Crystals purple scales shined in the faint early morning light. One of her wings shifted slightly.

Adam smiled some and lightly petted her before gathering him things for the mornings work. First he took a walk to the stream, finishing the laundry. Once back at the container he hung the clothes up to dry.

Her nostrils flared, and let smoke stream out. It spiraled into the air, before dissapearing. Crystal cracked one reptilian eye open, and snuck back to the storage container. She grabbed Damien by the back of the neck, and the backpack by a strap in her teeth. She sat back on her hind legs, and rolled her wing joints. She crouched down, and pushed off of the ground, hard. She continued to glide slowly upwards, in a backward ark, until she had completed a loop de loop. Crystal pulled out of it, by tipping her body to the rights, catching the wind. She flapped higher and higher, until she could see where Adam had went. When she saw that he was returning, Crystal tipped back, and began speeding in the opposite direction.

When he returned he found she was yet again gone. "Well, what did you expect Adam. You messed everything up." He sighed and picked his pack up. He started off to the town not caring what happened to himself.

Crystal flew on, until she reached the center of the city. She dropped her cargo, one on top of the other, then landed. She became human again, and began to search for supplies around the area. Her backpack could be left there, she decided, becasue the shadow creature would scare anybody away. Crystal started with the nearby grocery store. Probably not much would be left, becasue if the early scavengers, but it was worth a shot. She bent over, looking for a weak point in a window lock.

Almost in a depressed fashion he walked on, not paying much attention to anything. "I should have known better." He scolded himself. He carefully made his way into the town, not particularly looking for anything.

Aha!
Crystal said, as she found it.
With the hilt of a knife, she smashed it, and opened the window. She leaned half in, half out, peering inside.

Carefully he entered one of the buildings, keeping an eye and an ear out for any movement. Something moved out of the corner of his eye. Turning he found himself face to face with the dog, the animal growling as if blocked his only path out. Slowly, not taking his eyes from the animal, he pulled out a knife. The animal barked, still growling. "Easy now...I don't want to have to hurt you." He said softly, taking a step to the side. The dog lunched then, grabbing onto the man's shirt sleeve, only to get the knife in its neck. Whimpering it fell to the ground, bleeding from the wound. "I'm sorry..." Adam whispered bending over the animal, sinking the knife deeper into its throat. "I didn't want to do this..." He sat there a moment slowly petting the animal. A slight whimper behind him caused him to turn and look. A small puppy was watching him, cocking its head from side to side. It was all to clear now. "I'm sorry little one." The man breathed, looking back at the pup. "I had no clue she was a mother...." Carefully he stood approaching the puppy, offering it a hand to sniff. It backed away some, watching him slowly. "Come on now...I just want to help..."

Crystal decided that there could be some pretty good loot in this building. She vaulted over the windowsill and landed on some pretty loud pieces of shopping carts. It echoed throughout the building.

"Please come on..." Adam said tears stinging his eyes. He hadn't wanted to kill the dog, but she had attacked him. He hadn't known if she was rabid or not either. The puppy watched him still looking over at its mother. "I'm sorry little one..." The man sighed standing. If it refused to come with him then there was nothing he could do.....