Save a spot for me in heaven.

Stepping on jagged rock forming the earth beneath him, Serpentine stepped easily through the rugged terrain with light and delicate steps leading him forwards. The land was dense and rocky, full of crevasses and nooks for the lizards to hide in and find safety. Good thinking... the male wolf thought to himself, wondering if this area would be good for picking up some sort of companion later in life-- when or if he had found his family. Shrubs and tangled trees marked the edge of a cliff that he strode along, watching the inner, dry trench carefully. A sudden hiss sounded from a distance, then chatter followed as if to carry a conversation. Here? Where it seemed so barren? Someone had to have been in trouble, or maybe already food for the lizards. Someone was here, with company and Serpentine was going to figure out who it was, whether or not it be a stranger or his family.

Leaping into the trench, his paws caught his weight and down he crossed along with the barren ditch guiding him. Trotting through the ravine with difficulty, Serpentine tripped more than once and slipped on occasion now and again. The rugged land was hard on his paws and gait, so instead of trotting, the wolf slowed to a careful walk. A hiss greeted him and up his head snapped to watch the eyes of the serpent glare into his own. Fur rose upon his shoulder blades and the snarl belted out of his chest like a mad bull unleashed from a cage. Danger, his teeth flashed and down he went to lunge at the pied serpent. Missing, the snake gave another hiss but turned back to its companion in comfort.

Confused, the male wolf stepped back with the female getting up and in his face about the snake. His eyes widening as she became familiar to him in an instant. "JJ?" Serpentine ignored her threat, disengaging with the reptilian rope and focusing now on his thought to be sister. Could this be, could he have found his family? Mother and father weren't with her, nor was Lorne. Did the blast get them?? His questions flooded into his mind while he stared into her heterochromatic eyes and bicolored pelt. Bitting his tongue, the male wolf sidestepped to get a better look at the snake resting below the canine now coiling up to wrap around at her shoulders. Sneering, he growled at the snake and watched it quicken its slither around her loosely.

Stepping away, he wanted to embrace her if she was his sister, but he had questions and concerns. The snake was one and her new aggression was another, could this be Jade? Silence ate at his throat, and Serpentine swallowed his words bubbling up. Selectively picking out what he wanted to say, he spoke gently. "You're JJ. Little JJ-- I mean." He cut off now looking over her form and figure, seeing the growing her body had done. Still small in figure, she had filled out her muscles and her fur had grown out to patten well. Jade had grown into a beautiful female for certain, but where was Lorne, the twin of Jade? Usually, the two were inseparable and it was unusual to see them separated. Mother and Father were a whole other question, but Lorne. Serpentine worried that the family had split off even more, and if so-- his goal to find the family was to be prolonged more so.

For now, he had the female in front of him. A beautiful and familiar face to remind him of the times before the blow. Golden stare directed into her mixed hues, Serpentine shook his head shortly and snorted with disbelief, smiling now at the smaller female standing ahead. "If it's yours, I won't touch it. I'm sorry." Serpentine dipped his head gently and watched the rocky ground with sharp eyes, waiting until he was spoken to before looking back up.