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“Get them!”
“God Damn their fast!”
“With those injuries? My god how do they have so much stamina”
“Most likely adrenalin”
They couldn't think of anything else. Just run. Run run run. And if they couldn't run, walk. If they couldn't walk, crawl. Anything to get out of where they were. Wherever that was..
They turned a corner sharply, panting while attempting to push their hair out of their face. they should probably get a haircut..
Thud
Shit, they're caught. they didn't realize their eyes were closed till they opened them to look their fate in the eyes.. But.. it wasn't one of the men they were running from.. At least this person was wearing a different outfit and their hair was brown not black.. They were wearing black with.. Red? Or was that orange? Maybe both? they couldn't really tell since their vision was really blurry. Oh, were they talking to them? They opened their mouth to say something but their voice got caught in their throat when heard running from behind them. Shit. shit. Shit.
they started to push off of the man they had run into but he wouldn't let go. His hands were secured tightly on their hips.
“Oh shit it's the ninja turn back, FALL BACK!”
And turn they did. The running faded away in less than 10 seconds.
“Are you okay?”
they should say something. they tried. they couldn't talk. It was like their voice was just gone.
“Can you not talk? Just shake your head”
they shook no.
“Can we take you to our place? Get you fixed up?”
They were hesitant at first. they didn't know if they could trust these people. Last time they trusted someone they.. they didn't even wanna think about it. Slowly they nodded yes. The hands on their waist let go and one moved to their shoulders, gently nudging them forward to walk.
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Kai and Cole were just walking down the street on patrol like they did every other day. Nothing was out of the ordinary. A few petty thieves stealing from the local Walmart or Target, a fire needing to be put out, a cat stuck in a tree, simple stuff like that.
The two were taken completely by surprise when Kai felt someone run full force into his side. He quickly caught whoever it was, cringing at the foul smell that assaulted his nose. He looked down and saw a kid who couldn’t have been over the age of 16 staring up at him with a horrified look in his eyes. They were in awful condition. Most of their skin was wrapped in blood soaked bandages that were terribly wrapped, their hair was a matted tangled mess of black and green, they were shaking like a leaf, and their eyes were so bloodshot it was a wonder if they could even see out of them.
He saw a group of people run down the alley this kid had run out of and the kid had tried running but Kai kept a firm grip on them as a group of men ran out of the alleyway before quickly running back in.
“Are you okay?” he asked softly.
They didn't respond, they just kept staring up at him with possibly the scaredest look he’d ever seen in a child before.
“Can you not talk? Just shake your head.” *He continued softly. He was met by the kid rapidly shaking his head no. Kai looked up to Cole for a moment. Neither of them knew what to do. This isn't just something you could be prepared for. Nobody expects to almost be tracked by a thin frail 16 year old while out on patrol.
“Can we take you to our place? Get you fixed up?” *The little kid didn't move for a bit but eventually nodded their head. Kai smiled and gently nudged the kid to start walking in the direction of the ninja base.
Hopefully this wasn't a bad idea…