Fractured

Chapter 42: The Wolves Within: Blood

"WHAT?" Hagorn shouted upon hearing such seemingly obscene words come out of Agnello's mouth.

Everyone including even Kuro at this point looked at him with shock and confusion. "That's impossible. There is no Fifth."

Agnello who had been sat down by Ulima on a stone chair responded with panic in his voice. "That's what he said. They said there was someone else. "The Light of the 5th Original.""

"Who said this?" Badar asked.

"Yellow." Agnello said pointing to his head.

"The golden one that saved us back then with the Lunartooths and Omegas?" Ayla voiced seeking confirmation.

Agnello simply nodded and looked once again to his Mother. "Mother I need you to use your abilities to look inside my head. Tell me what you see, who you-"

Ulima raised her hand signalling for her son to stop talking. "I'm not taking even a glance into your head until you explain to me everything. Who is this yellow and who are these people in your head? If you explain I may be able to gather a better understanding and offer you one as well to what exactly is going on with you. Since this clearly is something to do with your Telik side."

The stone chair on the edge disappeared reappearing behind her as she sat down like a Therapist ready to hear from a patient. "So take a deep breath, calm down and tell me everything. I'm listening."

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Rufus awoke in a pool of blood. Steamy hot blood but for some reason he felt no burning sensation, no pain. He rose quickly to look around him in which his surroundings looked to be that of the inside of a Volcano. Apart from instead of lava it was filled with burning blood. From his sight alone he could tell the heat was immense but it felt like nothing to him.

"What the fuck are you doing here?"

Rufus' head snapped as he turned round to see a massive wolf looming over him with boiling eyes. It's fur a blood red with glowing red patterns all over. Its look instantly seeming rather familiar to Rufus.

"Maximus?"

"You referring to your pet?" The Red Wolf lowered its massive body so his eyes could connect with Rufus' although his snout was the size of his entire body alone. "I am no ones pet." The wolf did not open its mouth when it spoke but his words were heard loud and clear by Rufus' wars.

"Okay. Then what do I call you?" Rufus asked rather calmly considering he was in the middle of a volcano with a massive talking wolf above him.

The Wolf simply puffed a cloud of steam into Rufus' face as it tuned its body circling upon itself before sitting down in the cauldron of blood which didn't seem to phase him either. "That doesn't really fucking matter now does it. I know I asked but you don't need to tell me why the fuck you are here. I just wasn't expecting it so soon. You're dying and you seek greater power." The Red Wolf yawned as if bored by the prospect.

Rufus wasn't very sure how to react to the fact he made such a situation seem so casual. "Well umm yeah, that's pretty much it. So you gonna help me out ooooor?"

"I'll allow you to access your greater power, Lunam, if you can prove to me you are worthy of accessing it. That you are truly ready for it. Otherwise I'll let you die or succumb to your primal rage and let whoever put you in this situation kill you instead." The Wolf once again explained in a rather casual tone despite the severity of the situation.

Rufus stood silent for a second not really sure what to do next since such a situation was completely unknown to him. "So you gonna as me some questions or something?"