Chapter 9- Jinks City Hospital

The wolves ran up the grimy steps as bullets flew past their heads, piercing the walls, and bouncing off of the ceiling lights causing blue sparks to shower overhead.Kint looked behind her. The living thing had remarkable speed as it nearer. It was also incredibly enormous, she was only able to see its shadow but she guessed it was about 16 feet high and according to the sounds it made; it had to be a robot or something metallic. When the reached the top of the stairs, they automatically split into two groups. Kiba sprinted to the right with Hige and Kint while Tsume and Toboe went to the left.Kiba and his groups ran down an extremely cobwebbed hallway filled with pictures of people. The creepy thing was they weren't smiling. They soon stopped when they realized the bullets stopped falling.

"What do we do now? asked Hige, breathing heavily.

"I don't know.Kint, what are you doing?" said Kiba looking surprised at her. She was opening a door next to Hige.

"I'm curious."

The three stepped into the room and sighed in awe. It was a hospital bedroom.Hige flinched at the site of scalpels lying on the floor. The room was as trashed as the city. There was broken glass everywhere and the bed was covered in...dry blood.Kint noticed a newspaper on the table next the window. She picked it up and read it aloud:

"Jinks City Gazette, As Judgment Day grows near, our scientist have designed a new protector for our humble city. The invention is the most important piece of safety in the present to insure a safe future. This machine is designed to kill all outsiders or enemies the city may have. And do to the number of wolves in the area, hunters can now take a break and let The Eradicator, as it is called, get rid of the annoyance..."

The newspaper went on and on about how truly amazing this machine was.Hige listened quietly as she continued to read but was stopped by Kiba shortly after the word "exterminate" was used over 10 times. Kiba looked out the window since the sky finally started to clear up. Kint studied the newspaper and looked around the room. She gasped at the bizarre markings on the wall and the obvious bullet holes in the wall.

'Why didn't I see this before?' She thought to herself as she tapped her chin.

"So...Should we go look for the others?" Hige asked. It was surprising that he wasn't asking for food or anything dim-witted.

"I don't see why not. I know that thing is still out there but we have to make sure the others are okay." Kiba directed his eyes towards Kint, who was still revising the marks on the wall.

"Kint? Is there something the matter?"

"Hm."She was deep in thought.

Hige stood in front of her waving his hand in her face. "Hello? Kint? Are you in there?"

She smacked his hand away. "Hige stop it, I'm thinking."

"What's to think about? They're just stupid markings, who cares?"

Kiba walked up and her and studied the inscriptions as well. "Kint, what do you think they are?"

"Kiba, not you too! They're probably just scratch marks from the broken glass." Hige was getting impatient.

"I don't know Kiba.But I have a feeling maybe, just maybe this could be the work of that machine that attacked us." Then she remembered what the newspaper said about what it can do to wolves. "Kiba, we need to find Toboe and Tsume." Kiba was startled when Kint look it she was getting scared. Kiba didn't want to waste an opportunity to hold her again.

"Hey it's going to be okay. We'll get out of this. I promise." Kiba whispered comfort into her ear as he held her. The warmth the two shared was truly amazing.Hige glared at Kiba in pure jealously, even though you could not see it because he was smiling. Their cuddling was broken when they heard a recognizable yelp of pain coming from down the same hallway. It was Toboe's.The 3 ran out into the dark hallway, looking for any signs of their friends or that thing.Kiba slowly walked down the creepy corridor as the others followed closely. The hall was getting darker and darker and the only sounds to be heard was the when outside and their own nervous breathing. Even though Kint was in the middle of the two boys, she didn't feel any safer.

"Kiba? Maybe we should go back you know? Maybe the-"Her sentence was cut short when Kiba put his finger to his lips.

"What is it?" Hige whispered.

"Wait...Hear that?" The two nodded. It was that eerie mechanical noise.Kint didn't want to get any closer to it, but the boys pulled her along anyway.

"Do we really have to go see what that thing is?" She complained quietly.

"Do you really want to see Tsume and Toboe dead?" Kiba didn't mean to sound rude but she was being stubborn. Kiba and Hige walked on leaving Kint behind recoiling from what Kiba said to her. As the two male wolves drew closer and closer the hall was starting to light up. That's when Hige stopped Toboe leaning against the wall bleeding from his side. They ran up to the injured boy as he sat there with his eyes closed.Hige shook him gently.

"Toboe? Toboe?! Wake up?!"

Kiba looked at the gash on his side. It was about 11 ½ inches long and was bleeding terribly. Toboe woke up minutes later asking for Kint.Kiba looked behind him thinking she was there but all he saw was the darkness of the hospital hallway.

"You two stay here." Hige watched as Kiba disappeared into the shadows. He directed his attention back to Toboe.

"Hige? Where's Kiba going?" His voice was weak.

"He's going to look for Kint." Hige tried his best to clean up the massive wound.

"I hope he finds her. I miss her. I really do." Hige struggled with trying to figure out what this boy was saying.

"Toboe, what are you trying to say?" Hige's voice turned into a whisper. He sat next to him so Toboe could rest his head on his shoulder.

"I'm trying to say...that I...I love her. I really do." And with that, Toboe dosed off. (He's not dead people! That wouldn't be right!)

Kiba walked down the hallway calling out Kint's name. 'Why the hell did she just leave like that? Is it because of what I said?' He quickened his pace when he caught her scent in the air. He pursued it until he reached a room with the door ripped completely off. He could also smell blood which made him nervous. He stepped inside the room and saw Kint sitting on the floor with a gray wolf in her lap. She was stroking his fur and silently crying. She slowly lifted her head towards him, her eyes faintly reddened from tears.Kiba sighed in relief but still had concern for the both of them. He sat next to her and rubbed her back.

"Is Toboe okay?" She looked a little worried.

"Yes, Hige is taking care of him as we speak." He looked down at Tsume.His legs and chest was severed badly but nothing critical. "So, how is he?"

"He's alright.He just needed to rest for a little while.Oh, and can you believe he asked me if he could lie on my lap?" Her voice was becoming more cheerful.

"Wow, Tsume must be taking a liking to you." Kiba smiled sweetly at her. She turned back to Tsume and continued to stroke his fur. After a few minutes, they saw Hige walk in holding Toboe.Kiba stood up and helped bring him over to Kint.

"He was asking for her the whole time until we got here." Hige whispered grinning a little.

"Why? Was he that worried?" Kiba asked confused.

"Well yea, but the little runt has a crush on her. He was talking about how he missed her and loved her. It was hilarious."

"Hm." He looked down at Toboe.Was everyone falling in love with her?

Tsume woke up moaning in agony. It soon turned o a light blush when he realized what he was sleeping on.

"Had a nice sleep, Tsume?" asked Hige winking at him.Tsume growled at him and turned to Kint.She wasn't smiling or frowning. She just had a questionable expression on her face as if she was waiting for him to say something. He stood up and walked to an enormous window that was surprising it perfect shape. He sat on the ledge and scanned the area.

"Do you see anything?" asked Kiba as he handed Toboe over to Kint.

"Hm.No.Whatever that thing was it's in the city now." He watched the shadowy figure stomp out of the hospital and into the sunlight.Kiba and Hige joined him. It was a black robotic looking creature. It had a laser gun for a right hand and its left was shaped like a human hand but with small knives on the end of each finger. The head was an odd cat like profile with blue wires connecting from its neck to back. Its feet were like a frog's but overall the thing was repulsive.

"Tsume, Is that the thing that attacked you and Toboe?" Kiba didn't take his eyes away from the robot.Tsume nodded. Every now and then he glanced over at Kint and watched her quietly sing to Toboe.She knew Toboe wasn't asleep because he kept looking up at her. He snuggled closer to her, resting his head on her chest. Her heart beat was so relaxing; he began giggling a bit when she started petting him. The three boys observed in admiration, all wishing they were in Toboe's shoes.

"Kiba? How long will it take until we can leave this place?" Kint was still looking at Toboe.

"I don't know. When we can find a way to escape that robot, maybe."

"Hm.I better take care of Toboe's wounds. Good thing we're in a hospital." She giggled as she walked over to a cabinet to get some antibiotics.

"Tsume? Do you have any injures you want me to look at?" She was finishing up on Toboe.

"No" Tsume had a straight forward answer. Even though he wanted so badly for her to touch him, he couldn't let her know how he felt about her.Hige and Kiba, on the other hand, wished they had injures. That night the boys dreamt about Kint in paradise with them.Hige dreamt about "pouncing" on her.He moaned a little in his sleep, grinning. Tsume dreamt about hunting along side her. They killed a large deer and feasted like...uh kings? Toboe dreamt about what he was doing already, sleeping in her arms.He didn't love her like a wife or girlfriend but like a mother. He never felt so loved in his life. Kiba, last but not least, dreamt about chasing her though a flowered meadow. The two of them where laughing as he gained speed. He tackled her and they both hit the ground in slow motion. Flower petals fluttered to the ground as blue eyes stare into cerulean. He was lying on top of her caressing her cheek. He leaned forward and kissed her. The wind blew gently as they rolled around in the flowers kissing and hugging each other.Kiba smiled in his sleep saying, "Some day, my love, you and I will be together forever." Kint's dream was nothing like the boys. Hers was about her brother Dire. The sky was once again blood red and he was now killing four familiar wolves. When she figured out who they were she started screaming and crying while her brother laughed like crazy. "OH Relax dear sister, do they really mean anything to you?" She woke up from her dream panting. She looked around the room and sighed seeing her wolves were okay. Wait her wolves? Yea she liked them but why did she say her wolves?" She looked down at a sleeping Toboe.Toboe was like her little pup, so she could never fall in love with him. And as for Tsume, she smiled at him. He was awake as well.

"What are you so happy about?" He got that serious, rude low voice of his back. "Nothing" She looked at the floor. No, he just was a good friend. A good-looking friend. Darn it! There she went again! Anyway, what about Hige? Hige was like a huge teddy bear but even if he was perverted she liked him that way. She really needed help. And then came Kiba.Now there's a hard one to review! He was handsome to say the least. Come to think of it, there was nothing wrong with him. He was mysterious, gently and...PROTECTIVE! That's what his flaw was. He was too darn protective! Well this was going to be a hard decision, who does she really want to be with? And is her soul mate in this pack or somewhere else? She decided to get it off her mind and talk to Tsume.She rested Toboe gently against Hige and sat across from Tsume still on the window sill. He looked so mysterious staring at the moon. He turned his head and gazed at me. His expression was different though, he looked calm. For the rest of the night they talked about the pack members and anything that came to there heads.Kint was about to dose off went Tsume asked her to sing again. She sang the only song she knew. (That "Torn" song)The two of them rested and they watched the moon shine brightly in the indigo sky.

Goodnight you two...

(Okay I need your help who should Kint be with? Tsume,Kiba,Toboe(sicko!) or Hige please PLEASE! Let me know See ya next time!)

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