Chapter 9: Wind
Blue stared out into the swirling ice, angry with herself for deciding to leave the dying village right before the blizzard hit. She could not hear, smell, nor see properly and she was positive she was going in circles. Just as she sat down in frustration, Blue heard a great roaring slowly growing louder and louder at its approach. The ice was pushed aside and up, throwing it around the wolf dog.
"Weird…" She watched the shadow go and disappear quickly into the darkness. She lifted herself up and raced after it just before it disappeared completely. It had to be going somewhere, right?
With Toboe
Toboe walked through the blizzard, shivering through the ice and wind, wandering blindly. As he moved further from the city, as he had been doing for hours, he was sure he was moving closer and closer to where he was really suppose to be. A strange nagging thing in the back of his head (call it instinct) was driving him, and he knew he would make it.
A blur came into focus then. A moving shadow that was moving parallel toward his right, far at the edge of Toboe's vision. He slowly began to move diagonally, using his weight to lean against the wind and steady himself. He drew closer and as he did he made out the shapes of two wolves, one leaning heavily on the other and obviously both were injured.
"H-hey…Hey!" They paused and both shapes, one dark, the other light, turned to look at him. "Do…do you need help?"
He approached slowly until he was only three feet from the two. Toboe realized then that the black wolf was unconscious and on the large one's back. "No." The white one said. "We are fine."
"Oh…" He watched as the white wolf started to move on. "W-wait! Maybe I could…you know…tag along?" He flicked his ears nervously, waiting for the reply. The white wolf turned and shrugged a wolfy shrug, then continued on. "Oh…my name's Toboe!"
With Hige
"Man…stupid storm. Had to hit today, huh? Ug." He shrugged and moved on through the storm, knowing the wind was slowly pushing him toward something that needed to be found.
With Tsume and Gin
"Blast this damned wind. God damn it! Where did they go?"
"Trust the wind. It knows where to take us."
"What?" Tsume turned and glared at the dark brown she-wolf.
"The wind. If we keep pressing strait, the wind will guide us unknowingly and we will find them. Trust me and trust it."
"Trust? Ha. You can't tru-" He stopped, a memory flickering in and out of his mind, lost in the darkness. "You can't trust…the wind…" He blinked, confused.
"Are you ok?" Gin asked, her eyes glittering with concern.
"Fine."
The two pushed forward slowly, trying to follow the path the machine had created. And spotted something in the distance. It was a dark, caramel shadow pushing through the snow, heading east in the direction of the aircraft. It paused, and turned, obviously just spotting them, as well. Gin moved back a bit, a low, nervous growl spilling from her maw.
"Hey!" The voice was shouted loudly but met their ears as a whisper, nearly lost in the wind. "Hey!" It shouted again. "Do you know where we are?"
As it approached, Tsume and Gin realized it was another wolf, husky, stocky, and a nice, soft brown color with a collar around its neck. Gin cocked her head while Tsume growled threateningly. "Who are you?" He could not help but feel as if he had seen the caramel wolf before, somewhere.
"I'm Hige. I'm a bit lost though."
"So are we." Gin said cautiously. "But…I suppose you are welcome to travel with us." She shifted her weight. "We are following our friends. They were…stolen…"
"Oh." He looked around. "I think they headed that way, then."
"How do you know? Did you see it?"
"No…but…I dunno. I can just tell."
Gin blinked her silver eyes. "Ok.'
"Ok!" Tsume snarled. "We just meet this guy and you just agree to follow him?"
"He's following us." She replied calmly and coldly, flicking her tail. She pressed on through the wind ahead of the two males. "Are you coming?"
oh my goshness! Im sooooooooo soooo sorry for not updating. Call it writer's block and being too busy. I am so sorry. I got, like, sidetracked. I know this is short, too, but I'll have the next one up, hopefully, soon.
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