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Chapter 14
When the group woke up the next morning, the air was thick with fog. They could barely see anything in front of their faces, let alone each other.
"Wh...why can't I see anything!?" Kilk cried, panicking, "What is this stuff?"
Kilk started to bolt, only to right away run smack into someone or something. He 'bounced' off and landed flat on his back.
"OW! Who bumped me!?" he heard Echa growl.
"S..sorry, Echa." Kilk whined, "I didn't see you..."
"Feh...can't see anything in this stuff...." Echa growled annoyed as she tried to knock the fog away, with obviously no effect. Frustrated she swung her arm around and end up smacking something solid.
"OW!" someone said.
"Oops...sorry Delta.." Echa said.
"First I lose Beta, then I get moved out of our nice comfy cell, and now I get smacked by a blind idiotic female...." Delta grumbled.
"HEY!" Echa growled, "It's not my fault that you are having so many problems you jerk! And I bet you can't see a thing right now anyway!"
"Aw jeez...don't start this now..." Hoth groaned somewhere nearby, "Let's worry about finding everyone."
"Unless we got sleep walkers in the group," they heard Spider say, "yer should be all in the same place yer were when yer fell asleep last night."
"Hmmm that's right...I did cuddle up next to Echa last night..." Kilk said with a slight laugh.
"What!?" Echa cried and pounced in the direction of Kilk's voice, by luck she got him and he yelped in surprised.
"I didn't do anything! I swear!" Kilk cried as he managed to squirm out of Echa's grasp.
"ENOUGH!" Spider's voice boomed, startling all of them, "Now all of yer...say 'here' when I call out yer name. Charr!"
"Here!" Charr answered somewhere from Spider's left.
"Delta!"
There was a growl from the front.
"Ok good enough...Echa!"
"Here." Echa grumbled to the left of Delta.
"Felth!"
"Here!" he heard Felth answer to his right.
"Goliath!" He heard a whine to his left.
"Ok..Hoth!"
"Here." Hoth said close by to his right.
"Invy!"
"Here!" he heard her say close by to his left.
"Kilk!"
"Present!" Kilk said to the left of Echa.
"Wise guy..." Spider grumbled and he felt a nuzzle on his neck on his right side.
"I'm here." he heard Shriek say softly with a purr.
Spider rumbled slightly and continued, "Lunic!"
No response was heard and Spider called out again, "Lunic!"
Suddenly someone poked him on the left side and he jumped.
"Here..." he heard Lunic say.
"Don' do that!" Spider grumbled as he turned toward the white crossbreed, who was barely visible in the still thick fog, "scared the shit outta me."
There were sounds of laughter, "Ah quiet!"
"Followed...your voice...to...find you." Lunic said, smiling faintly.
"And how did yer know ter follow my voice.?" Spider asked, inquisitively.
"Vision was...impaired...Moisture...destroys...all scent...Sound only way...to locate...someone."
"Very good." Spider said, impressed.
"What is this stuff anyway? It's annoying that I can't see...." Kilk asked.
"This is fog." Spider said, "and it will disappear as the sun raises and it warms up. But while it's here...I will teach yer 'bout sounds and how they can help yer locate each other, potential prey, and alert yer ter potential danger."
"Sound's interesting..." Hoth said with a smirk, "pun intended."
There were some chuckles and giggles and Spider proceeded with the lesson. By the time the feeders came, the fog had lifted and the group had a new appreciation for sound.
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