The Cold Wolf

Chapter 13 The Seven

Káminos was taken to a sort of hive place, there were only few within the area. One being Lust, another being Envy, though there were a few more. Káminos was then placed onto a slap, strapping him in place, by the wrists, ankles, waist and even his neck. "What do you want from me!?," he asked. Pride slammed his fist onto the slab next to Káminos' head, yelling out "Your brother, where is he and what has he taken!?!?" Káminos knew the answer as he was told of someone who would claim the dragon, but never would he say so himself. "I do not know what you're talking about!!!" he said. Envy then converted his arm into a blade, as his jealousy consumed him, only to stab the blade on Káminos' right side of his chest. He screamed in pain and even bursted in flames, setting Envy on fire, though there were worse consequences due to a blade by Envy impaled into Káminos. The blade slowly became liquid in him, Káminos' chest was a magma core, as the blade burnt white hot, boiling the steel Envy had within his arm. "Damn it, there's no use if he's gonna melt me down!!" Envy said. A sort of sludge specter, different from the specter Icicle witnessed, formed next to Káminos by the leg piece of the slab. "We must devour him immediately, as his flesh burns for us, a good feast we will have!" The specter was known as Gluttony, one to always hunger for anything, even after a meal of his own, though he was only a specter as he has lost his form, only to appear as his next form from the victim he will clone. Káminos looked to his left, as there seemed to be a female with the similar beauty Lust has, meant to carry the voice of an angel with an appearance of a demon, Slumber. "I'd rather do this the easy way, hypnotize him, slowly convince him to try and speak to us what he knows," she said. Gold slowly collected itself within a spot, as it seemed to slowly form a humanoid wolf. "I'd rather not wait for what awaits, even for what was taken away, we must be quick on this!!!" said the golden wolf. This wolf seemed to be known as Greed, just because he had what he wanted, it didn't mean he would stop until he had what he needed. "Wait, there's six of you...it can't be that you all have been trying to gain this power!! If there are six of you, where is the seve-!?" Káminos' question was interrupted as he heard metallic footsteps somewhere not within the area he was in with the six. They were all in fear, even Káminos was afraid of what was coming. Káminos thought it was the figure he's first seen within the kingdom with his sister, though it was someone as strong as the figure. Something opened, and the steps were heard clearly, even chains were heard shaking from the one who walked into the room. "Interrogation is the only answer, and we will not give up whatever this power is!!" said the newcomer. The newcomer seemed to be a hybrid of a fox and human, the appearance of a fox, with the fury of a wolf. Chains were hanging off of him, wounds were opened within him, his body yet to be intact, but still of use to release what he was. He was known to have two names, Wrath and Ultrax. "The god needs us to gain this power no matter what, even if it requires pain to get it out of this damn furnace!!" he said. Ultrax gripped onto Káminos' throat, slowly corrupting his muscles as his power turned against him. "The only way to pierce through your own enemies is by pulling the dark side of themselves out!!" he said. Káminos attempted to set himself ablaze, but it only made it worse, as the fire seemed to have a different color, corrupted by Ultrax, as it slowly burnt him instead of Ultrax. He screamed as it burnt a lot worse than the burns he would give to his enemies. Ultrax stopped corrupting the flame and yelled with fury like his corruption "WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER!?!?!? WHAT HAS HE TAKEN!?!?!?" Káminos' courage was broken, and he groaned out "He's...at the temple...of Niflheim...but he may have already claimed the power within...he may have taken that dragon already..." Ultrax was furious, punching Káminos hard enough through his head, knocking him out. "We're leaving now!!," he said with rage as he floated out the room. "Well, I guess that answers that...,'' said Pride. As much as they wanted to leave, Slumber asked "What are we gonna do with this wolf then?" Lust grinned as her thoughts sunk in. "Make him one with the hive!!," she said. They took him into the depths of the hives, for him to decompose, though he wouldn't let it take him. A few hours passed by, and he woke up only seeing flesh around him. As Káminos woke up, there were many decomposers and parasites over him. The pain felt like small stings, as he saw leeches and maggots on his arms, legs, and even on his torso. He set himself ablaze to kill the bugs attempting to decay his body. "Those were the seven sins, I can't let them kill my brother...not even grow like this place!!," he said as he started a fire within the hive. He attempted to climb up the hive as every egg, every maggot and every leech died off from the burns of the furnace that was loose. Káminos got out of the nest, though he had to go through a sort of arctic cave as he got out. As the nest was slowly burning, he noticed that bones are what held it, the only mistake was setting it ablaze. "Oh no...," he quietly thought to himself. The ice ceiling started shaking, cracks crawled through the walls, packs of snow started to fall off, spikes even shook off the ceiling. He started to run as some were falling onto him. "Even though your name is that sis, it doesn't mean you aren't sharp like what's falling onto me!," he thought. He kept running, as small shards of ice fell onto him, with the structure collapsing behind him, encasing and crushing the hive. Káminos kept going, following the cave, hoping to see the outside soon. At a certain point, he then saw a wall of snow on top of the ice walls within the cave, light beaming through. "I better be at the entrance, else I'm done for!!" he thought. He then ran out of the cave with his feet sinking a few inches within the snow as they melted from his burning body. He slowed down as he walked out the cave, looking up at the source of light, the moon, the stars, and the auroras. As the furnace he was, he looked up to the moon, as he would still remember the fragments of his memories when he would leave his mother as she would leave them to a safe place to hide. "Mother...a blessing you have given me with your light beaming through my fur...please don't just protect me, but even Icicle and Icy, my own family, the only ones left with me..." Icicle was on her way to try and find the others, though as soon as she crossed paths, "Icy!?!?!?," she cried. The Cold Wolf was confused, though all of a sudden, Icicle pounced on him, hugging him tightly. She started crying out with joy, shedding many tears. "Hey, hey...wait...," Icy let out. He started to question who she was. "Wh-who are you...?" Icicle then responded "I'm your sister, I was trying to find you, so was your brother, but he was left behind, I wished he were still here, now he was taken, but thankfully I found you...and the rest of the people you have here." Icy remembered who she was, as she was able to try and help him go through life from some hardships during his younger years. "Well, I haven't seen you for a while, but I'm glad I met you again, let's just...try and be more careful from leaving each other...!" The two wolf siblings were back together, in hope to stay together, but fate may break their paths once more, a fate that will stay, or change.