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     Soft light flooded the tunnel, the soft of movement in the grass outside flooding her ears. Crimson slowly sat up in her sleep, rubbing her eyes and prying them open. An urge to scream abruptly approached her lips as she noticed the things near her feet. The hounds sniffed around, avoiding her gaze while they searched for the unknown. Fear paralyzed Crimson, forcing her to use her eyes to scan the area, hoping to stumble upon Roy or Kyungsoo's figure.

As if it couldn't get any worse, Roy came stumbling into the scene, she wished he hadn't. The hounds swiftly turned towards him growling in almost a threatening tone.          

"Well shit." She jerked her head towards him, sneering at him before pulling herself tighter into a ball.          
"Nice doggies..." He spoke, slowly backing out the cave. The growls came out stronger, more vicious, forcing Crimson hand. Her eyes switched colors in a flash and she leaped from her position, taking place in front of Roy. Taking full concentration, a high pitched scream was projected towards the creatures, their whimpers filling the cave. They dropped, placing their paws over their ears before jetting out the cave, clouds of dirt left in their wake.

"Thanks Crims-".           

"Where's Kyungsoo?" She asked, turning around to face him as her eyes settled back to their normal color.        

"Is that all you care about? We were just in a life or death situation and you want to know where your little boyfriend is?"      

"And what were to happen if I didn't step up Roy? Hm? Were you just going to stand there and do nothing, try to coax them out of skinning us alive? How did you not even sense them before coming into the cave?"      

"What's going on here?" A voice started, Crimson and Roy looking over to identify exactly who it was.

A sleepy kyungsoo approached the two giving them questioning looks.      

"Hello? Am I talking to myself here?" The two looked between eachother debating on if they should tell him.       
"I go pee for no more than 2 minutes and you two are planning things without me?"      

"Nothing like that Kyungsoo! We just ran into some issues..." Roy spoke, rubbing the back of his neck.     

"These dog-looking creatures came into the cave sniffing around. I would have gone unnoticed if Roy hadn't barged in making a shit ton of noise."        

"It wasn't that much noise Crimson!"      

"Enough to startle the damn hounds!"

"They're chupacabras." Kyungsoo shook his head, running his hands hands through his hair.       

"Chupa-whatas?"

"Chupacabras. They live in the wild. Usually they only come out a night, but then again it is the crack of dawn."       

"Well lets gather our stuff and get a move on before more of those damned beasts comeback and kill us all." Crimson said before walking over to recover a backpack. Kyungsoo and Roy gathered the other two before the group stepped out the cave.

The sound of heavy footsteps crunching against dead leaves and faint heartbeats was the only form of communication as they marched on to their unknown destination. Breaking the silence, Crimson spoke up.        

"Umm, Soo, where are we going?" There was a drastic pause before Crimson spoke up again.       
"Kyungsoo. Where are we going?" She said louder, a hint of bass in her voice.     

"We're taking a shortcut."     

"A shortcut to where again?"        

"The Queen's palace. Surrounding the palace are the two small towns. The Village for Citizens, and the Military City. The Military City is right before we get to the Queen's palace, however there is a shortcut where we don't exactly have to go inside the city. We'll camp out in the woods until we're ready to make our move."    

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