J E T S A M
Jetsam/female/female beta/one with the sea/tags: Faolan, Dakota, Alusia, Jack, Radobaan, Hawke"You...okay?" asked Jet, noticing the sluggish way Faolan was walking. Jet limped forward, struggling, but she put on a brave face. Everything ached and groaned as she walked, but she ignored it the best she could. Turning around, she looked at Dakota and Alusia. She didn't speak.
Looks could speak for themselves, thought Jet. The route home was long and tiring, but Jet was determined to do herself.
Maybe they'll think I'm okay, she thought.
So they'll get off my back and let me recover on my own. I am a wolf. Silently, I will suffer. Quietly, I will endure. Patiently, I will wait. For I am a warrior. And I will survive.Every metre felt like a marathon. She crept with her head low to the ground, her legs shaking and her eyes perfectly still. The soles of her paws ached and burned with fury, and dust kicked up at her ankles. Her tail drooped in-between her legs, for she was not running like she would've done, and wasn't leaping over fallen logs and weaving in and out of trees like she usually did.
After a long time, Jet flopped onto the ground, exhausted. She could not go on, but she had to. She could not go on,
but I can try, thought Jet. Through the undergrowth, she could make out the shapes of three brutes. One had a reddish-gold pelt and was unmistakably Radobaan, one was Jack, a skilled a hunter, and one was a silver wolf she had not seen before. He had beautiful blue eyes and a slim build, but his face looked like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders.
Another loner? wondered Jet. Slowly, Jet rose, and half-crawled into the clearing. When she was there, she weakly smiled into the dark, night's sky, and collapsed onto the ground. The world swirled around her, a mess of colours and objects. She had pushed herself too far, and now Faolan, Alusia and Dakota were nowhere to be seen. She couldn't go looking for them, she was too weak, and she felt dizzy and sick, and her heart drummed in her ears as the world around her blackened as she passed out...