200 Doctor Tyr (2/2)

Just as Laz rolled over and braced himself though, he felt a sharp pinch around the wound before all the pain went away.

'The fuck?' Laz used his sense and noticed that Tyr had actually bitten him near the wound and injected him with his venom, albeit just a little bit. It was just enough to cause the wound and a bit of his leg to go numb. Tyr then seemed to expand in size , from being about the size of a chicken egg to being the size of a squirrel. Laz was just too surprised to even have a thought about this.

With Tyr's increased size, he was able to handle the knife with ease. But it still was hard for him to get the angle in there to pry it out without possibly causing damage to Laz's leg. Laz knew this, but Tyr didn't. What he did know was that Laz was good and he wanted to help Laz. He had seen Laz using the knife and getting out the thing inside and saw that he couldn't do it for his leg. So Tyr wanted to do it for him. But as Tyr held the knife, he knew that he still couldn't do it. So he was going to try something else.

Tyr set down the knife and held up his front legs. With a flick, little talon like protrusions appeared at the end of his feet. With a nod, Tyr plunged them into the hole in Laz's thigh and feeling around carefully, he was able to quickly grab the bullet and yank it out, much quicker than Laz ever did. When he was done, he noticed there was still a problem as it was still bleeding. So Tyr came up with another idea. He used a bit of web and and his talons to stitch it tightly closed and then used a bit more webbing to cover it completely. Although it wasn't pretty, it was sown up well enough.

Tyr hopped off Laz and came around to his front where he nodded while patting Laz's head, as though he was saying 'All done.' Laz quickly turned over and got up before examining the wound and finding it completely bound. He couldn't help but be amazed. On top of that, it still didn't hurt at all. Flexing and stretching it a few times, Laz felt like it was as good as new. He quickly changed into a new set of clothes from his space pouch.

Laz held out his hand and Tyr, now reduced size again, climbed on and ended up on Laz's shoulder.

”That's amazing buddy,” Laz complimented Tyr while rubbing his furry little head. After taking a few steps, Laz trusted that he could use it like normal.

None of this helped the fact that he was still lost in this freaky, silent woods. Still, staying here wouldn't solve anything and he couldn't head back, so moving forward was the only option.

Laz had just found a clearing and was walking towards it when he noticed something moving across the clearing in the shadows, shaking some trees. While checking it with his sense, it was like nothing was there.

Laz quickly hunched down and took cover before slowly making his way over. He was almost crawling as he moved, making sure his body was concealed by the brush. Just as Laz thought he would be in range though, the tree's stopped moving and everything was again calm. At least, everything on the outside. Inside, Laz's heart felt like it was about to explode out of his chest. Whatever that thing was, it scared the shit out of him on instinct.

Laz knew it was time to get away from this clearing, but before he could move far, he suddenly felt like something was watching him, several something's in fact. Looking up, Laz could see several strange lights in the trees on the other side of the clearing.

Hauntingly, every single light he saw was way up high.

And in pairs.

It didn't take a genius to figure out what those light's were. For the moment, Laz hesitated as to trying to fight or running? Then he ended up seeing one of the pairs of lights start to slowly move up the tree until it popped above the top of the tree and kept going. By the time it stopped, it must have been almost two hundred and fifty feet off the ground and pointed straight at Laz.

This answered his question real quick.

...

In the strangely beautiful natural court yard that lay in front of her residence, A'ruya was sipping on some tea while reading a book. Just as she went to take another sip though, she frowned and put the cup down before closing her eyes. Noticing her strange behavior, one of her personal body guards walked over and asked,

”Is something wrong princess?”

”I've got to go out. Please let my mother know.”

”Princess. You should know that after you snuck out the last time, your mother has put us here to watch over you and make sure you don't do it again.”

”My mother just thinks I am too young to contest and my ideas are too radical for father and the consul. And that's why she put you here to babysit me. But, as we both know, that is stupid. There is no way you can stop me if I want to go out,” A'ruya had a strange look in her eye as she stared at this watcher of her's. She was threatening him and not trying to hide it.

”Now, you can either come with me, or go tell my mom. What choice do you think will leave you in a better position?”

”Sigh. Yes princess. Where are we headed.”

”Just follow me and shut up.” She flashed away in but a moment and ended up showing up right where Laz had entered the forest. In fact, she could still smell his warm, energy infused blood on the ground. Just as she appeared, several of the police and guardsmen noticed her and raised their weapons, only to drop them a moment later. They themselves then dropped as well, hitting the ground as though a puppet with it's strings cut. The guard appeared now as well with a frown on his face. Just as he was going to kill everyone for disrespecting the princess she stopped him.

”Princess, I really feel as though they need to.... be... taught.... a .... what the hell is this?” The guard was looking upward and around, obviously seeing much more than Laz did when he came in here or a human would have.

”Damn it,” A'ruya said, looking seriously pissed off.