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Scarlet

It had been a pretty good day so far. Scarlet's team hadn't been assigned to any missions in the morning, so she could actually relax a little (a rare occurrence for a Rampion) and she went out and had a nice lunch. She felt optimistic as she entered the Rampion headquarters again. After all, what could go wrong in one hour?

Scarlet checked her communicator band to see if any important messages had been sent. She always turned her band on silent when she was off duty. What was she supposed to do, be in work mode all the time?

As it turned out, she had received a couple messages. Most of them were just notifications that some team or another had been sent on a mission. The most recent one was from Kai. He wanted a team meeting.

Scarlet smirked. She may have only known him for a few weeks, but it was clear that Kai was a bit of a workaholic. She had yet to receive a message from him that wasn't about a meeting or a crime they'd been scheduled for. What could this meeting be about? Did the Lunars attack again?

"Seven civilians were killed." Kai said as he paced around the room, "No injuries, just… death."

The entire team was crammed into Kai's dorm, watching him intently as he listed the facts of the rampage that occurred less than an hour ago. No one else had spoken. Scarlet doubted she could even if she wanted to. A great lump had formed in her throat, cutting off all speech.

"Guard and Soul Blood were injured in the confrontation," Kai continued, "Though not seriously. The healers are optimistic that they'll be out of the med bay by this afternoon. 1-0 was also targeted by the attacker, but Captain was able to reach the scene before she could be harmed."

"It would have been a shame if she died just as we were getting to know each other." Thorne added, grinning at the petite blonde. The girl blushed bright red and smiled back shyly.

"Thorne can you please take this seriously?" Kai said dryly.

"Hey, I'm being super serious! I'm just trying to lighten the mood a bit!"

Cinder shot him a glare. "That's the opposite of being serious!"

"Just because something's serious doesn't mean we have to get all doom and gloom about it." Thorne retorted. "Believe me, I fully understand how severe this situation is. I was there, remember? That doesn't mean we need a better looking Jacin hanging around!"

"Anyway…" Kai interrupted loudly, "there is some good news! Since we successfully apprehended the attacker, our scientists are now able to study his DNA and figure out a way to combat others of his kind."

Scarlet tilted her head, eyes narrowed with confusion. "What?"

"Oh, right, sorry Scarlet I forgot you weren't there. The attacker was the guy from trials, Wolf."

"What?"

"You're actually surprised?" Thorne asked, "We already knew the guy was a psycho."

Scarlet looked around at her fellow teammates incredulously. "None of you guys think this is a bit strange? Wolf's been quiet for weeks, and now all of a sudden he goes on a bloodthirsty rampage?"

"That's what he was designed for." Cress said softly.

Everyone turned to stare at her. She flushed with embarrassment at the newfound attention but continued.

"I know about the Lunars' soldiers. I looked them up as soon as I found out they existed. They are always hungry for flesh and blood, and to them, no meat is sweeter than human. They are trained to be vicious hunters and killers. I think this "Wolf' only managed to go this long without incident because he was suppressing his natural instincts, and today he just… stopped suppressing them."

No-one seemed to have any idea what to say to that. The explanation fit perfectly with every time Wolf lost it. But Scarlet still couldn't believe that Wolf was the one behind the murders today, not just because he went whole weeks as far as she knew without killing anyone, but because he wasn't anywhere near the square at the time of the attack. And Scarlet should know, she was with him!

One hour earlier.

Scarlet walked through the park, enjoying the scent of the grass and flowers that surrounded her. She was headed towards the huge tree in the centre of the park, always a nice spot to relax and have a picnic. At least, she thought so, that's why she nicked some sandwiches from the cafeteria.

A tall figure, their features obscured by shadow, was leaning against the trunk of the tree. They were looking around, as though they were curious of the people walking their dogs and playing games around them.

Scarlet jogged up to them and gave them a quick tap on the shoulder. "Hey, you still on planet Earth?"

Wolf glanced down at the ground and gave it an experimental stomp. "Last I checked."

Scarlet rolled her eyes and dug through the bag she'd brought with her, finally producing a sandwich.

"Here." She said, handing it to Wolf, "Figured you might be hungry."

"Thank you." He replied, and then immediately started gulping it down ravenously.

"You have been eating enough, right?" Scarlet joked.

"Yeah, I just get hungry quickly."

She snorted. "That's putting it mildly."

"Yeah, well," He shrugged, not meeting her eyes, "it can't really be helped since I'm…"

Scarlet's smile faded into a sympathetic frown at this statement. She sat down on the grass, her back leaning against the solid trunk of the tree and looked up at the man towering over her. She patted the patch of grass next to her in invitation. He hesitated for a brief moment, and his muscles remained tense and worried as he settled onto the ground.

"Tell me what they did." Scarlet said gently.

Wolf's index finger began to drum a rapid mantra on his knee and he gulped. "I have a heightened metabolism. It gives me a steady supply of energy, but it also means I'm constantly hungry."

"You know that's not what I meant."

He sighed, and the finger ceased its drumming. "I was twelve when the Lunars took me. All of us were. They weren't fussy, they just needed strong developing boys. I fit the bill perfectly.

"I wasn't awake during the procedures. The Lunars said they kept me asleep for twenty-six days, though it only felt like a few hours. When I woke up, I was… this." He gestured at himself, quickly and vaguely, as though he couldn't bear to think about his own being.

Scarlet placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. Wolf turned his head to look at her in surprise, and she smiled at him softly.

He turned away and cleared his throat. "The soldiers are organised into packs." he told her, his voice oddly hoarse, "Each pack has around six to fifteen members, similar to an actual wolf pack. The hierarchy is the same to, with alphas, betas and omegas. Back when I was with them, there were around fifty packs, though there might be more now."

"What were you?"

Wolf tilted his head in confusion. "Sorry?"

"I mean, what was your rank?" Scarlet clarified.

"Oh." He shifted uncomfortably. "I-I was an Alpha."

Scarlet found herself smiling. "Why does that not surprise me?"

Wolf's ears turned red and his finger restarted its fast rhythm on his knee. "My younger brother also ended up joining, about a year into my own training."

"Well at least you had one friendly face there."

"He hates me."

"Oh."

Scarlet bit her lip, trying to think of something to say to disperse the sudden awkwardness.

Wolf coughed. "Do you…"

Scarlet glanced at Wolf, faintly surprised that he was starting a conversation.

"Do you have any siblings?"

A/N: Stars I love writing Wolflet!

Wolf is suspected of the murders in the last chapter, but how can he when he was talking with Scarlet at the time? Who is the real culprit? And when will I make any of the couples official since so far I've only given small hints and Cresswell is pretty much non-existent right now (sorry everyone! I promise, I don't hate Cresswell that's not why they're taking so long to happen!)

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