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Blaise

"They've got her. And I don't know how to get her back." Kaylee said, looking over at Caroline.

"So you're saying the wolves... infected her?" I asked. I was still struggling to understand what Kaylee meant.

"I'm not sure," she said with a sigh. "I think so, though. And... they're going to be able to control her."

"We can't bring her to the humans with us," I said quietly. "We'd have to stop our leaving time if we're going to help her."

Blake

"I don't think it's the wolves," I said. "No one else is possessed and I know some of us--myself included--have come in a lot of contact with them. It's got to be the scientists."

It took a moment for for everyone to let this sink in.

"What're we going to do?" asked Kaylee tearfully.

The scientists controlling the wolves, that was one thing. Them controlling one of us? They were going to pay.

I don't know what we're going to do," I said. "but I know what we're not going to do. We're not going to separate unless absolutely necessary. We're not going to run off, EVER. We're not going to leave Caroline unattended. We're not going to let her anywhere near weapons. And most importantly, we're not going to abandon her."

Corbin~

My arms were protectively around Ester. I kept an eye on Carry, who was still heaped on the floor. Something was wrong with her. I knew her well, she was like my little sis, and she had NEVER acted like this.

Then I remembered "The syringe," I whispered. Ester, who had been leaning her head against me,looked up and nodded. Obviously she had been thinking the same thing.

I remembered seeing the syringe in that wolf, if the humans could do something like give the wolves special strength, then who knows what they had done with Carry. I was going to kill them for messing with my sister. It was a brilliant idea, I would give them that much. Make one of our own do the dirty work. They know that we had all grown close, none of us wanted to hurt her, but they would make us. They would make us kill her for our own safety.

"No," I whispered. I wouldn't do it. I would NOT do it! I squeezed Ester tighter, what if they got to her? I would not let that happen. I gripped my dagger hilt. I was going to kill them.

I walked over to where everyone else was huddling into a group. I was going to explain it to them, but one look at their faces and I knew that they had already figured it out. "We have to do something!" I told Kaylee, she was the leader now, whether she liked it or not.

"We were just discussing that," she said.

I won't be able to post until Monday so please include me. I have about 1 minute so sorry if there is mistakes .... My person wants to comfort Blake, but he doesn't know how. Right now he is in a fighting stance. If he could go hold Blake that would be great . . . . Sorry I can't post longer.

Will do!

Ester Alice:

Placing my head onto Corbin's shoulder I stared from under my shoulder at Caroline. An image of her chopping at me popped into my head, I could practically see the fear in my face.

I felt Corbin's grip tighten on me for a second till he let me go and walked towards the others. I curled my hands around my legs, staring aimlessly at Caroline. Why had Corbin had to go? I could hear them muffling words, turning my head, I gazed over at the group. They had something planned, I could feel it.

Picking myself up, I waddled towards them casting a quick glance back at Caroline.
"We more tonight, after all Plan mircale is set for tomorrow." Kaylee said, standing.

Apple did you mean to say "We more tonight." or did you mean "We move tonight?"

Huh? I thought she meant like "we mourn tonight, for tomorrow we do Plan Miracle."

Maybe that was it. Ugh. I don't know, I'll just wait for her to answer

~Ellie May~

I held Anika tightly as they gathered around and talked about the next move. I knew she was more informed about the wolves than we were, and the ones who had her obviously weren't the same that were attaching us. But that was one thing, this was another story. Taking one of my friends--or my sister in fact. Everyone here was my family, even if they hated me. And those damn scientists would pay if they hurt any of them. None of them knew my real strength.

Anika looked up at me, confusion on her face. I held her closer, kissing her hair. She was my little sister now, and I would protect her no matter what. She smiled at me and I felt the urge to punch something. I loved my new family, and anything that came between us wasn't welcome.

I thought about the things I'd overheard about Plan Miracle. I wondered to myself if this was going to work or not, and then I felt sorry for everyone. This must have been as much stress for them as it was for me. And I was really stressed. I was more scared than stressed. I wanted all of them to be happy and safe, so this would really bring me down if it didn't work out. I felt tears in my eyes and hoped no one saw them as they rolled down my face. I mostly hoped Anika didn't see them. She wouldn't know what to do then, would she?

Tardies, I'm very sorry. I had to hurry, my dad wanted me to help him and well he didn't give me enough time to spell check. It's ah, move, yes move. Sorry.

Kaylee:

I walked over to Ellie and pulled Anika from Ellie's clutch. Something in her face told me she didn't want anyone to see her crying so I didn't look at her. I crouched down and placed Anika on my knee.

I bunched her hair into a pontail and wrapped a peice of leather around it to keep it out of her face. I then did the same to my own "You ready to go fly Anika?" After a short pause she nodded. I held her close and stood up.

With one hand I held Anika on my hip and I held my other one out to Blaise. Blaise accepted it and I said to evryone "We need to leave. Now. Bring only what you can hold. Weapons perhaps. Letting go of Blaises hand momentarily I shoved a dagger into my hilt and slung my bow and quiver onto my shoulder then took Blaises hand again.

"Okay, let's move out." I called to them all

Blake

Time to fly. Lovely.

Since my daggers were strapped into my belt, my clothes were on my back, I really had nothing to prepare. I did nothing but dread.

Michel walked over to by me.

"Hey," he said. "Mind if I fly by you? You know, in case you have trouble flying."

"Sure, whatever," I said.

Everything from the first wolf attack has happened in a blur. I've never really had time to soak it all in. How long had it been anyways? A few days? A week? Longer? It felt like a minute.

We all took off. We were flying for maybe an hour, and my energy was quickly draining. It was only my fierce determination not to be a hindrance that had gotten me this far. But I was faltering. My wings half collapsed, like they did when I was putting too much strain on them.

Michel caught my arm.

"Here," he said. "Relax. I'll carry you."

Despite my protests, he got his arms under my knees and back, cradling me almost like a baby. I would have resisted harder, but he knew as well as I did that I couldn't make the trip anyways. This was going to be hard on everyone. So why was he taking my weight as well as his own?

Finally with time to reflect, I remembered when he found me crying, thought that Ellie had somehow hurt me, and attacked. It was completely the wrong thing to do, but in that case it was the thought that counted. The thing was, why did he think the thought? Would he have done the same for Kaylee, or Ester? I didn't know.

My mind brought me back to that day, minutes to weeks ago, right before the wolves showed up. Back when things were normal--or at least out twisted version of normal. Blaise and I had been messing around in the woods. I teased him about Kaylee, and for some reason he countered with Michel.

Obviously he likes you, his voice drifted back.

Michel, the juvenile, immature, playful one. Michel, the irresponsible, could-be-mistaken-for-a-seven-year-old. Michel, the one who was always staring....

I forced the thoughts from my mind. The past minutes/weeks had been very emotional, what with Ellie and all. I wasn't used to emotion. I would adjust, and my thinking would straighten out.

Still, it was nice to have someone care about you instead of running off to help all the pretty, "fragile" girls....

Ah, are we fighting the wolves or are we heading for the humans?

Humans, I think.

Blaise

We flew for a while. I could tell Kaylee was getting tired so I dropped my pace for a moment and took Anika. She could fly a bit but never would I trust her this high at such a young age.

She clinged to my neck as we flew. "Hey, Bla-eez, look don dere," she said. I looked down, to appease her more than anything, and my neck prickled. The wolves were staring at us, no doubt ready to go back to their masters.

"It's just doggies, baby, don't worry about it," I murmered. Kaylee looked nervous. I didn't blame her. But we were too high for them to get us... right?

"Alwite," said Anika. She yawned and I could feel her relax as she fell asleep. What would I do if the humans got her? I involuntarily froze for a moment but Kaylee's hand on mine kept me going. I'd have to make sure nothing happened to her. She was my beautiful, innocent sister.

And I felt like I was bringing her to the mouth of a ferocious beast willingly.