Tersek & Others

A loud and rolling howl echoed through the Temple and carried out into the ruins beyond. It was nearly dawn, and Senka's scouting party had not returned from their patrol from earlier yesterday afternoon. Tersek had already taken it upon himself to send Sunburst to the Parnassian, switching out the small brute with Blackmist to help look after Ursa, and had welcomed Cavan and all the new birds that had been invited into the pack. But now he was growing restless. Senka's patrol shouldn't have taken this long.

Velvet's roar reverberated through the complex, followed briefly by Leomar's. A much smaller, rather pathetic squeak of an attempted roar came from Oracle as she scampered past both adult lions and came bounding into the main chamber where Tersek was waiting.

Cavan and Geinah weren't far behind, with Duality, Lupanare, and Zanarah a little further afield.

Tracey

Tracey had been dozing as she got use to the strange life of living in a pack. She stretched her wings and soared through the entrance landing on a perch.

Maelertech also tried to copy his mother and father.

Tyrant also sent out a loud roar calling to the others before f ollowing Velvet into the meeting area. He was worried about his mother and sister. Nemu too.

Azula, Katara and zuko came in all worried about Nemu their mother

Tersek & Others

Tersek waited patiently atop of slightly raised platform near the back of the central chamber, his two-toned eyes switching from face to face as the Haunters began to assemble. Those yellow and brown orbs darted upward to Tracey, following her flight in through the door, trailed closely by Cedarwood. The big eagle landed beside his new companion, hesitation written in his expression and tightly pinned feathers. Cedar did not like confined spaces, and felt anxiety creeping up in him despite how lofty this chamber was.

"As some of you may be aware-" Tersek started with a gruff bark once the gathered animals settled before him, "-Senka has not returned from a patrol mission earlier yesterday. Menace and Nemu were with her." Leaving that statement to linger a moment, the elder wolf continued, now looking to the pair of large raptors, "We know they were patrolling northeast of our land, towards the prairie and the open lands around it. Tracey and Cedarwood - since you two can cover ground the quickest, and no one will recognize you, I want you both to scout the Prairie. Senka and Menace look similar to Tyrant there, shouldn't be hard to spot them if they're around. Nemu is like them, but with tan in place of the blue. See what you can find, and report back to me."

Cavan broke in at this point with a voice that carried a delicate rasp to it, "The rest of you we'll need on tight patrols around the Ruins." Tersek shifted a side-glance to the ragged looking elder, but didn't stop him. Cavan had been the Captain after all, and despite his small size and utter uselessness in combat now, the old brute at least still had his mind. "Keep it close, too. If I call for you, I want you close enough to hear it and hightail it back to base."

Tracey

Tracey dipps her head and glances to her new mate and then takes off. She cast a glance at Tyrant to get a picture before heading for the prairie.

Azula sat with her siblings.

Tyrant paced near Velvet. His ears back.what could of happened? The valley been quiet, one of our enemies couldn't possibly have th force to do something to them? he said.

Tersek & Others

Cedarwood did not need to be told twice. After studying Tyrant for the briefest of moments, the raptor launched after his mate and soared out of the Temple, eager to leave the stone building behind and embrace the limitless sky outside.

Zanarah and the others similarly dispersed, each heading out in different directions to begin their patrol around the Ruins, while Velvet remained behind to speak with Tyrant. "There's no group strong enough to take three healthy lionesses." She stated, but with a hint of uncertainty in her voice, "Not that I know of anyway. The Aspen Grove is a potential threat... their numbers have gotten large, but I don't think Starscream would have been daring enough to attack them, or go out of his way to do so. No, not them..." She shook her head, feeling certain that the old wolf wouldn't have been that bold, especially with so many youngsters in his care.

The lioness sat down on her haunches as her face twisted with a look of sudden concern, "That leaves the possibility of humans." Her dark, almond eyes turned to Tyrant, locking her gaze to him. "Whatever it is, we'll wait for the raptor's report before we make any moves."

Tyrant

Tyrant was worried, his mother wasn't exactly young any more and having menace with them meant she'd take extreme risks to defend her. He watched the raptors take off. He listened also to Velvet his eyes back on her.He wouldn't, I don't think he'd have enough to take on lion hybrids.He said shaking his head and then he paled at the mention of humans. His ears going back. I really hope it was notHe said sitting down.

Maelertech bounded up to them.What happened to grammy? he asked.

Velvet & Others

Velvet looked down to Maelertech as a troubled smile creased her mouth, "We don't know, son." She eased down onto her stomach, bringing her face closer to the youngster, making no attempt to hide the concern dancing through her eyes. She would not lie to her children, or try to shield them from the harsh truths of living in the Valley. "We only know that she should have been back by now, so we've sent the raptors out to find her."

Oracle bounced past her mother, pausing only briefly to listen to what was going on. She was alarmed to hear that their grandma had disappeared, but in the little cub's mind, the big tigeress was untouchable, and she didn't understand how serious the situation could be. Pushing her concern aside, she pounced for her father's tail, growling and baring her teeth as if it were some dangerous foe.

Tyrant

He sat next to Velvet and listened to her explain it to Maelertech. He flicked his tail when oracle leaped for it.

Maelertech.I hope they find herHe said.