~Tord's pov~

"Oh, Tom! What are you doing here?..." I said to Thomas. 

"What the hell are you doing with her..." Thomas said with a silent rage in his voice.

"Heh, the only reason why I wanted her here is because she can be a useful little science experiment. You should know all about that, don't you?" I say with a slight smirk on my face

I watch his lips curl into a snarl and purple smoke fumes from behind his visor. His monster side was coming out.

"I swear, if you hurt her, I Will!--"

"Or you'll what?" I interrupt. "You'll kill me? Cause if you do. You'll have all 20 thousand of my soldiers on your tail. And if by some miracle they don't catch you, I have a feeling that my wife wont be as merciful as she appears."

Thomas growls and black scales form on both of his forearms and om the sides of his neck. The tips of his fingers sharpened into claws and a long black tail forms behind him. He charges at me, raising one of his claws hands to strike me. But before he could, I take my taser and tase him in the stomach. I had set the taser on such a high level that it could knock a bear out cold.

I watch as Tom falls to the ground while his visor glitched out with the word 'Error' on it.

"You two. Take Thomas to the dungeon."

The other two soldiers that accompanied me nodded and each took one of Tom's arms and drug him away.

Classic Stupid Tom.

~Tom's pov~

A few hours later.

I woke up with a splitting headache and a steering pain in my chest/stomach. I looked around and saw that I was in one of the many dungeons that Tord had below the base. I stood up, only to feel something heavy on both my arms. I look down and see thick iron cuffs around my wrists. I yank on them, only to find out that they were chained to the back wall.

I growl loudly and try to break free. Riley needed me! I can't let them hurt her anymore than she already is!

The violent rattling of the chains might have caught some people's attention because after about five minutes, I heard the sickening laughter of the  strawberry-blonde Norwegian.

The cell door opened and I froze. He stepped into the cell with a shit eating grin on his face.

"Oh, is little Tommy-Wommy mad?~" he said.

"Release me you F*cking Communist Bastard!" I yell at him.

"Oh~ I see we have an attitude problem. Well then. You'll just have to stay in here until it's fixed." Tord says.

"Go to Hell!" I yell once again.

Tord rolls his eyes, or eye, and leaves. I listen to his bootsteps fade as he gets further away. I tug at the chains a few more times before taking a breath and closing my eyes.

There was one ability that I had hid away from Tord for a moment like this. I look down at my shadow and close my eyes, feeling myself fall into the void. I focus on where I want to go and just let myself fade to where I wanted to go.

I felt the ground beneath my feet and i looked up to see myself standing in the science ward. I hide behind some equipment and look for Riley. Tord said she'd be here.

I look around and I hear a small cry of pain. I run to direction I hear it and stop dead in my tracks... my eyes go wide as I see Riley strapped down a doctor's table and getting her blood drawn out of her body. She weakly turned her head and weakly smiles at me.

I could feel pure rage coursing through my veins at this point. I look at one of the doctors and punch him straight in the chest, knocking the air out of him. I quickly go over to Riley, ripping the restraints of her wrists and legs. I pick her up and hug her close to me. She wraps her arms around my neck and her legs wrap around my waist.

"T-Tom... I..." she said weakly.

"Shhh... shh...  it's okay. I'm here now." I say to her soothingly as I pet her hair.

She sobs quietly and I felt a couple tears drop on my shoulder, but I didn't care. I held her close and never wanted to let go. Tord told me that she was dead... for 3½ years I believed him and yet, here she is. Crying on my shoulder as I hold her.

"We need to get out of here. Hold on."

She nods and clings to me a little tighter. I take off down the hallways, trying to find the nearest exit. I see the door fo the hangar and take my chances. I run out and gunfire is all that can be seen or heard. I dodge a few bullets and duck down behind a jet.

I look around and see that one of the hangar doors are still open. But I cant risk getting me or Riley shot, she was already weak enough as it is. I had only one choice. I had to change into my monster form.

I gently set Riley down and taking a few steps back. Going full monster was incredibly painful for me, but I had to. As I start to  change, i grow taller, my clothes begin to rip and the purple smoke that fumed from my eyes messed with my vision. I roar in pain as the change gets more drastic. My horns grow longer, my feet and hands turn into paws and my two eyes merge into one.

I roar and pick up the jet that me and Riley were hiding behind and throw it and the Red soldiers. I quickly and gently pick up Riley in my paw and run. I ran as far as I could, dodging trees and other obstacles. I needed to create a good distance away from us and the Red Base.

~Riley's pov~

About two hours later

Tom had stopped running and was just walking through the woods at this point. He held me in his big purple-ish black paw and I just looked out into the beautiful green forest.

But suddenly, Tom stopped. I looked over his paw and see that he had stopped at a giant canyon. It was very deep and very wide. It looked like it went on for miles.

Tom grunted and backed up. Oh God... he's not gonna jump is he? I look up at him but his eye is focused on the canyon. He back up a few more steps and held me tightly

"No no no no no no! Tom!"

He ignored me and ran as fast as he could to the edge of the cliff. He jumped off the edge. We soared through the air for a solid 5 seconds before landing on the other side. He looked at me and purred.

I smiled, knowing exactly what he meant.

We were free.

THE END!