Only then did Fairuz scream, his voice shrill with fear. His voice mixed with the beast's roar and Shail found himself frozen. His plans to shove Fairuz again a wall evaporated the second he saw the wolf creature. No. It wasn't possible. The voice in his head kept repeating that, refusing to believe the sight before him. Without even noticing, he stumbled back a few steps.

Suddenly, Fairuz took off running past him. "Let's get out of here!!" the boy screamed at the top of his lungs. The other boys outside looked up from their various angry and cowering positions to see their leader, mouth agape and tears leaking from his eyes. This wasn't possible though. No, what was this thing? Shail finally turned and took off after his friends. His heart beat wildly, making his lungs scream for air. He could already feel a cough coming on, but he needed to get away first. The others weren't looking back so with a spurt of speed, he escaped the cave and tried to catch up to the fleeing boys.

"Fairuz, wait! Reshad! Madi?" But no one slowed their pace.