03-21-2020, 11:41 PM
A low growl vibrated the column of her throat as the inquisitor emerged. The sentient woman stunk of fear and scuttled away, though only so far as to cause more problems. Tenzin had no inclination to violence just because of her ability, whatever the ink on her arm promised. She had made her own promises and they did not include cold murder for an accident of birth. Distantly, the wolves beyond the city grew agitated by what they sensed in her. The disillusionment discovered in a pack she had followed her whole life. They welcomed her back from the den of men; called her to them. A howl wanted to burst free, swallowed down in a scowl instead. She eyed the guard and placated again with an upheld hand. Edged a step backwards. The same direction the inquisitor had gone.
Her ears pricked for Jacinda’s voice through the earpiece, torn between the desire to protect the sentient from her own stupidity and concern over the inquisitor’s swift disappearance after Nox and the girl. The bark of Jacinda’s earlier words still echoed, as did the inquisitor’s last orders. But she could not protect both.
“Run, woman,” she hissed.
For in the end, she chose to protect the girl.
A run pushed her through the hospital doors, hackles ablaze, sharp eyes searching.
The idiot had pulled a gun. In public. Outside a hospital.
And then chaos burst like a supernova. Tenzin shielded her eyes from the blossom of flame, alarmed and afraid and angry at the damn pup who blundered into exactly what he had warned against.
Her ears pricked for Jacinda’s voice through the earpiece, torn between the desire to protect the sentient from her own stupidity and concern over the inquisitor’s swift disappearance after Nox and the girl. The bark of Jacinda’s earlier words still echoed, as did the inquisitor’s last orders. But she could not protect both.
“Run, woman,” she hissed.
For in the end, she chose to protect the girl.
A run pushed her through the hospital doors, hackles ablaze, sharp eyes searching.
The idiot had pulled a gun. In public. Outside a hospital.
And then chaos burst like a supernova. Tenzin shielded her eyes from the blossom of flame, alarmed and afraid and angry at the damn pup who blundered into exactly what he had warned against.