Chapter 3: Friend/Foe
I awoke few feet from my destination. If I could get across the Black Line, I would be safe. The Master would not be able to touch me again. I had to move. I had to run. I heard voices around me, speaking that same strange language the master was yelling before. I began to try and move; pain exploded through my entire body.
Something had happened. One of the beasts on the Black Line must have found me and attacked me. I couldn't move anything. I was in pain. The animal that had made my last meal was beginning to make my stomach growl and quake, I felt like I was going to vomit. I heard something make a high-pitched screech and then people began to crowd around me.
The imperative thing was that I saw something very important. The master was running. I was free. I was free. I relaxed. I began to slow my breathing. I never had to worry about The Master again
I felt a soft hand against my neck, and my eyes snapped open. I looked up at a female with red hair standing over me. It was she who had the hand to my neck, but she did not look to be a person that would hurt me. A male came over, eyes hidden by a mask. They spoke in that strange language The Master spoke in, but it sounded different. The Master always sounded grating, angry, like he wanted to hurt me. But these people didn't sound like that at all.
They sounded…. Different. I didn't have the words for it. I felt the people around me begin to pick me up, and pain exploded through my body again. I growled and tried to get them away, but pain exploded through my body again, and I fell into the darkness again.
Were these people Friends? Foes? I didn't know. All I knew was that The Master was gone, and I was heading towards the island. My island. The one place that I was safe. I was safe… secure…. and utterly defended from The Master.