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Chapter 12 - 'Dashi, Don't Say A Word' - side story

Rachel looked around at the forest, it would take much getting use to staying in the forest instead of where the humans lived. "Owe!",  Sage snapped, holding her injured leg as Rachel wrapped a leaf around it. "i told you not to be so careless when running around, you know they put bear traps around here.", Rachel replied to Sage. "hey, i can't see in the dark, its not my fault.", Sage complained defensively.  in the mist of their argument Eya was scouting, making sure that there where no Void officers nearby, she flew through the sky, letting herself be carried by the currents of the sky as her wings beat, "seems we are in the clear, i don't see any officers here, i'll go back to camp and let the others know!", Eya thought to herself, turning around and swooping back down to the camp and landing right beside Dashi, near the fire, Eya then closed her wings. "the coast seems to be clear guys, no Void officers came this way so we should be safe for the night.", Eya explained, stretching her wings before walking off into the cave they'd been sleeping in.

when she walked into the cave, she waved at two of her friends, "hey Scorch, hey Pellet, have you two seen Scar?", Eya asked. Scorch, who couldn't speak, nodded and pointed deeper into the cave. and Eya was beginning to hope that Scar wasn't trying to make something to eat out of poison ivy again. Eya walked deeper into the cave and stopped to peak from behind the cave wall. 

"of course I've been careful.", Eya overheard Scar say. "yeah. we're heading towards the nearest town now.", Scar added quietly, Eya raised an eyebrow, unsure who Scar was talking to, then she noticed he had a conch shell orb in his hands, the light glow coming from it,indicating he was talking to someone. conch shell orb's where just like phones, but unable to be tracked, the only issue was, they were made by Void themselves. so Eya was wondering how Scar got one in the first place. 

Eya quietly took a few steps back, she didn't want him to know she was there. she walked back to the entrance of the cave, and went outside. she smiled when she saw her friends all playing chess using rocks and a drawn out with a stick, chessboard. "that's one creative way to play chess", she said to herself. 

she looked up at the sky, and then over near the trees, she saw Scorch sitting there and she walked over to him, she silently sat beside scorch, and she looked at him, he couldn't see or talk, and she always wondered why. "go.", Scorch spoke, and it startled Eya. she was shocked that he just spoke, she thought he couldn't speak. "you want me to leave?", Eya asked in confusion, but Scorch shook his head and looked at her. "not... safe...", Scorch spoke again. 

seeing that Eya still didn't understand him, he held his hand out. and Eya hesitated momentarily before grabbing his hand, as soon as she took his hand she felt a unknown energy flow through her, and she saw flashes of the very thing they had been running from, the void officers running into there camp to capture them. when the flashes of the horrible potential future faded she stood up abruptly and turned to look at her friends, "we need to warn everyone, especially Scar!", Eya said, but Scorch took her arm and shook his head no. Scorch and Eya where the flyers of the group, so they could just leave now, and leave the others to deal with this on there own. 

but Eya at least wanted to warn them, so she ran over to her friends, interrupting there game of chess, "oh come on Eya, i was about to win!", Sage argued, and pouted. Eya sighed, "we all need to go, we need to leave now." Eya explained, "if we don't, Void will catch us.", she added, causing concern to grow on her friends faces. there was clearly no time to argue, they could say she was lying, but that puts there lives on the line, and nobody was ready for that. 

everyone began packing up to leave, Eya and Scorch took flight to see ahead if anything, or anyone was coming there way, everyone was doing something, everyone but Scar and Dashi. "i almost had it!", Dashi frowned, he kicked at the ground with a huff, he'd been trying to do his transformation forever, but he was unsuccessful, even with the help of Scar, who was a shadow werewolf, Dashi still couldn't seem to take his Werewolf form, if he could, he would be able to join a werewolf clan, then it would be illegal for Void to hunt him. 

after a long while of trying learn to turn into his Werewolf form, he decided to go back to the camp, hoping he could ask Scar for help. he paused with his next step and took a look around the camp, it was quiet.... a little to quiet for his liking in fact. "Eya?....Rachel?....Sage?", Dashi yelled there names, wondering where his friends were at. he looked inside the cave, then near the fire, he ran around the camp, but he couldn't find his friends anywhere, he was the youngest of the group, and he grew up with all of them, he couldn't imagine losing all of them at once. "okay... nice prank guys,but it's not funny anymore...", Dashi said, worry in his voice. 

he ran around the area once more, hoping that he'd missed something, when suddenly, he was pulled back into a bush, he almost screamed out of fear, but before he could, a hand covered his mouth so he wouldn't. "Dashi, Don't. say. a word.", Scar whispered. knowing that it was Scar, made Dashi feel a whole lot better, but he didn't know what was going on or where everyone went, "Scar, what happened, where did everyone go?", Dashi whispered. "they left us.", Scar responded bluntly, "listen to me, and listen to me carefully.... take this right now.", Scar handed Dashi a orange pill and a small cup of water. Dashi looked at the pill and then at Scar in confusion, " what does this do?", Dashi asked Scar. 

"just take the damn pill, and quickly!", Scar whispered in a hurried tone, and Dashi did as he was told. instantly the pill began to work, Dashi could feel the Adrenaline rush through his body, "that pill should help you to summon your full wolf form, it should last for a good 4 hours, but when it runs out completely you will likely pass out, so get as far away from here as possible, do not stop, do not turn back, no matter what, do you here me?" Scar spoke to Dashi in a serious voice, Dashi nodded,unsure what was going on, but then Scar stepped out of the bush they were in, and gave Dashi a nod before stepping out into the open. 

in less than a moment a ton of Void personnel rushed out of the forest, guns drawn. they were talking to Scar, but Dashi couldn't hear what they were talking about, scared out of his mind, Dashi quietly stepped out of the bushes and around the trees and rocks, a few Void officers were hiding behind trees and rocks, so he had to be careful. when he was away from the area he took one last look at the camp where Scar was standing, speaking to the officer, his eyes widened when the officer lifted the gun and hit Scar in the face with the gun hard, knocking him to the ground, and the officer pointed the gun at Scar, Dashi couldn't look any longer, turning his head he ran away as far as he could, but he made sound stepping on twigs and grass, which caught a few officers attention, out of desperation he closed his eyes, trying to concentrate on turning into his full wolf form, a surge of energy rushed through his veins, and he found himself running faster and faster, the speed was so quick he needed to get use to it better, and then soon he was running so fast, everything went by in a blur, he jumped high over a fallen tree branch, and as he did a shadow like cloud of smoke began to flow around him, along with a spark of red electricity around it, and when he landed on the other side of the fallen tree branch, he realized he had taken his full wolf form, but he didn't have the time to look, he continued to run as he heard foot steps close behind, in his wolf form he could take bigger strides and create a larger distance from the people chasing him, dodging fallen tree branches, bear traps and other obstacles.

he ran and ran for hours, but thanks to the pill he had taken earlier, it felt like less than that, and he still had energy, the only issue was, what would happen if he couldn't run anymore. suddenly then he noticed there was an open area, a construction site, it was a little far though now, and he had long changed out of his full wolf form, running off of the last bit of energy he had, he eventually made it to the construction site, tired and out of breath, he believed that this would be his last taste of freedom after all. when tones of Void officers pulled up in cars, ready to take his freedom, or even.... his life. 

when suddenly,  something that could not be described, saved his life, brutally?, yes, but it saved his live. 

Dashi woke up in a cold sweat, remembering the events of that horrid day. he thought he would of woken up to a Void officer, pointing a gun at his face, but no, he was alive, inside someones house he didn't know. but he was alive. suddenly he heard the voice of a woman "ah, your finally awake!", Dashi turned his head to see who had spoken, "my name is Mania, and please, don't worry, i wont harm you", the woman spoke to Dashi. "im....Dashi.", Dashi replied warily. a few minutes after waking up, Dashi had finally been able to remembered what happened before he passed out. unsure of his surroundings, he started to look around at the new scenery, "where...am i...", he murmured, " maybe i should find who saved me and thank them?", he began to think. when suddenly, the front door opened, and a girl about the same age as him, 18 or 19, walked into the house, shutting the door behind her, the girls eyes meet his momentarily. before she looked away, and went upstairs.