DoomPet

Chapter 67

Crüe's eyes snapped open; he felt like he was falling again but this time it was worse. The Slayer felt him jerk awake and tried to comfort him, but he immediately silenced the man, "Haru."

"What?" He opened up his sleepy eyes and turned to face the demon, "What's wrong."

A sinking feeling took him over. He felt like he was falling into an abyss, "Haru, HARU! Something's wrong with Haru!" He scrambled off the couch and ran over to his axe, it felt like his limbs were moving in slow motion. "Haru, come out. Please tell me you didn't sneak out." He shook the weapon, waiting for some sign from his wolf. "Oh god!"

The Slayer's face changed from being slightly concerned to lit up with panic as he stood up and put a hand on Crüe's shoulder. Daisy was up and stood right beside him, "How could he sneak out I thought you needed to let him out? Is he ok? Where is he?"

Crüe was already collapsing into hysterics, "He can open the axe too, but I don't know where he is." The marauder made an awful noise and sank to the floor grabbing at his face and the Slayer's leg. He could get tiny flashes of what was happening. Haru running around through woods, and maybe over rocks? He could either hear water or cars in the background, but everything was so fuzzy he didn't know what was happening. "We gotta find him, Slayer."

The man was panicking and his brain was still just barely waking up. He yanked the demon up and motioned for Daisy to follow. "Ok we can go down into the city and ask to see if anyone has found them. He took Crüe's phone and gave it to Daisy. "I'll stick with him. You fly above and try to spot him."

"On it!" She stuffed her children in their hidey hole and took off through a window flapping her little gargoyle wings.

He manhandled Crüe through the apartment door, trying to get the emotional demon to focus. "We are gonna find him, Crüe. He's probably just napping somewhere."

"I can tell something is wrong. I think he's in pain." Crüe held the Slayer close to him as they entered the elevator. "How the hell are we gonna find him?"

"I don't know, but I'll tear this whole city apart to find him if I have too." He paused for a moment as the elevator continued its descent. "He can feel heat right, he'd be hot during this heat wave?"

"Of course," Crüe looked confused as he wiped tears out of his eyes.

He grabbed his phone and called her, "Daisy check down by the lake. Haru probably went down there to cool off." He grabbed the demon's shoulder and they sprinted across the city.

As they got closer to the lake, Crue could see more and more flashes of Haru's sight. Something was definitely wrong he could hear him whimpering. He reached up and put his hand on the Slayer's, "I'm scared for him. I can hear him."

"It's gonna be ok. What else can you hear? Is there something in the background that might be useful?" He knew Crüe had a connection, it was just a matter of getting him to focus on something useful.

He tried to focus again. Water, he could now definitely hear water, but it didn't help them. They knew he was somewhere by the lake- or at least heavily assumed. They were now running down the trail, the Slayer peering over the edge every few feet, trying to spot the wolf.

His phone suddenly rang out in his pocket, "Daisy did you find anything?" He could hear her land and readjust the phone before speaking.

"Come down to area below waterfall. I found him." She shut the phone off and walked along the bank and sat beside Haru, peering at what had washed ashore.

They rushed over and cut off the trail, maneuvering down the steep slope. They both kept slipping in the mud and leaves and the saplings they grabbed onto were far too tiny to support their weight.