Milo shouted, "Blaze! Do you not know what the Mad Flu is!?" Blaze said, "I know what it is. He needs to know what I saw!" Milo asked, "Wait, what did you see?" Blaze shouted, "There's no time!" Milo sighed and said, "Fine. I'll take you to him." Milo and Blaze walked back to a place with a giant sign that said "Quarantine Rooms". Blaze said, "I remember this place..." Milo said, "The wolves thought you were dying so you were sent here."
Blaze asked Milo, "So is Kole here?" Milo nodded and he walked up to a room. It was the room with the loud snarling from before. Blaze said, "This is the room?" Milo opened the door and Blaze was horrified by the sight. Kole's legs were chained to the floor and a muzzle was put on his face. Blood was stained on his paws, so that was a sign that he had been declawed. His eyes were covered with a blindfold, and there was blood scattered on the floor and walls.
Blaze said, "The Mad Flu... it's disgusting..." Kole screamed and started moving around. Milo said, "He's awake. We don't have much time before wolves start coming here. Blaze walked up to Kole and said, "Kole. It's Blaze." Kole snarled and in a raspy voice, he said, "Blaze... It was "him" wasn't it?" The power in Kole's voice forced Blaze to reply, "Yes... It was Conner..." Kole was silent for a second, but then he went wild. He growled and rattled the chains trying to break free.
"Conner! You bastard! I'm going through kill you!" Blood oozed out of Kole's muzzle, and Milo shouted, "Blaze! We have to go!" Kole growled and shouted, "Milo! Coward!" Milo stopped for a second, but then he calmly said, "Blaze. Let's go." Blaze turned around shouted, "No! They're going to kill Kole! I know it!" Milo said, "What are you talking about!? They're going to make him better!" Blaze was about to say something, but he was interrupted by a wolf coming in and shouting, "What are you doing here! Get out!"
Blaze growled and said, "Stay away from him!" Behind the wolf was a younger one with a bucket in his mouth with a skull sign on it. Blaze shouted, "I knew it!" The wolf said, "It's... impossible to heal such a disease. We have to kill him." Milo stood there in shock, and suddenly, there was a loud hacking coming from behind Blaze and Milo. They turned around, and they saw Kole with his back arched and saliva coming out of the muzzle. Blaze burned the muzzle off, and gasped.
His mouth was covered in dried blood, and his tongue had multiple bite marks on it. After a while, Kole threw something up. It was the size of a small ball, and it was worm-like. It tried crawling back to Kole, but it immediately died after a few seconds. Kole took a deep breath, and exhaled in exhaustion. The older wolf walked up to the worm thing and said, "Is...this the cause of the Mad Flu?" Kole weakly said, "That worm... controls your mind..."
The worm split open, and a bunch of tiny worms crawled out. The wolf said, "Xeno hurry and pour the poison onto the worms." The younger wolf quickly walked in and poured the poison onto the worms. In a matter of seconds, they died off. The wolf put his paw on Kole's head and a small amount of water formed around his paw. He gasped and Blaze said, "What is it!?" The wolf said, "I don't believe it! He's not sick anymore!"
Milo said, "That's a relief..." Blaze said, "Thank the gods..."
About four days later, Kole and the others finally recovered. They were moved up to the surface to guard the city in case more bandits showed up. Two days later, Ice finally recovered as well. His recovery took longer because parts of his body were still frozen.
"Kole I don't think bandits are going to come here again." Ice said while looking out into the distance. The surrounding area wasn't a plain at all. It was just a dusty wasteland. Kole said, "We'll stay one more day. Then we'll leave." Blaze said, "Great. I'm done with this place's smell." Kole turned to the underground entrance when he heard soft pawsteps. He's heard them every day at this exact time, and he wanted to know who it was.
Kole saw three young wolves peek through the entrance to the city. They weren't pups, but they were juveniles. One of them quickly ducked back down and the other two sort of hid. Blaze said, "Hey! Who's there?" One of them hopped out and said, "Uh... we're sorry for spying on you..." Kole said, "It's alright." Milo said, "Hey Blaze. Isn't that Xeno?" Blaze said, "Who the hell is Xeno?" The wolf said, "I'm Xeno. I'm Dr. Cornelius's assistant." Blaze stayed silent for a while, but then he said, "The kid that was with that doctor?"
Xeno nodded and Blaze said, "The one holding the poison. It could've gotten in your mouth. One drop and you would've dropped dead on the spot." Xeno lowered his head and said, "I know. But father says I'm smarter than everyone else." The tips of Blaze's ears set on fire as he growled a low and dangerous growl. Milo said, "Blaze? What is wrong with you?" Blaze murmured, "Even wolves are cruel." The wolf said, "I guess..." The other two juveniles rushed out of the entrance and one of them shouted, "He's coming!"