♬ Meet me on the battlefield,... ♬
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Drake and Clarisse were sent on a mission to intercept a truck driven by a pendant-stealer. Everything was going according to plan. Drake was holding Clarisse and flying above the highway. Their plan was to enter the truck by using Clarisse's blade to cut a hole in the roof of the cargo-bed. They were then going to grab the pendants they were transporting and leave.
But, as they were about to descend, a blur of green knocked them off course to the right into the forest next to the highway. Drake folded his wings over them to shield them from getting scraped by the sharp branches as they fell. The branches bit into his wings but his armour prevented his back from being injured.
When they reached the ground, leaves and sticks were scattered around them. They got to their feet and looked for the source of what had attacked them.
"What was that?" Drake questioned.
"Probably another pendant-stealer. They always have someone to guard the transport."
"We should have accounted for that! Ugh." Drake groaned.
"The one who attacked us will come back to make sure we didn't survive the fall, we should go." Clarisse remarked. She looked up through the hole they made when they fell.
"Can you fly us out?"
"No. My wings took a beating when we fell. I can barely open them."
"Right, we'll get you to healer when we get back. But since you can't fly, we'll have to run after the truck."
"Their is no way we can catch it, it's driving too fast."
"You're right. We should go back to base to get you're wings healed. Now come on we have to leave before that thing comes back."
"But we don't know where the pendant-stealers' base is. It could be at the next exit for all we know."
"Well, what do you think we should do?"
"Turn into a tiger. They can run pretty fast right? You could carry me and follow the truck."
"That won't work, someone on the highway will see us."
"Does it really matter? We have to get the pendants back."
"Fine."
Clarisse held on to the charm of her necklace and said," Panthera Tigris". Her skin started to grow white fur and her claws became sharper. Her mouth transformed into a whiskered muzzle and she started to grow. Her clothes merged into her fur and her tail grew longer. Soon, standing before Drake was a kneeling white tigress with blue stripes and eyes.
Drake hopped onto Clarisse's back. She began sprinting after the truck. She made sure to keep a fair distance from the highway to lower the chance of being seen.
After a while, they managed to see the truck again.
Clarisse ran right on the side of the truck and Drake stood on her back. As soon as Drake was on the truck, she transformed back into half-human, half-tiger. She didn't enjoy being in her full tiger form because it drained more of her energy. All Keepers had this problem, but it effected them differently depending on how much bigger or smaller you are when you transform.
She leapt onto the side of truck. Drake offered his hand down to her. She accepted it and pulled herself up. Clarisse used her daggers to cut a hole in the roof of the cargo-bed. She jumped down through the hole and into the bed of the truck. There were crates everywhere. Some were wrapped in bubble wrap, and others had FRAGILE labels on them.
" The pendants might be in one of these boxes."
"Let's start looking."
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♬ ...even on the darkest night ♬
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