AT LAST! Here is chapter nine! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for the massively massive delay in this chapter. I had a bit of a block for this chapter but I finally got enough inspiration and stuff to write down the chapter so that you guys could finally read. Please don't hurt me XD
Okay so last chapter we know that Chadwick finally admitted that he went to the same Abbey that Tala had escaped from. He explained it all and now he and Tala are sooooooooo cute together! ^.^
So here is chapter nine. Thank you guys so much for the reviews for last chapter, the faves, the watches and those of you who are just reading. YOU GUYS ROCK!

Images of bloodshed, whimpering screams for help, tortured souls locked away in cells. Images of that horrible place. Those horrible and dark corridors that seemed to never-end. The memories of strangled screams as hardened leather came in to contact with sore flesh. Blood seething from wounds, blood dripping from mouths and gashes.

In this horrible place… that's where he was marked. This horrible place with dark corridors, with strangled screams and cries for help. This dark place where terror lived. In this place is where it all began.

Flashes of red and black and blue. Flashes of whips coming down hard on his tender flesh. Flashes of searing white hot pain where he endured this. Where is this place?

So many distant memories yet they are so close and so near. So many distinct sounds could be heard while he slept. So many sounds could be heard while he lay in bed. So many sounds… so many cries and pleas. So many of these that went through these dark corridors all day and all night. But where was this place?

His screams could be heard as the needles came down on him. His cries and pleas for them to stop fell on deaf ears as they injected him with serum, sedatives, chemicals. His screams… when he was marked.

Marked for what purpose? To tell the difference between himself and his brother. Marked for what purpose? So that he remained property of this dark and foreboding place. This dark place that held every nightmare for every child. This place… where the nightmare was lived every single day.

He was held down as they injected him with a continuous needle to mark the blue lines over his back. To mark him as one of their own. To make sure that he was their's and nobody else's. To make sure he would be forever loyal to this place of nightmares. He would be loyal to him.

Flashes… so many memories…so much pain… They want him back. Back. Back. Back. They want him BACK!

Chadwick's amethyst eyes shot open and he shook all over. He whimpered and gripped at the covers as his breathing laboured from those terrifying pictures that flashed before his eyes. He felt tears come to his eyes as he sat up completely and leaned back against his bed head. He blinked his tears away and waited for his shaking to subside as he tried to calm himself of those horrible memories.

After all those years away from that dark place the memories were beginning to resurface. But why? Was somebody trying to warn him against a potential threat that approached? Or was his mind simply projecting these memories for the sheer thrill of torturing him once more? So many questions with so little answers.

Chadwick closed his eyes and took a few smooth breaths in and out to calm him nerves of those terrifying memories. He clenched his eyes shut as they dared to begin once more. He opened his eyes in a flash when he felt a disturbance next to him.

He nearly yelped when he felt a hand on his abdomen. He breathed at a rapid pace and looked to his side as Tala sat up and yawned, his fiery red hair in every direction as he scratched the back of his head and rubbed his eyes in an adorable manner.

Tala grunted and kissed Chadwick's cheek, his eyes widening when he felt the boy shake and quiver. "C-Chad?" He asked, concern in his ice-blue eyes. "Are you alright? You're shaking like a new born wolf pup." He began and stroked the back of his hand across Chadwick's cheek, feeling as the boy's tears ran past his hand and onto the soft covers.

Chadwick raised a shaky hand and took hold of Tala's. He whimpered and pulled the red-head close to him. "T-Tal…" He started but couldn't finish it as the tears fell freely from his eyes and he felt himself being pulled into a firm, gentle, hug. A hand ran through his hair as the other ran up and down his scarred back.

"Shush… It's okay, Chad." Tala cooed to Chadwick and continued to stroke through his hair and up and down his back. "I'm here. I promise I'll never leave you." He whispered and kissed up and along Chadwick's neck and jaw as the boy pulled himself into a tighter hug and cried into his bare chest. "It's going to be okay." He whispered to Chadwick over and over again.

Tala kept his voice fairly soft and held the boy close to him as he cried into his chest and whimpered against his body. He closed his ice-blue eyes and continued to hush to Chadwick and coo to him; telling him that everything would be alright.

Sheila opened her eyes and whined when she heard her master cry. This was not the first time she had seen her master cry. No. She had seen him cry when he discovered that one of his siblings was very ill. He also cried during movies. She had noticed that he was very emotional. And then she figured that's why he needed her. So that she could comfort him and tell him it would be alright.

The last couple of months had been very hard on the two. It was true that Sheila wasn't very old. Now even a year old yet. But she knew that very important and stressful matters had taken place and her master had been in the middle of it all. She was just glad that this new boy had come along and began to take a place in her master's heart.

Sheila turned to Wolborg and whimpered to him as he sat up and shook his boofy head as he looked over to his and Sheila's masters. They were in a hold together and seemed fairly distraught about something or another. He blinked his amber eyes and looked back to Sheila as she licked his cheek lightly and cooed and yelped to him.

Wolborg yawned and yelped back to Sheila as he made his way off the couch and over to his red-headed master. Wolborg did begin to notice that his master had been under less stress lately. Perhaps it was Sheila's master's doing? For the answer he did not know. Wolborg propped his front paws and chin onto the edge of the queen sized bed and began to whine and yelp at his master slowly.

Tala opened his eyes and looked down to his best friend. He was seated next to the bed with his paws and chin propped on the edge of the bed. He looked like an innocent puppy. Minus the innocent… and the puppy. He chuckled and ran his hand through Chadwick's hair until he was sure that the boy had dozed off in his hold.

Tala smiled and lay Chadwick down on the bed so gently. He smiled down at his serene face and ran his fingers through a few stray slate bangs on Chadwick's forehead. He truly looked like an angel. And angel that Tala had longed and waited for to appear before him. And now here he was. So beautiful, so serene, so kind. He was… perfect.

Tala lay down next to Chadwick and pulled him close to him as Wolborg and Sheila took refuge at the foot of the bed and fell asleep in each other's paws; so to speak. Tala chuckled and kissed Chadwick's cheek and nudged his forehead against his shoulder, dozing off ever so slightly.

Tala closed his eyes and yawned. This was his perfect moment. He couldn't think of anything better than this… but then he thought to himself… he thought about him… he thought about Boris. 'Hopefully he won't come looking for me… I-I can't risk having Chad hurt in the process.' Tala narrowed his thick, red, eyebrows and gritted his teeth as his face scrunched up. 'If he dares to come near us, he can be sure there will be a fight.' His mind hissed as he eventually dozed off, still holding the whimpering Chadwick.

Sheila blinked her blue eyes lazily and looked to Wolborg as he yawned, all his pearly white fangs on display as his mouth widened and then came back to a black slit as he licked the tip of his nose and nuzzled his wet, black, nose against Sheila's cheek and cooed to her once more.

She nuzzled against Wolborg's nose and whined to him when he began to nip playfully at her ears. The brown and white husky growled softly and yelped at Wolborg when the white wolf continued to nip and peck at her ears and her nose. She nuzzled her wet, brown, nose against Wolborg's and whined once more to him. She gruffed and yawned as Wolborg lay his large head next to her paws.

Wolborg looked up at Sheila with his amber eyes, his eyebrow muscles bouncing about as he watched her stretch her neck and shake her boofy head. He panted happily when she lay her head down next to his and began to lick at the tip of his nose. Wolborg gruffed happily and grunted at Sheila as she licked his nose and began to playfully nip.

Tala grunted and held Chadwick closer to him as the two dogs continued to make noise to one another, signalling that they were still wide awake. This, in the process, kept Tala awake. He gasped when Chadwick moaned and whimpered something in his sleep. His eyebrows knotted together and he pulled closer to Tala.

Tala narrowed his fiery red eyebrows and looked up and over to Wolborg and Sheila. "Hey." He hissed, the two dogs looking up innocently. "Keep it down. He's not feeling well." He hissed more and then plopped his head back onto the soft, silky, pillow and ran his fingers through Chadwick's slate bangs. He smiled when he felt Chadwick's warmth close to him and against his chest.

He was going to make sure that nobody would dare to come near him or to hurt him. 'He once attended Balkov Abbey… and yet I don't remember him being there. What if Boris wiped it from my mind? What if he didn't want Chad and I to remember one another?' His mind spoke as he closed his eyes and sighed as he attempted, once again, to get some sleep for the day to come.

As the sun rose over the buildings in the city so did the birds and various animals that squeaked, squawked and chirped to one another as they were to go on their daily routines for a living. Same with the people in the city. They would get up, get ready for work, have their coffee, miss the train they needed to catch, and arrive at work an hour late because of the traffic or train services. Ah yes, the place to be.

As the sun seeped through the cracks in the velvety curtains, Tala's eyebrows twitched as the sun hit his porcelain skin. He opened his eyes slowly and gazed at the room around him. It looked a lot different in sun light than it did in the artificial lights of the bedroom and kitchen. He looked around and noticed a few things he didn't the day before. Like the small table next to his side of the bed, the clock, the little trinkets and a photo.

He turned on his side and gazed at the photo, smiling at the people in the photo. There was Chadwick, a woman with ebony black hair and hazel eyes with a beautiful smile. She held Chadwick in a warm and motherly hug as they smiled at the camera. Then he noticed a girl in the photo that Chadwick had in a brotherly hug. She had silver hair with emerald green eyes. She didn't look older than at least sixteen or seventeen. And the photo seemed rather recent. Perhaps not even a year old.

Tala smirked and turned quickly when he heard a groan next to him. A hand snaked around to sit on his abdomen and he chuckled as some butterfly kisses trailed from his broad left shoulder all the way up to his jaw. He bit his bottom lip softly and closed his eyes as the kisses turned into nips and soon licks and sucking. He grinned and ran his hand through Chadwick's slate bangs.

"Morning, Chad." Tala cooed as he turned to Chadwick and planted a meaningful kiss to his tender lips. He smiled into the kiss and licked Chadwick's top lip for entrance. He grinned when Chadwick's mouth opened to allow his tongue to explore his moist walls. Tala gripped at Chadwick's two toned hair gently and moaned into the kiss when he felt Chadwick's tongue massaging against his, battling for dominance.

Chadwick kept his amethyst eyes closed through the kiss as he felt Tala's tongue snake around in his mouth, explore in side his cheeks and lock tongues with his own. He had never felt such pleasure before, save for last night and yesterday morning. Tala was simply amazing. Beyond amazing.

'I… I can't believe this! He is so amazing! He understands me so much and he feels my pain. I can't help but wonder if we knew one another before this moment… Before we began chatting on that site. Was Tala my friend before? He seems so familiar… I just can't shake that feeling.' Chadwick's thoughts came to a halt when Tala pulled away from the kiss slowly and locked eyes with his own. His eyes were amazing, like Sheila's.

Chadwick had felt such a close connection with Sheila when they locked eyes on one another. He knew that she was the same as he was. An outcast because she was different. An outcast because she came out as a reddy-brown and white husky rather than a black and white or grey and white like her brothers and sisters. She was such an amazing person.

Chadwick smiled and looked into Tala's eyes, studying them. He noticed so many emotions and feelings radiating and swirling around in his ice-blue irises. He could see comfort, lust and anxiety. All of these elements in his eyes were noticeable as he felt Tala's soft, pale, fingers stroke his cheek and around the lining of his lips. His touch was so soft, so gentle… so sincere. Yet there were secrets behind those ice-blue eyes.

Tala sighed as he pulled Chadwick close to his chest and kissed the top of his head, running his hand up and down his scarred back. "C-Chad…" Tala began. His voice was shaky as though it would break at any second. "I fear that Boris will be looking for me… I wasn't supposed to leave the Abbey. I wasn't supposed to leave him until I had completed my training." His hold against Chadwick grew stronger. "I wasn't supposed to leave. But I love you so much." He closed his eyes and bit his bottom lip. "I know that's a lot to take in but I do… I-" Before he could finish he felt two fingers against his lips to hush his shaky voice.

Chadwick's eyes were so soft as he looked into Tala's eyes once more. He could tell by all of this that Tala was afraid of what this Boris could do to them… to their relationship. He sighed through his nostrils and forced Tala to look him in the eyes. "It's not a lot to take in. The truth is that I love you too. I would never, ever, think any different of you. When we started chatting I knew there was something between us. I knew we were destined for one another." His thick eyebrows narrowed a little. "I would never let anything stand between our relationship. If this Boris has anything to say about it he'll wish he was never born."

Tala smiled and kissed the top of Chadwick's brow. He trailed his kisses down until he kissed the tip of his nose and nuzzled it with his own. He was so right in every way. Tala wouldn't allow Boris to stand between him and Chadwick. There was no way it was going to happen.

Sheila kept her eyes closed through hers and Wolborg's master's time with one another. She was not tired yet she felt a great weight on her as Wolborg rest his head on the back of her boofy neck. She whined when he cooed to her and began to nip at her ear softly. She was content at this very moment.

Suddenly, both Wolborg and Sheila raised their heads in a flash and bared their fangs as they heard footsteps outside the apartment. Their fur stood on end as the footsteps grew heavier and louder. Sheila yelped and growled when she heard a loud THUMP at the door. Someone was trying to force it open.

Chadwick and Tala suddenly looked to the door and hurried out of bed. They began to dress as the thumping became louder and more aggressive. Tala pulled up his pair of tight black jeans and pulled on his orange jumper as Chadwick pulled on his blue denim jeans and a baggy red jumper. They both looked back to the door as it flung open with force.

Sheila growled and jumped off the bed to punish those who would dare enter. She growled and barked at the intruders as she stood at the couch with her fur raised and her fangs on display as she snarled and barked at four men who stood at the door.

Wolborg snarled and ran to accompany Sheila to ward off the intruders. He looked back to his master and barked at him to stay where he and his friend were. He trotted off to Sheila and yelped when a gunshot was heard. He howled when a body collapsed to the floor, whining and yelping.

Chadwick shook his head and hurried over the bed to where the shot had ricocheted from. His slate bangs bobbed about his face as worry grew inside of his stomach. Time seemed to slow down as he tried to make it quicker to where the shot had sounded. He couldn't take it! Why couldn't he just arrive and see what had happened?

Fear gripped him as he skidded to a halt and saw Wolborg crouching over Sheila's blood soaked body. She lay in a pool of her blood and whined as Wolborg tried to calm her and coo to her. He was trying to tell her that everything would be alright. He was trying to tell her not to panic, that she would survive this.

Chadwick shook his head, tears springing instantly from his pained amethyst eyes. "SHEILA!" He screamed and got down next to his pup. His tears spilled everywhere as he held her head in his lap and wept for her. "Sheila… It's okay baby. It's okay. Daddy's here. Everything's going to be fine." He sobbed and ran his fingers across her neck as she whined and licked his forearm weakly.

Tala growled dangerously as he stood next to Wolborg and looked to the men who had done this. They all wore the same ugly uniform as one another. They all had the same ugly hoods as one another… They had the same uniform that he saw the guards wearing at the Abbey. Which meant… 'If they're here there's no doubt that Boris is close behind.' His mind hissed as he looked down at Chadwick crying over his pup.

What if that had been him? Or Wolborg? What if those idiots had killed her? They only seemed to have shot her in the shoulder. But the amount of blood that was pooling beneath her was definitely not a good sign. He couldn't help but wonder why they had done it in the first place. Why would they hurt her?

Tala's eyes suddenly went wide when he heard a deep chuckle from the door-way. "Well, well, well. Young Tala, you know better than to run off down here to Australia." He snapped his eyes too the door and saw a tall, dark, figure standing there with a smug look on his face. He was wearing black goggles with blood red lenses to them. They flashed suddenly when his eyes were in the direction of Chadwick over his poor pup. "And with an ex-student of the Abbey." He smirked when Chadwick's amethyst eyes widened and their eyes met. "It's been a long time, Chadwick."

Chadwick couldn't move. He felt the air around him stop and grow cold. This man in front of him… he was in his nightmares… he was the one who had marked him… who had made him property of that dark place… it was him who had tortured him and made his youth miserable. His nightmares consisted of him, his every thought consisted of him for the last twelve years. That sadistic smile, those black goggles… those blood red lenses. They pierced him like an arrow to his chest. It was him…. It was Boris.

His eyes went wide when he felt a sharp sting to his neck. His hand automatically reached up and seized what had pricked him in the neck. His eyes went wide at the small needle that had pierced him. It was void of any liquid as his vision began to blur and sway. He grunted when he saw nothing but the inside of a filthy sack and then nothing as his mind closed and he fell into unconsciousness.

The lead guard slung the sack over his shoulder and held it firmly as he felt the boy's weight on his shoulder. The guard behind him bound Chadwick's feet together tightly to make sure he didn't struggle and kick when he finally regained consciousness. The two guards nodded to one another and turned to Boris. "Shall we take him outside, sir?" The lead guard asked Boris as the man gave him a glare through his lenses.

"Make sure you are not seen. People don't often see two guards carrying a sack with feet dangling from it." He stressed and turned back to Tala as he fell to his knees with a steady flow of tears streaming down his porcelain cheeks. He smirked. "There, there, Tala. Our boyfriend and his pet will be handled with care. I can hear the people stirring now from the gun-shot." He smirked more when Tala clenched his eyes closed. "Now be a good little soldier and get down in the van. If you know what's good for your beloved." He bared his teeth in victory when Tala obeyed.

Wolborg lay down next too Sheila and licked her cheek as she whined. He knew that his master wanted him to stay with her. He did not object. He loved his husky and would never leave her side until the ends of time. He whined and cooed to her as he lay his nose next to hers and licked her brown nose gently.

Tala kept his eyes closed the entire journey to the black van outside of the apartment building. He couldn't keep his mind off of Chadwick. Whether he was alright… whether he would be fit enough to go on the plane to go back to Russia… where he first originated from. He clenched his fists as he was shoved into the back of the van and skidded back against the locked doors as it sped off towards the airport.

Back up in the apartment was a crowd of worried patrons as they looked at the bleeding husky and whining wolf with each other on the floor. One woman had composed herself enough to phone a vet and explain the situation. She ran back and told the crowd that a vet and police officers were on their way. For the brown husky's sake, she hoped that a vet would arrive soon as she watched the wolf keep its head on the husky's neck and continued to whine and grunt.

OMGOSH OMGOSH OMGOSH! So much has happened in this chapter! Boris and his guards have Chadwick and Tala and oh noes! Sheila has been shot TT-TT. But don't worry a vet's coming to save the day. So now what's going to happen? Well I guess we'll just have to wait and find out until next chapter arrives.
Thank you guys for being so patient with this chapter and I really hope you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for reading and please do review!

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