"Aldite, Wolf," said Tigress as she turned her seat around in their vehicle. By the way, they have voice masker things so their real voices can't be detected. " 'e requested ya so you must pay 'im a visit."
"I understand," Wolf replied as he put on his gear. "Could I bring Axol with me? He fears us even if he and his father are not threats to us or the citizens. I want to try and ensure that he'll be safe with all of us."
Tigress bowed her head as their vehicle went on water to their base. The others looked at each other before one of them spoke.
"Wolf brings up a point."
" 'xplain, Dragin..."
"You saw how he was during lunch, how was he when you and Falcon had him?"
Tigress sighed... She observed him during Creative Writing and Ceramics and he seemed to feel tense even if his new "friends" were explaining how they operated.
"Axol, I want ya ta suit up too," she said as she turned her chair back to face the front with Falcon. "Make 'im feel comfortable with us coexistin' with 'im... Do as ya please ta find out 'ow ta ensure 'e doesn't need ta run from us..."
"Of course, Tigress," Axolotl replied as she grabbed her suit. "When would you like us to depart?"
"Quickly finish what ya need ta at 'ome base den leave ta observe. Unless needed, no one is ta disturb 'em."
Each had some form of "okay" slip out of their mouths as they arrived at their island home base. It wasn't too far from civilization, but it couldn't be seen by many either unless one knew where to look...
It was a building on an island in the middle of a giant lake, but trees were covering the building make it impossible to see. Falcon opened the garage letting their vehicle in as they had let loose their wild side.
Dragon and Fox went to play some video games while Wolf and Axol went to The Study. Falcon looked over at Tigress...
"Are you okay, Tigress? You seem to be a little tense."
"A bit... Lloyd made up a lie 'bout Cole ta Morro an'... Cole has nothin' ta do with Skylar 'n' Pixel... 'e didn't even know Sky existed 'til Jay told 'im..."
"Are you worried about him because of where he lives?..."
"A little... Not sure if Da Oni be 'ware of 'is 'xistence... Not 'less Morro's one a dem..."
"Then we'll have Jay keep a close eye on Cole!"
Tigress cocked an eyebrow.
"He lives next door and he befriended Cole. If anyone can watch over the human, it's him."
"I'm... 'ware a dat..."
"Do you trust in Jay?"
"I... yes."
"Then assign him to watch over Cole."
"I will when 'e leaves..."
Night had fallen when Cole had finished his shower. Once he had his cake PJs on, he went to the dining room where an urn sat. He took a cleaning wipe making sure not a speck of dust was on the urn before he sat down with a sad smile...
"Hi, mom," he said. Maybe this was a little... weird, but he felt better having this one-sided conversation... "I'm doing alright... Jay introduced me to his friends and they seem like good people. It's just that... I think they kinda have an unhealthy obsession with a group of murders... I understand that they only kill who they think should die like... other murders, for example, but wouldn't it be best to throw them in jail?"
Silence...
"They're... a little creepy to put it nicely... Watching them discuss theories about the 'nicer gang' is interesting, but... I supposedly asked for one of them to come over I think... I know my friends said they're nice, but they're still gang members that have blood on their hands!... I'll try to make the best of this situation, but I'm not sure how... I love you, mom..."
Cole had kissed the urn before he went to his room unaware that two pairs of eyes were watching him.
"Aw," said Axolotl as she wiped a tear away. She took a picture of the urn and sent it to the other Die stating that it was Cole's mother within. "That is one of the sweetest jesters I've seen. Wolf, are you okay?"
Wolf had his tail tucked in between his legs while his ears as he rubbed his eyes.
"I'm... okay," he said as his voice was breaking a little... "It's just so sweet that he loves his mother so much, I think I'm gonna break."
Axolotl chuckled as she hugged him.
"I'm sure the others would be happy knowing that he loves his mother to no end, but we have to talk to him."
Wolf sniffed as he pulled himself together. The two had climbed the house to get to the lower roof where Cole's bedroom window was.
"Ready, Axol?"
"Ready, Wolf."
Wolf gently knocked on the window drawing Cole's attention. His eyes widened in horror so Axolotl pulled up a piece of paper stating they came in peace and asking if they could come in.
Cole hesitated, but eventually let them into his room lucky that he had the house to himself that night.
"Why are you here?" he said as he sat on his bed.
"Tigress has her ways of getting information," stated Axol as she sat on the floor in front of him. Her tail wrapped around her as her gills seemed to settle down. "We truly mean no harm to you, your father, or... your deceased mother... We're sorry for your loss, by the way..."
Wolf nodded a lot as he tried to keep his tears from falling.
"Some of us Die have families, while others have us as a family," said Wolf as he got on one knee wrapping an arm around Axolotl. "At the end of the day, we Die like to think of our pack as our extended family regardless of if our biological families are alive or not."
"You kill people," said Cole. "That's bad..."
"My story is that a cruel man kidnapped my parents when my brother and I were very young," said Axolotl. "The same guy enslaved our parents using them for his wishes and he lied to my brother stating that they abandoned us... When we found out the truth, our parents exploded before us and poisoned us after making a meal out of our parents' remains... Alpha, our former leader, had brought us back, but couldn't bring our parents back, so they vowed to find the murderer and kill him too..."
"It's a shame that they never found that guy," stated Wolf as he pulled her closer to him.
"What's your story, Wolf?"
"Huh?"
"Why are you a Dice?"
"Oh. There was this businessman that had eyes for Axolotl and he wanted her all to himself, but I stood in between him and Axol... He hired a hitman to kill me and my family for getting in his way, but he only managed to kill me... From what Tigress said, my parents were weeping until they fell asleep until I was brought back by Dice Blood. After that, my parents wanted that businessman to learn a lesson for thinking that he could get his wishes by ruining others' lives... Heh heh, the look of shock when he saw that it was alive will forever be in my head."
"I'm sorry, but I don't believe you..."
"I kinda figured you'd say that," said Wolf as he lifted his top. His chest had many bullet scars and even his back had bullet wounds too. "No one can survive this many bullets unless they've got something implanted within them, but no one has had that kind of surgery."
Cole examined the wounds carefully. They weren't fake making him sigh...
"You Die will keep insisting that you're the good guys, won't you?"
Wolf and Axolotl nodded.
"Then please protect us."
"I was given a direct order to watch over your family, Cole," said Wolf. "I will not let you down. If I do, then you can have my tail."
"No, no thank you... I don't want your tail... Thank you, but no thank you..."
"It was a figure of speech. Like how some people get their asses handed to them, but there is no donkey or butts involved. Something like that."
"Oh... I have a question before you go."
"What is it?" Axolotl asked.
"Is Jay Walker under your care too? What about Kai and Nya Smith? Kai's Math teacher has the hots for Nya I think and Jay is my friend. Lloyd Garmadon wants revenge for his father and then there's Zane Julian and Aloy..."
Axolotl and Wolf looked at each other.
"I was originally Jay's watcher before Wolf entered the picture," said Axolotl. "Now you and Jay are under Wolf's care while I watch over The Smiths, Fox watches over Lloyd, Falcon watches over Zane, and Dragon watches over Aloy. Each is aware of what they do and what goes on around them so they're as safe as we can make them."
Cole sighed in relief. Knowing that his new friends are safe made him feel better. Maybe he can trust them.
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