(Continuation of previous post! Sorry for double posting!)
IC: The stranger woke two days later, seeming fully recovered from the potions Skye had found as she searched for food the other night. He sat up on the remains of her bed, and looked at her sleeping form.
A shaft of morning light fell upon her cheek, waking her. She stretched and looked at the Moltres morph, a smile crossing her face.
"Am I dead?" he asked.
"You were pretty close for a while there," she told him, and walked over to check his bandages. "How do you feel?"
"Much better," he said, and watched her apply some potion to his wounds. "I was suprised that I couldn't find you here...I escaped from my former master three days ago, but they followed me here. You don't remember me, do you?"
Skye looked puzzled and shook her head.
"I grew up with you. My parents were morphs too," he told her. He smiled as he got lost in memories of the past. "I was captured and you ran off when our parents were killed in battle. I'm Aiden."
Flashbacks soared into her mind. Aiden had shorter hair back then. Skye was only ten, and she had been playing tag with Aiden while her parents and his were at a battle. Some big men came back, and they tried to capture them. Aiden was flying strongly right behind her, and then he was not. She had gotten away.
"I can't believe it," she told him, holding back tears. "I thought they killed you too."
"They couldn't. There were laws back then," he reminded her. "Morph couldn't battle unless they were over the age of 15. I was only 11."
Skye looked out at the rising sun.
"When I got away, I found an island off the coast here. It's very forboding for humans to live there, but it is perfect for morphs. Come with me. We can escape, and we can become stronger so we can defend ourselves," Aiden told her, smiling intensely.
"I...can't..." she told him. "A lot has changed since we were little. Humans and morphs hate each other, and that needs to change. Something big is going to happen soon, and I need to be here to defend my friends. Besides, don't you think it would be dangerous to have all the morphs on one location?"
Aiden was speechless.
"Come with me to find my friends," Skye told him, pulling him gently to his feet. "We can decide what to do with their help."
Aiden followed her as they flew out of the cave. They flew to the forest where Skye had last seen Cassy and Moonlight. She called to them desperately, knowing that time was of the essence these days...