The chase continued drawing out longer and longer as all the canines were growing tired. The arctic female's breath came as ragged pants and her muscles burned as she pushed them farther and faster. Kiara forced her body, fit and healthy as it was, to its very limits in an attempt to get closer to her son. All she needed was to grab hold of him again and not let go. She would be stronger and hold on to her son with all her might. If only she could reach him.
In a drastic turn, the fleeing pair entered an abandoned building and were closely followed by Jiva and Sky. Kiara dug her paws into the ground and propelled forward, hope rising in her eyes. A building, and a bad mistake. There would be no where to run in a building. Amy had made a mistake and was trapped. Excited, Kiara dove into the open doorway, not even testing her surroundings to make sure that the building was safe enough to walk through. But before she could reach the top, a sickening crash sounded through the halls. Freezing, the arctic female waited for something to happen as her ears and nose went wild. Jiva came barreling down the stairs a moment later and Kiara turned to follow, her mind coming to all the wrong conclusions.
Kiara's heart sank to her paws as she saw the state of the nearby building. Sky stood in the middle of the ruins, looking put out and a little dirty. The female's muzzle lifted to howl her frustration and Kiara joined in with her own woes. The white wolf's howl was filled with sadness and longing, her voice calling out to Kohaku and pleading for him to return. Numbness crept across her body, swallowing her mind as a single word echoed in her heart: useless. She was useless. Turning, the arctic female followed Amy and Kohaku's scent for several more blocks. The pads of her paws ached and her muscles groaned as she forced them to move. With most of her energy spent, Kiara could only manage to move at a sluggish walk.
Finally Kiara gave up as her body nearly screamed for a break. Her haunches dropped onto the broken concrete while her mind thought about Kohaku. Amy had changed him. Kohaku wasn't just gone in body, but in mind. He wasn't the son she had known.
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