Karasufurai
Chapter 6: Keikoku
The Humans end up shoving him and his Banner inside of a locker.
A locker.
He is so going to peck them when he gets out.
"Don't worry; I'm a crow whisperer!" Tiny had proclaimed proudly, "If we just put him in here, he won't make a noise!" The others had shifted doubtfully, but no one had protested.
Freckles had gazed at him with an unreadable expression, standing silently in the back.
But the crow doesn't want to be separated from his Banner, so he stays silent, reluctant as he is to follow the orders of someone like Tiny. Also, his wings really need a rest.
The crow snaps awake when the locker opens, not even having realized he fell asleep in the first place.
Captain stares at him impassively; his face is set in a neutral expression. He steps back, and silently offers his arm. The crow hesitates, but hops on.
Captain closes the locker and walks around the side of the building into the shadows. He takes a deep breath, and speaks.
"I understand that you are no ordinary crow. Most likely, you are the result of one of the experiments they have here. How you escaped, I have no idea. Why you returned, even less. These things have kept a ton of us humans here, and only send us out to get supplies one at a time, because they know we won't leave without our entire group." He leans closer, eyes grim and serious. "We owe a great debt to you, and based off of your actions today, I'm inclined to believe you're on our side. If you hadn't come in when you had, Tadashi would be gone. However, others have betrayed our trust before, and we have... we have suffered the consequences for it. I don't care who you are, or what you can do. If you do anything that could potentially bring harm to my family, I will end you. Am I understood?"
The crow nods very quickly, and is returned to the comfort of the smelly, cramped locker.
It isn't too much later until he shoots awake again, barely managing to keep silent in the face of his horrifying nightmare. He doesn't get that much sleep that night.
The crow had faced swarms of Grays before, but nothing is as scary as Captain.