Chapter 5: Ageless Rage

"Don't worry sweetie, it's just a quick stroll. Your father is right behind us."

The smell of iron rises, rage consumes the flesh, and rots my mind.

Fear, agony, despair, rage, hate, and sorrow take over my mind. My brother is gone, and I couldn't do a thing to stop her. Tears burst out of my eyes, feeling each one slide slowly down the sides of my cheeks. I clench my dagger more, each second passing, I give off small whispered burst of growls under my breath. "Why?! I...I didn't stop her...I promised hi-" I go quiet as I hear Quy almost touch me. I jump back and trip over a log behind me.

"Oh my, are you okay?" The smaller, but beautiful wolf from behind Quy asks. Her face gives off a concerned look, as if it were a mother's. Quy gives of the same expression, but in a less serious way. "Get...Get away!" I shout at them. Their expressions change to a mix of shock, confusion, and fear. "What's your problem runt!?" Quy shouts back with a more ferocious tone. "Are you still mad that your elder sold you?"

I pause dead in my tracks. "Wha...What did you say?" I look Quy dead in the eyes. "Well duh. Why don't you think none of you make it back after each years 'game'? The elder sells the pack around 20-30 young men each few years, and we get new husbands." As Quy finishes i'm left in more confusion. "The Elder...He said we all had a chance...And he did this to sto-" "Stop what? Your Elders have been playing this game with us for years. Yes, at first it was about trying to persevere you humans, but we never really took enough at the beginning to stop your population from growing completely. The Elder's of the villages around here sell us a few young men, and we give them large amount of supplies." Quy finishes, but this a large grin begins to grow as she stares back into my eyes.

I stand back up, still clench my dagger. My face becomes blank, and my head racing. All my thoughts begin to catch up with me. "Oh my, your little dagger. The mark of a wyren, and red too. If I didn't know any better, i'd say that whoever gave you that, set you up in here too." Quy laughs walking closer and closer. Soon enough she's at my face, softly touching my cheek with her paw. "You really are cute, you know?"

Before anything else can be said, rage consumes me. By the look of Quy, she's frighten by my stance, slowly back away. "Oh don't get all mad at me swee-" I don't let her finish, leaping towards her with all my might, and slashing her chest. My dagger grazers her right pectoral major. "You little shit! What did I ever do to you?!" Quy is enraged by my out lash. The wolf behind her gives out a small cry, followed by a call like howl.

The smell of blood on my dagger gives of a slight aroma of iron. My head goes even more into a 'blank' state as I sprint into the direction of where my brother was taken. I ignore all obstacles in my wake. My only goal now, is to get back my brother. All who stand in my way, shall feel my rage.

I hear sprinting from behind me, and soon in the trees. This time, it isn't just three wolves. After a few moments of running, an outline of a person drops in front of me. They stop me momentarily. "Stop! We just want to hel-" A new looking wolf tries to speak to me, but before she finishes, another slash of my blade carves deep into her right shoulder. "Ghaaa!" Her screams give off a large tone of sadness, and despair. "For the fallen!" I quickly remove the dagger from her now gushing levator scapulea.

More wolves fall from the trees, and some catch up. Screams are given off. "Why!? She didn't do anything!" Quy screams with rage, and a deep sorrow. A smile begins to grow on my lips. "You want to eat me?! I'll have you instead!" I drop my head, and soon enough my mouth around her neck. Before I can crush her neck, a swing of a fish is thrown at me. I'm knocked to the side, but I slide my body's weight to its side, and get right back on my feet.

The wolves circle around the bleeding out wolf. "It's okay! Just stay calm Lua.." A small wolf wraps cloth around the deep wound. Before I can leave, Lua looks at me with eyes that can break heats. "It's...Okay dear. I don't blame you." "Shhhh, don't talk to that monster!" Quy stands, and walks towards me. Rage now feels her eyes. I sprint off into the same direction, and she follows.

"Monster?! They think i'm the monster!? Those...Disgusting creatures...I'll kill them all once I have him back!" My mind goes more and more blank as the night, and rage consumes me. A few minutes pass, sprinting through the large dense forest. Quy still follows. A large light is given off in the distance. I follow, and it leads me to a large open field encircled by the forest. As I reach the middle, I become tired, and fall over on one knee. Winded from my sprinting all night, the thought of Lua's eyes race through me.

Panting is heard behind me, and of course the sly wolf Quy is still following. "YOU MONSTER! Why would you do that!?" She tries to speak more, but her breath runs out. "ME!? I'm the monster? You hunt us like we're 'playthings' and then when you have your fun, you eat us! I'm just giving you a 'challenge'." My tone falls from angered, to taunting like.

"What?! We don't 'eat' anyone! We 'hunt' to find who is the better husband." Quy's voice stays angry, but confused. "Wha...Husbands?" "Yes! Husbands...We can't breed males, so we have to capture human males. We don't 'eat' you. It's a play-on words of..." She pauses slightly. "Of some I won't say!"

"I...I don't understand this madness! I just want my brother back!" I yell out, standing back up, still griping my dagger. My palm's sweating, loosening my grip. "You can't just 'have' your brother back. The alpha wants him. In so, she'll keep him." Quy's face relaxes more, and now it gives of a more embracing expression. "Please, just calm down, and come with me. Lua is going to be okay...I hope, but just come with me, and you can apologize." Quy reaches out to me with a open hand.

My head still spinning from all the new thoughts hitting me. "Is this what all monsters want? Or just them... Then why did those things take mom, and not me or dad..."

Kinda tired when I wrote this one, so I hope it's okay! D: Give me what you're thinking of it! ^^