282 Unexpected Encounter (1/2)
Orwell's Point Airfield
”Ras?” Blue Thunder poked his head into the entrance of the hangar. ”Are you there?”
He heard a small shuffling noise from deep inside the hangar and he crawled his way in. ”Ras?”
His eyes adjusted to the dark of the hangar and he saw Rastraz huddled into a ball at the very back of the steel and wood hangar, her wings draped protectively over her head.
Blue Thunder sighed, remembering when he was first shot down and the hoomans took him. He wondered if Rastraz was suffering from what those dramas and movies called PTSD. He gently made his huge body over to the side of Rastraz and laid down next to her, covering her body with his larger wingspan.
He started humming a tune he remembered from The Game of Thrones as he laid next to Rastraz feeling her warmth spreading to him.
”Mmm hmmm mmm mm mm mmmmm~” He hummed as he gently wrapped Rastraz with his tail.
Blue Thunder suddenly felt Rastraz trembling and shaking under his wing and tail. Concerned he quickly pushed away her wings with his serpentine head. ”Ras! Are you okay?”
”HAHAHAHAAA!” Rastraz burst out laughing. She wiped a tear from her golden eyes with her wing tip and giggled again. ”Hehehehe!”
”Huh?” Blue Thunder looked confused. ”Are you sick? Did they hit you too hard on the head?” He held Rastraz head still with clawed hands.
”Hahahaha!” Rastraz pushed Blue Thunder's hands away while trying to hold in her mirth. ”Your... singing is bad!”
”W- What?” Blue Thunder leaned back and gave a relieved grin. ”Really? Oh well, at least it cheered you up!”
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”Ahh...” Rastraz stopped her giggles and looked away and said softly, ”Thank you... for coming back...”
”Hehe!” Blue Thunder puffed his chest up. ”How can I abandon you?”
”I thought you ran off...” Rastraz whispered and she rested her head on her folded arms. ”I didn't know you went for help...”
”I wanted to come to save you...” Blue Thunder rubbed his head in embarrassment. ”But I couldn't save you under those circumstances...”
”Well, at least you came back in the end,” Rastraz smiled gently. ”I guess that counts too?”
”Well, of course!” Blue Thunder stood proudly. ”After all, I was ordered to look after you! I can't fail that responsibility can't I!”
Suddenly the temperature of the hangar appeared to rise up. ”Huh? Why is it getting so hot in here?” Blue Thunder scratched his head as he looked around in confusion.
”Ras?” Blue Thunder turned and saw Rastraz starting to glow red in the dark. ”Erm... why are you getting heated up?”
”Y- you... IDIOT!” Rastraz growled and smacked Blue Thunder with the full force of her tail before she huddled into one corner in a ball. ”Don't talk to me! Go away!”
Blue Thunder rubbed the spot on his head where Rastraz's tail hit him in confusion and pain.
”What did I do?”
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Border of Sin City
A line of covered wagons pulled by land dragons slowly crested over the gentle slopes of the waving grassland. Outriders on alert, followed on the side of the convoy providing protection to the slow rolling wagons as they kept to the well traveled path.
Taris stood up from the wagon seat and stare out to the City in the distance in shocked surprise as the city now stood in blackened ruins visible even from the far distance.
”What in the heavens...” He whispered as the men around him too spotted the ruined city and they were alarmed.
From the distance they were at, Taris estimated they need at least half a day to reach the city, by then it would be late afternoon. He did not fancy staying near the ruins of the city with barely a few hours of light.
He ordered the men to drive the wagons to the side of the path and make camp. Taris called his guards to be on alert and sent a team of fast outriders to scout the city out first.
As the sun set, the sound of galloping hooves came and a dozen riders pulled up before the entrenched campsite. ”Captain Taris!”
”What's the situation with the city?” Taris asked worriedly. If the city was truely destroyed, then all the effort coming here to trade for essentials will be completely wasted and the people back home will face a very hard winter this year.
”Nothing remains of the city!” The leader of the scouting party reported. ”But there are scores of people and Oerkin camps scattered around the ruins.”
”Damnation!” Taris cursed, knowing that they will return empty handed. ”What happened to the city?”
”We asked around and the people said it was caused by a fight between some super creatures!” The scout leader replied. ”A giant snake and some flying monsters destroyed the city! Some of the people even say it was the work of gods that destroyed the city.”