Shun
Threat of snowfall lingered in the air so heavily that you could almost see it, even though it wasn't there. It was the last few days of fall, and winter was already nipping at the city. But the cooling weather didn't stop us from enjoying the sunny day that it was. Julie had gotten the idea for us to picnic at the park, and the place she had chosen was next to where the forest started.
She and Runo spread out the blanket that we would sit on, and Murucho was asking them questions about why they were doing this. Apparently he had never gone on a picnic before. I don't doubt it. The blanket hadn't been on the ground for more than a few seconds before Dan had already sat down on top of it and made himself comfortable. Runo snapped at him, "Dan! You messed up the blanket!"
He just stuck out his tongue and Runo hit him in his shoulder. He whined, "It's about to get messed up anyway! Geez! Quit being so freaking OCD!" I rolled my eyes and turned to look at the forest that was behind us. Everything about it had been untouched by human hands. It wouldn't have been there if the government hadn't stepped in and stopped the city from leveling it. The part that they had destroyed was what was now the park.
This area of land was originally intended to be a mall or something like that. All kinds of animals were in that forest; birds, deer, foxes, and even reported wolf packs. Which was very uncommon for Bay City. People started to think that maybe a pack had moved from another city and just settled here.
There had been a lot of controversy about the wolves though. People were wanting to run them out of the forest or kill them because they were becoming a threat as they started to get more comfortable with coming into the city. Julie brought me out of my thoughts when she clapped her hands together and said, "Alright! Everything is all set up! Now we can eat!"
I sat down on the blanket between Alice and Dan. It was either there or between Dan and Runo, and to be honest I didn't want to get caught in the crossfire of their dangerous obsession with each other. The cool wind picked up, and I zipped up the light green jacket that I had worn that day.
If I hadn't known any better, I would have thought it was already winter instead of very late fall. That could have only signaled that the city was in for a freezing winter. Dan bit into a sandwich and said with a mouthful of food, "This is great, Runo!" Runo gave him a slightly disgusted look that reflected his manners, but she knew that you couldn't fix stupid.
No matter how hard you tried. She had put up a hell of a fight to try though. Runo and Alice had made the food though from what I was told, and I had to admit it was pretty good for some sandwiches and chips. We finished the food in no time, and were just sitting around and enjoying the fresh air.
Two kids were kicking a ball back and forth to each other not far off from us. I watched as one kicked the ball right into the woods behind us. They both ran up and tried to look through the brush. One of them said, "Do you see it?" The other told him, "No."
A woman, who I assumed was their mother, came running up and asked them what was going on. The kids told her, and she craned her neck to see if she could find the ball. When she shook her head at them, I stood up and said, "I'll go and get it." The others looked up at me and Dan whispered something under his breath that sounded like, "Hotshot."
I rolled my eyes and walked from the blanket and towards the woman and two kids. She told me, "You don't have to." I stuck my hands in the pockets of my jacket to keep them warm and said, "Don't worry about it. I'll be in there and out in no time."
The woman thought for a moment then said, "Alright. But watch yourself in there." I nodded my head, and found an opening in the brush. Easily I fit in and looked around. Dying plants were thick, and dried out briars were already hooking to my pant legs. I easily found the ball against the late fall background of the woods.
It was in front of another wall of underbrush that had seemed to have stopped it from going any further into the woods. I stepped over a few plants, and reached out for the ball when two green eyes flashed open from the underbrush in front of me.
Alice
I thought it was very generous of Shun to help out those kids, so I didn't remark or anything like the others had. I just kept my mouth shut and ate on a chip while I watched Shun disappear in the woods. He did need to be careful in there though. There was no telling what all could be in that forest.
There probably wasn't much since it was close to a place that was very active with people. Then again, that hadn't stopped any of the wolves lately. Recently, and old lady had looked outside her house and found a wolf walking the street in front of it.
What was really shocking though, was that the woods were a good mile or two away from her home. The peaceful silence of the forest was broken by a cry from Shun, and followed by growls. Next thing we saw was Shun tumble out of the brush that he had gone through, and scramble back.
Naturally, we all jumped up and started to run over to him. That is, until we saw why Shun had yelling in the first place. A large gray colored wolf jumped out from the brush as well; teeth bared and eyes fixed on Shun.
Dan made a movement that caught my eye, and I saw that he had found a branch that had broken off from a tree. He started swinging the branch at the animal, and every time he did the wolf flinched back. Finally, it ran back into the woods that were next to us.
The woman and her kids had apparently ran off when the animal jumped out. We probably would have done the same if it hadn't been one of our friends in trouble. When everything settled down on us, we remembered Shun and ran to his side. He was still sitting on the ground from where he fell back, and I noticed that he was clutching his right arm.
I knelt beside him and told him, "Show me your arm." He reluctantly removed his hand, and revealed his jacket had been torn and bloodstained. I heard Dan say behind me, "We need to get him to an emergency room." He was right. The wound on Shun's arm would most likely need stitches, and he himself would definitely need shots in case that wolf had any kind of diseases.
Shun went back to clutching his arm. He had to have been in a ton of pain, because I had never seen him like this. Dan helped Shun up to his feet, and we made our way back to the limo and Kato, which had both brought us here. I saw Kato sitting on a bench reading a book.
He then glanced up and saw Shun. "What happened?" Already he had shut the book he was reading and heading towards the limo to get it started. I looked back down at Shun's arm. His left hand was still clutching the wound tightly, but blood had turned the light green jacket sleeve into a dark red and brown.
Murucho had scooped up the blanket that we sat on and handed it to me. He said, "Have Shun wrap this around his arm. It won't do much, but it might help with the bleeding." I nodded my head and took the blanket. Shun had apparently heard what Murucho said, and practically wrapped the blanket around his arm himself.
Lucky for us, the hospital was fairly close to the park. Not much more than a five minute drive. Maybe three if Kato went over the speed limit. Which he did. The blanket slipped off of Shun's arm when we stepped out of the limo, but we didn't stop to pick it up. We left it there and helped hurry Shun into the emergency room that we had parked in front of.
A nurse at a desk saw us walk in, then looked down at Shun's blood soaked jacket sleeve. She quickly picked up the phone, and said something into it before setting it back down and running over to us. "What happened to him?" Murucho started going into detail, and a few more nurses showed up.
They were probably who she had called when we showed up. One of them told us to follow her, and she led us to a waiting room while she and another nurse took Shun to be treated. I had a good feeling that Shun would be fine.
The hospital had treated dog bite victims before, so this couldn't be much different, right? Well, it was different in one way; this was the first wolf victim in Bay City. I couldn't help but think that this would cause a lot of stir in the city now. People already wanted the wolves exterminated, and now they might have a reason to back their argument other than just because one showed up in their front yard.
We waited for an hour or so in the same room that the nurse dropped us off in, and we spent all of that time listening to Dan complain about the smell. The nurse then showed back up and said, "He's in the third room on the left." She then vanished. We all walked down the hall and counted the rooms and found the one that the nurse had told us that Shun was in.
The door was wide open, and showed us Shun sitting on one of those examining tables. They weren't planning on keeping him overnight if they placed him in a regular check-up room. His jacket was gone, and most likely thrown away since it was ruined. His arm was wrapped tightly in white bandages, and it looked like if he moved the slightest bit they would break.
We all stepped into the room, which was now fairly cramped with six people in it now. Murucho asked, "So what did they do to you, Shun?" Shun lifted up his arm and said, "They gave me I think about sixty stitches, antibiotics, and some pain killers that are strong enough that you could stab me and I won't feel a thing."
I could hear by his speech that whatever they gave him was making him drowsy, and his eyes were also starting to droop a little. Dan asked, "Are they making you stay here?" Shun shook his head slowly and said, "No. They're fixing my sign-out papers right now."
An older man pushed his way through us and into the room, and was holding a chart. I figured that this was the doctor that Shun had been assigned to. He handed Shun a small sheet of paper and said, "This is a prescription for some antibiotics that I want you to stay on just for a precautionary measure. Other than that, you're free to go home."
Shun took the paper and folded it in half. I could see right now that whatever medicine that was making him tired, was about to put him out. We all thanked to doctor for his time, and quickly got Shun back out to the limo before he passed out on us, but he did drift off during the drive back to Murucho's.
It was almost impossible for us to wake him back up when we did get back to Murucho's mansion, but we finally did get him up and inside. Sleepily, he went on up to the guest room he was staying in. Murucho called to the rest of us from another room, "Guys, come on in here."
We did as he asked, and saw him pointing to the TV. A woman was talking about a wolf attack victim. Dan said, "Looks like Shun's already made the news." Runo hushed Dan and we listened more carefully to what the report was saying.
The woman said into her microphone, "With the first wolf attack victim in Bay City, there is now even more of a push to try and do something about the wolf packs that reside in the woods near the park." The woman went and interviewed several people around the park, and asked for their input on this.
One middle aged looking woman said into the microphone, "This just proves that those animals need to go. What's going to stop them from attacking somebody's kid now? We need to get rid of them before they get anymore out of hand." I shook my head.
Even though I agreed that something needed to be done about them, I didn't agree with the methods that people were proposing; aerial shootings, poison, and hunts for them.
There were so many other ways that this could be handled that didn't involve doing anything that was being offered by the public. I didn't want to watch the TV any longer, and I walked over to the window and looked outside. The sunny sky had clouded over, and snow started to fall.
and the grande return of me after another day. ^^ the never ending roll that i'm on with never cease. (at least it seems this way) i actually woke up at like 6 this morning. i think i'm still under the effects of that Monster i drank. o.o -yawns- well, read, review, and other things. ^^ ~Copperpelt~
