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Near Death

the Kiones…

"Jeez! It took us almost the whole hour to get down to this place? Why do they make it so far away?" Scar said as they reached the bottom. Remember, we are not alone here. Those gun shots definitely came from the top of the farthest building."

"All but one, and several were taken from the ground too," Yellow said looking at the first building. "There must be at least two parties. One must be Rebecca and the other must have just been some body that was left behind."

"Or several people," Red said looking around. "Are we going to go through or around?"

"Around! We can't get cornered if we go around, but make sure you keep scanning the area for any life forms," Black said never putting his gun down.

"Sure thing," Yellow said checking out the readings.

"It's pretty stupid that the time watch machine doesn't work in extreme weather conditions," Red said as they headed around the building.

"It's not my fault. Who ever invented this thing only made three and then disappeared and made them really sensitive. Also. Really difficult to get inside of tem and try and figure out what is going on," Yellow said as they rounded the corner of the first building.

"Wait, you said the shots came from the taller buildings right?" Scar asked.

"Yes, it was. That probably means that there is a sniper around somewhere," Yellow said looking up the building to scan the place. He picked up a gun being aimed right at his chest too late. He barely had time to move out of the way when they heard the shot being fired. "AHHHHHHHH!" he yelled out in pain feeling the bullet quickly go through his left leg. "AHHHHHHHH! THAT BITCH HIT ME!" Yellow yelled out in agony.

Black was starting to panic now. A loud shot and all that screaming was definitely going to attract some unwanted attention. "We need to get inside this building! Right now!" Black said as Red pulled him back so that the sniper couldn't take another shot.

"I agree Diamond said as they got back around the corner. I saw a door to the side as we were walking here. Probably a smaller room that should go into the building."

Yellow was holding his arm close to hit chest and then pressing right on the wound with his other arm to keep pressure on it. "The time machine!"

They dragged him in starting to hear awful sounds coming on around them and then some banging on the door.

"What about it?" Black asked.

Yellow stuck his arm out. To show them that the bullet went straight through the device and pretty deep into his arm. It probably got snagged on the bone.

Black's eyes went wide. 'We are doomed," he thought. "We never should have come here! This is all HER FAULT!" he yelled. "I'm going to kill her!"

a couple of minutes ago with the Iota team…

Humphrey's helmet had a dent in the right eye socket and the light wasn't even turning on. "If you had an actual sniper bullet it would have gone right through my helmet and taken my other eye out," the newest Humphrey said showing them his helmet.

"Sorry, but I'd do anything to protect my family," Iota Humphrey said.

"Me too," Tau Humphrey said.

"Wait! I still can't believe it! You're my brother!? How? I've been here for several years and even before the outbreak occurred I didn't have a brother!" Kevin said.

"Not one that you knew about. I was always kept secret from you," the one eyed Humphrey said sadly.

"Why?"

"Because we are immune to the virus that has been casing all of this."

"Wait what?"

Humphrey sat down on the tiny mattress that he had been using as a bed for a while. "Okay. The humans actually knew about this virus a long time ago and had been experimenting on dead bodies to try and figure out why the corpses were turning into…well you know. Well anyways, one day our mother's owner was working on the virus by themselves. We were in the room, but you were much too young to remember. I barely even remember."

"So what happened?" the other Humphrey asked.

"A terrible accident. The human was cutting some samples up and then cut his finger clean off. As he accidentally cut into himself the knife flew into the air and impaled our mother right in the side infecting her. Well the guy called for help, but the virus was too fast. He started to turn and before any help could come he had turned into a necromorph. Our mother on the other hand just lay dead on the floor. The new monster looked around and tried to attack us, but luckily the humans put him down before anything else could happen."

"Wait, so mom just died?" Kevin asked.

"Yes, but the Humans had already experimented on some of the other wolves' blood and corpses and knew that it affected everybody human and animal alike, so when they realized that our mother was simply dead they took her body and tried to get as much information as they could. Which wasn't much by what I saw."

"So, since we have the same blood they started experimenting on us?" Kevin asked intrigued.

"No, just on me. They decided to hide you with some other wolves just in case any human wanted to take care of me themselves. You were a backup just in case something happened to me."

"What did they do to you?" Lilly asked feeling sorry for him.

"Mostly just took blood samples and experimented with those. Nothing that would seriously harm me."

"Okay that's good, but then what happened?"

"Well the outbreak happened. Everybody was on their own. There are some more buildings all around and there might be some survivors there, but not very many did survive."

"So you've been stuck up here for a while?" Winston asked.

"Yes, and there is no escaping this. This whole planet is doomed," the one eyes Humphrey said. "One of those creatures took my eye clean off. If I wasn't immune I would have been one of those things a long time ago."

"We know a way out!" the other Humphrey said.

"We do?" his team asked.

"Yes! I don't understand how it works but we came in through some weird portal thing."

"That's right!" Kevin said thinking about it. "There is no way you guys could have survived out there without any of our suits!"

A little machine started beeping. "Whoa! The scanners are picking up some form of life!" the one eyed Humphrey said going to the small box looking thing. "Several!"

The Iota Humphrey went to the window and couldn't believe his eyes. Even though they were in bulky suits he could still tell that the one with the yellow lines was Kione. "Hand me the sniper," Humphrey said putting his paw out.

"But the scope is broken," Humphrey said to Humphrey.

"Take it off!"

The one eyed Humphrey quickly took the scope off and handed the long gun to him. Iota Humphrey aimed with the regular sight it had and took a shot right at his arch enemy. He couldn't tell where or even if he hit him but he could see that the others were moving back behind the building.

"They must know we are here. Those A-holes always find me!" Iota Humphrey said setting the gun on the floor. "We have to get out of here."

with the original alpha and omega team…

"That's the second time shots were fired!" Rebecca said. "There might be more than just monsters out there," she said getting faster in her steps. They were already pretty close to the bottom.

"We need to watch our backs now!" Garth said behind her. "Who knows what those sounds will attract."

"I agree," she said watching her step and all around for anything that was moving.

Humphrey was having trouble keeping up. The pain was coming and going a lot stronger now than it was the first time he got it. It's as if his blood was giving up. When he checked he might has well been correct he was already at more than 80% blood toxicity. "Damn it," he whispered.

Kate was sure she heard him and felt really bad. She got next to him and tried to comfort him but she knew it would be worthless.

They all made sure that they weren't being followed by anything and kept heading towards the buildings. A few minutes later they saw a small hoard of those monsters crowding around a door.

"Could it be the Kiones? Or the other wolves?" Garth asked Rebecca.

"I don't know. I can't make out who is in there. The walls are made of really strong metal. It's interfering with my scans."

"What should we do then?" Kate asked.

Rebecca thought for a moment…

with the Kiones…

Scar got out some bandages and wrapped them around Yellow's arm after they removed his suit and time machine.

"I never knew she could snipe," Yellow said in pain.

"What!? You never knew!?" Black said very angrily at Yellow. "Now you've gone and killed all of us! We can't survive here for very long and the portal won't open again for a little less than 10 hours! Our only hope is to bandage you up, wait in here until the portal opens, then get the heck out of here!"

"No! We are not leaving without a time manipulator! There are only two in existence now and I have no idea where the other one is!"

BANG! BANG! BANG! The banging from the necromorphs on the door had stopped and now shots were being fired.

"They must be outside the door!" Diamond said as he lifted his gun up. The rest followed except for Black who had his gun aimed at the door the minute he heard the shots being fired.

They couldn't hear any more of the gurgling noises that those things made. Then a voice, a female voice that they weren't too familiar with said, "Are you guys alright?"

"Well not really. Who is it?" Yellow asked.

"My name is Kate. Who are you?" Kate said from her helmet.

The Kiones looked at Yellow and he shook his head. "My name is Dave," Diamond said coming up with the first name that came to mind.

Rebecca knew that the voices sounded familiar, but she wasn't 100% sure. She tried to look through the walls with her glasses but the walls were too thick with whatever type of metal they used.

"Are you alone?" Red asked.

"No, I'm here with her," Garth said from the other side of the door.

"You know this might be easier to do face to face," Kate said waiting for them to unlock the doors.

"Do you know who they are?" Black asked Yellow.

"For some reason the names sound familiar, but I can't quite put my finger on it," he whispered.

"I'm not risking it then," Black said holding onto his gun a little tighter.

the Iota team…

"This is the only exit," the one eyed Humphrey said as he put another helmet on. The eye sockets were in the shape of an H, just like Alpha Humphrey's except the eyes were yellow instead of white.

"But they might be waiting now. You heard those shots! They probably escaped!" Winston said wearing some heavier clothing now. All of the Iota wolves were wearing that now.

"We can't stay here," Tau Humphrey said as they got to the bottom step. Then they looked out of the window and saw the four wolves waiting outside of a door probably talking to somebody.

"Wait who are they?" Lilly said seeing the strange wolves in their suits.

"It's probably Kione and his goons," Iota Humphrey said looking but realizing that he hadn't seen either of those four wolves when he took the shot. "Never mind. I have no idea who those wolves are."

"Whatever, it's their funeral," Kevin said wanting to leave already.

"No! Those wolves will be killed as soon as that door opens! I have been trying to kill Kione for years and have never come close. Just when I think I have him, he's five steps ahead!"

"So what are you suggesting?" Jenny asked.

"We have to save them!" he said opening up the door and feeling the cold air pierce right through his jacket.

"Humphrey wait!" Winston said thinking this was a very bad idea.

"There's no point in arguing with my brother," Lilly said going out and following him. Jenny followed after her and then Winston did the same. Kevin looked at Tau Humphrey. He nodded. Kevin put his helmet on and had his gun ready for whatever was about to happen.

with Alpha team…

"We are not going to hurt you. We just want answers," Kate said getting close to the door.

"YOU THERE! STEP AWAY FROM THE DOOR!" Iota Humphrey yelled from the side.

"Humphrey!?" Kate said more confused that she had ever been in her life.

"Humphrey!?" Yellow said. "Scar! Help me get out through the back! The rest of you! Kill them! NOW!"

As Scar lifted Yellow up and started heading out through the back (which was actually the front if you took a good look at the building) Diamond, Red, and Black pushed the door and opened fire.

Kate pushed Alpha Humphrey out of the way while Garth just jumped back trying to get out of the way. Iota Humphrey stopped in his tracks. Rebecca tried to jump backwards behind a nearby rock but was hit by one of the Kions on her back right leg. "AHHH!" she yelled feeling the pain pulse throughout her body.

"MOM!" Alpha Humphrey yelled. He felt something power shaking his body and then saw his blood toxicity. It was rising really quickly. He only noticed for about a second before he completely lost it. "NOBODY HURTS MY MOM!" he yelled running towards the three wolves that were firing. He didn't notice but his claws broke through his suit as he ran.

Black noticed Humphrey first and took a shot right at his face, but he jumped up and the gun actually hit him in his chest right about where his heart would be.

Humphrey growled the loudest and most vicious growl he had ever uttered before and jumped on Black sending them both flying back into the room. The other two Kiones were in shock seeing how a wolf of that size could be that strong.

Humphrey clawed at Black's chest was literally tearing his suit apart. Black could feel the claws breaking through the suit and tearing away at his skin.

"AHHHH!" he yelled as he pushed with all of his force to get Humphrey off. He was able to send him back a few feet but Humphrey was ready to lunge again. Black Kione quickly took out a shotgun like weapon and shot at Humphreys head. Half of the helmet he was wearing got completely destroyed and he could see some of Humphreys face.

Humphrey howled out in pain but then looked back at Black. Blood was flowing down the left side of Humphreys face and from his chest. Any normal wolf would have died with the first shot to the chest, but Humphrey wasn't a normal wolf anymore. Humphrey jumped on top of Black and bit him in the neck area. Hard! Black could feel his teeth sinking into his throat and tried to shake him off again.

"HUMPHREY!" Kate yelled seeing the horror that was going on in the room. Even the other two Kiones had stopped in fear of what Humphrey would do.

As if a switch inside his head was flipped suddenly all of his anger left him, and he started to calm down. He let go of Black and took several steps back. Kione was in a lot of pain and his breathing was uneasy. He could barely even move without his whole body hurting him.

"What have I done?" he said realizing he had blood all over himself, and that most of it was his own.

Oh snap! Humphrey is losing it! He tore right through a heavy suit! He would have easily killed Black Kione if it wasn't for his mate talking some sense into him! Oh yeah also, THREE HUMPHREYS! This is gonna get so weird! Hope you all enjoyed and I can't wait to heard from you guys.