Chapter 4: the opposite of letting go
Cloud slumped against a wall as Kane continued looking out of the window, completely expressionless. Cloud scoffed "He's not going, and that's that." Kane gave a loud "HA!" in a sarcastic tone. Ryan came in behind Cloud "I looked out on the horizon, I saw two patrols heading this way" Mura cried harder into Kiara's shoulder as she tried to comfort her saying "Shhhh, its ok Mura, Kane will be fine" Kane scoffed at her words "The hell I will" Kacie shattered another plate "LANGUAGE KANE SNYDER" she roared through tears. Taylor walked in to see the scene happening before him and sighed "So they've come for Kane, I knew those traitors would eventually" The group had disbanded from Dark Wolf, seeing as how they were too dangerous to stay around and how they had kidnapped Kiara. He walked over to Kane and stood behind Maddy, who was still hugging his chest. He put a hand on his shoulder and looked him in the eye "Kane, when you go, keep in your mind and heart that your home and family belongs here, do everything you can to come back." Kane shook his head while Cloud roared out "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!? HE'S NOT GOING!!!" Taylor turned to face cloud and told him in a scolding tone "It is not your place to decide Cloud, if the army comes bearing arms and Kane doesn't go then we endanger the family!" Cloud shook his head as the loud handle of the mansion was being clanged, signaling their little "doorbell" Kane walked forward and managed to get past Cloud until he whirled around and grabbed Kane by the shoulders of his Hori. He clenched tight as he pulled him back around and threw him to the ground. Ryan roared as he pounced at Cloud but it was too late. Cloud grabbed the WolfSaeiga and ran towards the gates. Taylor and Wolf ran after him. Cloud burst out of the mansion doors and fled down the street as Wolf almost caught up with him. He reached out to grab him but Cloud had leapt up high and over the gates to see about twenty-five men sitting on horses with swords and shields, all clad in Black Dark Wolf armor. One man pointed and screamed into the air as Cloud descended, pulling out the WolfSaeiga and roaring "YOU SHALL NEVER HAVE HIM!!!" Cloud pointed the sword downwards as it stabbed into his skull. He rammed it all the way through until he hit the ground and the sword cleaved the man and the horse in two. He then slashed out forward in pure rage as he cut the legs of ten men, along with their horses. The others began to ran as Cloud mowed them down in their feeble attempts to escape. Wolf and Taylor had opened the gates and pounced on Cloud. Cloud roared as three began to get away. He pointed his sword at two and roared "SHINKIROGARA!!!" the silver disk erupted out of WolfSaeiga as it cut two out of three down. He managed to throw the sword into the last one as Wolf pinned Cloud's hands behind his back. Taylor got up and panted, looking around he saw his son's carnage. Body parts lay here and there, all the horses were dead and mutilated. Taylor growled so loudly he thought his throat would explode "DAMMIT CLOUD, NOW WHAT ARE WE TO DO, WAIT FOR THE REINFORCEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO MISS THESE PATROLS!?!?" Cloud felt tears in his eyes as he stared down into the dirt. Wolf had gotten off of him and was looking around as well, checking the officers for important papers. Cloud got up and went over to where the WolfSaeiga was embedded in a man's skull. After a few tugs he pulled it out. He shuddered and shook all over as he saw blood down his front. "I…I killed a man" he whispered to himself. And not just one, BUT TWENTY FIVE AT ONCE!!" Cloud dropped the blade and turned to see Kane walking quickly towards him. He recoiled as Kane landed a punch hard in Cloud's left cheek. Cloud spun around and flew into the ground. Ryan and Wolf roared as they ran for Kane who was beating the snot out of Cloud. He landed a kick in his stomach and kept on kicking "YOU STUPID IGNORANT FOOL, WHY DIDN'T YOU LET ME GO YOU FREAKING STUPID HALF BREED, YOU DISGUISTING HANYOU BITCH, WHY DIDN'T YOU LET ME GO!!!!" He roared as he gave a final hard kick to Cloud's stomach as Ryan and Wolf dragged him backwards to the wall. Ryan held him back as he saw Cloud doubled over, throwing up a mixture of vomit and blood, the vomit because of the fact he killed people, the blood from Kane's abuse. His heart shattered inside of his chest as he thought "Half breed, a hanyou?" Kane finally calmed down as he pushed Ryan off of him and stormed into the fortress. Mura came running out to Cloud who started to get up but fell back down next to the intestines of a horse. Cloud stared into the empty space of its carcass and kneeled over, one hand on the ground and the other on his stomach as he vomited more blood then nasty this time. Mura ran beside Cloud and hugged him to her, a few blood droplets hanging from his mouth "Big Brother why did you do it!? You should have let him go!" Cloud cried out in pain and winced "I didn't want to lose my brother; everyone who goes doesn't come back!!" Cloud began to whimper and cry hard as Mura hugged him tighter. Wolf walked over to Cloud and knelt down, pushing on one of his ribs. Cloud cried out in pain as he continued bawling into Mura's shoulder. Wolf sighed and shook his head "Well, at least you'll get something out of this as a consequence, three of your ribs are broken, one has snapped, and the other two are fractured. Cloud felt his throat build up and he pushed himself off of Mura before ejecting more blood out onto the ground. Wolf gasped "Shit, Cloud's got massive internal bleeding, and this won't heal with the stuff we have, even my wolf blood won't help, the only thing that can is…….oh no" Wolf shuddered as he realized what he had to do. He looked over at Taylor and shouted "How long did it take you to heal after fights" Taylor shouted back "Before or After I was infected?" Wolf shouted back after. Taylor eyed Wolf carefully and shouted "About an hour or two, why?!" Wolf looked at Mura and said "Listen to me child, whatever you do, don't tell the others where I've gone, the fevered are massing in the village about a few miles from here in the forest. Cloud will die in about four hours unless I can work fast" Wolf picked up the WolfSaeiga "Get Cloud inside, but keep him near the gates, when I come back, no matter what you see, move him out into the field behind me, understand?" Mura shook her head as Wolf dashed off into the forest. Taylor called after him to ask him where he was going. Mura shouted for her dad to help Cloud get inside. They pulled him into the gates as Ryan screamed at Kane "GOOD JOB ASSHOLE, YOUR GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR BROTHER'S DEATH, HAPPY!!?" Kane roared back "NOT MY FAULT HE DIDN'T LISTEN, NOW INSTEAD OF ONLY ONE OF US DYING, WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE WHEN A BATTALION SIZED REGIMENT COMES TO KILL US!" Taylor roared at both of them "SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU BEFORE I CUT OPEN YOUR INSIDES" He panted after his outburst and looked out onto the field, suddenly saying "Where the hell did Wolf go…"