Kieaira remained crouched behind the boxes, her arms wrapped around her knees as she shivered, her ears twitching as the voices began to carry above the rain that bathed the parched land. She peeked between the boxes, a small bit of relief came to her as Lorielle freed herself from the man, but it was replaced just as quickly with fear.
Did I make things worse? Oh what do I do? What do I do? Her eyes scanning the cart, trying to find something .... anything ... that would help. She tried to remember if there had been anything in the crates ... a weapon perhaps? But what would she do with it ... she was clumsy, and untrained, would it just make things worse?
She bit down on her lip harder, she was trapped, the only way out of the cart was through the small makeshift hole between the crates, and just in front of that stood the other travelers. Friends? Were they her friends? No time to think of that now...
As Kieaira began to panic, a crash of thunder shook the cart once more and a streak of lightening struck the nearby tree, causing it to illuminate with flame. The chocobos squawked and pulled at the ropes that tied them in place, but they were secure. The chocobos! It would be foolish to try and save them ... but I can't just watch them die...
Finally her eyes landed on something useful, something that had gone unnoticed for the trip since it had been of no use before then... A trap door. In the bottom of the cart, the handle just barely seen beneath the sleeping bags. Slowly Kieaira shifted, hoping the rain would cover the sounds of her moving, and pushed the sleeping bags away. She wrapped her hands around the cold steel door hatch and pulled, straining what little muscle she had, her face turning red and she grunted. Finally the door gave way and she fell back on her behind with a thump.
Go go go! She didn't have time to think about any pain. She slipped down threw the door and with all the speed of a Miqo'te she dashed towards the Chocobos, her tiny form aglow from the fire as she began pulling on the knots tied to the tree ... but they were too tight ... It had all been in vain! The chocobos were doomed ... and she had compromised her position.
Her ears wilted and just as she was about to give up, she saw the glint of a dagger from the corner of her right eye. The dagger began sawing at the ropes and she looked up to see Draevyn, the carts driver. His blonde hair was matted to his face, and his blue eyes were full of anger and determination as he cut through one of the ropes, the chocobo taking off into the darkness. He grunted and began sawing at the other one. "Get out of here!" He yelled down at Kieaira, who had just been standing there staring at him in awe.
"B-But the others!"
Draevyn grunted again and fell back as the second rope finally snapped and the other chocobo began to run, this time heading straight towards the travelers and the bandits.
Kieaira rushed to Draevyn's side, but he pushed her away as he got back up, the fire in the tree above them continuing to grow. "Where are you going?!" The little Miqo'te shouted as the blonde haired Hyur turned and began to walk off. She rushed forward and grabbed hold of his wrist, pulling him back. "You can't just leave us! You have to help! Please!!"
Did I make things worse? Oh what do I do? What do I do? Her eyes scanning the cart, trying to find something .... anything ... that would help. She tried to remember if there had been anything in the crates ... a weapon perhaps? But what would she do with it ... she was clumsy, and untrained, would it just make things worse?
She bit down on her lip harder, she was trapped, the only way out of the cart was through the small makeshift hole between the crates, and just in front of that stood the other travelers. Friends? Were they her friends? No time to think of that now...
As Kieaira began to panic, a crash of thunder shook the cart once more and a streak of lightening struck the nearby tree, causing it to illuminate with flame. The chocobos squawked and pulled at the ropes that tied them in place, but they were secure. The chocobos! It would be foolish to try and save them ... but I can't just watch them die...
Finally her eyes landed on something useful, something that had gone unnoticed for the trip since it had been of no use before then... A trap door. In the bottom of the cart, the handle just barely seen beneath the sleeping bags. Slowly Kieaira shifted, hoping the rain would cover the sounds of her moving, and pushed the sleeping bags away. She wrapped her hands around the cold steel door hatch and pulled, straining what little muscle she had, her face turning red and she grunted. Finally the door gave way and she fell back on her behind with a thump.
Go go go! She didn't have time to think about any pain. She slipped down threw the door and with all the speed of a Miqo'te she dashed towards the Chocobos, her tiny form aglow from the fire as she began pulling on the knots tied to the tree ... but they were too tight ... It had all been in vain! The chocobos were doomed ... and she had compromised her position.
Her ears wilted and just as she was about to give up, she saw the glint of a dagger from the corner of her right eye. The dagger began sawing at the ropes and she looked up to see Draevyn, the carts driver. His blonde hair was matted to his face, and his blue eyes were full of anger and determination as he cut through one of the ropes, the chocobo taking off into the darkness. He grunted and began sawing at the other one. "Get out of here!" He yelled down at Kieaira, who had just been standing there staring at him in awe.
"B-But the others!"
Draevyn grunted again and fell back as the second rope finally snapped and the other chocobo began to run, this time heading straight towards the travelers and the bandits.
Kieaira rushed to Draevyn's side, but he pushed her away as he got back up, the fire in the tree above them continuing to grow. "Where are you going?!" The little Miqo'te shouted as the blonde haired Hyur turned and began to walk off. She rushed forward and grabbed hold of his wrist, pulling him back. "You can't just leave us! You have to help! Please!!"