Behr's Rebel

Chapter 2-1

CHAPTER TWO

Pi paused and waited for Chummy. The small, fluffy, brown and white Marica Peekaboo wiggled her nose at her hesitant companion. Chummy was favoring his front right paw. She didn’t miss Chummy’s worried glance at the young creature standing with the large Tearnat. Nor did she miss the way Chummy’s fur stood up on the back of his neck when the large reptilian reached out, wrapped his tail around the young girl’s waist, and pulled her against him. She placed a paw against Chummy’s side to calm him.

He not hurting her. Look, she happy, Pi silently conveyed.

Raia… I like her, Chummy replied.

She good. We keep her, Pi said, turning her large, warm, dark chocolate-colored eyes to Chummy.

Chummy rubbed his head against her in agreement. Pi could sense the Quazin Chumloo’s exhaustion, pain, and fear. In her daily search for food and treasures, she had discovered Chummy in the back storeroom of the Tiliqua’s shop. Pi didn’t need her ability to see the future to know what would have happened to Chummy. The Tiliqua was going to kill him and use his unusual fur to make a wrap for one of the wealthy patrons living on Sanapare.

Even though she had whisked Chummy away using her ability to teleport, she couldn’t open the cage or remove the deadly collar around his neck. She had spent the morning scouring the area for the key or a tool she could use to unlock the cage. In her last search for the key in the Tiliqua’s shop, she had spotted the young girl and known immediately that their destinies were entwined.

What about the Tearnat? Chummy uneasily inquired.

Pi studied the reptilian being and wiggled her nose. He wouldn’t be happy once he found them, but she also knew he wouldn’t harm them—or do anything to upset Raia. Still, her visions weren’t always right.

We be safe, Pi reassured Chummy.

Chummy snorted and shook his head. I not so sure, he grumbled.

Pi snickered, turned, and pulled Chummy against her when he sagged. She knew which ship the girl and Tearnat were going to, and quickly visualized the docking tube. With the image firmly in her mind, their bodies shimmered, and then they vanished.