A/N
I'm back again, sorry for the long wait again, but I think I may be getting just a bit better, if not much.
Cat: A feline, with natural grace and the ability to make anyone look and feel like an idiot in the best way.
"This is so not my idea of fun, you know? Your guy better work his end of the deal, I am not getting chased around by that giant booger for nothing."
You are not getting chased around. It can't see you.
"For something that can't see me it has a remarkable way of running after me." I grumbled as I ducked into another alleyway, trying to use my thinness to lose the rolling ball of snot that just wouldn't leave me alone.
Sure, it had taken out about six people in a mad rush, and caused wide spread panic, but the least it could do was stay away from me. It could destroy the entire slave master ring for all I cared.
Heartless, yes. But I have no pity for people who sell flesh.
Red Moon dug his claws into me as I vaulted over a small fence in a none too graceful fashion and skidded on my knees into one of the main streets. Tree people were scattering all over the place frightened and confused.
Well, until the giant slug like monster barreled through the little gate, then they were quite a bit less confused and more screaming for their lives.
I scrambled to me feet and took off across the street towards the shed of a rundown building. There were several boxes stacked up next to it, and I used them as a boost to clamber onto the top of the roof of the little shed and use that in turn to get onto the roof of the building.
The spindly legs of the monster waved for a second, trying to detect where people were. Not finding any, it scrambled down another alleyway in search of something to destroy.
I really did hope nobody innocent got in the way of that thing.
I brushed the gravel off of my legs. It stung pretty badly. I really needed to learn some grace but somehow 'grace' and 'landing' never seemed to really connect in my mind. Sometimes I wondered if that was something that had to do with my mutant abilities too. Maybe my balance center was off.
Red Moon kept his ears up, straining for sounds he could identify. I looked up at the rapidly darkening sky. Pretty soon it would be night, and I'd need some eyes better than the ones I come with naturally, or I wouldn't be able to find my friends. And I couldn't ask Red to stick around. He needed to go back to Ivan.
Good luck charms. I always heard that cats were considered good luck charms, and really it didn't surprise me. Every time I look into a cat's thought, I am always surprised by the complexity, even if I don't see it at first. Another thing that was, a cat's ability to hide it's true nature. If anything in nature was capable of lies, deceit, and all around trickery, it would have to be felines.
"Hey, can I ask you a favor?" I asked the cat at my shoulder. He looked at me with his wide, innocent eyes. "I'd like you to contact a friend of mine out of town. He's hiding out in a meadow. You really can't miss him, he's big, black, has claws, scales, and fur."
I will get him, he sounds interesting enough.
I spied some old roofing and what looked like old charcoal over by the edge of the wall. I hastily scrawled out a message, asking Crepuscule to come find me. I figured if he was so well spoken, he probably knew how to read, and assuming he couldn't would probably get me in trouble. Though assuming he could would probably do the same thing, but I chose to ignore that for now.
I rolled the roofing material, which was surprisingly flexible, and tied it with a piece of leather that had come loose from my shorts.
"Take this to my friend, please." Even if he couldn't read, he should be able to smell my scent and know it was from me. Of course, he might then try to take a chunk out of Red Moon if he got the wrong impression, but in my experience, if cats want to make themselves scarce, they will.
Red Moon seized the roll in his mouth and went bounding off after I clarified a few directions for him.
A loud rumbling scream started out not far away. My little emancipated friend was currently slobbering all over another building trying to get its spindly legs onto a guy that was trying to climb onto the roof, like I did. Apparently the slimy monster wasn't all that pleased with him, and was trying a lot harder to get him than he ever tried getting me.
"You're alive."
I choked and sputtered and turn quickly around, twisting my ankle and falling on my face, than sitting up on my knees, I glared at the black haired man that snuck up behind me. When I realized who it was, I rolled my eyes at him. "Don't sound too upset."
"I'm not. And I came to inform you that I have delivered my side of the deal. Oh, and no need to tell me about your side, I can see you pulled it off with flying colors." He remarked with slight amusement, looking over my head towards the slug.
"Yeah, I know." I said with fake enthusiasm. "Where's Mr. McCoy?"
"I just told them to run. Our time together was cut short by a rampaging monster."
"Oops." I said, not at all chagrined.
He rose an eyebrow at me and shook his head. He pushed his glass up his nose thoughtfully, looking over at the monster that was now prowling the street, ignoring man it had chased up a building. "I wonder why they would even want a creature like that."
"Exotic beauty?" I deadpanned as I watched it leave a slime trail in its wake.
He gave a small snort of laughter and turned to leave. "Our alliance is over with. I hope you find your friend well."
"Same to you." I said, turning to watch him leave. I found it interesting the way he seemed to move, as graceful as a cat. I wondered if he weren't part cat, it certainly wouldn't surprise me at this stage—
BOOM!
Our entire building shook. I waved my arms, trying to find balance. When I managed to get it back, luck would have it the building shook again. This time I fell straight on my butt.
"Ouch." I glared down at the roof, wondering what could shake this building so much.
"Your friend is attacking us." Ivan said suddenly. I had forgotten he was there. He was currently looking down at something on the ground. I tried to get up but the building rocked again, this time groaning menacingly.
"I think we need to move." I got up fast, unhindered by another rocking blow, and ran straight to the edge of the building where he was. I looked over and saw the giant slug ram it's head into the building again.
BOOOM!
"Okay, I hate that thing. I never thought I'd say I hated an animal, but I hate that thing." I glowered at it.
"Do you have a plan?" He asked, still gazing at the monster tearing the building out from under us.
"Oh, yeah, like I'm the big thinker of my group." I said sarcastically. "You think if I had a plan for something like this I wouldn't have used it by now?"
"You usually play it by ear?"
"Something like that."
You look troubled. Laughed a familiar feline voice
I glanced up. There, flying gracefully into view, was one of the most welcome sights of my entire life.
"So, if I can get you out of this, will you take me North, to the next continent? Me and my friends." I quickly amended.
"I don't see why I can't get out of this myself." He said defiantly.
It was precisely this moment that the monster got tired of using its head as a battering ram and decided to spit, spit on the building. And the wall starting crumbling like a sandcastle to a wave.
As the roof began to dip I looked over at him. "Have fun saving yourself."
Then I turned and waved my hands to the floating shadow, which plummeted until it was a couple of feet above my head.
"Wait." Ivan was backing up fast as more of the roof dipped. "I've changed my mind."
"Good for you. Crepuscule! Can you lift both of us out of here?"
"Yes." He said, apparently a little miffed that he had to pick up Ivan too. I grabbed Ivan's elbow and pointed at the ropes around Crepuscule's neck.
"Grab one and haul yourself up."
He was surprisingly agile and seated himself easily on Crepuscule's back, right next to the smug Red Moon, who seemed to be enjoying the excitement.
I felt the roof tip away from me, so I made a quick jump and grabbed the ropes around Crepuscule's neck. The roof liquidated away from me and I found myself gripping, with my very injured hands, ropes which were the only thing between me and death by horrible burning death.
I've never been so glad to be flying.
Well, I know it's a shorter chapter than what you all are used to, but I wanted to update and that seemed like a good place to stop.
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