[Voice]

[yamawolf]

[His heart is thumping, and he drops his device. The meeting, everyone was at the meeting--and he was suppose to meet Marlene at the Main Office doors. It's dark, she's out here? No--it can't be. She can't be out here! He had to find her.]

Marlene, Marlene! Marlene!

[He's panting, where was she, if she answered through the digital device then

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{Action}

[acairnia_npc]

{A low moaning whine emerges from the shadows and a skeletal clawed hand reaches from the darkness, deadly talons reaching for the back of the boy's head.}

{Action}

[yamawolf]

Yamato shifts and puts the Digital communicator back into his pocket and he turns from the immediate dark left to his immediate dark right. No sign of Marlene, and he can hear from his pocket Cloud's voice, calling for him to deny something he just can't.

"I-I..I'm out..side!"

His whole body shivering and shaking as he hears the whine from behind. There's no Gabumon, there's no warning, save for that haunting whine from his back. The blonde jumps to his right and sees the long fingers pushing aside his comfort as the hand slides closer to him through the air.

"..N..noo." No! "B.." Betsy, "H..h..hh..." Help me! And the small child turns from what is reaching for him ever so slowly and starts to run from the Main Office and toward the sand, the dark waters crashing into the beach was something more comforting in contrast to the low mewl and groaning of the reaching women at his back.

{Action}

[acairnia_npc]

{Annis screams as her prey slips past her claws, but she whirls immediately and gives chase, shrieking into the blackness and her talons clicking together as she eagerly pursues. The wraith is eerily fast, well able to overtake a small child, her most favorite prey.

There is a tearing sound as her nails catch in the cloth covering the boy's back and she yanks at it, intending to topple him to the ground.}

{Action}

[yamawolf]

Just as he gave that last shout to Cloud, just as he thought he simply couldn't warn any more. He was right.

All he could feel was the shirt being tugged, the sound of her breath and her shrilling louder then the ripping of his shirt. But he twirled and reached into his pocket, pulling out his harmonica and throwing it into the abyss of shadow, hoping that the rough edges, that the metal exterior had caused her enough harm so that he could slip from her again.

He turned, and he pushed on his heels, intending to run.

[not_puppet]

Yamato! Don't tell me you're outside right now!

[Drags his bed away from the door and rushes outside, sword in hand.]

[yamawolf]

Yamato is running, he is running fast and anywhere he can hear. Unfortunately, for Cloud and for himself, he only hears Cloud in his pocket.

"C..Cloud! Marlene, Marlene's s.." He shivers, it's freezing, he's cold and he nearly stumbles, out of breath. He simply can't keep up, "Marlene, Cloud! Look for her! She's outsid.." His last go, because after this he doesn't think he can quite talk much more, "SHE'S OUTSIDE CLOUD!"

[not_puppet]

Get yourself indoors, now! I'll look for Marlene! Where are you right now!

[You can hear the sizzling of a bolt spell being cast in the background. ]

[yamawolf]

His heart felt like it had just dropped down to his stomach and he stumbled. Cloud's electronic voice coming so far, yet so close. But one thing was for sure. He did the right thing, didn't he? It's okay if Cloud went off for Marlene, he was going to find her and he was going to keep her safe! It was his fault that he asked Marlene out without any adults. It was his fault! He should have never done that, he can't even protect himself, he shouldn't have asked for her. He shouldn't have.

Yamato's eyes started to sting, and in the vast abyss of darkness he started to blindly run about, using the sounds he could hear as guidance. Keeping the horror of the hand that tore at his shirt behind him.

He had to keep thinking, he'll make it out of this, he'll do it. Because Cloud was stronger then him, and he was going to find Marlene. So he had to make it out so that he could apologize to Cloud, to Tifa. To Betsy.

He had to.