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As they stood there, squbbaling about how to proceed thru the town, Morgan heard a large rumble. She glanced towards the east where she thought it might be coming from. Slowly she realized what had been giving her a bad feeling before, there were no animal sounds. In a forest that rich in trees and vegetation, there was no way that there would be such an absence of animals as to create that silence. Something bad was about to happen.

"Does anyone know what that is...," she trailed off, startled by a shake.

The earth seemed to be like a babies rattle all of a sudden. Morgan dropped to the ground as chunks of buildings began raining down. She could barely see the others, just Zeke trying to protect Karen. Ferreter and Fionulla weren't in her line of vision. What the hell is going on, what god is angry now, she thought to herself.

[OOC: Well, I doubt earthquakes are mentioned at all in the book, but I actually kind of pictured Citigazze to have earthquakes. Plus, the story was so dead!]

(ooc: I was just thinking about a month ago of PM’ing everyone and pestering them about this old thing lol... Then I got a girlfriend and forgot all over again >.<; )

Ferreter struggled to his feet, his thoughts as jumbled as the structure surrounding him that had been standing but moments ago. To his left he could clearly see the insides of a building as if he had x-ray vision. He looked more closely at the rubble on the ground around him and noted what it must have been moments ago. "What in the blazes just happened that could nock a wall of the side of a building…"

He felt a tinge of moisture running down his face. Almost casually he rubbed his hand against it and then pulled it out into his field of vision.
"Well... That explains why my head hurts... Now what am I missing... I know I'm missing something..."

For the first time in a long while his face was twisted in confusion as he struggled to coordinate his thoughts into something he could run off of or if nothing else at least walk. What was he missing? It felt like something really important but for the life of him couldn’t remember. He moved what must have been a window pane by the nail stuck to his belt and looked at the shattered glass around him. For once he wished he believed in a god so he could have someone to thank for what must have been a stroke of pure luck. An inch or two in either direction and he’d have been pan caked instead of just cut and bruised right now.

He suddenly felt a searing pain along his spine and dropped to his knees. Eyes watering from the pain he quickly glanced around for the reason for his sudden bout of suffering. And then he saw her. Lying on the other side of the street, her once elegant black wings twisted in painful looking angles and her body wrapped in a circle. Instantly his memories came flooding back in a torrent of pain, and fear, and he knew what he was missing. The only dependable thing in his ******** up life was her, no matter what happened to him she was there on his shoulder or winging above him, the only thing in existence he ever truly considered an angel, a blessing. And there she was, battered, broken and alone.

Fighting against the pain he was feeling himself, he stood up again and ran over to her, heedless of the obstacles that tried to impede him. He didn’t let the pain in his legs stop him till he was by her side, then he gladly gave into the impulse to drop to his knees as he carefully cradled her in his arms. He let out a great sigh of relief when she meekly licked his arm.

“Heh, didn’t think you’d leave me behind in this dump alone did you my old friend?”
He didn’t care if she responded in any way, truthfully he was happier she didn’t waste the energy. A quick and careful once over told him her wings weren’t permanently injured, but she wouldn’t be flying anywhere anytime soon.

“Maybe I was always wrong… and there really is a god out there somewhere…” He mumbled inaudibly as he gently hugged his burden.

(ooc: It's been like, 10 days. Anyone reply yet? sweatdrop )