Chapter 12: The Red Deadline Approaches

 

 

        You were still sitting in Schrödinger’s lap, quietly resting your head against his chest, when Rip burst in through the door, startling both you and the cat boy. From your peripheral vision, you could see Rip smirking at your snuggling forms.

        “What do we have here? I didn’t walk in on anything, did I?” She teased. You blushed and tried getting out of Schrödinger’s hold, but his grip on you only tightened. When you looked up, you saw Schrödinger smirking as well.

        “Nothing much. I was just holding my little pet here, Rip. See?” He pulled your now red face closer to him, smothering your blushing cheek to his collarbone. You tried pushing against him, even extending your wings a bit, but you stopped when he leaned in close to your ear. “Stop struggling against your master, Fräulein.” He whispered huskily, his surprisingly warm breaths on your ear sending shivers down your spine. You didn’t want Schrödinger to do anything to you while Rip was there, so you obeyed him. You felt him lick your ear and it, along with the rest of your face and head, burned in embarrassment. Schrödinger looked at Rip with his head leaned against yours in an almost mocking way, as if he was trying to make her jealous that he was the one holding you and not her. You looked to Rip with a pleading expression, hoping she would get the message and help you out. She merely chuckled.

        “As much as this is amusing, Major needs you for something Schrödinger. So tut tut, move along. Give my Lil’ Sis some room.” She smirked, which only made Schrödinger frown and huff.

        “Fine.” He crossed his arms and vanished, leaving you and Rip alone. With him gone, you finally took notice of something behind Rip’s back. You tried leaning around to catch a glimpse of what it was, but you couldn’t see anything.

        “Hey, Big Sis? What’s that behind your back?” She grinned.

        “A surprise.” You looked curiously.

        “What kind of surprise?”

        “The one where you close your eyes. Now.” You sighed, and wanting to see whatever she had as fast as possible, you did as she asked. You felt her sit down next to you on the bed. “Now you can open them.” You slowly opened your eyes, and there before you in Rip’s lap, was what you recognized as Doctor’s laptop which you had seen before in his lab. Rip laughed at your surprised reaction.

        “How’d you get it?” You asked.

        “Remember when I said stealing was bad?”

        “Yeah.”

        “Rules were made to be broken.” You laughed, and she opened the laptop. “And now, you can show me your favorite music, like you wanted to!” You looked at her with an excited grin.

        “Yes! Well come on! Give me the computer already!” You snatched the laptop out of Rip’s hands, which earned a chuckle from her, and immediately searched up all of your favorite songs.

        That was all you two did the rest of the night, listening to your favorite songs, laughing, and having a good time with your Big Sis. As you went through each song, surprisingly, Rip actually liked them. She said that they were different than what she usually listens to, but they were catchy nonetheless. 

        “This one always makes me really tired for some reason, but who cares now. Here.” You clicked the ‘play’ button, and began to sing and hum along with the song.

Noble Maiden Fair: (By Patrick Doyle, performed by Emma Thompsan and Peigi Barker)
A naoidhean bhig
Cluinn mo ghuth
Mise ri d’ thaobh
O mhaighdean bhan
Ar righinn og
Fas as faic
Do thir, dileas fhein
A ghrian a’s a ghealaich
Stuir sinn
Gu uair ar cliu’s ar gloire
Naoidhean bhig
Ar righinn og
Mhaighdean uashaill bhan

Little baby
Hear my voice
I’m beside you
O maiden fair
Our young lady
Grow and see
Your land, your own faithful land
Sun and moon
Guide us
To the hour of our glory and honor
Little baby
Our young lady
Noble maiden fair

        As you finished the song, your eyes began to droop, and you rested your head on Rip’s shoulder. A little yawn escaped your mouth, and you felt Rip chuckle.

        “This really does make you tired, huh?”

        “Really, haven’t noticed.” You mumbled sarcastically, as your eyes closed, and you let sleep take over your exhausted form.

 
3rd Person POV

        As your chest rose and fell in a steady rhythm, Rip smiled to herself. She wrapped an arm around your shoulder and pulled you closer to her, making sure that you wouldn’t fall off of the bed anytime soon.

        “Sleep tight, Lil Sis.” She whispered so as not to wake you up. Suddenly, she felt another presence in the room.

        “I believe you have what is rightfully mine.” Rip turned her head to the sound of the new voice and smirked.

        “Schrödinger. I was wondering when you’d get here. You’re a little late.” Said cat boy was sitting on top of his dresser, returning Rip’s smirk with his usual devilish one.

        “I got here when my Fräulein began her beautiful singing.” He paused. “But yes, preparations did take longer than expected, with someone not there like she should have been.” Rip chuckled.

        “Well, I was a bit… busy, as you can see.” She said, gesturing to you. Schrödinger suddenly appeared behind your form, and as gently and fast as he could, lifted you away from Rip’s shoulder, and appeared back in front of her.

        “And now you’re not.” She snorted.

        “Jealous, much?” Just as he was about to counter back, Doctor burst through the door, and he wasn’t happy in the slightest at seeing his laptop in Rip’s hands.

        “I knew it! I knew one of you took it!! You little-!” 

        “SHHH!!” Schrödinger and Rip shushed him simultaneously. “She’s sleeping!” They both whisper yelled.

        “I don’t ca-“

        “SHHH!!” They both looked at you to see if you were still asleep, and luckily, you were. Doctor only groaned in displeasure at their behavior.

        “Fine. Why did you take my laptop Winkle!?” He whisper yelled through clenched teeth. As he did this, Rip started to discreetly delete the evidence that you and her were listening to music. She still made eye contact with Doctor, to make sure that he wouldn’t get suspicious. However, Doctor was not so easily fooled. “What are you doing?”

        “Nothing.” Rip quickened her pace as Doctor walked over and snatched the laptop out of her hands. He scanned the screen for anything, but found no evidence that you nor Rip did anything with it. She had succeeded.

        “You seem puzzled, Doctor. Is there something wrong?” Rip asked in a faux voice. Doctor looked at his laptop furiously, getting angrier by the minute.

        “I know you and that girl were messing around with this!” Schrödinger smirked.

        “Doctor, I believe they say, prove it.” Doctor growled and turned around, walking out of the room.

        “Just don’t touch my stuff again!” He yelled as he stomped through the hallway, biting his finger in anger. Schrödinger and Rip chuckled, but not too loudly to disturb you.

        “I should be going. I think that we’re all… tired, right Schrödinger?” She smirked, and Schrödinger returned it.

        “I guess we are.” Rip nodded her head, and walked out the door, leaving Schrödinger and you alone in his room, still in his arms. He admired your form for a few moments, then lifted you up higher and nuzzled into your neck. “You have a beautiful voice, my pet.” He whispered. He could smell your familiar and unique scent of watermelon and sweet forestry clearly. He carried you over to the bed and gently layed you down. He appeared on his own side of the bed, and continued to marvel at your peaceful face as you softly breathed in and out. He eventually couldn’t help himself, and wrapped his arms around your waist, pulling you closer to his body and resting his forehead against your own. Being snuggled up so close to your warm body immediately pulled Schrödinger into a deep peaceful sleep, and he subconsciously pulled you closer to him.

 
Your POV

        As you felt yourself start to wake up from a dreamless sleep, you detected some kind of warm pressure on your head. Your eyes slowly lifted themselves open only to see and feel Schrödinger’s face lightly on top of yours. Your eyes instantly opened all the way, and you tried to move away from him, but something kept you in place. You looked down to see Schrödinger’s arms holding your waist, pressing your body to his. You blushed and tried to struggle your way out of his grip as quietly and as slowly as you could so as not to wake him, but despite your efforts, you had woken him up without realizing it. He opened his eyes to see what had disturbed him, and found that you were trying to wiggle away from him. He closed his eyes again and smiled. He hugged you tighter against him so you couldn’t escape, and layed his head on your cheek to lessen your movements.

        Your blush only increased, as you thought that he was doing all of this in his sleep. You tried to escape a bit more, but he would always tighten his grip the more you moved, so you eventually gave up and lay there motionless, hoping that he would wake up soon and let you go. You heard chuckling, and your face paled, as you realized he had already been awake for probably the whole time.

        “Good evening to you too Fräulein.” He purred. You blushed even more, and he must’ve felt the heat on your cheek, as he chuckled again and licked the flushed spot. You cringed a little at the surprising touch, which only amused Schrödinger more. He moved his head over yours so that his nose reached your hair, and he took in as much of your intoxicating scent as he could. “Just a few more minutes.” He sighed, his warm exhales of breath hitting your neck. You didn’t flinch or struggle this time. Instead, liking the sound of more relaxation time, you rested your eyes and pressed your head up against his shoulder. 

        For once, you could smell his unique scent, and it was nice, although almost indescribable. His cat fur had a strong scent to it, while his human skin was light, and you detected a hint of strawberry, grape, and, weirdly, hickory. It was comforting nonetheless, and you snuggled up more against him. You heard a purr rumble from his chest, and before long, you felt his head press down more on your face, signaling that he had fallen asleep. So much for just a few minutes.

        You sighed, and accepted the fact that you were going to be laying there now for longer than you hoped. Schrödinger was oddly comfortable though, and you found that you were growing tired yourself. Your eyelids lowered, until sleep overtook you once more.

 

        You eventually woke up to being scratched behind your ears. With a tired groan, you forced your eyes open to see what was disturbing you from a nice sleep. You felt like you were sitting up for some reason, with your head leaned against something hard and your arms down at your sides. You didn’t know how you got this way, but you were more concerned with your ears being scratched, which was the source of your rude awakening.

        The more you opened your eyes and groaned, the more you could hear chuckling, and feel something vibrating behind you. As your vision cleared, you stared up at piercing, mischievous pink eyes, and instantly realized that your head was on Schrödinger’s chest.

        You tried to push yourself off of him, but his arms held you securely against him. You blushed and whimpered, which made Schrödinger laugh.

        “And where do you think you’re going, Fräulein?” You glared at him, and he smirked. “Aw, what’s wrong? Something bothering you?” He asked sarcastically.

        “What do you think.” You grumbled tiredly. However, Schrödinger didn’t miss the embarrassment you let slip through your voice.

        “You’re staying right here, whether you like it or not.” He purred. You rolled your eyes.

        “Whatever.” You breathed out as your eyes started to close. He quickly, and repeatedly, tapped your cheeks and head, which kept you from falling asleep. 

        “No no no Fräulein. You can’t fall asleep.” You groaned.

        “Why the hell not?” You asked as your eyelids lowered, which earned you another annoying tap on the cheek. Schrödinger chuckled at your grumpy state.

        “First, you haven’t eaten in a while.” At the thought of food, your stomach growled, which you blushed at. He smirked triumphantly. “And, we both have work today.” You raised a tired eyebrow.

        “What kind of ‘work’ do I have?”

        “Easy work.” You snorted.

        “Thanks for elaborating.” You said sarcastically, while accidentally closing your eyes. He flicked your forehead with his gloved hand, which surprisingly hurt more than you expected. “Ow!”

        “I said that you can’t fall asleep.”

        “It would’ve helped if I’d have woken up on my own in the first place, plus the fact that I’m leaning against you isn’t helping either.” He suddenly smirked, and going over what you said in your mind, you realized you made a horrible mistake.

        “Oh, are you saying I’m comfortable, my pet?” He asked mischievously. You scoffed.

        “You know what I mean.”

        “Yes, you’re right. I do.” He purred. You sighed in annoyance, not in the mood to play one of his games. With another smirk, he started to sit up from the headboard, while pushing you up along with him so that you weren’t leaning on him anymore. Right when he had sat you up straight, you collapsed onto his chest from your tiredness. He pushed you back up right away and shook your shoulders a little to wake up, which made you a bit dizzy.

        “Can’t I just sleep for a little longer?” You whined.

        “Like I said already, we have work tonight, and you need to eat.”

        “What if I refuse to ‘work’ tonight.” You asked confidently. His smirk widened, and he leaned in close to your ear, where he purposefully made sure you felt his warm yet chilling breaths on your neck.

        “I suggest you do what your master tells you to do. And right now, I say you stay awake and cooperate.” You growled softly, but no matter how rebellious you felt, you didn’t want to deal with another ‘punishment’ from him, so you kept your mouth shut otherwise. You still needed to gain more of his trust as well in order for you to escape, which that day was coming up soon.  You could see his smirk widen next to your ear. “Good girl.” He cooed.

        You turned your head away from him, feeling too embarrassed to face him. Schrödinger grabbed your chin and forced you to look into his eyes. He chuckled at seeing your hardened gaze. “I know what can help keep you awake.” You gave him a confused look, wondering what was going on through his head. He smirked deviously, and all of a sudden, you felt a jab to your sides. He was… tickling you.

        You were pinned to the bed with your hips being straddled so you couldn’t kick him off, which your legs were desperately trying to do. Your wings automatically tried to unfold, but the weight of him pushing on your back kept your wings from stretching out all the way. You closed your eyes as you laughed hysterically. You tried to block his hands as best as you could, desperately trying to stop his torture, but your attempts were fruitless as he kept tickling you all over. Finally you couldn’t take it anymore, and you pleaded for him to stop.

        “STOP STOP! HAHA!! I’M UP I’M UP!! HAHAHA!! I WON’T FALL ASLEEP I SWEAR JUST- HAHA- STOP!! PLEASE!!” He ignored your pleading at first, but a few moments later he stopped and set his hands on your shoulders. You panted heavily, and Schrödinger laughed to himself at your hysteric and exhausted state. Your blissful smile slowly lowered into a tired frown, and your eyes began to open as well. “Don’t…do that… again.” You managed to say through gasps of breaths. Schrödinger devil smirked and lowered his head down to yours.

        “Last time I checked, you don’t tell me what to do, my pet. I’ll do whatever I want.” You quietly growled. “Plus, watching you squirm and writhe beneath me, it was very… amusing.” He purred huskily. You blushed and looked away from him. He could be so infuriating, and it sucked that you couldn’t do anything about it, less risk your plans for escape. Despite this he giggled at something. “I never realized that you were so ticklish though, Fräulein. Maybe I can use that to my advantage again.” He teased. Your muscles tensed at the thought of being tickled again.

        “Please don’t.” You begged.

        “What’s that? You’re begging me now?” He looked at you with mock surprise. You twitched your lip in annoyance, and remained silent. He glanced down at your embarrassed form and smiled. “I guess you just need to behave, then, Fräulein, and I won’t tickle you again.” You turned your now annoyed gaze back to him. He chuckled, leaned down, and gave you an Eskimo kiss. You blushed and scrunched your nose in response. That, you were not expecting, and you were sure he knew it. He smiled, and lifted you up into his lap, where he leaned you against his chest and pet your hair. At first you tried to get away, but he kept holding you tighter the more you moved, so you gave up, and obediently rested your head against his chest, waiting for whatever ‘work’ you would be forced to do.

        A couple hours passed, and you still had not left for whatever they had planned for you. You and Schrödinger had been laying down and relaxing the whole time, and somehow you kept ending up in different positions, since apparently a certain cat boy got uncomfortable very easily. That, or he was just trying to annoy you At one point your head was on his lap as he was up against the headboard, another time he was laying across your stomach, another you were both hanging off the edge of the bed, and now you were just sitting next to him shoulder to shoulder.

        “You comfortable yet?” You mumbled sarcastically.

        “I was always comfortable, Fräulein.” He replied nonchalantly.

        “Then why do you keep moving me around?” He shrugged.

        “I was bored, of course.” He stated, as if it was obvious.

        “I thought you said I had some kind of ‘work’ today.”

        “You do.” 

        “Then why haven’t I done it yet?”

        “I might’ve, accidentally… woken us up too early.” You scoffed.

        “You think?” You grumbled sarcastically.

        “No, I don’t just think. I know.” You groaned, and now hung yourself off the edge of the bed.

        “It’s called sarcasm, and we’ve just been laying here for two freaking hours not doing anything!” He popped his head over the edge of the bed and smirked down at you.

        “And what’s so bad about spending time alone with your master?” He asked in a mockingly hurt tone.

        “When you’re doing nothing for two hours.” His smirk widened, and you dreaded what he was about to say next.

        “So you’re saying if we were doing something else, you’d like it? That you’d like being with me?” I knew it.

        “Ugh. I don’t feel like dealing with this.”

        “Dealing with what?” He asked teasingly. You groaned again, and he looked like he was about to say something, but he suddenly looked serious. His ears twitched to the side, almost like he heard something. You tilted your own ears to see if you could hear anything, but you heard nothing in particular that seemed out of place. All of a sudden, you were lifted up by your tail, now dangling from Schrödinger’s hand in the air.

        “Now we get to go to your ‘work’.” He smirked.

        “Why did you pick me up by my tail!? This hurts!!”

        “How else was I going to get you off the side of the bed?”

        “You could’ve just asked!” He playfully grinned, and let go of your tail, causing you to fall headfirst onto the floor.

        “Oopsies.” He said with a fake apologetic tone. He hopped off the bed and looked down at you. “You’re not hurt are you, Fräulein?” He asked with taunting voice. You clutched your now sore ears.

        “What do you think?” He smirked.

        “Well, consider this as a punishment then.”

        “For what!?” You asked while rubbing your head. He walked over to where your leash was tied on the bedpost, and untied it.

        “For trying to tell me what to do earlier.” You glared at him, but saw the leash in his hand, and you realized what he was doing.

        “Are you going to walk me there on the leash?” You asked worriedly. He smirked deviously.

        “Well, you are my pet. Why wouldn’t I walk you on a leash?” He teased. You looked at him with pleading puppy eyes, practically begging him to not embarrass you like this. “You know, if you prefer, I could…” You looked up at him expectantly, hoping that he would offer you some kind of deal. “Carry you there.” Your face fell as he finished his sentence, and you backed up against the bed.

        “I choose neither.” He ‘tsked’.

        “That’s not a choice Fräulein.”

        “Please?”

        “Come on. Up.” He pulled on your leash, which forced you to stand up. You crossed your arms and looked away from him.

        “This is so embarrassing.” You mumbled. He walked up to you and grabbed your chin, forcing you to look into his eyes.

        “You’re going with the leash on, or I’m going to carry you. Your choice.” You snorted.

        “You’re not carrying me.” He smirked and let go of your chin.

        “Aww, I was hoping you’d want me to.”  You scoffed.

        “As if.” Schrödinger playfully shrugged his shoulders.

        “Oh well then.” He tugged on the leash, which pulled you forward and choked you a bit, making him smirk. “I guess this is just as good.” He said as if he was only mildly disappointed.

        “Can we just get this over with already?” You grumbled, while Schrödinger started to walk towards the door, pulling you with him.

        “Yes, we can.” You rolled your eyes, and walked behind Schrodinger.

        You hadn’t been outside of the room in days, and the only other places you had been to on the zeppelin were your old cell and Doctor’s lab. You didn’t even know the way to those two rooms, since you had been drugged when Schrödinger carried you through the hallways before. This was possibly your only chance to memorize at least some of the layout of the zeppelin so you could plan your escape route.

        You stared at plain dark green walls that split off into two paths, right and left. You headed down the right one, where you could see a single left turn in the middle of it, which, from what you could see, looked the same as the hallway you were in now. This whole zeppelin is gonna be like a maze! You cursed internally. Navigating through this ship is gonna be harder than I thought.

        You both made the left turn and, just as you predicted, this hallway looked the same as the last. You were trying to make a mental map of the hallways, when you barely missed the figure approaching you and Schrödinger. However, you finally saw the familiar concealed uniform, grey hair, and red eyes. It was the other man, besides Major, who you saw in your room the night you were kidnapped. But something seemed different about him, and you kept sensing it the closer you and him approached each other.

 
Schrödinger POV

        Oh no. Was all I could think as Captain continued to approach us. If she finds out that she’s a… then we’re… My thoughts were going a million miles an hour as his footsteps got closer and closer. Please don’t please don’t please don’t.

 
Your POV 

        The strange man kept getting closer and closer. Something in the back of your head felt like it was trying to tell you something, but you couldn’t figure out what. Strangely, it felt almost like something that was lost to you was trying to return in a sense, but you couldn’t exactly describe it. As you two were passing each other, the man stopped right next to you, and you stopped as well, keeping your eyes trained forward, just as he was doing. Pure silence was all that followed.

 
Schrödinger POV

        This was exactly what Major didn’t want happening. A confrontation between them could ruin our plans. They picked the worst time to call us down. Captain looked like he was trying to restrain himself from telling her the best he could, but the fact that he was now standing next to her meant that he couldn’t keep himself together anymore. As I was about to pull her away from him, something extraordinary happened…

 
Your POV

        You saw out of the corner of your eyes that the man was now gazing down at you. You would’ve glared at him, but his eyes stopped you from doing so. They held a soft look to them, and you couldn’t help but simply stare back at them.

        You both stayed like that for a few silent moments, only looking into each others’ eyes. His were interesting. They seemed to be holding back some kind of strong emotion or action, like he was keeping some kind of secret, but you couldn’t figure out what it was. Maybe that’s why his eyes drew you in, the mystery behind them was making you curious the more you looked at them.

        He suddenly turned and faced you, with you following suit, not knowing what else to do. He slowly kneeled down, put one hand on the floor and the other on his bent knee, and lowered his head, closing his eyes. He was bowing to you. You tilted your head out of confusion, trying to figure out what was going on. The thing that bothered you was that he was bowing like a knight would to their king, or rather in this instance, queen. It was slightly unsettling, and you didn’t know why he was doing this.

        You still didn’t know what to make of this situation, and continued to stand there, motionless. Finally, that nagging feeling at the back of your head came back, and you suddenly knew what to do. You stepped forward, so that you were about a half an arm’s length away, and got down on both of your knees. You cupped both of his cheeks with your hands, slowly brought both of your foreheads together, and closed your eyes.

        He was a werewolf. That was what you saw, or rather, sensed. He was sending some kind of signals to you that you could sense, just from the light touch you two were sharing. You didn’t exactly know how, but you weren’t too concerned with it at the moment. In addition to knowing what he was, you also sensed his emotions. He felt happy to see you… again, and wished that he was there for you more when he discovered you still existed. It was like he knew you even before you had met. But that wasn’t the most surprising thing. He felt inferior to you, and he accepted it. He wouldn’t let you sense why, or delve deeper into his mind. It was like there was a wall that blocked you off from certain points, and he was sorry for it. You didn’t try to press any further, since that would be like a forceful invasion to his mind, which you found immoral and wrong to do. You did get a name though, or at least, the one he wanted you to know. Captain.

        You opened your eyes in an instant, all of that information flashed before you overwhelmingly fast. You were greeted with red eyes already staring back at you, full of what looked like some kind of satisfaction and… hope. There was a new understanding between you two, and it felt like you had some kind of connection.

        You stared at each other for awhile, drowning in the other’s thoughts and feelings, until something told you that it was time to move. You slowly rose to your feet, with Captain following not too far behind, and the whole time it was like he wouldn’t move until you did. He stared down at you, still full of the same strange new emotions he had shown you, which you returned with a confused and amazed stare of your own. Eventually, he bowed his head to you once more, and you did as well. He blinked, and reluctantly turned away from you. Your eyes followed him in a trance-like state, as he made his way down the direction you had just been walking from.

        Schrödinger, who you had forgotten was there the whole time, watched, observing both of your movements with a seemingly stoic expression. Though you swore you saw a bit of shock present in his eyes. As Captain passed by him, they both glanced at each other with narrowed eyes, but the both of them instantly looked away after a couple seconds. You watched as Captain’s form got smaller the farther he continued down the hallway, leaving you to your still shocked and confused thoughts.

 
Schrödinger POV

        I couldn’t believe what I saw. I never thought that would happen if they met. Her powers are unbelievable. Their connection was plain to see, even though neither said a word to each other. Wait… does she know who she is now? No. I don’t think so. It doesn’t feel like it, but still. My first priority was getting her to Major and Doctor first. I have to tell one of them when we got there.

        When Captain finally walked away from her and came towards me I didn’t spare him a glance, until he narrowed his eyes at me, which I returned with a quick glare of my own. I knew exactly what he meant by that little look, and I sure as hell wasn’t going to take it. There is no way that I would hurt her, so shove it up your ass flea bag. I wouldn’t deal with him in front of her, though. Not right now. There were more pressing matters at hand that I needed to take care of. I started walking towards my Fräulein’s still form.
 

Your POV

        You were so focused on Captain’s retreating form that you didn’t see Schrödinger walking towards you, nor did you realize that you were being picked up, until it was too late. When you noticed that your feet weren’t touching the ground, you saw that Schrödinger had lifted you up bridal style, and you immediately tried to escape from his hold.

        “What the hell!? Put me down!”

        “We have to get to Major as fast as we can now, since that little… delay happened.” He said monotonously.

        “I thought we agreed that I could walk!” You felt his chest vibrate from a slight chuckle.

        “Plans change.” He leaned in close to your ear. “Besides, I prefer it this way~” He purred, and you saw him crack a smirk. You blushed and continued to struggle out of his hold, but knowing from earlier that you wouldn’t be able to escape him, you stopped, and let him carry you. His smirk widened at your obedience.

 

        When he carried you all the way to a door bigger than all the others you’ve seen so far, you took the opportunity to slip out of his arms, which you were successful at. You huffed, showing that you were glad that you had gotten away from him, which only earned a smirk from Schrödinger.

        “We’re here anyways, Fräulein. Don’t act so victorious.”

        “I’m already embarrassed enough as it is with this stupid leash on. I don’t need you carrying me to wherever the hell we are.” He walked up to you and ruffled your hair, which you growled at.

        “Trust me. You have nothing to lose.” He whispered into your ear. You rolled your eyes.

        “Whatever. Let’s just get this over with.” He grinned, and pushed the giant door open. You could see in the large room that Major, Doctor, Zorin, and Rip were talking to each other. I didn’t think Big Sis or Zorin would be here. Wait, why is she here? I thought she hated me… At the sound of the door closing, everyone looked at you and Schrödinger entering. Major, Doctor, and Zorin smirked at seeing you on a leash, while Rip just smiled and rushed over to where you were. She suddenly engulfed you in a bear hug and squeezed the life out of you.

        “Hello Lil’ Sis! It’s so wonderful to see you again!” She was so cheery and bubbly that she didn’t realize you were being choked under her hold.

        “Can’t–breathe–” You managed to gasp through short breathes of air. When she realized that she was squeezing you too hard, she quickly let you go with a sheepish grin, and you panted for much needed air. “What were you trying to do?” You panted some more. “Kill me?”

        “Whoopsies, I forgot you still need to breathe.” You rolled your eyes.

        “Yeah, thanks.” You said sarcastically.

        “Ah Fräulein. What a pleasure it is to see you again.” Oh no, just great. You knew that high pitched voice anywhere. You internally groaned. I hate this shitty place.

        “And it’s not a pleasure to see you, Major.” You growled out. You felt a little tug on your collar, and you sent a warning glare behind you to a smirking Schrödinger. Major chuckled.

        “I see your pet is quite secured, Warrant Officer.” You moved your hateful glare from Schrödinger to Major’s ever smirking form and growled softly, earning another, slightly harsher tug on your collar. Not wanting the choking to escalate any further, you just glared back at Schrödinger and crossed your arms over your chest, silently waiting for whatever they had planned for you to start. You heard Zorin trying to contain her laughter as she watched your helpless state, which started to tick you off. “Already disciplined as well, hm? Interesting.” That was what made you snap. You were about to charge at Major and attack him, but two arms snaked around your waist and just above your chest.

        “I would settle down if I were you, Fräulein .” Schrödinger purred into your ear, stopping you from your almost outburst. “Unless you want a punishment later, that is.” Zorin, Doctor, and Major were smirking at this, and you blushed at the embarrassing situation. Rip made it worse by doing a terrible job at hiding her amused giggles. You squirmed a little in Schrödinger’s arms, trying to tell him to let you go and that you’d behave. After realizing that you wouldn’t try anything again, he slowly removed his arms from you, leaving cold tingling spots of where his hands had been, to your discomfort.

        “Doctor, you may begin your experiments now.” You glared at Doctor and Major, but tensed at the word ‘experiments’. Your mind immediately conjured up images dissection and other kinds of scientific torture. You were too distracted by your thoughts that you didn’t notice Doctor approach you and take the leash from Schrödinger, until you felt a huge pull on your neck that dragged you over towards where Doctor was now walking to.

        “Come on, girl. I don’t have all night.” You huffed, but nevertheless followed Doctor as he led you to a side room you hadn’t noticed until now. From what you could see, it looked almost like an interrogation room you’d see on TV, just that it was empty, besides the light yellow walls and floor, and a big glass window. 

        As you were about to enter, you overheard whispers coming from across the room. You saw Schrödinger talking to Major about something, and they were both glancing at you while they were whispering to each other. Whatever they were talking about, you wanted to know, since it was most likely about you, but you were too quickly pulled into the bright room by Doctor to try and figure out what they were saying.
 

Schrödinger POV

        “Major, we may have a problem.” 

        “Oh, and what would that be?” He asked with amusement lingering in his voice.

        “We had a little ‘run in’ with Captain on the way here.” He looked at me with curiosity.

        “And what happened?”

        “I don’t honestly know. Captain started bowing to her, and then she got on her knees and touched their foreheads. They didn’t say anything to each other, but something happened. I can’t exactly explain it.” He chuckled.

        “And what did she find out?” I glanced at her, only to see a glimpse of her curious (E/C) eyes before she disappeared into the room with Doctor.

        “I don’t know.” Major hummed for a second.

        “She still hasn’t got a clue. Silly girl. Captain didn’t let her see anything, and she won’t question why. Warrant Officer Schrödinger, the only one who knew what happened was Captain himself. No, I say we don’t have a problem at all.” I wouldn’t underestimate her though. I wanted to tell him that so badly, but I somehow had a feeling that Major already knew this. He proceeded to walk over to the glass to observe her, and I followed.

 
Your POV

        Doctor tied your leash to a hook that was on the wall when you entered the room, most likely to keep you at bay for whatever he was going to do, and then crossed over to the other side of the room. Smart. Real smart. Lucky that I can’t reach you. He pulled out a clipboard and pen from behind his back, and started to speak.

        “Now, girl. I want to see if you can transform again. So go ahead, and let’s see if you can.” Wait, what? You shot him a confused look. What does he mean by ‘transform again’?

        “What’re you talking about?”

        “You don’t remember?”

        “Remember what?” He tapped the pen he was holding on his chin.

        “Interesting.” He muttered while writing something down on the clipboard. “What do you remember when you… woke up, the previous night?” You mean, that? Uhh. You felt a headache creeping up the back of your head, and you reached your hand up to cover it.

        “I remember feeling ‘different’, I guess?” You rubbed your head, trying to remember more, but the headache instantly became worse the more you tried, and you winced at the pain. Doctor seemed to notice, and wrote something down.

        “Then try feeling that way again.” The problem you had with that was, you weren’t sure if you could. You couldn’t even remember past a certain number of things that night without your new headache hurting worse. I don’t even know what I ‘transformed’ into, much less how I apparently did it. How does he expect me to turn into something I can barely even remember?

        “Girl. Pay attention.” You blinked your eyes at Doctor’s voice, which snapped you back to reality. You must’ve spaced out, but you were slightly ticked that he was just calling you ‘girl’. You crossed your arms over your chest.

        “I have a name, you know.” You mumbled.

        “Just do it, girl.” Doctor groaned, and you growled, but quickly stopped. Remember, the sooner I try, the sooner I leave, I think… I hope. With this in mind, you closed your eyes and thought of when you felt ‘different’ that night, and concentrated only on that. Suddenly, you saw a flash of red through your closed eyelids, and just as quickly, you fell onto all fours. You immediately opened your eyes to see that you had transformed, just like Doctor said.

        The first thing you saw was a snout extending out from where your mouth used to be. You ran your now abnormally long tongue across your new sharp canines and moist nose. You looked down to see your furry black and red paws with real claws instead of mere sharpened nails. You turned your head around to see that your tail and wings had gotten bigger, and that your new body was now covered in black fur. You looked back at Doctor, who you could now smell more strongly, and see new minor details of him with your eyes that you had missed before.

        You didn’t know whether to feel amazed or scared. On one hand, you could transform into a winged wolf. On the other, you don’t know how you could do this or why. Just what the hell am I?

        “So you can, good.” You pointed your now bigger ears to the sound of Doctor’s voice on reflex. As Doctor wrote something on his clipboard, you realized something that was important. You felt stronger in this form than you were in your human form. I can use this form to escape! If I’m stronger now, then leaving here will be so much easier than in ‘human’ form. I can’t believe I just thought that. And wow, they’re basically helping me escape! Hmph, they won’t know what hit them. You stopped yourself from smirking, as you remembered that Major and the others were probably watching you, and seeing you smirk would let them know that you were planning something. “Now, can you change back?” Doctor snapped you out of your thoughts.

        Once again you closed your eyes and concentrated on ‘feeling different’, only this time you focused on your human form. You saw another flash of red, and you felt yourself standing on two legs again. You looked down to see that you were human again, or at least, in human form. Doctor, satisfied, tossed you something. You caught the object, and saw that it was a water bottle.

        “Drink it. It’s for the next test.” You rose an eyebrow at him, but nonetheless opened the bottle and drank it. The ice cold water sliding down your dry throat felt wonderful, and you instantly started taking bigger gulps. You finished the water in a matter of seconds, and you squeezed the plastic bottle and let it drop to the floor. Doctor then hit a button on the wall which made an opening in the floor. A platform rose, revealing a plate with something huge and red. From where you were, you could smell that it was some kind of meat. But it wasn’t just any meat. It was raw.

        “What is that?”

        “Transform again and eat it.” You stood there dumbfounded. You were NOT going to eat meat that you had never seen before. Plus, you didn’t know if he put anything ‘special’ in it, so to say.

        “What’d you put in it?”

        “Nothing. Just eat it.”

        “What type of meat is it?”

        “The one you’re going to eat.” You crossed your arms.

        “Why do I have to ‘transform’ again?”

        “Because I said so, and because the sooner you do, the sooner you and me get out of here.” He said impatiently. As much as he was annoying, he had a point, which you hated. Begrudgingly, you obeyed his orders and concentrated on transforming into a full wolf again. You tried it without closing your eyes this time, and surprisingly it worked, but this time you didn’t see any flash of red, which was weird. Not thinking about it too much, you walked up to the plate of raw meat, sniffed it for anything suspicious to be safe, and hesitantly took a bite out of the meat.

        It tasted… different, but it was still good. In fact, it was really good. You felt your stomach rumble, and for the first time in a few days, you realized how hungry you actually were. You were starving. Suddenly, you looked at the meat with a newfound hunger, and the next thing you knew, you lost control.

 
Schrödinger POV

        I was watching my pet, along with Rip, Major, and Zorin, when all of the sudden, she started to get a crazy look in her eyes as she took a bite out of the meat. She looked at the meat a second time, and started to not just eat it, but devour it. She was tearing at the flesh like a real wild animal, with blood splattering the floor and walls. The more she consumed the shreds of meat, the more blood dripped from her mouth, and the more it stained her black fur around her muzzle and sharp teeth red. Her eyes grew bloodshot, and she gave a viscous look at anything she saw. The sight was simply beautiful. She was beautiful.

        I just stood there, watching her intently. I could hear my barely working heart thumping a little faster than it usually did, and I felt like I was drooling over the sight of her. It wasn’t until Rip closed my mouth shut that I snapped out of my trance. She snickered.

        “Close your mouth. You’ll catch flies.” She winked.

        “I don’t care about silly flies. They don’t bother me at all.” I said smugly.

        “They’ll eventually build nests in your mouth, though, if you keep staring at my Lil’ Sis like that.” She smirked, but I returned it.

        “And how was I ‘looking’ at her?”

        “Like you wanna pounce on her and eat her up!” She giggled like a child, and I crossed my arms.

        “I can look at my pet however I want.” She giggled again.

        “So you’re not denying it?” I looked at her questioningly.

        “Denying what?”

        “That you like her.”

        “Of course I like her! She’s not Doctor, you know.”

        “I mean like like her.” I huffed.

        “What are we? Silly little human children again? I don’t ‘like like’ her like that.”

        “Look! She’s bathing in Doctor’s blood right now!” I grinned.

        “Really!? Let me see!” I turned around eagerly, only to sadly see Doctor still alive. However, my pet was still biting at the chunk of meat that was now almost gone, and even more blood dripped from her mouth than before. It was so beautiful I couldn’t help but stare-

        “Ha! I knew it! You knew I lied but you kept looking at her anyway!” I blinked, and glared at Rip.

        “That doesn’t mean anything!”

        “You like like her!” She said in a sing song voice.

        “I don’t like her like that.”

        “Do so.”

        “Do not.”

        “Do so.”

        “Do not.”

        “Do. So!”

        “Do. Not!”

        “Will the both of you knock it off already? You’re behaving like stupid children.” We both turned to see Zorin with her arms folded, and a somewhat annoyed glare directed at the both of us. She turned and looked back at the glass to observe my Fräulein, which confused me, and probably Rip too. 

        “And why are you looking at her like that?” Rip asked. I was right. I’m not the only one who noticed. Zorin hummed, but eventually answered us in a quiet voice.

        “Maybe I underestimated her, just a bit.” I looked at Rip, and we both smirked, knowing what we were both thinking. We turned back to Zorin with smug faces.

        “So, you admit she’s not weak now?” Rip asked her. Zorin scowled in response.

        “I never said that. I meant that maybe she’s a little stronger than she looks.” I chuckled.

        “Do you think you can beat my Fräulein in a fight then?” Zorin scoffed.

        “Of course I could. I don’t even need my scythe to do it.” 

        “OK then. How about a match between you and her. Tomorrow night.” She gave me a hard stare.

        “Fine, if you’ll shut up for once.”

        “If we win,” Rip interjected, “then we get to brag about it for a whole week.”

        “If I win, then you two leave me alone after I say I told you so at the end of it.” I looked at Rip, and we both nodded.

        “Deal.” I said. A loud growl drew us back to the glass, where my Fräulein was in an attack stance, her wings outstretched, ready to strike. She stared at Doctor, who didn’t look afraid at all, with a dangerous glint in her rage filled wild eyes. Wow. That was all I could think as I stared at her beautiful form. A few drops of saliva dripped from her muzzle, and her fur and even feathers were starting to frizz. Major chuckled.

        “And this is why, you do not starve a wolf you can not control, you three.” He chuckled again. “I wonder if this time, the wolf will get her sheep.” Just as he said that, she started to wobble, and her eyes started to lose their rage and regain their more natural (E/C) color. She managed to stand up straight from her previous stance, and started to transform back into her human form. “Hm. Maybe not.”

 
Your POV

        You felt like you had just woken up from a dreamless sleep, only you now had a splitting headache even worse than the one you had earlier. You knew you were back in your human form, since you could feel your tense and shaky knees and your arm that instinctively clutched your hurting head. You closed your eyes and tried to focus on anything but the pain, but it didn’t work.

        “Do you remember what just happened a minute ago?” You heard Doctor ask you. Of course you remembered what happened, even though it was a little vague. You still had some control over your body, it’s just that the more you tried to remember, the worse your headache got.

        “A little, but it hurts to think about it too much.” Your headache started to fade away, which allowed you to hear Doctor scribbling with his pen.

        “Next test.” You groaned, not wanting to do anything until your headache was gone, but you didn’t have much of a choice in the matter.

        You stayed in the room for another hour or two, just doing more simple experiments, like how fast it took you to transform and back, how many times you could do it in a minute, how stronger you were in your new form, etc. It was funny, how it was all basically training for you to escape, and no one even realized it. Repeatedly turning into your new stronger wolf form was good practice, and the other tests told you the extent of your new powers, which was very good knowledge to have for your escape. The only thing you really needed to work on was flight, which you would still have to do in secret.

        When you were finally done, Schrödinger took you back to his room, but not without a goodbye from Rip, which was another bear hug that, again, practically squeezed the life out of you. When you were back in Schrödinger’s room you were again tied to the bedpost like you had been before, leaving you trapped in there once again.

        “I have to go back with Major, so be good while I’m away. OK my pet?” He purred while rubbing his head up against yours. You flinched uncomfortably from the contact. You still never grew used to his affectionate cat self, and you were too tired after all of those tests to struggle against him. You nodded a ‘yes’ to his question, and he chuckled at your obedient state. “Good girl.” He cooed before he disappearing. You still wondered about his powers and how they worked, but that could wait. Right now, you were left alone, which meant only one thing: flight practice.

        You got off the bed, made sure no one was around, and started to flap your wings. You didn’t want to transform because you didn’t know if anyone could sense you changing or not, especially since you don’t know the extent of anyone’s power here. Also, if Schrödinger suddenly appeared back in the room, you wouldn’t be able to transform back into your human form fast enough. 

        After an hour, you were too tired to continue trying to fly anymore. Plus, you were starting to sweat, and you needed to clean up before anyone saw you like this. Thank goodness your leash was long enough to let you use the bathroom. After you splashed some water on your face and wings, you dried yourself off and walked back to the bed. You sat on the edge of it and waited patiently for something to happen, while also working out the details of your escape plan.

        The big problem was that you weren’t sure if you would be able to fly by the time you would have to leave. You struggled on your power strokes alone, so actually flying was definitely going to be nearly impossible. You would have to put everything you had on your new form’s strength and instincts if you wanted to escape, and that was what worried you. It was just the way it was going to be, and stressing about it would do you no good, so you decided to just relax for the time being.

        About a half hour later, after patiently laying around, Schrödinger came back with a wide smirk plastered on his face and holding something behind his back. What are you planning this time?

        “Guess what I have, Fräulein?” You yawned and looked at him with curious and suspicious eyes.

        “Uh, I don’t know, my soul?” He innocently smiled and strolled up to you, patting your head.

        “Silly Fräulein. No.. well in a way yes, but try again.” You groaned.

        “Do I have to?”

        “Yes. Come on!” Whatever he had behind his back, he seemed really excited about it, so you decided to play along.

        “Uhh, a cat?”

        “Nope. I already have an adorable pet.” He grinned and ruffled your hair. You ignored his comment, and tried to guess again.

        “Did you steal something from Doctor?”

        “No… maybe I’ll try that later, but one more try!” But what else could it be?

        “Can I give up?”

        “You can. But… there are consequences.” He purred, and smirked mischievously. You crossed your arms.

        “Fine, I’ll try and think of something. Hmmm…” Maybe he’s just pranking me, and there’s actually nothing. “What about nothing?” The unsatisfied stare he sent you told you otherwise.

        “Hmm, I guess that counts as a guess, but nope!” He giggled like a child, and you were more than just a little suspicious by now. He slowly pulled his hand out from behind his back, and handed you a rectangular object. Upon closer inspection, you saw that it was (Favorite Childhood Movie). You stared at it, surprised that Schrödinger had this. Your now agape mouth turned into a smile the more you looked at it, and you could feel your tail start to wag excitedly. You looked at Schrödinger with pure excitement.

        “Where did you get this?” You asked, pure happiness seeping through your form. He smiled.

        “I have my ways, Fräulein, I have my ways.” You didn’t care too much about his vague answer, just about the DVD currently in your hands.

        “How did you know this was my favorite childhood movie?” His smirk widened.

        “Have you forgotten already? I saw you watch it before, remember?” He teased. You blushed, remembering that he had technically spied on you the night you were kidnapped. He chuckled. “Glad to see you still remember that.” Your blush darkened, and he giggled. “What are you waiting for? Go put it in already!” Your face beamed with excitement.

        “Really!?”

        “Mhm. Go on.” Without thinking, you gave him a quick hug and whispered a ‘thank you’. You let go, completely missing Schrödinger’s shocked expression, and rushed over to the TV in front of the bed where the DVD player stood underneath it. You put the DVD in, and immediately flopped down on the floor at the edge of the bed. The TV sat low enough so you could easily see it, so you didn’t have much of a problem there. 

        You were too busy watching the screen to notice Schrödinger had gotten up and turned off the lights, shrouding the room in complete darkness, except for the light coming from the TV. He then came over and sat down next to you, wrapping a blanket around the two of you in the process. You finally noticed when you felt Schrödinger’s body so close to yours, due to the blanket being wrapped around you two. You gave him a confused look, which he chuckled at.

        “I’m watching it with you of course, and the blanket’s so we can keep warm, since we’ll be here for awhile.” You gave him a sincere smile and allowed him to finish wrapping the blanket around you, which pulled you so close to him that your shoulders touched. You liked the warmth you received from him, as you continued to watch the screen.

        Throughout the whole movie, Schrödinger paid attention to it, but he paid a lot more attention to you. He loved to see all of your emotions gushing out at the movie. He saw you smile, laugh, giggle for once, he even saw you crying at one point. Sometimes you mouthed the lines as the characters said them or you would glare intensely at the characters you hated, which he found quite amusing. During the middle of the movie, he had snaked his arm around your waist and brought you closer to him, which you didn’t seem to mind at all, and that made him… actually happy. 

        When the ending was almost done, you had leaned your head on Schrödinger’s shoulder and your tired eyes started to droop shut. You wanted to enjoy this peaceful moment as much as it lasted, however, you couldn’t help but feel tired and wanting sleep. Though, watching the movie with Schrödinger was the nicest thing that’s happened between you two. Too bad that this kind of thing would never happen again, after you escape.

        You had to admit, you would miss some things here on this zeppelin. However, your mind had already been made up. They would never see it coming, and you’d be gone by the red full moon, out of their lives, and them out of yours. You would miss Rip, and possibly the good moments you had with Schrödinger, and would hate to see their reactions for when you left. But for now, you enjoyed the moment while it lasted. Your tired eyes soon closed, and you peacefully fell asleep on Schrödinger’s shoulder.

        Schrödinger happily studied your sleeping form resting on him as the movie’s credits began to play. He remembered when he was still in the room with the others, after you had changed back to your human form and after you recovered from your ‘eating spree’, how his barely working heart beat, relatively, fast and loud. That same thing was happening again, and it grew the more he observed you. He took more notice of how your smooth (S/C) skin glowed from the light of the TV, your soft (H/L) (H/C) hair still was put up, and your happy expression stayed with you even in unconsciousness. He never felt these feelings before, and he didn’t like to admit having them in the first place. However, he knew that he liked them, and he liked how you made him feel, even if he didn’t completely understand what was happening with him.

        He leaned over, and gently pressed a kiss to your forehead. He layed his head on top of yours and whispered one final phrase, more to himself than to your sleeping form, before he fell into a peaceful sleep along with you.

        “Rip was right. I think I like like you, (Y/N).”