Thread:Abbykurle/@comment-31148069-20180624180830/@comment-30921738-20180728182059

"I'm.... still confused. You're brothers and sisters, right?" Buttons noticed the stream of lava and stopped talking.

"Wait! We can't leave yet!" Akurle yelled.

"Why not?" Buttons asked.

"Cronin is still alive, but under a spell. And if this volcano erupts, it will destroy the whole island and all of Zyla's hive!"

"Why should we care about Zyla?"

"She's on our side now!"

Buttons stared at her. "You could have said that a long time ago."

"Sorry, I forgot." With that, Akurle ran back into the cavern, which was not littered with Sombra's fallen guards. She ran past them and up the steep tunnel, then oushed the rock out of the way. Buttons ran up behind her, looking worried.

"Wait! There are-" he froze and looked outside of the cave. There were no more guards. He padded out and looked around. Now he knew why.

The lava had risen enough to cover the three bottom levels. Only the top three were left. The lava was still rising, and was soon to submerge the level Akurle and Buttons were at.

Akurle stared down in horror. Cronin had been on the bottom level. She sat down in defeat, covering her face with her paws and crying.

Buttons didn't know what to do. He stared at the lava bubbling underneath them. Slowly, he sat down next to Akurle and wrapped his tail around her. She didn't respond.

"Wow. I didn't know you cared that much about me."

Akurle whipped around. Cronin was sitting on the ledge behind them. Akurle jumped forward and wrapped her arms around him.

"OW! A little gentler, please." Cronin squeezed away. His shoulder was wrapped up tightly in something that looked suspicously like leather. Buttons didn't want to know where it had come from.

"I'm so glad you're okay! How did you get up here?" Akurle asked, wagging her tail in delight.

"I flew. Which is much harder than you would think with a wound like this in your shoulder." He winced and gingerly touched the strap wrapped around his chest.

Akurle hugged him again, much lighter this time. Buttons joined in too, careful not to touch his shoulder. After they had all finsihed hugging, Akurle ran back through the tunnel.

"Where are you going?" Buttons asked.

"I have an idea. It may not work, but it's worth a try," Akurle answered.