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The sun will rise once more WIP

Written by Vaalandil Númen

• Oh my God...! He's bleeding...

• Don't just stand there, call the medics!

• Move, all of you! Make a way, dammit!

When the cheetah guard at least passed through the crowd of onlookers, he saw the reason of concourse. It surprised him - he wasn't expecting to see someone like him in this state. One of citizens was already hanging wounded brown saurian - he was totally exhausted and barely standing on paws.

• EVERYONE, FALL OUT! End of the show! Go to your work! - Cheetah screamed to the crowd, looking other two guards that they were following him. When he saw them, he made a gesture with a paw that they should get closer. When disappointed Anthrens started to leaving, guards got closer to the dragon. Cheetah looked closer on his wound and winced. Bloody cut, caused by very sharp claws was covering almost whole chest.

• Take him from this guy, and help him lay on the ground before he'll fall. Get medic for him. And make it fast. - He ordered. - Also take a message to the Stone Hall that we have wounded Scout here. This won't bring anything good to Elinoth...

Cat kneeled next to dragon and shook his shoulders lightly, forcing saurian to look at him. His blue eyes were unconscious, and his body was trembling cause of fever.

• What the hell happened? - Guard asked. - We were informed that Scouts will return from patrols two weeks later than expected, cause of bad weather on walls of Dül Aladar. So why are you here? Who wounded you so badly? And where's your partner, that red hybrid?

Dragon haven't replied. He doesn't want to talk or was just too tired to speak a word. His consciousness was slowly fading away with blood, leaking out from wound.

• Where the hell is that medic... - Cheetah muttered, looking on Anthren which was holding dragon. - Did he told something about his travel and who attacked him?

• No, sir. - An adult male panther replied to guard. He looked very concerned about Scout's condition. - But when I found him and helped him to get up, he was raving something about broken soul, lost purpose and something like that...

Guard cat couldn't ask him for more, because when he wanted to, at least medic land near them. Female griffin looked quite tired and stressed when she came closer to guards and dragon. There was also two gryphon assistants with stretcher, that they've landed after her on the ground.

• At least, Miya! - Cheetah stood up and looked on her with anger. - He's almost dead, and lost lot of blood. And I have no idea who has done it to him...

• I'm terribly sorry for make you wait so long guys. There's just few of us and we've paws full of work lately. - She explained herself, recalling a weak smile on her beak and kneeling close to brown dragon. - My God... I know him! He's one of the Scouts! - She screamed.

• We know that already. - Cat looked at her with disapproval. - What's more important now - can you tell us who or what made those wounds?

Miya looked closer on bleeding gashes. Her beak became serious.

• Whoever or whatever it was, wound looks very bad. - She replied after a while. - His opponent was very strong and he had sharp claws... I've never seen scale cut so easily and deeply... For me, it was probably another dragon or gryphon.

Cheetah guard looked on fading Scout and then on medic. His muzzle's expression became thoughtful.

• He returned without partner, completely exhausted ... And this gashes...

Cat haven't say more, but when Miya looked in his eyes, she found there confirmation of her own thoughts - that those two things are connected. She looked on wounded male with sadness in her purple eyes.

Suddenly, both of them heard very weak voice of the dragon.

• Please... Let me die here... - He whispered, almost begging. - I have no longer reason to live... I've no purpose... Let me die, or just kill me...

Then brown saurian lost his consciousness completely.

• This is bad. - Miya gave a sign with her paw for assistants to get closer. - I'm taking him to the Cure House. I'll try to close this cut on his chest, but this wound 'll probably stay with him until the end of his life.

• Do what you must, Miya. - Cheetah guard replied, looking on assistants that they were putting unconscious dragon on stretcher. - I'm wishing best for him, he's our best Scout. But... Take him back from shadows quickly... I need to ask him few questions, when he'll be back.

When three gryphons soared into the sky, Miya was keeping close to dragon and looking on his suffering expression of muzzle.

• Stay with us. - She whispered, taking his paw in her own. - Come back to the light from shadows of death... We still need you... Corus.

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