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Chapter Fifteen : 

Escaping The Corrupt /



"They're here," Mirai fearfully whispered. "The Corrupt." 

All the creatures had hungry, enraged, inhuman smiles on their faces. They surrounded us; there was no way out. "This is too easy," The wolf snarled. "Three freaks with one stone." 

"So much for saving the world, huh, Lavender?" Taunted the lizard. 

They all inched closer, their large mouths crowded with sharp teeth. Dolion stepped in front of me and Mirai. The wolf leapt at it. "Run!" Yelled Dolion. 

Both Mirai and I dashed out of the tent, the rest of the creatures at our heels. After running for about two minutes, I yelled to Mirai, "I can't run for much longer." "Then we won't run," She replied breathlessly. "We'll hide. Follow me." We ran a bit farther, zigzagging through the endless trees. She slid under bushes and fallen tree trunks, jumped over rocks, and then she disappeared over a hill. I jumped from the hill and continued running, but she reached out and snatched me, throwing us into a veiled hollow. We peered out in fear.

It was only a few seconds before the monsters bolted from the hill, right above us, making everything shake. They bounded past where we hid, snapping and growling. 

But one stayed behind, the leopard with goat horns. It put its nose to the ground, sniffing. It went in circles a few times, then closer and closer to where me and Mirai hid. We covered our mouths so it couldn't hear our breathing. It was just outside the hollow, looking right at us with its teeth bared as it hummed a distorted tune. 

A huge tree branch fell and crashed on top of the leopard. We winced at the smashing noise the impact made. It lay completely still underneath the branch. We didn't come out of hiding until we were sure it was either fully unconscious or deceased. 

Stepping out from the hollow, Mirai frowned. "Enormous tree branches don't just fall like that," She stated. Some black feathers floated through the breeze, swirling around the fallen branch and then into the trees. "No," I agreed. "They don't. Let's get out of here." 

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