New World Order

Chapter 37: Bloodclaw Territory

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"Gone?" Katherine asked looking around. "How can they be gone? They were right behind us." 

"You heard their screams just as I did. They didn't make it in time. They didn't run fast enough." 

Katherine shook her head as tears ran down her face. "No...No, we have to go back for them." She turned about to make her way through the trees but was stopped by a rough, wet, and muddy hand gripping her wrist.

"Katherine, you know that is suicide and stupid," John said trying to talk some sense in her.

Katherine glared at him yanking her arm from his grip. "I don't care. Those people we left behind are our friends. We need to help them."

John shook his head. "We can't they'll overpower us. We end up just like them. Captured." 

Katherine let out a sigh as a tear fell down her face. "What are we going to do?"

"Hopefully, when we find the underground sanctuary we can maybe find help. But, for now, we need to leave this place before a search party is sent for us." John said with a calm and gentle voice.

Katherine let out another defeated sigh before she nodded her head to John's suggestion.

John held Katherine's hand as he dragged her across the steady river to the other side. Thankfully, the river was not too wide.

 After they made it across safely, John began to help Katherine as best as he could in covering her exposed skin with mud to mask the scent. He even placed some on his and her hair. 

"Quickly. Follow me." John said. He then guided her along running through the woods.

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Running.

That's all Katherine has been doing through this whole quest. Running.

Her feet ached as she ran through the woods where she was led by John. She jumped over logs and dodge branches. The mud began to feel weird laying against her skin. Through all of this, her mind still lingered on Dallas and Bethany as well as those poor people left behind. She wonders what those lycans were doing to them. Were they suffering? Were they in pain? Are they being lead back to the palace for punishment? Were they de-

"Stop!" Katherine as she stopped running.

John looked back at Katherine with a confused look as she leaned against a tree. "What? Why are we stopping?"

Katherine took a few breaths before she spoke. "Nothing. I just needed to rest."

John shook his head as he approached her. "We have no time to rest. Those lycans could possibly be on our trail as we speak."

Katherine shook her head. "No, I need a moment." She said trying to pull herself together. Her eyes began to burn as the thought of her friends ran through her mind. 

John sighed walking over to Katherine. He placed a hand on her shoulder causing Katherine to look up at him in curiosity. "Look, I know what you're thinking, but right now we need to focus on getting out of these woods. We are no good to them if we get caught ourselves."