Cassiel looked at the clouds above him. A protective instinct told him that he needed to hurry to find his younger brother. Then a small voice sounded in the back of his head; Could this be a trap? He killed Micheal, so who knows what he could do. He thought. But he shoved that away, there was no way Azreal would hurt him. But there was also the question, if Az needed him, then who had left the scythe?
"What is going in, Trivia?" He asked the scythe, running a hand along the black wood. As he said this, the scythe disappeared in grey mist from his hands. He let his hands fall to his sides. He folded his wings neatly on his back before heading onto the sidewalk to see where he was. It looked to be a small town in the middle of nowhere. He curled his tail up for it wouldn't brush the ground.
"This going going to take a while, is it not?" He said to himself as he started to walk down the street. He started asking around the town to see if anyone had seen a short blue and black wolf with wings and horns, but he was coming up empty-handed. He also got a lot of questions asking if he was 'cosplaying', whatever that meant. It could've been stirred by the fact that his clothing was older than what these people seemed to be wearing. Nevertheless, he continued his search.
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Star watched as Damien followed Fire's instructions. "Just tell me when to stop." He told the fox. Firetail nodded, staying quiet for a minute while staring intently at the phone's screen, which illuminated his face well in the dark, before speaking. "Okay, stop now." He said suddenly.
Damien slammed on the breaks right infront an alley and they all hopped out, immediately running down the alley. At the end of it was Gluzze, her body torn up, the wounds still half-healed as it they had attempted to string themselves back together. She was coughing up blood as Galaxy looked over her, her powers stopping as soon as she saw them approaching. She looked very tired.
"I-I'm s-s-so sor-sorry." Gluzze said weakly, seemingly just having come-to. Galaxy gave a strained smile. "It is okay, Gluzze. Just stay down." She replied. "Oh god what happened, we need to get her to a hospital." Firetail said. "I'm such an idiot." Gluzze muttered, raising her paw to hit herself.
Galaxy caught her paw. "Please stop hitting yourself, you are only making this worse." She said gently. Star hopped out after Firetail. "We can't go to a hospital though- the lab will find us." She pointed out, fear in her voice. Of course she knew that Gluzze needed help, but it wouldn't help anyone if they were captured again.
Galaxy looked up. "Remember I have healing powers. I can fix this damage within a few days, I just need lots of sleep and food. It drains me very fast." She said. She looked as if she was about to pass out from what she had already done. She looked back to Gluzze. "You need to stop abusing yourself, you are sending yourself to your own grave for no good reason." She chided.
"I can get you food." Damien said. "What's the point in saving me, I'm just gonna hurt people and get in the way." Gluzze said. "I'm useless." The other three kept their distance from Galaxy and Gluzze, though all three tense to jump in if necessary.
Galaxy shook her head. "Do not give up on yourself. We need everyone we can, hell, I cannot go back to living without normally knowing you forgave me. We have yet to make true amends, my friend. We can get through this, live a better life." She said.
Star nudged Damien. "I'm going to grab some medical things for Gluzze. Galaxy looks like she's going to pass out. I'll meet you back here in a minute." She said.
"Okay, but let me drive you." Damien said. Star shook her head. "You need to get Gluzze to the house quickly. I'll be fine by myself." She said, reassuring him before hurrying to a CVS she had conveniently seen on the way.
While she was jogging she accidentally bumped into someone while she was deep in her own thoughts. "S-sorry." She muttered, seeing as they were a very tall figure, roughly 6'2 or '3. "You are fine. Hey, have you happened to have come across a blue and black wolf with gold and purple tints around? He would have wings and horns like me." The creature asked.
Star stopped to actually look at the creature. He was a coyote-looking animal, though with a pair of wings and horns and a longer tail. His eyes were also inverted, with a lot of golden in him. She figured some sort of dragon hybrid.
She thought about his question quickly while also glancing at his mind. A blue wolf... she thought she remembered someone like that at the lab. Wait- yes, she remembered. His thoughts were very loud, but his mind was far too extensive to even think about getting into it. There were simply too many memories.
Looking at the creature in-front of her, she could tell his mind was the same; too many memories to be of a creature of their appearance. "Depends. What is his name?" She asked. She was unsure if it was same person from the laboratory.
"Azreal." The creature replied hopefully. "Have you seen him?" Star shook her head. "No, and you'd be better off to stop looking for him. It wouldn't end well for you." She replied, turning to continue towards the store. "Wait- I need to know where he is. Please, I know he's in trouble." The creature followed her. She glanced back at him, growing uneasy about the situation. "They're probably dead by now. Forget it." She said harshly. She didn't want them getting captured by the lab.
"No you do not understand- he is my brother. He cannot die." The creature carried on. Star walked into the store to escape this creature, hoping they wouldn't follow her.
Thankfully, he didn't follow her into the CVS. She grabbed and basket and collected an assortment of cotton swabs, bandages, neosporn, painkillers, some needle and thread, and other antibiotic creams as well. She paid for it all and left to head back to the van.
She picked up the same creature from earlier following her. She glanced back, but he was out of sight. She read his thoughts as they came, and from that she knew that he was determined to get whoever information she had. But she also knew that he wouldn't use violence to do so. Still, she wasn't going to say anything. She wouldn't send another creature to the lab to get captured. She saw the van with Damien and ran up to it.
