Chapter four: Seperated

"Rune~ Wake up~," sang Maverick's voice. He shook Rune a bit and sang a little louder. "Wake up~!"

"WAKE UP!!" screamed a new voice. Rune instently jolted up. She saw Maverick along with a lemur child. "Geez, finally! I thought you were gonna go in a toma!"

"A coma?" Rune tried to correct.

"No... My name's Ai," said the lemur. She was very small and fagial looking. She had black tiped bangs, black paws and feet and her tail was grey along with most of her fur.

"No... I meant it's not called a 'toma' it's called a... 'coma'," Rune told her.

"Oh. Well, then why didn' tyou just say so?" Rune stared at the girl. "So, don't be rude! What's your name?"

"It's Rune."

"Rune," her childish voice repeated. Rune couldn't help but smile.

"She helped us out when we were knocked out," Maverick explained to his friend, "And she tended to our wounds1"

"That's 'ight," Ai said, "You both fell from the sky! Are you two.... sky spirirts?"

"No," Maverick told her, "We fell out of a plane."

"A plaine what?"

"...What?"

Rune laughed slightly. "A plane is a flying machine," she said to the child. "My husband-" That's when it hit her. "Oh my God! Everyone! Are they okay?! Where are they?!?!" Rune got to her feet, but got dizzy.

"Rune, you have to rest," Ai said.

"But... my friends.... and my husband...," Rune muttered before collasping on the ground. Tears fromed in her eyes and she quickly coered her face to advoid the other two to see. "...I need to find them..." A paw was placed on her back in comfort. Rune peeked upl to see Maverick. He looked just as sad as her.

"We will find them," he told her. He paused. "It won't do any good to search for them in our condition... We should wait till tomorrow, don't you think?"

Rune knew he was right... and if Maverick could stay strong, so could she! "That's right, Maverick! Until then, we'll regain our strenght and then find everyone!"

"Yeah!!" Maverick shouted before collasping.

"... -_-;"

Rune lifted Maverick up and carried him on her back. "I don't think we should be out in the open like this," she told Ai.

"You're right," the young lemur agreed, "C'mon, I'll show you where I live..."

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Meanwhile, a few miles away, the others were just getting up. The plan was completely trashed, but everyone had mangaged to still be alive.

"Is everyone okay?' Skipper asked, rubbing his head.

"That depends what you would call 'okay'," Scout replied, cracking her akeing back.

"Role call!" Skipper shouted, "Rico?"

"Nng...," Rico moaned as he layed on the dirt ground. He lifted up his flipper.

"Good! Private?"

"Dizzy...," he said, sitting up, "But present."

"Execellente! Scout's here too. The lemures are present... Kowalski?" No reply. Skipper looked around and spotted the tall penguin. Kowalski had his face burried in his flippers. Scout looked around.

"Hey... Where's Maverick and Rune...? They're not here...," Scout pointed out.

"It's my fault... I could have done something...," Kowalski muttered.

"Kowalski, tell us what happened," Skipper ordered. Kowalski lifted his head up. He tried to be strong. He slowly and calmly explained what happened.

"Oh no!" Scout gasped, covering her mouth.

"Rune and Maverick are both strong. They'll be okay," Skipper explained, "They can watch eachother's backs."

"...Yeah...," Kowalski agreed slowly.

"We can not be staying here," Julien told them, "Fossas can be lurking everywhere!"

"I don't like Foosas...," Mort said, cowarding behind Julien.

"We need to rest in a tree," Maurice said.

"I'm a K-9, not a cat. How do you expect me to climb a tree?" Scout questioned.

"Do what we do," Pribate told her as he, Skipper and Rico jumped between two trees that were side by side.

"Riiiight..."

"Coming, Kowalski?" Private asked as Scout somehow managed to get up on the first branch.

Kowalski sighed before bending down and picking up his notebook and his pencil. "...Yeah. I'm coming..." Don't worry you guys, Kowalski thought, We're going to come for you...

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Ninj: Sorry it took me awhile to do this. XP I'm lazy and been busy. Oh! Guess what? Next chap will be when Rune meets one of her family members! ^^ I'll try to update soon! Ninjagilry out! ;P