(A/N: Climax! WootWoot! mkay.I knoI haven't updted in forever. oh well. I haven't gotten many reviews newho. so ifI got reviews, I'd update. so, ya. guilt time over. I'm having fun w/ this one. I don't really kno where it's gonna go after this... but o well.)
Iris sat on Leon's bed. Her head hurt, but besides that she was fine. He had gone out to get food for the two of them. The two had talked a lot while Leon had taken care of Iris. But no matter how long they had talked, Iris still didn't understand him. He was a wolf, how could he stand to live around so many dirty humans. She understood why he hid himself. In fact, she had taken to hiding herself as well. But that didn't change her pride. She still had pride as a wolf. She just didn't want to die because of it.
They had also talked about Paradise. Leon's ideas of Paradise were that it was just a fairy tale. There was nothing true about it. Iris sighed to herself. There was no way she could ever get along with this dumb wolf. He didn't know anything. She rested her head on the wall behind her. She would find Paradise. She had to. Her entire body yearned for her to find Paradise. It called to her; told her to find Paradise.
Iris's senses perked suddenly. She sat bolt upright. Something was happening. Rushing to the window, Iris searched for a sign, something, anything. At the center of the city, a huge building sat. As she stared at the building, all of the lights went off. The entire city shut down. Then, she felt it. The flower was calling for help.
She ran to the door and yanked it open to find Leon staring at her. "What's up?" He asked searching her panic stricken face.
"Something's happening." She said before rushing past him and running out of the building.
"Wait up!" Leon called to her, running after her. There was no way she was going to leave him behind.
Before Shayne and Anya managed to get out of the building, Shayne stopped the two of them. "What is it?" Anya asked, standing behind him.
"Somebody's here." Shayne said in a whisper, "Somebody who shouldn't be." He turned and stared down a hall. "They're going after Riza!" He ran back to the lab at full speed.
Anya rushed after him, but stopped in her tracks when all of the lights suddenly went off. "The power's out!" Anya called to Shayne, running once again.
"Riza's life support!" Shayne exclaimed, voice filled with panic. "Is it connected to the main grid?"
"I don't know!" Anya returned, slowly catching up to him. "We've gotta hurry!"
"Right." Shayne said dutifully, turning a corner. He stopped suddenly. Anya almost ran into him when she saw it. A noble. He stood before the two, holding Riza in his arms, staring down at them.
"Wolves." He addressed the two in a deep tone.
"What are you doing with Riza?" Anya demanded.
"Give her back!" Shayne ordered, taking a step forward.
"Riza is not… vital to you." The noble replied simply. "I'm taking her with me… to Paradise."
"No you're not!" A woman's voice shouted from behind the noble as a white wolf streaked through the air, teeth bared, ready to kill him.
Leon followed Iris through the lab, wondering where she was going. He didn't know how she knew where she was going so well, but he trusted her. For some crazy reason, he trusted her. He continued down a hall then looked up. A noble stood before two other wolves. The noble was carrying a girl that smelled strangely of lunar flowers. His senses perked, this was the flower maiden he had heard about.
Suddenly pulled out of his thoughts, Leon was astonished to see Iris rush forward with amazing speed and shout, "No you're not!" She was aiming for the noble's neck, hoping to kill him, apparently. But he was too fast. The noble jerked backward, but wasn't able to hold the flower maiden and avoid an attack at the same time. He dropped the girl as Iris latched onto his arm. Blood flew as the noble tried to lash away from Iris.
One of the other two wolves ran forward and caught the flower maiden. She looked across and saw Leon, "Another one?" The wolf said in disbelief as the second wolf ran to stand next to the first.
The second wolf looked up at Iris, who was still fighting with the noble on the platform, "That must be the wolf that got shot." He said to the first wolf.
Leon made up his mind and jumped into the air to help Iris fight off the noble. Once the noble saw Leon heading his way, he decided it would be best to abandon the fight.
"Another time, wolves, I will have Riza." He threw Iris at Leon and seemed to disappear into light. Leon maneuvered to catch Iris and looked up just in time to see the noble vanish and the power go back on.
The girl wolf that held the flower maiden turned to Leon and Iris, "We better get outta here!" She said, her voice desperate, "This way!"
The two new wolves ran down a hallway and Leon followed, still holding Iris in his arms. He didn't know if he could trust these wolves, but he had no other choice at the moment.