Chapter Two: Sacrifice
Wolf held Scarlet in his arms as long as she would let him. He never wanted to let her go but he knew that he would have to eventually. It was quiet as he held her though, nothing could ruin this moment. Thorne was more than likely asleep even though it was going on 2 in the afternoon, so he wasn't worried about him, and Scarlet is right here perfectly safe in his arms, but what about his Queen? Where had Cinder gone off too?
Perking his ears up towards Cinder's room, he heard that she was crying or at least trying to. Wolf wanted to know what was wrong with his Queen, so he had let Scarlet go.
"Wolf, what's wrong?" Scarlet asked. Her eyes looked curious, as if she did something wrong.
"Nothing, I am going to find Her Highness. It has been a long morning and I want to see if she if alright." Wolf replied.
"Why, do you hear anything?" Scarlet asked.
"Yes, it seems as if she is crying, but I don't want her to know that I know. So I'll go, so we won't alarm her. We both know how much of a worrier Cinder is. I'll make sure that she is ok Scarlet. Then I'll come back so we can cuddle up some more" Wolf said.
"Ok. Just make sure she's ok" Scarlet replied laughing.
Wolf let go of Scarlet and started to walk towards Cinder's room. Her sobs became louder by each step. By the time that Wolf had reached Cinder's door, he could tell that she was hurt by something, but by what. Wolf didn't think he did anything to her, and he was pretty sure that Scarlet didn't do anything to Cinder because they had been together all day. Wolf didn't think it was Thorne because Thorne went out to party last night with some girls and came back this morning and was asleep since, so what was it bothering his Queen.
Wolf knocked on the door.
"Your Majesty, it is me Wolf, may I come in?" Wolf asked. He could hear Her Majesty moving on the bed in order to get up. He heard her walking towards the door.
Knowing Wolf's heightened senses, Cinder made sure she stopped trying to cry when she got to the door. She rubbed her temples and looked in the mirror so that her eyes weren't too red. They weren't. Cinder walked to the door and opened it. There was Wolf standing there looking worried.
"Hey Wolf, how are you today?" Cinder put on a fake smile in order not to worry him. It wasn't working.
"Are you alright my Majesty, I thought I had heard you crying and by the look of your eyes, my guess would be correct even though you are not able to. My I ask what is bothering you my Majesty." Wolf replied.
Cinder gasped. She had thought that her eyes were not that red, but she was wrong. This had also upset Cinder. She realized that her inability to cry is making her angry just like her jealousy of Scarlet and Wolf's relationship. Scarlet could do anything and everything Cinder wanted. She guessed she wouldn't be nothing more than a Cyborg.
Wolf saw Cinder's face as it started to contort. He hoped it wasn't him that was making Cinder feel sad. There was something that he had to do in order to make her feel better, but what? Suddenly Wolf had gotten an idea. He grabbed Cinder and hoisted her over his shoulders.
"Wolf, what are you doing? Where are you taking me?" Cinder asked surprised.
Wolf ignored Cinder and just kept walking. He turned a couple of corners in the ship and eventually ended up in the cockpit.
"Wolf, what are we doing here?" Cinder asked.
"We're going to land." He replied.
"Well why are you doing that? Wolf, I told you I'm fine. Plus I'm the number one fugitive in the world right now, we just can't land suddenly and think nothing of it, we have to be very careful when we do." Cinder said.
Wolf sighed, "Back on Luna, when I was young and either Ran or I had a bad day, my mother would always take us out to get some ice cream in order to cheer us up. That is what we are about to do. No matter what you think about me you majesty; I want to be here for you, protecting you no one will ever mess with you my princess."
With that in mind, Wolf called for Iko.
"Yes, Wolf, what would you like?" Iko asked.
"Iko where are we at this very moment?" Wolf asked.
"At this very moment we are above the Atlantic Ocean flying North East to Lagos, Nigeria. The first place where the Letumosis cases started." Iko replied to Wolf.
"Well Iko, how far are we from the cost of either the African continent or the South American continent then?" Wolf asked Iko. Cinder had begun to wonder if making all of these stops would have her enemies onto something. She wanted to be discreet as possible and not have anyone to find out where she was. She planned a long time ago that Michelle Benoit's and Logan Tanner's sacrifices were not going to be in vein.
"Wolf, I just need some time to myself, I can get better really. Please we don't want people onto us. I know what the Eastern Commonwealth and Luna would do to me, but I can't imagine the torture Scarlet, Thorne, and you would go through. Please let's not land until we get to Lagos." Cinder pleaded.
Wolf looked in Cinder's eyes; he knew that she was worried about what would happen to him. What would happen to Scarlet and Thorne as well. He knew that she did not want any more human sacrifices for her, she has been through enough and she was just trying to survive, how could she if they made a stupid mistake by landing and someone ratted them out. Hell, it was scary enough in Rio de Janeiro as it was considering now Scarlet, Thorne, and himself were wanted on behalf of Luna as well because they got ratted out by Jael. Wolf turned his entire body toward Cinder. Her head was down, and she was clutching onto her oversized cargo pants and he saw as her chest rose and fell as her two sizes too big white T-shirt rose and fell with her chest. He knew that she was panicking in the thought of those around her would be put into danger, but he had to do something.
"My Queen…" Wolf looked up to see Thorne crookedly walking into cockpit.
