The soot that had settled on Mika's face and unconscious form stirred as she was prodded by the figure. Although her eyes remained shut, a series of coughing fits gripped her as she rolled onto her side. When they had subsided, Mika was eventually able to haul herself up into a sitting position and groggily opened her eyes. "Wh- who?" she muttered at the blurry figure, her tongue feeling thick and clumsy as she jumbled out the words.
A sudden stab of pain caused her hand to shoot up to the back of her head. "oww, bloody hell...shite that hurts" She hissed out while rubbing her singed head. The pain at least brought back her senses. Her eyes suddenly went wide in alarm as she looked at Ryu. "The explosion! that person with the dogs, th-the armed thugs!" she blurted out while trying to get her wobbly limbs to stand her up. "Where is it?" she said whilst looking about her fretfully. "I can't lose it now... I need to... I need to find out the truth."
@Rhodus
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The burial was unorthodox and crude, but the female felt like she had done the two zodiacs some justice by digging the both of them a grave so that they may lay in peace. "This is pointless" growled the big one as he paced back and forth. "They will just dig them back up and use them for more research...not to mention we are lingering here too long."
"We owe them this, they freed us! It is the least we can do..." she said with a lash of her tail. To her relief, the ugly brute only growled and turned away to continue ripping apart the corpses of the armed men whom had attacked Rose and Josh.
By now the blood had clotted on her shoulder where the silvery object had been ripped out, but the digging had caused the scabs to crack and the blood to flow once more. Every movement was agony and by the time she was finished piling up the loose earth on top of the grave a sticky line of blood had run down her side. It was just one of the prices she would gladly accept for her freedom. A sudden sadness gripped the gorehound as she wondered what life these strangers had or if they had had any pups. Without realizing it, she raised her muzzle to the smoke ridden sky and unleashed a long melancholic howl. Another voice added to her own as her bother joined in on the lament and across the horizon some other dog added their own voice, and then another and another until a dozen distant howls lingered heavy over the broken houses.
A sudden stab of pain caused her hand to shoot up to the back of her head. "oww, bloody hell...shite that hurts" She hissed out while rubbing her singed head. The pain at least brought back her senses. Her eyes suddenly went wide in alarm as she looked at Ryu. "The explosion! that person with the dogs, th-the armed thugs!" she blurted out while trying to get her wobbly limbs to stand her up. "Where is it?" she said whilst looking about her fretfully. "I can't lose it now... I need to... I need to find out the truth."
@Rhodus
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The burial was unorthodox and crude, but the female felt like she had done the two zodiacs some justice by digging the both of them a grave so that they may lay in peace. "This is pointless" growled the big one as he paced back and forth. "They will just dig them back up and use them for more research...not to mention we are lingering here too long."
"We owe them this, they freed us! It is the least we can do..." she said with a lash of her tail. To her relief, the ugly brute only growled and turned away to continue ripping apart the corpses of the armed men whom had attacked Rose and Josh.
By now the blood had clotted on her shoulder where the silvery object had been ripped out, but the digging had caused the scabs to crack and the blood to flow once more. Every movement was agony and by the time she was finished piling up the loose earth on top of the grave a sticky line of blood had run down her side. It was just one of the prices she would gladly accept for her freedom. A sudden sadness gripped the gorehound as she wondered what life these strangers had or if they had had any pups. Without realizing it, she raised her muzzle to the smoke ridden sky and unleashed a long melancholic howl. Another voice added to her own as her bother joined in on the lament and across the horizon some other dog added their own voice, and then another and another until a dozen distant howls lingered heavy over the broken houses.