when the whole world trembles and shakes

*Alpine* · 04-02-2014, 12:38 AM

The earth had never felt less reliably, less steady beneath his paws. Between the shaking of the earth and the pounding in his head it was hard to blink reality back into his eyes. He zoned in on the sound of the pups efforts, and that noise was all the that needed to ground him. Those hopeful innocent eyes upon him told him of a trust and a pleasure that Alpine would die before he took from him. As he stood next to the injured child he took an account of his own injuries, he could feel a pain in his chest, the weight and short-of breath of his cracked ribs. He could barely feel the cut against his forehead it felt numb to his skin, and made it easier to shake it off, ignore it from existence. He felt the numerous little cuts along his pelt from all the falling rubble and his flight into this hole but they where nothing, superficial.

He had barely finished considering his injuries when the earth shook beneath them again, he controlled the urge to howl with frustration and weakness as he struggled to make sense of his shaking world. And his weight beside Erion was made use of as the injured wolf leaned against his, his injured paw held upwards to ease his movements. His eyes moved to Surreal who still held the despite hope fleeing this ruin. He looked from older wolf to injured pup and kept it there, assessing and thinking on how to boost this being up that climb. Even as Alpine wondered at the possibility, Erion spoke of it as impossible. When he told them both to go, the glare that shot though Alpine's blue eyes was icy and hard. ?Not for a moment Erion, I will not leave your side? The littler creature tried to push against him, touching his leg and not his broken ribs. He locked his limbs, refusing to budge a single inch despite his insistence. His eyes remained on Erion, showing his iron-clad answer within their gaze.

The shaking started up for what felt like the millionth time, and Alpine was beginning to forget what smooth, still ground felt like beneath his paws. His eyes moved from Erion, and looked up at Surreal, almost silver with emotion made of worry, tension and hope. ?Surreal, you can get help. Besides, my ribs are cracked, I think I would black out before I made the jumps up that climb. We need help, it has to be you? His voice was strong despite the worry and fear that burned inside of him. The worry was not for his own skin, it was for Erion, he needed to other to be okay. He wouldn't even have mentioned his ribs, if he had needed to show Erion that he could not leave him, and Surreal that he had to go. With that, Alpine Swooped downwards, pushing his nose under the other wolf to catch his weight and nudge him towards the safety of the deep, to get him moving, Erion was his one and only concern amongst this chaos. He turned his eyes on Surreal one more time, his eyes begging the other to leave them and find the help they needed. ?Your sister is out there too, and the pack, I worry for their fate as well? He admitted, still gently nudging the pup away.

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