Blue tries relentlessly to chew off Hige's collar but to no avail.
"It's ok, just forget about it." Hige says his voice still soft.
"No way, if this stupid things what's been hurting you I have to get it off." She tries to lean back down to continue chewing at it but Hige stops her.
"You know what? You're a great woman."
"Don't start talking crazy on me now." She replied.
"I've been so blind, it's funny there's so much I never understood. But now, it all makes sense."
"Hige."
"My memories weren't real, none of them. Everything was just a lie." Suddenly out of nowhere two soldiers that had been tracking them appeared from around a corner. Blue instantly attacked biting the gun out of one man's hand. The other one took aim at her so she jumped but was still caught in the arm.
"BLUE!" Hige ran in front of the bullet, which tore off his collar. The soldier shot two more bullets but missed entirely. The soldier that got bitten picked up Hige's ripped collar.
"That bastard got lucky." Soldier number two said.
TsumeThe inhabitants of the jail for wolves were quiet except one pitiful human who whined for water.
"Let go! Let go of me!" Toboe's young voice suddenly said getting Tsume's attention.
"Toboe!" Tsume shouted from behind the bars.
"Tsume. I said let go!" Toboe said to the guards holding him at least two feet off the ground. They threw him into the cell and he landed on the floor. One of the guards walked to the cell containing the old lady and killed her. Tsume and Toboe were horrified.
"Tsume?"
"What happened to Hige?"
"I don't know, we got split up. Where's Kiba? I thought he was with you."
"He's probably somewhere inside the keep."
"You don't think he's been killed do you?"
"If anything had happened I'm sure we would of felt it. Kiba's alive. He has to be."
"What do you thinks gonna happen to us? If we don't do something then we'll all get split up and we won't be able to save Cheza! What are we gonna do? What do we do?"
"I don't know, but none of that's gonna matter if we don't get out of here."
"But how Tsume? Their gonna come back and kill us just like that old lady. I'll never see the others again."
"You're starting to whine runt."
"We won't get to paradise either."
"We are going to paradise do you hear me? I'll be damned if I let it end like this." Tsume said crossly.
"Excuse me, are the two of you wolves?" The scrawny human asked politely. "You are aren't you?"
"So what? Who the hell are you?" Tsume replied even more crossly.
"Everything that was written in the book of the moon, is it true?" The human asked.
"Hey mister, how come you're locked up in here, you're a human." Toboe asked.
"If you're looking for Cheza I was with her." Both wolves perked up. "The soldiers brought us here together, but I don't know where they're keeping her."
"We gotta get out of here now." Toboe said loudly.
Bang, Bang, Bang. The two wolves continued banging on the bars.
"Didn't you hear the old one? It's no use." A female voice said quietly.
"Shyly?" Toboe cried.
"Hey guys, long time no see." She sounded weak.
"Shyly are you ok?" Tsume asked with a hint of worry in his voice.
"Yea I think so…it's so cold in here."
"Don't worry Shy we'll get you to somewhere warm as soon as we can." Tsume cooed, very unlike him.
"I know Tsume, I know."
Lady Jagada"Can you sense it my dear? This feeling of joy within my heart. Everything is about to begin. Yes he will come, soon my beloved will come to me at last." Lady Jagada muttered half to herself and half to Cheza.