Reaper's fists tightened on his scythe, "You have the whistle so you should try figuring it out because I know Ruby told you some of what happened that night. The night Hagin attacked my pack with Ajal at his side! That happened besides it's us or G.U.N. and they want his head on a silver platter."

"I tried to figure it out! That's the whole reason I wanted to talk to you not ten minutes ago!" Knuckles snapped. "Up until yesterday, Ajal had no control over himself at all! That Chaos-forsaken chip made him attack, and as one of his targets I can understand that it wasn't his fualt!"
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Dizzy looked at Ajal and whimpered. Do the thing Knuckles taught you to do with the Seven! He called.

"That's exactly why we're hunting him for the chip! We need it to make sure no one else gets one put in them and hlow to undo it," Reaper reasoned, "wait did you figure out how to get it out? Fine let's talk then without fighting."

Ajal summoned his chaos emerald but thought better of leaving. Drawing on the powers of the chaos emerald he broke the bolo and went to attack Fangs who was ready for him. Knife against knife the two clashed.

Knuckles glared at Reaper in silence for an extended moment, then sighed and nodded slowly, allowing his shoulders to go slack. "Just call back the other two."
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Dizzy yipped before he and a couple other wolves went after Cinder, not attacking just yet but effectively surrounding her.

Cinder had been a pyro long before she was in the pack so dealing with fire was her expertise. Moving the fire close to the wolves not to harm them just to let them know she meant business.

"I can't promise that they'll listen but I can try," Reaper howled.

Fangs and Cinder temperarily stopped their attack. Ajal tried to run again only to pounced on by Fangs and tied up.
"Let's go," Cinder blew out the flame and walked inbwteen the wolves.
Carrying Ajal Fangs followed.

The pack growled, all eyes on the two intruders. Though rather than attack, they oppted for stalking along behind them instead.
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Knuckles sat down with a slow exhale. "What'd you say you wanted to know?"

"Why you're portecting a killer," Reaper repeated, ''what about you you said you want wanted to talk."

Fangs had put his knives away as had Cinder.

"He couldn't help it. Had no way around it, no say in the matter. I don't think being forced into doing something wrong by someone else is a crime." Knuckles replied. "As for what I wanted to ask you..." He trailed off as if second guessing himself.

Reaper made a signal for Knuckles to go on.

(Sorry about the abrupt logging off but I went to help my dad with the car.)

The echidna huffed and continued. "What haven't you told me about Ajal? And the guild as a whole?"

(S'okay.)