I don't want to wake up, but I know today I need to. I open my eyes and I can see the rest of my pack is still asleep. Ben cradles me against his chest, and Hi and Sheldon aren't too far off. Every single one of the dogs are curled around the four of us, protectively more than anything else.
My eyes are drawn right to the puppies curled against my stomach. Forest and Coop are growling softly in their sleep. All the dogs are in fact, even my boys are growling just a little. Actually growling, not just snoring. A tiny bit of light peeks into the cell as the door is opened with a creak that makes all the slumbering pack growl a bit louder.
"Tory?" Eliza's frizzy red head of hair pops just into the crack. Her eyes are fixed directly on my own.
"I am here. What would you like?" My voice is still very raspy and it kind of hurts to speak.
"To apologize." She's crying too, and smells strongly of terror. "Wake them all up honey, we are all getting out of here. 20 minutes alright, I promise we are trying so hard. We have two evacuation teams coming in to lift you. It is almost two in the morning, and security drops from 1:43 to 2:19 in the morning, and then again at 3:21 to four. They'll be coming at 3:21 to get you all."
"will you be coming with us?" I ask.
"If I-I can, t-that'd be lovely." And she ducks away. The sliver of light vanishes and her steps click away. I open my mouth and let out one loud, harsh bark of sound. The pack is up i seconds. Ben is holding me tightly, all the other wolfs are growling, hackles raised and fur on end. Hiram and Sheldon are holding our their hands in front of them, aimed towards the closed door.
Hush.
The boys flinch and the wolves silence themselves.
Mother-friend what wrong?
Nothing. We are being rescued, all of us. We must be prepared.
"How do you know?" Sheldon asks me.
"Liza came and told me so. She smelled scared, but she wasn't lying. I't is almost two so we have about an hour and a half."
"What else did she tell you?" Hi asks softly. His golden eyes look dull and they all look exhausted.
"Security drops only twice, from about 1:45 to 2:20 in the morning, then again from 3:20 to four. We are being rescued on the second drop." I speak quickly. My everything hurts, especially my pride, but I just want to be free and to see Kit again.I hope I haven't worried him too badly.
"So what now then?" Sheldon is quiet. This time Shadow answers me.
We wait.
Sorry, I just really needed to update this, and it's not perfect or as long as you all deserve but here it is. Tory isn't back to normal yet and we'll see that pretty soon, but she does have a bit of hope in her again.
Till next time
-apocalypticSkeletons