LUNAR LOCKED

of the tranquilize

e light. She could make out a small house. But, s

that she was in a large, metal cage with stee

rs. "No" she tugged at it as she tried to b

round but couldn't make out anything except blur

pain passed through her entire body like a current. Next, her head began to ring lou

her palms and then closed her eyes for a split second. But it proved futile as the sound didn't r

he trapped?! Why couldn't she make t

it anymore, the ringing suddenly stopped. The

made out a figure with her eyes. Everything around seemed normal again. T

elf down. Then, assess the situation. What had just happen

from the moment Aria was taken by the na

her encounter with the hunters. She examined her

ded to get out o

ght as she crouched on all f

then noticed that the door was slightly ajar. What

be able to sa

uickly with so much excitement that they either forgot to lock the door o

hought as she recalled th

hance to escape, she k

the house As her eyes locked onto the gate, her mind began to race with diff

or some reason, hesitated. She felt a sli

nother step, and another and another until he

g, their voices growing louder and more

of her. She could feel it, nature's very own adrenaline coursing through her and

er yelled from i

m inside the house. His feet dragged him as

ve far..got ta lock tha door," one of th

rumbled with the laugh

ently crept, careful not to make any

r replied, "You can'

m. "No," he scanned the empty cage. "Wait, where's the w

fr

" Get back here, wolfie," he slu

out. "There" one of

t her escape," One shouted

Quickly, she ran like her life dep

and into the forest with her paws pounding on

thout stopping, as she dod

nd her, their voices growing fainter wit

d on the trees ahead, every inc

y free! Sh

hunter shout. "We

she thought. The hunters we

thoughts and remembered she had to

d the map, an id

aimed, runnin

echoed through the

ws began raining on her.

yelled a hunter "Our prized

it up" he

k the right, others took the left, with th

o feel dizzy. "Not now!" She begged