Louisa's POV
"Let me go out! My friends are out there!" I tried to push Alpha Zackery away.
"I don't think it's necessary," Alpha Zackery said.
"Why?"
"Because Lucian was on it and the fight was over. Is that person your friend?" Alpha Zackery pointed at a figure in distance.
And then, I heard a familiar voice.
"Zowie guacamole! I..."
Colt?
I looked outside and saw Colt was covered in blood and standing in front of Lucian, who was holding his arm.
"No! Don't hurt him!" I shouted at the top of my lungs and jumped out of the window. "Leave him alone!"
Lucian heard my voice, turned back, and saw me charging towards him.
By the time I arrived at the scene, I just couldn't catch my breath.
But I still managed to squeeze some words out of my mouth, "Let... Let go... Let go of him!"
Lucian looked at me hyperventilating in front of him, feeling surprised.
Then, he sighed and lost the grip of Colt's arm.
Colt fell down with his face touching the ground first.
I jumped at Colt and struggled to pull him up. But it turned out that, with or without my help, he couldn't stand up at all.
"Ouch! My handsome face! No! My nose is bleeding!" Colt sat on the ground while wailing.
I noticed that both of his knees were dislocated and there were a lot of scratches all over his body. They were bleeding badly.
It seemed that he had fallen down from somewhere high.
"What... What happened to you?" I asked.
I tried to cover Colt's nose with my mouth to stop the bleeding.
But as soon as my hand was about to get closer to his nose, he protested violently, "No! Don't touch my nose! It's very sensitive and it's supposed to be treated by professionals!"
I quickly raised my arms and surrounded myself.
"OK. OK..." I said and I was finally able to catch my breath.
I looked up at Lucian and pleaded, "Could you please help me, Beta Lucian? Colt's my friend and he..."
Lucian continued my sentence, "He needs help to stand up, I know. That's what I was about to do a minute ago."
"I'm sorry. I... I thought..." I stuttered.
Lucian waved his hands. Several soldiers came forward with a stretcher.
I bent down and said, "Colt, now we're going to move you on a stretcher. Is that going to be alright with you?"
"Do whatever you want, but don't hurt my chiseled nose again!" Colt said in a trembling voice.
"OK..." I said and nodded to the soldiers.
They came forward and tried to lift Colt on the stretcher by grabbing his limbs.
"Ahhhhhh!" Colt screamed.
"Enough! Everyone steps back! Nobody touches him!" I stomped and shouted.
All the soldiers were intimidated by me and moved back.
I looked around desperately for help and saw Lucas riding closer.
He glanced at Colt on top of his giant horse and asked Lucian, "Who's this motherfucker, and why he's still alive?"
OK. No one wanted to help me. Great.
"Salamanders! Where are you?!" I yelled at the inside of the yard.
Mr. Salamander crawled out of the yard immediately.
As soon as his giant head popped up from the gate of the yard, all the soldiers were taken aback.
"What in the Moon Goddess' name is that?!"
"Is that a monster?!"
"It's a fucking giant lizard!"
"I fucking hate the North. Everything here is huge. Fucking out of proportion."
"Now I'm doing a pest-control job and dealing with reptiles now?"
"OK, everybody shuts up!" I shouted.
"Finally, you're back. A kind suggestion. You'd better ward off those stupid soldiers before my sister eats all of them. She has already eaten five people today, but she's especially hungry today. And I won't stop her because they were being rude to me."
"She has eaten..." I gasped in surprise and tried to remain calm. "OK. Fine. Breathe in, breathe out. One thing at a time."
Then, I looked at Lucas and said, "Could you please let those soldiers go away?"
Lucas looked at the giant salamander and grinned, "I've got a better idea. I'll let the fucking pest chase them and I'll bet on who runs the fast."
"Today's not your betting day," Lucian said from the side.
"Damn. So close." Lucas rubbed his forehead and said.
All the soldiers immediately vanished from the scene as if they had evaporated.
Miss Salamander walked out of the yard, chewing a human leg.
When she saw me, she quickly swallowed the leg into her mouth.
"Oops. I didn't expect you to come back so early." She burped and said.
"Why's there a person's leg in your mouth? What happened to Colt?" I asked. "But before all that, I need you to lift Colt and put him on the stretcher..."
Before I could say the words "very gently", Miss Salamander responded.
"Right-o!"
Then, she stuck out her tongue and wrapped Colt up tightly before placing him on the stretcher, leaving him screaming in pain and disgust.
"Did I violate him?" she asked.
"I don't know. I guess we need a jury for that." Mr. Salamander said.
"What happened to Colt?!" I asked.
"I don't know," Mr. Salamander said, "I was having fun on the Ferris Wheel and a bunch of people came into the yard. They pushed Colt from the roof and asked him to stay out of their business. They were talking about an old lady called Mrs. Flynn."
"I know! I know!" Miss Salamander said with excitement, "They were Mrs. Flynn's nephews and they wanted the land lease of her house. But Mr. Handsome here made some terrible mechanical birds and let them guard her yard. Whenever they tried to walk into Mrs. Flynn's yard, those birds attacked them. And that's why they hated Mr. Handsome and wanted to push him out of the roof."
"Why didn't you stop them from pushing him off the roof? Colt could be killed!" I asked outrageously.
"Because I was too busy getting this hammerhead out of the Ferris Wheel!" Miss Salamander used her giant tail to hit Mr. Salamander's head.
"Don't start with me! I've told you to save Colt first!" Mr. Salamander knocked Miss Salamander with his head.
"Oh, you want to do this again in front of everyone?! OK! Let's do it!" Miss Salamander jumped at her brother and stepped on top of his head.
Before I could stop them, they scuffled with each other.
I sighed and looked at Colt, who was still rolling in pain.
"Where are the nephews now?" I asked him.
"They're in the black salamander's belly!" Colt said in a trembling voice.
"Where's Mrs. Flynn?" I asked.
"She's in the room! They burnt her house and took her to this place," Colt wailed.
"Where's Darren? I need to see him." I said, quickly walking into the yard.