THE PAST: OUTSKIRTS OF MOONFIRE CITY, DISTANCE, 1.2 MILES
Chapter 12: The Price of Blood.
Ian flipped on the radio again, turning the knob. Static played loudly as he turned the knob back and forth. Wolf sighed "Ian the radios stopped the broadcasts remember?" Ian shook his head "I'm telling you I heard something, a rendezvous point" Wolf was about to say something when a man's voice cracked through the static. "THERE, THERE IT IS" Ian yelled, turning it to make it clearer. As he turned it the radio station blared clearly "This is the emergency broadcast network 2533, Moon fire has transports out of the county for any survivors, there are soldiers waiting at army blockades at the entry ways to the city, please if you can hear this, run for the evacuation point, stop for nothing, This is the…"Ian turned off the radio "Well, it just keeps going." Wolf kissed Kiara on the neck as they walked forward towards the city. As they continued moving the shrieks of fevered roared behind them. Wolf turned sharply and saw at least 100 Fevered running across the grass lands, moving swiftly over the hills. Wolf pulled the FallSaeiga "KIARA IAN RUN!!!!!!" They broke off into a full run as the Fevered approached quickly. Ahead Wolf saw army commands being shouted "MEN! LOCK AND LOAD GOT ANOTHER BATCH COMIN!!" The men cocked their rifles and pointed them at the group. "READY!!!! AIM!!!!! FIRE!!!!!!!!!" roared the captain as the men fired rapid shells into the fevered. Bullets whizzed by them as Wolf pushed Kiara forward, away from the fevered. He heard shouts from the men as Ian jumped over the barricade and did a roll to avoid a hard landing. "RELOAD!! RELOAD NINE!! IM OUT!!" The shouts were blended in with each other as Wolf ran from the hands of the Fevered which were almost upon him. He turned and cut the fevered woman in half as Kiara tripped to his left. "KIARA!!!" Wolf roared as he cut two to his left and one attacked her. The man screeched at her as one of his hands clawed her side. Wolf cleaved upwards, cutting the man in half. The men began firing again, fresh from reloading and the soon the rest of the Fevered were dead. Wolf knelt down beside Kiara and looked at her face. Her eyes were on his and her breathing was labored. Wolf put a hand on her side and winced as she cried out in pain. Blood stained the ground beside her as Wolf held her hand tight. Kiara choked out a sob "I…I'm sorry…" Wolf shook his head "its ok, it's going to be ok, MEDIC!! GET A MEDIC OVER HERE!!!" He shouted at the soldiers. They ordered one of the men to get the medic as Wolf stayed by her side. He saw her life leaving her eyes slowly "come on Kiara stay with me, stay with me now, please" Kiara smiled and said "But I'm always with you, I always will be" Wolf felt tears in his eyes as Kiara closed hers. Wolf dropped her hand and grabbed the FallSaeiga. He put the blade in his hand and cut without thinking, making blood pour into his hand. He tilted her head back and opened her mouth. He positioned his hand in front of it and let blood fall into her mouth. He tilted her head back forward so it would run down her throat. Wolf waited while bandaging his hand. After 2 minutes Wolf was about to give in when he heard Kiara gasp out and breathe in hard, her eyes shooting open. Wolf sat her quickly and gave pulled her to him. Something tickled his chin and as he looked down, he saw two brown triangular wolf ears. Wolf smiled as Kiara looked up at him with soft pink eyes. "Now we are the same" Wolf smiled and said "We were never different" The soldiers came out of the barricade and started to pick up Kiara when Wolf growled at them "Let go, I'll do it" Kiara looked into his sweet eyes as he picked her up and carried her over the barricade, the soldiers following. As he walked over it Ian rushed to them "Dammit Wolf, always got to be the hero" Wolf scoffed and they both laughed as they made their way to the city square. People were waiting on the Helicopters to arrive for evacuation. As another approached the lace on the Wolfsaeiga's sheath broke and the blade fell into a fevered pool of blood. Wolf turned and placed Kiara down slowly. Picking up the blade the emerald greenness of it seemed to grow even darker as he looked into the blade and saw his reflection. He gasped as he saw himself with longs fangs, hair longer and bloody, and his eyes, his eyes as blood red as the demons that tried to kill him. Wolf sheathed the blade and retied it quickly, turning to Kiara. "Kiara what color are my eyes?!" He asked frantically. Kiara looked at him as he picked her up again. "There green, just like they've always been" She answered with concern. Wolf realized what happened, the WolfSaeiga, like all the people who were claimed by the epidemic, was fevered like them. Ian boarded the Helicopter along with Wolf and Kiara. Wolf spread his legs and sat her between them as more people got on for evacuation. Wolf sighed as Kiara turned her head upwards to kiss him on the neck "We're safe at last"