Netherhiem 01
The year is: 3155
Date: September 9th
Time: 20:54:22
Location: Antarctica
A hazardous blizzard was blowing, blocking everything in sight.
In the distance, a military research base was built inside a mountain, the entrance barely visible. Tanks, mechs, soldiers of all types were patrolling around the entrance.
The insides were spacious to allow all sizes of materials and equipment to pass to the labs, which are located deep inside. Researchers and scientist from different corners of the world, were busy with a certain new subject.
'ROOOOAAAR' *BANG* *BOOM*
All scientists jumped slightly from the commotion, except one. A coyote wearing the traditional white coat and a pair of glasses.
"It's okay, but careful though, don't want the force field to break down" he stated calmly, as a big fist punched the walls of a cylindrical chamber filled with a blue liquid, "don't want this fine specimen to escape now, do we?"
Outside the research facility, a tall heavily built, gray furred kangaroo stood inside a wide circular wall separating the facility entrance from the outside world. The walls had a door facing the facility main entrance but was a many feet away, and were roofless allowing the blizzard to blow through, but not as harshly as outside. The kangaroo, looked like the commander of the security forces, stood proudly wearing a black armour with red and white trims, his muscles showing through the fabric under the armour.
He grabbed a communicator device, which was strapped to his shoulder pads, "scout team three, report" he waited a few seconds, "scout team three reporting, nothing out of the usual sir" he looked up at the blizzard with a worried expression, "stay alert men, we don't know what's lurking out there" his last statement was directed at the others around him as well.
A soldier, similarly built wolf, walked over to him, "commander Jenkins, there is nothing out there, even if there was, it's buried bellow tons of snow". "I wouldn't count on it private, that thing those coats have inside survived such blizzard, we can't rule out there being more than one" the soldier saluted before walking back to position, Jenkins looked up once more, a slight itch telling him something is about to happen.
All the while three figures, two hunched in a feral stance and one standing tall and proud in between, over looked the facility walls "shall we play my pets?" the tall one petted the other two as they gave feral growls of anticipation, "ooh, eager aren't we? Very well, let the mission begin" all three dashed forwards at high speed towards the facility.
Commander Jenkins was getting worked up, something was going to happen soon, he just knew it. He grabbed his communicator once again, "scout team four, report"
...........No response
"Scout team four report" he repeated more urgently.
............No response
"Dammit, I knew it" he looked around at his men, before calling with his commanding voice, "scout team down, man your positions soldiers!"
Everyone jumped to their feet grabbing their weapons, manning and arming the tanks and mechs.
After everyone was in position, they all aimed at the entrance of the wall.
A few seconds later, nothing happened.
"Hold your positions" he commanded holding his own weapon straight.
................Nothing.
One of the soldiers looked at him briefly, "sir, maybe they had some technical failure in their equipment?"
Commander Jenkins fixed him with a glare, that silenced him.
*BANG*
All tensed even more and fixed their aim at a bent part of the doors.
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
The banging continued for a few minutes.
Then silence.
The marsupial commander held everyone at bay, to gauge what their are dealing with, which was in his opinion, was something dangerous to be strong enough to damage the fortified walls.
Still silence..........
*BOOOOOM*
The doors burst open, the residue force blowing Jenkins and his soldiers along with some mechs and tanks a few feet away from the doors.
After the explosion, Jenkins stood up fast with some soldiers ready to shoot whoever was there.
"Commander Jenkins, what is going on out there?" his com blared out with the voice of the head researcher, the coyote.
"Some blew past the walls Dr.Adams" he answered without breaking his gaze from the torn walls. "Impossible, those walls were heavily enforced with the most powerful metals"
Before Jenkins could reply a black tendril shot out from the smoke residue of the explosion, piercing right through one of the soldiers, before lifting his body and throwing him aside.
Followed by three more doing the same thing, except one that wrapped around one the tanks, crushing it like a piece of aluminium.
The tendrils rampaged for a few more seconds taking out more soldiers, tanks and mechs, before retreating back slowly.
Those who survived the rampage stood motionless at the site before them, those tendrils took out half their forces in seconds.
"Pitiful, simply pitiful" Jenkins turned towards a deep, almost monstrous voice, that came from the clearing smoke.
A tall man, almost 6' 9, walked casually forward outside of the smoke, his hands calmly crossed behind his back. The man wore a light body armor that was black all over, his helmet resembled some kind of demon, with horns and a snarl engraved on it, but what scared Jenkins slightly, was a long skeletal tail with a spear tip, lashing lightly behind the mysterious guy.
"I was expecting more resistance, but this is really disappointing" the mysterious man held his head in one hand shaking it lightly, mocking the armed troops in front of him, "this will be a little bit too easy"
All the remaining troops aimed at him, as Jenkins stood forward to address the intruder, "who are you, and what is your business here?"
"I just want something from the research labs, so of you would be kind as to move aside, I'll just help myself, you won't even know I was here" the sarcasm in his tone was too clear for anyone to miss.
"What is stopping us from taking you down now, we out number you and unlike you we are armed"
The black armored man spread his hands wide as to confirm what the commander just said, remaining silent however.
Jenkins looked at him suspiciously, before signalling for a few soldiers to move forward. They stepped cautiously, as they reached him slightly lowering their weapons.
Big mistake.
The black tendrils, this time accompanied by white tendrils, swiped past him, slashing the soldiers in half, and wrapping around and crushing those beyond.
Those remaining along with Jenkins opened fire.
The man just stood there, a force field catching all bullets before their reached him.
As he began walking forward, two new figures appeared from behind him.
Both looked like canines, but the exact species was unclear, since both were completely mummified from head to toe.
One had black leather belts wrapping around his body, as he wore a dark crimson coat that split in two in the middle at the bottom and a pair of white shorts.
The other was wrapped in white bandages, he wore a black coat with similar designs as the other, and also a pair of black shorts.
Those tendrils attacking the soldiers were stray pieces of belts and bandages controlled by the two.
Back at the labs.
The creature was getting agitated, probably by the commotion happening outside.
The scientists were getting scared.
One of the other scientists, a female human, addressed the head researcher, "we have to get out of here, NOW!"
"Not yet" the coyote turned to the creature, it was almost 10 feet tall, and brimming with muscles, it somehow resembled some kind of lizard, it was black skinned with skeletal markings lining it's body, making it look like a living diagram of it's own bone structure. It's eyes were dark crimson, with the sclera being black instead of white. It gave out another roar it's muzzle splitting into four separate jaws.
The scientist was waiting for some data to download, it was at 83%, "almost there"
Back outside.
Only a handful of soldiers, along with their commander remained.
Still shooting at their casually moving intruders.
If you call the two mummified canines walking on their hands and feet, casual.
As Jenkins looked at them trying to find a weak spot, he noticed that the two canines wore spiked collars, with a label in the shape of fangs, but that was not what he was looking for.
They were pushed back their backs to the main lab's doors.
"Nowhere to run" the leading intruder mocked them.
Just then, a couple of side doors opened, with extra soldiers with heavier armor and weaponry, blocking their view from Jenkins.
Jenkins smiled, "wasn't intending to"
The man simply looked down before bring his hands together, clapping lightly, "bravo, bravo, I really didn't expect this"
"What, that we had more soldiers than you calculated?"
"No, I didn't expect a ridiculous last stand attempt" the canine pair growled loudly.
Jenkins was getting pissed off, bad, "what last stand, you're out number and out gunned, you're the ones with nowhere to run"
With his head hanging faced to the ground, the black armoured man remained silent.
Jenkins eyed him suspiciously, as if waiting for his next move.
*THUD*
A soldier beside him fell to the floor all of a sudden.
Another knelt to check his vitals, "he's dead commander"
"What!?" he turned back to the trio, the man stayed still, and the other two didn't even use their tendril attacks. Then how?
Another soldier began coughing lightly, then harder, before he began coughing and vomiting blood, then fell dead. Others began doing the same.
Jenkins looked at the chaos around him, terrified, just then his head began to spin, his vision suddenly turning red.
He tried rubbing his eyes, only to find blood on his hands, his eyes were bleeding!?
He then heard a whisper slowly rising in volume.
It came from the mysterious man, he was talking softly in a strange language, lifting his head slowly to look at his handy work.
As the last soldier fell to his death, Jenkins sunk to his knees, unable to hold his gun straight, let alone take aim.
The man began walking forward, followed by his pets, still chanting in his weird tongue.
The roo fell to the floor looking up at the passing intruder, "who....are you?"
The leader of the trio simply turned his head, "it doesn't matter, because later on you will learn to call me.......'Master'"
Then everything around him, fell to darkness.
In the lab, everything was silent, except for the monster's incessant pounding.
"What happened?" a fox scientist asked no one in particular.
The coyote remained concentrated on the monitors, 98%
*BOOM*
The doors to the lab blew open, sending the closest researchers flying.
"Knock knock" the black armored man stepped inside.
Everyone looked scared, then became horrified as they saw all the dead soldiers behind him.
"Who are you? What do you want?" The coyote asked snarling lightly.
The man stepped forward, "who am I doesn't matter, as for what I want, just that" he pointed at the, now weirdly calm creature.
"No, you can't have it, we spent months, chasing it, and finally captured it last month, I won't let you take our efforts and flush them down the drain" Dr. Adams was furious. He went over to the controls quickly attempting to type something.
*BANG*
A bullet pierced the controls, damaging them severely.
"Oops, I missed" the armoured human/ beast held a hand gun aiming it at the scientists, "all of you, to the wall, move it"
They all complied along with the doctor, and knelt at a nearby walls facing the now armed man.
He regarded his subordinates, "make sure they don't do anything......heroic" the mummified duo crawled over to the researchers, watching them closely.
Walking over to the monitors, the armoured intruder looked closely at the big monster, "beautiful, absolutely magnificent"
The creature fixed him with a calm, soft gaze.
"Don't worry little one, we'll have you out of here, then I'll take you back home. Hehehe, my kids will love you"
"It's not a pet"
"Beg your pardon?"
The fox scientist stood up, a female human scientist held his hand trying to stop him, only for him to yank his hand from her grasp, "that creature is a new life form, no one knows what it's capable of" he began walking forward, the two wrapped canines letting him pass for some reason. "You can't let it anywhere near society.
*BANG*
He fell to the floor hard, with a hole in his head.
"HAROLD!!" the female human yelled running and knelt beside him crying and shaking the dead fox trying to wake him up.
The man held the gun straight at them, smoke from the shot still coming from the barrel, "anyone else want to tell me what I can and can't do?"
All remained silent, even the previously defiant coyote.
"WHY, WHY DID YOU KILL HIM, HE DID NOTHING TO YOU, NOTHING" the woman yelled at the man. She stood up and walked over to him, pounding his chest armour hardly, "HE HAD A FAMILY, HE HAD KIDS WAITING BACK HOME.....YOU MURDERER"
The man barely flinched, then he noticed a golden band on her finger, then regarding the dead body.
Yep, the same golden band.
"Too bad. Well if you want to be with him that much?" he leveled the gun to her chest, "I'm really sorry for the kids" he pulled the trigger.
The woman now laid beside her dead husband.
"Anyone else want to join the happy couple?"
Before anyone answered, the containing chamber began sounding a loud alarm, the creature inside thrashing inside, in pain.
"What's happening?" he went to the controls, typing some random commands, in an attempt to help the creature, which was now thrashing more wildly.
Before going limp and still inside the liquid.
"No....no, no" he began typing a few more commands, with no response, "NO NO NO", he pounded the controls breaking them.
A feral growl sounded from his throat, before snarling and turning to Dr. Adams.
He grabbed the doctor from his neck and dragged him to the controls, before slamming him hard on them, "FIX IT!"
"I can't, that was a security mechanism, if anyone beside the scientists here tampers with the controls, the subject will be injected with a poisonous solution, killing it instantly, redeeming it useless for further study"
A deep feral growl came from the angry man, as he threw the doctor aside to his friends. He levitated to get a clear shot of the chamber, as he rose, dark matter started gathering towards his fist, before he punched it, shattering the force field and the chamber itself to smithereens.
The creature fell out, and with a loud thud landed on the ground.
The mystery man examined the body briefly before four needles extended from below his fingers.
He plunged the needles to the creatures neck, breaking the hard skin with ease. He stayed there for a few seconds before pulling out.
The creature then suddenly opened it's eyes, standing up fast, pounding the ground and roaring loudly.
The scientists all huddled closer to the wall. But the man managed to soothe the creature, placing a soft hand on the creature's muzzle and holding their gaze until it calmed down.
Adams was stunned, "But how? The poisonous dose was supposed to be lethal"
The man petted the creature as it breathed softly, "This creature seems to be immune to poisonous matter, the dose simply knocked out briefly, I just injected it with a slightly smaller dose of adrenaline"
"Happy now, you got what you want" a glasses wearing german sheppard stated, while shaking lightly, "Can you let us go now?" his voice had a hint of hope.
The man simply looked at them, a finger tapping his chin, "Hmmm, let me see...."
Chains appeared from the shadows beneath the hostages wrapping individually around each and every one of them, "How about no?"
Adams struggled with the shadow chains to no avail, "What are you going to do to us?"
"Well, if I left you alive you'll just continue with your work, or find a way to track this big guy and me"
"No please, we won't do either, I promise, please spare us"
He simply lifted his arm straight, "Ecva Dee Nova", with this brief chant, an orb of dark matter appeared in his hand, seconds later followed by a few others. One stayed in it's place, the others floated and dispersed throughout the whole facility.
He began walking towards the exit, followed by his now three pets, a mantel of darkness forming behind him as he walked.
"Please, we'll do anything, we'll pay you, we'll build you new equipment, enhance what you already have, just please let us go" All of them started struggling, but with no success.
"Thanks, but all those offer are already covered" he signalled the big monster to grab the body of the almost forgotten kangaroo commander. He grabbed his mantle, which seemed to increase in size, "Send my regards to the devil"
He swiped his mantle consuming him and the other three (four) and disappearing.
Just then, all the orbs of darkness burst.
*BOOOOOOOOM*
Taking the whole base and a portion of the mountain in flames.
A few miles away from the action, on top the roof of an abandoned nature research facility. A few black armoured soldiers stood guard around a big helicopter, big enough to hold a tank.
A weasel wearing an ordinary black and white heavy winter clothing, stood watching the destruction of the base through a pair of binoculars. It was morning now and the blizzard cleared hours ago, so he got a clear view.
Just then a whirlpool of shadows appeared in thin air, spewing the two mummified canines, the big roo carrying monster, then finally the shadow controller himself.
As they landed the chopper came to life, blowing wind around it.
The weasel stood in front of the man, who was towering over his slightly short stature, before bowing slightly, "A magnificent performance master, truly impressive"
He just ignored the weasel, as he walked.
A big cage was in the big helicopter's hangar, probably for the creature.
The soldiers approached it slowly with metal rods in hand, that sparked with electricity. Black tendrils shot from the man's shadow mantle slapping the electric rods from the soldiers' hands, "No need for those, just horde him in nicely and he will comply"
True to his words, the monster moved although slowly, without using any kind of force. After the creature was secured in it's cell, the soldiers started getting on the big carrier, the weasel regarded his boss, "Everything is ready master". The man looked back a final time at the now destroyed base, as if saying goodbye, "Good, let's move out" they boarded along with the soldiers and they were off on ther way back home.
In the middle of the pacific ocean, an island as big as Australia was located, which housed a city.
The place looked right out of a sci-fi movie: hover cars, holographic signs and traffic lights, and many more.
The city was called Atlus.
In a small living suburbs, at the 'wealthy' section away from the other small houses and on top of a hill, overlooking a cliff a few miles away. A house stood, with a pair of iron gates, a few miles from the main street a fountain stood in front of the house, forcing the road to it to bend in a big u-turn, and a garden on both sides, filled with all kinds of flora.
Inside the house in the lounge area, which had a Victorian design, white walls, a fire place, a bunch of couches and chairs, and trophies on the walls, which were different kinds and types of weapons on one side, and various shapes of canes on the other.
Sitting on the couches surrounding a wide glass table, were a bunch of people: a slim and fit white wolf who wore a blue shirt and a pair of white jeans, a slim grey wolf with glasses, a white and green turtle neck shirt, and brown pants, a slim raccoon also with glasses, a blue and black turtle neck, and black pants, and finally a red and black-stripped t-rex wearing a black sleeveless shirt and black shorts.
All looked worried for some reason.
The raccoon was tapping his foot in agitation, "We have got to do something, we can't let the kids stay at the centre any longer"
"We were told to wait for Hydrus, Jim, he said he will take care of everything" the rex put his hands on Jim's shoulder trying to reassure him.
"I know Lex, I know" he sounded defeated as he looked at a golden band on his finger, which looked exactly like what the others in the room had, before looking at a family picture in the fireplace.
The picture was of him and the other members of the family, which included: him, the others sitting with him, a hyena, three foxes, a vampire bat, a brown furred rat, and a human, who had his eyes closed.
It also included a bunch of kids: two white wolves, a golden retriever, a white three-tailed fox, a rat, a mouse, a small winged dragon, and a collie with ears long enough to reach above his waist.
That was the picture of their entire family.
He looked at it as a stray tear fell from his eyes, remembering a two months: a group from social services, came and took the kids, deeming their house unfit for child care.
Just then another white wolf came into the lounge with a tray of tea, his clothes were....interesting to say the least.
A shirt that was too short that it showed his flat stomach, a black thong and a white gold trimmed long coat, he also had a blue diamond studded collar on his neck.
He set the tray on the table, "Master Jim? Still worried about the kids?" the raccoon- Jim just nodded.
"Don't worry, master Hydrus said he would take care of everything"
Jim regarded his golden band, yes Hydrus, the powerful man he is married to, alongside the others. Hydrus came from a almost demonic species called the Netherbeasts. An immortal species that can jump from world to world at a will, also wielders of all kinds of magic, it's like the magic normal people know about, but on a stronger, almost godlike level. They have a royal system, a group of four species chosen to be able to bring forth a prince, Hydrus' species: the Ferals, being one of them. It just so happens that Hydrus is one of four princes, not only that, but him being the chosen heir to the Netherbeastian throne.
Also the weirdest thing about Netherbeasts.
They are an all male species.
That's right, not a single female was born in the Netherbeastian ranks. How they get kids? Simple...the males have the ability to carry and give birth to the new generation of Netherbeasts.
Just then, the phone of the lounge which had a similar Victorian design, rang, the scantily dressed wolf walking over to pick it up, "Hello, Loneblood residence.......it's master Hydrus" he turned to the others.
The normally dressed white wolf, walked over and took the phone, "Hyde, where the hell are you?"
"I just arrived at the city, leaving the airport now Wataru" a deep, kind voice replied.
"So when are you going to bring the kids, huh?"
"Calm down sweetheart, everything is taken care of"
"HOW!?"
*sigh* "just put Masamune on the phone, and I'll talk to him"
Wataru regarded the collared wolf, "Sylvester, can you call Masamune please? Tell him it's Hydrus" the wolf just nodded and went off.
Wataru just left the phone with the speaker open, and went back to his place.
A few seconds later, a tall buff wolf with an eye-patch walked into the lounge, he also had an interesting attire, he was shirtless with a harness, crossing at his front, pair of black dress pants, and a normal black leather collar.
He picked up the speaker, "yes master Hydrus, you called for me?"
They talked for a few minutes, discussing something, "as you wish master, I'll go over there immediately" with that statement he ended the call.
"I'm going out to get the kids from the care centre" he announced to the stunned loungers.
"What? But the lawyers didn't say we can get them yet" the grey wolf stated almost weakly.
"The master said that I'm to go there and bring them home, and as a loyal servant I will heed my master's wishes, and not the whims of some lawyer who is probably at home drinking the day away with your money"
And with that he left the lounge.
"What do you think he will do?" the grey wolf was looking more worried than before.
Lex looked at him briefly before sighing deeply, "Don't know Tom, but you can bet if it was Hydrus' orders: then nothing good"
At the city.
At the child care centre.
The main doors flew open to reveal an elderly looking and slightly chubby beaver, dragging a golden retriever, no more than 12 years old, roughly by the arm.
"Move it you little devil" the beaver dragged the kid further, "This is what, the tenth time you were kicked out? I swear you will be the death of me" the retriever just remained silent with a bored expression on his face.
Another staff of the place a middle aged porcupine female, blocked their path, "Jeff, unhand the poor boy now"
"Forget it Alex, this trouble maker will get detention in his room for the rest of his stay here"
"You will do no such thing" she managed to yank the kid from the man's grip.
He just huffed and went to his office.
She knelt slightly to be at eye level with the young pup, he was wearing a sleeveless blue shirt and black pants, with a pair of goggles resting on his head, "Why are you like this Malek? Don't you want to be in a nice home with a lovely couple?"
He crossed his arms over his chest, "I had a perfect home, and a wonderful family, and you assholes had to take all that away from me and my brothers"
"That place was no home for a child your age, and no offence, but that harem of men was not what I would call a family"
His eyes shot open, "How dare you!? When dad hears of this he will have you hanged by your scrawny neck!" The lights on top of them exploded one by one.
He pushed past her an went running to his room on the second floor.
*sigh* "When will he learn, when will they all learn that we are only trying to help?"
"They probably won't" she turned to a middle aged wolf, who was leaning on a wall, "They lived with that pervert and his family for a long time, they will have to be eased away from his influence"
"But what if they don't, what if they stay loyal to him until they leave the system?"
"Then we would have done all we can, and the rest will be up to them"
At the second floor, the dorms of the children who remained in the system, and at Malek's room.
The young pup returned to his room fuming, how dare that old hag speak about his father like this!? He had to make her pay, they all had to pay.
When he regained his senses, he saw a white wolf his age, wearing a black jacket on top of a red shirt, and brown pants, packing some things in a bag, "What are you doing Wizen?"
The wolf just looked at him, but with that brief glance he could see the kids eyes, his right was normal with a yellow iris, the left had a same coloured iris but with a black sclera, "Masamune just called me, he and Thanatos are coming to pick us up, also dad is back, he arrived a few minutes ago"
Now that was music to Malek's ears, he started packing along with his brother.
One of their roommates, a cheetah, looked from his top bunk bed, "You know you'll get in trouble if the staff saw you" Another roommate, a koala just nodded.
"Well they can go to hell for all I care, I'm going home and that's all that matters" the two pups finished packing and left the room, Malek stayed on the second floor to find the others, while Wizen went downstairs, the younger children dorms, to find their younger brothers.
As Malek went to knock on a room, the door beside it opened, revealing a rat, wearing a olive hoodie, and jeans, with a duffel bag in his shoulders, his hands wrapped in bandages, "What took ya bro? Wizen called the rest of us and told us what happened, can't believe pops is back in town"
Before he could respond, the door he was about to knock opened, from it appeared a black and blue dragon, wearing a white t-shirt, with blue shorts, and a white fox, wearing a pink shirt, with black pants.
At the same time, another white wolf, wearing a grey t-shirt, and black trackies, appeared from the room behind them, "All set here, can't wait to see father again"
Upon closer inspection his eyes looked like the other brother's eyes, except it his right eye that had the black sclera.
Once everyone was secured, they went down stairs to the ground floor, casually moving and talking like nothing is happening.
When they arrived at the reception area, they saw Wizen with two younger kids, a mouse with glasses wearing a blue turtle neck with brown pants, and a long eared collie wearing a green shirt and black and yellow shorts.
"Everyone here" the dragon counted them all including himself, "Good everyone's here, all we have to do is wait"
They sat at the chairs lining the reception area waiting for their ride home.
Just then Alex and the wolf just returned from their lunch break, to find the kids sitting at the waiting area.
They went over to them, with the wolf addressing them, "What are you kids doing here, you're supposed to be in your rooms upstairs"
The rat simply gave him a side glance, "Just waiting for our ride"
"What ride? Where are you going?"
"Home" the little mouse didn't look from his book.
The door to Jeff's door opened, and he saw what's happening, "What's going on here?"
The wolf turned to him, "They say their going home. No one said anything about it"
"Well stew, there is only one way to deal with these kinds of kids" the beaver walked over and grabbed the little mouse by the arm, "You don't have to be nice"
*BANG*
The main doors blew open dislodging one of them.
"There is our ride" Wizen had a wide smile, similar to his brothers.
Masamune walked through the destroyed doors, this time wearing a blue shirt, but with the same pants.
But it was who followed him that's terrifying.
A tall white and black-spotted great dane, standing at 8'4 and brimming with thick muscles with a scary undefined expression, the right side of his face was covered with burn marks, going from his eye to the base of his neck. He was wearing a wife beater, grey dress pants, held by suspenders.
"Thanatos!!" all the boys ran over to the tall dane, except the mouse still held by the big beaver.
The porcupine lady walked over angrily, "What's the meaning of this!? Who are you to barge in like this!?"
The dane just walked past her, pushing her roughly aside, going over to the beaver. He stood in front of the shorter man, "Let the boy go" His deep voice sounding like a demon.
The beaver tried to hold his ground, but his body released it's grip, letting the kid join his brothers.
He joined the others before heading for the doors, "You're one of Loneblood's servants aren't you" The porcupine asked the tall duo.
Masamune just gave her a brief side glance, before he felt a pair of small hands tugging his pants. The little collie boy was teary eyed, "They still have Mr. Creepy"
The big wolf walked over to the wolf staff member, before holding out his hand, "The doll please" The wolf glanced at the hand briefly, "No"
Masamune's hand shot up grabbing him by the throat roughly, lifting him a few inches from the ground. Alex ran over trying to help her friend, "Stewart", joined shortly by Jeff, who was blocked by Thanatos. Masamune pushed the lady aside, his grip tightening on the wolf's throat, threatening to crush his neck, "The doll please" he was very calm, as if there wasn't a dying man in his iron grip.
Stewart's face was turning red then slowly to blue from lack of oxygen, his body started going limp.
"Okay, okay, I'm going to get it now, just please let him go" She was really scared now. Masamune just softened his grip and lowered the suffocating wolf in his arms, letting fall to his knees, but still had a grip on his throat, "The doll, now"
She walked quickly to a storage room, coming back a few minutes, with a weird doll, it was black, button eyes, two tendril like ears with bells hanging from the tip, long arms, and a sewn moth.
"Mr. Creepy!!" The collie boy ran over and grabbed his toy, hugging it tightly, before joining his brothers again.
Masamune simply nodded to her, and threw the gasping wolf at a nearby wall.
"Thank you for your cooperation" They walked out of the building, to a long black limo waiting for them outside. Masamune opened the door to allow the kids to hop in, and after got in himself, but before Thanatos joined them, he fixed the three staff at the door with deep hate in his, despite no expression showing on his face.
The ride back home was almost uneventful, except for the kids recapping the days of their stay at the centre.
The gates to the road leading to the big house, a few miles before reaching the fountain in front of the house. The adults at the house, waiting for them.
Just as they pulled up, Wataru rushed over to the car as the doors opened.
The kids exited one by one, He grabbed Wizen and the younger twin, "Wizen, Yasha" crying softly, kissing their foreheads, holding them in a tight embrace.
Lex lifted the rat and mouse on his shoulders, Jim hugged the dragon, and Tom hugged the fox and collie softly.
All laughing with tears of happiness in their eyes.
"Wait" Jim looked around briefly, "Where is Caleb?"
No one said anything.
"Kids, where is Caleb?" He was getting frantic.
"We don't know, daddy Jim, they took him somewhere else" the collie replied weakly.
"No, no, no" he started crying falling to his kness.
Just then another limo parked near the fountain.
A raptor exited holding the door open and bowing slightly, followed by a young adult human with a pair of black glasses, wearing a dark grey suit, and holding a cane, it's handle shaped like a wolf's head made of silver.
"DAD!" all the kids ran over to him almost tackling him an a group hug.
"Hey kids, I'm happy to see you again" He broke from the hug, "I have lots of presents for you"
"Hydrus" the man looked up at his raccoon husband, who was crying his eyes out.
"I know, you don't have to say anything, which is why the first present is for you" he leaned back into the limo, only to come back out with a baby raccoon in his arms.
"CALEB!!" Jim ran over and took the baby in his arms, nuzzling the giggling boy, "My baby"
Hydrus looked at the kids one by one, "Wizen, Yasha, Malek" he looked at the rat "Jesse", the mouse "Tyron", the dragon "Gideon", the fox "Kiba" and finally the collie boy "Kevin, my little Cu Sith" and picked the boy up in his arms, to have the weird plushy almost shoved in his face, "you forgot Mr. Creepy" Kevin giggled.
"And Mr. Creepy" he looked once again at his kids, his three oldest Malek, Wizen and Gideon: 14. His middle kids Jesse and Kiba: 12. His younger kid Tyron: 11. And finally Kevin: 9
With Caleb the baby: 4
Eight beautiful kids, although adopted, except for Wizen and Yasha, he loved them all, not favouring anyone over the other.
"I'm home" he announced finally.
"Welcome back" everyone around him even the servants replied with smiles on their faces. Before heading inside the big house, each with a story to tell.