Animal Shifters (Started! Accepting with Permission!)

Jayden

The forest surrounds me again. This time, my body lays flat on the grass, eyes closed, unmoving. Hundreds of tiny legs begin crawling over me, taking residence on any spot they can find. A series of pricks and pangs and I stir, but stay asleep.

Then a feather drifts slowly from above, brushing against the side of my face. The call of an eagle screeches from above.

My eyes open tiredly, Elsa's face the first thing I see. I flash a smile and lean into her hand, which is delicately set where the feather had landed in the dream. My eyes close again and I take a deep breath, not wanting her to ever leave.

Elsa-
I lightly kiss his forehead, feeling as tired as he looks. I curl up on the medical bed next to his, moving it closer so I can still hold his hand. I take a short nap, but it's the sweetest sleep I've taken in a long while. When I wake up, I change his and Kelsey's bandages, then make them some soup. Jayden's still asleep, so I leave his bowl next to his bed and grab one of the medical books, flipping through it to find any information on remedies to spider bits and how to tell if the bites have to be treated.

Jayden

I wake once more and try to stay up, looking around for Elsa. When I find her reading a book a few feet away, I smile and reach out, calling her name.

"Els." I rasp.

She looks up and I smile again, my hand dropping down to the side of the table.

Elsa-
I scoot closer to him, taking his hand.
"How're you feeling?" I ask, pushing his hair from his face and feeling his forehead. It feels warm.

Jayden

She takes my hand and feels my forehead.

"I'm perfect." I reply, smiling at her.

I take a deep breath and try to sit up, leaning against her without control over it.

Adrain

"Um, Adrian... thanks. Thanks for, uh, helping me out back there. I kind of... well, I kind of don't like the ocean." Of course she could tell that. Why was he fumbling with his words so much? "I don't think I would have made it without you."

Slowly I walk over to his bed and stand next to it. Gently, I place my hand on the side of his face. "No problem." I say with a smile. "I'm just glad that your okay."

I barely noticed that Elsa had walked into the room to check on the new girl and Jayden. Suddenly, I heard talking behind me. Turning; I noticed that Jayden had woken up and Elsa was taking care of him. Figuring she could take care of him-and herslef-I concentrate back on Laiel.

"God." I murmer. "I am just so happy your okay."

Spoiler

Hope this is okay.

Diablo Draco

I sat there with my hands tied behind my back, waiting confidently and patiently. At least I was away from Rey de las arañas and his brethren. Although I was friends with him, I would not tolerate being caged up and unable to have any privacy. It was supposed to be unlike me to give myself up to the mountain cat's amigos, but I rather be caged willingly than otherwise. The least I could do is just give myself up and hope the shark and his compañeros would let me speak up before putting me through their judgement. I murmured, "Whatever the results may be, I offer no resistance and no protest. Whatever punishment they want to put me through, I will take it like the man I became. I deserve no less than a punishment that fits the crimes I have done. Sí, he aceptado mi destino. Whatever they decide, I shall take it with honor." I resumed my silence as I waited.

Elsa-
"Sure you are," I say sarcastically, grabbing some pillows to help him sit up better. I notice Adrian glancing back at me and I smile and wave. She nods and turns back to Laiel.

Laiel

"No problem," Adrian said warmly. "I'm just glad that you're okay." Elsa walked in, and she turned for a moment; then she murmured something Laiel didn't quite catch.

She was glad he was okay? Laiel suddenly felt warm. "Really?" He hoped he didn't sound like a little kid receiving candy, but he probably did. "Well, I owe you either way," he added, trying to sound calmer. Then a new, sudden thought leaped into his head, and he lost his composure again. "Are you okay?" he asked, realizing that no one had even checked Adrien that he remembered. "You weren't bit, were you?" His memory of the sea was fuzzy, and the hallucinations left him all but clueless as to what had happened to the others...

But she was shaking her head. He sighed in relief.

Roger looked throughout the base in search of anything that could've helped him get away fom the base and all of the other shifters, but he only found his golf club.

He wandered through all of the halls and rooms with his golf club in hand. The massive amounts of spiders eyeing him didn't make him feel safe. Finally he came across the one room he had not looked through. He carefully opened the dooor, expecting to find a map or a telephone. Instead he, ended up walking into the same room Gale and Cora were in.

Oh shit, Roger thought.

Adrian

The sigh of relif that left Laiel's mouth made me wonder; was he actually worried about me? At that particular though, another wave of warmth washed over me. I watched him for a minute and he must of noticed becasue his eyes met mine.

I'm actually falling for him. I thought, surprized.

We stared at eachother for more than a second, when his eyes flicked toward the floor. There, watching Elsa and Jayden, was a black spider. Quietly, I grabbed a piece of paper and rolled it up. Slowly, I walked up behind it and killed it.

Take that Gale. I thought triumphantly.

"This is not good." I said outload. "Bighton needs to hurry back."

Spoiler

Hope this is okay.

Elsa-
"What's not good?" I said, placing my hand on Jayden's shoulder protectively. Adrian shows me the remains of a squooshed spider. My breaths catches in my throat, and I glance towards Jayden.
"Should we evacuate?" I ask.

*It's great. *

Jayden

"Should we evacuate?" Elsa asks.

I half-shrug tiredly and look to Laiel, who Blighton had set in charge after him. He waits for the answer, taking Elsa's hand and giving it a reassuring squeeze.

Spoiler

It's great, July! This is getting fun...

Laiel

For a second, Adrien looked happy. Laiel tried not to smile - she might wonder why. He wanted her to always look that happy. Why do I feel like this every time I look at her?

Suddenly she turned and killed a spider. There was a little confusion; then Elsa looked to Jayden, and Jayden looked to Laiel, for some reason.

It only took a little thought for Laiel to decide what to do. Kelsey and A.J. needed to rest and stay put, but more than that they needed to be safe. If Gale had sent a scout, he'd know or suspect that they were already there.

Laiel stood. "We should leave," he said. "Gale probably knows we're here." Suddenly a thought occurred to him. "We can go back to the old base," he suggested. "Gale probably won't expect us to go back to a position we left earlier." Suddenly he paused; he heard a voice murmuring through a wall. He knew that voice. "Diablo?! What is Diablo doing here?"

Elsa-
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