Little Talks (Dragonfly #7)

I learn How to Rumble

Let me just say as I was writing the first line I had thE strONgest gosh darn urge to have Eliza answer him with, 'I'm about to change ur life'

But I JUST managed to suppress it
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Zach
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"Where are you taking me?" I asked, after we had been walking for a while.

"I guess you'll just have to wait and see." Eliza purred, flicking her short fluffy tail at me.

"All of this mystery is a bit daunting." I admitted, still unsure.

I suppose if she knew her way around this wasteland where everything was shades of black and white, I should follow her. Then again there was the possible serial killer option, I definitely wouldn't put it past her though. Eliza seemed like the type who might lure cats off to their doom to kill them, I don't think she would like, eat my guts or anything though. This made me question whether or not the serial killer thing was still on the table, I mean it she wasn't going to use my body for some sort of purpose in this dump then what was the point of killing me? Could I even be killed in this place?

"Hey what happened? You went quiet." She persisted, stopping atop a hill to check her surrounding briefly.

"I'm just considering how likely it is that you'll murder me." If I tried to lie it would come out all wrong like it always did, and I did not need another awkward situation thank you very much.

"Oh, well, I don't actually like killing people so you don't have to worry. Plus, no one's died here, not yet at least." She replied in that soft yet sweet tone of voice that she had.

"You attacked me." I pointed out.

She flashed an amused look back at me. "Well, no one's ever come here in a really long time, and you looked weird, so I figured I would just knock you out and drag you back to my home."

I was about to reply with something equally witty, but then I realized just how far we had gone, and how fast we had traveled. I was barely winded, the normal constricting feeling around my lungs was gone. I panicked for a bit, if all my physical defects were gone did that mean... I lift my right paw up and extended my claws. I had all five of them, the claw that I had lost when I first met Zara trying to open a screen door was gone.

Something uneasy stored in me I realized I missed the absence of it. It was something I used to always be able to look back on and remember Zara. Now there was nothing keeping my memories from slipping away just like they had done with Eliza.

"Have your paws turned green? Are you just going to keep staring at them all day or do I need to actually drag you." Eliza hummed impatiently.

"Right." I snapped out of my thoughts, I least I didn't have to worry about my asthma anymore I guess.

After a few more minutes of walking she finally stopped me. Only there still appeared to be nothing anywhere, I frowned.

    "Okay, the creepy vibe is slowly returning..."

    She laughed. "Look down."

I glanced at the ground to see there was a hole. Oh, there you have, they must live underground. Makes sense, kinda. Maybe they were Ice-claws? I was pretty sure only White-claws didn't live underground, so I guess there was a chance some were Blood-claws. Wait, none of this reasoning makes any sense, never mind.

    "Ladies first?" I raised my brow at Eliza.

    She shrugged, then crouched down and dropped into the darkness. "Come on Zach."