“On the edge of a forest,” she replied, ignoring the rest. “Down a hill.” I didn’t just come back for you! Weren’t you listening? There are people here who can’t take care of themselves!
“Emma’s with Kipp,” she explained. “And yeah, you guys should probably leave. Head out using that tunnel over there.”
Fred let out a low groan. “Not Noah too! Emma! DO NOT EAT THAt FRUIT” he whispered his eyes still darting from the fruit to Emma, Kipp and Noah and back to the guards who were now prowling the hill
Take was just about to chase down the guard when he heard Ashira mention a tunnel. There’s a faster way out..? He turned his attention to said entrance of the tunnel and came over to it, getting on his hands and knees to take a peek inside. It was within some jagged formation of the rock, naturally made instead of it being mined out. He gave Ashira and Blair a glance, “Alrighty then, see ya kid. Good luck with.. whatever you’re doing.” he remarked, and without hesitation he crawled through, his legs disappearing from the hallway.
“See you.” She turned to Blair. “Blair, you should go with him. But before you do...” she hesitated, then pushed her doubts away and said, “If you see some kids come out of here, please help them. Don’t attack.
Blair watched Take crawl through the tunnel, then looked down at Ashira through narrowed eyes. "Listen. I won't hurt anyone if they don't hurt or threaten me and those who I care about, certainly not some kids who've been trapped. I'm not that bad." She looked back to the tunnel, chewing her bottom lip. She could still catch up to the guard if she was fast enough, knock him out and give them a headstart. But she couldn't leave Take...
“No guarantees,” she said quietly as Blair disappeared. She watched the empty tunnel for a bit, and then she shook herself and went the other direction, stowing the little piece of marble in her pocket again. Hope.
Take continued on crawling through the tunnel, had he been the size of a small child, he could easily walk through. But he was a fully grown adult, so he was forced to clamber along. If I still had horns they would’ve been scrapping the ceiling... and my tail hitting Blair in the face. His face suddenly went blank, realizing his joggers had a hole or slit in them from his tail. Not again... He sped up his crawling pace, eagerly trying to get out of the small suffocating tunnel and so Blair wouldn’t have more time to enjoy her sight. As they went along, the rocky floor was starting to fill up with water from the rain outside. We’re nearly out...
Blair wasn't paying attention to Take, she was paying attention to the water soaking her leggings and sneakers, cursing harshly at the rain under her breath. She paused suddenly, mud seeping through her leggings as she stayed in place. She heard voices, yelling and shouting in a strange language. "They came back." She hissed sharply, pulling herself along faster until she reached the other side, painfully scraping her back against the stone as she got to her feet outside the tunnel, rain pounding down on them. If it rains too much...I'll lose Kipp and Emma's scent. Then what?
