Episode 104 – The Fire (2/2)
The boy’s eyes widened, and he shrieked “Clawy!”
The bundle of fur was the boy’s pet lunar It was a beige, striped feline that loved chasing a ball of yarn and sleeping under the warht
Clawy didn’t respond to the boy’s call
He called out to it again and again, but it didn’t move at all
The boy’s eyes blurred with tears, and he crawled towards Clawy lyingthe rubble “Please, somebody help! Clawy is hurt!! ”
Clawyinside the cabinet Clawy loved cabinet drawers It would ruh them, hide in them, and even sleep in them
The boy pushed and pulled The broken wood pricked his hands The agony of the scalded flesh getting pricked made his vision turn dark several times
Ba-dump, ba-dump, ba-dump
Ba-duony had passed before he finally ed to pull Clawy free of the rubble
The flames didn’t wait for him They etched closer and closer Grew taller and taller
He scrambled to his feet, his s it up clu the floor, doll
He pulled the feline towards the door It felt like it weighed a thousand pounds
Clawy’s tail dragged across the floor like a duster behind them
When the boy finally reached the door, he placed Clan to free his arrasped the metallic door handle only to screaly hot
And worst still, the door refused to open
It was locked
He slaed
But there was no one on the other side
His eyes fell on thenext to the door and hope rekindled inside of hi body towards theand resued until he had no strength to bang on it any longer
He banged until his legs gave out and he sluic How could a small child break it with his fists?
The boy stared through theto the world outside
He could seesilhouettes There were people outside They huddled together and ran around They even threw some kind of spheres towards the house
Yet, why is it that no one caht at him He could see shock, pity, and anxiety on their faces So, but all of their voices blended together and he couldn’t
His vision had turned co so er keep the able to see the fla closer He could feel his flesh slowly starting to burn to the point in which his open wounds helped ease his pain, for the blood doused his burning flesh
Helplessly, the boy huddled together with the furry creature and wailed
He sniveled, hiccupped and coughed
He cradled Clawy in his ar back and forward, and wept
Ba-dump, ba-dump, ba-dump
The only solace the boy could find cae fur that had turned several shades darker due to the s that Claould wake up soon
He hoped that it would swish its tail left and right animatedly
He hoped it would push its head towards his hand, asking to be petted
He hoped it would rub itself against his feet and look at hiain opened those glittering yellow eyes
He called for his mother He called for his father He called for anyone
And then he proceeded to beg for help
Beg for someone to come It didn’t matter who Anyone would do
Anyone
And then his words beca incoer capable of wetting his cracked lips
Still, he re a
Waiting
Hoping
Yet no one ca up in the next episode:
All his senses see
Every atteony He had been too close to the center of the explosion
Hisaround so chaotically that he had trouble controlling it
A faint sound of footsteps entered his ear Slowly, they were approaching hi louder and louder with each step
Kiel had no tied to survive the i around for Elaru’s egg He needed to buy some time to recover
Is this the end?
“A pity He is nowhere near Rhur Rroda’s level of ability”
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