He stopped and sighed, looking down at the worn out Reaper on the ground. Eric knew that, if he didn’t get her something to eat, Lilith would refuse to budge from where they were at, and would moan the whole way as he piggybacked her to the village. Though, from the looks of it, there was a high possibility that even if Eric got Lilith something to eat, he would still have to piggyback her to the village they had set off towards. Looking at his hawk, he nodded and the bird immediately shot up and started circling before suddenly shooting off in another direction.
“We aren’t being followed so let’s take a break please, I’m a Reaper and unlike you I’m not gifted with incredible stamina, speed and strength and I am pooped.” Eric laughed as Lilith grumbled from the ground as he walked forward and sat down on the ground beside her. “Don’t worry, Lilith, I’ve already send my hawk off to find you some food. Anyways, I could just carry you around the place, if you don’t mind.” He shrugged and flexed his right arm, jokingly, as he chuckled lightly. His expression turned serious as he turned to look up at the sky and then back down again.
“I’ll go and get something for you as soon as Ben sees something, okay? But will you be safe by yourself?” He felt a large amount of concern for the slightly younger lady, his one and only best friend. Though he knew that she was strong, and though it was currently the night during which their powers should be at their strongest, she was weak from her lack of food. Eric sighed and stood up straight as he rubbed his nose again for the millionth time as he started to figure out the different scents, the tingling receding as he took deep breaths and looked around, his eyes turning into a light amber as he looked around them, listening and spying for anything Lilith could eat.
Suddenly, his hawk landed on his shoulder and pecked him on top of his head. He winced and looked at the hawk, “Found something?” The hawk let out a high-pitched screech as it stated that it had caught sight of a doe, not to far away from where they were at, that was grazing in a meadow not too far away. Eric nodded and looked at Lilith, “I will keep Ben with you, he will come and find me if something happens. Hide, stay safe. I’ll be back soon.” He gently placed Ben on Lilith’s shoulder, making sure that the hawk didn’t harm the girl with his talons as Eric examined the two one last time.
Nodding to himself, reassured that they would be safe, Eric started running towards the direction the hawk had told him about. After Lilith was out of sight, he let out a hawk-like shriek and shapeshifted, as his arms bent and turned into wings, feathers sprouting all over his body, his legs turning into talons. Eric struggled into the air- he looked just like a hawk, albeit a little bit big for one, and fully black in color- and managed to coincide with an air stream, and sped along in the sky. By God, does this feel glorious. Eric chuckled in his mind as he kept his head down, his hawk eyes perceiving everything that went on in the forest bed. He noticed the meadow that Ben was talking about, but no doe in sight. He cursed and flew on, but worry grew in his heart. I should not drag this on for too long.
Eric picked up his speed, flapping his wings more frequently as he sped over the forest, but thankfully, only after a short while, he noticed the doe. Thank goodness. Eric positioned himself over the doe as he suddenly transformed back to his human state, but with the claws and fangs of a predator. He was finished with the doe in a few mere seconds. Wiping away the blood from his chin, he grabbed the doe, placed it around his shoulders, and ran as fast as he could back to Lilith, worry once again etched in every feature on his face.
By the time he made it back to Lilith, it had already been around an hour. He stumbled through the foliage as he ran back to where he had left her. "Lilith! Ben!"