Chapter 2: Search
Sage glanced back when she heard the village gates crash down, and quickly turned back to watch where she was going. "I've got to find my dad," she said to herself, clutching the pendant of the soul necklace in her hand. "I hope Mom was right about the soul necklaces only combining with their true halves."
She made it farther into the woods and stopped for a moment to mark her trail when she heard something behind her and turned to see a hyena headed her way. "Hyenas," she said to herself and quickly took off, but the hyena saw her and took off after her.
"A scout," Sage realized to herself and she then remembered that Monkeys territory was coming up as was a mysterious territory called the Rickies Territory. The Rickies were feared by everyone, although the villages didn't dare enter that territory.
Sage quickly gave some thought as to where she could go. Hyenas might go into Monkey territory fearlessly, but she wasn't going to be that dumb. She couldn't go back either.
Rickie Territory was the only option, but it didn't look good either. The Rickie King wasn't merciful to intruders, from what some of the elders had told the children. But the teenager realized she was going to have to take that chance. She knew no one, not even monkeys or hyenas dared to enter Rickie Territory unless they wanted war.
She was almost to the Rickie Territory when she noticed a monkey was now chasing after her. "Oh, great," she said to herself. "I didn't need another problem."
She continued to run, not seeing someone watching her before heading off for a castle in the far distance. The Rickie scout quickly reported to the Rickie King about a young girl entering their territory with a hyena and a monkey after her.
The King wasn't too pleased and turned to Gor, his trusted army leader. "Go find this human girl and bring her in for questioning," he said.
Gor bowed and wasted no time heading out.
Sage continued to run, but the problem was there was no cover for her to hide. The Rickie Territory was a desert and the hyena and monkey on her trail hadn't stopped chasing her yet.
Suddenly, something landed between the two animals and the girl, who fell in surprise before scrambling back a bit and getting a good look at who had just dropped in suddenly.
The hyena and monkey instantly cowered. "Rickie!" The hyena said and shook, not daring to try anything to get to the girl. The monkey was apparently not daring to try anything either.
"Leave!" The tall Rickie growled at them and they scampered off.
As did Sage.
Gor turned and saw the girl running away and his eyes narrowed before he took off after her.
Sage looked behind her to see him catching up to her and she pushed herself to run faster, all the while looking for a place to hide and hopefully lose the tall Rickie that was now chasing her.
Will Gor catch Sage? Or will Sage get away from him? Stay tuned to find out! :)
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