pay much attention to me because I’m one of the soldiers aimlessly wandering throughout the city trying to track down a target. If it’s not then you can go take a look and see if you can find your friend.”

*******

Kane sits on the ground across from Eleven as the two wait, Kane grinning at the skunk as she stares at him, not trusting him enough to take her eyes. “So, did you hear about what happened to Twenty Six?”

Eleven’s glare becomes even more distasteful. “What about him?”

Kane begins to explain as if it was an absolute pleasure to do so. “The True Bloods caught him and took him away.”

“You’re lying!”

Kane nods his head, he telling the truth. “It was during the trials that it happened.” Eleven falls silent while Kane continues. “So what do you make of it? He must be dead by now don’t you think?”

Eleven raises her voice snapping back at him. “He’s not dead! I would know if he was.”

Kane laughs at the idea. “How would you know such a thing? The two of you no longer share the connection that we used to have with the others in our group back when we were still relevant to the True Bloods, if we did then he would have known all about you.” He pauses coming to realize something. “Wait a minute… he did know about you didn’t he?” A wide grin fills is face. “He knew all about you and was hiding it from us, how gutsy of him.”

Eleven frowns it no surprise. “Twenty Six cares about me more than he does himself. He has always been that way.”

Kane gets to his feet when the arrival of several figures getting his attention, Kitchi returning with Iuana and several of Raven Wolf’s warriors. Eleven doesn’t look too happy to see Iuana here, it dangerous for her to be so close to the situation, she making her watch to Kitchi and questioning him on this situation. “Why would you bring her here?”

Kitchi tries to defend himself. “It wasn’t my idea, and I tried to talk her out of it but she wouldn’t listen.”

Kane meets Iuana with a grin. “You must be Raven Wolf’s new leader.”

Eleven approaches Iuana before she had respond. “Iuana you shouldn’t be here. Go back to the village, we can deal with things here just fine.”

Iuana walks past Eleven. “I’m fine right here.” She looks over to Kane, responding to the comment that he had made earlier. “I am Raven Wolf’s leader until my father gets back.”

Kane lets out a low chuckle in response to that comment. “You seem rather convinced that he will be coming back.”

Iuana side steps the comment, there no need for her to go into those details with someone who was a complete stranger to her. “I have been told that you have shown interest in joining and giving your strength to Raven Wolf.”

Kane nods his head, this indeed the truth. “That is what I have expressed.”

Iuana looks over to Tahki and Kitchi. “It has also been expressed that you are not to be trusted. That if I allow you to become my ally that you will betray me and my people in the end.”

Kane crosses his arms while nodding his head. “Only if you label me as useless and try to kill me, refrain from doing that and we should have no problems.”

Iuana seems confused. “Why would we want to kill you after having you join?”

Kane laughs at the comment. “Well, the reasoning for my last two terminations was the same. I was not as useful as they would have liked me to be.”

Iuana continues to question him. “But why us? Why not just leave and go on your own? Or take shelter with someone who is not a target of your current leader?”

“I will not lie to you, I want my chance at vengeance, for getting back at the Domestics and the True Bloods for what they have done to me. With you I have the best chance at doing that.”

Iuana begins to explain, their motives not ones of destruction. “Raven Wolf seeks peace with the Domestics.”

“Of course I understand that, but that doesn’t mean that a few arms won’t be broken or heads lost along the way. There is still much bloodletting to be had before the Domestics allow something like peace to be achieved.”

Eleven steps in she not liking the conversation at all. “I don’t trust him.”

Kitchi nods his head as he holds his hand out to Kane agreeing with Eleven. “He has given us no reason to trust him! Forget him turning against us in the long run, what’s to keep him from attacking us now!?”

The tiger seems amused by the accusation. “Well then I supposed you wilds aren’t as dumb as I thought, you’ve been teaching them tricks haven’t you Eleven.” Kane turns from Eleven and back to Iuana before anyone could voice their opinion on his nasty comment. “Why not take a walk with me, the two of us can talk that way without the rest of your opinionated little group budding in.”

Kitchi is not pleased with the idea. “How dare you make such a request!”

Kane ignores Kitchi as he continues to talk to Iuana. “We don’t have to go far, we’ll be close enough to stay within their sight, but far enough not to be overheard. I would feel much more comfortable discussing our terms if we did that. In the end I’m sure the two of us can work something out. No need to jump ahead to the maiming and killing part just yet.”

Kitchi opens his mouth to say something but is stopped when Iuana raises her hand to him signalling for him to stay quiet. “I’ve heard what you and Eleven have to say. Now I want to know what he has to say.”

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