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We turned our heads to our right to see Quil walk out from the thick trees with Malachi in his lion form.
"GRRR." Malachi began to growl, his hair standing up as he looked to his left. I followed his gaze, feeling the same sense of danger coming from that direction.
"Crimson. Text her to come back now," I insisted.
"Sending," Quil announced. "Sent. I'll send one to...huh?" Quil began but then tilted his head in confusion.
"What?" I asked.
"My signal dropped," Quil revealed.
"But you just sent a message to Crim," Itsuki pointed out while he put his hand in his pocket to retrieve his phone.
"Ya, that sent, but I tried to text Aki and Yoshi, but those ones failed," Quil replied with urgency in his voice. He tapped at his phone before holding it up in the air to see if he could pick up the signal again.
"Shit...mine's gone too," Itsuki noted.
"The tracker should still work without a signal," I realized, pulling my phone out and pressing the tracking app.
We all installed it on our phones before we left, wanting to make sure we could track Crimson if we needed to. We weren't going to deal with the misfortune of losing her again, like when she was taken from her home by James.
We'd been lucky that Aki was able to get to her in time and revive her after she stopped breathing. But this time, we wouldn't be so lucky if we didn't have something to track her if James decided to strike again.
The map of the forest popped up on the app, and I saw a pink dot blink not too far from us to the north.
"She's okay and not too far from us. If we sprint, we should be able to catch up with her," I declared.
"ROAR!" Malachi readied himself to run, which left us confused and a bit nervous.
"What's going on with Malachi?" I asked.
"He's been feeling anxious since he shifted. We thought it would be faster for me to ride him and survey the area, but the moment he changed, he turned right back around and that landed us here," Quil revealed.
"You guys are here?!" Yoshi’s frantic voice called out. We whipped our heads to our right and saw him with Aki in his Kitsune form coming out from the forest.
"We lost signal on our phones and thought something was wrong."
Aki was silent, but he walked up to Malachi, who was still growling. They exchanged looks and appeared as if they would leave us at any moment.
"Fuck, let's figure this out later. Let's get to Cri-"
*BOOM*
We dropped to the ground, which shook beneath us. Looking to my left, I saw smoke beginning to rise not too far from us.
"Bomb?!" Yoshi sounded shocked.
Quil pressed his hand to the ground, closing his eyes.
"We need to run for it! Bombs!" he snapped.
"Malachi, Haru, Aki! Go get Crim!" Itsuki ordered. I nodded, turning my head to see Aki already dashing off. He would be the fastest to get to Crimson, but I knew I wouldn't be able to keep up with Malachi's speed either. He didn't move, clearly reading my mind and waiting for me to hop on.
I did just that, running up to him and jumping onto his back in one smooth movement. As soon as I was settled, he dashed off, right before another bomb was set off. I was worried about the others, but I knew if things got too dangerous, Quil would shift and carry Itsuki and Yoshi into the air, ensuring they were a safe distance away.
I held on tightly as Malachi picked up the pace, bomb after bomb going off around us, which Malachi tried his best to avoid. He jumped over a clump of fallen trees, and I caught the sight of Aki's glowing tails up ahead.
I looked at my phone, using one hand to hold onto Malachi.
