Six Feet Under

*Eli*

The sound of gunshot in the distance fades as I continue running. I don't know where I'm going except south as fast as I can. I'm running over snowy terrain, sliding down hills, trying to get away from them and toward my packmates so I can use the mental link to try to call for help.

I'm on top of a very big mountain, and I don't have much experience navigating ice-covered terrain. I need to brake to make sure I don't fall, but I can feel them coming after me. I think everyone has changed to chase me now, so they shouldn't be able to shoot me. After all, ET´s don't have thumbs...

I try to look ahead so I don't do something stupid like fall off a cliff, but my feet get tangled in a large rock, and the next thing I know I'm rolling.

The snow is deep enough that I don't even make contact with the smaller rocks and bushes below the ground cover, but the larger ones stick out and dig into my body as I keep flipping, sometimes hitting me directly in the stomach, other times in the kidneys. Either takes my breath away, and I struggle to regain my balance.

I manage to get a paw tangled in a bush sticking out of the snow and get to my feet. But then, once I'm there panting, trying to catch my breath, I hear a crash behind me like I've never heard before.

The ground shakes under my paws as I turn my head, trying to figure out what's going on, but then, I see him, and all I can think is, "Shit!"

I turn around and run as fast as I can, but I can't get over it. There's no way I can beat the avalanche of snow coming towards me, and after a few moments of running as fast as I can, the shaking intensifies, and then, I'm surrounded by nothing but cold white powder, fighting for keeping your head above the onslaught.

It's almost impossible, and the feeling that I'm being swallowed whole, that I'm drowning, begins to set in before the ground beneath my feet completely disappears, and I'm both suffocating and falling at the same time.

When I hit the ground, I slide endlessly to a stop in total darkness, and every time I inhale, there is only snow, not air. Without oxygen.

My last thoughts are of Kamila as the world fades away.

* * *

Malena Milly

The door opens, and I look up into an empty black tunnel.

"Shit!" I murmur. Why the hell didn't those idiots try this?

I don't have the answer to that, but I know I can't just stand here. With a deep breath, I enter the tunnel on the other side of the door and realize that it is connected to the tunnels I was in earlier with the Breeder dog.

It would have been nice to know this. I could have dragged her here rather than risk being seen in the hallway with her.

As I enter the castle, I hear Kane's voice in my head. -Are you there?

I don't want to tell you anything right now. I am in a compromising position, and I need help. There is only one person who is possibly stupid enough to help me now.

So I say the only thing that is true but won't help him. —Your damn key doesn't work, idiot!

-That? Are you sure?—Kane asks me.

Now I'm back in my ET form, trotting as fast as I can down the hall, trying to figure out where I am.

“Oh, I'm sure, bastard,” I tell him. -Fuck off!

“But, honey,—he's already starting that shit with me.” "You like the D, don't you, the way Kane gives it to you?" Why are you so angry?

I wish I was there to rip the D off right away.

Unfortunately, you are right. I like the D and the way he gives it to me. But I bet it's even better coming from one of those ET1s in the castle, and if I manage to do this, then I'll forget Kane forever.

After a few minutes of walking, I know I'm in the castle proper now. I can hear sounds coming through the walls again. I need to find out where I am. Listening closely, I hear what sounds like plates clinking and an older woman giving orders. This is the kitchen, I'm sure.

Where should I go to get to my destination from the kitchen?

I go over the layout of the castle, and when I come to a turn in the path, I turn left, hoping this will take me close enough that I can walk straight into the room I need and not have to navigate the hallways again.

I continue walking, listening to the guards run through the hallways, knowing that either Kane really attacked or they are looking for me. Maybe they're organizing to go find the damn Breeder. I can help with that. I just need...

I hear the voice I'm looking for. He is singing, and the words of the song are very strange, so I stop and listen:

—Little GeGe

pee

Then you can poop

If you like.

The last few words seem forced, and then I realize I'm standing on the other side of King Gene's bathroom, and he's singing a song to himself so he can poop!

I don't know if I should vomit or laugh!

At least now I know where I am, and I need to find the closest exit to this stupid tunnel.

Returning to my human form, I begin to feel along the wall until I find a distinctive crack and silently walk through it. Now I'm standing in her bedroom, and the smell coming from the adjacent bathroom tells me that she wasn't wrong.

Quickly, I head to his closet, hoping to find a shirt to wear that will cover me, but all of his shirts barely reach my waist, so I find some shorts too, and manage to pull them on over my curves. Then, I grab a couple of ties from his rack and sit on the floor of his closet. He tied one of the ties around my mouth and the other around my wrists.

Now, it's time for Malena Milly to put on her best performance. "King Gene!" I call through the mental link. -Help me!