Chapter 5
The sickening festival
It was light when we finally reached the human settlement. It was a busy place full of humans laughing and joking, buying and selling. When we past they all look at the carrier, the children were tugging at there parents arms pointing at me.
I growled inwards god what's wrong with these things, they seem to enjoy the suffering of other things. In my fights ever time blood is spilt they cheer ever time a fighter fall's the roar with excitement. Feed up with humans staring at me I turned my back to the front of the cage and looked over at max.
A signal tier running down his face "I'm sorry I should have tolled you sooner, this is a Feasterville of dog fights, it's the biggest event on masters calendar, it's for the championship" he looked away from me hand on his fore head his eye's closed.
"Every time he makes me…." He clenched his fists to gather "do that thing to you it kills me" he started to sob hugging his knees rocking slightly.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier but I wanted you to enjoy the ride or at lest rest"
I looked down at the floor great this fight would be one of the hardest fight of my life.
I looked back up at Max, he looked up at me I wagged my tail, he smiled back weakly.
The carrier suddenly stopped causing me and max to crash in to the sides of aware cages.
Master walked in, "were here my children" that last word sent a shiver down my spine. "Boy I want him groomed and clipped, the festival starts tomorrow and I need my money maker looking his beast for the fans" he smiled at me wickedly. I glared at him, he turned and walked out with rubbing his hands to gather still smiling.
"He is in a good mood" Max said with a little grin. The locks on aware cages open with a click. Max got out stretched then started to unravel the bandages on his hands, he looked at them flexing his fingers "good as new" he said with a wink. He walked over to a small chest in the back of the carrier open it and pulled out a big metal tub and a box full of bottles and brushes.
A bath, I loved baths Max walk past me to the other side of the carrier where the tap was and started to fill it up with water,
"Listen to me DOG" I trend my head lazily it was master looking at me throw the bars of the cage people behind him where potting up tents and getting ready for the festival, hum more like a freak show and the dogs were the freaks. "You better be on your beast behaviour or ill show you and the boy the meaning of the word pain" and with that he closed the certain I could here his footsteps as he walk away, he meant it but at that this moment I couldn't careless may be I should lose the fight and die, I laughed at my self coldly, ye right.
"Ready mate" came a happy voice, I got up wagging my tail, I could let down my guard now the certain was shut. "Well first we got to hoes you down or the water will go black" he looked at me the shine was back in his green eyes. He bent down and open the door to my cage.
I got out Warley because he always tries to tack me by surprise with the hoes, and shore enough "GOT YA" he shouted pulling the hoes out from behind him, AH that's cold I run to the other end of the carrier trying to doge the water or bit it.
He stop "sorry mate couldn't resist" he looked at my a glint in his eyes "I'm finished honestly no seriously look" I walk forward curiously, "or maybe not" he said turning the hose on me again but this time I was ready, I jump to the right missing the water then dived at him knocking him into the tub with a loud splash that sent water ever where.
He looked at me legs hang over the edge of the tub resting his chin on his hand "dam, to quick of me" he said quietly. I stood there waving my tail and panting like a pup. He got up turned off the hose the throw me in when I was not paying attention.
The water was wonderful, warm and clean and full of bubals, he sat behind me in the tub, got a bottle of something put it on his hands and rubbed it on to my sore back MOON IT WAS EXSTASEY I lowered my head closed my eye finely relaxing hunger and pain for gotten at that moment I was in paradises.
"God all mighty your filthy" he said rubbing harder in to my back I whined softly "enjoying that are we" he said with a chuckled. "Lucky bastard at lest I can do it for you no one can do it to me".
MAX POV
I love giving eight a bath, to help him relaxes it's the only time he can forget about his worries and I can enjoy my self, it helps me to unwind to.
As I massaged his back I could fell every scar and cut, he was covered in them I couldn't get over how one thing can have so many. He had no hair on his lower neck or top of his shoulders thanks to all the bits and whip lashes he gets in training pulling the weights. He had claw marks over his back and down his sides random bit marks here and there. And lumps of hair were uneven were they had been torn off and started to grow back, rely he look quite a mess and that's a under statement but it did not mater when I was not much better off my self.
"HA" I shouted which made eight jump "I can see your normal colour bloody hell I can see it" I said pushing I m lightly he rolled his eyes with a wolf smile and closed his eyes again.
His normal colour was not surprisingly BLACK, all the fighting dogs were black the masters had some thing for it, you rarely see another colour in the fights.
After eight has been sitting in that cage for weeks on end and has nothing to do but train he terns a nasty shade of oily grey and the little good patches of heir left get mated and tangled.
After I finished washing eight I washed my hair quick I hadn't washed it for weeks.
Rrrr refreshing, I got the towel out of the cupboard he looked at me with those grey eye mist jiff writhen all over his face.
He hates the towel and the idea of this game is to doge it long enough to let his heir dry.
I pounds at him he dogged "cam on eight its not that bad master will be back soon and if he sees me playing heal put my in the bag", blast he looked throw that one. I smiled "if wont go quietly I suppose ill haft to" I jumped at him. "GOT YU" I rapped him up in the towel and started rubbing him dry he sat there wining "o give it a rest eight stop being such a baby" I said with a smile.
I stepped back and admired my work.
Triple eights POV
He stood they going red in the faces, I hate those dam towels they make me look like a big fluff ball.
He burst out laughing "you look like ha ha a big fluffy bunny ha ha ha".
When he had finely crammed down he went to the cupboard and pulled out a little wooden box, he open the box and stat down in front of me.
"Paw" I hate being talk to like that but he doses it on purpose, he stat there smiling hand out, I gave him my paw.
He looked at it carefully frowning "wow they are growing the same way now" he said darkly shaking is head. "I suppose we have cut them that way for so long they just grow that way now" he looked at me.
They cut and filed my claws to make them as sharp as razor blades.
He began to file the chips out of them and polish them. Soon they were back to there former glory, deadly.
Max got up and took a step back to admire his handy work. "Man if there were a she wolf around here I think shed fall all over you" he said with a wink.
Ye right I wagged my tail.
"right then Iv got to get back in my own cage before master gets back" he shock he fists jokingly at the door, there was a bang from out side, max jumped and was in his cage before I even realised he had gone.
I looked back at him and shock my head wagging my tail, he looked at me "o shut up" he said crossing his arms looking away.
I laid down putting my head on my paws closing my eyes. But soon opened them as my stomach gave an almighty grow. My stomach felt like it was been twisted. If I dint have food soon id go mad. I closed my eyes and ignored the feeling in my gut and after a long time I feel into my dark dreams.
Hundreds of voices why don't they shut up, I opened my eyes trying to get my senses to gather, I got up and shock the dust off, manly trying to get the cob webs out of my head. Then suddenly my certain was pulled back and the sun hit my eyes. I blinked trying to see the faces it was master and a bunch of humans some young little kids and other old men.
"Here he is lades and gently men, triple eight he has never lost a single fight" master was booming over the crowd a big grin on his face he was enjoying this, I was not I was trying to stop my legs shacking from hunger I was getting week and desperate for food I glared at ever one of the faces groping at me.
Then my eyes fell onto the human children all there mouths were open wide in amazement, they smelled delicious I started to droll. I shock my head trying to get those thoughts out of my head but young meet tastes the beast.
"And my dear friends for only $50 you can get up close and personal with this monster, and don't worry he will be completely docile" he shot me a nasty look at me when he said that.
At those words the kids went mantle running back to what must be the father "pleas daddy pleas I what to see the dog came on daddy" said the youngest one "ye came on dad" chimed up an older one.
Ye came on dad let the big bad wolf get some food I thought savagely.
There father looked up at master and said "this dog will be completely safe" "ye check this out" master said. He moved his hand up to his bracelet, oh no, and hit a button all my muscles tensed and I couldn't move, I fell to the floor completely paralyzed all I could do was move my eyes and grit my teeth, GOD DAM IT ALL.
I tried to get up but to no avail. There was a click from my cage door and then the kids came running in "wow" said one of them "look at all the scars he has" "look he is missing his ear" said another. Don't be shy kids you can touch him he wont do any thing" master said. Then all the kids started poking me pulling my hair and tail to see if I would do any thing, moon if this collar was to brake now there would be a lots of torn throats, a young girl was stroking me I hate being stroked by any one apart from max.
There was a man taking pitchers out side my cage as the kids would do different poses put me in a head lock and pike up my paws try in vane to open my mouth they like lifting up my hackles to see my fangs throw, "wow look at the size of his teeth man there huge" he reached down and cut his finger on my canine, "ouch they are well sharp" a little drop of blood found its way in to my mouth throw my teeth I shivered, moon it was torture only if I could get up I could eat them all.
Behind my master and the father were talking.
"How come he doesn't grow or bear his teeth I thought he'd be wakening the dead with grows at the moment" said the father looking at his kids using me as the climbing frame. "Are that what makes him so dangerous all heal do is glare at you he wont give you any warning, one minuet his looking you in the eye the next he's sank is jaws into your trot." Master said with a wicked smile.
He continued "he needs a catalyst to get him to bear his teeth and growl" "what the catalyst" master taped his nose that the father and smiled. Bang father and master looked over at max cage he was obviously kick the bars in protest. How's he said the father nodding carelessly at max, " he is my slave he is the only one the dog will let in his cage or touch him" master explained.
The father looked back at his children "what's he like" he said to his kids, "he is huge and his teeth are rely sharp" "and his claws" said the little girl. "Are wow let me have a look" said the father and he got in my cage as well.
He picked up the girl and put her on my back. I'm going to kill that son of a bitch when I get up.
After what seemed like and age they got up and left finely, but another load of people came in after that and another. Max had been punished twice for kicking the bars and I was shacking in rage or was it hunger.
It was so humiliating master put my paws in this stuff then printed my paw print on a pitcher of me in a fight then he seined it as well. All I could se was purple dots in front of my eyes thanks to the F camera. People put me in head lock lifted my head pull my tail punched me trying to see if they could stand me up but as I was completely paralyzed, I would fall over again.
My muscles were starting to cramp from be tens for so long I was in agony.
It was the afternoon and master had finished showing me off and had finely tern the collar off I got up and nearly yelp in pain the cramps were all over my body I started to try and stretch them out, my bones crack as I stretched oo I love that nose.
After I finished I stat back down and watched all the people buy things look at other dogs. They all look like food to me each one of them. I was drooling.
Max was looking at me warred master had forbidden him to talk at all.
I lade down my nose right up agenised the bars of the cage so I could smell all of the humans. Suddenly a small hand came throw the bars off the cage it was the little human girl from be for, she was trying to touch me again.
I shoot up in a flash and grabbed the girls arm in my jaws and lifted her two feet off the floor, she screamed in pain as I sank my jaws deeper into her arm.
The blood soaked my mouth, my hair stood up, her father came running up and tried to pull her back, I pulled back till her shoulder was up against the bars of the cage "EIGHT LET GO OF HER NOW EIGHT EIGHT" came Max's voce I did not listen. I bit down and pulled harder there was a sickening crack and I tore her arm off from the elbow down she screamed and her and her father fell back to the floor. I let go of the arm in my mouth it fell to the floor with a splat. I watched it twitch I beard my fangs and grind, tech them to f with me. I reached down to have a taste "DOG" came a wild shout from out side I looked up it was master red with rage shacking all over. He put his arm up in front off him to show me what he was about to do, I stood there showing my fangs in a mad grin. He hit the red button.
MAX POV
Eight reared back screwing his eyes shut as a massive bolt of electricity shot throw he's body, he stood there the collar had lock his legs so he could not fall. Blue bolts of electricity were snaking and flashing all over his body, blood started to drip down from his collar then followed by smock, then there was a loud crack and he shot backwards and landed on his side twitching.
O god was he dead no he was breathing the screams out side and shouts "BOY PUT HIS CHIN ON NOW" master shouted from somewhere out side. I got up and put his chin on his collar and pick up the girls arm "GIVE THAT TO ME" master rowed I handed it to him.
He reached in to the cage grab me by my hair pulled me out. He punched me in the stomach with all of his strength it sent me flying across the truck I hit the wall at the other end, fell to the floor shacking, master trend and left.
I lade there trying to breathe coughing up blood, there was a warm trickle going down the back of my head were I hit the wall. "God dam it eight" I wisped. I tried to get up but fell back to the floor. I got up on to my hands an knees and crawled to my cage got in and passed out.
Triple eights POV
A pink girl with rube red eyes was walking up to me I was standing in a clearing in the middle of a forest surrounded by white flowers "this on will help you" she said that smell, moon that smell. She bent down and put her arms around me.
I tried to open my eyes ever thing was blared it was sunset out side.
I closed my eyes again and tried to get up no chance of that happening.
That dam human cant she read the signs on my cage, don't put your hands in the cage.
The blood had given me back some strength to think but the shock I had been given had sucked all the physical strength out of me.
I looked over at max he was unconscious on the floor of his cage with dried blood down his chin. Dam what had I done it was all my fault, master had beaten him. DAM DAM DAM.
I sniffed that sent, I sniffed again it was that girl. I looked up and there she was about 25 passes away from my cage looking at me the same wolves were around here but they were in human form, all looking at me in shock.
I got up but the chain stop me from getting close to the bars.
She walk up to me, I back away some thing about those eyes scared me. "This one fells your pain this one will save you". She put her and throw the bars of my cage, fear washed all over me I looked left and right starting to panic. She started to hum. The sound was beautiful relaxing, my pain melted away with my hunger she put a hand on my head and stroked me.
I started to fell rely sleepy my eyes half shut. Warmth started were her hand was stroking me and moved throw out my body. Moon, I swayed and fell to the floor.
Packs POV
Kiba put a hand on Cheza looking at the wolf now lying still in the cage "come on Cheza we must leave", humans were staring at them. "HAY GET YOU HAND OUT OF THERE" Cheza withdrew her hand as if it had been stung. Kiba tern to see were the shout had come from.
A man was walking up to them. "Are you mad he has allredy attack a girl how put her hand in his" he stopped short looking at the wolf lying in the cage. "He's a sleep you were lucky he's a very dangerous dog" he said.
Kiba glared at him. Tears were streaming down Chezas faces "I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset the young lady, here have these free tickets to the fight night iv run out of people to give them to" he said with a smile.
Kiba took the tickets tern and walk away. "Wait" said a quiet voice that only Cheza and the wolves could here, they all tern the wolf was looking at the sorrow in his dull dead eyes. More tears fell from Cheza's face, the man was looking at them obviously bewailed.
Tsume tern and walk away, Toboe looked at Tsume then at the wolf tears welling up in his eyes too, Kiba steered Cheza away face blank, Higa took one last look at the wolf shock is head and started to walk away.
"Wait don't leave me" came the same quiet voice belie a whisper. They all ignored it and kept on walking "no" there was a flash of light from behind them they all tern to see the wolf getting electrocuted, blue bolts of light like lighting were griping his body.
He didn't make a sound not a yelp of pain or anything, just stood there eyes screwed shut.
Cheza looked like she was about to scream so Kiba pick her up and ran out of the festival the pack close behind.
They stop on a hill over looking the town.
They all sat down lost in there thoughts. Cheza was looking in the direction of the festival tears rolling down her checks. For a wile there was a silence between them all none of them new what to say.
Toboe broke the silences "we've got to help him", "it's none of our biasness" said Tusme looking at Kiba.
"Was he even a wolf, his eyes weren't wolf eyes they were dead and grey" said Higa looking pale and still shocked, how could he keep on living like that.
"He was a wolf, now he is like an empty shell, his spirit has been crushed" said Kiba in his all knowing tone looking at Cheza his faces blank as always.
"We've got to help him, we can't leave him there like that, he needs help" said Toboe biting back tears. "Its got nothing to do with us, its his own problem, any way a wolf like that will be dangerous" Tusme growled.
"He is still just a kid not much older the Toboe we've got to do something Toboe right" Higa said looking at Kiba.
"We will go to this fight tomorrow and check it out and see if we cant do something, for now we need rest" and with that Kiba tern back into wolf form curled up next to Cheza and went to sleep.
Tusme tuted loudly at lent back hands behind his head and closed his eyes, Higa and toboe exchanged looks and went to sleep to.
But none of them could sleep the same images going throw there heads of the wolf pleading with them not to go, him being shocked.
How could any wolf live like that.
Triple eight POV
Something was touching my nose I open my eyes, a cockroach, I grabbed it up in my jaws crushed it and swallow the fowl tasting thing.
What am I doing still living, why cant I just die the only reason I hadn't killed my self was my pride as a wolf would not let me do it, but screw pride I don't care any more.
I tried to lift my self off the ground. Heavy chins had been put on each side of my collar now I couldn't move at all, great.
That's it pride can kiss my scared ass, I moved my body side ways and push my neck against my collar, id hang my self on my own collar.
"Eight what are you doing mate" said max sleepily. I pushed harder down on the collar, making my chock and cough. My site was blurring around the edges and sounds were becoming distant, this is it death will take me away on her sweet wings.
"EIGHT EIGHT DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT IT" he shouted at me.
"YOUR NOT GIVING UP THAT ESLY" he kick me throw the bars of the cage.
I could smell the tears coming down his face's, "what the hell is the mater with you, where's your pride as a wolf".
I started to cry, I put my paw over my faces cry.
It wasn't my pride that had stop me taking my own life it was max it had always been max, and I had forgot about him, tried to desert him, I'm a coward.
i felt is hand on my side tracing one of the many scars that run down my side, "what ever happens we will deal with it together what ever obstacles that stands in our way we will jump it together, brothers for ever" he said in a soft voices.
Ye I no.
