'Reunion'
Yep, my next fic. Sorry it too so long...very bad case of writers block *grumbles and looks that multiple craters where she had dropped many bombs*.
*hears Melvin screaming in disbelief*
MWHAHAHA! You thought you had stopped me didn't you!? I shall NEVER stop! AAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!
Anyway...here's chap 1.
Chapter 1
Lightning flashed and thunder boomed. The wind howled fiercely, knocking down trees and striping many leaves off their branches; with rain pouring down relentlessly. This was the nastiest storm to hit Mudos in years; a virtual hurricane, and Spider and his clan were caught out in the middle of an open plain, with no known shelter nearby. They were blinded by the rain and the howling wind making it near impossible to hear each other, plus the strength of the wind made it hard to walk anywhere.
Knowing it would be too dangerous to try to find suitable shelter, Spider had the clan just lay down and huddle together, the females in the middle, and wait out the storm...
The storm didn't end until early the next morning and the clan was able to pull through it with only a few scratches and bruises. They uncurled and stretched out their sore limbs and shook the water off their bodies. As they tended to their minor injuries, Spider noticed someone was missing...and his heart filled with dread.
"Where's Goliath?" he asked, his voice sounding a bit panicked.
The others looked around and did see him anywhere.
"I don't know..." Kilk said worryingly, "He was with us when we huddled together last night wasn't he?"
"Kilk, we couldn't see the front of our own snouts let alone see each other." Delta said as he licked at a cut on his arm.
"And I'm glad the rest of yer didn't run off in a blind panic." Spider said, water running down his chest along the scars Malice had given him just over a month ago. He lowered his head, clearly worried, "Who knows where Goliath is now...that storm would have wiped out any of his tracks."
“So do we go try to look for him?” Charr asked.
“We wouldn’t know where to start…” Hoth said, “Like what Spider just said…the storm would have wiped out all tracks.”
“So what can we do?” Invy asked whining slightly.
Spider was quiet for a long time, the look of despair and pain evident on his face. Finally he released a heavy sigh and looked up at them.
“The best we can der is to press on…” He said solemnly, “but keep our senses open for any sign of him…and call out for him every once in a while.”
“Can’t we spread out and do a search?” Felth asked.
“Too risky fer the rest of us…” Spider explained, “’Sides, we don’ know ‘when’ Goliath bolted, he could be miles away be now.” Spider looked up at the sky, which was still dark with storm clouds. “Plus there is no tellin’ if ‘nother storm will hit or not…and we can’t risk anyone else getting’ lost.”
“Well…one good thing is that storm would have thrown any bounties off our tail.” Kilk said.
“True...but with Goliath separated from the rest of us he would be an easy target.”
And an IQ of a slog doesn’t help him either.” Delta said with a nod.
“Let’s hope we find him before any bounties der.” Spider said, then lowered his head, almost touching the ground, and made the summoning call; a very low pitched purr-like call that was similar to an elephants. They waited a few moments…but got no response. Spider sighed and looked back up at the group.
“Let’s go.” He said as he started walking. The others nodded sadly and followed…
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