Snippet #1934732

Where could he be...where could he have gone...what if something has happened to him...something terrible..."
Tears flowed down Aello's face, rolling over her cheeks and salting her lips before falling to the wet cement below her. Puddles of water reflecting a dark, cold moonless night as she paced across a rooftop, she was nearly spotted while perching in what she now knew was City Park.
What if the researchers found him...

"Aello?..."
Her sharp talons made a screeching sound as she swifly turned, sending water droplets flying in her wake. The black clouds hung low in the sky were once again heavy with rain, and began soaking her feathers. Shane was a few feet away from her, body slumped on the concrete roof.
"Shane!" she cried out, stumbling as she rushed over to where he lay,falling to her knees next to his beaten body. She cradled him in her arms, stroking his face as her wet tears fell on his cheeks, mixing with the frigid rain.
"What happened to you," her voice trembled as she spoke. Stroking his face, she looked into his eyes, tears pouring from her own.