As the story goes on, I feel bad that this story has been demanding all my attention. As like a spoiled brat, I give in to this one way to often, but hey, the more it gets worked on, the sooner it gets completed right?
I really think my brain can only complete one major development at a time.
Anyhow, this lazy canuck has been working hard, so I like to think.
Special thanks to those who make an effort to comment. It's like getting a little gift every time someone does that, so thanks! You are deserve many many cookies and cakes from me. I really wish I could just click and give gold stars to everyone.
I'm beginning to ramble, so do take it easy with this chapter, lots is going on and you know this is one of my new experiences with writing something this intense. :D
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'Pregnant—pregnant. How? We were in form at the time just a week before…' Sasuke whispered out.
'I ran the test several times, it was not wrong. I was surprised myself, but I believe it has something to do with his genetic traits…I need to examine him, with your permission, to determine his well-being and to ensure that he can carry a full pregnancy…' Shizune explained.
'That may be a problem Shizune-san,' Itachi spoke up. 'Since Naruto has been kidnapped.' Shizune gasped, her eyes glimmering with wetness, her hand moved up to cover her lips. She was left speechless and frightened.
Sasuke's mind reveled in the memory. His mate was missing and pregnant with his young. His alpha soared in bliss hearing that his mate was carrying his young, then nearly destroyed the area realizing that his now expecting mate was still missing and kidnapped by a man who had a history of mutilating and torturing his mate and ancestors.
Sasuke rested his forehead against the glass window that faced the south. He holed himself in his room for the past day, feeling exhausted at being destructive. His wolf in throes that have been leaving him exhausted, he was having troubles moving about after trying to keep his wolf from breaking free and going on journey to find his mate. Sasuke knew that the wolf yearned to be released, as it had before and successfully found the fox, but it didn't understand that the destination was not on land. A plan needed to be prepared, outlined, and with most diligence in order for it to be successful. He watched as his breath fogged up the glass briefly before disappearing, then fog up again with each breath. His heart was breaking, his mind was getting weaker and still his wolf wailed in distress. As if the gods were listening to his sorrow, the sky opened up to a rain shower, the drops falling against the pane of glass, creating shadowed tears on his porcelain face. His breaths began to quiver as he released his own tears hidden by the rain.
Itachi sat at his desk in his chambers writing over various plans as he went over Haku's words. Haku was very knowledgeable on what was happening on the island. He was able to inform Itachi that there are regular supply flights, with small charter planes that attend the island. After all, the people that stayed there had to eat and such. Anything they were doing as lab experiments, supplies were needed there as well. The plan was set. A group of them would infiltrate the island to get a read out of the area then radio it back to the mainland to get more recruits. Worst case scenario is the island lab was to vast and not enough members to assist in a takeover. Lastly, they couldn't inform the council, as it was still in the dark if the council was involved.
In his own office, Kakashi had contacted out of region members, hoping to get more volunteers to attend the island. The more help they had, the better chance there was to save any prisoners, gather evidence of the operation that was most likely illegal to were-kind and most importantly, any Intel. If they couldn't save any, they could at least gather enough Intel for a future strike. But the least, they would find and get to Naruto. Kakashi had a soft spot for the boy, and be damned if the boy didn't deserve some sort of happy ending! He believed the Uchiha's could take better care of him in their pack, than anywhere else.
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The team met two days later at the Uchiha manor to go over the final details of the plan. Jugo, Sasuke and Kakashi would go with a cargo flight, scheduled to leave first thing in the morning. Itachi, Karin, Haku would stay and wait for the update from the group about the island. Several other Hogosha members from other regions would be arriving the next day. Itachi had made a call to another clan, one that has had a close relationship with the Uchiha pack for several generations that Itachi trusted. Though the head alpha of the clan was a little eccentric, in the years that the clans interacted, Itachi admired the alpha just for that alone.
"Sasuke," Itachi called out to the younger alpha. Sasuke was staring out the large bay window of the parlor room, being very still and not engaging in the planning for the next morning. Itachi's wolf reached out but was met with wailing. The young alpha wolf was not well, it would not come out of its mourning but Sasuke held it back with a barrage of mental walls. The strain on Sasuke's mind was overwhelming and Itachi was struck with a sudden fear for him. The gray tint to his skin, the sunken cheeks and eyes of his face, his hair had no sheen, his eyes seemed to droop and the shadows under them were quite prominent. His human side was slowly deteriorating before his very eyes and Itachi's wolf struggled with the thought of losing his otouto. He got up away from the group and came to stand beside Sasuke. "Otouto," he whispered. Sasuke didn't flinch. "We will get him back, I promise." Itachi added. Sasuke continued to stare into nothing but Itachi noted his hands clenched tight, a positive sign that the fight was still there.
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Sasuke and Jugo made their way towards the cargo plane, wearing work attire matching the others in the area. Sasuke had no idea how Kakashi managed to get them, but he wasn't going to ask. He watched as Kakashi spoke to another individual just outside the loading bay, heads were nodding, fingers were pointing in various directions. Kakashi gave a final nod before heading towards Jugo and Sasuke.
"Our direction is to load those final pallets up, secure and get ready for takeoff." He led them to them to the pallets and the trio began to quickly make work of getting the supplies loaded. The sooner they got the work done, the sooner the flight would take off.
When they were loaded on the plane, making the final arrangements to ensure a smooth takeoff, Sasuke sent a text to Itachi, noting they should be in the air shortly and the expected time of arrival was three hours from now. Sasuke's wolf continued to howl in despair as Sasuke tried to quell its pain by thinking of soon they would have the omega back. 'I'm coming, I'm coming…'
==intermission==
Itachi made his way into the parlor to meet, leaving Haku to his chambers, as this bunch of wolves would most likely be too overwhelming for the still somewhat timid omega. He grinned to himself as he came to the double doors. He could already hear the banter, barking and laughter coming through the wood.
"Itachi-sama you old dog! How do you keep yourself looking so amazingly young!" A voice cracked out with glee when Itachi came into the room.
"Hn, Tobi-sama, you still try and flatter me even after all this time." Itachi shook his head with a smile. "And still, you insist wearing that pumpkin coloured mask on your face."
"Ah Itachi-sama, the look of mystery is what attracts the women! Woo!" Tobi howled comically behind his mask and slapped a hand on each of Itachi's shoulder. "You're looking good my old friend," he whispered with an added tone of seriousness.
"Thank you friend, for coming to assist my pack," Itachi gave him a nod.
"Ah posh! Anything! Anything to help out our brother pack! Now! Come meet my crew!" Tobi turned, holding out his arm to the four other wolves sitting in the room. "I have brought my most trusted men! My second in command, Kisame." The alpha bulk wolf with deep coloured skin that had a tint of blue to it, his hair dark gray spiked bowed curtly. "Hidan," Tobi barked out. A taller slimmer beta man hopped up from a chair, his lighter gray hair slicked back gave a smirk and bowed towards the two. "Kakuzu," Tobi pointed towards a large beta wolf, who had his face hidden with a full hood and mask, but green eyes glowed that looked them over eerily from his position by a window before giving a small bow. "And this little spitfire, Sasori," Tobi waved to another chair where a smaller petite beta was sitting, who was practically swallowed up by the size of the chair. His hair was deep fire red but his face looked as if he was a child. Tobi chuckled at Itachi, who appeared to be focused on the petite beta, "Sasori is gifted with the look of youth I swear. He may look tiny but damn he can certainly pack a punch and he's swift and agile." Tobi slapped Itachi's shoulder. "Now! Tell me my friend, I am certainly eager to hear the tale that has requested the help of my pack!" Tobi bounded to one of the chairs, a skip in his step and gave out little squeal of delight as he flopped down, crossing his legs and then resting his head on a fist.
Itachi raised a brow and gave a smirk. 'He has not changed a bit.' He made his way to one of the arm chairs and began to explain the plan.
==intermission==
Karin started packing her work away when her phone pinged. She rolled her eyes slightly as she noticed it was yet another text from Kiba. The guy was a clinger, that's for sure. After Karin finding out from Itachi exactly what his position was, and him being involved with the capture of Naruto not once but twice, she certainly knew that if she met up with him, that she would most likely maim him if not kill him. Though Kiba didn't know that Karin was in the Uchiha pack, she was still technically Trina in his eyes, Karin wasn't sure how to deal with this situation. True, she liked the guy, he had this aura about him that almost had her want to coddle him, but she couldn't get over the fact right now what he had been part of. She thought about his side two, how he is obviously completely oblivious to what the council sees him as, but with such a sweet nature to him, is it that surprising?
Karin sat at her desk and picked up her phone, looking at the numerous texts that Kiba had sent over the last couple days.
'Hey good lookin, whats shaking?'
'Interested in supper tonight?'
'Have I got the right number? This is Kiba'
'Are you still there? Whats up?'
'Trina, I'm worried, are you okay? Is this about the other night?'
'Hey, I'm sorry I was such an idiot, can we chat more?'
And the texts kept coming. Just not every other hour, now it was maybe once in the morning, once at night. Karin sighed out. She couldn't get him involved in what they were doing now to find Naruto. Kiba was still in league with the council! Their pack couldn't risk the council finding out what they were doing since they didn't know how much the council was involved. She took a deep breath and decided to give the boy a break.
'Hey Kibs, I'm really busy with family right now and probably wont be able to meet for awhile. I'm fine, safe, but will text you when I can'
"No."
Karin snapped her head up with shock at the voice that broke into her thoughts. She stared up to see serious brown eyes, thick brown hair and a set of firmly pinched tight lips. Kiba had his phone poised in his hand and was leaning forward on her desk, his weight on his other hand. His face was set in a 'not taking no for an answer' position and staring right at her. Karin just kept her green eyes on the alpha before her, not backing down but impressed that he was challenging her just with his stare.
"Kiba," Karin spoke out smartly. The tone itself informing him that she was not one to back down just from a stare. She gave him a smirk.
"No, I will not wait for you later. I think we need to talk now," Kiba waved his phone briefly, indicating that he had received her message and then crossed his arms. His eyes continued to hold her in her position.
Karin stood quickly, placing both her palms on the top of her desk and leaned slightly forward. She glowered at him, "and what makes you think that you have the upper hand here alpha?" She hissed out the last word, mocking him.
Kiba didn't budge and continued to stare her down. Karin scoffed and began gathering her things. She needed to get going, things were on the move with Sasuke already on route to the island and the other pack was due to arrive anytime now at the manor. "I said I'm really busy right now Kiba, I don't have time for this."
Kiba relaxed his face and moved around the desk. "Listen, Trina, please," he touched Karin's arm, being wary to not grasp it, knowing the boundaries of the beta. "Things have gotten – a little confusing for me, talk to me please." He bent over slightly to look up into her face.
Karin inwardly flinched at the name Kiba called her, feeling the stab of guilt. Her eyes now on Kiba who was now in her line of site. His brown eyes wide, his bottom lip poking out slightly and he was practically begging. She continued to hold his gaze, his eyes flickering between both of hers and he looked lost. Karin released a breath and dropped her shoulders. She knew she was a sucker for those big brown soft eyes. "Okay, I'll listen, but it has to be now. I'm serious when I said I was busy with family business Kiba. I've only got a little bit of time to hear you out." She leaned into him slightly, her eyes stern and her finger pointing up at him like a grade school teacher, her other hand resting on her hip. A small smile played on his lips when he realized she agreed. "Let's go to the bistro down the street, you're buying," Karin clipped off as she turned and headed out of her office, Kiba chasing after her.
"What is the issue Kiba," Karin asked as she took a sip of her hot latte, "that you can't figure it out for yourself or go to your family to discuss." She watched as Kiba twirled his cup around on the table, his eyes downcast, as if he was to ashamed or embarrassed to look at Karin in the face. Karin's heart went out to him at that moment. 'He looks so—so devastated? What could have happened that has him seem so defeated?' "Kiba…" she softened her voice.
Kiba let lose a long sigh. "Trina, I think—think I may have hurt Naruto," his voice was soft yet breaking. Karin sat up straight in surprise. "I—I don't know what to think anymore…about w-where I'm supposed to be…" He then looked up at her, the pain in his face was easy to see. His face was riddled with confusion, hurt and sorrow.
"What happened?" Karin asked, knowing what happened to a point but wanted to hear Kiba's side of the story. She gave him a soft look, letting him know that she would listen.
"You know the council, right?" Kiba asked her in a hushed tone. Karin nodded yes. "W-well, they have done so much for me, my family, and I do work for them." Karin's eyes widened slightly, her eyes asking him to go on. "They asked me to watch Naruto, because… they said he was coming of age or something like that." Kiba sat back slightly, running a hand through his hair. He seemed troubled on what he was wanting to say next. "It's, It's just … ah fuck I don't know! Everything I knew, everything I was brought up to believe, is now – is now … I don't know what to believe anymore!"
Karin was silent as he watched Kiba struggle with his words. "Why not start from the beginning? That's usually a good place," Karin leaned over the table and patted Kiba's hand with her own, a supportive gesture.
Kiba's eyes fell to focus on brilliant green eyes, that appeared to hold compassion, support and concern. Kiba slouched in his chair as he felt the heat of her fingers touching his hand. His alpha pushed and nudged at him with new sensations, that he wasn't familiar with, nor could he identify at this time. He took a deep breath and began from the beginning.
==intermission==
Tobi rested his head on his hand, silent, as Itachi finished the tale of what has been going on. The other pack members were silent, as they took it in. "That is quite the story Itachi-sama, but how do you figure that the council may be involved in this type of situation? That is a pretty hefty accusation." Tobi's hand flipped about, the other members of his pack nodding in agreement.
"Why would the council not want to be involved in something like this really? The apparent desire for a kitsune is high enough that it has been sought for generations," Itachi clipped. "My brother's mate has been subjected to the horrors of the abuse and so has generations before him. Therefore, I have no reason not to believe what my brother's mate has informed me of his situations." Itachi's annoyance echoed in his voice. "I have every reason to believe that members in council may be after the power of whatever the kitsune may have."
"Mah, mah it's alright my friend," Tobi suddenly waved his hands back and forth in surrender. "I was just wondering, peace peace!" He jumped up, still shaking his hands back and forth, his knees bent as he shook himself. "Tell me, now when do we move forward and how do we get there!" He then stopped jumping, shaking and put his hands on his hips, leaning slightly forward towards Itachi. "You are my brother Itachi-sama. I'll always be by your side."
Itachi shook his head with a smirk. The wolf Tobi hasn't changed a bit. Still seemingly wild, impulsive, but Itachi knew he was trustworthy. Many years have passed where both clans had assisted each other in several ways, building a strong bond between them. Itachi had no qualms that Tobi's pack would give it their all to help Sasuke and Naruto.
"I am waiting for Intel from Sasuke and Kakashi, who are on route to the island right now on board a cargo flight. So we have time to prepare." Itachi nodded slightly. "I will have some food brought as we discuss."
"Fair deal Itachi-sama! Let's begin!" Tobi waved his arm to his pack mates, beckoning them to join him at the table at the other end of the room. The group settled at the larger table and began to discuss the possibilities that they may come into contact with and scenarios until the info had been received.
Information came from Sasuke via email a couple of hours later, very limited information, as the crew they were blended in with were only able to load and unload to set areas. The grunt workers were not allowed to wander anywhere in the area other than the local bathrooms. Sasuke noted that they would have more information later when the plane had left. Somehow Kakashi had found a way for them to stick around until the 'next supply plane'. Itachi had to give Kakashi credit. The way he was working this high risk venture, he was gaining Itachi's trust.
"I suggest that we begin to gather our things together, as Sasuke and Kakashi will be sending us the final details soon, we will be taking the arranged flight as we had discussed earlier." Itachi spoke out to the group. Several hums of approval greeted him back as the pack began to rise and move about.
Tobi came over towards him and thumped a hand on Itachi's shoulder. "Let the fun begin eh my friend!?" Tobi started giggling and flicking his feet about in a make shift type step dance. "Don't you worry Itachi-sama! I've got the groove and my back up dancers! WEE!" Itachi raised a brow and his lip twitched up as Tobi skipped away and through his pack members. Silently, Itachi prayed for strength and success, his inner wolf reminded him of its presence for support.
==intermission==
Sasuke and Kakashi made their way around the compound, Jugo following behind them, taking in the surroundings and making a mental map of the area, passing on information to Itachi via email. The island was too far out for text messages, but thankfully there was a service for emails. They had long since left the supply crew and made their way throughout the area determining how many persons were on the island, the setup of several of the buildings, the size of the island and now they were trying to see if they could see where the holding areas were located.
Sasuke's alpha was a buzz of energy. It could feel the omega here, but was getting frustrated not being able to locate Naruto. The sensation was difficult for Sasuke to keep calm. He was straining his mental wall against the wolf alpha, for the alpha wanted to be released and rip the island apart to locate the omega. He and Kakashi moved along another hallway in the compound, Jugo watching behind them. They had seen sleeping quarters, meal rooms and file rooms, but so far no holding areas. Sasuke was getting frustrated. There seemed to be only a handful of personal wandering the area and Kakashi figured this was due to the belief that being on an island didn't require such high security.
Kakashi waved Sasuke and Jugo over, he was listening at a door, and it had various electrical type signs on it and no locks. "This could be a surveillance room, judging by the signs on the door and no lock." Kakashi opened it up to find no one was currently in the room.
"Don't you find this a bit odd that no one is in the surveillance room?" Sasuke whispered. His nerves were on edge with the oddness of the lack of individuals who usually are on lookout. Not to mention the continuous mental strain of holding back his wolf.
"Depending on the time of day, some parts of the day, more staff are probably required during transports, unloading, loading or something to that matter. My assumption is that this confirms that being on a secluded island gives the impression that less security is needed," Kakashi whispered back and giving a shrug of his shoulders. "Come, I believe this will be the most valuable room we can get into." He slipped through the door, Sasuke quickly looked over his shoulder, nodding at Jugo and followed. Jugo stayed outside the door to keep watch.
"Looks like one side is the cells," Kakashi pointed to the right. Sasuke looked to the right, seeing horizontal rows of small screens. Five screens across and five rows of those screens.
"Twenty five cells? I hope that's all that's here," Sasuke grumbled under his breath. He started looking at each screen. Each cell either had a person or creature in a room, some were empty, some were looking as they were sleeping, and some were pacing about. "The screens are only named by number and letter," Sasuke spoke out to Kakashi as he continued to scan the screens. "Here!" Sasuke slapped his hands against the sides of a monitor, bringing his face close to the screen. "There's Naruto, here! Here!" he called out impatiently, not having his eyes leave the screen. Sasuke's eyes flickered all over the screen, taking in the area. The blond lay on a cot of some sort, on his stomach, his head turned and an arm hanging over the edge of the cot. He had on some tank top and loose pants, but he looked thinner, paler. Sasuke trailed his finger down the picture on the screen. "Naruto. I'm coming…" he whispered. The blond didn't move and Sasuke's alpha began to panic.
Kakashi came up behind him and hummed at the code under the screen. "We need to find out where in the building these are. We obviously have not gotten there yet. Over here are the screens for outside and other areas. If I can get those on a loop, we have a very good chance of getting the others in here undetected." Kakashi began to go over the various desk area, his finger trailing around the switches, buttons and lights.
"I need to get to him now!" Sasuke snarled out as he made his way to the door. He growled and bared his canines when Kakashi grabbed his arm hard and fast. " .Go…" the young alpha's eyes bled red, his canines exposed as the menacing growl released from deep in his chest.
Kakashi did not back down as he held firm onto Sasuke. "We can't risk it yet, we need more info. You know what cell he's in, that's good, but if you go charging in there now without us finding out what we need to do to get the rest of our team in here, we won't have a chance of escape." Kakashi's eyes held Sasuke in his position. He couldn't risk Sasuke going feral, not now, not yet.
Sasuke's shoulders raised up and down with the panting he was doing, trying to control himself. His fists flexed and released over and over as he brought his lips together and squeezed his eyes shut. He pushed his wolf down, though it fought back hard, wanting to get to the omega. His teeth cut into his bottom lip, drops of blood released down his chin as Sasuke's body shook under the strain as he fought his wolf.
"As soon as we get the placed mapped out, we will get him out Sasuke, I promise," Kakashi gave Sasuke a comforting squeeze before releasing him.
Sasuke looked back over at the unmoving omega on the screen, he felt his wolf wail and claw at his senses. The blond looked anorexic, his body so much thinner than before, Sasuke was certain of it. His blond hair and skin looked dull and gray. Sasuke squinted closer to the screen. Marks littered the blonde's arms from what Sasuke could see and he didn't feel his claws extend and pierce his palms. His omega was hurt, possibly dying and it was killing Sasuke to not find him right his second. His teeth ground together as he held it together.
"Sasuke look," Kakashi broke him of his thoughts. "There are other cameras over here, to the far left, that look like there are three lab type rooms." Kakashi moved closer to the screens, taking in the stickers under each screen. "We need to know where these are as well. I want to see what else they may have in those rooms." Sasuke moved up beside Kakashi and felt his body shiver. The screens showed extensive equipment and steel platforms, complete with straps. Sasuke gasped suddenly as a memory flashed at him.
'…the body on the table was now a blond man, but with several figures hovering over him…the blonde's body forcefully rocking as the figures shoved surgical instruments, needles, wiring and god knows what into his body…the blonde's head turned to look at him, eyes flickering from blue to red, and his fingers outstretched towards him...'
He turned away suddenly, closing his eyes and wiling his body not to vomit. "We need to get moving and get this information to the rest of the team." Sasuke turned away from the screens and took one last glance at Naruto's screen, before moving towards the door.
===intermission===
The pack of wolves made their way off the small supply plane in the early evening, quietly making their way into the heavy foliage. After receiving the email from Sasuke, the packs assisted on putting together a map of the area, to the best of their ability. With Google maps, they were able to get a size and portion of the island, though it would blank out when trying to zoom in. All they had was that the island was shaped like a kidney and not far from the mainland. It was far enough to not be seen from the shores of the mainland and also in a location where the tides did not favor. Therefore, any sailing crafts were not drawn to that direction and the island was not on any main airline routes overhead. The island was practically almost invisible.
Tobi began skipping through the trees, whispering out 'la la la', while his pack followed behind him, keeping their eyes alert all around them. Itachi followed behind the group, his eyes scanning the area and taking it in. They were scheduled to meet up with Kakashi, Sasuke and Jugo in a remote area a few meters away from the compound.
Itachi hustled to the area in the cliffs that faced the north side of the island. Sasuke came stepping out and pulled himself into Itachi's arm, inhaling the scent of the alpha. "I found him nii-san, he's fading, I need to get to him," Sasuke murmured into Itachi's shoulder. His body vibrating as he continued to struggle against the push of his unrelenting wolf that demanded the omega.
"Otouto." Itachi hugged Sasuke back and began to release a deep vibrating purr from his chest. He began to feel the younger alpha calm down and Sasuke's body began to settle to slight tremors. "We have a plan, it's time to discuss." Sasuke pulled back slightly and looked up to his brother, his eyes exhausted, his face hardened from the pain but his lips pulled tight in determination. Itachi gave his brother a faint smile before poking his forehead. "Let's go," he whispered out and turned to the group of wolves that had already sat and were beginning to plan.
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The morning sun was beginning to spread its bright colours into the sky. The sun had yet to actually break through the horizon, but the light was enough for the small pack to make its way towards the compound. They worked a few hours into the night coming up with an infiltration plan and Kakashi had been informed that his crew from the Hogosha had gathered up and were set to arrive today. After a few hours sleep, the crew began to prepare with Kakashi's instruction. Kakashi's main explanation was that the pack should get into a position where they will be able to infiltrate, and hold their position until the Hogosha members arrived. The battle plan thus far was: with each pack member in a specific assigned area, when the other members arrived, a signal would be given for each pack member to secure the area they are in. With the calculated numbers of the pack and Hogosha members, the plan looked to be successful to contain the compound personnel. Provided that the majority of them were not true to the end supporters of Orochimaru. When questioned about those type of workers, Kakashi just shrugged his shoulders and told them, 'Do what's natural.'
As Sasuke made his way around his assigned area, his wolf continued the wrath against his mentality. Sweat was beginning to form at his brow as he struggled and he blamed it on the humidity of the island. Sleep was definitely not as restful as of late, and he blamed his fatigue on that. His vision grew gray in the corners of his eyes and he shook his head, blinking his eyes to stay focused. His heart beat fast and hard, as it struggled to keep up and he blamed that on his lack of appetite from the past week. His body was weak from not having regular meals, he told himself. He tumbled slightly and fell to his knees, looking around the area and panted heavily to catch his breath. His thoughts went to the scene of Naruto in the screen and panic began to seep into his mental state. Is Naruto starving? What is being forced into him? What is being done to him? Does he need water? Is he poisoned? What is being injected into him right now? Is he in one of those lab rooms? Visions of what he had seen in his dream state began to come to the forefront of his mind. What if Naruto is dying? What if he just needs to be found now or he won't make it!?
Sasuke's breaths began to quicken even more as his vision began to turn red. The continuous onslaught of tortuous visions that Naruto had been through, could be going through, slammed before his eyes. He fell forward, his body on all fours on the ground, as Sasuke heaved into his tight chest and strained against the painful pressure of his wolf. He began to feel his limbs extend and his body bulk out. He was fighting the change and losing, fast. He lowered his face into the ground and huffed out through the pain the best he could without screaming. His hands grasped at the ground, his claws cutting drag marks into the hard clay ground. 'You – cannot – release!' Sasuke screamed into his head. 'Not—n-now! His head flew back as he struggled to fight against the inner wolf. His teeth clenched, his eyes squinted shut and blood flowed from his nose. "AAAHHHHhhh!" Sasuke couldn't hold back the wail before he dropped to the ground, unconscious.
Itachi stopped in his tracks, his eyes looking to nowhere, and he appeared to be listening. "Sasuke…" he whispered and turned to look another direction. His wolf could feel the physical pain of his younger brother, and the continuous waves of torture the young alpha wolf was mentally pulsing through his brother's body. Itachi stood suddenly and turned to see Jugo behind him. "It's Sasuke. Something has happened," Itachi hesitated as he tilted his head to side, as if listening. Jugo turned his head in the direction that Itachi was looking. "We have a problem," Itachi snapped out. "We need to get to him, now." Itachi turned in another direction, Jugo on his heels.
A black wolf moved stealthily through the underbrush, red eyes focused on the walls and nose sniffing the area. Its massive paws crunched quietly along the forest floor. The sun was almost passed the horizon line, bringing in the new day, but the massive wolf was still able to seclude itself within the long morning shadows. It huffed out breaths of white air, as the morning chill was still in the air, as it padded its way slowly alongside the walls of the building. The mass body halted and held its position. Large blood red eyes focused on an opening covered by a wire gate on the side wall. Large square metal containers hummed loudly with noise. The wolf's nose twitched as it sniffed, snorted out a short growl and moved towards the grated opening. Large claws had no troubles making the grated opening split and break apart, as the wolf slipped through the opening and disappeared into the dark tunnel.
Itachi came running to the area within minutes, his red eyes scanning the forest floor and brush. His breaths could be seen as he came to a stop just beside the large metal canisters. "Air conditioning units," Itachi breathed out. "Look!" He quickly pointed to the side of the wall, behind the air conditioning units to an opening. "He's gone in there," he called out as he stepped to the ventilation shaft tunnel. He knelt down, examining the broken grate. "And it looks like he went inside in full form," he sighed slightly. "We need to get after him before he's seen. Go and inform the others Jugo." Jugo nodded and headed off in another direction as Itachi stepped into the tunnel, intent on finding Sasuke before someone else found him.
The wolf continued to move throughout the tunnels, nose twitching nonstop and ears focused straight forward. It came to an opening, covered by another grate. With a quick swipe, it smashed the grating and stepped into the corridor. It was currently empty and the wolf sniffed about. Ears perked forward as it caught a scent and moved to head into the direction of the scent.
"Holy fuck!" a voice screeched out when the wolf turned a corner. The wolf's hackles rose and canines bore immediately. "Sound the fucking alarm! We got one loose!" the voice barked out as the man turned around and began to run. The wolf snarled out continuously but did not give chase. It watched the man run down the corridor out of site before licking away at the froth built up around its muzzle and continued down the corridor. It paid no attention to the flashing red lights on the ceiling and the blaring sirens.
'Ah fuck!' Itachi seethed to himself. 'Obviously he has been seen.' Itachi quickened his step to find the opening into the corridor that was lit up in red and sirens blared down the hallway. His senses picked up which way Sasuke went as he ran quickly and quietly down the hall. "Sasuke!" he hissed out in a harsh whisper as he caught up with the wolf. The wolf ignored him and kept a steady pace in one direction. "Sasuke –ah fuck!" Itachi realized that Sasuke wasn't in control anymore. He quickly took step beside the wolf and kept up as he heard the running of several feet heading their way. "Here we go…"
There were eight of them. All wielding some sort of electrical shocking rod. The wolf snarled at the group of men that took stance, and began to strike forward their rods toward the wolf. The rods made sparks and zapping noise from the electrical current. The black wolf lurched forward, swiping at the rods and successfully knocking several away. Where those men fell, more quickly took their place, pushing the electric currents onto the wolf's hide. The wolf snapped out ferocious barks and snarls at the men, all the while twisting and turning, snapping at them and their rods. Blood red eyes flared with anger and aggravation, as it was being held back from its destination.
"Arghh!" Itachi growled out as he barreled into the men, grabbing one, then two and tossing them into each other. He threw punches at the one that got back up, and a back kick to the other. Itachi had martial arts training, but he knew that he probably wouldn't succeed with this many of the enemy. He push kicked another who was coming but missed one of the men behind him who wrapped an arm around his neck, giving an opening to another in front of him to land a swift punch to his gut. He heard Sasuke roar out at the rods that continued to strike at him. "Get through! Go find him!" Itachi yelled at the wolf as he struggled with the man who was trying to strangle him and wrestle him to the floor. The wolf bound forward, knocking over several of the men like bowling pins and ran down the corridor.
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Kakashi made his way along side of the building as he heard the sirens go off inside. 'What the fuck happened?' His teeth clenched as he looked for a way in that wouldn't be watched. 'Easier said than done…' He grumbled to himself as he peeked through brush and around corners.
On another side of the building, Tobi skipped along a wall, giggling about as he found his way to a door. "Looks like we got a play date boys!" He giggled away as he flung a door open, darting in and grabbing a random guard, and wrestling him to the ground. "Tickle tickle tickle!" Tobi shouted out with glee as he straddled the guard, grabbing hold of the ribs while bouncing up and down. "Horsie horsie horsie!" Tobi continued his assault on the one guard as Hidan came in behind him and began fist fighting other guards coming.
"Dammit Tobi! Get the fuck up and help me!" Hidan huffed out as his fist connected with yet another face. "That one is all played out, find a new playmate!" Hidan kicked at the guard that just kept getting up. He reached over and held a hand out towards Tobi, who grasped his hand and jumped up. Hidan smirked, before giving Tobi a slap on his shoulder. "Come on boss, lets go play! Woo!" Hidan and Tobi took off down the hallway.
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"The wolf appears to be on a direction sir. The intruders are currently being tracked and subdued. We are currently trying to collect the wolf, the tranks are on route." The figure pointed to the screens, showing the wolf and the different people on each of the screens.
A smile cracked from the thin lips. "Has specimen mee-691 been moved?" the voice purred out as his eyes watched the screens.
"It appears so sir," another voice called out from the other side of the room. Yellow eyes turned in the direction of the screens before the man made his way to the other side of the room, his waist long hair swaying back and forth. "If you look here sir, mee-691 has been secured for procedure just before the intruders had infiltrated the building." Gloved fingers pointed towards the screen that showed one of the lab rooms. Yellow eyes looked on eagerly and released a small chuckle.
"Excellent. We can move forward with mee-691 when we have the intruders secured, and I want that wolf alive. The wolf has some remarkable traits and I believe it would be an exceptional addition to the collection." The long tongue came out to lick tight thin gray lips as those lips cracked up into a small grin. He knew who that wolf was, and be damned if he was going to let that perfect creature get away. "Have a team follow it and trank it when in a secure location, and ensure that wolf doesn't get outside. It will be much easier to capture it indoors for sure. Prepare a room for that wolf."
"Yes sir!"
The black wolf galloped down another corridor, where several doors lined the walls on either side. The walls were a sickly green colour and trimmed with pale yellow. Paint cracks ran throughout the walls, most likely due to the moisture of the island. Red eyes flickered about before landing on one door, its nose dropped to the ground and sniffing beneath the door. It snarled and huffed out before large paws lifted up and slammed into the door. A metallic groan came from the door and casing, before the wolf slammed into the door again, this time achieving its goal. The metal door twisted away from the frame and the wolf did not hesitate slipping into the room.
The wolf's head whipped around, its red eyes glancing at every opening, its nose twitching about. The wolf's ears flickered back and forth, listening for any guards coming into the room and listening for any movement in the room. The wolf moved towards the cot, nosed the blanket and thin mattress, letting out a growl when the blanket and mattress where thrown to the floor by his muzzle. Moving its nose about, the wolf made its way out of the room and continued down the hallway. A group of men followed behind.
**/\/\**
Itachi held the guards as best he could but there were to many. His otouto managed to get away, but with the way things were going, he needed to get the upper hand to work on this being a successful attack. One guard had grabbed him from behind, he struggled as two rushed him from the front, Itachi grit his teeth. He didn't want to change, for the time to transform would make him vulnerable. He clenched his fists as he prepared to take on the three.
The weight on his back disappeared and he felt himself pulled back and a large massive man stepped in his view. "Jugo," Itachi whispered out of breath. "Good timing." Jugo had pried the guard off Itachi's back, knocking that one out and was now taking on the two that were left charging Itachi. Jugo made short work of the two guards left conscious before turning to see to Itachi.
"Itachi-sama, are you okay to move?" Jugo knelt down slightly, to see Itachi's face, as Itachi was bent over, his hands resting on his knees and catching his breath. Itachi stood slowly and gave Jugo a nod. "What should we do with these guys?"
"Move them to one of the rooms and fasten the door. It will at least delay them for a few minutes."
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Kakashi ducked around corners, stayed to the shadows, trying to make his way down several corridors. He was making his way to the known labs, hoping that the majority of the guards were off chasing the others. His thoughts were simple, find enough evidence in the labs to bring this building down. He came across what he felt was the right area of the building and began to look within the doors windows while looking up and down the corridors. He needed to be ready in case unwanted company came his way.
He peeked into the rooms, there wasn't many, and gasped as he noticed Naruto in one of them, and he looked strapped down. "Fucking bastards," Kakashi hissed out. "Don't even give him the decency of a cover up." Kakashi checked the door knob. Of course it was unlocked but no time to figure out why it was. He slipped in, quickly checking out behind him before closing the door. He rushed over to where Naruto lay and Kakashi grabbed a sheet to at least cover the boy with. His skin was ghost white, he looked thin as Kakashi could see Naruto's ribs. The tops of his hands and feet were littered with puncture marks, his arms and legs had several colours of purples, blacks and yellows blotches scattered. "Ah Naruto," Kakashi whispered with a frown, his sad eyes roving over the body while he laid the sheet over Naruto's lower body. "What have they been doing to you my boy?" Kakashi held an ear close to Naruto's lips and could hear the rasp of Naruto's breathing. He placed two fingers on Naruto's neck, counting the pulse beats. "Shit. Don't give up yet, we're here to get you." Kakashi looked about the room, looking over the shelves, vials and notes in various areas. He grabbed a notebook and a few vials, throwing them into his satchel. He quickly looked over anything else before hearing the noise outside the door. The door twisted from its hinges and a large black wolf appeared. Kakashi moved towards Naruto, stepping between the wolf and Naruto, his hand at the ready to a hidden weapon on himself. The wolf growled out a deep towards Kakashi and stood tall, its chest puffing out and it stomped its front paws in warning. Red eyes focused on the gray haired man and Kakashi tilted his head.
"Sasuke?" Kakashi asked cautiously as he held his hands up. The wolf huffed out a loud snort and shook its head. Kakashi let out a relieved a breath. "Thank god, but why are you in form?" The wolf snapped at him in frustration. "Mah mah okay Sasuke-kun, never mind." Kakashi waved his hands back and forth. "I'll work at getting Naruto free." Kakashi moved over to the unconscious blond. "He's in bad shape Sasuake-kun," Kakashi murmured as he fiddled with the thick metal clamps on Naruto's wrists and thighs. The wolf came up to the blond, nuzzling the blond strands gently with its nose, puffs of air coming out and moving the stray strands.
The black wolf then stepped back, taking several breaths of air before releasing a small whimper. Kakashi glanced up to notice that Sasuke's wolf was shrinking. Sasuke was transforming back to a human. Kakashi continued to work on the straps until Sasuke was taking deep breaths, getting his breathing back under control, his hands resting on his legs and keeping himself balanced. Kakashi reached into his satchel and threw Sasuke a shirt and shorts. "Always carry a spare," he winked at Sasuke while still struggling with the metal clamps. Sasuke mumbled a slight thanks as he slipped into the shorts.
"That's enough, freeze!" Kakashi's hands hesitated over the last clamp and held his breath. Sasuke finished slipping the shirt over his head, his face laced with anger at the guards at the door. Kakashi moved slightly and turned to look at the voices behind him.
"That's enough! Freeze, or I'll shoot!" a voice yelled out again and Sasuke moved a step towards the men, blocking the view of Kakashi and Naruto. "Run while you still can, you can't win," Sasuke hissed out at the men by the door, his eyes glowing red and his teeth grinding tightly.
"Come now Sasuke-kun," a voice broke from the behind the men who blocked the door. "Come with me and let me show you what power you will gain from being with my pack." Orochimaru walked through the men that moved to allow him through, his yellow eyes gleaming with excitement with his tongue moistening his tight gray lips. His eyes never left the glowing eyes of the young Uchiha as he walked to stand in front of the men yielding guns.
"I will never belong to your pack," Sasuke spit out at the snake. "I will be the one to bring you your death." Sasuke cracked his knuckles together as he snarled at Orochimaru.
Orochimaru chuckled slightly, bringing his hands together in a small clap and a gleeful look on his lips. "Ah ah Sasuke-kun, you don't want to dishonor your clan now do you? The higher council members would certainly frown upon your disobedience and you could ruin your families well earned reputation." Orochimaru tsked from his lips, shaking his head slightly.
Sasuke clenched his teeth as he continued to glare. "Like HELL anything would happen… you –you snake! You've deceived them all! They won't fall for—"
"Tut tut Sasuke-kun!" Orochimaru cut him off with a shake of his finger. "Who do you think funds all this? Certainly you don't suspect that the generous contributors to all this," Orochimaru waved his arms out to the room, "was just one person?" Orochimaru cracked a victorious fierce smile towards him. "I thought for sure you were smart Sasuke-kun," Orochimaru quickly stood right before Sasuke and cupped his fingers under Sasuke's chin, forcing Sasuke to look up at Orochimaru, "but I guess you fall short compared to your aniki hmm?" Orochimaru flicked his fingers up Sasuke's chin hard, causing Sasuke's head to flip back before falling forward. He snarled and stepped towards Orochimaru but stopped when all the guns pointed at his face.
Kakashi silently finished unlatching Naruto while Orochimaru was busy bullying Sasuke. Kakashi eyed the several men that stood behind Orochimaru, with guns and electrical rods pointed at Sasuke. Kakashi squinted, seeing that the guns were actually tranquilizer weapons. If Kakashi knew anything, it would be no doubt that Orochimaru would want Sasuke and Naruto for himself. He quickly finished removing the final straps off of Naruto's body and then silently moved to look at Naruto's pupils. With the others slightly distracted, Kakashi wanted to determine what Naruto's physical and medical status was.
Sasuke stepped towards Orochimaru, releasing a growl from his chest. "Your confidence is your weakness," he snapped at him. "I look forward to wiping that smirk off you face as I slit your throat."
Orochimaru turned back towards the guards before turning to look back at Sasuke. "That's what I have always admired about you Sasuke-kun, is your spit fire attitude!" He grinned menacingly as his yellow eyes glowed. "You have not forgotten the clan contract that was completed?" Orochimaru hummed and frowned his lips in a quivering mocking manner. "Oh that's right," he then brought his fingers up to his lips, opening his eyes wide and shaking his head. "You were not around when this was done! Oh dear dear dear." Orochimaru tsked out and continued to make a mockery of the situation. "But I was so sure that your dear aniki had explained…" he spoke with a drawl on the last few words to tease the young alpha. "An unmated catch such as you will return with me, willingly of course is better, and we shall get started on finding you that perfect mate." He put his fingers up to his chin. "Unless you prefer to bring down your whole clan, because believe me little alpha, I don't mind having the entire Uchiha clan—belong to me." Orochimaru spat out the words at Sasuke, daring him to make a move.
Sasuke stepped back, his eyes widened slightly as he took in Orochimaru's words. 'No…he couldn't mean—" His mind went back to his conversation with Itachi when he had returned to the manor with Naruto…
"I have taken on a mate otouto," Itachi had started.
Sasuke had looked upon his nii-san in surprise first then felt a rush of happiness for his brother. "I am incredibly happy for you nii-san. How has this happened?"
Itachi gave a slight smile. "Most unexpectedly of course. I thought that I was forever to be without, and mind you, I was quite acceptable of that." Itachi nodded slightly. "But I had never dreamed the emotional connection that could connect one to their mate." Itachi let out a sigh of happiness.
"Who is the lucky wolf nii-san?" Sasuke asked, leaning slightly forward in his chair.
"My wolf has chosen Haku-kun," Itachi responded in a whisper. He flicked his eyes up to Sasuke with question. Sasuke had suddenly become rigid, his fists appeared to tighten as his eyes realized the answer his nii-san had given him. Before Sasuke could answer Itachi continued. "I have already made arrangements with Orochimaru regarding changes to the contract."
"Such as…" Sasuke answered between clenched teeth. He didn't know why he was suddenly angry at being told this news.
"You will be within Orochimaru's pack for an entire solstice, starting this winter. You will be residing and working with his pack and finding a replacement mate." Itachi hesitated slightly as he watched the body language of Sasuke. "With the political involvement between our two clans, I had to make certain…" Itachi trailed off as he noticed Sasuke's raising anger that was practically seeping from his pores. A red ring appeared around Sasuke's pupils.
"I understand the anger otouto, but please try to understand why it had to be done," Itachi calmly spoke.
"What's to understand Itachi," Sasuke spat out, venom clearly in his voice. "You basically sold me out to Orochimaru because your wolf claimed the one that was supposed to be mine!"
Sasuke quickly turned to look at Naruto, who still lay unconscious on the platform. His wolf called out in agony seeing his mate in his current condition. Kakashi hovered over Naruto protectively as he looked over him. Sasuke whipped his head back at Orochimaru who sneered in response. Sasuke eyed the guards that were surrounding Orochimaru and heard the sounds of fighting outside in the corridors.
"You see Sasuke-kun, your team is losing, so what will your decision be? Either way, you will have to deal with consequences of your decision, the only question being, are you willing to have your pack suffer?" Orochimaru snickered out as he folded his arms across his chest, giving a confident look and let out several humming noises.
His face remained stern, unbroken, as he kept his icy glare upon the snake that sneered upon him and hummed?. But the young alpha wolf within wailed and clawed within, demanding to take its mate away from here who lay nearby. Could he risk his clan, his pack, his brother…Naruto, if he didn't follow the binding contract that was completed? The dishonor that could be brought against the Uchiha clan would be a considerable black mark and could Sasuke; being bred of pride and honor, his life nothing but teachings that revolved around dignity, virtue, prestige and knowledge is power.
Sasuke quickly glanced behind him, seeing the blond lifeless and sickly looking laying upon the cold stainless steel table. 'How could we remain safe if I—I can't—nii-san… If I keep the honor of our family—what of Naruto?' He struggled with himself silently, his wolf continuously grinding and wailing against his mentality.
"Ah yes, you understand now." Orochimaru hummed and nodded as he licked his lips. "Let's not waste any more time now Sasuke-kun," he rolled his name out like a tune. "Come, let me show you what glorious ideas are lying within." Orochimaru held out an upturned hand, beckoning Sasuke to follow him, releasing more high toned hums.
Sasuke looked back towards Orochimaru. The constant confusion twisting in his mind like a continuous whirlwind where the wind howled so loud he barely heard the noise of the fight going on down the corridors, feeling the constant outcry of pain from his wolf, family and clan honor pushing against his mind and Naruto…Naru –'wait…what? who?'
Sasuke tilted his head slightly, his eyes had glazed slightly and turned a fogged dark gray ash as he tried to focus on Orochimaru. 'I—I need to honor my…' Sasuke stepped forward slightly.
"Good choice Sasuke-kun," Orochimaru smiled wide. "Come, come…" Orochimaru continued to reach out, humming softly and offering an invitation for Sasuke to follow. The guards began to lower their weapons.
"Sasuke, wait!" Kakashi hissed out. Sasuke didn't hear him as he took another step closer to Orochimaru. Kakashi cursed under his breath. 'What the fuck was he doing?' Kakashi slowly tried to reach into his satchel, getting a weapon at the ready without gaining attention of the armed men at the entrance. He didn't know if he would be able to get out of here, but be damned if he wouldn't try. He needed to figure out how to get out and take Naruto with him.
"Sas…" a breathy whisper blew through pale chapped lips. Kakashi stopped moving and his brown eyes moved to Naruto. He could see the shaky breath being inhaled through the chapped lips as eyelids fluttered and struggled to open. "Sasss…" the words released on a breathy whisper once again.
"Naruto…" Kakashi whispered as he leaned in close to Naruto's face. "Can you open your eyes Naruto?" Kakashi ran his palm gently up Naruto's forehead, softly caressing the skin back and forth. Naruto's lids flickered slightly before the lids held open at half way point. "That's it Naruto, good job," Kakashi whispered and smiled. "Can you see me at all?"
Naruto's eyes twitched about before finding Kakashi. "Ka-ka-shi?" Naruto's voice was but a raspy breath.
"Yes, yes, its me," Kakashi said excitedly but quietly. Kakashi looked up, to see Sasuke taking steps towards Orochimaru and the way the man was eyeing Sasuke made Kakashi shudder. "Sasuke! Look!" Kakashi hissed out.
Naruto slowly turned his head to the direction Kakashi was looking. Dull blue eyes widened as he cried out, "Sas'ke…" His voice barely carried across the room violent tremors went through his arm as he lifted it out towards him.
Sasuke stopped, his wolf barging against his walls, trying to calm the storm within as his body turned towards the voice. His fogged gray eyes fell upon lifeless paled blond hair. Dull blue eyes wide and reflected pain. Chapped lips formed silent words and outstretched fingers reached out towards him. Sasuke was hit with a sudden vision.
...The body on the table was now a blond man, but with several figures hovering over him. Sasuke gagged as he recalled this in his dreams, the blonde's body forcefully rocking as the figures shoved surgical instruments, needles, wiring and god knows what into his body. He cringed as the blonde's head turned to look at him, eyes flickering from blue to red, and his fingers outstretched towards him...
Sasuke's sudden rage erupted out in a flash. His arms trembled as he stood and felt the flow of his wolf overtake him. He could feel his bones begin to shift into position, his skin feeling electrified and he could sense all the movement in the room. His eyes glowed blood red so bright, that Sasuke's vision was tinged in a red hue. His eyes remained focused on the figure of his mate, those blue eyes were fixated on his own as his mate tried to cry out to him, but Sasuke couldn't hear through the thundering of rage pounding throughout his body. He felt his chest begin to swell and he tilted his head back and began to release the storm that raged within through his howl.
It was now that Sasuke released any hold on his wolf and savored the euphoric feelings washing over him, his head falling back practically feeling drunk with desire to release the power of his wolf. A striking, piercing pain in his body had him jerk his head up and drop his mouth open to gasp. His body froze, his wolf shrunk back as fast as it had erupted and Sasuke opened his eyes to see his mate struggling to get off the table. He could see Naruto's lips crying out his name as his eyes were wide with tears. Sasuke had not seen the arm that came from behind him and drive a small curved dagger into his lower abdomen, instantly halting his transformation, his anger and his ability to go to his mate.
"Ah Sasuke-kun, I cannot allow this to go on," Orochimaru whispered into his ear, his other arm wrapped around Sasuke's head with his hand securing Sasuke's chin. "You are mine Sasuke-kun." Orochimaru hissed out as jerked out the small dagger and released him.
Sasuke released an 'urk' as the object was ripped from his body that left him falling forward. He brought his hands to the wound as he dropped to his knees. His wolf cried out in a panic but Sasuke couldn't hear it. The world sounded as if he was underwater. 'Naruto...' His consciousness was threatening to leave him. 'No...no...Naruto. He's here. I need-Kakashi... need to...' He pushed on his wound, causing a rip of pain to go through his abdomen. "ARGH...NNnggghhh FUCK!" he cried out through clenched teeth. His body was shaking, but he stabled himself enough to look up to where his mate was and found himself falling into darkness though blood red pools.
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So... has this ending left some questions? Comments? Feel the need to hate and express your annoyance with me? By all means that would be fun to read. :D
Pat on the back to meehalla, did you see what i left for you? I love how you put up with my 'randoms' during the week :D
