Pov: Jairo
Footsteps hit the ground with as little force as possible. Jairo treads slightly behind Gabriel, overly cautious as always. Deep down he was truly anxious. He and Gabriel hadn't said anything for the past two minutes that they had been running.
"think anyones been caught yet?" He whispered. Gabriel didnt' even speak to him, looking over his shoulder. Jairo looked to his right as well, and he could see why Gabriel paid him no mind.
In the distance, he saw a boy running with a terrified look on his face. Just behind him was a man running on all fours with a deer mask eyes inky black, seeming hollow. Slowly but surely, he was gaining on the boy. Jairo's heart felt for him. how was he going to get away?
Just then, he felt a tug on his arm, more of a pull in his opinion. He was stopped and pulled to the side, and in that moment he was in a bush nearby. he watches as the boy runs, but gets caught in a net that was set beneath his feet, as he was hoisted upwards.
looking up he was another wolf with a deer helmet on, sitting atop the branch leisurely, as though he had been waiting for this moment without a care. He leaned against the main tree trunk as He dabbed some paint at his side onto his finger, and drew a red x onto the boys chest.
"You're done, But you can walk back to the camp now boy." And then to Jairos horror, He tilted his head, directly to where he was. For a moment he was frozen. Only for a moment, as before Jairo could get up, a hand was placed over his shoulder.
"They cannot see us. We are very well hidden." To Jairo's surprise, The man did not alert his ally to their location and the he continues moving, slowly beginning to release the boy.
His ally had already begun trekking forward, searching for more boys ahead. 'Don't tell me I have to come across this guy again.' Jairo said in annoyance.
Standing up as Gabriel did after him, they they begin their silent sneaking once more. Silently moving forward while continuing their vigilant looks. It could be him who falls for a trap next.
Jairo Looks at a Few select scratches, the signs of claws or blades being used as training dummies. A bit of relief washed through his body. 'Half way there!' He turned to Gabriel to see that even had began to have a small smile covering his face. that being said, this was far from over.
upon closing the gap even more, they heard a rustling in the bushes. off of sheer instinct, Jairo hid behind a tree, While Gabriel hid behind another Just to his left.
In the cleared out path however the boys saw something that shocked them. Theon walked along the path angrily, His red and orange fur having a bit more red on it that usual thanks to the red x drawn across his chest. A few other boys tailed him, but the x on their chests was something they had in common.
"Damn! If only more people would have went with us." Theon said bitterly as he kicked a rock into a tree nearby. One of the boys who also had a red x across his chest lifted an eyebrow in confusion. "Perhaps we shouldn't just charge into a sneaking mission."
Theon sighed. "It matters not to me, I had to do more than anyone regardless." Jairo raised his eyebrows, already he nearly forgot that the boy had to do extra work. In his opinion it served him right.
Thankfully no men were in sight yet. He was not in danger and his enemy's suffering. Jairo took this moment to take a deep breath and realize that things could be worse before carrying on. he walked past the tree, but stepped on a twig, that quickly drew the attention of the boys.
Jairo turned around and looked at Gabriel who was staring daggers at him before rolling his eyes and standing up, walking out into the trail.
Gabriel stayed hidden, but Jairo did not care. "It was me. I was hidden because I thought you were one of them." Theons bad mood seemed to turn worse upon seeing Jairo as he looked to the side. "You didn't bring you're little friend with you?"
"He is on your team as well Just as much as me. Why does it matter?" Jairo said as he tilted his head. After he had gotten his answer, he was leaving.
"Both of you are too useless to be by yourselves for long. Where is he really?" Jairo stared Theon directly in the eyes with pure mockery. "Remind me which of us has been caught already? Its been very hard to tell as of late."
Hearing that, Theon began to visibly expose his teeth. He seemed to be fuming for just a few seconds, but they were seconds that Jairo enjoyed all the more. Without realising it, a smirk appeared on his face. 'Not so talkative all of a sudden.'
But it all seemed to wash away like the tide. his widened eyes and furrowed brows seemed to relax in an instant. "Of coarse, how could I compare to the two of you?" He said nodding his head. but the vibe was off, Jairo could feel it. He looked t his right and saw Gabriel had begun moving.
before any meaningful ground was made however, Theon looked to the sky with his hands formed into microphones. "HURRY UP AND RUN! SPLIT UP BEFORE THEY CATCH US!"
Jairos eyes widened as his irises shrank. The last he saw of Theon was his mocking smirk before he had to turn around, make distance before every man within earshot converged onto his location.
Sprint and sprint he did, Going off the trail and into the forest area immediately. He looked around to see Gabriel who was nowhere to be found. The boy had left already. It felt like shit, when it was on him, but it was a wise choice to leave when one was ahead.
far from him, he could hear claps and a laid back laugh in the background. "My oh my! look at him run!" Some of his ignorant lackeys began laughing like hyenas, and unfortunately he had to tone it out, find a way to leave.
A silhouette passed him by. A man with a deer skull on his head. He crawled on all fours, listening out for where the boy he was looking for might be. For the first time in this life, Jairo had truly been scared. Even as the man walked past him making almost no noise, he didn't trust himself to escape without alerting others to where he was. 'Why did he not catch me?'
Was it a mercy? perhaps mocking hi, for when he was catch him in the end. 'Just like before.' Jairo recalled a man looking almost directly at him and not alerting his friends.
Were these men blind? Now that he had thought about it, The mens eyes were yellow when he saw them yet when they wore the deer skulls, the eye sockets were an inky black.
'It all makes sense now!' A new fire had been lit Within Jairo just now, as he realized that winning was truly possible. Taking in a deep breath, he steadies himself.
'Victory belongs to me!'