Glorybringer

Chapter 26

Eden's pale golden scales were crusted over with blood in some spaces. Moss fumbling the keys to open his cage, there are seven keys on this chain in total, way more than there are cells, but that didn't have to do with chains on Eden. Moss remembered way back when she first saw the construction of the prison that her father planned on several prisoners sharing a Warren depending what they did to get them there. Moss couldn't even fathom how Eden would been treated by the guards, a few in training she had met seemed ruthless and eager to cause pain on others.

The key slid into the lock. Turning the silver key gently the lock clicked open, at this Eden grumbled curling into a tighter ball. Moss walked into the cell and now she could see why he laid there instead of sitting up. His wings were clipped to his side's in a sturdy clasp of metal, the tip is his barb also had metal on it so he couldn't fight back against anything, but his mouth remained unchained.

"Eden," she whispered laying down on her soft belly scales. Her scales sifted for their natural dark coloring to a soft lilac, something he knew would mean no harm. "Its okay I'm here now."

Eden turned his head to look at her, one corner of his mouth was crusted with dried blood and his left nostril had a small trickle going steadily down. He blue eyes met hers and in that instant, his demeanor shot up. He fought against his bindings to get to Moss, to wrap his wings around her. Moss smile and picked up the keys once more, she took her time to quickly open his wings first and then she went to his barb. After she unlocked every bond he stretched, his joints popping from sitting in the same place for an extended amount of time.

"It wasn't your father." Was the thing to come out of his mouth. His voice was raspy and seemed more forced that it usually did. Moss reached out to lay her talon on his cheek. His face scales were still smooth, with a scratch every now and then she knew he needed a medic.

"Then who was it?" She asks softly. Eden opens his mouth to reply.

"MOS-" a voice shouted down the hallway. Mist. Her mind instantly goes to her younger sister. She looked to the SandWing once before she tossed him the keys.

"Don't let anyone know you have them." Her voice cracked, it seemed it was them against the world. Moss and Eden against all of Pyrrhia. He made his way over to her and quickly wrapped his wings around the small RainWing. Moss leaned onto him thankful she knew he was alive. Pulling away she ran out of the cell and quickly changed her scales to match the marbled grey walls around her. She slowed down to stop her talons from clicking on the stone below her.

She was on high alert, Mist would've of yelled for her if it wasn't imported, but even worse she was stopped before she could finish. Moss shook her head to clear it, then she saw her sister. The young hybrid sat propped against the wall. Her body turning from her usually dark purple and blue to white.

"Mist," she whispered walking closer to her sister. Moss' head scales turned to a soft green so Mist could see her. She knew her sister could read her mind but she clearly was in too much pain for it already. Mist bent her head down and grabbed it in her talons letting out a silenced scream. Her eyes looked to Moss once before that went to something beyond her.

Moss shifted back into the surrounding walls, Truthspeaker walked into the hallway from one cell. He looked at Mist, with a sinister flick of his tail he ran at Moss' younger sister. Without a second thought, she barreled into the huge NightWing knocking from his feet. "You touch her and so help me I will bend your neck in places you didn't know we're bendable."

She hissed, walking in front of Mist. Watching as the NightWing stood she gasped seeing Papaya walk from further down the cells. She held Eden in her talons.

"Which one is it," She snickered. "Your sister or this SandWing? You can't have both."

She looked over at Eden who shook his head. She looked down to his talons and gave a small nod. Moss turns to her sister, she moved her sister into her back then turns as Eden looks to how he could escape. Truthspeaker moved away to block the only exit.