Hero of Altear
Chapter 7:Alvin arrived at the Marine base in Tir, exhausted and dangerously thin after his harrowing flight. The keeper of the birds noticed his wobbly flight pattern as Alvin forced himself to stay in the air even though all the poor bird wanted was to stop and let gravity claim him. The keeper reached out and Alvin landed gratefully in his outstretched palms. He couldn't tell the human of his ordeal, of the lost wing mates or urgent mission. All he could do was coo and lay on those hands. The keeper took the carrier pigeon into the aviary and set him on a nest with bird seed already poured into a small tray. Alvin roused himself enough to peck at the food and dip his beak into the water in the container next to it. The keeper, satisfied his charge was well attended to, then turned his attention to the message capsule and pulled the tiny slip of paper from it.
When the keeper read what it contained, he rushed to his commanding officer with the news. Against all odds, Alvin had arrived at Tir with the all-important message a mere five days after he had been dispatched. His mission was a success, the lives of his many wing mates would not have died in vain.
Unfortunately for him and Altear, Tir's commander was already bought.
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Daisy eyed the sky for murderous falcons, but the raptors were not out. There was no reason for them to be with all the messenger birds killed five days prior. She flapped her wings, they felt strong, the tiny pellet having worked its way out of the wound it created with her determined beak. The wound itself was now closed and didn't bother her in the slightest.
Good!
Daisy still had the message capsule on her leg. She was pleasantly plump from all the grain she had fed upon in the last five days, her wings strong and well rested, she was ready to try again.
She burst from the bush and headed for the open sea with single minded determination. She didn't know where she was going but she was sure she would know when she saw it.
Little did this small, untried carrier pigeon know that she alone was all Altear had left to raise the alarm beyond their shores.
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I decided the pigeons should have their own standalone chapter rather than connect it to any other. Which means this one was really short.
The delay in these postings was due to the fact I was moving, and this is the soonest that there has been a pause in all the chaos for me to attend to these chapters.
Big thanks to RevProalpha for leaving a whole lot of comments on my various works. I hope to hear from you again soon!