Dragon Blood (pack fanfic)

Chapter seven

(Unknown POV)

     I watch as the four vikks take my vikk away. What was he screaming about? He kept repeating one word. Lachlan. What's a lachlan? If I can find a lachlan, will the vikk be happy? He seemed to have wanted it pretty badly. Those other vikks also look a lot like the ones on the inside of the round object. Maybe they are? Just older. That seems likely. The four vikks seem to really care about my vikk. Hmm..... I care about the vikk, too.

     I've made up my mind! I'm going to go find a lachlan. I wonder what a lachlan is? Let me think....... if I don't know what it is, then it probably came from the other side of the river. But, it must still be in the forest because the vikk came here to find it. I shrug and hesitantly cross the river. It's honestly more like a creek in most parts. I wander around and look for anything unusual. I don't really see anything......

     But what if.......... it's not a thing? What if it's alive? Like another vikk. Is each vikk called something else? Actually, that makes a lot of sense. The only one that was called a vikk was the vikk I saved, so he must be called vikk. I gues that makes thing less confusing. If Vikk is Vikk, what are the other ones called? Vikk called the biggest one 'Rob' I think. And then there were three smaller ones. I don't know what they're called, and they can't be Lachlan because then Vikk wouldn't of come looking for Lachlan. Hmmm.......

              And then it hits me like a brick to the face.

     I open up the round object and look at the top of the inside. Two adult, and six kids. I only saw five. So Vikk must be looking for the one with yellow hair. That's Lachlan. I mentally cheer for myself now that I know what I'm looking for. But now....... how do I found out where Lachlan is? I've never seen him in these woods. Maybe I can find clues where Vikk went? Yeah, that's what I'll do!

     They have an hour head start, but I sniff out the scent trail that the five creatures left. Now I don't know what to call all of them. Just Vikk and Rob. And that the missing one is called Lachlan. I follow the scent trail across the river and through the trees. This is my first time being over here. I hope that I don't get lost. As I go, more and more weird objects appear on the ground. They don't look very good for the environment. I see a few white and round ones that are slightly smoking. Is that what started the fire? I make sure to stamp them out before continuing on my way.

     The trees eventually thin out, and I'm left staring at giant boxes. They look like they're made of either stone or wood. A bunch of the same species as Vikk are walking around. They all look like me, but not as much as Vikk. Maybe I can blend I'm while looking for Lachlan? I hesitantly exit the woods, and walk on the hard surface that everyone else is walking on. A few look at me, but don't seem to be alarmed. I must be doing a good job. I really hope that don't realize that I'm not one of them.

     I keep following the scent that Vikk left. It's really hard to follow with all the other scents getting in the way. All the air has a strange smell that makes my throat and lungs hurt. Just then, a giant, black object comes down the middle of the path. It has four things on the bottom that make it roll. I yelp and duck into the space between two buildings. What kind of monster was that!? I'm about to back out when I catch a familiar scent.

     I turn around and head out the other side of the space. A big-sized box is at the other side of the path, a part of it open on the top. Is that where Vikk's smell is coming from? I'll check on him before I go find Lachlan. I quickly sprit across the street and start climbing up the side of the box. There's lots of footholds if you look. I grip the frame of the hole and pull myself up into the room. I tumble in and look around.

     The first thing I see is Vikk asleep on some kind of soft surface. This must be his den. I stand up and see a big, wooden object with a flat surface. White and flat things, like the one I found in Vikk's pocket, are scattered on it. A box also sits in the corner. Looks like he's ok. Just tired. I walk over to him and examine his face ounce again. He still really looks like me. A part of my heart writhes in agony at the thought of leaving, but I go back out of the hole and climb to the ground.

     When my feet touch the grass, I see two of Vikk's species across the street. They're watching me and hurriedly making sounds into a copy of the black object Vikk has. The one that I hear sounds from. Do they know where Lachlan is? I step forward to ask, but they shriek and run away. Umm....... ok? I guess I'll just look on my own. I walk away for a short amount of time. I'm out of sight of Vikk's den when I hear a sound like none other. It's like a screeching of a bat, but it's so much louder! The sound grates my ears. I realize where it's coming from when another monster rumbles around the corner. Blue and red light shine from the top as it emits the screeching sounds. It it coming for me!?

     When it finishes turning and heads in my direction, I spin on my heel and sprint to the opposite direction. I can hear it chasing me as I run down the hard trail. Please don't eat me!