Part 40: Undercover

After getting the answers of out Louie the hard way (it was fun for Shadow though), Renia, Draco, Terra and Mortuary were ready for the second phase of their mission. They were going to go undercover and infiltrate the fighting ring to take it down from the inside out. All they had to do was to bring Danuth and Mr. J to justice and the rest would be easy.

Louie had told them that the fighting ring was situated in the slums of Jump City. The slums had the highest homeless rate in Jump City and the highest crime rate of all since the police did not care for this place. Shadow patrolled the place a lot at night and had become a sort of a legend like that Spawn character they had heard about in the alleys of that other city. In any case, the slums were also safe as long as Shadow was around and his monsters guarded the homeless and the poor.

The three, now disguised, bikes rolled into the area and pulled up in front of a condemned building. The riders removed their helmets and looked at it with disdain. The riders were in fact four members of the Z-Titans in disguise.

"You sure this is the place?" said Renia as she removed her helmet and scrunched up her nose. "It stinks."

"It's the slums, what do you expect?" replied Terra. She took off her helmet too. Draco and Mortuary took off their helmets as well.

Mortuary saw Draco covering his nose and asked, "You okay, Leo?"

"I'm fine," Draco said. "It's just that I have a super enhanced sense of smell and this place reeks to me. Ugh, I think I'm gonna pass out."

"Try wrapping your scarf around your face," Mortuary suggested. Draco did.

"Arigatou, Mortuary," Draco thanked him with his now muffled voice.

"Hey, that also adds some mystery to you," Mortuary complimented.

They dismounted from their bikes and made their way to the entrance hidden in the alley. They saw so many homeless people and couldn't help feel sorry for them. However, they had a mission so they had to put their sympathy into the back of their minds.

"So many homeless," Draco said sympathetically.

"It wasn't so long ago that I had to live like this," Renia said as she remembered the time before the Titans took her in.

"Me too," Terra added.

"Come on, guys," Mortuary said to them briskly. They reached a metal door and Mortuary knocked.

"Password?" a gruff voice behind the door asked.

"Calamari and Crocodiles," Mortuary said.

The door unlocked itself and swung open slowly. The metal door creaked since the hinges were rusty. Draco gulped a bit.

"Come on, don't be a scaredy-cat," Renia pushed him in.

"And pretend not to speak English," Terra added.

"Hai," Draco nodded.

They walked down the dark steps. It was quite unnerving for them. They had to put on a show since they were going undercover as underground fighters.

"I guess they were taking the underground thing a little bit too seriously," Terra commented. "No wonder the cops haven't found it."

"Or the cops don't care," Renia remarked. "This is the slums, T, cops don't care about it anymore."

Terra nodded, knowing Renia was right.

"We're here," Mortuary told them. "Now, remember who you are. I'm Eli Fox."

"I'm Terri Wilson," Terra said.

"I'm Rebecca Elric," said Renia.

"Jiro Satomi," Draco said.

There were a lot of people in the area and a fighting ring in the centre. There was also a betting board with names of fighters. Some of the fighters here, both male and female, looked like they meant business and were willing to kill to win.

The Z-Titans got themselves signed up as newbies. Their matches were coming up soon. Renia was stoked and Draco was starting to feel the adrenaline pouring into him as he fidgeted in anticipation. Terra looked at them nervously thinking that they just might blow their cover.

The first few matches were fun to watch even if they were a bit violent. The only restriction was no weapons and you pretty much could do anything to bring your opponent down, even kill. By the end of the day the best of the best were paid…a lot so the ring didn't have a short supply of fighters.

Mortuary looked around and saw cameras everywhere trained on the fights. They were feeding the images to where the people who were betting on these fights were sitting comfortably. They were probably rich snobs and this disgusted Mortuary. He had been rich but he would never indulge in gambling on people's lives. Draco felt the same way.

The MC called for the newbies this time. Renia heard her alias being called. She smirked and flexed her fingers. She was ready. She walked up to the ring and heard hooting and wolf whistling from some of the males. She had to admit that her glamored disguise was hot. She waved and the Z-Titans groaned.

"She's enjoying this WAY too much," Mortuary groaned.

Terra said in defence, "She just loves to fight."

Draco agreed, "I remember once when she pummelled a few stone blocks to dust. She enjoyed THAT a bit too much too."

Renia's opponent was all muscle, but Renia just looked bored. He made a lunge for her and swung his fist. She ducked under it and slammed him in the gut hard. Her right hand made contact and the Z-Titans knew what her right hand was made of.

"He's gonna feel that in the morning," Mortuary snickered as the guy doubled over for Renia to raise her leg and heel kick him in the back of the neck. He was down. It was possible that those who made a bet on Renia's opponent lost a lot of money and were not happy.

"WINNER, REBECCA ELRIC!"

Renia stepped off the ring and a lot of the male fighters backed away in fear and awe of her. She approached her friends.

"That was fun," Renia admitted. "But I need more of a challenge."

"You might get it," Mortuary nodded.

Draco heard his alias being called. "I'm next. Wish me luck, guys."

Draco stepped up in front of his opponent. He looked almost promising, almost. The demon inside him was smirking. This was what he wanted: senseless violence.

It just took one punch for him to win and the guy went flying into a wall. Draco sweatdropped while his friends slapped themselves in the forehead.

"WINNER, JIRO SATOMI!"

"Whatever happened to keeping a low profile?" Terra asked as Draco approached them.

"Gomenasai," he apologized. "I must not know my own strength."

"No kidding," Renia agreed.

"I'm next," Terra said as he stepped up. Using some of the training she had from Slade she won easily.

"WINNER, TERRI WILSON!"

And the next match…

"WINNER, ELI FOX!"

The 4 Z-Titans breezed through their next few matches and the odds changed. They were gathering a lot of attention from the 'investors'. A little too much attention, unfortunately as Danuth and Mr. J watched the various monitors of their office. Four of the monitors were focused on Mortuary/Eli Fox, Draco/Jiro Satomi, Terra/Terri Wilson, and Renia/Rebecca Elric.

"They seem promising," Mr. J admired.

"Yes, they are," Danuth agreed. "I do hope they don't disappoint us like the last group. They didn't even last long."

"If they are the strongest of the bunch, they'll survive the process. If not well that's not much of a loss anyway."

"You know, guys," Draco began, "If we win the next few matches we might get to meet the big bosses themselves."

"You mean Danuth and J?" Terra asked. "I guess. It might not be tonight though."

"Don't be too pessimistic," Renia grinned. "The faster we get to them, the faster we nail them and the faster we can finish this and go home."

"I guess," Draco shrugged.

"WINNER, ELI FOX!"

"Mort's done," Renia said as she looked over her shoulder. Mort was approaching them. He took off his shirt and Renia found herself admiring his muscles. "Woah…hunky…"

"What?" Terra asked.

"Nothing!" Renia said quickly, trying to hide her blushing face.

Mortuary was rubbing the sweat off his face. When the names of the next fighters came up, Renia and Terra looked at each other with shock.

"No way…" Terra gasped.

The next match was Rebecca Elric VS Terri Wilson. This was going to be both an intense and awkward fight.

"I guess we better give them what they want," Renia said with a shrug. "C'mon, T, we better make this look good."

"Y-yes," Terra nodded, feeling an awkward sense of guilt. She was going to be forced to fight her own friend. It brought some really bad memories for her; her betrayal for that matter and being reminded of that was not one o her most favourite things.

The two blonde girls walked up the ring. Mort and Draco had no idea who to root for since both girls were team mates and friends. They both knew that this was not going to be easy for both girls, both mentally and physically.

Renia and Terra stared each other down. When the command, "Fight!" was announced, the girls circled each other, eyes narrowed.

Renia was the first to attack and lunged for Terra. She struck with a right hook and then a left. Terra dodged to the side and then retaliated with a roundhouse kick. Renia blocked it before kicking Terra square in the chest. Renia wanted to apologize but they had to make it look good for the mission.

Terra's eyes glowed yellow for a second before she regained control of herself. She couldn't risk blowing her cover and jeopardizing their mission. They had to make it look good. Though she didn't have the same amount of training in the martial arts like Robin, Slade did teach her enough and she was able to match Robin when they had fought hand-to-hand those years ago. Gripping her fists and gritting her teeth she let out a yell and charged for Renia. She punched Renia in the face before going for her gut. When Renia doubled over she struck her with both her fists into her back. The blonde haired Crystal Alchemist fell. Draco and Mortuary gasped as Terra raised her foot to stomp but Renia rolled out of her way and grabbed a hold of Terra's leg with her own and tripped the geomancer off her feet. Terra pulled herself out of Renia's grip before she tackled her. The two girls began rolling on the ground, screaming at each other and pulling at each other's hair. The men howled and wolf-whistled at the cat-fight. Mortuary and Draco groaned.

"I didn't need to use my Powers of Pisces to see this coming," Draco commented.

"They're getting a bit too into it, aren't they?" Mort asked.

"Well, you know Terra and Renia," Draco said. "Those two have pretty volatile tempers."

"I remembered one time I made Terra mad and she made me fall into a hole she made. Then there was the time when she buried me under mud."

"Well, Renia sometimes like to hit Beast Boy. He always kept calling her short. I don't think he learnt his lesson."

"Maybe the constant blows to the head were affecting his memory."

"Maybe."

The girls got off each other and charged at one another. They both swung their fists and….

WHAM!

Draco and Mortuary flinched.

The girls had hit each other in the face at the same time and knocked each other out.

It was a draw.

Terra and Renia both woke up with splitting headaches. They were both sitting by a wall.

"Welcome back to the land of the living," Mortuary spoke with a smirk and crossed arms.

"Daijoubu?" Draco asked worriedly.

"Ow…" Renia groaned as she held her head. "What happened?"

"I think we went a little overboard," Terra replied.

"No kidding," Mort said. "You both even got into a catfight."

"Oh dear God…" Terra moaned in embarrassment.

Soon, Draco and Mortuary's aliases were called.

ELI FOX VS JIRO SATOMI

As they were heading out to the ring Mortuary suddenly felt weak in his legs and soon enough he was on his knees with an all too familiar pain in his chest and throat. The necro-sickness had taken over. He covered his mouth and his hands were instantly drenched in blood and necroplasm. Mortuary looked over to the side to see Terra staring wide eyed at him. He muttered, "Oh shit."

Terra approached Mort. "What's wrong with you?" Terra asked worriedly

Draco quickly got in between them. "Mort, you know you should always check if your food is fully cooked before you eat it," Draco 'scolded' Mortuary hoping he could fool Terra into thinking it was just something Mort ate.

"Draco, shut up," Terra said knowing how bad of a liar Draco was. Terra turned her attention back to Mort. "Is there something you want to tell me?"

Mortuary sighed, "Yeah, but not right now. We still have a mission to finish"

"You should sit this next fight out," she advised with concern in her voice.

"No, I'm not blowing our cover," he protested.

Terra crossed her arms "Fine, but as soon we get back to the Tower you've got some explaining to do. Same goes for you, Draco." Draco gulped knowing that when Terra finds out the truth it was not gonna be pretty.

"Let's go, 'Jiro'," Mortuary said.

"Alright, 'Fox-san'," Draco responded as both got into the ring. They faced each other. Draco bowed and Mortuary did the same. When the command "Fight!" came on, they both charged at each other.

Their moves were like blurs. While Draco was skilled in the martial art of his family's dojo, Mortuary was a practitioner of the Thai martial art known as Muay Thai. It was basically kick-boxing.

Draco went with a open palm strike but Mort leaned back and did a flip, hitting Draco in the chin. He then flipped back to his feet and elbowed Draco in the chest, sending him back. Draco then did a spin and aimed a chop at Mortuary's neck, which he blocked but then Draco followed up with a roundhouse to Mort's stomach. Mort doubled over and Draco was about to finish him off with a heel kick when Mort's elbow met with his gut. Draco doubled over and Mort's fist was rushing towards his face. He grabbed it then spun Mort over onto his back. He was going to punch Mort in the chest but Mort flipped back over to his feet and planted a punch into Draco's back. Mort rolled away and got back to his feet and cracked his neck. He grinned. Mort grinned back.

The adrenaline was getting to them.

They charged at each other and swung their legs to kick each other but their legs slammed into one another with equal force. They pulled back and punched each other only for their fists to meet. They then pulled back and then head butted each other.

WHAM!

The two girls flinched as well as several of the spectators.

The boys had just knocked each other out of the fight like the girls. What were the chances of that? It was another draw.

"Itai…" Draco groaned as he messaged his head.

"Leo, you got one hard head," Mortuary said, "Literally."

"You do too…" Draco replied.

"At least I don't have super strength," Mort retorted.

"Thank Kami I didn't activate my Ox power or you'd have one splitting headache."

"I'd have to agree on that."

Suddenly a man in a black suit approached the four of them.

"Mr. Fox, Mr. Satomi, Ms. Wilson and Ms. Elric?" the man said to the four of them.

"Yeah?" Mort responded.

"Hai?" Draco said.

"Yes?" Terra replied.

"What?" Renia remarked.

"Mr. Danuth and Mr. J would like to see you all now. Please, follow me," the man said to them. The 4 Z-Titans looked to each other.

Terra said, "It seemed that we've made an impression."

Mort nodded in agreement, "Good. The sooner we do this the better."

"Time to kick some tail," Renia grinned and cracked her knuckles.

Draco's eyes narrowed. He looked concern with all this. This was just too easy but he chose not say anything until they met J and Danuth. For some reason his Power of Pisces was trying to warn him of something all night but he wasn't getting a clear picture. It could've been the adrenaline pumping through his system that made all the images blurry. The only thing that was clear was what looked like a giant squid and a crocodile.

The man in the black suit led them towards a door in the far back and away from the rest of the fighters. He opened the door and said, "Please, go inside." They did as told thinking there was no danger but there were in for a rude wake up call. The door behind them closed and several ceiling lamps lit up. They were in a hidden corridor and awaiting them was another man in a black suit, this time of Chinese descent. "Follow me," he said much like the previous black suited man. He led them down the corridor and they all reached a door. He opened the door and they all entered.

"It is good to finally meet you 4, finally," spoke a pale elderly man in a black suit and fedora. He also stood on a walking stick. "I am Mr. Danuth."

"And you can call me Mr. J," said Mr. J. He was a large and muscular African American. He was also bald and wore a tailored white suit.

Both well dressed men were obviously the ones running this business. The Z-Titans must've made an impression to be finally able to meet the big bosses. However, Draco was sensing that something was off. He just wasn't sure what but he knew very well that it was bad…very, very bad.

Danuth began, "You four have proven yourselves to be very excellent fighters. Of what my associate and I have witnessed tonight, we saw the amount of skill and strength that you possessed and you have impressed us greatly." He stroked his moustache and said, "Which is why I think that you 4 are perfect candidates."

Candidates? Candidates for what? The Titans began to wonder if this was a trap. This just seemed a bit too easy and sudden.

"What do you mean by candidates?" Mortuary asked.

"Well, my boy," Danuth grinned.

"I think we should show you," J smirked as well.

Both Danuth and J suddenly morphed into their Orphenoch forms. Mortuary, Draco, Renia and Terra gasped in shock. This wasn't what they were expecting.

Danuth's Orphenoch form was based on a squid. His organic armour was white and sleek with white boots that had pointed up toes and a cape. His walking stick had morphed into a staff with a bulb on the head. His head…well, he had a squid for a head and his hair was flailing about like tentacles. He was the Squid Orphenoch.

J's Orphenoch form was fearsome. His organic armour was scaly and dark grey, except for his upper arms and thighs which were a light grey. His head looked like a humanized alligator's head with rows and rows of sharp teeth and a long tail extending from the back of his head to the ground. It waved about as he looked at them with his toothy grin. He also had sharp claws on his hands and clawed toes.

"You see, we're looking for strong people to add to our Orphenoch ranks and you four seem to be the most perfect choice. We have seen very exceptional people before but alas not many of them survive the process," Danuth the Squid Orphenoch said.

"If you do survive and become Orphenochs you're ours, if you don't well that's not much of a lost now, is it? We could always look for more," J the Alligator Orphenoch shrugged.

What's going on here?" Renia asked.

Draco did a quick introduction, "Renia, Orphenochs. Orphenochs, Renia." He then added, "We'll explain later. Right now we have to fight for our lives."

Mortuary grinned and said, "I guess we'll survive then."

"But we're not joining you, ya freaks!" Terra shouted. Draco flinched. He really didn't like the word 'freak' even if it wasn't being directed towards him.

"I don't think you have much of a choice," Danuth said. "Now hold still." He pointed the head of his staff and the bulb shot a glob of ink at Renia's face. She raised up her right hand and the glove tore apart to reveal a crystal shield that she had morphed from her crystal one. This shocked both Orphenochs. "Interesting…"

"I don't know what's going on, but you freaks just messed with the wrong guys," Renia said.

Mortuary and Draco took out their Zodiac Decks and summoned their belts.

"EMPOWERMENT OF ARIES/THE ZODIAC DRAGON!" they slid the decks into their belts. "HENSHIN!"

Their armours encased their bodies and both Danuth and J finally recognized them.

"YOU!" both Orphenochs exclaimed.

"That's right, freak," Mortuary said s he pointed towards Danuth. "We're the Titans ad we're bringing you down, dead or alive!"

"You can come quietly or do we have to get rough with you?" Draco added. He didn't want to be forced to kill them but if they didn't give them a choice, then there was nothing else he could do.

Terra threw off her jacket and revealed her Cutter Glove. The Cutter Inzecter smashed through the floor and jumped onto it. "Henshin!" Terra cried.

"HENSHIN!" the Cutter Inzecter echoed and the armour encased her as well.

Renia, the only one not in armour, pouted, "Hey, no fair!" She was surprised, of course, but now she had to concentrate on the battle ahead. There was going to b a fight so she had to concentrate. Reforming her hand, she then clapped them together to change her body into crystal. If these monsters were dangerous then she would need both a good offence and defence.

Danuth sighed, "It seemed that we have misjudged you. Master Occultus wants you dead, Mortuary. It's a pity, though. You would've made an excellent Orphenoch and your friend the Dragon Knight would've been welcomed to our utopia. Your two female friends would've been welcomed too if they allowed themselves to be sired."

"Fat chance, freak!" Mortuary shouted.

"Like I said to your master before the answer's no!" Draco shot back.

Terra and Renia nodded, ready to fight.

"Well, if you want to fight then we're only happy to oblige," Danuth said. J snapped his fingers. Soon, 4 men in black suits appeared as well. They then morphed into their Orphenoch forms. "But we won't be the ones you'll be fighting. Good night to you all." Danuth and J then made their escape.

"Get back here!" Mortuary shouted but was stopped in his tracks by the Gorilla Orphenoch. The large ape-like Orphenoch swung its large fists and smashed Mortuary into the wall.

The Stag Beetle Orphenoch had thick armour all over its body and was designed after that of a samurai. His weapon was a pronged staff. This was Terra's opponent.

Draco's opponent was an Orphenoch that looked like it was based on a Rhinoceros Beetle. The Rhine Beetle Orphenoch looked similar to the Stag Beetle one in terms of armour and weaponry but with one horn instead of two.

Renia's opponent was an Orphenoch based on a panda bear. It would've been ridiculous if it wasn't out to kill her. The Panda Orphenoch's body was pure muscle and fat and looked like a heavily armoured sumo wrestler.

Mortuary ran forward and aimed a kick for the Gorilla Orphenoch's chest but the armour there was thick. The Gorilla Orphenoch then punched Mortuary in the head and sent him back before swinging its large fists around to hammer Mortuary away and send him flying. Mortuary got up and fired up beams of green necroplasmic energy at the Orphenoch. The beams smashed it to the floor. Mortuary then jumped up and aimed a drop kick laced with necroplasm. It smashed into the Gorilla Orphenoch's chest. It was in pain but not destroyed.

The Stag Beetle Orphenoch charged at Terra. Terra dodged to the side and elbowed it in the head. She then jumped up and kneed it in the chest before delivering a powerful head butt. She then aimed her Vulcan cannons at the staggering Orphenoch and opened fire. The shots forced the Stag Beetle Orphenoch back a few feet. Terra then charged and swung at the Orphenoch with her Cutter Inzecter's mandibles. Sparks flew on impact. She then concentrated her powers and summoned up several rock spikes that she sent flying at the Orphenoch.

Draco ducked under a spear thrust before doing a sweep kick. The Orphenoch got back up and charged. This time Draco's Pisces Power kicked in so he was able to see the strikes before they hit him. He dodged, evaded and ducked after the strikes impressively. He then used the Power of the Ox to punch the Orphenoch into the wall and then sent a fireball flying at the Rhine Beetle Orphenoch. The Orphenoch recovered and charged back at Draco. Draco sighed and aimed before firing a freeze beam that encased his opponent in a block of ice.

For Renia, fighting the Panda Orphenoch was a bit easy since she had the advantage of her height. She was in her true form and with her height she was able to dodge under the punches and even if the Panda Orphenoch was able to hit her, the crystal covering her body was a great defence. She jumped back and fired several crystal spikes. Some spikes bounced off but a few pierces through the Orphenoch's armoured hide.

Mortuary took out his gun and fired several times at the Gorilla Orphenoch. The Orphenoch crossed its arms and blocked the shots. Mortuary the concentrated his necroplasmic energy into his gun and fired necro-bullets at the Orphenoch, which broke through its defences. Several more shots blew holes into the powerful looking Orphenoch's body and blue flames spewed out of its body. It then disintegrated.

Terra fired from her Vulcan cannons and used her powers at the same time. She then ran forward and punched and kicked the Orphenoch relentlessly. She also sent boulders that made cracks in the Stag Beetle Orphenoch's body. Finally, with a yell, she then plunged the mandibles of her Inzecter into the Orphenoch. Blue flames spewed out of its body before it disintegrated.

Draco thought he had won, but the Orphenoch broke out and charged at him. Draco sighed and sidestepped its attack before swinging his forearm to slam it into the ground. The Orphenoch was not giving him any other choice. It was either him or it. Draco's Dragblade popped out of his Dragauntlet and he turned around just as the Orphenoch got up and turned to charge at him. He stabbed the Dragblade through its chest. The Orphenoch's body spewed bluish flames before disintegrating into dust. Draco sighed sadly and he cried under his helmet. Another life taken and added to his list.

Renia had enough and pressed her hands into the Panda Orphenoch's chest. Using her transmutation powers she changed the Orphenoch into crystal. She swung her fist back and then swung it forwards. The impact smashed the crystallized Panda Orphenoch to pieces.

The Z-Titans regrouped together after reverting to human form. Draco lowered his head in despair. They knew it had to be done but did it have to be this way?

Well, they knew where the fighting ring was and since Danuth and J were gone they knew that this thing wouldn't last.

"Come on," Mortuary said, "Let's report this to Shadow."

"Yes, let's," Terra agreed.

Renia yawned, "I'm tired."

"Let's go home," Draco said with a dejected sigh.

Back at Zandia, Danuth and J stepped up behind Occultus who had just finished giving his speech to his Orphenoch minions. Danuth bowed his head and said, "I apologize, Master Occultus. The mission was a failure. We were infiltrated by Mortuary and his friends."

"Was the Ifrit Orphenoch there too?" Occultus asked.

J scoffed, "Yeah, but he's still against us. I agree with Asakura, it's better to just kill him now."

Occultus shook his head and smiled, "Don't be too hasty, J. The boy is still young and there is still time. When the time comes he will be ready see things our way. I'm sure of it."

The report Shadow had received from the others worried him so. Occultus was becoming bolder. He was obviously using the fighting ring as a front and using it to find the strongest fighters and then turning them into Orphenochs to join his army. It was a good thing that they were able to stop it even though Danuth and J got away. It was safe to say that they weren't going to attempt the same thing again since the Titans already knew who they were. When they showed their faces again, the Titans would be prepared.

In the meantime, Shadow had a lot of paperwork to do. This was going into their records.

Mortuary and Terra were on the roof of the Tower and Mortuary was about do something he never wanted to do, but he thought it was wrong of him to hide this. So, right now, he was ready to tell Terra about his condition no matter what would happen.

Mortuary took in a deep breath and started, "Terra, what I'm about to tell you is very hard for me to say but you need to hear it. I'm dying, Terra."

Terra slapped him. "That's not funny," she said.

"I'm not joking. I have a disease called necrosickness and it's killing me"

Terra slapped him again while her eyes were starting to tear up. "You're lying, you have to be."

Mortuary was starting to tear up as well. "I really wish I was. I really want to live."

Terra shook her head. "First Leo and now you too? It's not fair!" Terra burst into tears and dug her head into Mort's chest. "It's not fair!" Terra screamed. Terra pulled Mortuary into a hard embrace "You're not supposed to die, I love you, and you're my brother. We're all supposed to grow up together."

Mort rubbed Terra's back before lifting her chin up with his finger. "Hey, do you really think I'm gonna let some lame disease take me out? I'm not going anywhere, I'm gonna fight and beat this thing. I'm a Red Wolf and Red Wolves don't go down without a fight, right?" Mort asked.

Terra couldn't help but smile. Every time she was sad back then Mort would always find a way to cheer her up. Terra nodded "Right"

Hiding in the roof entrance was Renia, she heard everything and she finally realized what Shadow had said about Mortuary. "He is the strongest of us."

To Be Continued…