CHAPTER 3

Ame felt the warmth of the rising sun finally warming him up after a cold night, he looked at his leg and saw that it was still badly damaged due to the bullet, he tried once again to stand he slowly stood up, after a few minutes of standing he tried to walk, he moved his front right leg forward then his left back leg, everything seemed to be alright until he lifted his injured right back leg the pain surged through his body and he fell to the floor as he was slowly recovering from his fall he could hear the sound of moving legs and then he heard what sounded like me talking and they were getting closer and closer. He knew they were close to the cave and they would soon find him, he heard a whisper nearby it said.

"This is Alpha squad subject 1 is still in cave we have him completely surrounded, ready to move in on orders."

Ame was shocked by this who were these people, hunters who wanted to be the first ever in Japan to have killed a wolf

"Not on my watch," Ame thought to himself

He used his sensitive hearing to figure out where all the men were, he soon deduced that they were all surrounding the entrance of the, so that wasn't a way out. He felt trapped but then a small shimmer of light caught his eye it was coming from the back of the cave, he moved toward it and saw it was a small opening in the back, he thought if he could just widen it a little more he might be able to squeeze through. There wasn't much time so he began digging like he'd never done before; just as he had broken through he heard one of the men yell.

"MOVE OUT!"

Ame quickly crawled through the hole he could hear the men getting closer then one of them yelled.

"There he is grab him"

Ame then felt a hand grip tightly around his tail, slowly pulling him back. Summoning up all his strength and adrenalin broke free of the man's grip. Using a massive amount of adrenalin he ran as fast as his legs could carry him, it wasn't long before he could hear the shouts of men in hot pursuit. He remembered a small mountain trail that his master had shone which would make it impossible for the men to follow him, he continued to run finally he saw the trail in front to him.

"Just a few more," paces he thought

Then there came a blast sound and before he knew it he had fallen to the ground, he looked at his legs and saw rope had suddenly rapped around them, he hastily tried to untie them when the men showed up again, one aimed what looked like a huge weapon and fired it at him, a net suddenly opened up and wrapped itself around Ame.

"Direct hit, we got him boys," one of the men yelled.

Ame struggled to get free and before he knew it the men know surrounded him, he began howling and biting them. There was a sudden pain in his left shoulder; he saw one of the men had injected a dart, he felt drowsy and his vision went blurry until he finally passed out.

Meanwhile

Yuki had just woken up and she smelt a delicious smell coming from the dining room, she got dressed and went into the lounge her mom was cooking breakfast and it smelled delicious.

"Good morning Yuki, did you sleep well?"

"Good morning mom, I slept fine thank you for asking."

"Come have some breakfast, it's your favourite rice and miso soup."

Yuki sat down by the dining table and began to eat, when she was done she looked at her mother because she had been wanting to ask her a question all moring

"Mom there's something I wanted to ask you."

"What is it Yuki?"

"Would it be okay if I took a walk into town today to see if it has changed at all?"

"Sure Yuki just don't stay out to long, the weather forecast says there may be another blizzard coming tonight."

"Thanks mom," aid Yuki giving her mother a kiss on the cheek

She put her dishes in the sink, ran to her room and put on her winter clothing, she hurried to the door.

"Bye mom," she yelled

She went out into the snow and looked at the mysterious wilderness they lived, as she made her way to town she passed the vegetable patch which was now covered in a foot of snow, she looked at it for a minute and was about to continue, she heard a noise in the woods and looked behind her but there was no one there, suddenly there was a sound in front of her and then another and another, soon it seemed like there were sounds coming from everywhere. Yuki was now very scared as she turned around to run back to the house she ran into a man wearing black robes, he grabbed he by her arms she was about to scream when the man held a cloth to her mouth she fought back against him, but soon her strength was fading and her vision was becoming blurry, she couldn't fight it any longer and she collapsed.

Meanwhile

Hana was washing the dishes they used at breakfast when she heard a knock on the front door.

"Coming," she said

She turned off the water and moved to the front door and opened it. Two men in black outfits and hoods were standing in front of her, trusting her instincts she tried to slam the door on the two of them, but they overpowered her. One pulled out a white cloth and held it to her moth soon she felt weak and then collapsed.

Agent 126 was observing the operation when suddenly his wrist communicator went off.

"Commander 126 this is bravo squad do you copy, over."

"Roger this is commander 126, has subject 1 been apprehended, over."

"Subject 1 has been successfully captured and is ready for transportation to the compound, over"

"Understood, subject 2 and their mother have been captured, we'll meet at the bottom of Falcons peak, over and out."

Agent 126 closed his wrist com and then yelled alright boys lets back it up and move it out."

Later that day

Yuki was finally waking up from the long sleep, she tried to get up but found she had been changed to a chai, she struggled for a few minutes but soon found it was no use. She looked around and saw she was in a dark room all alone, at least she thought she was alone when she heard a loud groaning next to her, she couldn't believe her eyes it was Ame in his human form and he was also chained to a chair

"Ame is that you?" she yelled

Ame was slowly coming out of his sleep and then he suddenly heard a voice beside him and slowly looked to his left

"Yuki, what are you doing here and where are we? He asked

"I don't know," she responded

Suddenly they both heard another groan coming from the left; they looked and saw it was their mom who had also been chained to a chair.

"MOM, they both yelled

"Yuki, Ame hold on I'm coming," she said trying to eat out of her seat to no avail.

All of them struggled and began yelling to be let out of where they were, suddenly a hologram of a man appeared in front of them.

"Remain calm we are not going to hurt you."

"Then what do you want us for,' asked yuki?

"Allow me to explain," the hologram responded, "follow me."

The chairs holding the three of them began to move along a narrow corridor and they came to a stop in front of a large screen, the hologram man appeared again and the screen began to project images.

First there was a picture of a man

"Do you recognise this man," asked the hologram?"

The children and Hana were astounded it was the children's father who had died many year ago, not being able to talk they nodded their heads.

As you know he was supposed to the last of his kind with human and wolf DNA, but he didn't know there are more lots more."

The three of them were shocked that means there were more people like them in the world

"Allow me to explain," he continued as he changed to the next slide of an ancient Japanese wolf. "As you know thousands of years ago wolves were flourishing in Japan and wolf people as they were known back then, lived peacefully amongst humans," he said turning to the next slide of what looked like a human wolf hybrid working next to a human. "But that time didn't last forever soon rumours began to spread about how wolf people were as vicious as the wolves that lived in the mountains, it got so bad that humans began hunting us, we were forced to flee high into the mountains to get away from them. After that the remaining survivors gathered together and decided it was best to go into hiding, a small community was established in the mountains hidden well from the human world and they were soon dismissed as fairy tales. As the years went by the weather got worse by the beginning of the 20th century, we knew we couldn't survive this harsh climate anymore, the wolf council then gathered together the top minds in the community and together they created a dome that shielded our community from humans and the harsh winter elements.

"Now there is the subject of you three," he said pointing at them, he pushed a button then suddenly pictures from the last couple of years appeared on the screen. "Normally all child births are registered with the council but your father never knew about it, we only found out about you a few year ago when our spies heard local villagers talking about seeing wolves in the mountains, the council decided to look further into this and when we found about you children," he said pointing at Hana then continued, We began observing you over the years, we saw you kept your children well hidden good job. We also spotted certain expose incidents involving you two," pointing at Ame and Yuki. "We know you have exposed your wolf forms to other human but their memory has been erased so it is no longer a concern.

"Finally we had one of our top agents spy on you for the past two weeks and last night the council made a decision that both of you and your mother must be bought into the community to prevent any further exposure risks."

Hana and her children were speechless, all this time this time Ame and Yuki weren't alone and they had been watched their entire lives.

The screen turned black again and the hologram spoke; "now I will give you your first look at your new home."

The chairs began to move again and this time they were taken to patio overlooking the area, they were amazed the sun was shining so brightly, there were flowers blooming everywhere and the most amazing thing was there were both people and wolves together waving at each other as they passed by.

"Amazing isn't it," said the hologram, "Now we will meet the council to decide your future here."

The chairs began to move again to another room, as they moved a thought suddenly popped into Yuki's head.

He said we would live here for the rest of our lives, what about the life my mom and I had before all this, we can't just give that up there's got to be a way back and I'm going to find it.