Snippet #1800433

Matt
Matt whipped around the moment he heard the screams. Kyra's mindvoice was drowned out by them, and the sudden singlemindedness that took over him. He bolted in the direction he heard them come from, closing his ears as the sounds got louder, and overlapped themselves so it sounded as though many were screaming instead of one. Confusion hit him for the briefest of moments seeing the Sound Kid just standing there. Then he saw the flames, the cave behind them. He picked up his speed, leaving the faintest trail of singed earth behind him, grabbed the kid, and dove through the flames. Of course, they parted from him as though they were followers, but he had expected that. Fire listened to fire, and that was part of who he was. Ash still hadn't stopped screaming, Kyra was facing the man-thing that had taken Ash, and Nudge lay there, limp like the doll that used to be in Ash's room. He fingered the half finished flute in his left boot, and shook his head. An incomplete sound would do nothing.... But Ash.... She would still have hers, always in her left pocket. He just had to get her to calm down.... He frowned; it had been a long time since he had last seen her like this. Only that time it had been her arm and a few fingers, not her leg and feet. He carefully made his way over to Nudge.