Groggily he felt his eyes open in an instant, a voice carrying into his ears as he dropped himself from the bars, Paul felt a slight wonder rush through his mind. There hadn't been anyone inside the caves since before the Pack had inhabitted it, and from what he could tell the sun was barely just setting. Closing his eyes tightly as if he could close out the noise but discovered quickly it was no such case.
Beginning the walk out of the tunnels that wound throughout well inside the back of the cave, he sighed to himself before his eyes widened, knowing immediately what it was.
Quickening his pace a bit, he stopped just as he entered the main room, eyes squinting as small rays of sunlight blinded him. He was about to leap back when he noticed that the small amount of light that there was was just touching not even the first step, leaving plenty of darkness for him.
As he turned his head from the entrance way, he looked over towards where he saw Emily curled up on her floor, knees hugged to her chest as she looked with wide eyes towards the bed where Poe was writhing in obvious pain.
Leaping forward towards the two members of the Pack, he picked Poe up and brought him to his chest before turning to look at Emily inquisitively, trying to calm the boy down until he realized that his features had gone slightly rigid, eye teeth growing longer as every second ticked by while his eyes were glazed over--much like a Krispy Kremes doughnut.
Noting the look immediately from his first changing--the feeling of pain inside his body as it made the adaptations--he looked back towards Emily, cringing. Soon she would continue in the same acts and he'd be up alone with the both of them. He remembered being left alone with his own pain, but he wouldn't leave a fellow Pack member like that.
"Emily, I want you to come here. Quickly, now," he instructed, pulling the lunging Poe from his throat. He knew that they couldn't kill him, but it could be troublesome enough. "Hurry!"
Emily had been hesitant to get closer to her brother of whom she had run from the moment he had grabbed at her and she continued to just watch him until she saw Paul come from where ever he had been. When she heard the demanding tone of Paul's voice, though, she quickly got to her feet and crept up to him, looking towards her brother with a slight fear.
"What's wrong with him?" she asked in a small whisper, keeping an eye on Poe hesitantly as she slowly made her way to Paul's side. "Is he going to be alright?"
"He'll be alright," Paul promised before reaching out and taking her hand, wondering if perhaps he could keep them at bay long enough for the pain to subside. Seeing her eyes suddenly widen, as though she herself was flooding with pain, he groaned lightly. "As will you."
As he spoke the words, he watched as she herself dropped to the floor, clutching her own stomach as she winced, tears coming to her eyes with pain before she looked up towards him, trying to lunge but his hand around her wrist kept her away--for now.
"Oh come on guys," he muttered under his breath, wishing that atleast one of the others would wake up. He knew this wasn't going to be an easy task without ending up hurting one of the two before he turned his head, risking a chance for both childrens' pair of forming fangs. "David!" he yelled, hoping that his voice would drift out enough to wake one of them.
Looking back towards Emily and the even more charged Poe, he shook his head with slight pride. Be as they may now, one look told him all he needed to know--come the day, they would come to be an excellent addition to the Pack.
These are the chonicles of life and death and everything between
These are the stories of our lives, as fictional as they may seem
You come in this world, and you go out just the same
Today could be the best day of,
Today could be the worst day,
Today could be the last day of your life.
It's your life.
Your Life.
This is my last insallment in this part of the Lost Frog Chronicles. There will be several other parts, be on the lookout for the next "Sin Awakened." R/R!