Zani landed on the large outcropping. Snow flurries were battering outside the mouth of the cave, but it wasn't bad yet, and he moved into it. He went as far as he could before he had to set Xerxes down and changed size becoming about the size of an average dog.
He sat there and stared at Xerxes, watching the hole in his chest close. When he was sure that he was going to come back, Zani bolted out of the cave and flew to the nearest human-populated area. He landed, found two humans, and picked them up on the fly. They screamed but it was easy enough to knock them out with a quick slam of their head against a wall as he flew by and took to the sky. The good thing about cities with horrible crime problems and living areas was that no one looked up. They kept their gaze down and to themselves.
