Running

Running. Running was the only thing she could do at this point. She had to find somewhere safe, anywhere, and fast. She heard the howls of distress far behind her as she sprinted threw the thick forest. Running fast into a thorn bush, the young women was thrown forward out of the forest, into a large field. The wind smacking against her face, she tumbled on her feet and a searing pain rose from her right leg, sending her falling in the dark grass. Sitting up, carefully propping up the package screaming on her back, she gasped for breath, she had been so busy trying to escape, she had ignored her other wounds. The women looked down. Scratches accented bruises on her arms and legs, and one leg was severely broken in three places. Bending over, she tried healing the worst wounds quickly, eyes darting desperately around the open space. A screech was heard above and she shot away from the ground and ran again, slightly limping on one side. The sound of large wings flapping above scared her enough to keep going. Far enough so she could see the other side of the forest. Just a little more… Gasping for breath the women fell on her stomach, the package flopping off and rolling into the forest crying. The little package was a baby, the 100th elemental vampire to be exact, and the women had to make sure she was safe. With her last strength, the mother pulled herself on her knees and summoned a large, black bat. "Please, take my child to the castle of Enma Daioh; it is an emergency of the Kyuuketsuki clan." The bat blinked blood red eyes at her before flapping into the forest. She watched it shoot out of the tree tops, a small bundle on it's back. The women desperately tried crawling into the forest then. But it was too late, a loud shriek, and claws struck from the dark sky, piercing into the target with a flurry of wings. At least the child was safe.