Lupus – A CoAD Fanfic

Chapter 10 - Aki

"No! STOP IT!" she screamed, as she watched the head roll along the floor towards her. The log shape-shifted and came up behind her, holding the knife to her throat.

"Say goodbye, girl!"

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Suddenly Lupus heard the sound of Eostra entering his shelter. He recognised the strange footwear as it slapped the cold wet earth beneath them. She sat next to him.

"Hello, boy."

"My name is Lupus..."

"Shut up. I'll call you boy. You're so pathetic you don't deserve a name. It's not even your real name anyway."

"What would you know about that?"

"It doesn't matter... I'm taking you now. Prepare for sacrifice."

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Kadra held the knife against Renn's neck so that it made a shallow cut. A single drop of blood dripped down to her shoulder.

"Please... no..." Renn eye's were blurry with tears.

"Don't beg, girl. Pathetic creature! Why couldn't your useless mother turn such a feeble human into a Tokoroth. Oh yes, because she was useless!" he screamed.

"You say it as if you're not human." Renn ignored the fact that he'd called her mother useless. What did she expect? She WAS useless!

"Oh, you don't know of it... Pathetic, little -" he cut off. Renn gasped as the grip around her neck loosened and she fell to the ground. She looked behind to see Kadra with an arrow through his head and a triumphant Aki standing behind a bush with a bow in his hand and a grin on his face.

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Lupus was tied down to the flat, rock, just a few hundred paces from the Raven camp. He was hopeless. How could he let himself get caught so easily?

"You, boy!" said Eostra. "You see that cave there?" she grabbed his hair and yanked it down to his right so his head turned with it. "That is the largest portal to the underworld ever known.

"Why didn't you use it before now!? You've tried others, right?"

"Oh, only one of us knew about this cave. He was presumed dead. Kadra, one even more powerful than me has only just returned from the dead. It took me a while to find him. He had mentioned it in passing so I was anxious for the exact location. O and behold, it's near the Raven camp of all places!" she smiled. "And oh, how easy it was to take over!"

"Shut up!"

She grabbed his neck and pulled his face towards her so that Lupus could taste her foul breath.

"No." she spat into his face and dropped him back down. "Kadra has been sent to deal with your friends right now! Those children won't stand a chance against him! He's invincible!"

"No one's invincible."

"You speak tough for someone tied to a rock, powerless. Perhaps you need a demonstration on how strong we soul eaters really are? Do you know where we are, boy?"

"No."

"We are in the mighty Windriver! Drained entirely by the power of the soul eaters! That cave has been hidden behind a waterfall for summers!"

"We'll get you, you know! Kadra doesn't stand a chance and when I'm finished with you you'll wish you were never born!"

"Oh, but Kadra will easily kill them. And once he's done he'll bring back their heads for you! And the look of despair on your face as you see your hopes and dreams are shattered will forever remain as we kill you and leave the hopeless face to rot!"

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Lupus: Oh! Meanies!!!

Aki: Oh well! Aki here to save the day!

Torak: I'm still dead, idiot!

Aki: I don't care! I'm just here to score with Renn!

Renn: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?

- This story has ended prematurely due to ignorance, corresponding to the age rating guidelines, specifically a violation of the guidelines on violence-