The Rebels of Mobius: A new ally

Chapter 9

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The Great Forest:

Cross and Cosmo stayed low as they silently made it to the source of the noise.They crawled through the brush and stopped as they saw a female wolf and a well dressed  male coyote Mobian looking over, presumably another Mobian resting against a tree alongside the path, although from Cross position he couldn't see tell. What he could see was the worried looks on their faces as the wolf Mobian was trying to help the figure resting against the tree

 "What do you thinks going on?" Cross whispers

 "Not sure, looks like one of them got seriously injured" Cosmo whispered back

 "From what? there aren't many predators around here" Cross stated, and it was true, most of the dangerous predators were either located in the great swamps to the south or boulder bay to the east over the mountains

"ANTOINE HURRY!!!"

"OUI MADAME,"

they snapped their heads back towards the Mobians at the sudden shout, the coyote Mobian ran down the path leading deeper into the forest. The wolf Mobian stood up and after a small exchange of words, ran in the opposite direction, past the spot where Cross was hiding, thankfully his mottled patterned cloak easily blended into the forest and shadows, so he remained unseen. The two waited till she was out of sight then  Cross started to move out onto the path.

 "Cross what are you doing? Cosmo asked in a slight agitated tone

 "We have to help him Cosmo," Cross simply said

 "But they just said their getting a doctor we dont need to get involved" Cosmo pleaded

 "Well I'm gonna help, you can stay put if you like", Cross stated in a determined tone

"Wait Cross you can't.....uuuuggghh wait for me!"

Cosmo groaned and hovered next to Cross as he approached the resting figure. As they came closer Cross saw more distinct features of who it was that lay against the tree, it was a Mobian male dog, with black and brown fur, a red headband, a steel gray bandolier slung around his shoulders and a pair of  dark red gloves which matched with his boots . Then Cross saw the injuries and his eyebrows rose in horror, cuts around the face with scorch marks on his fur, his eyes were shut tightly, whether from pain or exhaustion he was unable to tell. When he was only a few feet away, the dog Mobians ear twitched, his head moved up towards Cross, and he spoke in a worn out voice 

" huff.....that was fast" he said with a weak smile

"You don't look so good" Cross said sympathetically

The smile dropped immediately and Dutch asked in a shaky voice as the sounds of footsteps came closer

"who...who are you" he asked as the footsteps stopped

"I'm just here to help" Cross said in a gentle tone, and knelt down next to the injured Mobian as he took off the satchel and began pulling out various items from it 

"and to answer your question, I'm a friend" he sets down a small stone mortar and pestle then opens up the med-kit and pulls out a clean cloth and a tiny vial of clear liquid. popping the cork, he pours the liquid onto the cloth and moves it towards Dutch's head.

"We need to get those cuts cleaned up, now hold still please"

"What are you....AHH... OW!" Dutch hissed and he flinched back from the wet cloth, and he felt the stranger back away quickly