Chapter Two- Confrontation
Disclaimer: I don't even claim to own Wolf's Rain. It's a fabulous anime without my tampering, so I suggest for everyone to watch it.
Loki is one of my characters, though, and I would be very sad if you took her. –tear-
Warning: This story is an A/U. There is angst and death.
Rating: P.G.ish for violence.
Pairing: None for the entire story.
Author's Notes: Here we are! Chapter Two! Kiba and the others are in this chapter!!!
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Chapter Two-Confrontation
She had never known freedom. Warm earth under her paws as she ran in the cool night air. The full moon warm against her back.
Cold, hard concrete and tile flooring. Stark white walls. The cruel hands of man always poking and prodding her.
Yes, she had felt the moon call out to her. Yet she did not know it for what it really was. She had never seen the moon.
That was the life she lived.
She knew no other…
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Lying in the cage, she felt something as she watched the scientists and military officials patter around like usual. Night and day were the same in this place-as if there was no concept of time.
This wasn't the moon.
Suddenly, alarms went off; red lights flashed a dire warning. People started running all over the place.
She continued to lay there in her cage, not allowing herself to panic because of the whirring noise.
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Cheza, Kiba, Tsume, Hige, and Toboe walked unnoticed through the town. It was a seedy place, but always kept in order by the unusual number of military personnel.
A large group of people stood around the chain-link fence surrounding the Medical Facility and stared inside.
As the wolves turned to leave, Cheza raced over to the fence, her hands placed on it as she stared in as well. The others followed her, confused.
"What is it Cheza?"
Kiba asked, not seeing anything of interest about the place. Just another building to him, that was all.
"This one senses something. Much pain."
She answered; her pink eyes wide.
Tsume turned to one of the human onlookers.
"What is going on here?"
The man barely glanced at Tsume.
"Protesters broke into the lab to find proof that they are performing illegal experiments…"
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Two men approached her cage, peering intently at her. She felt the fur on the back of her neck bristle as she watched them warily.
"Hey, look at this dog."
One man knelt down, pressing a hand against the cage.
"The poor thing."
"Don't get too close; it could be dangerous."
"I like dogs. I'm letting it out."
He unlatched the cage, opening the door. It cost the man his hand for his effort.
Screams followed her as she ran from the cage and the room out into the hall. One of the scientists who had worked on her walked around a corner, saw her, and then froze. With a shriek, he ran in the other direction, alerting everyone that the test subject had escaped.
She ran…in the opposite direction.
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Outside, most of the protesters had been captured and forced to 'kiss the ground'. A military guy received a call from inside.
"What?! It's escaped!!"
"What escaped?"
Hige murmured softly, glancing at the silent Cheza, who didn't stop watching the building.
One of the soldiers ran into the building, and abruptly there was a scream. Padding out uncertainly, she glanced up. Her eyes meet those of Cheza briefly, and then she was off. Reaching the west side of the chain-link fence, she hurled herself over it.
"Don't let it escape!!!"
Gun fire peppered the ground around her. She faltered, no less than five of those bullets just barely missing her, and then continued to run.
Cheza gasped.
"A wolf?!"
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End Notes: -coughcough- Sorry…I have a bad cold right now. Don't worry; it just gives me more time to write. Although I wish that this cough would just go away…