Forever and Always

Chapter 10

Clara had her eyes closed, her tail between her legs, and her ears pressed against her head, awaiting for the blade to slice right through her. But that moment never came. Clara, squinted her eyes open, and she saw that the blade that was heading right towards her wasn't even there anymore. She lifted her ears and stood up straight. She noticed that around her was a giant dirt trail, the grass that was once there raked up. Clara followed the trail, and it stopped where a giant blade laid flat on the ground. The giant blade was surrounded by a brIght red glow. Surprised, Clara looked to the left of her, where Nat and Okoye were, and she saw that they were both staring at a person in red. Wanda? Wasn't she supposed to be with Vision? But she was grateful anyway. Wanda had just saved all their asses. The red clouds had evaporated around the blades, and Clara looked over at Wanda, who was checking on Nat and Okoye. Clara trotted over to them.

       "Why was she up there all this time?" Okoye was in shock bu how powerful Wanda had been in the few seconds she had been down here.

"Don't ask me. I wasn't the one who assigned her to stay up there. Hop on. I'll take you guys to another part of the field." They did so with hesitation, and she felt their legs squeeze onto their sides while their hands grabbed tufts off her fur. "Trust me, it's not as weird as you think."

       "Maybe not for you, but this is definitely new to me." She could feels Nat's hands grab on a little firmer, but she didn't seem scared, just a weirded out.

        "Wanda, you coming?" Clara craned her neck back to see Wanda was standing there with her little red clouds by her hands.

         "Go on, I'll catch up." She dipped her head, and she started to take Okoye to a new crowd.

        "Clara hold up," Nat spoke to her, and she slowed down a bit. "Vision needs backup. Do you think you can get us there?" Clara nodded, but a loud scream from Wanda kept her from going. She whipped her body around, almost tossing Nat and Okoye off, to see what had happened. In the distance where they had left Wanda, she saw this lady, different from all the other aliens she'd seen, but Wanda was no where to be seen. A second later, the alien lady, disappeared into what seemed to be a ditch that was formed from one of the wheel of blades.

      "Guys, Wanda needs backup." She felt Nat and Okoye hop off her back.

       "We'll help Wanda. You get to Vision." They sprinted off in the direction of where Wanda, and Clara turned her back on them and ran in the opposite direction of them, towards the building Vision was in. Towards the woods. Clara sprinted as fast as she could, dodging any obstacles that got in her way. She used her size to push through giant crowds with ease, and her agility to squeeze past small gaps. Soon enough, she found herself almost at the forest surrounding the building. Don't worry, Vision. I'm coming. Her paws were just about to hit the undergrowth when she felt tons of sharp claws, like needles, stab into her flesh and drag her away from the woods. Clara felt her eyes widen in shock, and she turned around to see that several aliens had been on her tail, literally. She kicked off a few of them with her hind legs and attempted to make a break for it again, but they dragged her legs back down. She dug her claws into the dirt, trying to keep herself from getting back pulled into the he mess, but the aliens wouldn't let go. They had her whole lower body pinned down so she couldn't escape.

"GET OFF!" She barked at them, and they growled back. She managed to reach back and grab onto one of the aliens with her jaws and whip them off, but that just cleared a spot for another to hop on. Clara looked around, trying to figure out what to do, but she only had one idea. Let's see if I still have clothes. She closed her eyes and prayed that not only the suit Shuri made worked, but when she would shrink back to her normal size, that it would be out of the alien cluster. She felt her claws sheathe and her paw pads stretch into fingers. Her tail retracted and her body shrunk. Within seconds she was herself again, and the aliens were looking on the ground, wondering what happened to her. Clara looked down at her body and saw that her clothes, besides all the small holes made by the claws, were still very much intact. Lost in the moment, she let out a loud cheer of relief, and regretted it instantly when the aliens that were on top of her had rediscovered her and came charging at her.