8.

What Kiba saw just left him struck in awe. This cannot be happening, this cannot be happening, he said to himself over and over again. His old flame stood in front of him, rifle to her back. Cher Degre stood before him tears spilling from her eyes, the weapon that could very-well take her life in a single instant, pressed against her. The weight of the fact that she could die at any moment weighing down upon her.

"Darcia, let her go." Kiba pleaded, only he tried to sound strong, as if her life meant nothing.

"Sorry Kiba. Would love to but cannot." Darcia snickered.

Blue ran up and shrieked with fright and anger, "You let go of her you bastard!!!!!"

"Bring Toboe to me." Darcia said simply.

"TOBOE IS AN INNOCENT CHILD, how can you want him? How can you take him hostage? He is young and vulnerable!" Blue pleaded, her mussel now wet with tears.

"Too bad, so sad." Darcia said.

Tsume arrived, tears actually falling from his eyes. He felt as if he was sending his son off to die in something that he didn't deserve dying over.

"YOU SHIT!!!" Kiba screamed at the top of his lungs.

"No, no, no" Darcia said getting agitated.

Tsume grabbed Kiba roughly and spoke to Darcia before talking to Kiba, "One moment," Before Tsume began speaking to Kiba he looked at Cher, ashamed of what he was about to do. Cher's body frail and beaten, she was gagged and looked sad. The voice that seemed to radiate from her eyes was, don't give him Toboe. Tsume sighed, "We cannot give Darcia Toboe. We just have to run and pray Cher moves to a better place."

Kiba's face looked astonished at the words that he was hearing but he was thinking the same thoughts.

Tsume continued, "If we give him Toboe and the location of Cheza, than three lives are on the line. If we don't only Cher's life will be lost." Tsume, again sighed, "You know we cannot try to rescue her, for that puts the pack in danger and more lives can be lost."

Kiba shed a tear. "Sadly I can only agree."

Blue overheard most of the conversation and rapidly put her opinion in, "He might not kill them. Either way someone is going to die and it might as well be Cheza because she will die anyways."

"I cannot believe that you are saying this." Kiba said.

"Our mind is made up," Tsume said to Blue and then turned to Darcia, "You cannot have Toboe," he finished.

"Very well." Darcia said tossing Cher to the earth and taking aim.