Mau5in' Around

Chapter 18

Still Searching. Hopeless. Getting Desperate.

He shook his head with much frustration, snorting loudly and flapping his long ears from side to side.

Raven… where are you?

His small heart was beating fast. He hunched over, bringing his small hands close to his chest. His understanding was merely a ripple of thought processing. But he knew one thing… With out his human companion, he felt lost. 

Grrrrl…The impatience was making him mad. He still felt panic trying to build up inside him; however, he still could keep it under control. Raven had helped him learn to control this better… but with her gone for so long… how could he possibly keep staying calm?

The moonlight just above the horizon poured down on the lake like milk. The bridge above it was so far up. He peeked his head over the edge to stare at the rippling waves. The evening was gone and it was the very early hours of the morning. No soul was out in the streets except for the lonely animal. His pale eyes then darted over to a very tall figure. He heard sounds from up above. Stretching his long powerful legs, he hopped closer over to the towering building. Up above, there was a white circular shape on all sides of it, with strange symbols on its border. The deep bellows were coming from inside it. But what was it? Why was it making that sound?

Then it stopped…

Suddenly…

Gong! … Gong! …. Gong! …

He blinked… It fell completely silent again.

Even though he was sure he was alone, now that the silence had be broken, he felt the instinct to hide. He needed to get out of the city limits, because there was this strange sense in his head that a human was going to appear. Grunting and cursing the noisy tower at the end of the bridge for disturbing his stealth, he quickly hopped away down the wide street into a narrow alleyway. Raven was clearly not in this area, but he still needed to look through the rest of the city. It was quite a big city… It might take several nights to seek out the entire place. He hoped he would be successful on his search… very soon.

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The last bowl of ramen…

She devoured it quickly, and continued to sit at the table, staring at it intently. She wasn’t actually looking at the ramen bowl, she didn’t even care about how the kitchen still haunted the memory of her apartment. She was thinking elsewhere…

This was it.

Raven knew she and Dead Mau5 would be boarding a small, private plane this evening (along with the required escorts) and fly into London, England.

She was clenching her fists so tightly, her knuckles were going white. A mix of excitement and anxiety was rushing through her. She was so eager for her chance to get back home. London was not very far away from her little home of Essex. The question was… would she be able to run away? There were a few obstacles (that were not easy obstacles) to overcome before she would be home free. The main one that she questioned was would the security be tight? Even though there were only two bouncers supervising her and Mau5, there was no doubt that they would be watching her like hawks on this next tour. They were all aware that she was from England and that she didn’t particularly like having to live with Mau5 and the robots. And then, of course, if she did manage to slip away, how long would it take for them to react and go after her? How skilled were they at pursuing?  Would she be able to get away quick enough or would she need to hide and stay low before she could get home?