The Adventures of Rose Hood

Chapter 118: The Call of Blood

"Heather, how do you recognize me?"

"Heather? nO No no NO. Heather died. Rose rose I ROSE!"

"Wait... Rose? But we saw that you died!"

"Heather tr-tricky. Name not mine but is."

"She swapped your names?"

Rose began to vigorously nod.

"What happened to you?"

"FEAR"

"Is that a skill?"

I was going out on left field, but she began to nod vigorously again.

"How did you get it?"

"Devour and Savage Beast Evolve. FEAR was gifted."

"So, it's a merge of both skills?"

"YEAH!!!"

"Thalia, Amy, and Ausar are here too."

"ARE?"

"Yes. Could you help me save them?"

"Traitor Damien has them, doesn't he?"

"You said that clearly."

She nodded.

"Some clear soMe not."

"I... see. Can you help?"

"Cour-of-se."

"Wonderful, they are in the clearing that you took me from... by the way, what was that web."

"Ate SPIDERs aWHILE ago. Ga ga ga gave me skill... wEB."

"I see... Is it hard to speak?"

"While hungry yes."

"I see..."

It was then that I began to notice her drooling while looking at me. Then she smashed her head on a stone.

"NO, FRIEND, NOT FOOD!!!"

She went chipper again and picked me up.

"SAVE FRIENDS, EAT FOOD!!!"

I was minorly concerned, but I was happier that Rose wasn't an unthinking monster.

She ran back to the clearing and I nearly vomited due to the speed.

When we arrived, we saw the sight I was fearing. All three of them were bound and hung by their hands off of the tree. They were cut up and bruised.

"Damien did this."

It wasn't a question. I looked over at Rose in surprise only to begin shivering. She was infuriated. I could feel her raw power pummeling me.

"Rose, let's get them down, they are still alive."

"Please you... I'm scared..."

I nodded, she didn't want to lose control and eat them. In fact, she smashed her head on a rock 3 separate times as I was taking them down.

"Alright, they are down."

"Good, now I hunt."

She leapt into the trees, clearly with one target in mind.