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"Fine," she said. "You guys feel like family to me. I just hate to see anything happen to anyone."
Dinah snorted. "All the more reason for you to go on ahead with her. Do as you wish."<br /><br />She hoped Cobalt was still back in the cave, watching Frappe and Rolo. The storm wasn't showing any signs of letting up and she didn't need any more to worry about.
"I won't run ahead." Sheena said with a fierce glance. "If you need any help I want to be right here. If Kendra passes out I think you'll need me."
"I won't run ahead." Sheena said with a fierce glance. "If you need any help I want to be right here. If Kendra passes out I think you'll need me."
Dusk nudged the pup a little, ensuring that the precious cargo wouldn't fall in the long process of trudging back to the cave. He turned to Kendra, "I admire your courage, and your willingness to stay with Kineta, but this way we can put all of our focus into the pup and making sure nothing happens to her. I promise I'll take care of her as if she were my own." And with that, he walked around to the non-leafy end of the tree branch and gave a quick nod to Dinah. His green eyes shone with determination as he began to slowly drag Kineta,like a wounded soldier on a tree branch stretcher, back to safety.
Kendra stood up and looked at her paws. She then walked over and touched her nose to Kineta's and started walking towards the cave slowly. She realized Dinah was right and she best listen.. she wasn't thinking clearly..
Dinah closed her eyes and prayed for patience. "Please, Kendra. I can't look after you and the pup too. If you go ahead, at least we'll run across you on our way if you pass out. If you trail behind you'll slow us down even further, and that's dangerous for all of us."<br /><br /><br /><br />"Frappe." Cobalt was getting more and more worried about the waterlogged and exhausted aussie, but he tried not to show it in his voice or body language. That was an odd question from the normally exuberant dog, and he didn't like it. "You made one mistake. Dinah won't kill you and she certainly won't hate you. Go to sleep; you look trashed." Possibly not the most tactful thing he could've said, Cobalt thought in retrospect, but maybe sleep would do Frappe good.
Frappe turned and looked softly at Cobalt. "okay." She went over to where Rolo was laying and sat down. "Cobalt, do you think of me as a...I don't know, burden?"<br /><br />Her ears flattened against her head and her eyes slowly shut. It seemed like all of today's events were playing back in her head in fast foward. Her mind was racing and her vision became blurry. But no, she was not going to let the darkness take over her. She knew that if she passed out here, Cobalt would have to worry about her and Rolo. So she stayed strong and fought back the urge to just lay down and close her eyes.<br /><br />Rolo meanwhile hummed in her sleep, a simple tune that Dinah used to sing to her.
Kendra put her head down. "Thanks..... But sorry I can't leave..." She sniffed Kineta and moved out of the way. "I'm gonna stay.. I'll be fine. I'm not leaving her." Kendra's mind was set not even an angry Dinah was going to get to go. Kendra then sat down to watch knowing that there was no way Dinah was going to let her help in her current state. "I'll follow behind you guys, I'll make it fine." She felt much better after sitting down the world was much less dizzying. She would be fine she just hoped Dinah would use her energy helping Kineta not arguing with her.
Dinah heard the distress call as well and didn't give it a second thought-- she bolted past the shivering Frappe and into the chaos.<br /><br />Average though she may be at agility, and timid as she may be when it came to other dogs, Dinah was not one to be defeated by the weather. She dodged flying branches and leaped over fallen trees, arriving at her companions' location in record time. She took one look at Kendra and snarled, "Back to the cave. Now. If you collapse we're all done for." A glare in Sheena's direction implied that the other border collie was supposed to go as well. Then Dinah turned to Dusk. "I'll help get her onto the branch, but you'll have to pull her. I'm not strong enough."<br /><br />Meanwhile, Cobalt had not moved from his place in the back of the cave. He worried about Dinah and Dusk, and a sinking feeling in his chest told him all was not well with his other kennel-mate. However, someone had to stay and care for Rolo... and Frappe wasn't looking too happy either.<br /><br />"Frappe," he said, as calmly as he could when thunder was drowning out every other word and the wind shifted to blow rain and leaves into the first few feet of the cave. "It's warmer back here."