be the lightning in me
05-27-2021, 04:48 PM
Despite waiting to feel the cold bite of death, the wolf named Indigo surprised her yet again by refusing her request to end her life, admitting that he couldn’t bring himself to that. Then the other voice came, and a shudder of real fear rippled down her spine. She allowed herself to open her eyes again, facing the hunter that had pursued her for so long with a venomous glare. With Indigo, she had been willing to die silently, submissively, head hung and eyes closed. This bastard would not get that satisfaction.
But before he could take a single step towards her, Indigo was threatening him. Him! Confused eyes turned between the two brutes. He… really wasn’t a bounty hunter, was he? The actual hunter disregarded Indigo and stepped toward his prize anyway—and then in a blur of purple, both wolves were gone from her sight, tumbling about until they ended up in the river with a splash. Emersyn scurried to watch the fight, shock and dread on the stranger’s behalf. He had attacked the hunter and saved her. He was defending her! What the hell was going on?!
She winced and grunted as she tried her best to stand again, struggling against her own body to help where she could. She couldn’t allow this man to get hurt on her behalf. But it was useless. Her legs refused to stand, and she was forced to watch the battle in the river turn gruesome and bloody. It was difficult to make out what was happening in the tussle of fur, bodies, blood, and water, but the scream she heard from Indigo was unmistakable. Her heart wrenched in her chest, but she was powerless to do anything to help. Anger at herself burned in her chest, the mental derision at letting herself get to run down that she couldn’t do anything but watch the man suffer on her behalf.
And then, as quickly as it started, it was over. Indigo was wading his way toward shore, water and blood pouring from him while the hunter’s massacred body floated lazily down the river. Em ground her teeth together while she tried to stand again, and ended up forcing herself to crawl across the silt ground toward Indigo’s collapsed body. She was not going to let him die for her. It was painful to make herself move, but she had to do it. She had to protect the giant lummox that was dying for her.
”Why did you do that, you giant idiot?! I told you I wasn’t worth it!” she snapped at him, though the tone in her voice betrayed her worry instead of anger at him. No one had ever done anything to protect her before. She wasn’t used to the sentiment. Her paws hurried to keep a light pressure on his bleeding stomach, hoping to stem the blood loss. She knew next to nothing about healing, having only been the fighter in the coliseum while medics tended to her. She knew basic triage, and nothing else. ”Tell me what you need and what I need to do.” She looked around at his medical supplies, recognizing a couple, but entirely unfamiliar with how to use them. Emersyn didn’t care though. He was not dying today.
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