karrhisarchonrising:
As he sprinted through the halls, the only thing on his mind was finding a medic, and getting help for his remaining children. But he was weak. Three short weeks in a cell had left him shockingly ill-feeling. Mixed with the grief he felt as he couldn’t help but mourn his three sons. It was hard to breathe past the inner agony, but he pushed onward, driven to save his daughter and son.
On the way, there had been a handful of stragglers that trailed behind their former archon. One captain, a couple vandals and four dregs, one of which was missing part of her left leg, but still she followed. The small and tired group weren’t too far behind when Karrhis was stopped, and his eyes met with the Kell’s, wide and almost frightened. Almost as if running into him was just as bad as running into a guardian.
He noticed that Kiltriks was alone, now. Karrhis briefly wondered where his guard was, but in all the chaos, he wouldn’t be shocked if Kiltriks left them behind. He gasped quietly for breath, feeling exhausted physically and emotionally. But even so, a new feeling rose into his chest: Rage. He didn’t realize his own teeth were beared until a hiss left him. He pulled away from the Kell, turning his body so that the whelps were out of his view and his eyes -though still riddled with tears- were narrowed dangerously.
He growled, although keeping his voice low so that even Kiltriks had to have strained to hear it. He didn’t have time to get emotional. Kritris’ and Brixas’ lives depended on him finding someone who could help. And judging from the dampness that seeped through the cloth around them, he would need it soon. “Get out of my way, I need to find a medic.”
His eyes on the whelps had distracted him only for a moment, noting that Karrhis didn't look like he was carrying all five of them -- the bundles were too few and too small. However, his thoughts didn't linger on that, hearing the hiss that came from his former mate as Karrhis moved away from him.
In that short second, even Kiltriks was shocked. Karrhis had always had a shred of defiance in him, defiance few others could get away with, but his time to be cute was over. Quickly, Kiltriks' face grew grim and serious once again and he grabbed hold of Karrhis with a threatening grip.
"This isn't time for you to be a stubborn, stupid dreg." Kiltriks hissed himself. The sounds of commotion began to rise suddenly, close by and in the direction that Kiltriks had come from (and the direction Karrhis had been trying to go). Gaze snapped back, and in that small second, a shred of panic could be seen on the face of the mighty Devil's kell.
"Going that way is suicide. The medics are dead or hiding." Kiltriks said, beginning to move past Karrhis, but his grip didn't leave him, tugging the other large eliksni in the same direction as him. “Come.” He knew in that moment that saving Karrhis was stupid and unnecessary -- after all, his ex-mate had betrayed him -- but yet he still found himself trying to bring him along anyway.












