"Let it be..."

IF the abandoned gas station could look any more dark and cold then it already had, it would this evening. Sonata Dusk stumbled, she heaved and tugged, freezing drops of sweat washing her starved blue face. Over one shoulder, she dragged the form of her fallen Alpha, the former proud Lioness groaning and whimpering the same word over and over again in the dieing light of the day. Before the hunched duo, stalked Aria Blaze. Lost of her former glory, but still strong enough to slam a duct tape repaired boot into the rusted side door of the Sirens "Home", she ushered her Sisters in before giving a hateful glance into the now near nightfall filled weather. The snow had haunted them all the way home, just as much as the bruise and bloody lip she had suffered from a renewed Rainbow Dash. It was only the shoulder tackle from Sonata and the bloody grip of Sunset that had allowed them an escape from the howling Jock. Spitting blood that froze in mid air, the Tomboy jerked the door closed behind them, the shuffling of a chair to its handle the only sound of a secure lock.

"That was so fucking stupid Sonata! You could have been hurt, that Butch Dyke would have strung you up by your tits! What where you..oh give me her!"

With an insane amount of gentle ease for the brazen Siren, Aria took the weight of her almost skeletal leader onto her own starved frame. This action alone allowed Sonata to slunk to the floor, gasping and wheezing her tiny figure trembling as pink eyes glared up through frozen eye lashes at her Sister.

"F..fu..fu.."

Rolling her eyes firmly, the once Bruiser of the team laid Adagio out on their shared, "bed", the pile of needing body warmed old rugs, stolen coats and discarded towels, she promptly rose, every joint in the purple fleshed girls body popping at once. Her own fatigue was growing, darkness crept in the corner of her eyes, having not eaten anything all day, instead sharing her ration with Sonata and Adagio the two having little more then a cheese and cracker between them, welcomed the beef jerky. Swallowing deep gasps of air, she turned in the former Managers office of the gas station and knelt beneath the ruined desk.

"Please Nata, just go to sleep, Dagi needs you right now. Like your good for anything.."

"FUCK YOU ARIA BLAZE!"

The howled cry rang through the tiny room like a gun shot, startled eyes met fiery tear filled orbs as the two starred at one another. Her jaw lowered to speak, then snapped shut, then repeated. Aria was aghast at her Younger Siblings outburst. Never, well perhaps a few drunken times in this many, many decades of life, had ever the Youth sneered in such desperation and anger. Having been reaching for a plastic bag with a hidden new Blanket, eager to warm the frost bitten golden flesh of her Leader. But cloth wrapped hands froze at the words barked in her ear. They then shot up in utter desperation as Sonata all bet lept upon her, like a Wolf finding prey.

"I HATE YOU! I FUCKING HATE YOU..WHY DO YOU ALWAYS KICK ME, SPIT ON ME, YELL AT ME PUT ME DOWN..I AM AS MUCH A SIREN AS YOU, YOU..YOU..BITCH!"

Again the howled words from the tiny Pup of a blue furred Wolf lorded over the struggling Aria, her mind washed in fresh adrenaline, burning away the darkness of exhaustion.

"S..So..na..ta, stop! STOP! What do you think you're do..AGH!"

The punch landed over an already bruised jaw of the Purple Siren, she was knocked for a loop and slammed her head into the side of the desk.

"You..you..BITCH! You think you can, can just do ANYTHING better then me! Damnit Aria, damn you.."

Sobs now broke the snarls of anger, and her fangs withdrew. The youngest Pup of the Sirens began to tremble in sheer emotion, and for once not of the cold that lingered each breath in the abandoned room.

"We, can't make it like this..not like this..Adagio is dieing! I found a rag this morning she carries, its covered in blood, you know the one, she coughs into. We have to do something, we have to ask the.."

This time it was the Bruisers turn to snarl, with what little muscle her starved body still had, she heaved up and slammed the smaller siren in a return pose, and mounted atop her.

"Do NOT say it, you little twerp. Adagio would NEVER ask us to fall to such a state of weakness. They are our ENEMIES! THEY DID THIS TO US!"

Sonata struggled for a moment and glared up at her Sister, tears dissaperd for a moment as hate returned. But as the two shared frozen breath in the darkness, she felt Aria's grip on her wrists slacken, her own struggling died, and when hands freed she pushed herself up only to wrap her older Sibling in a tight embrace.

"I..I..you're right Ari, you always are. S..sorry, the Pup in me let out. I didn't mean to bark at you like that."

Leaning back just enough she admired the damage she had done to her siblings ruined face, with a oddly tender moment Sonata leaned up to drag her warm tongue over the bloody and frozen flesh, as if a Mother trying to clean her Pup's wounds.

"Nata..d..don't..we..Dagi.."

The Blue Wolfess sighed and leaned back she helped her larger Sister stand and retrieved the hidden bag, with a gentle nod she took her fellow Sirens hand as the two made for the groaning form of their Leader. The trio soon turned into a puddle of filthy blankets, and slowly warming flesh.

But it was the fourth presence just outside the ill repaired broken Windows that cast a true chill over the dark room.

"Sunny, tr..try not to move. Let me see."

The sweet, soft voice of Fluttershy washed over the closed Vet's office dimly lite operation room. College still a few months off, Fluttershy had taken up her Father's teaches rather well, and been allowed to serve as his nurse at the local Vet's office. This of course allowed her a set of shop keys, which had proven a life saver for the badly cut Sunset.

"Flutters, really it's ok, its just a scratch.."

The Biker of the Rainbooms, her Alpha persona in full throttle, snarled like fourth gear as she tried to ignore just how ruined the centers of her palms where. The duel cuts from gripping that jagged kitchen knife of Adagio's had cut her meet almost to the bone. Already she had hissed at the cleaning and was now eyeing the needle and thread the most tender of the RB's was preparing to stitch her shut.

"Nonsense, let me help, or you're never gonna play your guitar again, let alone grip "Olga's" reigns.

The mere mention of not being able to mount her beloved Hog "Olga" caused the sometimes stubborn Leader to submit. She closed her eyes and suckled at the bottle of Vodka Rainbow had snagged for her when the Trio piled into the Jock's car and made for Fluttershy's Dad's work. While thankful it was after hours, Sunset felt her mind drift as the fog of Alcohol washed it away.

"Rainbow..w..where is that brawler? Hehe, we barely got her off that Siren, hic..damn fine left on her, eh Shy-shy?"

Fluttershy only gave a tender nod and an affirmative noise, trying not to provoke the slowly getting drunk patient of hers. It was well that Rainbow had something to ease the pain, as she hadn't yet been taught about Pain killers by her father.

"She just gave me her keys and told me she would meet us here, I think she stayed to get that knife, because, oh my..imagine if the police found a blade with your blood all over it, oh..I hope she alright!"

Slugging loudly from the bottle again, the fiery hair girl gestured with the bottle and was about to speak when the side door of the Vet's office slammed open. Both of the girls sent wide eyes as the gust of a full winter storm washed the night filled doorway. Filling it was the Tomboy Jockish form of Rainbow Dash, a death glare on her narrowed eyes as the door slammed behind her. She strode into the room with little pomp and glamour save three words as her finger gloved hands slammed upon the operating table Sunset sat upon.

"I followed them..."