Pure Life

Rating: Blood

A/N: I’m sorry about the late update here it is… this one was hard for me so it might be a little off. And it might be weird. I don’t know I just type. Enjoy!
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Zev walked down the hall with two bottles of water and a bag of chips. ‘Might as well have him eat something.’ His face had a grin as he walked. ‘Maybe he finally calmed down.’ Two doctors rushed past him and he watched them stop at the room Akira was in……

He stopped when the scent hit him.

Everything seemed to slow down as the bottles of water hit the ground. He was trying to push his way past the group in the doorway. The sounds were muffled. His blue eyes saw Karen and he called out. She looked up.

“Move. Let him in.” The two nurses let go of him and he quickly walked in. “Zev is this mess…?”

There was a small pool of blood on the ground. His eyes moved around looking at the damages. There were bullet holes in the wall, a few in the bed and he saw the broken clipboard. Walking over he picked up a blood covered pen. “Zev don’t touch the evidence!”

“I’m not.” He slipped the pen into his pocket. Just then Raith came running into the room.

“What the hell happened here? I just got a call from my boss…”

“Akira was attacked.” Karen looked at Zev’s back. “It looks like he fought back.”

“I can see that.”

Raith saw Zev walk over to the bed. The wolf had dropped to his knees. “Hey what are you doing?”

“Looking for a clue.” His hand slipped under the bed and he pulled out part of a cloth. It was covered in blood. “And look Akira left behind something with the bastard’s scent on it.”

“You can’t just go after…” The look from Zev made his mouth click shut. “You have till nightfall.” He pushed past the group of people again and walked down the hall. His cell phone out and he was dialing a number.

“Well, look at this the wolf is pissed.” Aron was standing with Mitch.

“Two noses are better than one, Zev.”

“Plus where he’s at there’s going to be a shit load of guards. Mitch and I can distract them while you go in for Akira.”

“A fool proof plan and you’ll need it. Leon isn’t a push over.”

“Fox stays. Mitch can you get a hold of my brother.”

“Yep.”

“What do you mean I have to stay?” The silver fox was bristling. “Fucking bastard shot me and I want to kick his ass!”

“He knows you’re going to come. That’s why…” He bent down and picked up the bottles of water and chips, “you need to stay here.” Zev looked at him. “Besides, I don’t think Akira wants to lose a friend and I need someone to make sure they don’t come after me.”

“Who?”

Mitch walked back over, “He’s talking about the cops his family is supposedly human. Keir said he’s on his way.”

“You don’t want them sniffing around.”

“Yeah.”

“Fine I’ll stay and pass the message along to Raith.” He felt a hand on his head. Looking up he saw Mitch’s smile.

Keir looked at Zev as he climbed into the car. “So?”

“I lost the scent at the edge of the parking lot.”

“Hey what is Rune doing here?” Mitch had just climbed into the back seat.

“I came because it’s my turn to save Akira from a bad ex.”

The brunette nodded and rubbed Rune’s head, “About time you got a back bone.”

Rune glared at him and swatted his hand away as Keir pulled out of the parking lot. They drove off as Mitch called Ransom.

Water splashed into his face. The shock from it made him sputter as he sat up. Reaching up he knuckled his eyes. The contacts were gone. “I took them out. Your gray eyes are better than the green.” His head turned and he found a red head looking at him. A bowl was in his hand. “You must be hungry.”

“What the fuck do you want?”

“The same reason as before.” He sat the full bowl on the floor next to him. “And after, I’ll kill you. So that damn wolf can’t steal you from me.”

“Wake up Leon. We’re not together!” Akira moved his feet and clenched his teeth. The bastard had the guts to chain him to the wall by his foot. “Unlock me.”

“Can’t do that. I heard the stories that spread in the underground. You might kill me.”

“Might? No…” gray eyes grew dark, “why would I do that when I could even now.”

“You can?”

“I’ll rip your fucking throat out.” He felt something churn in his stomach. If he got sick now… he’ll be pissed.

A gun pushed against his head. “Try it.”

A grin spread across his face, “Kill me and you will have more than just a wolf trying to kill you.”

Leon grinned and kicked Akira across the face. The brunette fell over from the force the grin still on his face. “Last I checked. You… are chain to a wall. Second I have a gun. Third I have someone watching each and every way into this little building and I will know if you try to escape.”

His fingers brushed over Akira’s already swelling cheek. Gray eyes looked at him and he patted his cheek. “Be good and I’ll take good care of you.” Leon walked away. As the door to the small room started to slide shut he could hear him, “Besides how long will it take this time before you come after me like last time?” He was laying on an old futon and dust would stir as he breathed. He was stuck here caged like an animal. Just like before but he was alone this time. He felt something stir inside of himself. The grin grew and he started laughing.

Hawk landed on Mitch’s shoulder. Zev was sitting on the hood of Keir’s car as Keir talked to Rune. “Okay, so you want me to find Akira?”

“Yes.”

“Okay.” She closed her eyes and turned. “He’s that way.”

The way she pointed was towards the still destroyed part of the city. “Looks like we’re walking.”

Keir looked over to see Zev already in his wolf form. His clothes laid next to him. The phone hung from his neck. “Zev’s ready.” Once the clothes were tossed into the car and the car locked they walked into the rubble filled part of the city.

Zev walked ahead of them following Hawk. She looked over her shoulder at him and shivered at the dark look in his eyes. She didn’t like the way his aura looked either. It was lined in black. His eyes looked up at her and she smiled, “We’ll find him. He’s okay.” He nodded and she dropped back to sit on his head. “I’m going to rest here.” He shrugged and she looked ahead.

He was at the end of this, hidden in the rubble. There was a click and they looked back to see Mitch loading his gun. On his back was a sniper. “When we get closer I’ll go from the top. Take out the small ones.”

Keir nodded and he slipped his hand into his coat. The weapon was still there. “Zev don’t you bite anyone.” He heard the grunt from the wolf and sighed. Rune was ringing his hands as he walked. He looked like he was going to bolt at any second. Placing his hand on his shoulder made the small male jump. “Relax, remember what I showed you. You’ll be fine.”

“O-okay.”

He could do this; it was his turn to save Akira. They would all get him out.

Akira lifted his hand up and saw the dried blood that snaked its way down his arm. There was a bandage on his shoulder. He had a lot of injuries on his body. A tongue ran over the dried blood as the door open. He smirked as he caught sight of Leon watching.

He could feel something inside of him stir over from what he did. It was a feeling he knew but didn’t know too well. It was the same one that was trying to consume him since the last time he had a hit. He couldn’t stop as his tongue kept running over the dried blood.

His fingers curled around the chain as Leon got closer to him. In one swift yank it shattered and it lashed out at the red head. There was a thud.

He gritted his teeth as the pain ripped through his shoulder. Panting he slowly stood only to drop back on to the ground. “Don’t make me kill you Akira. Not yet at least. I still need you.”

It didn’t take long before he was once again shackled to the wall, only this time so were his arms. The blood was staining his shirt as it soaked into the fabric. He panted. His head rested against his arm. That gun pushed his head back and he could see the bar code on his collar bone. “Don’t you look so helpless.”

“Fuck you.” That feeling wasn’t muddling his mind now. The pain was driving it away. Fingers gripped at the shackles as he kicked out with his leg.

That hand touched his face and Akira bit into it. “Don’t touch me.” There was a curse as he was backhanded. The brunette chuckled as he looked at the ground. “Man that hurt.”

“Leon.” The red head turned and looked back at the door, just as Akira’s foot collided with his face.

He fell back and slid a few inches across the floor. “An eye for an eye.”

“Stupid brat.”

“Leon!” He turned and walked out of the room. Before the door closed he caught the words, “Don’t give him anything for dinner.”

His head hung and he grinned. Gripping the shackles they creaked under the pressure. He could feel the metal bite into his skin as he pulled. Soon his hands were free and he rubbed at his abused wrists. “Now to get out of here.” Standing he broke the chain. Looking around the room he saw the camera and it shattered. Walking to the door he ran his hands along it. No handle, nothing to grab, it was just a sliding door. Stepping back he took a deep breath. This was going to be harder then he thought.

“Akira’s aura has changed.”

“What color is it?” She looked back at Mitch.

“It’s almost black.”

“We better hurry then.”

Zev stopped, his ears twitched and he ducked behind a large pile of rubble. Keir grabbed Rune and Mitch quickly moved after him. Two guards walked by both armed and both talking loudly to each other.

They had to be getting close.

Karen rubbed at her eyes. She glanced at the clock, “They have an hour left.”

Raith was standing by the door, “Is it Akira’s?”

“Yes. Most of it is.” She tapped the table as the paper printed up. Picking it up, she looked at it. Her eyebrows drew in close as she reread the paper. “What the hell?”

“What is it?”

The woman was walking over to a phone. “It’s between me and Akira!” Her fingers dialed a number and she waited for the phone to be picked up.


The wolf glanced down at his phone as it buzzed. Reaching over Keir flipped it opened and looked at the number. “Zev, I think you should answer it.”

His form shifted and he pushed talk. “Yeah?” Keir leaned closer as he heard Karen talking on the phone. He could pick up bits and pieces but one glance at Zev had him worried. “How bad?”

“Bad?” Mitch was looking at the two.

They all heard Karen as she shouted, “Get that brat back here before it’s too late!” The phone snapped shut and Zev was over the pile of rubble. His form shifted back and he was running.

“Zev! Zev!” Keir was half way over the rubble when Mitch yanked him back down. The sound of a bullet ricocheting went off where Keir was just at. He turned and growled but Mitch wasn’t there. The brunette was look over the top. Only he dropped down just as the guns went off again.

“Three are scattered around. Rune.”

“Do I have to?”

“Just long enough for me to take care of them.” He nodded and Mitch pointed for him to go to the side.

Akira slid to a stop as an alarm went off. “Shit!”

There were sounds of feet running and shouting coming towards him. Turning he took off running. He had to get out. Something slammed shut behind him and he turned to see a large thick door had closed. Turning he saw another one closing. Running he ducked under it and kept running. The last one was almost closed. He dove under it and gave a breath as the thing slammed shut. His leg moved and it stopped. Turning he looked down. “You have got to be fucking kidding me!!” His pant leg was stuck under the damn door. Tugging on the fabric he got a faint rip but it wasn’t enough. He put all his weight into ripping the piece out. Finally it gave and he fell back. “Fuck.” Looking over he found himself stuck between two large doors.

Standing up he brushed himself off. He needed to find a way out. Walking around the five yards long room he started to get pissed. His fingers ran along the walls, trying to find a way out. Once he got back to where he started he gave an aggravated growl and punched the wall. What the hell was wrong with him? He was stuck in this room and now…

Pain ripped through his body once again. Looking behind him he saw the dart, his legs gave out and he dropped to his knees. He could see the hidden door off to his side. A male stood there a shot gun in his hand. “Night night.”

His body fell over and his vision started to waver. He was able to make out Leon’s red head when he blacked out. ‘Shit…’

Zev stumbled a little and Hawk looked back. “Zev are you okay?”

“I’m fine.” He pulled at the strap and muttered something. At least he had gained a weapon when he was jumped by that guy. “It just a scratch.” The clothes had managed to fit him, they weren’t loose but they fit.

“I still can’t believe how you turned that guy’s sword against him.”

“It’s not that hard.” Pulling at the strap again he looked back to see the sword still there. “I haven’t used one since I was a kid.”

“Is it like riding a bike?”

He looked at the small female and shrugged, “We’ll find out.” They kept moving.

“He’s here.” They stood outside an old sports arena.

“What are the odds?” She shrugged and they walked into the building. “Why is it we can get in here without any trouble but the trek was the hardest?”

“Maybe Akira got free and their trying to find him.”

His head turned, “Someone’s coming.” She hid inside his jacket as he ducked behind a pillar.

“Did they find him?”

“Yeah, he didn’t even make it to the top.”

“I’m still shocked there’s a fucking underground base in this city.”

“Who cares… I’m just glad they caught him.” Zev slipped around the edge and into a door way. “Leon took him to the arena… the guy has gone crazy ever since he met that red eyed person.” He stopped and Hawk peeked out.

“Red eyed? Is he talking about…?”

“Go tell Mitch.”

“What about Akira?”

“I’ll find him. His scent is getting stronger.”

“Okay don’t do anything stupid.”

“Who? Me? Geez you sound like my mother.”

She huffed and looked away, “I’m just worried about Akira okay.”

“Well shoo go find Mitch.”

“Wha… I’m not some fly you can just wave off. Just for that I’ll take my time.”

“You do that.” He waved, “Bye bye,” then slipped down the hallway.

Hawk gave a scowling look and took off to find Mitch. “Stupid wolf!”

Zev looked around the corner and took off running. It was only a matter of time before that guard wakes and tells someone about him. He slid to a stop and backtracked to duck into a hole in the wall. Two guards rushed by. The static from the transmitters was loud as they ran, then it grew quiet. He took off down the hall. He would stop at the intersections of hallways long enough to get a scent and then take off running again.

The dull throb in his shoulder was still there. It had taken a lot to hide the pain. No wounds but the pains were still there. He stopped when he found some stairs the led into the arena. Walking down them he kept one hand on the sword as he walked. Every sound made him stop and wait, only to move forward again.

His feet echoed off the walls and he soon walked out of the hallway. The sun was shining down into the stadium and he winced a little. Walking fully into the stadium he looked around. The sun was starting it’s descent down into the horizon. His eyes glanced around the place as he sniffed the air. Akira was nearby, but where at.

There was a sound and he ducked behind a wall. Glancing around the corner he watched as Akira was shoved onto the ground. The brunette tucked and rolled to his feet. He whipped around only to come face to face with a gun. He stepped back and pulled at the binds on his arms. Glancing back he sighed. They were too tight; he could feel the binds cutting into his wrist.

“Akira, why are you trying to run?”

‘Like hell I’ll sit around waiting for you to kill me.’ His eyes darted around. Every plan in his head ended with him dead or close enough to it. ‘Walls too high. The sprint is too far and my mind is still a little fuzzy.’

“It’s just like then. Trying to get away and making me worry that you were going to fuck everything up for Me.” there was a sound and he glanced over to see the dart gun. “I want to see how good you are. It has been awhile.”

The male from earlier stepped forward. He drew a sword and smirked. “Well this will be fun.” Dark silver eyes looked at him from behind dark green bangs. The rest of his hair was black. Stepping forwarded, his boots crushed the grass beneath their feet.

He was in no state to fight. Not with his injuries and arms bound. Stepping back again, he watched the dark haired male in front of him. His feet moved back as those sliver eyes followed him. “Don’t kill him Brendon. It would be a waste to have to find someone as strong as him.”

“Don’t worry I’ll make sure to miss the vitals.”

He twisted the broadsword in a circle as he walked forward. Akira watched as Brendon held the sword with one hand. It kept twisting and then he stopped. Then he was gone, Akira whipped around as he ducked to miss the wide sweep of the blade. He flipped over the blade as it came back. Twisting his body he landed on his back as he tucked his legs. He managed to bring his arms forward and under his legs. Once his arms were in front of him he quickly rolled to the side to miss the sword slamming into the ground.

Pushing his body up, he quickly stepped back to miss another attack. “What’s wrong Akira?!” Leon waved the gun about. “Why are you pulling the same stunt as last time? What happen to that person I heard about in those rumors? Fight back!”

He jumped back, “Rumors are rumors you fucking idiot!”

“Che, you little bastard.”

Brendon caught up with Akira and the brunette jumped as he swung. His foot slammed into his face as he came down and landed on the ground. Stepping back once again he watched as the dark haired male clutched at his face. He ran forward and Akira ran at him. His knee connected with Brendon’s face and placing his hands on his head flipped over as the body fell to the ground.

He was running at Leon now. The red head was smirking as he slid to a stop his hands had stopped an inch from his head. Leon stepped back as Akira dropped to his knees. Something wasn’t right. What had happened?

His pupils shrank as pain just exploded in his head. He clutched his head as he screamed. It was loud, what the hell happened. His eyes saw the vial with the needle point. It felt like fire was coursing through his veins. He fell forward and gritted his teeth. What the hell was happening?

“Why is this familiar? Oh that’s right, I almost had you the last time.” His gun quickly rose as a sword stopped an inch from his neck. “I wouldn’t do that. Kill me and you kill him.” He held up a vial and smirked. Zev stepped to the side the sword still where it was at as he stood between Akira and Leon. “Are you going to try and stop me? If you do that I’ll break this.”

Blue eyes watched him as the sword dropped a little only to raise back up. “I won’t be killing you.”

“Oh then who will? I have the antidote that will stop the poison. The only poison his body can’t kill off. Tell me, who will be stopping me?”

Pointing Zev asked, “It’s gone.”

“Huh?” He looked to find it gone and he shouted. “What the hell?”

“Stupid idiot!” Hawk was holding on to the vial as she quickly floated off to the stands. She screamed as Leon started to shoot at her. Zev twisted his blade and slammed the back of the blade into his gut. He whipped around and blocked the attack from Brendon. His grip tightened and he pushed Brendon away knocking him off balance.

Turning his foot came up and the heel of his foot slammed into Brendon’s side. The dark haired male ended up a few feet away. Akira’s labored breathing reached his ears; it came out as a hushed whisper, “Zev…… dote…”

“Hold on a little longer.” He smiled at Akira. “We’ll get you home.” Gray eyes drifted shut. “Stay awake, Akira.”

“You can’t win.” Leon sat up clutching his stomach. “It’s just you, that half dead brat and the little fly.”

“I’m not a fly!” She squeaked when the gun went off and hid back inside Zev’s coat. The vial was in her hands.

“I can take you.” The wolf grinned as Brendon stood. “Both of you.”

His grin disappeared when Leon snorted, “What about the others?”

“Others?”

“Run……”

He looked behind Leon to see a group of people in the stands. They had guns and weapons of all kinds. “Bring it.” He raised his sword and glanced at Brendon. ‘Him first.’ Brendon attacked and he knocked the attack back. His feet shifted positions and he tried to cut up with the sword.

Stepping back he managed to doge most of the attack. His shirt was cut but other than that he was fine. The wolf was still standing next to the fallen brunette. A smirk was on his face. His eyes widened and he looked up in time to doge the large halberd like sword that slammed into the ground.

Leon blinked and then there was a shout from behind him. Looking back he saw one of the guards go down. Soon another followed. “Oi, Zev sorry we’re late.”

Marianela stood with a bat resting on her shoulder. Ransom was in his humanoid dog form. Standing behind them was a group of people. People that Marianela knew would help Akira.

“What are you doing here?”

Jett gave a strong tug on his weapon and shouldered it. “Ransom told us. Get Akira out of here we’ll take care of the rest.”

He moved to pick up Akira when a gun went off. Black eyes stared at him and Zev gritted his teeth. This guy was pissing him off. His hand slipped closer.

Mitch aimed the sniper rifle at Leon. He finger went to pull the trigger but he stopped. “What is it Daisuke?”

“Don’t shoot.”

“Why not?”

He pointed, “Look at Akira.”

The scope focused on Akira and he whipped around to look at him, “Please tell me you have some on you.”

“I don’t. I couldn’t get any when I had to get out of there.” He pulled his hat off and crouched down; he was sitting on the edge. “I don’t even have any for me.”

“What are we going to do?”

“Hope Zev can pull him back like Ellen did for me.”

“How?”

The older male shrugged and gripped onto the hat. Closing his eyes he sighed. If it came to it he would go down there. His fingers tightened and he gave a growl. It was up to Akira, he had to choose and whatever he chose he would make sure nothing bad comes from it.

Mitch watched Daisuke, he sighed and went back to taking out random guards. He mostly kept an eye on Marianela. Rune was doing fine with Keir near him. Most of the missing that knew Akira was there. Lucus and Lucy had their bows and arrows, while Blair danced through the crowd fighting. She would laugh as she ducked and dodged, taunting them as she went along. Toby kept close to Marianela and Ransom, he held a metal bat in his hands. Zach was leaning against the wall. He grinned as a group of ten formed around him. Ransom tossed a couple to the side and knocked a couple of heads together.


Zev looked at Akira. He sighed as he stood. Akira grabbed Zev’s leg. Blue eyes looked down, “I’ll be fine.” He nodded as he pushed himself up. His body would scream as he moved. Leon rushed forward and Zev knocked him back a growl building its way up. The gun shot at him and Zev moved to knock Leon back once again. The red head stumbled back and looked up to see Zev’s foot kick him back a few feet. “Stay the fuck away.” The wolf was standing next to Akira once again.

He glanced over his shoulder when he felt something tug at his shirt. Gripping the back of Zev’s shirt he found he was leaning against the wolf. His body was going cold as he fought to stay awake. In the back of his mind he could hear it. It was a hushed whisper as he looked at Leon.

There was a snap and Akira stepped back, both arms hung at his side. His body swayed as he moved back out of the way, a knife hung by his side and in the other hand was the empty vial. His head was pounding as he could hear every thought from everyone in the arena. Zev placed his hands on his shoulders, “Sit back down.”

“I’m… okay……” His breathing was still shallow. “Sorry… give me a minute…” Gray eyes widened as he shoved Zev out of the way. Akira fell back and didn’t move. The gun fire was still echoing in the air.

Keir turned when he felt the tug. He caught sight of Akira falling. The brunette’s body hit the ground as he was knocked of his feet. He pulled out a wicked looking dagger and it lodged itself between the attacker’s ribs.

Rune looked over to see Keir running, “Keir!”

“Find your brother!” He yelped as he covered his head. The metal rod grazed the top of it. Turning he fell back and whimpered. Keir slid to a stop when he heard him yelp. “Shit…” He ran back when the guy dropped to the ground. He looked up and Mitch waved at him. “Rune!” The small male looked up and then ran over to Keir. “Where’s Zach?”

A large animal came crashing through the crowd. His form changed and he walked over, “Rune you okay?”

“Yeah.”

“Watch him.”

“Where are you going?”

“Zev.”


Zev didn’t move as he watched Akira’s body fall to the ground. He tightened his grip on the sword when he saw the blood. Slowly turning he saw Leon looking behind him. A male stood shaking the gun in his hands. A black shadow appeared behind him and he stiffened. Two short swords went through his stomach and chest. Looking over his shoulder he saw dead black eyes looking at him, the smirk on his face was the last thing he saw. Daisuke placed his foot on his back and yanked the blades out blood splattered on him and the ground. “Die.”

He saw dark blue eyes and they were focused on Leon. Only Leon was focused on him. With a bow he stepped back into the back rift that appeared. As it closed he called out, “Have fun.”


Jett swung his large sword, it knocked the blade out of Brendon’s hand and flew. The blade landed a few feet away. “Heh, you’ve gotten better Lil’ J.”

“Fuck you.” He ran at him the sword dragged across the ground. “Go to… hell!” Jett felt himself flying back and his sword landed embedded in the ground. His body rolled across the grass and then slid to a stop. His body shook as he pushed himself back up.

“Looks like those limbs aren’t working.” A foot slammed into his side and he fell over. “Who would have thought you would run here to hide from them. Everyone is looking for you. All you can do is run from them, they will find you.” His body jerked and he looked down to see the blood soak through his shirt. “Heh… damn.” Brendon tipped back and Jett watched as the blood pooled around the body. Looking up at Mitch he smiled and let his body fall back on the ground.

“I’ll run as far as I can.”

“Heh good luck.”

Looking over he sat up when he saw Daisuke kill someone. Then he saw Akira. He wasn’t moving. Scrambling to his feet he ran over to Akira. A hand grabbed him and pulled him away. “What the hell Mitch let go!”

“No, we need to get out of here now!”

“But Akira!”

Hawk was next to him, “He’s fine, you have five seconds to get out of here. But if you two don’t get out now you’ll die.”

“Mitch? Mitch what’s going on?”

“You’ll see soon.”

Another gunshot echoed through the air and Keir shot past them, Mitch turned around. His hand moved fast as marks and symbols appeared in the air. That hand slammed against the mark and chains shot out.

There was a shout as storm gray became a pale gray. The pupils shrunk and became slits. Cold hands twitched as the body took in a gasp of air. A dented bullet dropped to the ground next to him a seal was etched in its side.

Blood splattered across the ground.
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