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Grian takes in a deep breath, wind gently ruffling his feathers and wings flapping idly as he looks down at the land below, smiling at his and his friends' work.
it had been a long day for all of them, but it would be totally worth it when they got Doc’s Reaction to the ‘little’ prank they did.
“Hey Gri!” Someone calls, causing the Avian to turn around. Below him was his friend Scar, who was standing with the chief, Xisuma, waving his arms around widely to get the winged man’s attention.
Grian glides down to him, landing with a soft grunt before walking up to the two, tilting his head at the chief, Scar throwing an arm around him. “What’s up?”
“I was planning on going on a trip to The Empire, get some supplies and drop by a meeting, do you want to come with me?” X asks.
“I mean sure- Who all is coming?” Grian leans a little into Scar, though still facing X.
“Tango, Scar, Ren, Myself, and now you” X names the other hermits, gesturing to each of them as he does so. Scar fidgets with Grian’s ear feathers.
Grian nods, wings flapping a little, being careful not to hit the other man, Xisuma smiling as said hermits come over “Alight then, lets get going.”
Once up in the air, The hermits start idly talking and messing around, their laughter echoing across the ocean. Grian listens and smiles at his friends.
After some time, scar interrupts a story Tango was telling “Uh- Guys?” he calls “Look down there-” the man points down towards the ocean below.
The group pulls their dragons to a stop, looking where Scar had pointed, seeing a partially destroyed ship floating lazily in the sea, which causes Xisuma to furrow his brow “Its a hunter ship- be careful”
“Should we investigate? its strange for them to be left out here like this.” Ren asks, X nodding and leading the way down.
Once down Ren hops off his dragon, X doing the same, looking at where the ship had been destroyed “It’s been attacked- but not by dragons-” The chief mutters, looking around.
“Strange- I’ll see if I can find anyone,” Ren says before heading down a small staircase, his Dragon following him closely.
Once down the stairs, he starts looking around, looking through the dragon cages and storage areas. And after a lot of searching his Dragon starts to loudly growl, having found something.
“Teck? What’s up bud?” Ren asks, walking over to where the dragon stands, and pushing around Teck.
Once he sees what Teck was growling at he freezes, and there, in the middle of an empty room, was a very familiar, and very injured, body lying on the ground, green shirt torn beyond recognition and blond hair burnt at the edges.
“Martyn-!?”
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Ren throws Martyn on Teck’s back, Xisuma gets into the air with him, the Chief firing at the boat to make it sink.
“Alright! Get moving guys! Ren is going to fly ahead of us to get to the Empire” X shouts, Ren already moving towards the island.
Grian frowns, quickly following behind Ren, Scar not too far behind him, and the rest following closely.
“Ren!” Grian calls, pulling his dragon up beside Ren “Is it-”
“Martyn? Yea it is.” Ren says, holding the man close to keep him from falling off the dragon. “Did- did you know he was with the hunters?”
Grian shakes his head, glancing behind him at the others. “No- last time I heard from him he was heading towards Theradonia-”
“And when was that?”
“Almost a year ago now- but its usual for him not to contact anyone for ages- I didnt think anything was up-”
Ren sighs, nodding “I know- just-” He shakes his head.
“Ren- its alright- just focus on getting him to the empire and getting him help,” Grian says, the older man nodding and focusing, urging his Dragon to go faster.