Disclaimer: I do not own Wolf's Rain or any of its 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, this is a sad chapter, so GET SOME TISSUES READY! So, be smart get some tissues, and review!

Chapter Seventeen: Admist theWreckage

The air was dry and arid, partially due to the fact that two giant planes had just gone down in flames. The wolves had made shelter in a cave, to spend the night in. Thankfully, they had landed somewhat near each other, unlike their previous predicament. However, this smidgen of luck was overwhelmed by the sorrow planted in Blue's heart, and soon, all the other wolve's hearts. The half-breed female canine spilled the sad news.

"He gave me his parachute," cried Blue with racking sobs, "He said…he said….that he was doomed for eternity…he said….he wouldn't be able….to reach Paradise…just because he was human. What are these damn laws that forbid humans from entering? He was not a bad person! He didn't do anything wrong! Tell me, why can't he at least enter Paradise?" She looked around at the group, looking for answers.

"Answer me dammit, someone, ANSWER ME!" she hollered, half enraged.

"I don't even know the answer to that question…." mumbled Ashella.

Meanwhile, admist the wreckage of Darcia's craft, a dark figure emerged. It was none other than the man with the eyes of a human and a wolf: Darcia. In his arms, he carried Cheza who hung limply, her delicate hands dragging on the ashen ground. Darcia himself was in a limp state, although not in a physical form. His immaterial self was flaccid. His lover, who had been in a coma, had passed away the moment her room was blasted to pieces by the SE09901955-CHZ47549-NAN-0343 MELVIN6079. He vowed that no matter who it was that wiped away his lover's existence would pay dearly with a slow, painful end.

Off in the distance, he could see several figures. Six to be exact. He smelled the faint odor of wolf. No…they cannot of survived….I sent in the imposter to finish them off… In his mind he knew it was the five he hated, but he refused to accept it. As he got closer, the scent of wolf became more prominent, except now it was laced by the smell of a lunar flower.

"I…I smell…one of my kind…" gasped Cheza weakly. Darcia grimaced. His pursuers had found a flower maiden of their own. He would take her out, just so that they wouldn't reach Paradise; he did not really care whether he made it anymore, now that the only one he cared about was lost to him forever. He laid Cheza down on the ground.

"I have no need for you anymore," he muttered and walked off, drawing his broadsword. He was ready to pave the ground with blood. However, he did not realize that Cheza was slowly getting off the ground.

"I must see….if there are any more left of my kind."

"So, now that we're out in the middle of nowhere, what's left in the future for us?" questioned Tsume.

"We could try to open up Paradise with Ashella," commented Hige.

"It won't work," stated Kiba, "We don't know how to perform the opening ritual."

"So, I guess we're pretty much scr-" The tip of a sword protruded from Hige's chest. The boy slumped over.

"Hige!" cried Blue, running over to the pup's side. She shook him, trying to rouse him, but it was no use.

"Blue," murmured Hige.

"Hold on, don't die!" ordered Blue.

"The blood runs from this pup's death wound, but yet it does not satisfy my thirst for vengeance," said an eerie voice. Darcia stepped out from the shadows, and took his sword out of Hige. Hige made a gasping noise, cross between an asthmatic gasping for breath and a racoon being run over by a car.

"Darcia! What are you doing here?" snarled Toboe, leaping at the man. Darcia knocked the wolf aside. The force of the blow broke one of Toboe's ribs.

"You have took away the one person dear to me in my life….I will not permit you to enter Paradise…" Darcia stated. He slung his sword at Tsume, and the male wolf's left arm went flying. Tsume howled in pain.

"I will make sure each of you dies an agonizing death." Darcia thrust his sword at Kiba, but the steel never meet the alpha male's skin.

"You will not kill them."

"Ashella!" cried Blue. Ashella had taken the deadly blow from Kiba.

To be continued…