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((I'm back :). ))Armina heard Lapis follow her. Why didn't she just stay put? She was trying to save her! She had no idea what this guy was doing here, she just hoped he didn't notice Lapis. She would just have to attack him if he did and hope that she won the fight. The man appeared startled when she first spoke up, but he quickly returned to his previous glare. "I should ask you the same question!" He yelled. "Why aren't you out of here with the others? Everyone was supposed to be out of here by now!" Armina shuddered at his yelling, but tried not to show it. "I-I don't know what you're talking about." She fearfully replied. He muttered to himself, "She must not be under our control." She could hear him because of her werewolf blood, but tried not to show it. She tried to sound confident when she coldly replied, "I asked you a question. What are you doing here?"
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Lapis cautiously peaked around the book case to see what was happening. After a quick peek she silently moved away from the edge. She pulled one of the thinnest books off the shelf and crept around the cases just out of his sight. She stopped at one of the cases behind the man. She decided that if she needed to she could distract him by throwing the book as far as she could the noise would catch his attention. The only problem with her idea was that if anyone else came inside they would see her right away.
Lapis cautiously peaked around the book case to see what was happening. After a quick peek she silently moved away from the edge. She pulled one of the thinnest books off the shelf and crept around the cases just out of his sight. She stopped at one of the cases behind the man. She decided that if she needed to she could distract him by throwing the book as far as she could the noise would catch his attention. The only problem with her idea was that if anyone else came inside they would see her right away.
She could hear Lapis moving around to behind the man. What was she doing? She just hoped that Lapis stayed hidden and no one noticed her. She was really worried about her, but she tried not to look in her direction and kept staring at the man, keeping his attention on her until she thought of a real plan. "Hey!" The man began, threateningly. "I answer to nobody!" With the last word he pulled out a crossbow, aiming it at Armina. "You already messed up my old plan, but I have a new one. And you're going to help me with it." He paused for a second before continuing, "I'm looking for a... special book. You'll help me find it. You might live. You might not. We'll see about that when the time comes." He smiled menacingly as Armina tried not to shake with fear. She hoped that Lapis didn't do anything about this. She didn't want her getting hurt.
Lapis' eyes widened when she saw the crossbow. She threw the book she was holding, as hard as she could. It landed with a surprisingly loud thud at the other side of the library. She whispered "Hide." To Armina, 'she could hear me right? Well she is a werewolf she had to.' She thought as she moved further away so that the man won't see her when he went to see what had made the noise, but as she was creeping away she didn't notice a book that was on the ground and stepped on it. The book slid out from under her foot causing her to fall down with a loud bang.
Armina heard the book slam on the ground and heard Lapis tell her to hide. She was worried that something would happen to her if she hid, so she was debating actually hiding when she heard Lapis slam on the ground. The man looked over at Lapis and smiled menacingly. "I see you have a friend," he frighteningly remarked. No. No No No. Not Lapis. Please. She sprinted on all fours, sliding to a stop in front of Lapis, putting herself between Lapis and the man. She stood up and drew her machete. "Don't you DARE touch her!" She yelled.
"I'm sorry, I slipped." She said quietly, looking up at Armina, teary-eyed. She tried to stand up but when she did she felt pain go up her leg from her ankle. 'I must have twisted it when I feel.' She thought as she used the book case as support so she could stand up. "I'm sorry." She said again this time her voice slightly laced with pain.
Armina's eyes teared up, but she didn't dare look away from the man. "That's okay," she said, her voice trembling with rage at the man in front of her. Her muscles began to ache, as they had done when she transformed into a werewolf the first time."It will be okay," she said, having a hard time saying the words. The man looked her up and down, tsking. "Look at you... All worked up. Your poor little friend is hurt. What are you going to do now, girl?" He stated condescendingly. Her muscles became tense. She gritted her teeth and her machete clattered to the ground. "Stand...back," she practically coughed out.
"Okay." She said backing up to the end of the case, she would have moved further away but she needed the support. She stood there trembling in fear, for herself and Armina, mostly Armina though. She was the one fighting. 'Will she be okay?' She asked herself as she watched Armina transform, at least that's what it seemed like what she was doing.
The man looked shocked and horrified as Armina grew around 2 feet taller, fur coated her body, and she became a full werewolf. She gave a short howl. That jerk had threatened Lapis. She was going to make sure he payed. He tried to shoot her in the chest with his crossbow but she knocked it out of his hand, only getting shot in her right arm. It hurt, but in her rage she didn't care. She tried to rake her claws into his chest, but he dodged her, her claws only scraping his shoulder. She rammed her shoulder into him to knock him down, as he stabbed her in the side multiple times with his knife. She pushed him down to the ground, holding his body down with one hand and his arm down with the other. She glared at him, growling menacingly.
Lapis watched the fight in awe. She had never seen a werewolf change before, let alone fight. She gasped as the man stabbed Armina. "Are you okay, Armina?" She asked as she pinned the man. As she waited for the fight to finish the lights went out. There was only a sliver of light left inside because the door was open a crack and the light from outside was let in. The person the man was fighting with earlier must have come in and saw the fight at some point. She was about to warn Armina that there was another person here when she felt someone's arm rap around her waist and lift her of the ground. A hand covered her mouth before she was able to scream.
((I'm really busy tonight, so I don't know how often I'll be able to respond. Sorry. I just thought you should know. Is this too violent? I could try to dial it down a bit if it is.))Armina could barely get herself to speak. "Fine...," she finally managed to reply, among her growling. Can Lapis even understand me? She wondered. She moved her hand to step on the man's throat when the lights went out. She was startled at first before her eyes adjusted. She was glad that she was able to see alright with the night vision that being a werewolf gave her. The man under her hand croaked out a laugh, saying, "What will you do now, wolfy?" She was confused until she heard the door creak slightly and the footsteps of someone sneaking in, right over to... Lapis! She growled louder, furiously slashing her claws over his throat. She quickly turned to see a man grabbing Lapis and sprinted toward him on all fours, lunging for his throat. She pushed him down to the ground with her paws, accidentally causing him to drop Lapis in the process. He ripped into her dagger wounds with his sword, but she didn't care at the time. She pinned down his arm and bit down on his throat, crushing it until he passed out. The taste of blood and the pain of her injuries clouded her mind, and the beast began to take over. She slowly turned to face Lapis, growling. She could not remember her, or anything else.
((That's fine. And you don't have to dial it back.))
Lapis closed her eyes as Armina ran at them. Because of the way the man was holding her when he let go she was able to land on her feet. She cried out in pain as she put weight on her injured ankle. Her legs trembled as she tried to stand but her legs gave out and she fell to the ground on all fours. She looked over at Armina as she heard a growl aimed at her. "A-Armina? What's wrong?" She asked terrified. She was scared for herself but also for Armina. She had heard stories of werewolves losing control, sometimes they never come back to their senses.
Lapis closed her eyes as Armina ran at them. Because of the way the man was holding her when he let go she was able to land on her feet. She cried out in pain as she put weight on her injured ankle. Her legs trembled as she tried to stand but her legs gave out and she fell to the ground on all fours. She looked over at Armina as she heard a growl aimed at her. "A-Armina? What's wrong?" She asked terrified. She was scared for herself but also for Armina. She had heard stories of werewolves losing control, sometimes they never come back to their senses.
Armina stalked forward, low to the ground. She snarled at the person, ready to lunge when she heard the thing say her name. She stopped, confused. How does this thing know me? What is it? It's a little girl. Why did I want to kill it? Her eyes widened as she recognized her. Lapis! Oh man, what did she do? Did she hurt her? She slowly walked forward, still on all fours. "L-Lapis..." It was hard for even her to understand what she said through the growling. She knew they needed to get out of there before someone else came in. She tried again to speak, but it was hard to tell what she said. "Out.."
Lapis let out a sigh of relief when she heard her trying to talk, she hadn't completely lost it. "Out? What do you mean? I can't really understand you." She said as she looked at the man lying dead behind her. "There wasn't anyone else outside if that is what you mean." She said as she picked up her stuffed cat, witch she had dropped earlier. "I think we'll de fine for a while. You need to relax a bit, try and calm down"
Armina worriedly glanced at the door, unsure if she should trust her judgement, but decided it was probably safe to stay for a bit. The pain of her injuries was starting to seep in. Suddenly she remembered about Lapis's ankle and her crying out when she fell. Was she okay? She tried to look at it. "Hurt?..." She tried to ask. It was still difficult to understand her.
"Hurt? Um, yes a little, but you're much worse. We need to stop the bleeding. Your side seems the worse, do you heal or should I be trying to help?" She asked as she looked Armina over for any other serious injuries.
Armina noticed the arrow from where she was shot in the shoulder with the crossbow. She ripped it out with her mouth, wincing at the pain. She thought it would have been better to do while she was still a werewolf, since it would hurt less. "You...first." She said, becoming slightly easier to understand. She smiled.
"I'm not the one bleeding. Will it heal on its own?" She repeated as she looked away so she wouldn't see Armina pull out the arrow. "I'll be fine but you could die if you bleed out." She looked back at her when she heard the arrow clatter to the ground. "We can go to the hospital if you need to. Or find a healer here."
She sighed. "Not...really." She tried to casually slide down to laying on the floor because she had grown tired of standing, but failed when she winced because of her arm and fell the rest of the way to the floor. She could feel her muscles beginning to ache again as she shifted back to her human form. Man, it was exhausting to be a werewolf. She gave a small smile. "Sorry I hurt you," she said, "If you want me to go somewhere, I guess we can." She slowly sat up and began trying to tear her sweatshirt to dress her wounds, but winced and had to stop for a minute.
"You didn't hurt me." She gave her a small smile. "I was a bit scared but you didn't do anything wrong." She said as she moved closer to Armina. "Do you want me to help? And I guess if you don't want to we don't have to go anywhere. The cuts aren't too deep, I think you'll live." She said as she took the strips of cloth and rapped them around her wounds.
"I'm glad I didn't hurt you. Last time I turned, I completely lost it and hurt someone I cared about." She looked away for a second before looking back to her and continuing. "Yes, it would be nice if you would help. Thank you." She winced a bit as Lapis wrapped some of her wounds, but tried to hide it from her. She didn't want her to worry. "I do heal a little faster than humans, but not by that much. I have thicker skin as a werewolf, which helps to protect me a bit better, but that's about it."
"Alright. Well then you should rest, you can lay down. It's not like people can actually sneak up on you." She said smiling. She finished up rapping the wounds and backed up a bit so she could lean against the book case. "Does it hurt a lot?"
She smiled back at Lapis. "I have to make sure you're okay first," she replied, "then I might rest." She still didn't hear anyone else, which was a good sign. She was exhausted from mauling those two men, but she had to make sure Lapis was alright. "I'm fine...It doesn't really hurt that much," she tried to lie. It was actually really painful. She had been stabbed and shot with a crossbow, why had she told herself that it wouldn't matter later on? She didn't want Lapis to worry about her, but she didn't think Lapis would believe her with a stupid lie like that. At least, she thought, I should be fine, since the wounds aren't really deep, like Lapis said. She looked at Lapis's ankle, trying to change the subject and check on her at the same time. "Your ankle looks sprained. Does it still hurt if you try to stand on it?"
"It's not nice to lie." She said with a small frown. "I can tell it hurts, I can see it written all over your face. Your not fooling anyone." She told her as she closed her eyes. She was quite tired, this kind of day was really exhausting for someone her age. "I can't stand on that ankle. It hurts to much." She mumbled tiredly.
She sighed. "Fine. It does hurt. I'm sorry that I lied to you. I just don't want you to worry about me. I'll be fine." She looked at the ground, thinking. "Hold on a second." She pushed herself off of the ground, wincing. She hobbled over to some of the chairs in the library, grabbing some cushions. She tried to walk a bit more slowly on the way back to Lapis so she wouldn't hurt herself more. She sat down onto the ground next to Lapis, looking over at her. "The truth is, I'm exhausted. I can tell you are, too. I think we both need some sleep." She gave a small smile and handed her some of the cushions. "Here. These are for your ankle and to sleep on. I promise I won't lie anymore. I care about you, alright? Don't forget that."
Lapis open her eyes when she heard Armina get up and watched her leave. When Armina came back with cushions she smiled. "Thanks." She said as she laid the cushions down next to Armina and climbed on top. "I won't forget, but you make it sound like you're leaving. Are you?" She asked as she grabbed her hand. "I don't want you to leave."
((Sorry for such a late response!))She honestly felt like crying when Lapis grabbed her hand. She was touched that someone actually cared about her so much that they wanted her to stay with them. She turned to look Lapis in the eyes. "I won't leave you." she responded, "I'll never leave you." She paused for a second, then added, "As long as you want me to stay, that is." She sighed, adjusting her cushions to make a bed before continuing, "I just wanted you to know that I do these things because I really care about you, that's all. I've only known you for a day and you are already the best friend I've ever had." She smiled at her. "Are you okay? Do the cushions help at all?"
Lapis smiled at her, "You're my first friend ever. And even if it has only been one day I already think of you like a big sister." She said nodding. "They do help. It's more comfortable with them. What about you? Will you be able to sleep?" She asked drowsy. Her eyes slowly shut and she fell asleep. Her grip on Armina's hand and her stuffed animal tightened and she began to dream.
((Don't worry about it. I understand, we all have lives outside of this.))
((Don't worry about it. I understand, we all have lives outside of this.))
Armina smiled as Lapis fell asleep still holding her hand. When she knew Lapis was deep enough into sleep that she wouldn't wake her up, she whispered to herself, "I think of you as my sister, too. And I won't ever let anything happen to you." She didn't know if she'd be able to sleep at first. She listened intently for any sign of other people nearby, but heard none. She would have wanted to bar the door and move the bodies, but she didn't want to wake Lapis up. She laid silently for a while before falling asleep, still holding her hand.
Lapis woke up in the middle of the night, for no real reason, she couldn't sleep anymore. She slipped her hand out of Armina's and placed kitty's paw where her hand was. She rubbed the sleepiness out of her eyes and sat up. She looked around still a little drowsy, she did recognize where she was, it took a minute before she remembered what had happened earlier that night. Her eyes fell on the dead body's lying not to far away. When she fell asleep she had been to tired to be bothered by the fact that she was sleeping beside two dead people, but now that she was awake, it was more then unsettling.
Armina heard and felt movement, waking with a start. She realized she was not holding Lapis's hand anymore and panicked, quickly sitting up and looking around for her. She was relieved when she saw Lapis sitting up right next to her, awake, but a wave of pain reminded her of her injuries that she had gotten the day before. Although she didn't hear anyone else, she began to worry. "What's wrong?"
Lapis jump as Armina shot up wide awake. "What? Oh, nothing's wrong, I just couldn't sleep anymore." She said as she turned to face her. "Are you okay? You sat up pretty fast? Did that hurt your side?" She asked concerned. She moved a bit closer and tried to see if the wound had started to bleed again. "You need to be careful."
She sighed, relieved that Lapis was fine. She felt bad that she had worried her. She debated telling Lapis that she was fine, but she didn't want to lie to her again. She responded, "I-It hurt my side, but I think I'll be okay." She tried to relax a bit. "Sorry, I just get nervous. I don't want you to get hurt."
"I'm fine. You don't have to worry." She told her smiling. "Just relax. If something was wrong I'd wake you up or you'd hear it and wake yourself up." She said as she leaned back on her elbows. "If it'll help you relax you can hold on to kitty." She said picking up the cat and passed him to her.
She smiled back at her. Lapis was right, she would have woken her up if something was wrong. That helped to calm her down a little. "I'll try to relax a bit. Thanks." Her eyes widened when she offered her kitty. "No, no, I can't take kitty from you, he needs you." She wanted to cry again. She couldn't believe that someone would ever want to do something like that for her. "T-Thank you."
She placed kitty besides her and looked up at Armina. "What are you thanking me for? Are you sure you're okay? You look like you might cry, does it hurt that much?" She asked concerned. 'Her side must really hurt.' She thought, 'Maybe we should go to a healer.'
((Sorry! Today has been pretty busy for me!))She rubbed her eyes, smiling. "I'm fine. I'm just...I'm not used to people doing nice things for me." She looked up at Lapis and smiled. "I- I was just thanking you for being so nice to me. It's been a long time since I had people who actually cared about me." She looked down at her side, then continued, "I really am fine. Don't worry about me. I'd tell you if it was that bad. I promise."
"You're not used to people being nice?" She said confused. "You're a nice person, why aren't other people nice to you?" She asked as she laid back down. "Well, I guess you should get used to it." She told her smiling.
((No prob.^-^))
((No prob.^-^))
"I haven't had people really be nice to me since I was around six, when the pack of werewolves kidnapped me." She frowned at the ground. "They always treated me like garbage. I mean, there were people who were nice and tried to save me, but they got killed." She sighed, looking down at the ground before continuing, "I don't know why other people weren't nice to me. I guess it was just because they didn't really know me." She paused. "I've only been at Haven for a few days, though, and you're the first person I really met. So, I guess I can't say that about the people here." She smiled at Lapis. "I guess you're right. Thank you." She laid back down, smiling as well.
"Ya, just give the people here a chance. They'll surprise you." She said with a smile. "I wish I could introduce you to people but I don't really know anyone else. I've talked to a few but they aren't my friends."
((Sorry about the late and/or shorter responses. I'm having people over. It's about to become a war zone!))
((Sorry about the late and/or shorter responses. I'm having people over. It's about to become a war zone!))
((No problem at all :3. I understand. Have fun!))She smiled back at Lapis. "It's okay, I don't really know anyone else either. I know what you mean. At least we are friends with each other." She looked over at the door, which was still slightly open. She listened for other people in the library, but didn't hear anyone. "Do you mind if I close and barricade the door? It would make me feel a little better." She thought for a second, then added, "...And move the bodies? It creeps me out laying near them."
"Ya I'm glad we're friends." She said smiling. She followed Armina gaze to the door. "No I don't mind if you do. I think it might make me feel better too. If there's any way i can help just ask, but I can't lift heavy things I'm not strong enough." She said as she sat up again.
((Sorry again, today is still really busy!))Armina pushed herself up off of the ground. She smiled at Lapis, saying, "Okay, I'll be back. I'll let you know if there is any way you can help." She hobbled over to the door, taking one last look outside to make sure there was nothing out there. She didn't see or hear anything, so she shut the door and locked it. She pushed over one of the chairs, using her shoulder to avoid hurting her arm. However, she hurt her side, wincing at the pain and stumbling a little before setting the chair up against the door. "I'm fine!" she said quickly, so Lapis didn't worry about her too much. She slowly walked over to the first body and tried to drag it away by holding underneath its arms, but she could feel her arm and her side starting to hurt right away and stopped. She contemplated what to do with them. There was no way that Lapis would be able to help her move them with her ankle the way it was. Plus, she would feel too bad making Lapis help her anyway. They were dead bodies! She sighed. "I can't drag the bodies, but you won't be able to help me do it. If I covered them with the curtains, would that be okay?...I'm sorry. I wish I could move them." She looked down at the ground, feeling bad that she couldn't drag them away from her.
"Ya that's fine. We don't have to move them." She said as she stood up holding onto the book case. "We can just move to a different part of the library. We can go to the other end or another floor." She suggested as she picked up kitty and a the cushions she was laying on. Slowly she limped past the body and over to the other side of the library. "Where do you want to go?" She asked.
((I'm really sorry! Most of this week is pretty busy for me, but I'll update when I can!))Armina sighed, pulling down some of the curtains off of their rods. She hobbled over to each body, draping a curtain over it. She turned to see Lapis limping and her eyes widened. She practically ran over to Lapis, almost tripping and falling on the ground while hurting her side in the process. "Stop! That's fine there!" She held her side and slowly hobbled the rest of the way over to Lapis. It hurt her to see Lapis limping like that. She didn't like to see her injured. She continued, "I mean, wherever you want to go is fine with me, but please try not to walk on your ankle too much. I don't want you to hurt it more." She winced. "At least let me help you carry the cushions while you walk." She didn't trust herself to help Lapis walk, since she was afraid of falling and hurting her. She realized that Lapis would have noticed that she hurt her side, so she added, "I'll be fine, my side just hurts a bit for now."
Lapis jump and nearly dropped the cushions when Armina yelled. "It's fine. Don't worry about it, I won't hurt it anymore. And it doesn't hurt as much right now so it's okay." She said as she put the cushions down. "This is far enough anyway. This way we don't have to stay near the body's." She laid out the cushions like they were before. "Here lay back down. You're hurting yourself more than you have to. Please just rest." She pleaded as she sat down.
She sighed with relief, both because Lapis's ankle didn't seem as bad as she thought and because she didn't have to move somewhere farther away. She thought to herself, 'It's fine, Armina. She's alright. You need to stop worrying so much and take care of yourself, too, you know. She needs you to be there to help her.' Armina responded, "Alright, I'll lay down. I just have to grab my cushions." She hobbled back to grab her cushions, looking back at the door for a second to make sure it was still secure, which it was. She grabbed her cushions and hobbled back. "I'll try to be more careful from now on." She put down her cushions they way they were before, laying down on them. She said, looking over at Lapis, "Just promise me that you'll take care of yourself. I don't want you getting more hurt." She smiled at Lapis. "And try not to worry too much about me. I'll be okay."
So instead of doing what she was told she followed Armina but quickly hid behind a book case when Armina drew the attention of the man. She was hiding a few book cases behind them but if you looked closely at the case she was behind you could tell there was someone behind because a few of the book were missing.