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[.::. Nemesis .::.]

The mall was deserted except for Rubix, wandering, just exploring. His golden orbs scanned the place. There were glass shards all over the floor. He was careful not to step on them. His black fur blended in with the darker parts of the mall, where the lights happened to be out. He didn't know why he was here, he was just... bored.

[Natika]

Blood tinted eyes peered at the building from behind a patch of trees, watching for movement. The wolf moved her head in each direction, her ears flicking towards every sound around her. Well this is an odd place to have ended up... she admitted to herself with a huff. The last place she wanted to end up was a place other wolves might linger around, or worse, inhabit. Yet her paws dragged her closer, exposing first her head and then the rest of her large body as she moved towards the building.

[.::. Nemesis .::.]

Rubix's head snapped up and he started sniffing. There was another wolf close by. A female. He peered over toward the front doors, or hole where the doors would have been, anyway. He kept himself in the shadows, just in case. Only his white muzzle would give him away.

[Natika]

Her lip curled up instinctively when she'd almost reached the building. Great. Stupid feet, betraying me again, she silently cursed her paws. With her eyes once again scanning the building, she could see nothing. Her nose however told her otherwise. Taking tentitive steps, her ears were perked straight towards the sky.

[.::. Nemesis .::.]

Rubix laid there in the shadows. He saw her now, a white female. She looked about the same age as him. He smiled a little, thinking that she looked beautiful.

[Natika]

Freya froze mid-step. Someone's watching me. The feeling of another wolf's eyes on her made her skin crawl. One thing she hated more than a hot summer day was being watched by someone she couldn't even see. She kept padding forward, going as slow as if she were stalking her next prey, with her head lowered to the ground. If she were brought to fighting she may as well have her footing.

[.::. Nemesis .::.]

Rubix stood himself up and padded forward cautiously. He may as well show himself, she knew he was here. She would have smelled him, like he smelled her. "Hello.." He wasn't exactly scared, more cautious. She looked ready to fight if needed.

[Natika]

Her heart skipped a beat as the male stepped out of his hiding place and said hello. He was a fair looking wolf, seemed to be about her age and looked to be as cautious as she was. The pads of her paws got hot as she was flooded with a sense of embarrassment. If he'd been an enemy she may as well have been dead by now. Sniffing the air warily, she tilted her head and looked at the male in front of her. "Hello there..." she whispered.

[.::. Nemesis .::.]

He smiled a little to lighten the mood. "I'm Rubix. What's your name?" He glanced her over again, letting down his guard a tiny bit.

[Natika]

At the sight of his guard lessening, she let her shoulders untense ever so slightly. He looked more like a friend, even though she herself was never that good at keeping them. "Um... I'm Freya. It's nice to meet you, Rubix." Trying to keep her voice from shaking was one thing, after all she'd never had very long to build her social skills after her banishment from her pack. It's not like I ever wanted to, though.

[.::. Nemesis .::.]

"Nice to meet you too." Rubix ran his paws gently over the floor, wincing as he caught a sharp piece of glass in his paw pad. He picked it out with his teeth and licked it. "So... What brings you to a place like this?"

[Natika]

"I actually don't know. Sometimes I just go wherever the wind takes me... This time it was my cursed paws." She gestured to her large paws, trying to smile without giving it away that she hardly ever showed such an emotion. Looking down she noticed the glass, and Rubix's new cut on his paw. "And why are you here?" She asked, shaking her snowy pelt.

[.::. Nemesis .::.]

"Just wandering.. Trying to get away from my father." He sighed and licked at his cut some more. He sat down, careful to avoid anymore glass shards and looked at her.

[Natika]

She looked back at him, forcing herself to keep eye contact with this new wolf. "Why?" Was all she could say. Not wanting to sit, she stretched her limbs, sore from walking all day.

[.::. Nemesis .::.]

"He's the leader of the eradicators.. You probably heard of him. Nemesis. And well... I'm half air wolf, so I guess I don't exactly meet his standards." Rubix just looked bored at this. He wasn't worried. He had his father's blood in him. It wasn't always a good thing though.