Kuri woke up in the middle of the night.
She heard chains rattling.
She had dreamed of blood, of destruction.
Of death.
"Darren." Kuri shook him. "Darren please, wake up!"
"Wh-what..." Darren looked up at her.
Kuri realized how weak he was from lack of blood. She ached to help him, but she knew he'd never drink, no matter what.
"It's the Wolf Man." Kuri said. "I saw..."
Darren helped her to sit down, and gave her some water.
"What did you see?" Darren said. "It's going to be ok."
"RV let out the Wolf Man. Then he was killed, and...others died trying to stop him." Kuri couldn't say it. She couldn't say that she watched Darren die.
"Then we have to get out there and do something." Darren said. "Should we wake Rei?"
"No. She's safe here with Larten." Kuri said.
"When did you start calling him that?" Darren said.
"Don't worry about it." Kuri said.
The two scampered off into the night.
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The rattling of chains grew louder as they approached the cage.
"Don't try to stop me!" RV said. "I'm gonna fight for freedom man! I'm gonna save this oppressed creature, man!"
Kuri reached forward to stop him, but Darren shoved her back.
"My hands! Where are my hands?!" RV shouted.
"We have to run, lead it away." Darren said.
He took off, and Kuri suddenly remembered how fast he had been at soccer.
Why think of that now?
The images flashed in her mind.
If she let Darren keep going, this ended in his death.
Oh. So this was her only option.
Kuri stopped at the edge of the old train yard.
She lifted her voice...and howled.
And the Wolf Man heard her cry and went in for the kill.