Heart of a Wolf is back! Sorry this took so long to put up, writers block.
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Heart of a Wolf
Chapter Seven: New Faces
After waiting for hours for Scarlet to return back home, Tamera decided to go look for him herself. After searching for a little while, she found him bleeding in an ally and barely conscious. It turns out that some HYDRA Soldiers had attacked him and wanted him to tell them where Tamera was, but when he refused to say anything, they tried to beat the answers out of him. After getting nearly beaten to death, Scarlet still refused to say anything so the soldiers decided to leave in the ally to bleed to death. Luckily, Tamera found him when she did before he could bleed to death and brought him back home to tend to his wounds.
I helped Scarlet into our home and he collapsed onto his bed while dropping the bag that had the pizza in it on the floor.
"So, what exactly happened?" I asked Scarlet as I grabbed a first-aid kit that's kept in the bathroom area.
"I told you already" Scarlet snapped at me "I got jumped by some of Ock's lackey's as soon as I left the pizza place. They wanted me to tell them where to find you, but I wouldn't talk. When I didn't tell them, they tried to beat the answers out of me and when I still didn't tell them anything, they decided to leave me there to bleed to death"
"Well, didn't they trigger your Spider-Sense?" I asked as I walked back over to him.
"Yea, when it was too late" Scarlet grumbled as he placed a hand on his head.
"It's that kinda odd, though?" I asked him as I rubbed my chin thoughtfully.
I don't know if it's me, but something about this whole thing seems sketchy. For one thing, what made those goons think that Scarlet even knew where I was or who I am for that matter? And second of all, how did they know that I was still alive? I'm not liking this one little bit, I think back to that entry in the journal I read. I can't help but think that Scarlet is hiding something big from me, I'm debating weather or not I should confront him about it, but I don't think I should. Scarlet has trust issues as it is, if he found out I invaded his privacy while he was gone, it would give him another reason not to trust me and I'm lucky enough that he let me stay here with him after everything that's happened.
"What?" Scarlet asked, not looking up at me.
"Well, what made them think that you knew where I was?" I asked him.
"How should I know?" Scarlet snapped "Maybe they were going on a hunch or something, I don't know"
I decided to drop the subject for now and just let it go "Take off your suit" I said as I opened up the first-aid kit.
"Excuse me?" Scarlet asked looking at me.
"You need to take your suit off so that I can get to your... wounds" I said as a blush made its way across my face and I brushed a strand of hair out of my face.
"No way" Scarlet said with a shake of his head "I'm fine, I have a healing factor; the wounds will heal fine on their own"
"Well, in the meantime your wounds are exposed to God knows how many infections" I told him as I placed my hands on my hips "So, until your so-called healing factor kicks in, I need to clean your wounds. Now, either take your suit off on your own or I'll do it myself" I said with a smirk as I crossed my arms over my chest.
Scarlet then stood up and towered over me, I wasn't intimidated by him because I knew that he would never hurt a girl or in this case, a mutant wolf girl. I noticed his hands balling into fists as he looked down at me with his eye holes narrowed. We glare at each other for a little while, neither one of us backing down.
After a few more minutes of this stare down, Scarlet turned his head away from me "I can't" he muttered.
"What?" I asked, wanting him to speak up.
"I said, I can't!" Scarlet said a little louder as he looked back at me "I... I can't take off my suit or my mask"
"Why?" I asked, my voice softening.
"Because... because you're not gonna like what you see under here" Scarlet answered his head lowering sadly.
It was strange seeing him like this, with his guard lowered and everything. In the time that I've known him, he's always been so strong and proud. Now, here he is lowering his walls for the first time in front of me. I don't understand why he would want to hide his face for, I need to see it for myself.
"Don't be stupid, Scarlet" I say as my hands slowly reached up and grabbed the edges of his mask.
I slowly began to pull it up when Scarlet grabbed my hand and I felt a weird sensation go through me that made my fur stand on ends "Wait. Are you sure?" he asked me, his voice low.
My face softened and I smiled small at him "Yeah, I'm sure" I nodded my head as he let go of my hand and I pulled his mask over his head. I looked right into his face, he was actually pretty handsome. He had a chiseled face with dark blue eyes and light brown hair in a buzz cut hairstyle and he had a small scar in between his eyes. I don't understand why he would want to hide his face, I don't see anything wrong with it other than the fact that he's got a scar on his face, but other than that, I see nothing wrong.
"Why would you wanna hide a face like this?" I asked him "I don't see anything wrong with it" he didn't say a word as he just looked down at me "Is it because of your scar?" I then saw his muscles tense and his lips pursed into a thin line as he narrowed his eyes down at me. Bingo! That was it.
"Scarlet..." I sighed with a shake of my head "You shouldn't have to hide your face because of your scar"
"How would you know anyway?" Scarlet snapped at me as he snatched his mask from my hands.
I puffed my cheeks in annoyance "I may not know what it's like to have physical scars, but I do have other scars, you know!"
"Yeah? Like what?" Scarlet asked, his tone uncaring and it was getting on my nerves.
My hands clenched into fists and a growl escaped from my throat "Do you have any idea what it's like to be a social outcast because of what you are?! To have everyone judge you based on how you look or judging you before they even know you?! Do you have even the slightest idea what it's like to loose your mother at a young age?! To be a little kid and to know that you're never gonna see your mother again?! Do you have any idea how much that hurts? Do you know what it's like to trust someone with everything you hold dear and then have them hurt you in the worst way possible? I don't have any physical scars like you, but I do have emotional and mental scars! You're not the only one who has a shitty life, you know!"
I felt tears well up in my eyes as I stormed out and away from him. I don't expect him to understand, I don't even expect him to care. I just wanted him to know that he's not the only person in the world who has problems or has a shitty life. He gets me so angry sometimes! I don't know if it's his attitude, his selfish nature or the fact that he's so cute. Wait... cute? Ugh! Even when I'm not around him he manages to get under my skin.
Okay, I'll admit it; he is pretty cute and sometimes he's sweet and is respectful. But right now, he's just driving me crazy!
I don't even know where I'm going, I'm just walking aimlessly trying to get mind of that pain in the ass Scarlet Spider. I come to a random sewer entrance and just sit down with my arms crossed with a huff. What is it about Scarlet that gets under my skin? He's just so...so... I can't even find the words that describe how much he drives he crazy.
With a deep growl I slam my fists behind me against the wall hard and I hear it crack a little, but I didn't care.
Suddenly, I hear a noise. My ears pricked up at the sound, it sounded like an animal. A baby animal, light barking. Puppy barking? But how's that possible? My ears start to twitch trying to locate where the sound was coming from. Knowing that I needed to vent and get my mind off of Scarlet, I decided to go and investigate the sound. So I let my ears guide me down the twists and turns of tunnels down here.
I was led to a closed off section of the sewers, which by my guess was under construction. The barking gets louder as I approached a boarded up sewer entrance. I don't know why, but for some reason I have this strong feeling that I need to get to these puppies to make sure that they aren't hurt.
I then grabbed one of the thick wooden boards and using my newfound strength, I ripped it right off. I did the same thing with the other boards until there was a big enough space for me to fit through. I climbed over the few remaining boards and into the tunnel, the barking was close that's for sure, but then the barking turns to whimpering. I felt some fear creep up inside me when I hear the whimpering, but then my fear increases when the smell of blood reaches my nose. I continue down the tunnel a little more before I come to a battered and beat up pipe in the wall.
You could clearly hear the whimpering coming from in there along with the strong scent of blood. I swallow hard as I carefully walked in front of the pipe. The pipe was only a feet above the ground, so I won't have to strain myself to see inside. I look inside the pipe and I see piles of old beat up newspaper and garage inside, it's clear that something is living in here. I then see one of the pieces of paper move out of the corner of my eye. There was something moving underneath the paper.
I cautiously grab the paper and move it away to see the most adorable sight I've ever seen: two little white wolf puppies cuddled up together. They were both a little dirty, covered in mud and they looked to be only a few weeks old. The poor things.
"Hello, little ones" I whispered so that I wouldn't scare them as I gently reach my hand out to touch them and one of the little puppies lifts their head up.
My hand inches closer to the little pup and my lock with pale blue eyes. They must be only few weeks old if their eyes are open. The little pup looks my curiously and began to whimper sadly.
"It's okay, little one" I said reassuringly "I won't hurt you" my hand then hovered above the pups head, I was a little unsure if I should pet it, but then the pup rubs it's head against my hand. A smile made it's way across my face for the first time all night. For some reason, knowing that this little pup trusted me was the best feeling in the world. I look behind the pup to see the other one sleeping peacefully on the dirty paper.
"You poor things" I say as I gently stroked the pup's head "Where's your mamma?" that's when I remember the smell of blood that came from here. That's when I noticed an old puddle of blood covering the lower part of the pipe. I knew the blood wasn't from the pups blood because there wasn't a scratch on them. I inched closer inside the pipe where the smell was intense, but it didn't bother me.
Then, I saw something that made me sick to my stomach: an adult mother white wolf's body was laying lifelessly in the back of the pipe with open wound covering her body, but what made me sick was that her throat had been ripped out. That's what killed her. I then see another body next to her, it looked like a large dog, I couldn't tell what kind because the body was all mangled up.
That's when it started to click for me, this mother died trying to protect her pups from becoming a meal to another dog. This sadden me so much, I didn't know why though. Was it because that now these pups were without a mother and were defenseless or the fact that this mother died being a good mother to her pups? I don't know, but it was awful and I can tell you this right now, there is no way in Hell that I am leaving these puppies out here by themselves. They are way too young to be without their mother and they needed someone to protect them and take care of them.
A sad smile appeared on my face as I picked up the pup that I petted and held it gently in my arms. I checked it's gender and saw that it was a boy while checking the other pup who turned out to be a girl. Aw! Twins!
I then picked up the girl puppy and held them both in my arms and gently held them against my body since it was freezing down here and their coat was thin. So, I used my body heat and my fur to keep them warm until I get back home. I know that as soon as I get home that I'm gonna hear it from Scarlet for bringing two wolf pups home, but you know what? I don't care. These pups need a home and someone to take care of them and that's exactly what I'm going to do. It maybe Scarlet's home that I'm living in and his rules I go by, but I still have a say in what I can or can't do, so Scarlet's just gonna have to deal with that.
I can't wait to see the expression on Scarlet's face when he sees me walk in with two white wolf pups. It's gonna be hilarious!
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