The halls were dark and dimmed with torches lighting up the walls. Echoes were heard past every cell, every corner of this prison. Growls, hisses, and whimpers of all kind were being thrown around. But the more deeper you traveled, the more quieter it became.

Two guards walked through the hall of prison cells as their hands caressed their weapons. The father they went down the hall, the tighter their grip got. They both knew exactly where they were going, To them, it was like sending them to straight to hell. The worst possible position to be accounted for during this time of year.

"I heard that he was part of the whole "Pet of Legends" conspiracy and killed almost every human on that island."

"Don't tell me you believe in that crap Keith."

"But Robert..."

"Shush, we're here." Robert inhaled a quick breath and let it go out through his mouth. The guard reached for his keys. The most time consuming event that could happen in anyone's case if they were to be put on this job. In the back of his mind, Robert was fearful of this task. Although he didn't believe in what people told him and would rather see it for himself, in the back of his mind the man knew. He wouldn't be this frighten if he didn't.

Robert finally grabbed the cold metal of the keys strapped on the belt around his waist and continued to open the door. On the outside his body was stiff and unscathed nut on the inside, his heart pounded more times in a minute than a drum in a drum solo.

Finally he opened the door. This cell was different. There weren't any bars, no slot to put a tray of food under. Just a steal door with a little slot high enough for the guards could see through.

"Good he's asleep. We could get what we need and get out of here. Lord knows if he wakes up."

"Feeling a little query I see." Keith said nudging Robert on his side making him jump a little.

"Now is not the time to be fooling around. We have to get that Runner's Licence he has." Robert said as he set his sight's on the prisoner.

For the first time in his life Keith had laid eyes on this prisoner. A grey wolf with unnatural long white to fur from it's head down to it's waist. The wolf hung from two chains on his wrists that connected to the ceiling, his head hung low, feet dangling and eyes closed.

Keith felt this weird sensation while looking at this lupine. Scared of course but there was something else that made his stomach twist. It wasn't the stories about the horrible things this wolf did. It wasn't the scars on his upper body or neither was it the fact that this wolf actually wore pants or black scarf around his neck that also reached his waist. It was his name. The name that was forbidden around the prison. No one knows why they couldn't say it. But whoever did was to be sentence themselves. Only the warden knew and even he wouldn't dare say his name.

Keith, without knowing, had inched closer to the sleeping wolf. He looked so peaceful while he slept. The guard felt his arm move toward his head until Robert grabbed it.

"Are you trying to wake him up?" Keith looked toward the wolf.

"Not exactly, but he looks so...sad."

"He should be. If what everyone said is true, the things he did on that island should have caused something far worst. That begs the question. Why are they keeping such a 'dangerous' animal here instead of just putting it down? Anyway, he caused his own sadness."

"Or did I?" Both guards spines had shivered at the voice.

"Tell me...what date is it?"

Keith looked at the lupine as his eyes slowly opened. The human lost all felling in his body. He was pretty sure that he had just wet his pants. Robert could've sworn that those eyes had changed color.

The wolf awaited his answer. "Well?" He spoke. "Am I going to get an answer or do I have to find out myself?"

Robert gritted his teeth. This wolf was in no position to be making threats.

"Please, you can't break these even the world's strongest man could."

The wolf grinned. "Is that so? Unfortunately for me I don't have super strength nor any power for that matter. But every chain rust. Unless you've constantly spilled oil from the ceiling and onto them. In that case, why didn't you just burn me?"

Both guards, visibly shaking had pointed their guns toward the lupine. He didn't flinch.

"The two of you are shaking. Do I make you that uncomfortable? I can smell the fear in you."

"Shut Up!" Robert exclaimed as the gun came closer to the wolf's face.

Keith on the other hand was sweating bullets. Fear was shown all over his face and he was pretty sure that the smell the wolf was smelling wasn't fear at all.

"Tell me, why did you join an organization such as this one? You surely must have had a choice. What makes you, the ones who're suppose to protect and love animals, turn on us and would rather kill than to be bothered with. He was angry now. Keith was in his eye shot. No longer was he staring down the barrel of a 45.

Keith stood completely still. His body was no longer in his control and wouldn't listen to a thing his mind was telling it to do. Was this wolf? No he wasn't. It was the utter terror of this lupine's look. The eye of the wolf, something to be very terrified of. With one glare you could be frozen out of true fear. Eyes that had the sclera black and whatever color your iris you were born with. Unfortunately he had yellow iris's.

"Are you humans finally realising the futility of your existence? You kill for game, anger, and mostly out of hate. I, on the other hand..."

Robert jumped back as he saw the chains loosed enough for the lupine could touch the floor with his feet. The middle aged guard's eyes shot up as he saw two holes where the chains were being fed through. All of a sudden his sight was interrupted with the place turning upside down.

"I kill for what I believe in."

Keith witnessed the gruesome image from its backside. The wolf on top of Robert's shoulder's with his arms extended out to his sides. The young guard dropped his gun and slowly moved away. Trembling with every step he took. Keith was backed up to the wall as he slid down it. Seeing his college's body fall was just a confirmation of what just happened. But when he looked closely, there was something off about it. Something that was very noticeable and made the young guard even more horrified.

The wolf slowly turned to the trembling Keith. Blood dripped off his claws of his right paw. The other, continuously being drenched by the blood of Robert's now decapitated head. Keith couldn't speak, yell, anything. The absolute terror that shot throughout every part of Keith's body had him paralyzed as the grey wolf came near.

As he got close enough he dropped the head in between the lap of the remaining guard. Keith couldn't look anywhere else other than that head. When he looked back up, the wolf had positioned his maw to the human's ear.

"My name is _."

In a whisper he said his name before reeling back. His claw sliding out from the inside of Keith's stomach. "But you can call me what everybody else knows me by. The names Zero" With that Keith's body laid motionless.

"Stupid humans, if only you would've stayed out of this. I wouldn't have hand to do this." Zero said as he looked at his blood stained paw. "How can you live with it? The felling on my hands after, and the noise of every cry and scream that I hear." The anger showed once more. He yelled at the bodies on the floor. "HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU CAN LIVE WITH THIS?!"

Zero took a couple of long breaths as the crimson liquid dripped off of claws before he looked to where the chains were being fed from.

"It's clear. You can come out now."

A click was heard before a little door opened where the two holes were and revealed a red fox. "You're always making a mess wherever you go, don't you?"

"Just shut up and pull me out."

Now that Zero was freed from his cell his chains were easy to get off. Banging the cuffs against the wall of the chimney hard enough had broke the lock and opened them. Zero looked at his companion as if he knew the vulpine was going to say something.

"You do know the Underground: Edge Race Tournament start soon. The reward for winning looks nice."The fox said.

"I'm not interested in the reward. There are far more greater things that I have to deal with. I have to thank you for one. Switching out the prison chains for yours was brilliant."

"What can I say? I couldn't just leave you here."

"Karishad..."

The wolf spoke as Kari's ears perked up a little. "When this is all over. I want you and the others to get away as far as possible. You can take the reward. All I ask is that you don't stay with me. I don't want to see you get hurt."

Karishad smiled as he took his chains and wrapped them around his arms. "You have to learn to lighten up. On another totally different topic though, you look pretty rather good bounded by chains. We should do that when nobody's around more often. He said as he winked at the lupine.

Zero smirked, "I hope you had your fill cause that's the last time you'll be seeing me like that. Especially with your chains."

Karishad chuckled and walked past him. "Oh I'll get you one day. But you can't blame me for trying."

The grey wolf shook his head as he followed. It was that time of year, where the races would begin and the teams would go at it. Team Backlash was no exception.

Zero and Karishad both looked out to the horizon as the morning sun started to arise. It's glistening glow began to shroud the buildings pushing the darkness away.

The vulpine's eyes slowly glanced toward the lupine. Kari couldn't help but give a nice warm smile as the wolf's face was calm and had also obtain a smile. Even though things would get rough and so much more messy, Karishad knew he could count on Zero.

As the leader of Backlash, Zero knew what the risks were. He was sure not to let anything happen to his team and would shoulder all the hate toward them. This race wasn't a big problem nor was it of any importance to him. It was just an obstacle standing in his way of his true goal. But all in all, he couldn't lie. This year's race did spike his interest though.

"Just in due time." Zero thought as he looked ahead. "I'll find you."

"You might want these." The vulpine gave Zero something in his palm.

"They'll help you hide the angry evil look you have in your eyes."

Zero opened his right hand to see contact lenses. "Are you serious?"

He looked to Karishad who in turn had a huge grin on his face. The wolf sighed then put them on. It masked out the black sclera and changed his iris to color that shined green.

"There, now you look normal."

Zero looked coldly out to the horizon, then with the turn of his head a smile plastered on his face. "Thanks"
With that both Zero and Karishad had set off to find the other two of Team Backlash's members.