Chapter Twenty-three: "A RESCUE"

Regini paced around the room. His hand behind his head. His eyes were wide, and his mouth lay open. His wings were drooping, and his tail sagged. "Ok, ok. This is bad. REALLY bad. I haven't seen the Zofs in a month, let alone Ora. Where could they be??" Regini thought.

Suddenly, he smelled something. He looked really hard, and could see and smell the very, VERY faint sight of footprints. Hm, they smelled like the Zofs. Regini carefully padded down, keeping an eye on them. Soon, he found the rotten remains of what was once yummy berries. He sniffed once more, and smelled...Saikarie kidnappers? And they carried the scent of snow, sand and moss...they must have come from the tundra!

Regini was there. Normally, it would take a week, but his determination helped him. He made it in three days. He rushed around the snow, checking for any sign of them. Just then, an idea hit him. He would be "captured". He grabbed some red grass, sticking it to him like scars. He then roared really loudly and fell to the ground, playing unconscious.

Ten Saikarie soldiers ran out, grabbing him. He intentionally kept flopping down, making it look like he was asleep. Finally, they carried him into their base. The second they left, he got up and began to check around for a disguise. He rolled in snow, then covered up his yellow green with cold moss. His orange red had mossy snow on it, and the deep burgundy was in grass, moss, then snow. His teal, blue, white, grey and black were normal for the tundra, so off he went.

He had checked for around an hour now, really only 20 minutes due to hiding so many times. Then, he found them. He planned to sneak them out one by one, not everyone at a time. Carefully he squirmed over to Celestial. She was falling asleep. He quietly snatched the key from her as she fell over and slept.

He looked in and whispered, "Hey, its Regini. I'm taking you out one by one." He unlocked the door and grabbed Zela's arm. Silently she hopped onto his back. He shut the door and ran out. Hiding Zela with his wings, then emerged from the cave. He gently set her down. "Zela, go back to camp. I'll take care of the others." She nodded and licked his claw. "Thanks, Regini." She smiled and flew off.

Flower was clenching onto Regini so hard she was strangling him. Her teeth her clamped and her eyes were wide. Every limb she had was tightly wrapped around him. Once they were out, she jumped of and waved her tail feathers at him. "Bye!" She squealed and then hopped into the air. He went back in for SunDrop.

SunDrop just looked at him at first. "Why are you doing one by one? Also, why over the course of a week? Hmmm," she said. He sighed and facepalmed. "Just hop on." He spoke. SunDrop shrugged. "Ok." And so, she hopped on.

Regini entered for the last time. He looked at her. Ora glowed beautifully in the cold light; her pretty wings tilted. "Ora!" He whispered. She looked around. "...Regini?" She called to him. "Yes. Ora I've come to save you." She gasped. "But wait! A few of these Saikarie could help us. Let me gather them." He nodded and waited. Ora poked Celestial, waking her up. She explained everything. Celestial thought about it and decided to go. Ora then padded over to Lyra. "Yes, yes yes!" Lyra exclaimed after she was told. Lyra grabbed Holy by the neck. "And you're coming with me." She said smugly. "No, I'm not!" He yelled.

As Lyra dragged him out the cave, he wailed, "Noooooooo! NEVER WILL I GO-" He was cut short as Lyra dumped him into the snow. He kicked his legs in the air and screamed something. His tail feathers rattled as he tried pushing his head out. Lyra fell back and laughed so hard she snorted. "Coming with us you shall." She spoke. He muffled a groan. She carried him onto Regini's back. She grabbed onto his waist to make sure she wouldn't fall off. He glared and decided to let her.

And off they went.

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