Paths

Story by Kitt Da Folf on SoFurry

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#26 of The Great Balancing


Chapter 1:

The year 13099 saw the birth of a new age; for centuries massive galactic empires lead bloody battles stretching across the galaxy. But now with the formation of the Interstellar Fur Alliance, things were trying to change.

On the Lupine Home world, while an important portion of the alliance, it was closed off, steeped in mystery and ancient traditions. There a birth had taken place, one destine to shape the future for everyone.

The den was quiet dimly lit by a fire, a humble small room. Two adult wolves sat in easy chairs, the male dark reddish brown colored fur middle aged, his eyes green with a look of worry and tension. The female across from him cradling her new born pup her soft motherly face looked at the pup with nothing but love.

She looked up at her mate "What's wrong hon? You've been acting strange all day."

He sighed and stood up walking over to the fire, a sword with a dragon etched into the grip made of pure ivory a single red jewel in the center clenched in his paw. "Nothing Ezri..." he replied.

"Look, Dietrich, I know you work in for the intelligence department but I'm your mate, you can tell me anything."

The male wolf slowly turned around looking Ezri dead in the eyes. "We may be in trouble, it's the Godak syndicate, my associates think there may be a security leak, and they may be coming for us."

A look of pure fear crossed Ezri's face. "Then we should leave....."

Dietrich nodded. "I know, I just didn't know how to tell you."

A day later Ezri and Dietrich were loaded into a three car convoy of black SUVs. Dietrich tapped his paw fingers nervously on the casing of a high-powered submachine gun; Ezri sat beside him cradling the young pup. Winding down the city streets the convoy moved out of the city.

"Don't worry 'D'; we've got this thing wrapped up tight." The wolf riding shotgun said.

"Thanks Bryn." Dietrich said, although sounding quite hollow.

The SUVs approached a small farm house out in the middle of nowhere. All around the property lay huge green coniferous trees, some spanning seventy five feet into the air. It was late autumn, so there was a stiff cold breeze whipping over the open ground. Both Dietrich and Ezri were carted quickly in through the front of the house, while two other agents took up positions at the front door and several others fanned out over the grounds of the farm.

A few hours passed, Ezri quietly putting her son to bed before padding down into the main living room. She saw her mate, Dietrich standing in front of the bay window looking out over the lawn as two agents paced back and forth over the front deck. For the first time she saw Dietrich wearing his service pistol over his shoulder he had tried so hard to keep his work and home life separate. Dietrich saw Ezri out of the corner of his eye. "Hey hon, is Kitt sleeping finally??"

"Yes, he was little restless with the new bed and all but he's asleep. How is everything?"

"You know Bryn, thorough to the max. He's got everything locked down to the letter." Dietrich replied.

"Good love..."

Evening soon fell to the pitch blackness of night, only the dim lights of the farm house could be seen. Dietrich and Ezri laid in the master bed, although Dietrich wasn't sleeping merely staring at the ceiling listening to the eerie soft whistling wind blowing through the trees. He eventually tired of tossing and turning and slipped out of bed making his way into the kitchen. Dietrich poured himself a stiff glass of alcohol, sitting in silence after a few minutes it was too quiet he threw back the glass of liquor and moved to the window.

Dietrich's heart skipped a beat as he didn't see the two agents that were supposed to be right outside. Rushing into the living room he drew his sidearm and picked up one of the handheld radios sitting on the coffee table. "All units report in." he ordered into the microphone.

Only dead silence followed.

"Shit!!" Dietrich exclaimed dashing up the stairs and burst into the main bed room, startling Ezri into consciousness.

"Dietrich what's wrong!!!!!?"

"We got to go Ez, now! Grab Kitt" Dietrich grabbed the submachine gun sitting by the nightstand and slinked out of the room hugging the wall as he went down the stairwell. Pausing for a moment, Dietrich spotted a figure pass by the window and raised his weapon to the front door and unlatched the safety. Seconds passed when the front door slowly creaked open followed by a shrouded figure carrying an assault rifle. Instantly knowing none of his people had such a weapon on them, Dietrich took aim and squeezes the trigger firing a single round. The figure was tossed into the wall by the well placed shot to the head.

Ezri rushed down the stairs clutching Kitt just as the bay window burst in, followed a small hockey puck like disc that exploded filling the living room with smoke. Dietrich grabbed Ezri and moved passed the living room towards the kitchen, just before entering the kitchen both of them were doused in automatic gun fire.

Dietrich pushed Ezri down out of the kitchen, while making a hard dive behind the counter island in the middle of the room. Popping out quickly Dietrich fired off several shots, not hitting anyone but clipping off shards of wood and plaster from the walls.

The angry wolf slid up against the door waiting a moment or two when the barrel of a rifle crept in, followed by a trench coat wearing wolf. Dietrich didn't waste a second, kicking up the rifle from the wolf's paws, then backing handing him across the face and with a simple toss, put the wolf into the fridge door.

Grabbing Ezri, Dietrich rushed out of the back door. Out of the corner of his eye Dietrich saw someone coming up behind them and quickly spun around pulling his weapon up the person threw his paws up quickly.

"Don't shoot, D!! It's Bryn." the chocolate brown wolf in a business suit exclaimed.

"Where is everyone?" Dietrich shouted moving towards the SUV parked in the back.

"Dead, they nearly got me, looks like a professional hit team." Bryn explained taking the drivers seat of the SUV and speeding off down the dirt road.

The black SUV roared into the city, abruptly coming to a halt next to a darkened empty park.

"How in the hell did they find us!?" Ezri exclaimed.

"It's simple Ez, someone told them..." Bryn said putting the car in park.

"But who? Everyone who knew was at the farm." Dietrich reasoned.

"Yeah..." Bryn said pulling out his service pistol in a gloved paw.

"What are you doing?" Dietrich said quietly.

"You're head is worth a lot of money to the syndicate...so...I'm cashing in." Bryn coldly said putting the pistol to Dietrich's head.

"We've known each other for 10 fucking years and you turn for money, you piece of shit!" Dietrich growled.

"Damn right D...goodbye." With a click and an earth shattering bang, the gun went off, excavating Dietrich head all over the passenger window.

"Noooooooooo!!!!" Ezri shouted.

"Sorry Ez..." Bryn turned pointing his weapon at her chest and fired................................................................

Chapter 2: 12 years later

"You all are here because you have no where else to go. The Lupine government has graciously taken you in; you will be trained to be respectable members of your packs. As of now you belong to the military."

Months toiled on. The deep midnight black furred pup named Kitt sat in the class room taking notes on ancient Lupine history. The teacher was not present so the class was a bit rowdy. Kitt looked up for the next sentence seeing his view blocked by a chubby pup about the same age as he standing over him.

"Excuse me Terrance, you're blocking my way." Kitt stated quietly.

The wolf pup put his paws on the desk leaning closer. "I don't like teacher's pets."

"And some how this affects me?" Kitt replied quite sarcastically, not having an ounce of respect for Terrance, he'd always given the smaller cadets trouble.

"You're damn right it does."

Kitt folded up his notebook and neatly placed it under his desk, all the while never taking his eyes away from the brute. "Ah..." Kitt said, noticing out of the corner of his eye the teacher gazing in through the door. "...well what do you want to do about it?"

Terrance chuckled. "Thought a good ass kicking would help."

"So, just because I'm smarter, faster and not a prick, this makes me need a good pounding?" Kitt questioned.

"Yeah, you got it."

"Well take you're best shot..." Kitt stood up the entire class falling silent, seeing the teacher coming in as Terrance in a blind rage raised his fist. "...oh just one more thing, you hit me and you get thrown in the hole for about a month." Kitt said with a grin gesturing to the teacher standing with his arms crossed at the head of the room.

"Huh?" Terrance exclaimed, turning about to see the tall mean looking teacher staring him down.

"As you were cadets..." The teacher said. "Cadet Terrance, report to me after class, we need to discuss your lack of control. Cadet Kitt, may I see you outside now please."

Kitt cautiously nodded and moved passed Terrance giving him a wink and a smile, marching out into the hallway, standing at attention as the teacher approached.

"At ease cadet...I saw how you handled yourself in there. I am very impressed." The teacher began.

"Thank you sir, but all I was doing was what we were trained to do, stop an incident before it happens." Kitt replied firmly.

"That is true, but I'm also talking about your general progress. For your age, you are well above every other cadet at this base and that is why I have recommended you be bumped up to third year advanced training."

Kitt's expression turned from a serious gaze into a wide giddy smile, the excitement building up inside him. "Sir! Thank you, I will not disappoint you."

"Just realize you'll be going up against cadets that are two or three years older than you, just don't let them push you around. You'll be transferred to the Cannis base by the end of the week."

Kitt quickly saluted his teacher with a broad smile. "Sir, yes sir!"

A loud yelp followed by a thud echoed the gymnasium as the wolf's wrist was twisted and his body flipped to the floor. Kitt pushed down upon the larger cadet, pressing his wrist towards his neck, holding him helplessly in place. "That's good Kitt." The drill sergeant called out.

Kitt released and helped the other to his feet, standing in fighting stance on the matted section of the gym while all 30 other cadets stand in a circle around them; all dressed in black and blue splotched combat fatigues.

"This is a perfect example of how size does not matter. All of you should take note of the newbie's skill." The drill sergeant explained to the class stepping to the middle of the ring and relieving Kitt and his partner.

All five hundred cadets populated the mess hall for dinner. Kitt as usual sat on his own, reading a philosophy text, being a full two years younger than everyone else left him really out of place and Kitt didn't have many friends it also didn't help that Kitt shared none of the interests of any of the others, they were all concerned with sports, fighting and the latest play fur issue.

Kitt quietly finished his meal and made his way to his room walking down the stark undecorated hallway when he heard several muffled yelps and a lot of rustling. Intrigued Kitt moved silently across the corridor and into a storage area.

It was slightly dark only a couple dim bulbs lit the crate filled room but Kitt's fine tuned eyes picked up some movement near the back. As he approached, Kitt saw two of the larger cadets standing over Kitt's sparring partner who was kneeling with his nose bloodied. Then Kitt saw something that made his stomach turn, one of the wolves whom were standing unzipping his pants and pulling out his large canine penis. Kitt watched in horror that these two were going to rape this other wolf. Barring that Kitt couldn't help but stare at the rapist's huge member. Kitt knew he had to stop this, so he took a deep breath and stepped out into plain view. "What do you think you are doing?" he shouted.

Startling both wolves they turned and spotted Kitt. "Get the fuck out of here; this is none of your business."

"I'm making it my business, leave Deon alone." Kitt stated quite aggressively.

The wolf that hadn't spoke yet looked at his friend. "Maybe this bitch wants in on this, he looks like a good cock sucker."

"Come get some..." Kitt pushed, spotting a broken broom stick just to his left.

Both wolves grinned and advance on Kitt. In an instant, Kitt dashed to the side grabbing the stick and whipped it around, smashing one of his would be rappers across the head. The other managed to knock the stick from Kitt's paw and shoved Kitt into a stack of boxes.

Kitt crumpled to the floor, his back throbbing with pain then was picked up by the scruff of the neck, both attackers recovered. "Nice try..."

"I'm not done yet." Kitt growled and launched his fist into the wolf's throat causing him to gag and drop Kitt back to the floor.

Landing on one knee, Kitt spun around connecting his foot with his attacker's knee joint popping it out of alignment, the wolf yowled in pain and crumpled to the floor.

The other tackled Kitt against the wall and begun delivering several hard jabs to Kitt's sternum. Kitt gasped and grunted with each blow, finding and opening sending a hard uppercut to his attacker's jaw.

"What's going on in here!?" a booming voice bellowed from the doorway.

Kitt and the attacker immediately stood to attention.

"Well I'm waiting." The tall stocky green uniformed colonel shouted.

"Sir!" the attacking wolf starts. "Cadet Kitt and Deon here were talking trash about our unit, we confronted them verbally about it and Cadet Kitt started a fight." The attacker explained, not even concerned with his partner laying in agony behind him.

"Colonel..." Kitt spoke up but gets cut off before he could explain.

"I'm not speaking to you cadet Kitt. You are all under arrest until this can be sorted out."

Kitt sat in his cell, he knew what he'd seen was horrible, but the thought how interesting it looked racked through his brain.

A day later Kitt was escorted into the commandants of the bases' office. The aged stern looking black furred wolf sat in his large leather office chair, eyeing over the report. Kitt stood at attention in front of the huge red wood desk for several moments before the commandant even acknowledged Kitt's presence. "Well cadet...interesting start to your career, putting two seniors in the infirmary."

"Sir, I was only defending..." Kitt started.

"I am full aware of what you were doing and the two instigators have been dealt with accordingly. I am more concerned with the manner in which you dealt with the situation; instead of going for help, you chose to take on those two whom where easily twice your size." The commandant said closing the file folder and looking dead into Kitt's eyes.

"Sir, if I had gone for help, it would have been over and I knew I could handle them...sir." Kitt explained.

"Indeed cadet, commendable action, yet stupid. None the less I will have to suspend you for three days and confine you to your quarters."

"Aye sir, I understand." Kitt responded and marched out.

Kitt spent the boring days in his room, reading and catching up on his written assignments. On the second day he hears at knock at his door. When Kitt opened it he saw a beige furred wolf in a business suit and at his side an ivory handled katana shaped into a dragons head. "Hello, Cadet Kitt Alistair?" he asked in a deep knowledgeable voice.

"Yes..." Kitt responded "How may I help you?"

"Commandant Sanders gave me permission to speak with you." The beige wolf said gesturing into Kitt's room.

"Okay sir, please come in."

The beige wolf stepped into the room, taking a seat quite casually in Kitt's desk chair. "Thank you, my name is Gall Alistair; I am senior Hung-Gar training officer for our pack.

Kitt stopped dead in his tracks, knowing that the Hung-Gar were the best of the best warriors on the planet, only a select few were even chosen to even try for the position. Kitt instantly snapped to attention. "Sir!! I am sorry, I was not aware of your position."

Gall chuckled, "It's quite alright Kitt, at ease... I'm here because I knew your father; when he was alive he was quite the fighter and a good friend to me. I took a vow that if he died I would watch over and train you. It's taken me awhile to find you."

Kitt blinked in amazement, not knowing what to say. He'd not known a lot about his father nor even expected him to be close to a Hung-gar master.

"I see by your expression that you know what I'm talking about and know why I'm here, but incase you don't. After you complete your basic training you will have the option of being my apprentice." Gall said flat out.

Kitt stood there still completely stunned. "...I...I would be honored, sir." Kitt eventually stammered out.

Gall smiled and stood up. "Good, oh and one more thing, don't call me sir, Gall will do."

The sounds of gun fire range echoed through the artic forest, near forty below zero temperature and complete calmness filled the area, the moon shined through the evergreen trees. Kitt stuck close to the ground, the white camouflaged clothing he wore combined with his black fur kept him well hidden as he crept up upon his target with his sniper rifle.

Making sure he was clear, he aimed the long weapon towards the feline officer in the middle of the enemy encampment. Kitt inhaled softly, flicking the safety off and with a gentle ping the bullet was discharged and the feline was struck on the side of the head and toppled over. Kitt slinked back into the shadows of the forest.

Stalking through the silent woods, Kitt kept his attuned eyes moving from left to right. Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks when he heard the faint crumpling of snow a couple hundred feet in front of him. Kitt instantly dropped down to his knees and drew his rifle using the powerful scope to scan the area ahead. Through the thermal mode on the scope Kitt tracked six heat signatures none of them having friendly transponders on so they instantly became enemies. "Too many to fight...shit..." Kitt thought to himself knowing this was the only route to his pick up and only thirty minutes left.

Taking aim at the last person in the formation of the patrol, Kitt pointed his rifle, luckily the feline hung back far enough so the bullet that struck his jugular and then the thud of him dropping to the ground wasn't heard by the patrol. However the next one wouldn't be so easy, Kitt moved from his position trying to round the patrol; the flat snow covered ground things better with little cover for him to hide.

Soon noticing their fallen team member the patrol scurried into a defensive position, still unaware of Kitt's presence. Two whips were heard as two more felines fell over dead from gunshot wounds. Frantically the remaining soldiers searched for the one picking off their comrades when from behind the dark furred wolf bursts out of a snow bank firing off several quick shot from his side arm, not hitting any of them but gave Kitt enough time to close the distance between them, knocking the rifle from one of the cats and acted quickly grabbing the stunned cat and put him in between one of the others whom raised his rifle and released a burst from his rapid fire gun, shredding his team mate.

Kitt dropped his blocker to the snow and placed a single bullet into the throat of the cat's jugular sending a geyser of blood spraying upon the pure white snow. Kitt stood only hearing a weapon being cocked, without having time to react the last feline riddled his back with high velocity bullets and everything went dark.

"But you died cadet; when you easily could have easily taken your targets out from afar." The heavily muscular captain wolf said.

Kitt stood at attention in his snow fatigues alone with the other members of his squad, all of them soaking wet from the snow and cold as hell. "Sir, part of the mission was to gather information on the enemy; I felt I had an opportunity to capture at least one of them." Kitt explained quite confidently.

"Correct cadet, but the fact of the matter, had those holograms been real; you would have not only wasted your life but also endangered the live of your squad and the rescue team when we tried to get you out. Remember that next time."

The thumping bass line rumbled the walls of the packed club. Kitt stood off to the side as he watched his friends bump and grind with the females they'd picked up earlier. He sipped at his beer which he'd gotten with his fake ID. Sighing to himself he turned sharply as he lit a cigarette and slammed into someone. "Oh shit! I'm sorry." Kitt yelled out over the music seeing one of the most beautiful females he'd ever seen; five foot eight inches tall almost white gray fur, with the deepest emerald eyes Kitt had ever seen and near black chestnut brown hair hanging just around her shoulders. She was dressed in tight vinyl pants and a loose buttoned up red shirt.

"It's okay; I should have been watching where I was going." She responds, picking up the glass she'd dropped.

"Let me buy you another, please." Kitt said to her.

"No, no it's not necessary...say, you look kind of young for this place."

Kitt gulped, knowing he'd be in serious shit if he was found out. "Uh, yeah I get that a lot."

"Alright then...I'll take Northstar and water." She said with a bit of sarcasm.

Kitt ordered the drinks and brought them over to the table. "I didn't catch your name."

"I'm Tarina of Windrunner."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Kitt of Alistair." Kitt responded with a smile and passed Tarina her drink taking a seat across from her. The two spend hours talking as the fast paced club roars around them, exchanging stories and jokes.

In the middle of one of Kitt's stories, he spotted one of his friends approaching. "Hey! There you are, we were wondering where you'd gotten too, oh hello there." Kitt's friend said as he noticed Tarina.

Gesturing to his friend, "Tarina...this is Gerrit one of my fellow squad members." Kitt said

"A pleasure." Tarina said with a smile.

"Anyway, just wanted to let you know we're heading back to base, unlike you with three days leave, we have class in the morning." Gerrit said.

Kitt looked at his friend then to Tarina, not really wanting to go. "Well, Tarina, looks like I gotta jet."

"I could give you a ride back if you wanted to stay." Tarina said eyeing Kitt.

"I guess it's settled then. Kitt have yourself a great time; see you on base." Gerrit chuckled and winked at Kitt before leaving.

Kitt got two more drinks, bringing it back to the table with the beautiful blonde wolf.

"So what's your family like?" she asked as Kitt sat back down.

"I...uh...don't really have one. My mother and father were killed when I was still quite young. The military has been my family ever since I can remember." Kitt explained with a sigh.

Realizing she'd kind of put her foot in her mouth Tarina ordered up a couple shooters.

After the club closed down Tarina offered Kitt crash space at her apartment, considering neither of them were in any shape to drive due to the amount of alcohol in their systems.

"Tell me Kitt...how old are you...really?" Tarina asked bluntly.

"Well, technically....sixteen..."

Tarina smirked." That's not bad, I'm only nineteen." She says with a coy grin on her muzzle as she leaned over in the back seat of the cab kissing Kitt on the cheek.

Not entirely sure what do to, Kitt reacted on instinct turning his muzzle. Soon both young wolves locked mouths, making out fully in the back seat of the cab as it sped down the city streets.

Stumbling into Tarina's apartment the two of them still kissing and feeling each other up. Tarina kicked the door closed and broke away from Kitt with a smile. "Make yourself at home. I'll go make us some drinks."

The slender female padded into the kitchen, mischievously swaying her tail behind her; Kitt smirked and made his way into the living room, nicely furnished, it was obvious that Tarina was well off.

Sitting on the couch Kitt waited, the alcohol and hormones still racing around his head but still a heavy nervousness hung over him. After a few moments Tarina returned with two small glasses of a green liquid. She sipped at hers and passes one to Kitt then took a seat next to him.

"What's wrong Kitt?" she said noticing his tension.

"Nothing, I've just...well never...you know..." Kitt responded very quietly.

Tarina smiled softly and kissed Kitt on the cheek. "It's okay; you don't have to do anything."

"But I want to."

"Then let's just go slowly..." Tarina responded and puts her glass down on the coffee table.

The next morning Kitt woke up to a hard pounding hang over headache, he turned over in the bed seeing the morning sun blaring through the blinds. He stumbled out of bed not seeing the female wolf he'd slept with the night before but hearing the shower going; Kitt began picking up his clothes that had been strewn about the apartment.

"That's a nice view to wake up to." Kitt heard Tarina say as he's bent over picking up his pants. He saw her staring at his naked firm butt.

"Good morning." Kitt said back with a smile.

Tarina walked by Kitt in her bath robe to the kitchen pouring Kitt a cup of coffee. "For some one who's never had sex before you knew your way around."

Kitt blushed as he pulled his pants up. "Thanks." He took the mug from her and sipped it. "I have to be getting back to the base, but how about we go out some time this weekend?"

"I'd love that." She said back with a big smile.

Nine months passed, Kitt and his class all stood in the formation square as they all celebrated their graduation from cadets. Kitt and Tarina were amongst their friends from Kitt's squad as they did a toast. Kitt reached down to his side where his cell phone went off. "Hello...?" With in twenty seconds his expression went from happy to very serious.

"What is it Kitt?" Tarina inquired, putting her paw on Kitt's shoulder.

"I have to go, I'm sorry. I have to go meet someone." Kit told her and walked away.

Thirty minutes later Kitt sat across from the beige wolf Gall in a coffee shop. "You sounded a little off when I called you." Gall started.

"I didn't expect you to call so soon after I graduated."

"Time is of the essence for the Hung-gar. Do you still want to proceed?"

Kitt looked down at his black cup of coffee and nodded. "Yes I do."

"Good..." Gall slid a transport ticket across the table. "...Report to the training facility in Cannis in three days, we will begin."

"Cannis?! I can't go there I thought I'd be trained here." Kitt said thinking about Tarina.

"It's the female you've been dating isn't it?" Gall responded.

"Yeah I mean she has a job here and all that, couldn't you train me here?" Kitt pled.

"To be a Hung-gar you must be willing to give up some things. This is the deal, I will meet you in Cannis in three days, and if you are not there then I will find myself another." Gall said sternly and stood up.

"You're going where?!!!" Tarina barked out in her apartment.

"I have to go to Cannis, I'm sorry I have my assignment." Kitt sighed.

"But why I thought you were going for ranger training here?"

"I thought so too, you could come with me." Kitt reasoned.

"I'm sorry my life is here Kitt, I can't just pick up and leave...."

Kitt slumped his shoulders and hugged Tarina tightly. "I knew you'd say that."

Chapter 3

Kitt, with his duffle bag slung over his shoulder walked down the terminal of the space port, weaving in between the civilian wolves going about their business. Kitt walked out of the exit doors to hail a cab when he saw a black stretch limo parked off to the side and a black suited wolf standing there, holding a sign the had his name on it.

Kitt padded up to the wolf. "Hey I'm Kitt Alistair."

The wolf merely nodded and opened the door for him, taking his bag and throwing it in the trunk. Kitt got in the limo as it sped off from the space port. Suddenly he heard the click of all the doors being locked and the windows all tinting to a solid black not letting him see anything out side "What the fuck is going on?!" Kitt yelled out to the driver as he tried to open the door.

The car stopped almost an hour later and all the doors pop open. Kitt rushed out seeing the car had stopped in what looked like a warehouse, a large open space with steel beams extending upwards to hold the ceiling. The limo quickly reversed and tore out of the warehouse and the huge metal doors slammed shut.

Kitt looks around seeing absolutely nothing around him then as he pivots around, standing a few feet away from him, a six foot, three inch tall white wolf with brown and black patches along his ears and muzzle; he was dressed in a long brown leather trench coat and an armored vest; holding in his paw a long curved katana like sword. "Who are you?!" Kitt growled out. The wolf didn't respond, but leapt off his feet, rushing up at Kitt and swung his sword out at his mid section.

Kitt barely stumbled back out of the way, falling to his back and only having a moment to roll out of the way before the tip of the sword came crashing down at his throat. Kitt climbed to his feet as the wolf swung his sword out, this time Kitt stopped his arm at the elbow and fired off a hard jab to his rib cage and swept his legs out from under him. Kitt twisted his arm around, stripping his sword away and tossed it to the side. Kitt thought he had this wolf but he was a lot stronger that he'd thought as he thrust up knocking Kitt away.

"Enough!!" The familiar voice of Gall called out. The white wolf stood up casually.

"What the hell is this Gall!?" Kitt growled out.

"A taste of what you are expected to be able to do." Gall responded.

"Right..." Kitt rubbed his shoulder looking at the wolf that'd attacked him seeing a weird grin on his muzzle.

"Come with me Kitt, I'll explain." Gall said.

Gall took Kitt through the facility showing him the various training rooms. "I take it this place isn't listed under the official list of military bases." Kitt said watching a blonde furred wolf with two large handguns pivot and twist his body around, shooting at various targets as they pop up.

"You are on the grounds of the Cannis base; this is just an extension of it. We can't very well have reporters taking pictures of our best warriors in training."

Kitt nodded. "So what exactly will I be doing?"

"As a Hung-gar candidate you will be put through a rigorous program which is basically advanced versions of what you already know. After that you will be able to choose your own specialty and hone your skills in which ever field of combat you want. Example, the wolf who had attacked you in the warehouse had chosen to refine his skills in silent kill and covert operations; he is one of the best." Gall explained.

"I think I understand...when do we begin?" Kitt said confidently.

"You already have..."

Three months of intense training seemed to pass in the blink of an eye, Kitt had poured himself into ever aspect of what the Hung-gar had to offer; he had taken a liking to the ancient history of the Lupine people, reading everything he could get his paws on as well as learning the ancient ways of combat, Kitt had gained a considerable name for himself among the other candidates as being a formidable hand to hand combatant.

Kitt twirled his body through the air, landing a hard spin kick to a holographic opponent's head, knocking him to the matt. Kitt landed panting a sweating as he saw Gall entering the gym. "Forty five seconds, not bad."

"It would have been better but he blind sided me." Kitt cockily grinned.

"Indeed."

"What's next?" Kitt asked enthusiastically.

"Next...you go out and celebrate your birthday." Gall said with a smile.

"I'm only eighteen, not that big a deal."

Gall patted Kitt on the shoulder. "That's not the point, the life of a Hung-gar is a stressful one, and you will be put into intense situation so you have to learn that training isn't everything, learn to enjoy life. So take the next couple days off, go out, party and drink what ever just go have fun for a while."

Kitt nodded not having much of a choice in the matter anyway.

Kitt sat in his apartment watching the TV not having many friends limited his options of things to do, he was about to just call it a night when he flipped to the new network channel seeing a reporter in front of a crime scene, where roughly fifteen bodies lay, he quickly turned up the volume. "...this is the worst Hung-gar killing in recent time, ten agents were murdered just hours ago in a botched raid on an apparent technology smuggling ring here in Cannis, security force members are reluctant to divulge any further information on how this slaughter actually happened. This is Francis Hunter reporting..."

Kitt sat there stunned as his phone began to ring.

The midnight blue furred wolf rushed into the briefing room taking a seat right next to Gall as they all paid attention to the large built jet black wolf in a high ranking intelligence force uniform spoke. "I'll assume you've all seen the news so I'll make this brief. Twelve hours ago a detachment of Hung-gar candidates and ISF personnel were about to take down a large sect of the Godak syndicate as they were about to receive a shipment of illegal bio-explosives; needless to say something went wrong, they were ambushed, we lost ten candidates and several ISF agents. The only operative who was not accounted for was this fur..." He turned and clicked a remote for the video screen showing an image of the white, brown and black wolf that attacked Kitt when he first arrived. "...Alec Drominaz, he is a Hung-gar third class and one of our best; we fear that he may have defected to the Godak and we want him found. With the death of so many candidates it leaves us with only five still alive, Kitt Alistair..." He said looking right at Kitt.

"Yes, General Earthwalker?" Kitt responded.

"You are the only remaining candidate still on this planet; the other four are off world and on various training assignments. I am here by grant you the position of full agent in the ISF and charge you with tracking down Alec and bringing him in for questioning." the jet black wolf ordered.

"I will do my best sir; I will need all the information on him along with a list off all of his safe houses." Kitt said very professionally.

"The data will be transferred to your account. Get to work..." He said packing up his stuff and striding out of room.

Gall turned to Kitt. "Are you sure you're ready for this?"

Kitt shrugged and leaned back in the chair. "I guess so; I mean Tarn seems to be confident in me."

Gall nodded. "Watch him though; he's not someone you want to turn your back on."

Kitt and Gall sat in front of a computer screen in Kitt's home scrolling through the information on Alec. "Damn this guy's been around, he made it through the trials faster than anyone else in history...but something's funny about it." Kitt said.

"What do you mean?"

"Look at his records, they're almost perfect barely a mark on him. It looks as if they've been doctored like this isn't even really him." Kitt said. "How long have you worked with him?"

"I've only met him a few times, I barely even knew his teacher; he was trained in almost complete secrecy. He just happened to be at the facility when you were arriving so I asked him to help out." Gall explained.

"Alright...well he couldn't have gotten too far; the space ports all have his image all of them. So chances are he's still in the city, guess I'll just have to check out all of his safe houses and contacts." Kitt said standing up and pulled his gun holster over his shoulder.

"Be careful Kitt."

Kitt walked into a dimly lit bar, packed to the walls with people all watching the big sports game on the vid screens. Kitt saw who he was looking for, a short stubby slightly over weight wolf at the end of the bar, pouring drinks for his patrons. Kitt walked right up to him cutting through the line. "Excuse me..."

"Hey, wait your turn there's enough beer to go around." He snapped obviously busy as hell.

Kitt didn't moves but reached into his pocket and flashed his ISF identification the wolf sighed and called over one of the other bartenders. "Come this way..." he said leading Kitt to one of the empty booths.

"Well what can I do for the internal security force today?" the wolf said with a sarcastic tone.

"Have you seen this wolf?" Kitt said showing him a photo of Alec.

"Nope, never have." He responded all too quickly, Kitt could see that he was hiding something.

"Fair enough, I mean you obviously run a good business, he probably was in here just once or twice, you probably don't remember. Speaking of which, what's the capacity for a bar like this, would have to be like a hundred or so, but tonight there's gotta be at least two hundred in here. It'd be a shame for the building code department to get an anonymous call about this." Kitt smirked.

The wolf growled lowly. "Alright...he comes in here once a week; has a couple beers."

"That's a start...what for?" Kitt pushed.

"I hear things...he gives me a couple hundred credits and I tell him what I know." The wolf responded.

"What do you hear?"

"Do you have a couple hundred credits?" The wolf cockily said.

"No but I could throw you in prison for aiding an abetting a felon." Kitt leaned forward in the seat.

"Bastard...alright, I know about the trafficking lines of drugs, guns and technology, happy now! I tell him what I know because those types of businesses aren't any good for anyone." The owner of the bar snarled.

"Fair enough, what was the last thing you told him?" Kitt said very directly.

Kitt waited in the shadows of the darkened alley, standing on the fire escape of the building watching over the scene as four scrubby gang member wolves lingered around, waiting for something. Kitt looked up and down the alley, finally seeing the brown and black mottled fur of Alec stalking towards the group.

Kitt waited patiently putting a small speaker into his ear which allowed him to hear what they were saying.

"You're late..." One of the leather clad gang members said.

"I'm under a lot of heat right now, what the fuck happened there; I thought you said there were only going to be seven of them there." Alec responded slightly pissed off.

"I did, I don't know what happened."

Alec growled. "I want some friggin' answers!"

"I don't got any for you, but I'll look into it, meet me at the Spacer's Hole in four hours, I'll have some information for you." The wolf said to Alec before they walked away towards the street.

Kitt waited for the gang members to leave the scene before climbing silently down behind Alec as he opened up his phone talking to someone. He drew his sidearm and cocked the hammer back pointing it right against Alec's neck.

"I was wondering who they would send for me." Alec said completely calm.

"Hang up the phone, you are under arrest." Kitt said.

"Listen kid, I'm being set up, I don't have time to play around with you." Alec said back barely paying attention to Kitt.

"I'm the one with the gun Alec, and I have gotten better than when you attacked me in the warehouse."

"Really?!" Alec dropped his phone and spun around, knocking Kitt's gun away. "Prove it." Alec growled and threw a spin kick towards Kitt's muzzle, having it blocked away by Kitt's forearm and then a hard punch right to Alec's ribs making him stumble back. "Okay maybe you've improved."

Alec lunged forward with a punch being deflected away by Kitt, the next thirty seconds both wolves dueled it out in the alley. Finally Alec gripped Kitt but the waist and thrusts him against the wall but before he landed, Kitt took two steps up it and flipped over Alec's back and rolled to where his gun laid. Both Alec and Kitt grip their pistols and whip them right into the face of the other, kneeling on one knee in a deadly stand off.

"What are you going to do now pup?" Alec panted.

Kitt looked left and right thinking of what to do. "I dunno, seems we're in a little bit of an impasse."

"Alright, well how about this. The murder of the hung-gar and the ISF forces wasn't my fault; I barely made it out of there with my fur on. I need a couple days to figure out who was behind it, help me. If I'm wrong I'll come with you and gladly take whatever they want to do to me." Alec proposed.

Kitt thought it over for almost a minute, both not even budging an inch with a high caliber handgun in their faces, "Alright you've got three days, that's when I have to report in." Kitt said lowering his weapon.

Kitt followed Alec closely to the Spacer's Hole, a dank dirty basement bar which probably had no licensees what so ever. It was filled with burnt out old space ship captains, mercenaries and the low lives of the lupine planet. "Who are we looking for in here?" Kitt asked noticing everyone in there and having his reflexes being put on high alert.

"A contact, just be quiet and follow my lead." Alec responded sitting down at a table in a dimly lit corner of the place.

Waiting over a half an hour Alec barely said a word to Kitt as he sipped his beer. Eventually the wolf who had spoken to Alec in the alley and sat down, "Who the kid?" he said gesturing to Kitt.

"My backup, what do you got?" Alec directly asked.

"Alright, it wasn't easy but it looks like the Godak syndicate has some how got its paws on the ISF radio traffic frequencies, which would explain why they're so hard to nail down. It also looks as if they're planning something major against the ISF and Hung-gar, those explosives they were getting in weren't just run of the mill bio-explosives, this stuff has twice the yield and is almost undetectable by conventional scans." The wolf gang member explained.

"Is that it?" Kitt barked.

"Yeah that's all I could get in four hours, anything more is going to cost you."

Alec leaned back in the booth, scratching his chin fur. "Okay, see what else you can find out and call me."

The wolf nodded and stood up quickly skulking away.

"You're just going to let him leave, he obviously knows more?!" Kitt said to Alec.

"Yup, listen kid you know nothing of how this works, you've just been trained to be a grunt; covert ops takes a little more finesse." Alec responded softly yet condescendingly.

"Fine...what do we do now then?"

"We find out all we can about this explosive compound and how to track it, if it's as rare as he said then it should be easy to find out where it came from and how it got here. I need you to contact HQ and get data on it." Alec practically ordered.

Kitt and Alec sat in one of Alec's safe houses as Kitt talked on his cell phone getting the information about the explosive. "Okay apparently it's called RTZ, it is a recently invented compound by the alliance, a shipment of the stuff was on it's way here for testing when the transport was hi-jacked; it's still under investigation as to who did it though."

Alec nodded. "Well if it was something to do with space piracy then there's only one person I know who probably knows all about it."

"Who is that?" Kitt inquired.

Alec smiled, "Ever been in high society before?"

Kitt again followed Alec in through the large lavish oak wood doors into the marble reception hall, everything was trimmed in gold and silver and several wolf lingered around, smoking cigars and drinking very expensive wines discussing the economy or whatnot. Alec and Kitt both dressed in designer suits walk right into the library where an elderly grey wolf sits in a large leather easy chair with some friends around him chatting about the same thing.

"Xavier..." Alec addressed him openly.

"Alec! What are you doing here, heard you were on the ISF hit list." The faded grey and brown wolf said back.

"I am for the moment, listen I need some information." Alec said sitting down on one of the couches.

The old wolf looked to his friends as they all get up and shut the doors to the library behind them, leaving only Kitt, Alec and him inside. "And how can this old dog help you?"

"You know about a hi-jacking of a very high profile shipment of an experimental compound that was coming here don't you?" Alec asked straight to the point.

"Maybe...what is it to you?"

Alec crossed his leg over his knee, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a cigarette and lighting it up. "You and I both know who did it, I'm trying to figure out why and even more important why I'm being framed for it."

Xavier put his cigar into the ash tray and his glass on the table, cupping his paws in front of his muzzle. "I've been in this business along time Alec, if it gets out I helped you in any direct way I will be killed."

"Damn it Xavier, you've always looked out for yourself, but never at the expense of our government, help me!!" Alec pled loudly.

He nodded and sighed, looking up at Kitt. "Who's the pup?"

Alec growled lowly and looked back at Kitt "Him, Just the Hung-gar's last hope of bringing me in."

"I see; he has the same look you had when you were first brought here. Alright, the compound was taken from were you tried to raid to a holding center on the ice plains, co-ordinates nine, four, six by twelve, eight forty-one. You should know that location well." Xavier explained looking dead at Alec.

"Yeah I know it, I was trained there."

"Yes you were, be careful when you go there, there are traitors in the midst they will be expecting you." Xavier gravely said.

Two days passed with Alec rushing around with Kitt in close tow, as he gathered equipment and data on where they were going. Finally as Alec was piecing together a long high caliber sniper rifles across the bed in the safe house, Kitt came up to him. "It's been three days Alec..." he said softly.

"C'mon you're not holding me to that, we're close to finding out what's going on." Alec responded.

"So far we're no closer to knowing dick Alec; I have to report in..." Kitt said looking down to his side arm in his paw.

"Look Kitt, I know you have to report in, so do it...tell them I'm at the Cannis 6 air base, they'll send in the strike teams and if we're lucky we'll be able to get the whole thing wrapped up in one go." Alec reasoned.

Kitt inhaled softly, looking out the window, then back to Alec followed by the safety catch of his pistol being engaged. "Okay, let's do this."

"Thank you..." Alec said with a smile.

Slinking up the snow covered hill, both Kitt and Alec peered onto the base, with a long concrete landing strip; the entire grounds surrounded with a high chain link fence. Inside were a set of bunkers and aircraft hangars but it didn't look like anyone was there.

Kitt looked through a set of binoculars, "Doesn't look like anyone's home..."

"Yeah? This base has been out of service for five years, so why are the landing lights on?" Alec said adjusting the scope of his rifle.

"Good point..." Kitt said. "...I doubt the security grid is still operational, we should be able to repel right down the side of the bluff onto the central command building."

"Good plan...say if you don't mind me asking, what made you want to give me so many chances?" Alec asked.

Kitt shrugged and pulled out the rope he had in his pack. "I dunno, guess I've just grown attached to you over the last couple days."

Alec smiled and chuckled, "Thanks..." he replied and lead back down the hill to circle around to the high cliff above the base.

Kitt flung the two bails of rope over the side of the cliff and the two wolves began bouncing their way down the sheer wall of frozen rock as the high winds pelt them. Once their feet touched the concrete of the command building's roof, they instantly swung their sub machine guns into a prone position and took cover around the multiple satellite dishes around.

Alec waved Kitt forward and covered him as he approached the main ventilation shaft then touched the microphone button on his snow camouflaged jacket, "All clear...move up."

Kitt knelt down leaning over the edge of the roof, seeing two centuries standing in front of the armored door then looked to Alec getting only a nod as they both attach a second rope to grapples on the roof and begin to descend upside down to no more than an inch above the guards.

Kitt tapped the guard he was above on the shoulder, startling him for a second before Kitt grabs his neck and twists it breaking it easily. The other guard instantly sees this and goes to raise his weapons but didn't even get a grip on it as Alec raked the blade of a combat knife across his neck.

The pair of wolves flipped over and landed on the ground quickly grabbing the keycard to get into the complex. In perfect unison they folded into the narrow corridor with their weapons poised to strike at a moments notice. Kitt braced against the edge of a door, kneeling down and slipped in a thin cable with a tiny camera attached to it while he and Alec looked through their combat visors which looked like wrap around sunglasses showing the image from the camera, four armed wolves stand over computer thermals displaying security camera data. Kitt looked to Alec and nodded, within a split second they opened the door and burst in firing off several short rapid bursts of silenced gun fire taking all four to the ground instantly.

Kitt walked more into the room not noticing one of the wolves wasn't quite dead, Alec quickly dove and knocked Kitt to the floor, falling over top of him as the wolf got one loud shot off which cracked into the concrete wall. Both Alec and Kitt point their weapons at the wolf and put fifteen more bullets into him making sure he was dead.

Alec looked down at Kitt as he's pressed to him and smiled. "Sorry kid."

Kitt looked up and smiled. "No problem... Think they heard the shot?"

Alec stood up, helping Kitt as well, both looking at the camera feeds seeing a flurry of activity and then hearing the loud claxon of the bases alarms being set off. "Yeah...I think they just might have. Fuck!"

Kitt quickly locked the heavy steel door and reloads his machine gun, then looked up to the ceiling. "The vents, we should be able to make our way right over to the main cargo hold."

Alec nodded and climbed up on the console pulling down the cover. "After you" He said hoisting Kitt up into the narrow air way then jumped back down for a second before joining Kitt.

"What took you so long?!"

"Just left a party favor for our Godak friends" Alec grinned and ushered Kitt down the very small tunnel way. A few moments passed before a huge explosion his heard from the security room, Alec merely grinned to Kitt as they both move.

Kitt and Alec laid in the vent just above the large warehouse space, littered with old armored vehicles and crates; then they saw something that makes Kitt's heart drop right out of his chest, seeing Tarina, his former girlfriend standing there with some soldiers and a group of wolves who were wearing ISF uniforms. "What they hell is going on here?" Kitt whispered.

"I don't know" Alec responded.

"I know her; I used to date her..." Kitt said very confused and angry.

Alec looked to Kitt. "Hey Kitt...focus here, we have to stop them from getting the RTZ out of this place."

Kitt bared his teeth then shook his head and looks back at Alec, "Okay, let's do it..."

Tarina and the other stood around a table talking as suddenly the vent cover right above them is punched out and Kitt and Alec came dropping down right in the middle of the table, both of them taking long bursts of automatic fire eliminating any of the guards that surrounded the group. Kitt growled and swiped his boot along one of the wolf's muzzle sending him to the floor then pointed his weapon down directly at Tarina.

"Okay, everyone put your paws on your head, you are all under arrest!" Alec yowled out.

Tarina looked up at Kitt with a gasp. "Kitt is that you?!" she called out.

"Yeah it's me, what the hell are you doing here?!" Kitt said looking about making sure no one else moved.

"I think it's pretty obvious...although you were never that bright to begin with." She said harshly.

"Well then explain it real slow then." Kitt growled his tail swaying aggressively back and forth.

"I was merely using you to get in and recruit your buddies, I was hoping to get you into the Godak, but as soon as I knew you were going to become a Hung-gar I knew you were too far gone." Tarina explained standing up.

Kitt sighed. "Well looks like you're the one who's too far gone, it's over, and we have you."

"I don't think so, I would assume you wouldn't be stupid enough to come here all alone....Captain!" Tarina yelled out with a smirk on her muzzle then from behind some crates stepped twelve furs all in ISF black combat fatigues.

"Holy fuck, Captain Illias?" Alec exclaimed.

"Yup Alec it's me, so nice to see you again. Guess it's two for one day here." The orange brown wolf said.

"Why?" Alec asked quickly.

"You know for a fact there's no future in our military, we're so cut off and afraid of other races poisoning our way of life, we barely have a presence in the Alliance as it is. I'm deciding to put my skills and efforts towards something more, the Godak want to remake the government in something that will benefit everyone here and if I can make some cash doing it, all the better." The captain said.

Kitt turned to the captain with a sneer on his muzzle. "You traded in your own government for a pay check?!"

"Yup that's about it."

Alec looked over his shoulder to Kitt both knowing full well they're screwed. "Tarina..." Kitt sighed as both Alec and Kitt lower their weapons and instantly are pulled off the table and stripped of all of their weapons.

"Good boys, you both aren't stupid as I thought." Tarina chuckled.

Alec and Kitt were both handcuffed to one of the steel support beams in the warehouse as the traitors go about their business. Soon a car arrived and out stepped a group of four other wolves all dressed in designer suits not looking like soldiers at all. Tarina smiled and ran up to one of them hugging him tightly around the neck; he removed his chrome rimmed sunglasses and looked right at Kitt and Alec. "Who are they?"

"Two Hung-gar; I thought you'd want to deal with them yourself darling." Tarina said.

"I see..." The stone grey wolf said walking up to Alec and Kitt. "Holy shit you got Alec Drominaz!" He exclaimed instantly getting a glare from Alec. "I never thought I'd see you're face again."

Alec growled, "I thought you left for the core worlds."

"I did but enough time had passed, I could make my way back here, you on the other hand, I'm surprised you've lasted this long with no one knowing you're a god damn faggit." The wolf laughed. "And who's this? You're little play thing?" he gestured to Kitt.

"Hell no, you piece of shit." Alec snarled.

Kitt blinked at what he just heard then has his muzzle grabbed by the wolf. "His name is Kitt Alistair, I tried to recruit him last year but as you can see." Tarina said.

"Kitt Alistair?! Now this truly is a weird day...do you know who I am boy?!" He said with a grin.

Kitt snapped his teeth at the wolf's paw "Other than a sack of shit that'll enjoy seeing behind bars, no."

"I bet you would...you should ask you're homo friend of yours, he'll be able to tell you all about me." He chuckled and then walked away being followed by his entourage.

Kitt looked back at Alec confused as hell. "Okay what they hell is going on? Who is he? And you're gay?!"

Alec sighed and struggled against the handcuffs. "Yes...I am he's the only one who knows it though on this planet. And his name his Bryn, he was once a Hung-gar warrior like myself, he also is the one who was responsible for your parent's death...." Alec quietly said.

Kitt's expression dropped through the floor to a blind furious rage. "That guy killed my parents?"

Alec nodded. "Yes, I was supposed to bring him in but just before I could prove he did it and was one of the heads of the Godak he escaped."

Kitt tensed his fists. "I'm going to rip him limb from limb."

"First we need to get out of these handcuffs." Alec grunted as he tried to pull the lock away but failed.

"Deal, reach into my back pocket of my pants, you'll find a pocket knife there." Kitt said quietly.

"You don't care that a fag touches you, most would recoil away or just try and kill me on the spot." Alec reluctantly said.

"Right now...I don't care, plus I'm pretty sure you're not going to try and rape me or anything right at this moment." Kitt responded watching for anyone coming.

Alec slipped his paw into Kitt's back pocket grabbing the small knife and quickly picking the locks on the handcuffs freeing them both. Slinking along the tall sides of ablated armored vehicles they come up on a group of four wolves from the ISF team. Kitt nodded to Alec as they rushed up behind them, Kitt grabbed the one of the wolves combat knifes and slices through his throat, spinning down to his knee and whipping it right dead center into the forehead of another; at the same time Alec grasping a wolf's neck, twisting and snapping it like a twig but can't react quick enough as the last one gets his pistol out and points it right at Alec's temple. Alec closed his eyes knowing that he was screwed and winced as he hears the loud crack of a bullet being fired.

Slowly opening his eyes he looked, seeing the wolf dead on the floor and Kitt behind him with a handgun out stretched in his paw and the barrel smoking. "Thanks." Alec panted.

"No problem, we gotta roll." Kitt shouted, just about as he ends his sentence the two wolves were doused in automatic gun fire sending both of them diving for cover. Kitt reached around the side of a tank firing off several shots along the catwalk system where the Godak mercenaries were.

Alec quickly grabbed a weapon from one of the slain wolves' bodies and laid down cover fire as both of them slide out of view from the mercenaries. Alec unlatches the door to one of the vehicles and began to climb in when a single shot was heard the bullet piecing through Alec's side followed by a gush of his crimson blood he howled out in pain as Kitt charged up and pushed Alec into the vehicle and slamming the door shut, the sounds of the small arms rounds pinged off the thick armored skin of the car.

"Shit Alec!" Kitt yelled out ripping Alec's combat vest off so he could get a look at the wound and quickly wrapping the fabric around his waist to control the bleeding. "Just hold on, I'll get us out of here!" Kitt said climbing into the driver's seat and fiddling with the wires to hotwire the car. Within a minute the engine roared to life and Kitt pressed the gas as hard as he could, forcing the armored car right through the warehouse's concrete wall.

Chapter 4

Kitt pulled the armored car right into the parking lot of a hotel and fuel station along the deserted artic road, only one light was on in the lobby of the small two story building. Kitt stepped out of the driver's seat looking at Alec completely unconscious on the floor of the car in a pool of his own blood. Rushing into the lobby of the hotel Kitt yells for someone's help soon being met by a female wolf quite short and about middle aged with her hair slightly grayed.

"Can I help you?" She said in a friendly tone but still a little nervous looking over Kitt's military fatigues.

"Yes, my friend's been shot; I need help bringing him in before he bleeds to death!" Kitt blurted out quickly.

The female calls into the back urgently where her mate comes out, about the same height dark gray fur and quite a bit older, all three of them rushed to get Alec inside and into a room where they could tend to his wounds.

Later in the night Kitt sat for hours beside the bed where Alec laid in his unconscious state, just watching him contemplating all the information he'd learned in the last six hours. "That bastard killed my parents...and to think Tarina was trying to recruit me for the Godak." Kitt thought to himself all the while he couldn't help but let into his mind the fact Alec was gay, he'd only once experienced something like that and it was terrible but something about this wolf lying on the bed didn't seem all that bad.

The female owner of the hotel came into the room and patted Kitt on the shoulder. "He's strong, he'll make it. But you'll have to get him to a doctor as soon as the roads get a little better."

Kitt looked up with a nod. "I know, thank you for your help, I don't know what I'd have done."

"Can I ask you how he got shot?" she inquired.

"I'm sorry I can't tell you, it's a classified military matter." Kitt sighed.

"I understand...you'd better get some rest you look like hell." She said with an almost motherly smile.

Kitt smiled back and nodded rubbing his muzzle. "Thanks, I think I'll just watch over him for a little while." As the female left Kitt made sure she's far enough away before pulling out his rectangular cell phone and speed dialing his teacher Gall. "It's me, go secure..." Kitt said hearing a series of computerized tones.

"Line secure..." Gall responded. "What the hell is going on out there? You're two days over due General Earthwalker is going insane wondering where you are."

"I know...things just got a little more complicated, I'm not totally sure this line if fully secure, I don't want to explain over this thing, but tell me one thing; is there any big ceremonies or public venues going on in the next week or so?" Kitt asked.

"Of course, if you paid attention to the news and the reports a little closer you'd know that the naming of the next Alpha is going to be broadcast next week, it's going to be the largest video presentation since the end of the Avian war ten years ago." Gall explained. "Shit...alright...I'll contact you in eight hours, I'll explain everything. Kitt, out." Kitt said clasping his phone closed.

The next morning Kitt passed out in the chair beside Alec but is awakened when he hears some shuffling around and instantly whips his eyes open and draws his side arm towards the window to see Alec limping and holding his side to look out into the blowing snow of the storm.

"Hey, sorry I woke you." Alec winced.

"Dude, you should be lying in bed resting." Kitt said putting on the safety to his weapon and placed it back in the holster.

"I know I hate being cooped up though." Alec said. "What's our status?"

"Well I think I know where they're going with the RTZ...they said they want to usher in a new world order for our people and well next week is the naming of the next Alpha, which means every member of the military command and pack leaders will be there; no better place to put a bomb and they'll probably be able to do it with Bryn's knowledge of security procedures." Kitt explained standing up and stretched out his legs.

"So what are we going to do about it?" Alec asked going to turn to Kitt but collapsed down in pain only to be caught by Kitt both wolves embraced with each other their muzzles almost touching.

"Nothing...yet, you have to get better first, once this storm breaks a little I'll make a run into town and get some medical supplies." Kitt said.

Alec inhaled Kitt's scent deeply into his nose, something about this kid was so intoxicating to him he just nodded and allowed Kitt to put himself back in bed.

The storm over the tundra finally broke, the sun beaming down upon the icy landscape, Kitt had been gone for hours, Alec stood on his own almost fully recovered from his wounds although just a little week, he sipped at the steaming cup of coffee then looked down over his body, he hadn't showered in days and his fur was looking rather grungy so he stripped down and headed into the bathroom, leaving the door wide open.

Kitt entered in the room carrying a couple shopping bags but not seeing Alec, he looked around for a couple moments then peered into the bathroom seeing Alec's naked form under the pouring shower head the water pelting off his firm hard body. Alec turned suddenly seeing Kitt stunned at the view. "Glad to see you're back." Alec said.

Kitt suddenly shook his head and gasped. "Oh fuck, I'm sorry Alec, I didn't mean...I uh...damn..." Kitt whipped around the corner out of view.

Alec eventually came out of the shower with just a towel wrapped around his waist. "Kitt, are you okay?"

Kitt didn't look back at Alec just tried to busy himself making something to eat. "Yeah I'm fine..."

"You don't sound fine, listen it's alright I mean c'mon you've been through basic training you had to shower with other guys before."

"Yeah, but I just...well you know, I didn't mean to barge in and stuff." Kitt stammered.

"Look at me Kitt, it's okay, I don't mind." Alec softly said as Kitt turned around seeing him obviously gawking.

"Tell me something Kitt, when you were your girlfriends were you happy?" Alec asked.

"Yes...kind of; actually it was only Tarina..." Kitt responded nervously.

Alec stepped closer to Kitt. "It didn't feel right though did it...I had the same feelings."

"But we're not the same, I mean you're gay, I've never been attracted to a guy before...but now..." Kitt forced himself to say.

"But now?"

"I don't know how to explain it...I just feel an attachment to you, it's like I just know where you are at all times."

"I know what you mean, ever since the first day I saw you when we fought in the Hung-gar training center I knew there was something different about you." Alec said putting his paw on Kitt's shoulder half expecting him to recoil in fear but Kitt merely looked Alec directly in the eyes.

"I don't know what I should do, I can't be gay, and how am I supposed to have a career if I do what I want to do?" Kitt whimpered out.

"It's not easy I realized the same thing about two years ago when I was on the Coon home world and I met a fur named Gareth, I fell in love with him." Alec explained as he sat Kitt down on the edge of the bed and took a seat next to him.

"What happened to him?"

"He was killed during a raid on some arms smugglers. My entire world crashed down on me when I saw him get shot; from that day on I hid what I was and just went on until I met you ten months ago."

Kitt looked again into Alec's eyes then inhaled deeply as he leaned over and gave Alec a light kiss on the cheek. Alec froze for a moment stunned at what this wolf just did then Kitt put his paw on the back of Alec's neck and pulled him towards his muzzle and deeply kissed him.

The two wolves sat on the edge of the bed, their tongues wrapped around the other; Kitt's paws gripped Alec's sides panting heavily. Alec broke the kiss unzipping Kitt's jacket and tossing it away then pulled up the dark blue gray wolf's shirt and returning to the passionate kiss.

Alec leaned Kitt down to the bed climbing up over top of him, admiring the younger wolf's toned upper body. "Are you sure you want to do this?" he lustfully asked.

Kitt panted for a second, thinking it all over then looked up at the patchy fur of Alec's pelt. "Yes, I've never wanted anything more."

Alec nodded and reached his paw down unclasping Kitt's belt and then pulling his pants down to his knees. Kitt gasped and growled as he feels the strong firm paw of Alec rubbing his swollen sheath through the light material of his boxers. Kitt moaned and with a quick motion strips away the towel around Alec's waist and tossing it away looking at his large beige sheath already protruding was the tip of Alec's black member.

"You like what you see?" Alec asked as he works his paw up the leg of Kitt's boxers cupping his light gray furred ball sac.

Kitt clenched his eyes closed and arched his back. "Ooh yes."

Alec grinned and slid Kitt's boxers down and peeled away everything from Kitt's body eyeing hungrily at the half hard crimson wolf shaft lying against Kitt's abdomen. Alec wrapped his paw around the sensitive member and knelt down at the edge of the bed between Kitt's legs moving his muzzle forward and extending his tongue, dragging it from Kitt's dangling balls along his sheath and to the tip of his pulsating shaft.

Kitt growled out at the pure electrifying sensation of this male's tongue being raked again and again over his cock. "Mmmm gods Alec that feels incredible...can I...uhm...you know..." Kitt said not quite sure how to word the question.

Alec smiled up along Kitt's body to his muzzle, his red tongue still plastered to Kitt's organ and simply nodded, climbing back up on the bed and shifting around placing his fully hard penis a mere inch from Kitt's muzzle.

Kitt's nose instantly sniffed up the intense musky aroma of Alec's body and hesitated for a moment before leaning forward imitating what he'd seen Alec do and drew his wet tongue from the drooling tip of Alec's cock to the base and then back up, smacking his lips as he tastes the salty and heavy metallic flavor; it's wasn't a bad taste was just something he'd never experienced before. "Whoa, you're huge Alec." Kitt exclaimed.

Alec just smiled before he closed his lips down around one of Kitt's semen filled balls making Kitt grunt and tense his whole body. Kitt groaned and huffed his entire body tingling in pleasure as he gripped his paw around Alec's thick base pointing the clear fluid leaking tip at his mouth and with the utmost care sliding it between his hot lips.

Alec gasped and looked up from Kitt's crotch to see the inexperienced wolf suckling at his prick working almost all of it down his muzzle and involuntarily jerked his hips as he sucked. "You sure you've never done this before?" Alec joked and sat up letting Kitt have better range as he slid back and forth.

Kitt didn't respond but to rub Alec's stomach, his nose buried in Alec's soft as velvet groin fur. Alec tensed his legs and dug his claws into the bed moaning and panting as Alec felt his knot growing at the base of his erection then quickly stopped Kitt, raising his muzzle off his cock. Kitt stared down at the nine inch shaft, glistening with Alec's precum and his own saliva.

"Why did you stop me?" Kitt said in a heavy huff.

"I want to show you everything. If you want to that is." Alec grinned and petted down Kitt's cheek.

"Yes, I want to badly." Kitt responded without even the slightest of hesitation.

"Good...lie down on your stomach..." Alec said watching Kitt turn away and lay down his tail swishing quickly over the pair of the firmest buttocks Alec had ever seen before. Alec leaned down trailing his claws lightly along Kitt's lower back then along his butt cheeks and thighs, softly spreading his legs apart and lowering his muzzle down. With one paw Alec lifts Kitt's tail and the other cupping Kitt's balls making him rise up onto his paws and knees then extended his tongue gliding over the tight pucker of Kitt's tail hole.

Kitt's body seized up as he felt the hot breath and then the wet tongue along his butt crack, moaning and writhing around Kitt cried out for more. Alec gave it to him licking and slurping at the pucker as he rolls the heavy balls around in his palm then stopped rubbing down Kitt's back. "You sure you're ready for this?" Alec again asked, getting only a needy growl from the dark gray wolf.

Alec released Kitt and knelt behind him, his dangling pre spurting member pressed lightly against the saliva covered tail hole, each gushing jet of precum hitting Kitt's crack sending an electrical shock of lust through his body. Then he howled out in part pain part ecstasy as the pointed tip of Alec's cock plunged into him.

Alec hushed Kitt, taking it real slow as he hugged him by the waist. "Just relax Kitt, let your body get used to it." He said before sliding in a bit further.

Kitt grunted hard, his tail hole feeling like it was on fire from the blinding pain yet all he wanted was more and more as each inch was edged into him. "Yes Alec more!"

Alec slowly withdrew his cock almost all the way before sliding it back in each time growing faster and harder until he was humping Kitt madly; both of them squirming in a hard mating. "Mmm Kitt, you feel so good, do you like this?"

Kitt gritted his teeth each time he felt Alec's hips hit his ass. "Yes Alec I love it, I love you!!" he yelled out.

Alec panted hunching over Kitt his instincts quickly gaining on him, making his plow into Kitt with relentless resolve his knot began to wrench Kitt open.

Kitt reached under his body grasping his spraying rock hard cock and began to stroke it quickly.

"Gods Kitt, I'm going to tie with you!!!" Alec howled out as he rammed forward moving Kitt almost a half foot across the bed as his baseball sized knot passed Kitt's anal ring locking them together; both wolf letting out a vicious window rattling howl as both orgasms rocked their bodies, Kitt's cum was flung out of his cock all over the bed in thin watery strands as he felt Alec's load gushing and pouring inside of him.

Their orgasms last several minutes before Alec collapsed down upon Kitt's back and then taking Kitt flat to the sheets into the pools of his own seed both gasping for air.

Alec petted Kitt's sides and kissed him on the back of the neck. "I love you too Kitt." Was the last thing either of them heard before they both passed out.

Kitt was the first to wake up, his mind swimming with the images and feelings of what happened the night before, he inches away from Alec, sliding his semi hard member from his sore tail hole. Kitt looked around the room shaking out the sleep from his head only to see the elderly beige wolf Gall standing there in complete amazement.

"Fuck Gall!!" Kitt blurted out, startling Alec out of his slumber.

"Oh shit!" Alec quickly followed up.

"Wha...what the hell happened here?!" Gall yelled out looking over the cum matted fur of Kitt's chest.

"I uh...we uh...uh..." Kitt tried to answer but couldn't say anything.

"You both are homosexuals?!" Gall exclaimed.

Alec looked to Kitt then to Gall. "It would appear so..." he said quietly.

"And to think I trained you; trusted you and this is what you do!" Galls yelled at Kitt.

"Look I didn't plan on this alright, it just happened. I'm sorry." Kitt tried to say.

"Do both of you know the punishment for what you two are?!"

Alec looked down at his chest and nodded. "Yes, I'm all too aware thank you."

Kitt looked to Alec. "What are you going to do about this?"

Gall turned away and crossed his arms. "I should turn you both in for this..." Gall said not quite finishing his sentence.

Alec gazed at the older wolf curiously. "But what...?"

"But...the Hung-gar could never survive a scandal like this, two of their warriors both gay...we would be torn apart." Gall explained.

"So...you're not going to tell anyone?" Kitt asked.

"No I'm not...it would not benefit anyone to know. Now get cleaned up and dressed we have a lot of work to do." Gall ordered.

Alec, Kitt and Gall sat in the car speeding down the highway along the artic plains, with a heavy unstable mood hanging over all of them.

"Alright, what did you two find out that you couldn't tell me over the phone?" Gall inquired drawing the conversation away from what had just happened.

Kitt, riding shotgun looked away from the window adjusting his sunglasses and cleared his throat. "Yeah uhm...well we tracked down the real culprit who set up the massacre in Cannis, a rouge Hung-gar name Bryn, he's a commander of the Godak syndicate, he used the massacre to hide him bringing in an experimental explosive called RTZ and we figure he's going to use it at the naming of the next Alpha to usher in his new world order." Kitt explained.

Gall sighed and nodded. "Okay that leaves us four days to find them and stop them."

"I don't think it will be possible Gall..." Alec piped up. "...Bryn is too smart for that he knows every clearance code and measure we use for security plus he also has Captain Illias Drominaz of strike force five on his side, if we start poking around or alerting anyone they may just forget the whole strategic plan and just nuke the city."

Gall sneered back at Alec. "And what would you propose?"

"It'll have to be just the three of us and maybe a few others we know we can trust, we'll have to wait until the naming to make our move." Alec explained.

"How are you going to get in there, you're still black listed, you'll be arrested the second you're spotted." Kitt said with a heavy concern in his voice.

"Don't worry about me; I've gotten into tighter spots." Alec responded, making Kitt smirk.

A massive stadium sized space, lined with archways of deep red rock, spot lights and pyres of billowing flames lit the packed arena; near one hundred thousand howling wolves clamored in the seats awaiting the spectacle. Kitt and Gall stood at one of the fire escapes along the network of catwalks suspended above the whole thing.

"See anything yet?" Gall asked, looking over at the kneeling blue gray wolf as he scanned the whole thing.

"Nothing...it's like finding a needle in a hay stack." Kitt responded.

"Well how would you do something like this? Sneak in fifty pounds of an experimental explosive compound and set it up to do the most damage; you have to think like you're target." Gall said staring at the long marble stage at the head of the arena.

"Is this really the time for a lesson Gall, we're running out of time," Kitt growled.

"On the contrary this is the perfect time, think Kitt."

Kitt huffed and suddenly shot up from his stance and began to jog down the catwalk to the stairway. "Come on, I know exactly where they'll be."

Kitt and Gall descended into the catacombs of access ways and air ducts. "This explosive is designed to basically act like a controlled tactical nuclear weapon, it vaporizes a very direct sphere of attack making it necessary for the target to be stationary or at least you have to know where it will be at any given moment. There'll only be one point where all the commander and chiefs will be on stage at the speech of the Alpha to be, which means they'll have to attack an area of twenty odd meters." Kitt quickly stopped his sentence as they heard voices in the corridor ahead. Kitt looked back at Gall. "Go to Tarn and tell him everything, I'll handle these guys.

Kitt stepped right out into the cramped space seeing four of the ISF traitors standing there setting up the two small tubes of blue glowing gel filled canisters. "Hey guys, what's going on?!" Kitt barked out as he drew his two pistols and quickly capped off two bullets, dropping two of the wolves in an instant. Kitt quickly closed the distance kicking out the leg of one of the other, taking him to the floor and putt a single round into the forehead of the last, splattering the pipes and wall with fragments of his skull and brain. Kitt placed the barrel of his pistol right against the nose of the final wolf and cocked the hammer. "Where's Bryn and Tarina?!" he growled out.

"Well I'm right here Kitt." Tarina's voice called out as she swiped her boot across Kitt's muzzle knocking him into the piping.

Kitt shook his muzzle and tried to point his gun at the female wolf but only to have it batted away. "Why are you doing this Tarina? You can't believe that Bryn is going to accomplish anything by doing this."

Tarina stepped forward, dressed in a black leather jacket and tight blue top. "I'm doing this because our government is nothing but a corrupt power hungry dictatorship."

Kitt growled "How about giving me the real reason instead of the Godak recycled mandate."

Tarina got really close to Kitt, her muzzle just beside Kitt's. "I just can't wait to see your precious Hung-gar fall, you killed my mother because she had a relationship with another female, I was five, I watched your strike teams blast into my home and arrest my mother then I watched her public execution on the vidnet; all because she fell in love."

Kitt blinked images of Alec's face flashed through his mind. "Listen Tarina, it's not too late, you don't have to do this, I know it's not right what they did but you're going to kill thousands of people."

"I don't care, you all will pay!" Tarina growled and took a step back whipping the back of her fist around at Kitt's face, who ducked down to avoid it and jabbed her hard in the ribs making the female wolf stumble back.

Tarina lunged forward with her leg kicking out and landing against the wall as Kitt spun out of the way, her boot colliding with the concrete wall. Kitt growled and forced himself forward ramming the light grey wolf into the railing of a stairway. Tarina yelped in pain and slammed her elbows down into Kitt's back dropping him to his knees and then raked her leg across his muzzle making a trickle of blood fly into the air as he crumpled onto the floor.

Out on the stage, bright hot spot lights rained down upon the arc shaped stage as the crowd sat silently listening to the long drawn out speeches by the high ranking wolves from each of the sixteen packs. Gall slid along the back of the stage behind the scarlet red current at the back of the stage, seeing the masses of security all patrolling around along with the tall jet black furred wolf dressed in his black and gold trimmed general's uniform; his chest adorned with an impressive amount of medals all shimmering in the light.

"Tarn!" Gall shouted out rushing up to him. "...we have a problem..."

"What is it Gall? I thought I sent you out to find out where the hell your little pet went." Tarn responded with a bit of annoyance in his voice.

"Kitt's here don't worry about that...the Godak is here, and are planning a strike, we have to get all the generals and pack leaders out of here quick."

The black wolf merely chuckled and looked out beyond the current. "Bullshit Gall, they couldn't get in here, the security is so tight here you couldn't get a paperclip through without us knowing."

"Tarn listen to me...the explosive they have can't be detected by normal scans." Gall pled quickly for him to listen but was cut short but the current being drawn open and a deafening round of applause echoed the arena as Tarn's name was called out.

"I here by give you the successor to the Lupine thrown and Alpha of all wolves, Tarn of the Earthwalker pack!!!" The general howled out as Tarn approached the podium, leaving Gall with his jaw wide open.

Alec panted as he slid completely upside down along two narrow wires through an air vent, passing a grate letting him hear Tarn as he begins his speech to his people. "Shit..." he tapped a small button on the armored vest he wore over his chest. "...Kitt where the fuck are you, they're almost in position!!"

Kitt huffed and panted as he narrowly dodged two gunshots behind a steel pillar and tapped a similar button on his vest, "Little busy hon...can you give me a second?"

' "No, get your sweet ass up there now, you've got two minutes." Alec yelled out, dropping his agile body down into a back room behind the stage; he quickly stabled himself drawing his silenced pistol and worked his way down the hall way.

Tarina howled as she unleashed a barrage of bullets at Kitt as he ran between the maze of pipe work, one of the bullets rupturing one of them casting a haze of steam through out the space. Tarina moved quickly back to the canisters of blue glowing gel and sets up the timer only to hear a click as the hammer on a pistol was pulled back.

"Stand up, slowly..." Kitt panting voice ordered followed by the female raising off her knees.

"You can't shoot me Kitt...I don't think you have the balls, I've seen them remember." Tarina mockingly said turning to the dark grey blue wolf with a coy grin.

"You are under arrest for the crime of treason." Kitt sighed out.

"Hurry hon!" Alec's voice called out through the speaker in Kitt's radio.

Tarina's looked goes stone cold upon hearing that. "Hon? Did that mangy faggot just call you hon. Are you gay?"

Kitt looked down for a brief second giving Tarina the opportunity she needed to grab Kitt's wrist and struggle to get the gun away but Kitt easily over powers her and thrust his back against the canisters followed with a loud bang as his pistol discharges. As Kitt shook his head he saw that the bullet had ripped right through Tarina's shirt and body, his crimson blood quickly soaking her shirt and was sprayed over the canisters; she whimpered and held her stomach looking up at Kitt. "To answer your question...yes...I am..." Kitt said mournfully.

"Well then you know where I was coming from...you know you'll never be able to be truly happy with him. It'll all come crashing down eventually..." Tarina gagged as the blood flooded her throat and came coughing up out of her mouth, her eyes glazed over as she slumped down lifeless on the floor.

Kitt stood there motionless for several long seconds the pistol clutched hard in his paw then he slowly reached his paw to the radio button on his chest. "Explosive secure..." he looked at Tarina's corpse then along the blue canisters when his heart skipped a beat, seeing one of the tubes half empty. "Shit!! Alec...Gall there's a second explosive...find it! I'm heading to the stage now!" Kitt ran off as fast as his feet could take him, leaving Tarina's body lying in the growing pool of her own blood.

Alec rounded the corner of the hall way seeing one of the security check points as the eleven wolves lead by the traitor captain Illias show their IDs and inform the guards they are on a special mission to find Alec.

Out on the stage Tarn neared the end of his speech the crowd hollering in a joyous sound of yip, barks and howls then suddenly it fell dead silent as the eleven stride out quickly, fanning along the high ranking generals all brandishing their assault weapons keeping everyone back. Illias marched right up to Tarn and smashed the butt of his pistol across his muzzle taking him to his knees. A few seconds later the brown furred wolf Bryn waltzed confidently on stage with his entourage of Godak soldiers and passed Tarn like he was nothing. "People of the Lupine Empire, my name is Bryn of Arnis and I come before you today to liberate you all from the terrene of the current government; we of the Godak syndicate are all made of this government's highest military positions, I myself was once a Hung-gar warrior. We come to you tonight to set you free of your bonds and will leads us all into the light to become what we should always have been."

The crowd all fell silent just listening to ramblings of Bryn. Alec snuck along the current only to have the barrel of a rifle stuck in his face and then stripped of his weapons and escorted onto the stage.

Bryn turned with a grin seeing Alec there. "Here is another one of the fallen, he too was betrayed by the government he fought to protect and his only crime is he is gay; the only one to survive the Cannis massacre and for his years of service he was instantly blacklisted and hunted down. Alec please...you must see my point."

Alec gasped and growled hearing Bryn announce his deepest secret to the room. "Yeah I see your point...you're a sick twisted little bitch who's on a power trip!" Alec belted out into the crowd.

Bryn chuckled and nodded "Maybe I am...but after tonight everything will change...with this..." he gestured to two of the soldiers as they open up a brief case containing the last of the gel explosive. "...with this weapon I will cleanse the lupine people of its straggle hold on this world."

Alec tilted his head a bit as he sees through one of the grates in the stage, Kitt's sleek body moving along, he then quickly looked to Gall whom nodded and then to Tarn. "Bryn!! Listen to me...you have to stop this right now. This is your last chance!"

"Ha...more like your last chance to ever see another living thing again!" Bryn said moving to the brief case punching in the activation key, all of a sudden a hard thumping explosion raked the stage as a portion of the marble surface is ripped clean away taking out three of the soldiers. Then Kitt popped out brandishing his pistol and a submachine gun, taking several clean shots annihilating several more of the Godak. Alec grunted and spun around grabbing the barrel of the assault rifle he was being pinned with and thrusts it upwards shattering the muzzle of the wolf that held it and whipped around killing the soldiers whom guarded the generals allowing them to flee off stage.

Bryn quickly moved to finish the detonation code only to have a bullet rip right through his shoulder and killing the Godak whom held the case. With lightning speed Alec was right overtop of Bryn readying to pull the trigger then felt a strong paw on his shoulder, he turned to see Kitt standing there with a cold pissed off look on his muzzle. "He killed my mother and father, he's mine..."

Alec nodded and stepped away tending to Tarn who got to his feet and proudly shrugged Alec off quickly. Kitt stood over Bryn with his smoking pistol right over his muzzle. "Get up..." he said with a hard growl. Bryn shakily stood up bracing his paw over the gunshot wound.

"Killing me won't bring them back you know..." Bryn winced.

"No it won't but it will make me feel a hell of a lot better." Kitt said keeping his gun no more than two inches from Bryn's nose.

"You'll learn in time as I did everybody dies, all that's important is what for..."

"Don't give me that shit...you didn't kill them for anything more than a pay check you piece of shit. You're not even worth the bullet, I think I'll just let the courts decide your fate, it'll be a hell of a lot more painful than the bullet would be." Kitt said lowering his gun and turned away signaling for the guards to taking him away but saw Alec, Tarn and everyone just standing deadly still then he heard the slide of a knife being drawn. Then suddenly he heard the yip of Gall. "Kitt! Catch!!!"

Kitt pivoted around narrowly dodging the thrust of the long serrated chrome blade from Bryn, reaching his paw out to catch the unseen flying handle from the ivory dragon handle katana swords his father had owned. Kitt growled and swung around with the momentum of the spin and whipped the blade out slicing clean through Bryn's knife and his midsection, splitting his belly open. Kitt stood there for a second the sword shaking violently from his trembling paws as he looked at Bryn's gasping eyes then saw the free fall of blood spraying along his legs from his stomach then collapsed backwards his last breath wheezing out of his muzzle.

Days later the buzz of how in one clean swoop the entire Godak syndicate was crushed and all of the traitors were being tried and executed under the new rein of Tarn kept on. Kitt stood in his black trench coat, heavy sunglasses hung over his eyes as he escorted the shackled Alec along the long staircase outside of the hall of justice where he was just sentence to death due to the fact he was gay. "I'm sorry Alec...it has to be like this." Kitt said loudly making sure all the reporters could hear.

"I know...I know..." Alec replied.

Kitt saw Gall off on the side amongst the crowd of onlookers getting only a sly nod as Kitt pushed Alec somewhat roughly into the back of the police van. "Make sure this fag gets the treatment he deserves." Kitt barked out loudly turning away quickly as the armored doors were slammed shut.

Kitt stepped to Gall but just looked over his shoulder. "Thank you..." he simply said.

"Anything for my student...now go to him..." Gall responded as he watches the van begin to drive away then a hard sharp whistling is heard followed by a missile impacting with the van engulfing it in a billowing green explosion caving in a huge pot hole into the road way. The entire crowd gasps and crams around trying to get pictures for the news; the van seems completely obliterated.

Kitt pulled his sleek mean looking sports car into a back alley several blocks over and opened up the back door leaning against the car, his trench coat flowing around gracefully in the wind. He perked his ears up as he saw a sewer grate being forced up then out popped Alec with a big grin on his muzzle as he kissed Kitt on the cheek quickly then hopped in the back seat under a blanket. Kitt quickly climbed in and tore off out of the city. "Glad you could stop by sweet heart."

"How could I not..."

Kitt drove far outside of the city into the dense forests of the lupine wilderness coming to a stop in front of a large two story ranch house, made of light yellow pine wood. Kitt stepped out and quickly surveyed the area before opening the back door. Alec is quick to leapt out and hugged Kitt tightly. "Thank you so much!!"

"Hey don't worry..." Kitt responded hugging Alec back tightly. "...least I could do for my mate, just lie low for a while. You'll be safe here I used my new security clearances to make sure this place doesn't show up in any registries."

"Good, I trust you Kitt, with my life." Alec said with a smile. "Now...how about we go and break in the new digs."

Kitt grinned and nodded. "Lead on." Kitt followed Alec into the house looking back over the tall green trees and into the crystal blue sky sighing to himself, just remembering what Tarina had said to him but just shook it off as Alec took his paw, it made him feel so safe like nothing bad could ever happen.....

THE END....