Mau5in' Around

Chapter 14

Somewhere, up in the hills. Dark. Barely any moonlight.

He thumped his powerful legs against the dirt, snorting. Raven had not come again.

This was the third night she had been absent. Where could she be?

The creature lurking in the shadows began to pant hard. Panic was building inside.

"Rrrr...Rrrr.." So lonely.

The creature hopped through the fields to the top of a sloped hill. There, he got a clear view of the city lights. 

Eyes of pool white scanned the cityscape, searching. Where was Raven?

The beast knew the scientists were still looking for him. And he knew that those other humans in uniform who rode around in the vehicles with the loud sirens were looking for him too. It was dangerous to move about in the city too much. But he wanted to find his friend...

With another loud snort, and a pissy grunt, he took off through the night. The dirt kicked up behind him as his powerful legs flew him through the crisp air. Head low, front paws tucked in to his belly, he darted through the open grass and then through some brush of trees and bushes.

He would start searching the places he first seen her. Then, he would work from there.

...

“It’s been so long, I’ve been out of my body with you~”

Raven’s eyes flutter slightly, but did not fully open. She still felt tired.

“I feel alone~ Feel at home~ Feel like nothing is true~”

She could hear the chuckling of a certain rodent as he jammed to his tunes. She began to get a sense of where she was again. She hated that feeling of emerging out of the dream world and forgetting where she had fallen asleep.

“…Mau5?” She asked, her voice groggy.

“Oh Raven~” She heard Dead Mau5 reply. “You’re awake. You didn’t sleep very long..”

“How long?”

“Only two hours.”

She grumbled, her face pressed against his leg. No wonder she still felt exhausted. 

“You can stay there and try to sleep longer if you want~”

Raven thought about it. She lay still, seeing if her body was still tired enough to go back into unconsciousness. Nope...

Placing her hand down on the table in front of them, she slowly sat up and blinked heavily to the sunlight now hitting her square in the face. As soon as her eyes adjusted to the light, she peered out the window. The trailer car was quickly rolling along the road of the countryside somewhere. The sun was barely above the horizon, pouring rays of yellow over the grassy fields. How nice… Raven thought, feeling a mix of calm and grumpy.

“What song is this, Raven?” Mau5 asked, quizzing her.

“Ummmm… wot is this song… wait. Ghosts n’ … whatever.”

Mau5 giggle squeaked. This was what Raven thought of as his giggle snort, since he was a mouse and he squeaked instead of snorted. That’s what it sounded like, anyway.

“Close. I think you’re getting the titles of my songs mixed around.”

“I’ll get them right eventually. I mean, it’s not like I have to say them aloud at the performances, right?”

Mau5 only shook his head, grinning his idiotic grin. “You won’t have to talk at all. Just dance and be pretty~”

Raven rolled her eyes slightly and nodded.