Finally have time for a part 2

Bloodworm- hmmm

*the Hivewing shifted a little, but it was barely noticeable, especially with Rose’s wing hiding most of her. Sumac turned around, even in the darkness you could tell he was somewhat angry or even a little worried by his expression.*

Bloodworm- You alright Sumac? you seem...on edge.

Sumac: *he looked at you, almost forgetting you were also a Hivewing, then he rephrased what he was going to say* I think I’m the only one that has common sense. We should have ditched that thing.

*Rose already figured out what he meant*

Rose: no, the dragonet’s stuck with us now. Even if we wanted to, I’m not sure how long it would last in this cave knocked out. In fact, I’m still worried for her, she’s been out for so long. *she knew otherwise but she wasn’t sure if anyone else did*

Sumac; but it’s dead weight. What if it leads Wasp to us?

Maple: We have that covered with the blindfold, I don’t think she knows where we are. Especially if she’s still unconscious.

Ivy: hope she’s alright. Maybe she could tell us something.

*Sumac mumbled something under his breath and continued. Rose probably had a lecture ready, but she didn’t want to talk about it more. You all kept walking.*

Bloodworm- *looks at the dragonet and pokes it carefully*

The dragonet: *trying her best to stay still, thinking: “don’t move, don’t move, don’t move. Not one muscle. Pretend you’re still hidden from everyone.” She didn’t move luckily.*

Rose: *she pushes you away from the Hivewing with her wing as gently as possible* don’t bother it, they’re probably not going to wake up from that.

Bloodworm- Fair point.

*you all eventually find yourselves at an underground lake*

Rose: let’s rest here for now. Especially you Sumac.

Sumac: *sighing while mumbling something along the lines of “I don’t need to rest.”*

*Everyone set the crates down, Maple made sure all of the crates had everything accounted for*

Bloodworm- what if the hivewing wakes up if we all fall asleep?

Rose: I’ll handle it. I can take watch. The rest of you do need the rest it looks like.

Bloodworm- alright then...

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Hoverfly thought about her options. She could try to escape now or get herself killed, if wait until everyone fell asleep. She chose to keep playing dead, though her fear was starting to get to her.
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Maple: we have everything. At least we found water. If only we had an extra crate we could bring it with us.

Bloodworm- true.

Rose: you all should rest, we’ll continue in a few hours.

Sumac: I’ll take first—

Rose: no. You rest, it looks like you need it anyway. All of you do. I’ll watch.

*Sumac nods, he does seem a little grumpier than usual, Ivy noticed it in the hives. Rose began to walk towards one of the entrances*

*Ivy and Sumac began walking away from each other but Maple pulls them back to each other*

Maple: *quietly to both of them* what in the book happened in the hive?

Ivy: huh?

Maple: *quietly again, so Rose doesn’t hear* you both seem more tense than usual, and Ivy you look like you’re trying to hide your anger.

Ivy: … *looking at Rose before turning back to Maple and explaining the argument between her and Sumac in the hives*

Maple: … really?

Sumac: *nods* it was wrong of me.

Bloodworm- yeah...

*Rose planted a vine and used her leafspeak to make it grow into part of the wall at the entrance, Hoverfly doesn’t see it*

*Ivy and Sumac try to get far away from each other but maple pulls them back again, forcing them to lay with each other, with Maple between Ivy and Sumac. The two other leafwings don’t seem happy about it but they don’t complain, Rose begins walking back and lays down closest to the exit than the rest of you.*

Rose: Sumac, what’s wrong?

Sumac: nothing.

Rose: get some sleep.

*Sumac sighs but nods*

Bloodworm- *curls up and falls asleep*

*Ivy, Sumac, and Maple eventually fall asleep as well, leaving Rose as the last one awake. She looks like she’s on the verge of sleeping, but she’s also just pretending*

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“Yes, this is my chance,” Hoverfly thought. She quickly removed her blindfold as quietly as she could. She carefully climbed off the leafwing’s back. She started sneaking toward’s the entrance they had came from. With luck, it would take her back to her hive. She carefully stepped over the hybrid’s tail. Now she was close, she could almost taste the freedom, but suddenly the vine by the door began to grow and block the entrance. When she turned around, the huge leafwing was there. She couldn’t have been more terrified. Hoverfly told herself to move, but she couldn’t. Her heart began to race and her breathing became quicker. She started to shiver, as she braced herself for the inevitable strike that would come next. But then the leafwing just lied down, not attacking, but also blocking the other escape routes. She was more afraid than ever, and the leafwing definitely noticed.

“I’m sorry for spooking you,” she said, “what’s your name little one?”

She spoke in a quiet and soft voice. Was she, trying to soothe her? That wasn’t going to work, Hoverfly won’t fall for such tricks.. not again.

“H-hoverf-fly..?” Hoverfly wasn’t sure why she answered.. maybe her instincts were behaving strangely. Shouldn’t she be dead right now? This leafwing is going to kill her eventually, it’s what they do. They’re savages. “Maybe playing along for now is the best choice,” she thought to herself.

“That’s a nice name,” the leafwing said, “I’m Rose. I know I look scary, but there’s no need to be afraid.”

It was definitely a trap. She tried to escape over Rose’s wing, but she was grabbed and pulled back in and the wing was wrapped around her. Was it.. trying to hug her? It wasn’t attacking the way Hoverfly thought it would, and it definitely appeared to be a hug. Is it trying to comfort her? It wasn’t working. Beneath the smell of the cave, she could smell a hint of some of the flowers that grew in the school gardens. She peeked over Rose’s shoulder to see the dragon that had suggested to kill her, but Rose seemed to know what she was worried about and hid him behind her wing.

“Shhh… it’s ok. You’re ok.”

Oddly enough, Hoverfly’s breathing began to slow down. The leafwing began to hum, trying to calm her down more. It was working, to Hoverfly’s surprise.
———

Bloodworm- *adjusts positions while asleep*

*Rose looks back at the rest of you to make sure you’re all asleep. Then she turns to Hoverfly again.*

Rose: do you need another minute to calm down?

*The Hivewing shook her head, she began to pass out again, mostly from shock.*

Rose: get some rest little one. *she was thinking about how she shouldn’t tell anyone else Hoverfly was awake*

*Rose carried her back towards the rest of you all and laid Hoverfly next to her and carefully reset her blindfold on her. Rose then used her wing to cover the Hivewing. Soon the two were asleep like everyone else*

…

*You’re shaken awake in a few hours by Sumac. Maple is also up but she seems a little groggy. The Hivewing must have gotten up in the middle of the night, or rolled over, because now they’re next to Rose*

Bloodworm- what is it Sumac? Is the dragonet awake or something?

*Sumac waves you off, looking more irritated*

*you come across a group of survivors underground*

Rose: anyone ill?

Silkwing A: if you count homesick I guess. *they chuckle* can we take some of the medical supplies?

Maple: I’m afraid we don’t have much in medical supplies, we’ll give you what we can incase something comes up.

Leafwing A: thank you Rose.. it’s greats
to see you again.

*Rose nods and gives them 3 crates of meat and a crate of vegetables for them to grow*

Rose: make sure you can grow the food here. I don’t want anyone to starve.

*the leafwing nods*

Bloodworm- you know these dragons?

*the leafwing looks at you, she hisses and reaches out to attack but Rose stops her, most of the silkwings looked at you afraid*

Leafwing 1: why are you with a Hivewing?

Rose: he’s been helping us for a while. He can’t be controlled by Wasp.

Leafwing: is that so?

Rose: *nodding* if he was, I’m sure Maple and Sumac would have known earlier.

*Rose hands the silkwing an extra crate of vegetables, they thank you before going to distribute them to the rest of the group, the leafwing comes back after setting the crates down*

Leafwing A: I apologize for my hostility.. and Rose, you have a Hivewing on your back.

Rose: I know, Sumac and Ivy were seen, so Ivy knocked her out. We figured it was best to take her with us so we weren’t could steal more food from the hive if we had to.

*the leafwing nods but doesn’t look convinced it was the best decision*

Bloodworm- it's ok about the hostility thing, it's not your fault considering we were convinced about wasps lies.

The Hivewing dragonet: *thinking: “What do you mean?! What is going on?!”*

*The leafwing you were talking to seems confused, as does the silkwing with them. The leafwing excuses themselves to hand out food and you all continue on, the silkwing watches you all leave*

Ivy: poor silkwings.. they don’t deserve to be driven under ground.

Rose: I know, there’s nothing we can do about it now. The best thing we can do is keep hiding and live to fight another day.

Bloodworm- yeah...

*you all walk for a little further, the dragonet on Rose’s back picked her head out from behind Rose’s wing, still pretending to be knocked out. Rose appeared to slow down for a little to see if the dragonet was about to fall off*

Bloodworm- something wrong Rose?

Rose: I’m just making sure the dragonet is secure.

*part of the hivewing’s a snout was now poking out from behind Rose’s wing, she seemed to still be unconscious, if she wasn’t, she was doing well at pretending to be.*

Bloodworm- ah ok.

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Everything was a blur for Hoverfly, one moment she was about to put a medical crate away, the next moment she’s staring at a leafwing before the world went black. She woke up dazed, her eyes were covered with something. The smell of the dank caves hung in the air. The dragon who was carrying her seemed to notice she was awake too, she felt them slow down and tuck her behind their wings.

She barely had enough courage to lift the makeshift blindfold. She only lifted it over one eye, and she saw immediately she was being carried by a leafwing, clearly an adult. Whoever was carrying her didn’t say anything and just moved forward. She turned to see what was going on and saw three other leafwings. She was terrified. She hid back behind the wing right as a fourth dragon looked at her.
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Ivy: I hope we find some of the free groups soon.

Sumac: I’m more worried about dragging that Hivewing down here. Wasp is going to find out very quickly she didn’t get all of us. You should have just killed it.

Maple: why not get more information about the hives, Sumac?

Sumac: that’s why I’m waiting for it to wake up. It should be awake by now. And personally, I’d still rather kill it.

Bloodworm- *shook their head* Give the hivewing a chance sumac, one they mess that chance up then feel free to go ahead on killing it.

Sumac: I don’t think it even deserves a chance.

*the Hivewing dragonet becomes even more afraid.*

———
‘How long can I play dead,’ she thought, ‘I need to run away.’

Hoverfly began clenching her claws unintentionally. Her heart began to race. What was going to happen to her? She realized she might have been hurting the dragon carrying her so she stopped fidgeting.
———

Rose: it’s better if we extract information. Maybe it isn’t so bad to bring her with us. But you’re right, security is a concern. That’s why she’s blindfolded.

Sumac: probably isn’t enough.

Rose: well we shouldn’t waste the bandages on binding her anyways. They’re better used if they go to the injured silkwings down here. If it comes to a scenario where we must kill her, then we will. I’d rather see her returned to her parents when Wasp is stopped. It’s not like there is anything left to protect anymore besides the silkwings and ourselves.

*Sumac didn’t talk for a while, but he appeared more irritated than usual. Rose occasionally glances at him to make sure he doesn’t try anything too drastic yet.*

Bloodworm- I feel bad for the silkwings...having to deal with the hivewings...and the leafwings as well.

Rose: Wasp tricked everyone with the book of Clearsight. She needs to be stopped.

The Hivewing dragonet: *thinking: “What in Pantala are they talking about?”*

Bloodworm- I very much agree, I can't belive she would do this but, not every dragon is who they seem to be.

Maple: *she nods* … what if Wasp isn’t stopped?

Rose: … I don’t have a plan for that, but she has to die some time?

Ivy: I’ll kill her personally if I have to.

Sumac: ha. I’d rather eradicate the entire tribe like they tried to do to us.

Hivewing dragonet: *Thinking: “and she was right to do that just from your tone.”*

Rose: *she got serious, her stern tone came out again* Sumac…

*Sumac turned around worried again*

Rose: I know it doesn’t look like it but everyone here is a victim of Wasp, leafwing or not. With thinking like that, you’re no better the Wasp is. Don’t make me lecture you on why.

*If it was Ivy, Sumac would have argued, but since this was Rose, he shut his mouth*

*Rose looked a little angry now*

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Hoverfly kept her head behind the wing. For good measure, she went limp to make them think she was still knocked out. Clearsight forbid that this “Sumac” dragon found her awake. She began to silently pray for Clearsight to save her.

Bloodworm- well if wasp isnt stopped we will just have to find an alternative plan because I don't want to get massacred by Sumac and I'm sure the dragonet doesn't want to either.

Sumac: I keep forgetting you’re a Hivewing. You don’t act like one at all. *he does sound a little more irritated than usual*

Maple: how do you think they act?

Sumac: not like Bloodworm. I was expecting more snobbish and aggressive. Ready to kill us all on sight.

Bloodworm- we all aren't like that, there are plenty of soft hearted hivewings who actually care about other dragons.

believe*

Sumac: I don’t know for sure. But I just want to know, did you hear that Hivewing moving around too?

Bloodworm- I heard a slight bit of rustling but I just assumed it was someone rolling over... I think I heard something or I might have been dreaming, I'm not sure.

Sumac: *he looks a bit frustrated* I swear I could hear that parasite sneaking around. No matter. It’s about to get woken up anyways. *he begins to walk over to it. Something definitely isn’t right with him, he’s acting a lot more aggressive than usual again.*

Bloodworm- uh...Sumac, maybe you should let someone else wake up the hivewing...you seem kind of agitated.

Sumac: *he didn’t seem to care, he just muttered to himself, barely loud enough for both you and Maple to hear.* if that hivewing doesn’t wake up I’m gonna give it a nice new scar along its throat.

Maple: don’t kill it! We need to interrogate it.

Sumac: it’s dead weight. It’s better off being dragon trap food. *He grabs the Hivewing by the neck and slams it against the wall* Wake up. You’re going to talk now.

*somehow he manages to not wake up Rose, at the same time, the Hivewing grunts, which mean’s she’s at least has some of her consciousness again*

Bloodworm- Dont kill it! *seems pissed off now*

*Sumac ignored you*
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Hoverfly was slammed into the wall. Something woke her up, it couldn’t be Rose though since this dragon was much weaker. She was a little groggy given the rude awakening.

“I said, wake up! Or I’m going to slice your throat open!”

She knew someone’s talon was on her neck, she raised hers up to show she wasn’t a threat, and that she was awake now. She got a punch to the gut anyway, the wind was knocked out of her.

“Good, now tell us about Mantis hive and we MIGHT spare you.”

That.. that was it? They just wanted to know about the hive? Seemed like a simple request, but he was already almost choking her.

“If.. you could stop—“ *she coughed* “choking me… I would be happy to tell you.”

Whoever was holding her released some of the pressure and air rushed back into her lungs. She began to tell them where the warehouses are and how many guards usually guard them since she thought that was what they wanted, but they heard a talon strike the wall next to her.

“Where does the lady live? We know your hives are set up with one dragon controlling them.”

She was starting to tremble. She coughed again before speaking. “Near the top of the hive, south side. I haven’t actually been there myself. Do you—“

“I ask the questions. If you so much as respond rudely, I’ll kill you right here.”

She quickly nodded, both out of anxiety and fear. She still couldn’t see her attacker. She heard someone else speaking to Sumac, but she couldn’t hear what they were saying, all she heard was Sumac’s response.

“Shut up and let me do this Maple. I was just about to ask that.” Her blindfold was abruptly ripped off and the leafwing took hold of her by the neck again with his claw raised. She saw Rose asleep next to her, but she was quickly struck in the stomach before she could see anything else. Once again she lost all of her air, and her breathing became much heavier.

“Now, I’m going to get to my real question.”
———

Sumac: What in Pantala is Wasp planning?!

*Sumac struck the Hivewing on her shoulder, injuring her. If she wasn’t scared before she definitely was now. She started to have trouble breathing.*

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