A/N: Hey, sorry about the change in scheduling last time. Anyways, enjoy chapter 7!

Chapter 7

Wolf

I heard knocking on the door and went to go see who it was. The news droning on in the background going over the destruction caused. I opened the door and saw Lorelei standing in front of me, seeming ever so slightly out of breath.

"Come with me, we need to talk." She said, her face revealed no hints as to what, though I could make an educated guess by the serious tone in her voice.

"What about?" I asked, looking uninterested. Though in all honesty my mind was racing with questions about what the hell was going on.

"Kyber." She said, and that one word brought down the whole act.

"Alright." I turned off the holo-screen and went with her to her room. Her pace was hurried and I had to jog slightly to keep up with her. The room was surprisingly well organized. I noticed a laptop was opened lying on what I assumed was her bed and showing the news broadcast, the destruction being played again and again. Lorelei quickly shut the door behind her and I turned about to face her.

"Alright, so what about Kyber?" I asked curiously, urgency breaking the somewhat calm expression I wore...I needed to know.

"Well, as you found out recently, he is Experiment B14ck -P." I nodded, the memory of that day flashing to the forefront of my mind.

"The full title is Experiment B14ck Phantom, so they shortened it." I understood the part about B14ck. It made the word Black...but something didn't seem right. There was a piece missing.

"Why did they call him Phantom though?"

"For one, he's extremely quiet, and two, his fur changes color, to where he looks like a phantom...It's actually quite ethereal..." I couldn't deny that, although I had only seen it on a distant camera, I could imagine what it looked like in person. Lorelei took a deep breath before sighing heavily.

"A few months before school started Leroi, Ember and I had busted him out of what we call "The Facility". He was going to be a government weapon, meant to be used by the Cornerian Defense Force, and was treated horribly by The Facility..."

She looked away, a brief look of sorrow passing before her face. "It looks like we'll be needing to do this again... Though it will take a month or two to get all the necessary stuff and all...You in?"

"Of Course!" I said without a moment's hesitation. I felt horrible for Kyber. I didn't press any further about Kyber's past though, as much as I wanted to, it seemed to be an extremely touchy subject. I was still a bit peeved though about what happened about a week ago with Fox, but the feelings dulled as I thought about how Kyber got put into a much worse situation.

Kyber

I awoke in a cold sweat, my heart racing as I looked around and remembered where I was. I thought it was all just a nightmare, all just a bad dream...

But reality took great delight in sucker punching me right in the face... I was in the hell hole of a facility that had been the place of my torture for many years. I curled up on my bed into a nearby corner, my knees drawn up as I cried silently, recalling the actions from the other day in horrific detail. I was forced to attack the neighboring city as a "Field test" they called it, and if I didn't they would go after my friends.

I hated myself, I felt like a monster but I had no control over my own actions. I didn't want to participate at all, but it was either do as I was told, or those I held closest to me paid the price... Time seemed to trudge forward at an agonizingly slow pace, all I wanted was for this day to be over, to forget all about what I was forced to do...

I didn't eat at all that day, I felt like I didn't deserve to eat…The memories tore at my conscious with each hour that passed... at least I made sure the damage I had caused would only cause injuries and nothing severe...well...not counting the massive amounts of destruction of the buildings.. Everything was calculated to provide the damage they wanted, but next to no casualties…unless some random variable was thrown in that I didn't account for… I tried desperately to dismiss the thought as I heard footsteps coming down the hallway to my room.

Wolf

We turned around as we heard a "ping" from Lorelei's laptop. Someone was sending a video conference to her, though we couldn't tell who. Cautiously I saw her accept it, there was some static and interference before the video feed blinked into existence. We both saw Kyber, sitting with his arms bound behind him in a chair in some sort of cell.

The lighting was dim and we couldn't make much of anything out of his surroundings. From what we could see the cell wasn't in deplorable conditions, but it wasn't in the best shape either. We both stared at the lupine on the other end who just seemed to have his gaze transfixed to the floor. His fur was odd...It was still white but seemed to be between its transformation, the outer most fur was still snow white. But you could still make out the black that had begun to replace it.

"Kyber!" I couldn't help but call out. He looked up, his ears twitching before settling his gaze seemingly on us, though to be more accurate, probably the screen we were portrayed on. His eyes widened in bewilderment.

"You called them!" The note of surprise hard to miss in his voice. "You told me you wouldn't hurt them if I went along with this!" He growled at someone we couldn't see.

"Ah, I said I wouldn't Touch them. Showing them you is a different story all together." someone off camera said, sounding smug. It sounded vaguely familiar, but I couldn't exactly place my finger on it.

"Wolf...I'm sorry you got dragged into this...just forget about me, you'll be safer that way. Just forget about me, go back to Fox.." He said quietly, looking at the camera, his eyes pleading.

"Like Hell we will!" Lorelei responded before I could even open my mouth.

"Stop this call..." He said quietly.

"Why should we?" someone off camera sneered.

"I said STOP THE CALL!" He yelled, and in quick response he got cuffed behind the ear. I winced as I saw that blood was now trickling freely down his face.

"Don't worry, we'll get you out of there." Lorelei said trying to reassure the miserable looking Kyber on the other end. I couldn't help feel as though it was more to reassure herself than Kyber.

"We'd love to see you try dear." The smug voice from before said, taunting them. After a few minutes the call disconnected.

Lorelei was visibly shaking and I saw a tear run down her cheek. "We'll get you out of there...I promise." She said quietly. I put a hand on her shoulder, trying to think of something to say that might help her, but I was at a loss for words. She nodded, sensing my intentions though gently moving my hand away. I said my goodbyes for the night and trudged back to my room..

I tried sleeping but all that came were nightmares of Kyber being tortured and beaten while I was helpless to do anything.. Continuously waking me in a cold sweat with my heart racing.. It was almost morning when I was finally able to fall asleep..

A/N: Well, hope you all enjoyed the chapter. See you next week.