Chapter 33:
[]CANIS ALATUS[]
Slowly, I reached out behind me. Chance quickly understood what I meant.
His wet nose bumped against my warm hand.
I chuckled, turning around and wiping my tears in his thick, but soft fur.
He wrapped his enormous head around my body, whispering calming words and sweet nothings in my mind.
My face was still buried in his fur when I felt a light tap on my shoulder.
"...Hey, Ira. You okay?" Kori said, voice soft and comforting.
I turned around, rubbing tufts of dog hair off my cheek.
I nodded, "Yeah... Just a bit worried is all." I failed to mention the crushing weight of the whole endeavour being my fault.
Kori's eyes lit up as if realising something she'd forgotten. "Pyri!" She gasped and sprinted off in the other direction.
I sighed, tired of running, but still followed.
I heard Chance sigh behind me, but he came, not having an option.
Ting.
Ting.
Ting.
The metal plates on Chance's collar clinked together.
Click.
Click.
Tap.
Tap.
His long nails scraped rhythmically against the hard floor.
Scritch.
Scratch.
My mind floated away.
The sound of an Umbrae, scratching at the window of a helpless civilian's house.
The large nearly-white monster, one glowing orange eye, teeth gnashing, saliva dripping out of its large, gaping mouth.
Blood pooled around it.
But the blood wasn't the Umbrae's dark, near black blood.
Broken-hearted screaming,
wailing even,
filled the small village.
Another soul.
Gone.
Lost to the Umbrae.
They promised it wouldn't happen again.
But they didn't get there fast enough.
Another civilian.
Gone.
Dead.
Nothing but a spattering of crimson-red blood against pure white snow.
And the Umbrae flees.
All before they could even deploy teams to rescue us.
Another scream sounded, this time far ahead of me.
My surroundings melted back in, dissipating my past realm.
This time, the scream wasn't from the past.
It was Pyri, screaming for Zephyr.
Her vocal cords were rough, and her voice shrill, -but still she called out.
Called out for her friend, her loyal buddy, her Zephyr.
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