"Down here" Alevia said as she motion for Rocky to follow him down a Manhole cover. Alevia clench down on her Holy Bible in her move as she slowly climbed down the rusty old ladder down in the sewer walls. Rocky looked down as Alevia touched the floor of the concrete beneath her paws. As the Mixed Breed brought his head down further through the hole, The Overwhelming stench of the Sewers below invaded his nose and almost made his throw up. Covering his muzzle with his paws.
"W-Why are you going down here?" Rocky asked trying not to breathe it in too much as he made his way down just like Alevia did. "My People live down here, We would be arrested and sent of to the camps if they caught us worshiping our Lord" She explained as she walked over to a wall over broken concrete stone and reach in to retrieve something. "It smells horrible down here" Rocky commented, still holding his nose and taking small breathes through his mouth.
"You'll get used to the smell, Can you also cover back the Hole please, If anyone ever found this place and us, we'd be seeing our maker quite soon" Alevia said, struggling to find what she was looking for behind the half broken wall. Rocky nodded in compliance and head back up the ladder to close the manhole with the metal cover. As he did, The Entire area went pitch black. When Rocky climbed back down, he tried to feel around for Alevia but to no avail. "Alevia?" He said silently but just enough for her to hear her.
As he had said her name, A Small Beam of Light pierced through the darkness and had Blinded Rocky for just a movement, causing him to shield his own eyes with his paws. As his eyes adjusted to the new light sources, Rocky look on and saw Alevia holding a small flashlights and already motion him to follow. "Over here, This way" She said slowly walking around the corner. Rocky followed behind her and soon beside her as they continued to walk through the sewer. After a few moments, Rocky had slowly gotten used to the smell and started to breathe normally.
"So...Do you live down here?" Rocky asked, Trying to strike up some form of conversation with her. "Mhm" She nodded. "But why, Cant you live on the surface in somewhere secluded" He said.
"I cant, My Friends and Family also live down here, I dont want to abandon them, They need me and I need them" She stated. "I mean...Yeah, but sometimes you have to think about yourself, right?"
"I am their Guardian Angel, I wont leave them behind" She said with a sudden spike in her tone, as if she spoke the fact Rocky need to hear.
"Well what if you brought the people that you loved with you, Think about it, Nice Life and you dont have to live in Fear of being arrested" Rocky said before being looking at by Alevia with a suspicious glare. "Why are you asking these questions?" She asked seeming a bit offended.
"Well you know, I just-B-Because I just want to, you know like-" Rocky blushed pink from Embarrassment before Alevia gasped after turning her sights back in front of her where the light from the flashlight guided her to see 3 Dead Bodies in Tactical Gear lying down with their faces in the murky contaminated sewer water and blood dripping into the down, turning the brown water into a somewhat light red. "Oh my Gosh!" Alevia said running over and looking at them closer, Rocky was also shocked at the sudden sight of the dead, but was unable to bring it to words.
"Are you Okay, Please, Answer me" Alevia nudged and shook the bodies as much as she needed in a desperate attempted to get some form of what to know they were okay, but they remained motionless. Rocky started to examine the bodies as the Shibu tried to get some sort of sign that they were alive. The Mixed Breed noticed that these uniforms looked familiar, they were Black and Grey, Aquatic Tactical Uniforms meant to blend with the Water in the Night. Until her finally remembered...
"Alevia, Get back!" Rocky grabbed Alevia and pulled her back away from the Bodies, Alevia yelped back with the sudden gesture and looked at Rocky with confusion. "What are you doing, We need to help them, Help me get them back to my people, Maybe they're still breathing" She said until Rocky stepped back infront of the bodies and reached under their Tactical Uniforms to grab something. "You sure they would appreciate our help?" Rocky asked before pulled out a Grey Arm Band with the Pitch Black Swastika in middle from the Uniform.
Alevia's Heard Dropped at the sudden realization of who they really where, and as their Identities became cleared, Their thought of them being there would only lead her to believe one thing. "Oh my Gosh, What are they doing here?" Alevia said on the verge of tears. "I dunno, What by the looks of their bloods, they didnt die too long ago, A couple hours ago I think" Rocky commented before Alevia ran off into the Tunnels of the Underground, as she ran the beam of light from the Flashlight bounces from wall to wall.
"Wait, Alevia!" Rocky shouted running after her turning around the corner and tripping over something, Fortunately for him her didnt land face first into the water, When Rocky pushed himself back up on his paws. He now saw that what he had tripped over was another body. "A-Alevia!" Rocky regained himself before continued to chase after her. Rocky could still see the Flashlight in the distance of the Sewer Walls, The Light from it provided enough for him to see where he was going and hopefully not trip over a corpse again.
Rocky saw Alevia stopped sudden and turn to a broken piece of concrete, only for her to dig her paw into it like how she had down with the flashlight. Rocky caught up with her within a few minutes while breathing out large quantities of Carbon Dioxide from how exhausted he was. "Cmon, Cmon, Where is it?" Alevia said to herself as franticly moved around her paw inside the wall to fetch something. Finally, Alevia perked up with a smile "Aha" she said before pulled down what seemed to be lever. When activated, A Wall made a Brick just behind them had split into two and spread apart like a secret door.
"Woah" Rocky whispered at the sudden opening, Alevia ran inside the sudden opening wall only for a Large Beam of Light to shoot out. Rocky was blinded by the light for a moment and he moved his head away from the sudden sight. "HALT!" Rocky heard a strong male voice shout out, presumably to him or Alevia. Rocky raised his paws to show his surrender but his head faced down, still trying to avoid the light trying to pierce through his eyelids.
Rocky slowly started to open his eyes to see Alevia holding up her Bible up in the air as far as she could as if to also signal something. The Mixed Breed started to walk up to where Alevia was, still with his paws in the air. "Grey one, Recite the John 3:18!" The same voice from earlier shouted at Rocky. Rocky on the other hand was mind boggled however, not in the slightest know what he was ordering him to do. "W-What?!" Rocky shouted back until he saw Alevia step in front of him. "He is with me!"
When informed, The Light started to dim down, Which made Rocky open up his eyes wider and wider until he would better examined what was around him, and better yet, who. Rocky noticed the Large Lights aimed at him in his direction. Also beside the lights were about 10 Humans and Canines with their Guns aimed in his direction, mainly upon him. Presumably because they knew Alevia was not a threat as they had thought before.
"Alevia!" A Voice came out from in between the small group of armed religious fanatics, Out came a very old looking Shibu who looked to be about 12 in human years, Which by that logic would make him over 90 in Dog Years. "Grandpa!" Alevia run up to hug the elder canine.
"Im so glad you're okay, I told you not to run off like that again, I know you wanted to help those people, but you need to think about yourself sometimes" He said. "Okay, I'll stay here next time, oh yeah...Meet Rocky, I met him in the camp and helped me escape too" Alevia said pointing at Rocky who still was beind stared down by the Armed ones in front of him.
"Lower your Weapons, This man helped my Granddaughter escape to us, Therefor, He is one of us now" He turned to the Armed few, whom responded by lowering their rifles and handguns. Rocky lowered his paws in response and walked back over to Alevia and he long lived relative. "N-Nice to meet-"
"You're so kind, such a gift from the Lord" He said ruffling Rocky' fur like he were a little pup for even a stuffed animal. "Y-Yeah, You're Welcome" Rocky said before he brang him and Alevia in for a hug. "Im just so glad the Lord has been me back my Granddaughter, and a new follower, I bet you both are Hungry."
Rocky's ear perked up and his tail started to wag at the sudden mention of something to eat. "Food? Like Food Food? Like not Rats and Rice Grains?" Rocky asked hoping for it not be anything he had just listed. "Of course not, Our Lord would never let us dine on such, he wants his follower to eat like Kings of Harvest. Fish, Bread, Poultry, you name it we have it" He said. "I havent eaten that good in days, maybe weeks, I cant even remember how long" He stated.
"We can all talk about it over Food...Follow me, There is much to share" The Old Shibu said as he lead them into another Brick Wall Opening.
"What hell is taking that guy so long?" Eli commented while pacing himself around the small parking lot, Skye was also present by Eli, She was laying right next to the vehicle playing with Tony by using the Teddy Bear. "Here comes the Tickle Monster" Skye said forcing the stuffed bear's fur to rub against the black and white pup's own. Eli looked back at the both of and smiled a little bit before snapping his head back and seeing 3 Men in long dark trench coats that blended with the night approach. However, most noticeable was that one of them was holding Marshall by his collar and with a gun to his head.
Eli turned wide eyes upon seeing this and started to back away, "Skye, We need to-" He was cut off before the barrel of a handgun was pressed against the side of his face by another formal looking man that had approach him undetected. Skye got up upon seeing them as was immediately held at gun point by 2 more in the same mysterious attire as the rest. "Marshall, What the hell happened?" Eli said shifting his head to Marshall but keeping the rest of his body as stiff as a board.
"I unlocked the room I bought and they were inside, It was like they were waiting for me" Marshall explained. After Marshall's brief summary, Everyone had remained silent, no one had let out a sound other than the crickets were still creaking as they usually do. Within seconds, a Long Limousine had pulled up near to where they were, when stopped, Out came a very formally dressed Japanese male, he looked very distinguishable from the other armed men who were holding up the rest.
"Hello, My name is Mister Yokohama Hizutu, I over see the Pacific States Yakuza Gangs with the Old State of...California, Im sure you are all very ehh...puzzled as to why this is happening to you, Its not everyday I order my men to hold up mutts after all" He said as he walked around with a small wicked grin. "Screw you" Eli said. Which had definitely gained the attention of the Yakuza Leader who had turned to him, still with the smile across his wrinkled face.
As he paced over to Eli, He began to reach into his Suit Jacket and search around for an item, Eli seeing this began to turn away his head from fear and gulp down know this may be his last day on Earth alive. To his relief, He had pulled out a Cigar and a lighter. The man had slowly started to light his Cigar and enjoy it, slowly but surely as he retracted the lung damaging tool, he blew the smoke into his face which irritated Eli, causing him to growl.
After doing so, He had turned the Cigar around and had applied the burn into German Shepherd's fore heard. "Ahhhhhhh!" Eli screamed out in pain as the burning only grew much worse, Eli had clenched down his paws to somewhat combat the pain in someway. " .Me" He spaced out his words as he removed the Cigar and threw it on the ground. "As I was saying, The reasoning for this is all to clear if you think about it" He said walked around as he did before.
"What are you talking about, I've never even seen you in my life" Marshall exclaimed.
"I know you havent Mr. Schmidt, But you have wronged me and my Group"
"I dont know what you're talking about"
"Remember Mr. Schmidt, You made a Confession on the Media that it was my Yakuza that had influenced you to kill those Police Officers in...New Mexico, was it?" Marshall remembered that false confession he made to the world, He had never thought this problem would come back to bite him however.
Marshall had turned silent after facing the truthful reality of what he had done and what he had said. "This accusation had lead to my members being attacked and killed for 'influencing foreign Terrorism'. So I believe a murderer should face his own pestilence...dont you Mr. Schmidt?" He said as he walked over to Marshall once again reaching into his Suit Jacket but this time, pulling it out to reveal a Handgun. "I feel this will be a fair result" He said as he pressed the gun against Marshall's head. Marshall started to tremble with fear just as Eli did before closing his eyes and waiting for him to pull the trigger. "Wait Wait!" A small voice was heard that had caused everyone to be caught off guard.
Around from where Skye was, Tony had peeked around the corner of the tire and made his way up to the Yakuza Leader with his innocent eyes and behavior, totally oblivious to the situation and how much was on the line in this moment.
"I-I know he had lied to you b-but we all lie to each other sometimes, so can you please forgive him, you can have my Teddy Bear, my daddy gave it to me" Tony bravely said as he held up the stuff bear to the Gang Leader. Marshall was more scared than he had ever been right now, fearing for himself and the little pup's life. However, this surprise. The Yakuza Leader had gently taken the Teddy Bear and instead starred into its button eyes, as if it were going to look back.
He had began to breathe manually, take deep parts inhaling and exhaling as he tried to focus and think of his next decision before suddenly removing the gun from Marshall's head and placing it back into his Jacket. "Mr. Schmidt, Am I to believe this is your pup?"
"Y-Yes, He is"
"I see...For the rest of the year, you will pay me 80000 Yen per week, If this payment is not met I will surely see you again, and it will not be merciful"
"Y-Yes, Thank you"
"No, Thank your Son" He said as he held the Stuffed animal and paced back to this Luxury Vehicle. As he made his exit, The other Yakuza members that were holding up Eli and Skye had lowered this weapons and started to walk around in the direction from which they came. "Do not Disappoint Mr. Schmidt" The Leader said as he closed the door and drove off.
"80000 Yen, How are we going to pay that much?" Skye asked out.
"We arent, We're leaving the Pacific States, No way we're staying here" Eli said he began to rub the burn mark on his forehead and walk over to the Driver's side of the Car.
"So where are we heading then, We cant head back to the Neutral Zone and We cant go to the Reich either" Marshall stated.
"No, But I might know a place, In Alaska"
"Alaska is under Reich Control" Marshall pointed out to the German Shepherd.
"I know...but just trust me on this" He said as he motioned the rest to hop in the car, Skye walking over to Tony and picking him up like she had done before and placing on her back for him to rest. "But how are we going to get there?"
"We'll take a boat in the Harbour, Im sure I can bribe a sailor or something"