Samui was just walking near the cliffside, her white fur was almost nonvisible to the naked eye due to her being a shadow that she had morphed herself into a wolf, only ones that can see her were people with magic or had shadows of their own but if she wanted to she will let a normal human see her if she chooses to.
The wolf walked along the cliffside stopping short when she spotted a figure laying in the mud near the cliff and a large boulder, Samui sniffed the air to see if she can scent anyone else which she did, so this girl wasn't alone here, but what was she doing here? And where did her companions go? But the wolf had to think about that now, she had to check if Charlie was okay, she can tell that the girl was still alive but seriously injured and she knew that she wasn't the only one that can scent the blood.
Meanwhile, Charlie was still unconscious underneath the cliffside in a mixture of mud and her blood, her breathing shallow, and the wind blew slightly. The got had slowly started to fade, the moon shone brightly above the trees that were parted from the cliff.
A pure white wolf stood over the girl's fallen body it's piercing blue gaze stared down at the girl her fur ruffled in the air. Bending her head down to nudge Charlie's hand to get her to wake up.
" Come on child, you can not stay in this mud forever!" The wolf whispered, she slipped her muzzle under the girl's face to get it out of the mud since her face was almost in the mud that her nose and mouth were in it.
Samui felt the girl's face twitch as she laid the dark-haired girl's head on more solid ground" Atta girl, wake up! I'm sure your friends are worried sick about you!" she coaxed Charlie awake.
Charlie's slowly opened her eyes, biting back a whimper when she tried to move her left arm but stopped when a sharp pain shoot up her shoulder.
" Take it easy, it looked like you took quite a fall!" A soft voice warned, causing the young girl to tense up due to her not expecting anyone to be nearby.
Charlie's green eyes were completely wide open darting around to find the source of the voice. The young girl searched for the owner of the voice with her eyes due to not being able to move right away.
" Easy now, I'm not going to hurt you!"
Charlie's eyes have finally found the owner of the voice, her green eyes met a pair of piercing blue orbs.
Charlie swallowed before she opened her mouth to speak but her mouth was too dry to speak.
Samui lowered her head and started to lick Charlie's forehead gently cleaning some of the mud and blood off of the girl's face.
Charlie eyed the she-wolf with a confused look, she wasn't scared of her it anything, but she didn't know why a wolf would be here helping her, she had so many questions running through her mind.
Closing her green eyes to try to remember where she was and why she was in this forest in the first place.
Charlie shifted into a sitting position causing Samui to back up a bit " You shouldn't move too much!" The wolf growled softly as she pressed her wet nose against the girl's cheek.
Letting out a surprised gasp, Charlie looked at the white wolf as if Samui grew another head. The dark-haired girl wasn't used to hearing an animal talk, but she thought it was cool and creepy at the same time.
" Who..who are you?" Charlie asked her voice raspy due to her dry throat, and the pain that was shooting up her side and arm.
Samui nudged the girl gently" My name is Samui, and I am a shadow being!" She answered as she looked into Charlie's eyes, who nodded in understanding. Charlie moved her good hand to lift her shirt to see the damage that the fall had caused she knew her left shoulder was broken because she couldn't hardly move it, and it was in a weird angle.
Once the dark-haired girl had her shirt up to she had a large gash on her left side that was still bloody and dirty, and she knew she had a minor gash on her forehead but it was cleaned a bit because of Samui cleaning it. Her green eyes furrowed in thought.
Samui saw the confused look in Charlie's green eyes and thought bout it she needed a host to live with, and she didn't want to leave this child out here by herself, plus she seemed to be a good person.
" Hey, can I ask you something?" Samui asked looking into the girl's green eyes, who nodded as her mind wandered to Luca and Chad did they notice she wasn't with them anymore? Did they find Jamie, Mena, and Soifon? She hoped they did. She frowned as she thought about Jamie, will she tell her why she was out here? Probably not she let out a sigh.
She knew if they found the others they probably figured she was missing, will they be worried? Or will Jamie blame herself for Charlie's wounds? Yes.
Shaking her head to clear it she turned to Samui" Sorry, about that! But sure it's not like I can go anywhere at the moment!" she said fighting herself to smile at the wolf.
Samui gave a wolfish grin, shaking her head a bit" No, it's alright you did take a nasty fall! But let me ask you!"
The she-wolf sat down again once she got comfortable, beside the girl, and started to explain about the shadow and how they needed a host to live, Charlie listened quietly as she nodded understanding.
" So you need a host to survive?" Charlie asked as she looked at Samui curiously. The wolf nodded "Yes, that's why I'm asking you will you be my host? Most shadows usually don't ask, they just forcefully push their way through their host's body!"
" And I don't want to force because it will hurt, it might heal your minor wounds like your head wound but your side will need to be checked out and you might have a few cracked ribs, that need to be checked out, and your shoulder is broken!'
Charlie narrowed her green eyes thoughtfully, she was grateful that Samui was asking her to merge herself in her soul which she thought about it. Looking into the wolf's blue eyes she nodded " Sure!" she said with a small smile.
Samui stood up and pressed her nose to Charlie's forehead" This will hurt a bit just close your eyes, and it'll be over!" the wolf soothed as she closed her eyes Charlie did the same and the girl let out a hiss as Samui merged herself to Charlie's soul' And there we go! All finished!" The wolf said in her mind as she morphed back into her wolf form but she was a little smaller.
Charlie smiled as she nodded it didn't hurt, but her head wound was healed so she only had her gash in her side, a broken shoulder, and a few cracked ribs" Oh, Jamie, please hurry up!" she whispered falling back to sleep resting her head on Samui side who had laid beside her.
"I think we could follow the footsteps...there must be footsteps somewhere " Mena suggested as she started looking at the mud trying to spot a clue. Since even one footprint can be their thread if lucky to find Charlie.
Soifon nodded as she started looking in the other direction focusing her eyes next to small puddles of water that may hide the marks.
"...this going to be a long night " Lucas shares his worries seem to have no end. "It's 4 am...what night are you talking about ?" Chad asked as he looked over at his narrowing his eyes.
" 4 am ?!" Jamie exclaimed as she looked at Chad. She held her head in her hands as she started circling in circles hoping she would find Charlie before the sun is up. She knew she would get in so much trouble after what happened today she stole a glance towards Mena and Soifon. 'If only they both didn't follow me.' She thought 'But then I wouldn't have been released if they didn't appear!'
Jamie was lost in her thoughts when a sudden tug pulled her out of them ." what?!" She snapped but lowered her voice when she noticed it was Mena. She was in a bad mood and she didn't want to release it on the blonde anymore. "Something is glowing over there at the end of the cliff" Mena shared as she pulled her along with her.
Jamie followed behind, her heartbeats increasing as she hoped Charlie hasn't fallen off the cliff, the group had reached the edge of the cliff Jamie looked down to see something glowing down below and wondered if it was Charlie and hoped it was.
Lucas looked down as Soifon stood close to him and he was glad but he couldn't help but blush at how close she was to him her arm almost touched his, and he couldn't see her face. But he shook his thoughts away as his blue eyes followed the bright white light.
" Should we go down there?" Chad asked looking at the light hoping it wasn't anyone that can hurt them, Jamie looked at the others " Not all of us, I'll go down and see if Charlie is down there!" she said and without letting anyone get a word in or protest she slid down the cliff side carefully so she didn't end up falling and getting hurt.
Soifon was about to follow Jamie, but an arm stopped her from doing so she looked up to find Lucas blocking her away. "Let her go alone we will help her up," he told her as he walked over to the cliff with Soifon looking down, his eyes trailing to where Jamie was headed.
Mena was still stuck in her thoughts when she felt Soifon and Lucas walk past her. Chad stood beside her hoping that Jamie finds Charlie soon.
Meanwhile, Jamie had reached the bottom of the cliff she took out her phone to see if the flashlight would work long enough to find Charlie, she heard something up ahead which sounded like growling, but she ignored it and kept up heading forward.
As the blonde continues walking, Samui's ears perked up once she heard footsteps coming toward Charlie and her, lifting her muzzle to sniff the air, to see what it was, and it smelt like a human wrapping her tail around Charlie protectively.
And the little movement had woken Charlie up from her sleep, moving her hand to rub her eyes " What's the matter, Samui?" She asked. But before the white she-wolf can answer, Jamie had walked out of a bush that was going through.
Charlie's eyes widen when her girlfriend stepped out of the bushes, the dark-haired girl couldn't help but smile as Jamie ran over once the dirty blond had found the younger girl.
"Charlie-" Jamie began but she didn't get to finish her sentence due to being knocked over by her lover who had thrown herself into her arms, almost knocking the dirty blond girl's neck. Jamie had to keep her balance so they wouldn't fall backward.
" Jamie your here, we were looking all over for you!" Charlie said as the older girl patted her back gently" Let's get out of here first, and then I will explain everything, right now we need to get you to a hospital to get checked out!" Jamie said standing up and helping her girlfriend get to her feet" Would you like me to carry you?" The blond asked, Charlie looked at Jamie and then back at Samui who was already gone which she figured she just merged back into her.
" I think I can walk!" Charlie said with a smile as she straighten up winching when her sides pulled but ignoring it she didn't mind getting checked out so she didn't argue with Jamie about that.
The dirty blond nodded as she made sure to stay close to the younger girl, she cursed herself in her head for letting her lover get hurt. Why did she come all this way to find her? Shaking her head she will punish herself later right now they needed to get out of there.
After a long trudge back to the others Lucas and Chad helped Jamie pull Charlie up and without another word the gang started to head out if the woods.
