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Erebokinesis & Advanced Hearing
#8E388E | Outfit
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Hydrokinesis & Hind Sight
#FF1493 | Outfit
“Look, if we are going to follow them, we have to make sure we don’t get caught. It will only look more suspicious if they realize we have been tailing them. Not many people I know would want to have strangers tag along, much less people who have been stalking them," Mika mentioned as Aru began to move after the other group of people. He gave a silent nod in understanding as he slowed himself down. In all honesty, he was a bit nervous about all of this. With the blood and crazed people running after them, Aru was unsure who to trust. These humans could be different, could be like them but what if they weren't? What if they killed them to get supplies? Being in groups provided protection but too large a group could also be a detriment if they didn't have enough resources and larger groups were harder to move about without detection. In this unknown though, he wanted to be among more people.
Marianne herself nodded and gripped Aru's shoulder to slow him down. She didn't want him to get ahead of himself. She let go however when the boy winced and shrugged his shoulder. The movement revealed the bite hidden beneath the clothes. She had forgotten that he had the injury. And speaking of injury, Marianne looked back at Mika when the woman mentioned her own leg injury. She hesitated a moment before she offered up her foot for her to wrap. Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw the wound begin to heal rapidly until Mika pulled her hands away. That was... that was unexpected. She looked over at Mika who also looked startled about the action. Marianne didn't say anything as Mika quickly finished wrapping up the wound and pulled away as if nothing had occurred.
"Thank you..." Marianne whispered.
She didn't want to bring it up now. They had bigger worries right now. They could talk about the wonder healing when they had the luxury. With her injury taken care of for now, the party of three hurried after the other group of people. The three of them hid behind one of the houses and Aru peeked out from the edge to watch the interaction between the man and the little girl. He couldn't see where one of the girls had run off to. The man seemed gentle enough towards the child. That was a good sign at the very least. Aru was about to relay that bit of information to Marianne and Mika when the man in question turned to look straight at them. Oh shit. Aru tensed, his eyes narrowing on Jed, trying to figure out if the man was going to run at them or attack them. His heart was hammering like a jackrabbit in the claws of a wolf. How had the man noticed them there? They had been quiet! Aru had hardly peeked out from the corner.
"Look, no one likes being followed. So it'd be in all of our interests you guys just joined us... Safety in numbers and all that," the man announced. Aru swallowed hard and glanced back at the other two, the silent question being what they should do. It was obvious they had been spotted so coming out seemed like the best idea. And then there was the growl. Aru gasped and turned his attention to the noise. That didn't sound like just one growl. Now that he was paying attention to it, he could hear a variety of scuffling feet, growls, and haggard breathing coming in their direction. They weren't all that far away.
"We gotta go... Now. Run...RUN!"
"Run!" Aru echoed the stranger and hurried out from the hiding place after the other group. He glanced back to make sure Marianne and Aru were behind him and his eyes widened when he saw the horde of the crazed people. They really hadn't been that far away. If they hadn't run, they would have been the first to be attacked. How had he not realized how close they were?
"Just run!" Marianne cried to get Aru to stop looking back. If he kept turning he'd trip himself and she didn't want anything to happen to the kid. She grabbed his hand as they ran away from the crazed thing. As they rounded the corner with the other group, they saw the girl that had run off earlier and another stranger that was added to the party. Marianne didn't know where they were going but she had to trust that they would make it to safety. She could hear the nasty little things behind them getting closer. She wanted to look back to see just how close they were but knew that if she did that, she would slow herself down and it really didn't matter how far behind they were as long as they didn't reach them.
Then they reached another building and the guy who had spotted them and the other girl pulled down a ladder. It was probably only seconds, but it felt like hours before everything was clear and the group began to rush up the ladder. "Come on come on come on come one," Marianne muttered as each person went up the ladder. She shoved Aru up before her and then Mika before she jumped up behind the girl and they scrambled up to get away from the creatures in human skin.
Once up in the building, Aru leaned against a wall panting, hands on his bent knees and just breathed. He was shaking from their close call. They were safe in here, but were they really? What if those things got in here? They would be sitting ducks and how long could they stay in here? They wouldn't have enough food and water for all of them for too long. They would have to venture out again and wouldn't those things stay around the building until they came out? What were they going to do?
Aru looked up when Marianne came over to him and rested a hand on his uninjured shoulder. She looked terrified to but it was obvious she was trying to give him some support. He sighed before he let himself slide down to sit instead of lean against the wall the way he had been. Marianne sighed and looked around the rest of their party. They were quite the hodgepodge of people, weren't they? She heard someone mention first aid before leaving the room where the rest of them were crowding about. It wasn't long before the woman returned with the first aid kit and handed out supplies. Marianne accepted what was offered to her and looked over at Aru and Mika. They were her first priority in this situation.
"Are you injured to, Mika? I didn't even ask if you were. I am sorry." Marianne offered her the antibiotic jell before she walked over to the sink and grabbed a bowl and filled it up with water before she returned to her tiny group and ripped a piece off her pants and wet it to wash Aru's wound before applying some of the antiseptic on it and wrapping it up.
"Thank you," he said softly. Marianne just smiled and patted his arm.
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