Mello circled in front of the door, something crossed his broken mind and his ears pricked,  he stood upright, giving one final looked towards the door before leaping from the ship. He stalked into the alleyway from which steel's goons had beat him, his nose twitched as he caught the scent of cigarettes and alcohol, not the animals he was looking for, but they were his lead.  He stepped into middle of the alleyway, blocking the setting suns light from slipping through. An alligator and crow looked up at the dark figure casting a menacing shadow upon them. The alligator hissed "Mello? How did you get out?" Mello bared his teeth and lifted his head. The crow cawed in surprise " Al, kumiho" the crow whispered to him, the alligator shoved the bird away "I'm not scared of some stupid wolf, cursed or not he's still a weak little wolf" the deep voice echoed through the alleyway, it laughed.

The alligator growled angrily "what are you laughing at?" The voice laughed again, "alligators, such small minded lizards aren't they?"
The alligator growled and took a step forward, without warning Mello launched at him, knocking him over and mauling his arm. The alligator screeched in terror and struggled to get the wolf off him. Mello lifted his head and grinned, baring the toothy grin of a shark, the alligator struggled and Mello grabbed his throat in an iron grip, the voice deepened "where is he Al? Where's steel?" The alligator whipped his tail angrily "let me g-" Mello tightened his grip and the alligator gurgled and choked for air.

The crow took hold of mello's tail and dragged him off of Al "go Al! Get up! Get up!" The bird cawed in fear. Mello growled and turned, stalking on all fours towards the bird "Pedro! Fly!" The alligator sat up, his arm torn to shreds up to the elbow, blood pooling and staining his clothes, he felt light headed and dizzy, his Vision blurred. Through dazed eyes he watched as his friend tried to fly, only to be dragged down from the air and slammed into the ground. He closed his eyes and murmured "Pedro..." suddenly the wolf was above him, his muzzle stained with blood, feathers clinging to his mattered fur, "where is he Al?? Where is STEEL?!!" He slammed the alligators head into the ground "wake up! Tell me where he is before you end up like Pedro!" He screamed, his voice was not his own, the deep tone was that of the kumiho curse's. the alligator shivered "y-you killed h-him?" Mello growled, the alligator was slowly passing out from loss of blood. His vision blurred and his head began to spin, the last thing he saw were mello's glowing eyes before he was plunged into a deep and never ending darkness.