Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Monarchy's Plight
Chapter 13
Goon pulled his leg out of the freezing cold water. It was just about fully healed now. Only a scar remained, and as a result he had started hunting again. He dragged the carcass of a megatherium up the rocky hillside to the cave. Alisa was sitting at the mouth of the cave, staring out with a dazed look. Goon followed her gaze towards the desert. He snorted before plopping down and tearing into the carcass. "Alright. What's the matter with you?" He asked.
The shadow, which had curled in the shape of a feathered raptor (a deinonychus, Alisa had said) sat next to her, and waved its claws to catch her attention. Alisa snapped out of her daze and turned to Goon. "What?"
"You've been staring out there for days. Are the wyverns really that bad? Are you worried they'll come back?" He stood suddenly, worried.
Alisa shook her head, "No, they ... my sister. I saw the first wyvern holding my sister."
Goon sat back down again and returned to eating. "Oh."
"Oh?" Alisa scoffed. "What do you mean, oh?"
Goon shrugged. "She got caught. Nothing we can do about it."
Alisa stood, her eyes flashing angrily. "Nothing we can do? That's my sister! I'm not just going to let her be taken, be eaten!"
Goon stood defensively, "Well what do you want me to do? Run headfirst into a pack of those things to help some creature I don't even know? Just forget about her."
"Forget about her?!" Alisa's feathers stood, and she bristled at his words. Tears were forming in her eyes and her voice came out as angry whispers. "Do you have siblings?" Goon hesitated before slowly shaking his head. "I didn't think so. You have no idea what I'm going through, so don't you dare try to tell me to forget the one person who hasn't turned their back on me!"
The shadow looked quickly between the two of them before backing away into the dark of the cave. Goon said nothing. He was frustrated and slightly ashamed. He turned and walked to the back of the cave to lie down and sleep. "Eat before the food spoils," he said quietly. Alisa didn't speak, she just turned back to the cave's entrance, staring back out into the desert again.
~CL1