Proceeding Pain Part One

DIF: Barely anyone reviewed for the last chap.

DFF: We had half a mind not to give this chapter but we will cause we're so nice.

Wonton: In this Chap we're leaving Toboe, Hige, James and Leera to see what's going down at the refinery. No one's asked what type of refinery this place is and now you'll find out. Maybe.

Randa: Also this was supposed to be out a few weeks ago but we got sent to a hell hole and couldn't finish.

Kiba was worked every day. And every day he was worked harder. Never once was there a break as he toiled from before the first light to well after sunset. He pushed and pulled, ripped and tore, nipped and bit. He was an AM and was to keep the lower ranks in gear. He heard the crying of pups who's mothers were killed from insubordination and the screams of the young female pups as they were raped so that they knew they were for pleasure and carrying pups. All the sound of this place ripped at Kiba's heart and he wished so much that they would be the next to be grabbed. There was nothing he could do to help his poor people.

A howl was heard from the right. Tsume wasn't keeping up with his work, one of his people tried to run and was shot. A mourning howl from the runner's mate. Tsume just nipped the wolf back in place.

That night, after the place closed down, Kiba changed to his human form. Tsume needed a good tongue lashing as he wasn't keeping up with his work.

"Tsume what do you think your doing." Kiba hissed at the silver haired man.

"If they want to run they can. It's not my fault their stupid." Tsume said off hand. He seemed to not have a care in the world and for a second Kiba thought he didn't until he got a closer look at the man's eyes. They were disturbed and haunted.

"What's wrong with you?" Kiba asked. The two had no support from anyone but each other(1). Hige they had not seen for ney on two days now and had figured him one of the runners that had gotten shot.

"Toboe. What happened to him? Did he get a good home? Or did he get shot? He was always the runt never really big. He had a big heart and always kept moving. Sometimes I wonder if we were a bad influence on him. He slowly became like all of us over the years and now I wonder if that was a good or bad thing." Tsume had his hand in his hair and his eyes are tormented. "I can't help but think that Toboe and Hige met the same fate."

"All we can do is hope. It sucks that every day that's all we can do but maybe one day it will help." Kiba leaned against a near by wall and slid down it, his arms over his knees.

"Yeah I guess so." Tsume replied doing the same except one leg was out.

They sat in silence for a bit. Every sound could be heard and the two had great hearing when must, other times they could be practically def. The moon showed down from a sky light showing only a few things like the sleeping wolves in front of them. They could hear the commotion going on at the meeting a the other building. About 5 minutes later they heard footsteps coming their way and tensed.

"Are you sure you saw them over here?" A feminine voice whisper.

"Yes I'm quite sure." Another voice came. A second later two people came around a corner a male and a female they did not recognize. The male had long hair pulled back into a low ponytail he had around the same type of build as Tsume and had on baggy cloths. The girl on the other hand had short hair was quite small and wore tight fitting clothing. Her hair looked to be a lavender color but in this light it was hard to tell. "Any way you would know what to look for better than me. You're the one who used to know them." The girl turned to the guy.

"Oh my GOD! You are so insufferable, Gear. Yes this one knew them, but you're the one who said they were over in this building talking. This one's nose can not handle the stench of this place much longer." Her exasperated voice was loud.

"Quiet, Kitten, you'll wake up all the sleeping wolves. You know how T gets when she's woken during the night." Gear shushed. "Plus they're right there." He said pointing to Kiba and Tsume who were watching the entire scene. Kitten looked over and saw they were indeed the ones they had been looking for. You could see the girls eyes light up at the sight of them and she ran over to them.

"Kiba, Tsume, it has been so long since this one has seen you." She whispered excitedly she hugged the two before stepping back a bit. Kiba and Tsume were surprised at the non-violent physical contact.

"Who are you?" Kiba asked suspicious.

"This one is known as Flower Kitten to the underground but you know this one as Cheza." She answered. Kiba and Tsume sniffed the air and found that it was definitely the flower girl but her sent had a twist. She was not a plant but a... Cat(2). Lynx to be exact.

"That's her alright. But if she's a cat what is she doing here?" Tsume voice was hard and his tone harsh.

"And her friend is a dog."

"We're with the underground. There's a planned mass break out for tomo... tonight." Gear said as he checked his watch(3), it was obviously after midnight.

"This one really doesn't ever come here but this one's been posing as an FD for a few weeks now. This one thought it was funny how Hige acted when he found out." She said giggling. Kiba heard Hige's name and he was instantly attentive.

"Hige is alive?" His eyes shined with hope.

"Yes, I helped him escape three nights ago. He's in the safest hands there is, The Howling Crow." Gear replied.

"I'm going to assume that's a code name for some animal." Tsume said stiffly.

"Yeah it's T's name. She's a bit of a runt but she kicks ass." Gear was grinning in a Hige-ish way.

"This one would like to say that, if you had said that to her face, she would have kicked your ass." Cheza said matter-of-fact. "Only three people have gotten away with calling her that and only one to call her chibi. And you my dear friend are in neither category." Cheza was a happy Lynx for remembering these little facts about Toboe.

"Wait, there was those two, Hige, and Blue able to call her runt. That's four." Gear said slightly confused.

"This one stands corrected." Cheza replied softly. "Well what we came for is to ask for your guys' help. There's a round about 5-7 packs left in this place and we're planning on moving them out tonight. We need you two to get your packs organized and ready to go with out alerting the guards and tonight you will be assigned to your sergeant. Can we count on you?" Cheza asked taking on a very serious tone.

"Yes," the two replied with out hesitation and simultaneously.

"Ok now for further information: You have no control what so ever over your sergeant, and when your sergeant is away the FD is in charge. Never will you be in-charge. Remember these simple rules and you'll have no problems." Gear filled them in.

1- This will not be Tsume/Kiba but they are in just about the same situation and have known each other since a very young age. Things will be different.

2- This change was a step toward being original.

3- You'll note that through out the story Gear has a habit of checking his watch. This is just a weird quirk that he has.

DFF: A side note is that Gear and James are brothers and that their parents are very open with names. VERY open. One of their sisters is named Blackie, another is Ryutenshi. Some more of their younger brothers' name are Zahur and Liam

Wonton: We thought you'd like to know the nice little tidbit. Now if you hadn't been paying close attention to the story you now know that James and Gear are brothers. But you all already know that.

Randa: If you want to know want to know every one's breed, species, age and partners are just ask.