Chapter 5: Wolf's Search continues
The houses in his neighborhood were ransacked, shattered glass and fire was everywhere, from the driveway Wolf could see a women being overrun by 3 of the fevered. They tore open her neck and pulled out her esophagus before running into her house. A car roared up and screeched in front of them. Out the window a man yelled "Hannah, Mary come on! Need a lift Josh?" Josh shook his head "No thanks we'll be ok" The girls waved to Kiara and jumped in the car. As it drove off Josh urged them on. As Wolf started he stopped and saw Kiara with tears down her eyes. He could understand, this was her home "Kiara?" he called. No answer. He grabbed her hand and pulled her after his parents. As he ran across the pavement his mind flashed blank
PRESENT DAY
Wolf sat up, his chest bandaged. He looked around. He was in a small room on a stone table with lab equipment around him…all abandoned. He saw dead flowers on the counter. Papers were everywhere and the door was smashed down, letting cold air rush through. "Winter, it can't be" Wolf thought. He slowly got off the table and grabbed his brown Kimono-Hori. Slipping it on and scratching his triangular dog ears, he stepped outside. He gasped; he was standing inside the old Dark Wolf castle, the very castle that witnessed the Grand Battle of the Dragon's Tooth and the Wolf's Claw. He walked through the abandoned halls, the furniture in shreds and everything in rubble. He went to the mess hall. It was a wreck, tables were overturned and broken, the fireplace blocked off. He then saw the FallSaeiga; it was resting on one of the tables, along with the green shard of the Wolfsaeiga. He picked it up and tied it to his back. He took the green shard and placed it from a few cm above his eye. He cut down to the eye, stopped and placed it under his eye. He continued cutting down 4 more cm until he had a line that started from the top of his eye and stopped at the eye, resuming at the bottom so he wouldn't cut his pupils out. "A mark to represent my failure" Wolf thought to himself. He placed the green shard on his belt and walked to the gates. The gates were splintered and smashed down. As he walked forward he saw a piece of pink kimono in the rubble. Seeing this he gasped and ran to it. Picking it up he smelled it for scent. Sure enough it was her, Kiara. The scent was at least a day old. He held the fabric in his now clenched fist as he felt tears in his eyes. He looked out into the horizon, not even bothering to change to his wolf form. He sprinted out of the gate, tears rolling down his cheeks, as he began his search for Kiara. As he approached the mountains his mind flashed back to the great escape…