Toxic Tales: Chapter 11

Over the Strait

Achelois watched Elpis grab a troodon in each talon and take off, Achelois took off and grabbed a pair of troodons. The troodons were silent and didn't even move as she carried them. Once they were on the mainland Achelois immediately turned around, catching up with Elpis and grabbing two more troodons. They continued bringing troodons to the mainland until Achelois saw only one left, the blue-scarred one.

"About time," he snapped, "the hatchling is fine, the others didn't even touch it, and it's back with the allos now."

Achelois didn't respond. She could tell what he was thinking and feeling and cared more about that than what he was saying. He could lie all he wanted and she would know the truth, but to her surprise, he was telling the truth. "I'm finally free, we are free, the hatchlings don't have to grow up looking to the sky in terror," he thought. Achelois understood, while he wasn't a good creature, he had reasons for what he did, just like the allos. "Are we really that different?" Achelois thought, "We're both victims of our circumstances, what makes me better than him?"

She gently placed him on the shore of the mainland.

"Thank you, genuinely, I wish that I didn't have to do what I did but, I didn't have a choice, all I wanted was a better future for my pack, and you gave us that, so, thanks," he said before walking away, leading his pack into the forest nearby. Achelois turned around and flew towards the allos, once she landed she said, "Can we have a minute before we take all of you over?"

"Of course," responded Moirae, "take as long as you want, and once we get there you don't have to leave, you can stay with us."

"I'm sorry but I don't think we can, apparently we have to "save the poison wyverns" from the Queen, however we're going to do that," Achelois responded.

"I understand that you want to save your species from that tyrant, but if you ever want to return to the pack feel free to, you saved us and will always be welcome here."

"Thank you Moirae, you have no idea how much this means to us."

"And I'd like to go with them," Asclepius said.

- Sol