Allayne sat in her bed. A few hours ago, Posig had brought her up to the infirmary; she had just woken up, and wondered where she was.
A hare entered the room. "You need to sleep. It looks like you ran all the way from Redwall to here."
"I'm fine. Where am I?" Allayne asked.
"Salamandastron. I'm Sally, the healer." The hare took a friendly tack, not wanting to disturb Allayne. "Hows Lisa?"
Tears welled in Allayne's eyes. She tried to speak, but only made a choking noise.
Sally looked confused at the reaction. She started to speak, but stopped. She started again. "Take a rest. We'll talk later."
Sally left. Turning a corner, she came up to Posig.
"Well?" He asked.
"Something happened at the abbey. I asked her about one of my friends there, and she cried." Sally said.
Posig turned. "It may be related to Sam's death this morning. Get Poppy and Hardright; tell them to meet me in Ops. They'll know where it is." He smiled. "After that, help our guest out. If something's happened, she'll need a friend."
Sally nodded. "It must've been big. I've never seen a creature that broken up." She went off to do her task.
Posig went down a corridor to get to the room.
Allayne was attempting to regain herself; the horror at the abbey could have come here already. She heard a knocking from a cabinite.
"Hello?" She called. The knocking got louder. She walked up to open it; taking a board to defend herself if nessesary. Turning a knob that helped to keep it closed, she was thrown back as the dood opened. Correy fell out. She got up to hit him with the board.
"No! Don't please!" Correy yelled. "I need to run... I need to escape it... Don't knock me out Allayne."
Allayne looked at his eyes; they were filled with terror and pleading her not to hit him. "I thought it killed you..." She dropped the board. "Where did it go?"
"I don't know... Please, let me run from this place. I don't want my paws killing any more."
"Go. Run for your life." Allayne said. "I wouldn't wish that on anybeast."
Correy left the room, going right.
A few moments later Sally entered. "I thought you would be resting." She said.
"I'm fine." Allayne said.
Sally closed the door. "I'm sorry I asked that question earlier. I can understand if you don't want to talk about what happened."
Allayne looked out the window. "I just felt horrified by it," She spotted Correy entering the woods. "I should tell you what happened."
The door opened. Posig entered, saw the open cabinite, and said, "Where is he?" His voice was dangerous.
"Where is who, sir?" Sally asked.
Allayne looked at Posig. Then to Sally. "Sally, run. Don't ask why. Just run."
Sally hesitated. Posig closed the door, and said, "Nobeast goes anywhere. Okay, seer, where did he go?"
Allayne calmly said, "I do not know."
Posig crept forwards. "We'll see about that."
Sally looked at him strangely. Allayne backed to the window, ready to jump.
"Let Sally go and I won't jump." She inched closer to the edge.
"Fine. Go hare." Posig said. Sally left the room. "Now, where did he go."
"I let him go." Allayne said. She tripped forwards, falling into the room. Posig shook, catching himself as he fell. Allayne got up.
A smile was on her face. Posig ran out of the room. Sally was walking briskly away, not noticing him, when he, looking behind himself, ran into her.
Sally spoke first. "What's gotten into you?"
Posig couldn't keep the fear from his voice. "I couldn't control myself... It was inside me, and I killed them!"
"It what? Killed who?" Sally asked, confused. "Don't talk nonsense."
Posig tried to speak, but screamed and fell limply. Sally gelled out, "We need help over here! Now!"
Agen was walking towards the infirmary to talk to the mouse they had found. He heard the scream, and the call for help. Speeding up, he ran towards the yell. He saw Sally straining to support Posig. "What's going on? What happened?" Concern went over his features.
"He came into the infirmary asking where a creature was, and talked oddly. The mouse, who he reffered to as seer, told him to let me leave. He did, and a few moments later he ran into me, talking gibberish. Then he screamed and collapsed."
Agen was already picking up the hare. "Lets see what's happened to the mouse."
They entered the infirmary; it was empty.
"Where did she go?" Sally asked aloud. Agen laid Posig on a bed. There was no sign of Allayne.
Correy reveled in freedom. He stepped quietly through Mossflower. He felt light and happy.
Something struck him from behind. He was thrown down. Staggering up, he saw Allayne. He turned to run.
The same feeling happened again; a fuzzy feeling through his limbs. He fought it, staggering several steps bfre collapsing. A river was not far away.
'Nice try squirrel. Your my slave now.'
"No..." Correy said. He reached a paw forwards.
Twigs snapped as a few hares and Agen came forwards. Correy was vaugely aware of this as he fought.
Allayne was getting up. She saw Correy on the ground. "No..." She said horrified.
A hare lifted her up. It was Sally. "What's going on?"
"Not now. Run." Allayne broke away. The hares and Agen hesitated, but the sight of the squirell and the news of Posig made them follow. Once in Salamandastron, Agen said to Allayne, "Come with me." She followed him up flights of stairs to the forge room.
"What is going on? Why were you out of the infirmary? What happened to Posig?" Agen asked.
"I-it's hard. I lost a lot of friends." Allayne said.
Agen replied, "I need to know whats going on."
Allayne composed herself to answer. "I'm not fully sure. That thing, which inhabits that squirrel, and had been in a hare, I don't know his name, destroyed Redwall. Killed every creature save two. It can take over bodies, send minds to torments, and manipulate you to think whatever it wants. It manipulated me, and used me several horrible times to attempt to kill the abbot."
Agen nodded. "Why did it refer to you as 'seer'?"
"I am a seer. I've seen things happen before they happen. Until a few moments ago, I thought Salamandastron still had time. But now it's going to go the way of Redwall."
WA: I kinda feel sorry for Correy. But he's just the perfect Character for killing.