Avery was about to call out to Caster and Irisa when her instincts screamed at her not to.
She found this suspicious but decided to follow her instincts and enter the ditch alone.
Inside the ditch she found the thief that she had chased earlier in the day. The thief was bleeding from a large gash on her calf and wasn't responsive.
The thief seemed to be female,not older than 15 years of age. Avery's eyes went to the large marking of a scale on her back.
It was at that moment that Avery decided to help the thief. She reached into her bag and pulled out her emergency first aid kit and started patching up the girl.
The girl woke up just as Avery finished bandaging her up.
" Wh-Who are you?" The girl stuttered," stay away from me."
"Relax." Avery tried to soothe her," I'm here to help you."
"No you won't," the girl argued," You'll just turn me in like the rest of your kind."
Avery just gave her a reassuring smile and took her trembling hand.
It was only then that the girl understood what Avery was trying to tell her.
"I see," the girl relaxed," I'm Harriet."
Avery nodded and they sat in silence for a short while.
"Why didn't you.." Harriet tried to ask.
" I'm nineteen." Avery replied cutting her off.
" I see." Harriet understood.
" I know a place where you can hide, it's not safe here and you can't stay with me." Avery stated. Then told Harriet the directions to a hidden cabin she had found when playing in the woods as a child.
It's owner had died and Avery had cleared out the remains and made sure to maintain the place so she had somewhere to stay in case she needed to run.
She then made her way out of the ditch with Harriet sneaking out behind her.
Avery spotted a small horned rabbit injured near the entrance to the ditch which was more of a cave.
Avery picked it up.
She made her way to her friends with the rabbit.
"Avery have you finished surveying the area?" Irisa questioned.
" I've done most of it then I found this little guy injured in a ditch." Avery replied.
" Aww, let's get you all patched up and maybe give you a place to stay while you heal." Irisa said gently as she tenderly held the rabbit.
Caster came back soon after and they all made their way to the hakuturi medical facility. Separate from the medical center because the hakuturi tried to heal every single organism that looked injured to them, this caused the hospital to overflow so a second medical facility was built just for them.
It was fairly empty today( because most of the hakuturi were busy with reforestation) so the rabbit was patched up in no time.
When deciding on where to house the rabbit it leaped straight into Avery's arms which was how Avery go herself a horned rabbit.
She bought all the necessary things to keep a rabbit plus it's medication and made her way home.