LU'S ESCAPE
Lu could hear the sounds of pursuit behind him, and felt the anger
within him prompting him to turn around and attack his pursuers, but
remembering Rachel's instructions, he ignored the anger and
concentrated on escape. As he emerged into the air he unfolded his
wings, and used his powerful back legs to launch himself into the air.
He actually felt a rush of air, and a light touch, like of a fingertip,
brush down his tail as his pursuers, a man and a woman, grabbed for
him and only just missed.
Once airborne, his strong wings bore him aloft easily, and he circled
round as he rose, looking for Rachel who should have been following
behind. However, the only figures he could see were the man and
woman who had chased him walking back into the pyramid. He
searched for Rachel's mind with his own, and located it back within
the pyramid, and he almost shied, because her mind had something
wrong with it. Anger rose up within him again, something that he
found alarming, because he knew himself, and knew he was usually
slow to anger. He fought the impulse that rose in him to turn round,
go back in the pyramid and fight and draw blood to get to Rachel. He
again concentrated on the instructions Rachel had given him within
the dark tunnel. He recalled her last words to him: 'Don't turn back
for anything, just go and look for help!'
Lu was aware that he was in unfamiliar, and possibly enemy,
territory, on his own with a friend relying on him. He cried out, with a
warble of anger and fear, as he circled back around until he was
facing away from the menacing pyramid, and began flying straight
ahead, searching with his mind for human minds that he could trust.
He would have to be very careful whom he trusted in this strange l
and, and choose his allies carefully. He noted some mountains to his
right, and decided he'd avoid them. He could see where they ended,
and there was no need to go over them, which might slow him down
and tax his resources. He hadn't eaten since his capture, and was
feeling a hunger in his gut. On he flew, with the thought that Rachel
was relying on him finding somebody to help get her out. Surely he
could find somebody he could trust and who could help him rescue
his friend?
Then his heart leaped as he saw, coming into view ahead, an
unexpected, but very welcome sight.
