The group sat around the abandoned campsite, watching the snowfall. An icy wind would occasionally blow past them. The forest was now very dark and quiet.

"I think a storm's coming." Horo Horo said as he stood up, "We should get moving."

"Wouldn't it be easier to search in the morning?" Ren asked.

"It would be, but if we wait any longer, Faust will be dead."

Although Ren did not say anything, Horo Horo already knew what Ren wanted to say.

"Well, at least I know what happened to the sheriff's daughter." Officer Jones sighed.

"I guess we'll have to keep going, you guys." Yoh said as he got up.

The group took a few steps away from the camp when they saw a medium-sized blood stain on the snow.

"This looks recent." Horo Horo said while inspecting it.

"Let's follow it." Yoh said.

As they followed the trail, the amount of blood left behind increased in amount, which worried the group. The trail led to a small ledge. Yoh edged over to look down, and noticed blood splattered on the rocks. Upon further inspection, he noticed something yellow further down.

"I think he's down there." Yoh muttered.

The group slowly made their way down the rocks, taking care to not slip on the blood left behind. The farther down they climbed, the colder it seemed to get. Finally, they touched solid ground. Turning to the side, they noticed the yellow object they saw earlier, which had finally moved. It was Faust, who looked much scarier than usual. His wound had reopened, the blood contrasting his paper-white skin, which now had a blue tinge. The color of his lips were a deep purple, since they had darkened from the cold. He shivered and breathed violently, since he only had his boots and pants on. He looked up with his electric blue eyes, his pupils tiny from the morphine he had taken.

"H-h-hi." Faust muttered.

"ABOUT FRIKKIN' TIME!" Ren yelled.

Faust curled up some more and stared at the ground.

"Ren! That wasn't very nice of you to say." Yoh said firmly.

"You're the reason he's out here!" Horo Horo said.

Ren sighed heavily and muttered an 'I'm sorry', albeit not as convincing as the rest of the group would have liked.

"W-where's Eliza?" Faust said as he shivered some more.

"She's with us, but she's sort of hiding because of..." Yoh said as he quickly glanced at Officer Jones.

Faust understood what he meant.

"I just wanted to tell her that I'm sorry about what I did." Faust said as he started to cry.

"I'm sure she'll forgive you."

"And I'm sure that you're mad at me too."

"Well, only because running out into the cold isn't what I call 'smart'."

Faust smiled gently, but suddenly, a large gust of wind passed by, changing his expression from happy to one of great shock as a large gush of blood came out from him. Without a sound, he slumped downwards. The group quickly rushed over to his aid.

"I have a really bad feeling." Ryu said.

They picked up Faust gently when they heard a howl. They turned slowly around, and standing behind them was a pure white wolf. The wind whistled and churned around it, increasing the volume of the growls it made. It tensed its muscles for a second before pouncing at the group. The group quickly scattered, giving themselves space. Normally, the shaman in the group would have engaged with the wolf in combat, but since Officer Jones was a regular human, they did not want to give him a bad impression if they were to suddenly draw their weapons and beat a wild animal to death. However, by the way the wolf fearlessly whirled around, growling, they had to change their minds.

"Alright you guys!" Yoh yelled, "Let's try to hit this thing together!"

As quickly as the group started to charge, a great gust of wind kicked up, spurring them away and sending them running in entirely different directions.