To BUDDER

Chapter 3

The team had searched for a long time while being on patrol. They had found no clues and zero traces of any sort of squid. Sky was on the brink of passing out because he was exhausted. Sky was grateful when Jason told him to guard on the back. Jason was leading and had the map, giving Sky the perfect break. He was dwindling a bit, straying a bit from the group. He was dragging his feet slightly, in weariness, when he heard the soft scream.

"Ah!" A voice carried on the wind. Sky whipped his head around, wondering what it was. A scream? He stopped and really looked around, thinking on where the yelp came from.

"Did you guys hear that?" Sky inquired, calling up to the others.

"Hear what?" Dane asked, still walking.

"Help me!" The voice called out, again. Sky gritted his teeth, they couldn't hear the calls for help and they most likely wouldn't believe him. So, either keep on walking and pretend it never happened, or go in blind and alone and see what was going on. Sky sighed and started to regret was he was going to do.

"I'll be right back," Sky told them, turning and diving into the thick underbrush. He heard some yells in protest, but no one came after him. Sky walked, trying to remember where the cries came from. Then, Sky neared a clearing.

There, Sky saw a beautiful woman. Long brown hair that shimmered in the dying sunlight sat atop her perfectly crafted face. He eyes were closed and she looked as if to be in pain as she lay in the soft green grass. Her white hoodie, that had turquoise stripes, was blotched with red. She had on jean shorts with a belt that had a large assortment of budder weapons. Each weapon looked as if it was crafted by a skilled craftsman, there was no edge out of place. He saw that her legs were cut up and some cuts were bleeding. Her black, high-top converse were scuffed green around the edges, as if she had been running for a while. And that's when Sky realized the squid hybrid standing with a whip in it's hand. Sky growled and waited until the hybrid's back was to him to attack. Once everything was in position, Sky lept out and stabbed the hybrid through the chest. It gurgled and then became still. Sky kicked off to the side, his face was filled with disgust towards the creature. He turned back to the god-like lady and saw her eyes flicker open for a second. Her mouth curled to a small smirk as Sky studied her dazzling bright sky blue eyes, that were like mirrors.

"Thank you," Her smooth voice uttered, breathlessly before she fell back to sleep.