Raina watched her breath come out in little whisps as she trotted down the sidewalk next to a wolf. She was surprised the odd people out at this hour didn't realize she was walking with a wolf, but in this darkness and time of evening it was easy to mistake Emmy for a large dog. She knew the people inside the dog fight wouldn't be so stupid and she hoped she could pass Emerald off as a half breed so she'd qualify for the fights. It was considered an unfair advantage to have a feral animal. At least that's what Raina understood from the research she did.

"How you doing girl?" Raina asked under her breath reaching down and scratching Emerald behind the ears. Emerald wasn't on a leash and Raina was find with that. The young woman seemed less intimidating for the time behing and even goofy like a real pet though Raina knew under the surface beat the heart of a savegly wild animal.

Raina suddenly came to a stop. "Ok Em. This is the general area." she scanned around seeing 4 warehouses."It's one of these places but my sense of smell isn't like yours. Go for the dog smell but stay close. We want to get in before we attack." Raina's face was grim. She knew Emerald could do this but she was starting to feel nervous and she hoped she could draw on Em's energy.

They had to do this- who else would?

Emerald didn’t exactly like being out here in the cold, in fact if she was in her human form she would rather detest it and find the nearest warm thing, clinging to it like a bushbaby clinging to a fruit. However, the wolf form came with a thick layer of fur, covering up her entire body in happy safe warmth. The wolf girl followed after Raina, staying close to her, just in case anything bad happened, or anyone tried to approach other red head.

Emerald hoped that those guys would believe her that she was some kind of half breed because if they didn’t, she was up a creek without a paddle. She had blue husky looking eyes and her fur coloration wasn’t normal thanks to a certain asshole scientist who mixed her hair color with her fur color amidst screwing with her genetics. Perhaps they would think of her as and Irish setter, Husky and wolf mix and that would keep them off of both of their backs. Hopefully they would buy it and they would be able to get some of those dogs out of there before things got too rough, Emerald didn’t want Raina in any danger.

The wolf looked up at Raina when she was petted, listening to what her teacher said. Emerald nodded her head in understanding and went over the scents in her head.

Bubblegum, garbage, booze, cigars, dogs and a lot of them!

The wolf barked excitedly and took off towards the scent that was in the second warehouse, taking off towards the door. When She got their she waited for Raina tail wagging back and forth in a proud kind of way.

Raina stood watching Emerald intensly as she sniffed the area around them and took off into a sprint. Raina ran off behind her careful not to slip on the ice. Finally Emerald came to an excited stop outside one of the buildings in front of a large medal door. She was barking excitedly when the door slammed open and Raina ran up to her side. A large bald black man covered in tattoos not wearing anything but a torn pair of jeans came into the entrance way followed by a smaller chinese man with a similiar look. Both held guns in holsters on their belts. Time for the tough girl act.

"Who the hell are you?" they demanded.

Raina approached next to Emerald and stood as tall as she could crossing her arms against her chest and looked carelessly beyond the men. "Not important. I've got a winner here and I've got money." she flashed a wad of green bills that was actually all of her savings for Paris. She prayed to God no one took it... but how else was she going to look serious?

The man looked down. "Kinda small aint ya? and what Kinda dog is this?" Raina mentally wished Emerald would snap at the man after that comment.

"I may be small but I can whoop your ass and well.. my dog is ... ah..." she thought a moment. "a mix betwen an Irish Setter and a Husky. May even have a little wolf in her. I like 'em wild." but not too wild. no no that would be against the rules.

"Got a name?" he demanded and Raina wasn't sure if he ment her or Emerald. She wasn't going to very well give out their real names and she looked apologetically at Em as she tried to think of a fake name.

"Im Tara and this here is ..." what was angry? what was evil? what was intimidating??? "Slash."

The two men nearly spit with laughter. Raina's cheeks burned. Oh yeah. That was a great name. Wasn't that a character from that old cgi show Reboot?

"Slash?" the men said together

"Yeah. It's what she's going to do to you if you don't get the fuck outta me way." the urge to cover her mouth in shock from swearing so easily was a hard one to fight. Raina rarely swore but maybe 'Tara' did. So Raina quickly recovered trying to make it seem like she meant it to sound that way.

"alright kid. You're in. but you try any funny stuff.." began the first man.

"well we don't exactly kick you out.." started the second man reflecting "you just dont ever leave." he grinned. Raina felt a shiver go down her spine.

"Your dog not on a leash?" asked the Chinese man. Raina shook her head.

"I told you. She's a wild one."

with that she followed the men in

ooc: feel free to describe the setting Em. I tried to leave you some room since you can't post a whole lot as a wolf til we get the fighting going, so go nuts!

During the entire extent of that conversation Emerald had to literally restrain ever muscle in her body to not rip the guys face off. The wolf was surprised as hell that they actually bought the whole ‘husky, Irish setter mix thing’ Em was kinda big to be ethier of those dogs and even by normal wolf standards she was kinda big.

Upon her infamous ‘naming’ before she actually looked around the area she had just entered she looked up at Raina with a surprised look on that lupine muzzle. Slash? That was all Raina could think of? Hell the female would rather be named Fang or Claws that Slash, she sounded like a B rated horror movie villan.

Once Emerald entered the warehouse, an overwhelming scent of dogs filled the air as well as a scent of blood. The she wolf couldn’t help but growl a little once she entered talking the scenery in slowly. To the left there was a large ring, built up of chain link fences and lined with wooden planks for some odd reason. It was easy to see the bloodstains lined on the floor and the walls of the ring, making a distinct rage crawling up from her stomach and spread throughout her body. A low snarl escaped her throat, her ears narrowing a she gazed at the other devices used for canine torture. There were many cages holding the more vicious dogs that were unable to be handled by their owners. They snarled and lunged at the cages, barking wildly at the new comer into the fray. Emerald barked loudly to one particular dog that was rather, pointed on her and it shut him up, causing him to scuttle into the corner.

Emerald lead Raina to a spot away from others eyes and looked up at her with those contemplating eyes of hers.

”This is just like old times for me…how are we gonna get these dogs out of here?” Emerald asked her, pointing over to some not so vicious dogs that were gonna be used as based.

Raina's eyes took in the setting and it took all of her will power not to vomit. In the corner she saw a pen full of playful puppies and at first her mood softened but then she realized there was a man standing there selling the pups for bait dogs and training. Her face twisted into an unrecognisable state. She reached down and scratched Em while her eye landed on the whining husky pup. His fur was gray and white and his eye were an alternating white and blue. "We have to get animal control involved." Raina said under her breath. "we can give these guys the beating of a lifetime but if we set all these dogs lose they'll end up in a pound. If we can incapacitate these men then animal control can come in and take the dogs to special rehab facilities... and the men will go to jail at least for a little while." somehow that just didn't seem like enough.

"em... I mean Slash." she grinned as they trotted behind the two men who weren't paying them much attention anymore. "We need everyone in one place. I think we should challenge whoever the head person is here and hit the ring. When eveyone's gathered we'll go mutant on them. I'll freeze em in place if I have to."

she narrowed her eyes looking around. Could some of these people be mutants as well?

Emerald nodded a little bit to Raina looking over at the husky pup that was whining in the cage. The wolf padded up to the cage, her tail wagging back and forth docilly, looking at the pup with sad eyes. Emerald stuck her muzzle a little bit through the cage and the pup frantically licked her nose like it was its new favorite toy. The Wolf noticed that there was a small hole on the side of the cage and the fact that temporarily the guy was distracted with selling the male in the front a pit bull puppy. She gently whined to the husky puppy who seemed to be happy that she hadn’t left whom preceded to attempt t squeeze through the hole.

So with a seemingly endless moment of messing with the hole and gently pulling Emerald had managed to get the puppy through. In response to his freedom the pup then frantically whimpered and licked at Emeralds cheek as she nuzzled him a little. The wolf looked actually rather content with having a puppy around and for a brief moment the two play an almost play fighting game, where all Em had to do to knock over the barking pup is to nudge him with her muzzle.

Strange maternal instinct kicked into high gear when the seller noticed that one of the pups was out of the cage. He came over to the wolf shouting at her but he was soon met with terrifying opposition. The wolf crouched over the baby husky, keeping him squarely between her back legs, her hackles were raised and her teeth bared in a snarl, ears pinned straight back.

“Hey Tara! Restrain your mutt!” One of the dog trainers exclaimed to Raina, just as Em snapped at the man who tried to take the pup.

(sorry it took a bit, things came up, oh post at Sapphire and Naveeds thread))

Raina spun around and picked up the puupy into her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about." she hissed. "Slash and I are taking this one. We'll pay you after the fight." she gripped the pup as tightly as she could and the man looked at her suspiciously. "Slash here was just a little too excited about having someone new to practice on." she said trying not to waver but feeling like she might puke again. The pup whined a bit from being held too tightly but that seemed to be enough to satisfy the man.

"Well you better pay." he hissed and Raina glared right back at him. She'd nearly forgotten her name here was Tara. She turned back to Em.

"We gotta figure out who the head guy is." she looked around. With women this sort of thing was easier. It was usually the loudest gossiping bitch around. With men... it was harder. She looked at the groups as she went. She seriously was the only woman and that relieved her a little.

Turning the pup over in her hands she noticed he had a smudge of black onhis fur. She tried to whipe it off but it seemed to be his fur pattern. "Kinda looks like a star." she said. "I'll call you Star." she grinned as the pup licked her nose. "And when we get out of here Aunty Em is going to help me take care of you... yes she is!" she teased making her best baby voice she could.

Soon Raina's eyes fell on a tall balding man in his 50's. He was covered in tattoos and looked like what she imagined a Hells Angel must look like. He had a snarling putbull that Raina at first felt sorry for but after getting it in full view... felt a little sick over. "Em..." she started. 'I think that's our guy... I think we'll need to fake-fight his dog. You have to try not to hurt him but make it look like you are so we attract everyone's attention."

She turned her attention back to the two men that were still walking infront of her. "Quinn." called out the smaller one. "We've got a newcomer." he turned and gave 'Tara' a little shove . "Tara something and Slash... and who the fuck is this?" he looked at the new dog.

"Bait." said Raina trying to give her darkest smile and wanting to really crawl into a hole at this point.

"So you're new." said Quinn. Raina recognized his face from the paper. This was the guy who just got out of jail. He took a long drag on a cigarett. "Then you're up against me first. Decides your loyalty." oh. Well this was going to be easier/harder than she thought. At least she didn't have to call him out. People already looked interested. "We fight over there." he pointed to a makeshift ring in the dirt.

People had already started gathering. "You think you can take me? I'll go easy on ya. Once you're dog is dead I'll still let you fight."

"I think it'sgoing to be the other way around." challenged Raina as she followed him into the ring.

Once Raina interfered the wolf was very relieved that Raina had managed to scoop the little pup up and away from all of the men. The wolf smiled inwardly at Raina, glad that the older woman had taken a liking to the little puppy, because if she didn’t take him Emerald probably would have. It was a cute little thing and Emerald had a huge soft spot for dogs, or any furry creature for that matter.

She listened to Raina’s words about finding the leader and once he was found The wolf came to the conclusion that she would have to fight the dog for real. Everything about the dogs body language proved that this dog had been severely beaten and abused proving that it meant serious business and even as she late stood in the arena against it, battle stance at ready, she knew that if she didn’t somehow fight this dog she wouldn’t be getting out of this fight alive.

The wolf heard a ding of a bell and she saw the dog lunged, bloodlusted eyes glowing in the light of the room. She dodged out of the way, getting behind the dog, a low growl arising in her throat. The dog lunged again and the female wolf dodged again, snarling lowly at the other dog, she was trying to get him to back of, trying ot see if there was any way she could scare him off with an absolutely terrifying growl, her fur sticking on end and glaring at him with cold blue eyes. However she soon found it futile because he lunge again and latched onto her front legs, powerful jaws clamping down, slowly trying to break it.

The wolf snarled in pain, teeth bared In a snarl just before she clamped her massive jaws around the dogs shoulder. She bit down hard, feeling the bone crack beneath her before the other dog had a chance to break hers. Emerald felt the grip on her leg release as blood pooled in her muzzle. She kept herself latched onto him no matter how much he tried ot shake her off, eventually succeeded and the she wolf ended up being slammed in the wall. Emerald yelped in pain, stumbling about on the ground, searing pain coursing through her front leg. Blood streamed from the deep wound, making it hard to walk properly, due to the pain to the pain that it cause her. The thing was though; Emerald Lupin was stubborn as hell, so this meant she wasn’t giving up.

Emerald growled at the other dog, who looked to be having a hard time focusing with a broken shoulder. She charged at the other dog, slamming him in the side, trying to knock him over but somehow the male had other ideas. A pair of rather strong jaws latched onto Emerald’s scruff causing the female to yelp once the massive teeth dug in, blood starting to stream out once he got a firmer and deeper grip on the back of her neck. The Dog was managening to lift the wolf up and was ready to do who knows what when it stopped

Suddenly Emerald heard barking and ad the grip on her loosened before going slack, dropping the wolf to the ground with a thud. She watched as the pup Raina picked up barked furiously at the other dog, somehow distracting it. Blood streamed down her her fur and managed to start coming down her lupine face. In utter horror she realized were the dog was heading, bull rushing right towards her ‘trainer’. The dog was out of control and no matter how much the man tried to roar ot control it wasn’t working. The crazed dog lunged right towards Raina and Star causing its fate to be sealed.

The wolf managed to intercept it before it got to the two and just as it was lunging she jumped ontop of it, pain no longer an object or a hunderance. A frenzied look was in the wolves eyes as the two titans began to clash, large jaws gripping bitting and slashing. Both got considerable wounds, but during this Em had gotten him away from Raina and that’s all she cared about. She had the upper hand in this match and the other dog was tiring fast unable to keep up with her. Blood was flowing from her wounds all over her body. From wounds on her 4 legs, her body and skull she was getting several wounds, ranging from minor to nearly severe.

Finally the female couldn’t take this anymore it was time to end this suffering for the both the dogs. Just as the other dog lunged for her neck again, she lunged for his open jugular and with her enhanced strength she tore out its jugular, a quick and painless death, considering dog fighting standards of letting the dog bleed to death.

Once she had done this, blood was streaming from her maw, a mixture of her own and the other dogs blood. The she wolf tried to spit out as much as she could just before she padded over to Raina, sitting next to the older female, blood starting crust around the wounds, none being too severe to need ot take the female straight to hospital.

”Sorry you had to see that…I just couldn’t let that dog go on, he was mad. It was a mercy killing, Im sorry Miss Raina.” She said quietly.

((sorry it took a bit! Does that work?)))

ooc: welcome back! no worries. Greta job

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Raina watched in horror as the fight began. She couldn't believe how ruthless the other dog was and how Quinn just watched with a smile on his face. Her emotions were torn. Emerald was fighting for real- and it was obvious that if she didn't she would die. Raina felt horrible for putting Em in this position and wished she had a better plan or a back up... but there was none.

Star whined in her arms but leapt down suddenly to bark at Quinn who just grinned as one of his dogs charged toward them. Raina closed her eyes tight and winced preparing for impact but heard the yelp from the dog as Emerald crashed into it knocking it out of the way. The dog went flying and Emerald was on it in an instant.

Everything was over pretty quickly after that and Raina stood trying to hold her lunch. Quinn stared at her with narrowing eyes and everyone in the room had pretty much sauntered over to watch. Emerald was giving an apology but Raina was too busy looking around the room. There were an awful lot of pipes in here. Had this been an old brewery? She could feel the water. The air was damp. Now was the time

"No time for that now Emerald... make as much water as possible for me, we're attacking now!" she yelled and her now twisted into a distorted high note that made all the dogs whine and momentarily dazed them as the pipes in the room surged and ice crystals shot forth from them like bullets pumelling into every human nearby. They wouldn't kill... but they would stun. As the men realized their attacker was a mutant all hell broke lose- as well as al the weapons. Guns, knifes, chains, and other appartus emerged. Quinn took a lunge for Raina

When a fight broke out Emerald was far more that ready to fight. Despite her injured the female had a lot of pent up energy inside her that needed to be released and nothing took care of that like a good old throw down. For a brief moment she did whine when Raina let out a high pitched note, shaking her head from side ot side irritably. It took her a moment to recover but when she did she was ready to kick some major ass.

The female morphed into her human form, smiling maniacally, she concentrated for a moment and all the pipes started to burst, water flowing everywhere. The wolf girl made sure that none of the water got anywhere near Raina’s actual body just so the older woman wouldn’t turn into a mermaid in the middle of a place with men with knives and guns.

Emerald then noted that Quinn the leader was rushing towards Raina and took this opportunity to take out her anger on him. The blood that was previously on wolven fur was crusted on the lupines hair and arms and legs, her clothes stained with blood. But, she didn’t care all she cared about was her lovely new buddy who was about to get a rude awakening. The wolf girl bum rushed him, football tackling him with full force, breaking several of his ribs in the process. She howled in anger at him, grabbing him by the arm and snapping it back, breaking it with a satisfying snap. Em growled again as he roared in pain, tail lashing back and forth as she dropped him allowing him to stumble back.

The wolf girl returned to Raina’s side, smiling a little bit and plugging her ears with her fingers.

“Okay now you can sing that note again without hurting my ears!” Emerald told Raina with a coy grin, swaying her body back and forth making the water move around with her, making various of the dog fighters stumble due to the fact that a wave was moving underneath there feat.

Raina laughed as Em was back at her side in an instant. "Right!" Em had her back- no one would hurt her while she unleashed her note. And unleash it she did. She stood as tall as she could and put her own hands over the ears of Star. She let out a piercing high shrill note and the dogs all howled in unision. If she was in any other situation she'd see if she could use it like a dog whistle but there was no time for that now.

She was thankful Em was basically keeping her in a ring where water couldn't touch her. Because the water was raging around like an animal all on it's own and snaking around the feet of the men. It was slick and icey and froze on impact with any human. The men let out surprised yelps and cries as they went crashing into the ground. Arms were flying and curses were soaring. Raina concentrated on the note until every moving person was still. The dogs roared in their cages with barks of confusion, fright, and anger.

Raina flipped open her cell phone "Hello- 911? I'm at the old Brewery on second street. Please send animal control and a paddy wagon- it's an emergency." she flipped the phone close and darted a look to Em.

"We gotta get outta here. Now!"