Ruki woke with a start, his heart pounding and his head spinning. He was quick to sit up and look around as he gasped for air.
"Uruha?" He whimpered out and looked around as Byou came to his side.
"Hey, hey calm down. Take deep breathes."
"Where's my mate?" Ruki snapped.
Byou looked back at Kyo who nodded, but it wasn't the alpha who spoke. It was Toshiya. "Die and I saw you two go down, we went to help, but we only managed to grab you."
"Grab me?" Ruki asked standing on shaky legs. "Grab me? You should have grabbed Uruha! He's carrying my child! I had rather been killed than those bastards take my mate!"
"I'm sorry." Toshiya snapped. "Die got to you first and grabbed you. He was going to get Uruha, but more soldiers came."
"He shouldn't have even touched me! You should have saved Uruha!" Ruki growled as charged in to tackle Toshiya to the ground. Toshiya stayed still as Ruki threw a few good punches before Melody and Kaoru pulled him off. Kyo stepped forward and knelt in front of him.
"We will get them back, but we can't if we're fighting amongst each other. Now clear your head and calm down."
"How will we get them back?" Ruki whimpered. Tears began rolling down his cheeks. "I was supposed to protect him. I couldn't…"
"We will save him." Kyo stated. "I promise."
Reita stared up at the oak tree, his wolf-self sitting next to him. Some of the leaves were turning yellow around the redden fruit that was hanging from a low branch. Reita reached down petting the white wolf's fur as they stared up at the swaying tree branches.
Reita opened his eyes, his vision was blurry, but everything cleared as he blinked and sat up. He groaned rubbing his head, but his eyes grew wide when he noticed Kai. His mate was in a glass room, banging on the wall yelling as he stared at Reita. The blonde gasped seeing his mate in a white outfit and he had a white collar around his neck. Around his wrists and ankles had white shackles on them. Reita whimpered out feeling his own neck, but his fingers bumped a cold piece of metal. His body shook as he looked down at the white shackles on his wrists and ankles.
Warm tears rolled down Reita's cheeks as he screamed and tried pulling the metal constraints off. He jumped off the hard bed he was laying on as he looked around. He was in a room surrounded by glass walls except for the ones on his left and behind him which were solid concrete. Across from him Kai had similar boundaries. He looked to his right and found Uruha, sitting on his knees on the bed looking at the blonde banging on the glass wall. Across from Uruha was Shinya standing there looking in his direction. Reita noticed that neither of them were wearing collars, but they were still caged up.
His chest began to burn as he tried to breath, but it felt like nothing he wasn't getting any air into his lungs. He stumbled back falling against the back wall. He lifted his knees up as he gripped his blonde hair and dropped his head.
"This can't be happening again." He whimpered. Suddenly, a calming warmth fill his chest and then throughout his body. He took a deep breath finally feeling air fill his lungs as he looked up. Kai was standing there, his hand against the glass as he stared at the omega. Reita gave a small smile and a nod to his mate, thanking him for calming him down.
Reita stood on shaky legs as he walked closer to the glass where he placed his hand on it as he looked at his mate. That's when he noticed a metal operating table and light in the middle of the room. Reita looked over at Uruha who was now standing, but Reita noticed the figure in the cage next to the brunette. Ryoga was laying on the bed almost motionless except for his faint breathing. Reita couldn't believe this was happening to them. Where was the rest of their pack?
Kyo was pacing around as his pack sat around fires waiting for his command as the sun rose high in the sky. Toshiya was off to the side keeping to himself and if someone came near him, he'd growl making them back off. He didn't want to speak with anyone, not now. Hiroto and Koichi were off to the side worried about not only their missing pack members, but also Tsuzuku. Kyo had not been happy about the omega leaving with Die, but he understood. Kyo finally stopped walking and turned to face his pack.
"We're going to get them." He announced catching the pack's attention. "First we need to go back to the lab."
"What? Kyo, those soldiers will be there." Kaoru said.
"I know, that's the point. We'll have to be precise to take them down, but we need one alive. We need one to guide us to where they took our family."
"We wouldn't need a prisoner if you hadn't thrown Die out." Toshiya snapped standing up to walk over. "You heard Koichi, Die has a pretty good idea were the second lab is located, but you threw him out before you could even give him a chance to speak."
"He endangered my pack."
"He told you the lab wasn't safe!" Toshiya yelled. "He told you that, but you went ahead and had all of us stay there. You have no one to blame but yourself."
"Toshiya, you're out of line." Kaoru growled.
"I'm speaking the truth. None of you wanted Die here. None of you cared to listen to him, to hear him, to accept him as a fellow wolf. You couldn't get rid of the image of him being an enemy."
"Die attacked us." Melody snapped. "He was a part of Hiro's pack, a pack that tormented us, attacked us, tortured and sold omegas as whores. He almost raped Reita."
"He wouldn't have done it!"
"You don't know that." Byou sighed.
"I do know that because I took the time to talk to him and to get to know him. He told me his past and trust me with it. Not only would he not rape an omega…he couldn't." Toshiya said and the pack began whispering among themselves. "Die has a rough past like all of us…a past I have no right to speak of, but I will tell you this Kyo. He was scared. He put on that tough act to keep it hidden, but it completely feel apart when we took shelter in the lab."
"What are you saying?" Kyo asked.
"He knew about the lab, about the soldiers call Hellhounds, and even knew there was another lab nearby. He knew all of this for a good reason. Kyo, he was tortured there and whenever he joined a pack and told them his past, he was thrown away. He was terrified of you kicking him out like everyone else."
Everyone looked to Kyo, waiting for him to respond. He took a deep breath before looking at them all. "If we leave now, we'll arrive about nightfall where we'll have the advantage."
"What about Tsuzuku?" Koichi whimpered.
"If Toshiya is right, then Die will take him to the same place. We'll meet up with them at the second lab. We'll settle everything after we get the rest of our pack back."
"But…"
Kyo gabbed the pink head's shoulders. "If Die was tortured by the same people, what do you think is happening to Shinya? To Reita, Kai, Uruha, and Ryoga? Every minute we wait, is a minute they're being hurt."
Reita sat against his concrete wall as Kai did the same across from him and they stared at each other. Kai would send the occasional smile pressing his hand against the glass and his mate would do the same. Uruha sat quietly on the hard bed glancing between everyone as Shinya paced his cage and Ryoga continued to sleep. He caught something in the corner of his eye and he looked to the left as both Reita and Kai stood up. Three people came in wearing white coats and four more behind them in the black clothes just like the soldiers from before.
A woman with long brown hair in a ponytail and black circular glasses led them in and she stopped in front of Reita's cage. The blonde backed up as the woman spoke something to her men. The wolves couldn't hear what she was saying, but the soldiers moved in as the male scientist with spiky black hair swiped a card through a keypad opening the glass door. Reita moved back growling as he moved up against the back wall. He spotted Kai punching at his glass wall yelling with a red face. The woman smiled.
"Calm down now." She said.
"Get away from me." Reita growled.
"We can do this easy way or the hard way." She said and a soldier walked closer. Reita was quick to throw a punch into the soldiers face. However, Reita was quickly subdued by the other men and his face was slammed into the hard mattress. He was forced onto his knees as his arms were held against his back. Reita was forced to look at Kai who was struggling to break out. Reita whimpered feeling his mate's anger, distress and pain. Blood smeared against the glass as Kai punched it.
The third scientist, a female with very short brown hair, pulled out an odd gun. The barrel was not of metal, but a glass vial with a purple liquid, and instead of a muzzle was a long needle. The three soldiers held Reita down tightly as the fourth soldier grabbed his blonde hair and yanked his head to side, exposing his neck. The scientist jabbed the needle into his neck and pulled the trigger injecting the substance.
Reita clawed into his palms, his body trying to change into a wolf, but the collar restricted him too much. The scientist pulled the needle out and popped the vial out and slipped it into her coat pocket. Then she pulled out a vial with lightly blue clear liquid and inserted the vial into the gun. The soldier yanked Reita's head to the other side, so the scientist could inject the serum into his neck. While she was doing all this, the other female scientist was writing things down on a clipboard.
The group let Reita go and they vacated the cage closing the blonde in. Reita whimpered curling into a ball on the floor. Kai could only watch helplessly in his cage falling to his knees clenching his chest. He couldn't bear feeling the fear of his mate and he broke down.
Shinya was banging on his own glass wall watching the scene as they all walked out of Reita's cage. The woman with long hair looked into Kai's cage, then into Uruha's before walking up to Shinya's door. The male scientist swiped his card again to open the door up and Shinya moved back as the woman walked in alone with a smile.
"What did you do to Reita?" Shinya growled, but he could hide his shaking hands.
"You mean subject 032? You'll see. I've had a particular experiment in mind, but I've never managed to capture a mated couple at the same time to perform it. Now I have the perfect specimens."
"Leave them alone!" Shinya ordered, but the woman laughed.
"I know you might be use to giving orders out, being a beta and all, but here you have no control." She said and Shinya gasped with wide eyes. "Oh, yes we examined every one of you while you were unconscious. We know 032 is an omega that had surgery done to remove his uterus, yet it seems he's one of the few who can regrow it. He has a very unique bloodline from a supposed extinct race and an endangered one. I had many wolves with similar bloodlines several years ago, and they were quite resilient too. His mate, 033, has high levels of testosterone which makes him perfect fror my experiment. It helps that, according to his blood, he's a pureblood from the far eastern tribes. Wolves from that area tend to be on the aggressive side.
"035, is a pregnant omega with a remarkable bloodline, one very similar to 032's own blood. He'll make an excellent test subject once of course he's popped out that child. I can't wait to take samples from his offspring. 036, well he is a unique one. Took six tranquilizers to take him down and for good reason. He's was experimented on before and if I'm correct it was the military group Blooddrainers. A crud group, but they had their own experiments and we have ours. Then there's you. 034, a beta of mixed blood almost a mutt. You have had at least one miscarriage and lost a child to some sort of attack. I'm assuming another wolf."
When she finished her rant, Shinya was growling lowly, glaring at her. He moved to attack, but a soldier ran in to get between them. He raised his hand to strike Shinya.
"Do not hit him!" The woman ordered.
"Lori, this thing is dangerous."
"Get out, he will not harm me." She ordered and the soldier walked out. Lori kept her stern glare on Shinya as he stepped closer. "Now, now, you wouldn't want to risk your child's safety attacking me would you?"
"What?" Shinya gasped freezing.
The woman laughed. "I thought wolves knew when they were pregnant." She said and Shinya rubbed his own stomach as he stepped back. "You can't change, so therefore I have no need to have an electric collar on you. I don't want to risk hurting your pup, but if I have to restrain you I will."
"What do you plan on doing to me?" Shinya asked, his hand going over his stomach.
"Nothing right now. I want you to pop out that baby so I can experiment on it, then I'll start on you. You're the first beta I've ever gotten, so I plan on keeping you for a while. Just keep your pup healthy for me."
"You will not harm my child!"
Lori started laughing. "Two seconds ago you didn't even know you were pregnant. Suddenly you're protective."
Shinya continued to growl and the woman turned to leave with the door shutting behind her. Shinya rubbed his stomach as he watched the group leave then looked at Uruha who was doing the same. The beta turned away and sniffled.
"Kyo…"
The pack was walking through the woods with the alphas leading the way when Kyo suddenly stopped and gripped his chest. Kaoru stopped next to him with the pack coming to a stop.
"Kyo?"
"Shinya." Kyo whimpered. "He's scared."
"Well it's good you can still sense him." He said patting his friend's back. The group continued forward and Ruki let out a growl as he pushed passed Toshiya. The shorter alpha bared his fangs before moving ahead. Toshiya looked over to Melody who was quietly laughing.
"How long do you think it'll take for him to forgive me?" Toshiya asked.
"Well, just as long as Uruha and their pup are fine, he won't hold a grudge."
"And if they're not okay?"
Melody smirked. "I'd start running. Never get in the way of a parent their pup."
The pack became silent as they approached the lab and they changed into wolves as they slipped through the trees. Toshiya and Kaoru moved ahead to scout the area as the others stayed back and waited. Kyo stood on a rock as a look out while sun dropped in the distance. As the night took over they waited and waited until they heard movement. Kyo let out a low growl, but the two grey wolves popped out of the bushes and the pack relaxed.
Kyo was first to walk to the edge of the forest with his pack lined up along the trees. Kaoru and Toshiya reported seeing only ten guards around the lab and two or three inside. They were right. Kyo let out a low growl as he stepped out along with Melody and Byou. The soldiers who were just standing around were startled seeing the wolves coming out. They started shouting, but the rest of the pack came in from the sides taking down the men all at once. Two more came running out, but Kyo and Byou quickly took them down while Melody pinned her target down.
Within minutes, they had the soldier tied up and the dead dragged off to the side. Ruki spat out blood as he growled at the remaining soldier. Melody ripped the helmet off to show a young female glaring at them.
"Where's my pack?" Kyo asked glaring down at her.
She smirked. "You'll have better luck talking to a rabbit."
Melody slapped the woman, and Kyo stepped forward. "I don't have Melody hitting because you're a woman. It's because this type of stuff is her specialty so I would start talking soon."
Miyavi pushed the last body to the side and looked back, spotting another soldier sneaking out of the door. "Melody!"
The soldier raised as gun toward her as she turned and she growled out. Ruki was quick to change back into his wolf and run in. Melody jumped to the side as the soldier shot his gun, sending the bullet straight into his comrade's head. Ruki jumped in the air tackling the soldier to the ground. The pack went in quickly pulling his weapons away and securing his arms. They ripped his helmet off as Melody pushed the dead woman to the side as they brought him to sit in her place.
"Congratulations." Melody said with a smile. "I get to torture you now. Ruki help me drag him to the back would you?"
Ruki nodded and assisted the other alpha.
Kyo stood before the remaining members. "Hitsugi, Miyavi, and Aoi, strip the clothes of the dead. The rest of you, gather what supplies remain and pack it up. We'll be separating into two groups from here on out."
"Kyo, what's the plan exactly?" Kaoru asked as the pack moved to do their jobs.
"You, Ruki, Toshiya, and I will go to the lab. We'll sneak in and get them out before their captures know it."
"And how exactly are we going to do that?"
Kyo nodded to the pile of corpses currently being stripped. "We're going to look like them."
Reita placed his head on the mattress as he stared at Kai who was keeping a close eye on the blonde. Not that he could do anything if something happened, but it made the omega feel better. Reita moved up to the glass and placed his hand on it looking at his mate. Kai moved to do the same when the group of scientists and guards came walking in front of them. The glass door to Reita's cell opened and he tried to move back to get away, but his body felt weak. He couldn't move that well and the soldiers picked him up off the ground. They dragged him to the metal table and forced him on it where they strapped him down. He tried to fight back, but was punched in the stomach.
A soldier yanked Reita's right arm and he cried out in pain, but they ignored him as they secured his body onto the table. Lori stepped up and started looking over his body once more.
"The amount of sedation seemed to have worked, but what about the enhancer? I can't tell." The male scientist asked.
"You won't be able to. There's only one way to find out, Max." Lori said and turned to Kai's cage. "Give 033 his injections. Seph will record."
The soldiers went to Kai's cage and Max unlocked the door as Kai stood growling. The moment the door slid opened he moved to attack them and it took all four soldiers to take him down, but he pushed back. Lori rolled her eyes and pulled out a little black oval-shaped plastic and press the button. Kai cried out in pain as he fell to the ground clawing at his neck.
"Kai!" Reita shouted.
The soldiers grabbed Kai and slammed him into the wall, holding him steady. Lori released the button and Kai's head dropped as he gasped for air.
"What did you do to him?" Reita snapped pulling weakly at his restraints.
"I just gave him a bit of a shock." Lori said with a smile.
Max yanked Kai's head back and using the same gun that was used on Reita. Except this one had a red liquid in it. Max injected the serum into Kai's neck and they released the alpha before they exited the cage. Kai fell to the floor groaning as he clawed at his neck.
"Kai." Reita whimpered and the alpha yelled out curling into a ball. Seph the other female scientist was writing on a clipboard as Kai growled out.
He looked up glaring bloodshot eyes as drool dripped from his baring mouth. Kai jumped to his feet and charged forward, but Max was quick to shut the glass door and locked it. Kai punched the glass wall growling out although they couldn't hear him. Lori smirked as Kai's sharp claws scratched down the wall. Lori snapped her fingers and the soldiers ran out of the room, but were quick to return with metal poles. She pushed the button on the remote and Kai clawed at his neck but punched the glass again.
Lori nodded and Max reopened the cage door as the soldiers got ready. Kai moved to attack, but the soldiers used the poles to clip onto his collar and push him back onto the wall. Kai yanked on the metal poles and the soldiers struggled to keep him pinned.
"What did you do to him?" Reita cried, but Lori only smiled.
"I'm going to take your restraints off and you're going to go into his cage. If you don't I'll shoot you and your mate in the head. Is that clear?"
Reita growled and Lori slapped him. She pulled a walkie-talkie out of her coat pocket and called for more soldiers. Within seconds three more people came in and Lori had them restrain Reita as they took him off of the table. He whimpered out as he was thrown inside Kai's cage. The soldiers were quick to retreat and close the door.
Reita stood on shaky legs as Kai growled out glaring at the blonde with dilated pupils. Reita whimpered not able to feel his mate. "Kai?"
Kai moved in grabbing Reita's neck and he slammed his mate into the wall. Reita whimpered out as he was lifted off the ground. Kai growled squeezing Reita's neck and the omega began to cry. The alpha moved closer when a strong vanilla scent caught his attention and he slide Reita back down to scent him. He buried his face into Reita's neck and let out a low growl. Reita gasped feeling his mate press against him and felt his body responding.
"Kai?" He whimpered out, but his mate was rubbing up against him growling. The blonde took a steady breath as he reached up to rub Kai's cheek and the alpha flinch. Reita moved in and pressed a soft kiss on his lips.
Kai squeezed Reita's neck once more, but then he threw the blonde onto the mattress where he climbed over his omega. Reita pushed against his alpha's chest, but Kai growled out at him. The brunette tore into Reita's pants and ripped them up along the legs. Reita struggled against him, but was quickly turned over. Kai growled as he grinded his hips against his mate and Reita stopped struggling when he noticed the scientist watching and writing notes.
Reita looked to his left where Shinya was banging on the wall next to them probably urging Kai to stop, but they couldn't hear the beta. Reita growled as he elbowed Kai in the chest and turned over, but the alpha grabbed the blonde's neck again. He slammed Reita back into the mattress as he choked him. Reita clawed at Kai's arms and started crying as he whimpered out.
"K-Ka…" Reita choked. Kai's eyes widen and his pupils shrunk a bit as he pulled away and fell off the bed. He quickly backed away up against the wall as Reita coughed catching his breath. Kai yelled out gripping his head before slamming it against the concrete wall.
"No!" Reita whimpered crawling off the bed. He scurried over to Kai before the alpha could slam his head again and wrapped his arms around Kai's head.
"Get away from me, Reita." Kai growled through clenched teeth. Reita looked into his watery bloodshot eyes.
Before Reita could say anything, the glass door opened back up and Kai pushed him to the side to attack the intruders, but he was taken down by the large poles. He growled out at them. Reita glared as the scientists walked in. Max injected more of the red liquid into Kai's body as they forced Reita on the floor. Lori injected Reita with more of the sedative then they released the two and exited before they were attacked. Kai spat as he punched the floor and growled out. He looked up glaring at Reita who was gasping against the bed.
"Kai?" Reita whimpered out as he reached out to rub the brunette's cheek. Kai slapped Reita knocking him over. The blonde was dazed, but managed to see Lori smiling as Seph wrote notes down. Reita was turned back over and Kai gripped his neck again choking him. Reita grabbed at his mate's wrists trying to breathe as he stared into Kai's eyes. What was white was now red, making his dark eyes look even darker and his veins were popping out of his skin.
Reita was feeling lightheaded, but he smiled as he reached up to gently rub his fingers against Kai's cheek. He cupped Kai's cheek and smiled. Kai gasped feeling his chest fill with warmth and his heart beat seemed to steady. Kai let go and he moved to pull away, but Reita reached up to pull him down. The blonde pressed his lips against Kai's and kissed him deeply. Reita slowly pulled his lips away and kissed Kai's cheek then licking his ear. Kai pulled away to stand up. He growled out as he charged at the glass door where the scientists were still observing.
Reita watched as Kai clawed at the wall and punched at it. Blood smears started to appear on the glass and Reita saw it dripping from his mate's hands. He couldn't stand by while his alpha continued to hurt himself. Reita shook as he got to his feet and stumbled towards Kai to grab his hands. The alpha turned around growling out at the blonde. Reita reached down and gripped Kai's erection making him growl louder as he bared his sharpening teeth.
"Don't hurt yourself." Reita whispered. "I'm here for you to use."
Kai growled slamming Reita down onto his stomach and forced his hips in the air. The alpha ripped the remainder of Reita's pants off. Kai pushed his own pants down and lined up his cock to Reita's entrance. The blonde tried not shake, tried to calm his heart, and stop his tears from falling.
Reita glared up at Lori who was glaring back, but it only satisfied him. He wasn't going to let her win. Reita's eyes squeezed shut and he screamed out feeling his mate penetrating his body. Warm tears rolled down his cheeks as Kai thrusted and he felt warm liquid rolling down his thighs. Reita looked up at Lori who was yelling out at the other two scientists before stomping off. Reita whimpered out, dropping his head as pain continued to fill his body.