Disclaimer: I do not own Wolf's Rain or any of it's characters. I created Captain Popagan (aka CEO Popagan) and Tomo Hiragizawa. I do not own Ashella and Hemolal, because they are flower maidens. They belong to the creator of Wolf's Rain. Anyway, with that aside, I really really like reviews. So please review and enjoy, okay?

SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING! THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS GORE. THIS IS NOT FOR THE PEOPLE WITH WEAK CONSTITUTIONS OR WHO ARE IN PREGNANCY.

Chapter Thirteen: Fight!

Inside the lobby of Watagashi Heavy Industries, both wolf and human blood was being spilled. A security guard jumped at Toboe, but a nearby wolf tackled the homo sapien to the ground. The wolf was Tsume.

"Come on, let's go ahead. We did not come here to kill security guards. Our target is Popagan," Tsume stated.

"Alright. Hige! Let's go!" Toboe called out to his furry comrade. Hige got back with his group, and the three slipped out of the lobby in search for Popagan.

"Do you have the squirrel jerky in your backpack?" Blue questioned Hubb. Hubb had found the backpack in the plane earlier.

"Yeah," the human replied, "So, I guess we're all set to go?"

Kiba nodded in response.

"Well, Du-Lath, here we come," sighed Hubb.

"Damn branches," snarled Blue as she whacked at branches with her hand, "Are you sure this is the right way Hubb?"

"I'm pretty sure," he answered, knocking down a frondy shrub that was in his way. Then, he stopped walking. "Do you smell that?" he questioned. Kiba and Blue sniffed the air.

"It's disgusting….it smells awful!" Kiba groaned. Blue pinched her nose shut.

"That's how I know we're going the right way. That smell is the infamous byproduct of Watagashi Heavy Industries, which is located in Du-Lath. That's how I know we're going the right way."

"What is it that they make there?" Blue asked.

"Mloid."

"God, I never knew it would smell so bad when being produced."

"Yeah," added Hubb anxiously, looking at the ground. What am I doing….I'm betraying them as I speak….I don't think there will be a clean way out of this predicament…

"Damn those bastard creatures!" growled Popagan, staring into his flat screen TV. He watched a wolf tear the head of a security guard. He picked up a walkie-talkie, punched a few numbers, and spat into the telephone, "ASHELLA! SEND IN THE BLACK OPS TEAM PRONTO!"

"Yes sir," Ashella replied, ending the phone call. She then pressed a red button on the phone. A second later, alarms all around the building went off.

Meanwhile, in lobby, the wolves had finished off the last security guard. The alarms went off. "BLACK OPS TEAM! PLEASE REPORT TO THE LOBBY AT ONCE!"

"The black ops team?" stuttered the leader of the Hojo wolves. There was a clinking noise, and something metal fell near the leader's foot. Just as soon as he saw that it was a grenade, he and some surrounding wolves were blown to pink mist. When the explosion was over, a team of men, clad in black armor rushed into the room. They fired the contents of their grease guns into the remaining wolves. The wolves charged heroically at the black ops team, but it was all in vain. The small group of wolves was no match for machine guns. As they charged, hunks of flesh flew off the wolves, due to the rain of bullets. Soon, the last few wolves were a group of bullet-ridden corpses.

"Mission accomplished sir," one of the black ops muttered into a walkie-talkie.

"Wait," said Popagan on the other side of the walkie-talkie, "There's three remaining wolves. They are in the 1300 wing of building. Get rid of them a soon as possible."

"Yes sir,We're on it."

"Well, according to this map, Popagan is in the 1700 wing, which is located on the fifth floor," said Toboe, reading a map on the wall, "We'll have to take the staircase near the bathroom, and then go up via elevator."

"There's no elevator on this floor?" questioned Tsume. His ears perked up. He could hear the movement of human footsteps off in the distance. "We have to run now! Now is not the time for questions!" Toboe and Hige obeyed, and followed Tsume to the stairs. Once to the stairwell, they scrambled up to the second floor. Once they had got out of the stairwell, Tsume locked the door behind them. Just outside of the stairwell was a laboratory. Large tanks of orange liquid held various body parts. There were strange machines on the tables, as well as beakers of multi-colored fluids.

"Come on! We have no time to waste!" Tsume shouted, "The Black Ops team will catch up with us if we don't hurry!"

"Here we are," announced Hubb, standing outside of the city gates of Du-Lath. And then, in a very faint voice, just a notch above a whisper, he muttered, "Here we are at the gates of Hell."

To be continued…