Jenny and the Beasts

Bai's Story Pt. 2

August 17, 2022.

Two years later.

Bai Qingqing dreamt of the time she was kidnapped by Bluepool. She was mistaken as Qin and forced to play a role for a short time. Curtis came to get her and fought off the merfolk by himself. She had screamed and cried as Curtis bled. The merfolk named King had injured him and she could only watch from Bluepool's bubble. Bai knew King was also a four striped beast like Curtis. She had felt so scared and hopeless then.

She woke up in tears and checked over Curtis. Her once beautiful face, now tear-stained and ashen. Curtis immediately checked over Snow. Finding nothing wrong physically, he relaxed slightly. He pressed her and she told her of her dream. His poor Snow could not relax even in slumber.

Curtis had not defeated King that day, but managed to reach Snow. He had been exhausted and injured, requiring a lot of rest. He had chased off the eagle that had played him, but let Harvey stick around. Parker and the wolf had yet to reach them and he needed someone to protect Snow while he healed.

Due to the fighting with the merfolk, they had to leave the area. Curtis pushed his wounded body until they found a safe den to stay in. Because things had not been bad enough, a group of scorpions attacked them. Curtis crushed the ones that he could, but one ran away with Snow.

Curtis could not give immediate chase as he had collapsed from his wound. Once Curtis had regained consciousness, he earned his fifth stripe allowing him to appear by Snow's side. He naturally crushed all the scorpions in the immediate vicinity and ran away with his mate.

Curtis's thought were brought back to Snow. Parker and Harvey brought back some water and soothing herbs for her. Her stomach was large, but she didn't look so healthy.

Curtis stroked her sunken cheeks and took in her eye bags. Would things have been different if he had chosen another way? If he had let Snow take more mates, could he have avoided her suffering.

Almost two years and they were still on the run from St. Zachary. Curtis didn't know that the four striped scorpion he killed had an even stronger father supporting him. Scorpions weren't supposed to care about their young. How could he have known?

St. Zachary was too much stronger than himself. All he could do was take Qingqing and run. He even formed a shaky alliance with the damnable eagle for her. Gritting his teeth, he wondered what could have been and what could no longer be.

Bai Qingqing fell back asleep, but was plagued by nightmares of Shuu's death. He was the first to find her after she was kidnapped by the scorpions. He killed several, saving her in the process. She had thought they could escape, but Mitchell cut them off. She could still see the stinger plunged into Shuu's heart as she screamed for Curtis.

Waking up in a fit again, she wondered if they would ever be okay. Why was this world so cruel to her? She was a good girl and never did anything to deserve this. Was it because she didn't listen to Harvey's suggestion to leave the city back then? Because she let Curtis decide? Was it her fault? The ape king's? Curtis's? Harvey's? Or just this backwards world's?

Harvey rubbed circles on Qingqing's back and whispered reassurances. They were lucky that scorpions were not especially fast, but having five marks gave St. Zachary almost unlimited stamina. Muir had tried all kinds of schemes and succeeded in slowing the beast down more than once. It was thanks to him that they had this much time.

They were currently making their way towards Camel Hump Valley. Harvey did not feel good about bringing this danger straight to Jenny's doorstep, but Curtis wouldn't let him protest. Curtis did not care who died along the way as long as his mate lived. Their mate.