FENIKKUSU: Escape

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"Hasashi, anything new happen yet?" A lanky man asked. He wore a white lab coat with a pair of brown khakis and white button up shirt. The color of his hair was a brownish-black while his eyes were a hazel hue.

"No. Nothing has happened since the last time she awoke, Doctor Tachima." Hasashi answered as he took his gaze from the computer and looked to the doctor.

"Hm." Doctor Tachima sauntered to the large object and examined it. In front of him was a huge glass container filled with a light green substance. Within the holding container, there floated a black furry creature. On its fur were small suction cups monitoring everything that was happening in the body of the beast and a mask was over the snout of the animal so that it could breathe.

"This wolf had better wake up soon or I'll awake her myself with the shock treatment." He turned and traveled to his companion where the man was typing something into the computer.

"Tell me if any changes occur." His assistant looked up from what he was doing and nodded. The door slid open and closed after he exited.

The young man went back to the computer and started typing once more. A few moments passed and then suddenly but slowly its eyes fluttered open to reveal a very deep blue color. Sapphire orbs sluggishly roamed the room and took in the strange lighted instruments. Then she came upon a strange creature sitting in something and just stared at it.

Small beeps caught the man's ears and turned to see what they were. Then his gaze went upon the animal and saw that it was staring at him. He gasped and quickly got up. Walking to a red phone, he picked it up and dialed a couple numbers before putting it up to his ear hearing it ring.

"Yeah what is it?" A deep voice asked.

"Sir, the animal is awake."

"Good. I'm on my way."

The man put the phone back onto the holder and waited. The doors automatically opened and quite a few men entered and headed toward the large container. They gathered around it and observed the animal.

The wolf's eyes speared from right to left frantically at the unknown beings. Her ears could pick up their wavy voices through the water as they spoke. She started to get scared and wanted to get out. Her body began ramming against the glass.

"There's no way she can get out. The glass is seven inches thick." One of the men grinned at her attempt to get out.

Doctor Tachima ran to the monitors that were beeping madly. His eyes grew wide.

"Her heart rate is going up dramatically and her brain activity is showing that something is happening. Quickly give her something that will calm her down. She already cracked the glass." He shouted to his assistant.

Once again with all her might she slammed her body against the glass and this time broke it. The fluid poured and spilled onto the floor with her body. Slowly she got up and shook off the suction cups which fell to the ground. The mask that was on her snout was still in the container hanging by its tube. All of the men gasped and stepped back a few stepsfrom it.

"The glass wasn't suppose to break. She was strong enough to destroy it." Doctor Tachima stared in fear. He shook his head and pressed a red button. Blue lights and a loud honking sound went off.

"Get something that will hold her off until the guards come and help put her into a cage."

"You're not escaping out of here stupid animal." A fat man with a black mustache grinned. "When you are in a proper holding facility, we are going to discipline you for breaking that expensive holder."

The wolf's eyes became furrowed and bared its white incisors. A low growl emanated from within her throat as the scientists approached her. Without even a warning, she leapt from the ground and attached her sharp teeth into the fat man's shoulder. He yelled in pain and from the weight of the animal, he tumbled backwards falling to the ground. The wolf jumped off of him and ran out of the open door.

Running through the large lit hallways, she came upon a hoard of guards dressed in all black with spears and swords. They were coming after her. She went into another hallway on the right and ran. Stopping, her eyes looked at the three hallways in front of her. Using her nose, she began sniffing the air. A sweet but faint scent came to her nose. She didn't know what it was but she was going to follow it.

On her way, more footsteps echoed and were coming for her. She had to get out. The hallway the wolf had been traveling came to an end and she stopped. Her head turned to the right and heard men shouting and running towards her. Then off to the right there were two doors but they were closed. The scent that she had smelled earlier was now stronger than before. That was her only chance to get out.

Without even thinking, the animal sped and quickened its speed. This was now or never. She used her shoulder and rammed into them. They burst open and her body fell to the ground. For a few moments, she just laid there. Blue eyes gazed at the scenery before her. There were tall brown trees with green leaves dancing as the wind blew through them. The sky was a brilliant light blue with fluffy white clouds. On the ground was a carpet of stringy green grass. Embedded in it were a variety of colored flowers. Everything smelled wonderful and something about comforted her. It was just peaceful.

"The creature is right outside. Get it." A guard yelled as his companions ran after her.

The ebony wolf heard them coming and quickly got up. She ran faster through the woods and didn't care where she was going as long as she got away from the strangers. Not even once did she stop and look back to see if they were still following. She continued on running letting her legs and nose take her to wherever.

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Night finally came. A pale moon was high casting its light everywhere. Little bright stars dotted the midnight sky like patterns. There were black clouds hovering here and there but not too much. The air had grown cold as the day passed into night.

The young creature arrived to an unknown place with large buildings. She started walking along the hard concrete sidewalks that were hard and rough on her patted paws. Ocean blue eyes glanced at every single thing.

Somewhere else a phone vibrated. A hand went into the pocket of a black trench coat and brought it out. Pair of brown eyes read the caller id and answered it.

"Yeah."

"One of the animals has escaped. It's a wolf with black fur and blue eyes. Find it and bring it back here to the lab. Use extreme caution towards it. Don't kill her." It was Doctor Tachima's voice.

"Why should we?"

"Because the boss told me to tell you to. Got a problem with that?"

"Whatever." He pressed the end button and put it back into his pocket.

The man turned to his companions. "Looks like we have to retrieve a runaway wolf. Let's go."

"Why do we have to look for a stupid animal for? We're assassins for goodness sakes. Not dog catchers." One of them complained

"I know but the boss says we have to."

Just as the gang were about to appear from a dark alley, the leader spotted the animal and stopped everyone from going any further.

"Hey, what's the deal?"

"We might not have to look for the wolf. Look, its coming our way." His finger pointed to the animal.

"How are we suppose to lure it?"

"I've got some left over food when we came from the restaurant. We can use the food to attract the wolf here and then we have it."

He unwrapped the food and laid it on the ground. Then they climbed up onto a roof and lied low waiting for the animal.

A smell caught the wolf's nose that made its stomach growl. She followed the aroma until she reached the entrance of the alleyway. It was dark but she could see very well. Other scents were also there which made her hesitant at first. About to leave the food alone and just go on, her belly protested and growled even louder. She rolled her eyes and slowly entered. Keeping her senses on high alert and ears erect, she slowly crept to the waiting morsel. Sniffing it once, her pink tongue licked it and tasted the food. The wolf liked it and started to feed.

"NOW!" All of the men jumped off the roof and landed blocking the only two entrances. There were about six of them. They had startled the poor wolf and was now on her feet against the brick wall. She was baring her teeth and had her ears turned down to her head. A loud growl rumbled from within her throat.

"I guess she won't come with us without a fight. Men, I think we should give her what this wolf wants."

They all grinned devilishly and unsheathed their katanas. Inching close to her, she launched herself at one of them. Her sharp teeth dug into the man's arm. Letting out a loud hiss, the leader brought his blade and swung it towards her side. Out of the corner of her eye she saw it coming and leapt off of him. Landing on another, her teeth attached themselves into his throat not letting go. He fell and landed on his back. For a couple moments, he struggled against the beast but then slowly his body stopped moving and laid limp.

The wolf slowly drew its teeth from within the skin and turned around eyeing the rest of the humans. A shocked expression were on their faces as they stared at the animal. They couldn't believe that this wolf had just killed one of their men.

"You're going to pay for killing my friend." The leader of the group hissed. His hand started to shake madly from the fury building in him. In his eyes was anger.

"DEMON!" He charged with his sword horizontally to his left and thrust it sideways cutting a deep gash in her shoulder. A loud yelp came from her mouth echoing through the night.

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Somewhere else a person caught the sound. He stopped and turned around. At first he had thought it was a person but then he heard it again and decided to check it out. Using incredible speed, he took off in search to where the sound came.

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She had made another attempt to attack but received another wound to her thigh. Now she was panting heavily and could barely stand. Adrenalin started pumping through her body giving a boost energy. The wolf stood waiting for the right time to get her revenge.

"Looks to me like I should let her bleed to death. It's more satisfying to watch." The boss re-sheathed his katana as the others also did.

Now was the time. As fast she could, the ebony animal launched herself onto the leaders face sinking her teeth into the man's flesh. When she tightened her hold, a cracking could be heard and the man yelling in pain. Her paws found their way to his face and began digging them into his skin leaving deep open flesh wounds. In the process, her claws dug into his eyes.

She released her grip on his face and landed on the ground. The others frighteningly turned to their comrade who had his face covered with his hands. Blood ran between his fingers and palms. He took his hands away to reveal a gruesome sight. Flesh was hanging with crimson dripping off from the tips. His cheeks seemed to be a little smaller while his lips were badly torn. And his eyes. He couldn't see anymore the way he bumped into things and his arms outstretched before him. Under his eyelids, dark red liquid was seeping down his haggard face.

The men turned toward to the beast. She had her ears low to her head. The wolf's ebony fur was standing high and so was its tail. Her teeth were baring, showing stained red incisors. Suddenly, everything became blurry and her legs gave out on her. She collapsed to the ground heavily. Seeing that the men were coming towards her with their swords, she slowly closed her blue eyes knowing that this was her end.

Up above, the person that had heard the sound from earlier was now on a roof. He had seen what the animal had done to the man and guessed that it also had killed the other laying on the ground. The person was impressed by its determination to survive. Looking once more at the scene, he saw the men in front of it now and decided to go in.

As graceful as a cat, he jumped off of the building landing easily onto his feet. Behind the men, he skillfully drew his katana and severed their heads with one fluent swing. Their heads rolled in different directions leaving a trail of blood behind. Their bodies crumpled to the ground on top of one another. Hearing them, she slowly opened her eyes and saw the mess. Then a dark figure smoothly walked towards her. Sapphire met amber. But her sight became blurry once more and closed her eyes. Exhaustion from her long trip and the fight had finally taken over and she plunged into blackness.

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Well what do you think? I had this idea pop into my head one day and decided to type it. I don't have much to say. Tell me if I should continue with this and see what happens later in the chapters or should I just quit. Gotta go.

Brittanie Love