L is for Laurie

Where were the others? The group that had attacked he and Naeem was larger than this, that was the only way Laurie had been able to decide that there was only two thirds here incidentally. Those men, the cruelty coming off of them was so strong it almost had him vomiting. There had been disappearances happening all over the town for months recently though Laurie suspected it had been going on longer than that. What had lead him out into the forest however was so strong, it was the stench of death, that was coming off of the men as well now that he was close. That was what he could smell as he'd approached. Whilst the people had been missing it was alright, he could feel they were missing but no more and that had never bothered him in his disconnected state but then death came flooding in from everywhere and he hadn't understood why no-one else could sense it. Each victim had been cut away from him and it had been painful, the link he'd had with the missing persons had been severed one by one recently, that left a trail and he'd followed it as a dog did a scent. Naeem had distressed so much about not being able to soothe his pain... Naeem.

          Before Laurie had a chance to begin mourning once again a sound drew his attention, it was the sound of laughter and of many people crashing through nature. As he looked out behind the camp he saw them, two men first each with a young girl draped over their shoulder and then four more came through. He'd been spotted.

          What was he supposed to do now? The anger was keeping him from behaving as he normally would but having anger and being able to act in a situation he wasn't sure about were two entirely different things but as one of the men dropped the girl he was carrying to the ground Laurie dizzied and found his vision darkening even as he stood tall.




Laurie, found in 'Laurie's Tale' working title.