~Authors Note~

Hey guys, sorry for the late update! I'll try too give you another chapter today or tomorrow ish since this one is so short. Enjoy!

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You can imagine the angery Dr. Yuri, so I won't go into the details. It would take too long. All I'll say is that after Akeela escaped from the hospital, Dr. Yuri immediately called the police saying there was a stray, dangerous, wild animal running around the city.

As for Akeela...

It was damp, and cold. The wind had started to pick up, threatening to bring in the rain. It was the perfect setting for the little girl. Akeela had ran, ran and ran through all of the streets, dodged cars, pass gaping people, and other stray animals. Finally she had made it too the quite part of town. The streets weren't as clean, buildings weren't as well kept and older looking. There were alleyways with garbage strewn about them.

Whimpering, Akeela skittered into an alleway, and seeing an old cardboard box on it's side, she climbed in, crawling into the very back.

"Mama.... mama.... what'm I spose' to do?"

From leaving in such a rush, she hadn't been able to grab her coat, hat or anything. Leaving her very vulnerable since her tail and ears stood out like a sore thumb. She was confused as well, she had heard people gasp and jump back in terror. Did they think she was scary?

Akeela curled into a ball, her ears drooping. "Mama... why did they.... do that.... how am I spose' to get back to daddy... mama..." She whispered, a few tears trickling down her cheeks. She did not understand why they were hurting her. Was she okay? What was that annoying, sustained beep when she was running away? What was going to happen to her? Akeela rubbed her hands together, chilled from the now rainy day. I gotta get back to mama.... I gotta get back to that white place.... She shivered at the thought, that man had been scary looking. His kind gestures looking all fake, and that white corridior.... it had an evil aura about it.

"She's gotta be around here somewhere! Find her! Now!" Shouted a voice, pounding footsteps started to come closer.

Akeela's head whipped up, startled. What was that? Were they after her? Curious, Akeela slowly crawled out to the front of the box, cautiousy poking her head out.

::Flashback::

Gin and Yuki slowly woke Akeela up. It was early in the morning, the sun had just risen.

"Akeela... wake up. We need too talk to you." Gin said softly, picking up the still half-asleep child and standing her in front of himself and Yuki. "You listenin?" Akeela nodded her head, rubbing her eyes, "Yea, wha' is it?" She mumbled, not impressed with having to get up. She usually got an extra hour in.

"Akeela, we're going to a very different land. We thought you should learn a few things before we go." Yuki said seriously, looking her in the eye. This caught Akeela's attention, "Different land? We're going somewhere?" Gin nodded, "We need to tell you a few things first....."

A few minutes later...

"Can you tell us what we just told you, Akeela?" Asked Yuki, wanting to be absolutely sure that she knew the 'protocols'.

Akeela sighed but complied, "Listen to mama, no mater what." She recited, emphasizing the last part, "Don't trust anybody. Be wary of danger, if you get into danger, always be very very cautious." She said, and quickly rambled off a few other things.

"An' don't eat yellow snow!" She giggled, smiling up at her parents. Gin and Yuki grinned and grabbed her into a bear hug. "We'll leave soon."

::End of Flashback::

Akeela remembered all of these things, thankfully. So she was being extra careful.

As she watched the men run up and down the streets, she noticed the weird clothing they were wearing. They wore black jackets and jeans, and had 'Police' written on the back. They were holding big, long stick things. They were starting to shout at each other.

"Witnesses said the monster ran down this way, check all of the alleways!" A voice rang out. Immediately men spread out to search the small spaces between the old, beaten up buildings.

Suddenly, loud footsteps were heard at the opening of the alleway she was in. It startled her from her focus on the other men, and she quickly dashed semi-carefully to the back of the box, frightened.

Woops, she moved too much.

Cautious steps were heard, and two men knelt in front of the box. The men pointed their big sticks at her and were about to start yelling.

"W...wait!" Akeela whimpered in her scared, childish voice.

The dark haired man choked off his air supply, "D...did that thing just talk?" He asked his blond companion. The man just nodded mutely, still a little shocked. He wasn't frightened, he had a soft spot for animals and children.

"Please..." Akeela said softly, scared out of her wits, "Don't... huwrt me... mama was murdered.... now you... please... don't ...." Akeela hid her head in her knees, covering herself with her tail and pushed herself more into the corner of the box.

The two policemen gaped at her, they could see very visibly her tail, ears and paws. Indeed, she looked like a demon straight out of the legends.

"She's... a monster..." The one man stuttered, raising his gun.

"No, wait!" The blond haired policeman shouted, shoving the gun to the side just as he pulled the trigger.

Akeela screamed as the gun went off, the bullet richochetted off of the worn-out alley walls. But that didn't stop Akeela. She dived out of the box, knocking over both men, and ran as fast as her legs could carry her into the other street, luckily the police hadn't started searching there yet.

Shouts were heard as the men heard the gun go off. But she had already left them behind in her dust. When she was scared, and on all fours, she was fast.

The blond haired man ran out of the alleway, and took a quick note of where the girl was running too.

"Karu! Do you see her? Which way did she go?" Asked the policeman in charge of the search, running up to the blond man.

Karu stared past the man for a few seconds, the other guy he had been with was being restrained by other men, he must've been some kind of nut job or something, acting so impulsively like that. Idiot.

He brought his attention back to the policeman, "That way." He said, pointing down the street.

"This way men! Follow me!" The policeman shouted, starting to jog down the street. Others soon followed, guns at the ready.

Karu stood there for a few seconds, then turned around, looking down the opposite side of the street. He could still see the girl running, the opposite way of which the policemen were going.

Run, little girl. I'll come find you soon. Just wait for me.

Karu spun on his heel and started jogging obediantly after his leader, leading them away from the strange, scared little girl.

~Authors Note~

hehe, hope you enjoyed that.... I'll see if i can get another chapter up soon. PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK! like... how the plot is going or if your confused... whatever ^_^ anyway yea.... oh and I would take Akeela's advice. "Don't eat yellow snow!" hehehehe :P byez

Angel