Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Fang and Fur ❯ Rhea rampage prt 2 ( Chapter 9 )

Chapter 9

"Rhea!" Yuna called after her friend as she fled into the darkness. "Come on, we have to find her." she said to Daven and ran after her. Daven ran after the girls, feeling very worried for Rhea, and surprised at how oddly familiar her scent was to him. His long sleeved, white shirt snagged and tore on thorns in the bushes, ripping his shirt and drawing a thin line of blood. It revealed, to anyone that may have been watching, an old scar, like a tattoo carved into his skin. The 'tattoo' was of a Celtic claddagh, but it only showed the left half, the symbol seemed incomplete. Daven tracked Rhea to a clearing, where she was in the midst of an elk herd, all sleeping, and completely unaware of the current danger they were in. In the blink of an eye she had latched on to one of the elk and was feeding, in hybrid form, her fangs sunk deep into the animals' hide. Once it was dead, she pounced to another. Suddenly she stiffed, scenting the wind that blew from Daven's direction. She growled and turned to face him, showing bloodied fangs, and glass-black eyes staring in hunger at him. She charged, stunned, he could only grab her arms to keep her arms length away from him as she snapped and snarled at his face. Purely instinct and unable to see all the opening he had. She forced him back to a tree, and the already weakened sleeves of her clothes tore further, revealing a mark almost identical to Daven's, except it was the right half of the Celtic Claddagh. The caught Daven completely by surprise and he let go only to fall backwards, and he stared up at Rhea with glazed eyes of amazement and horror, as she towered over him hungrily.
Out of nowhere Yuna appeared and side-kicked Rhea sending her flying into a tree and leaving her stunned. She seized Daven and took to the skies. "Are you bloody stupid?" she asked, shaking him by the collar of his shirt.
"I know Rhea." he said stupidly.
"Well thank you captain obvious." she snapped. Daven shook his head.
"No, I mean I know her from some other time. Like in the past." Daven explained. Below, Rhea was picking herself up off the ground and snarled at them Yuna landed in a nearby tree. Rhea snarled in rage and clawed at the tree in a fruitless attempt to break it. After this wielded no results she stalked off in search of easier prey. The elk herd was still there, beside a river. She fed quickly thrice more on the elk. Then she turned to the water and crouched on all fours, and lapped up the water. She seemed to calm then, and she slid into the water and shifted, her eyes now a bright gold-ish color, and stared at the running water. Yuna flew down to her. Once Daven was on solid ground he ran to Rhea and wrapped her in a comforting hug.
"Rhea, are you okay?" Yuna asked, resting a hand on her shoulder, looking at her worriedly.
Rhea was only vaguely aware of her friends, lost in the terror of realizing how close she had come to killing them. She nodded slowly, even though she knew it was a lie. She was far from okay. "Well, guess what." Yuna said, slapping her back cajoling. Rhea looked up at her for answer. "Daven is getting his memories back." she said. Rhea looked over at him curiously. Daven shrugged.
"I dunno. I just guessed we've met before, you seem real familiar and we have a matching mark." he said, showing her, as Yuna looked on in curiosity.
"They complete each other." she stated matter of fact. "Oh." Rhea said quietly, trying to remember where and when she had got that scar.
"When did you get it?" Daven asked, Rhea just shrugged. A slight pause, and Daven shrugged. "Okay, well what now?"
"Don't know, I guess we should find our memories, figure out what exactly is going on." Yuna said, and Daven nodded agreement. Rhea stood suddenly, and just started off into the trees, stumbling as she went. Yuna followed curiously. "Rhea? Hey what's up?" Yuna asked, following Rhea, who did no answer, but kept going until she tripped and fell over a fallen log. "Rhea, what's wrong?" Yuna asked as she helped her friend to her feet. Worry in her pale blue eyes. Rhea coughed a laugh.
"What's wrong?" she said hysterically. "What's wrong is that I can't control myself! I get a few cuts and have to go on a bloody rampage fueled by an insatiably blood lust for supernatural creatures. And. And on top of all that , I nearly kill the only people who actually care about me at all and I'm just wild and dangerous and I can't control myself! I hate it, I could kill you!" she said, completely hysterical now, shaking and gasping for breath. As Yuna looked on, trying to figure out what to do, Daven, under some strange possession of mind, walked up to Rhea and wrapped her in a tight, warm embrace.
"It's all right, " he said comfortingly. "You're still learning, trying to figure out your powers. It'll just take some time okay. We'll be here to help you. And we'll all get through this together. Once your memories return you'll probably have better control." Daven said. He was about a head taller than Rhea. This was a good thing, as he rested his head on her chin comfortingly. Rhea was silent, and engulfed in a whirl of emotion. First, security at having friends like Yuna and Daven. Second was the familiarity of the situation, being comforted by Daven. And another part was scared, scared of these new feelings and what pain they might bring. Oh, where did she remember him from? She had to find out.
Daven finally pulled away and looked away, a little flushed. He knew he had comforted her before, and he silently vowed he'd find out when and why. "Come on, let's get moving." he said.