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 The sound of his name stirred Bagheera from his rest. He'd been trying for the past few minutes to finally lie down on the branch and get some much needed sleep, but Mowgli the man cub seemed intent on making things as difficult as possible. The boy had ridden on Bagheera's back all day long, Bagheera had been the one having to keep moving without a single break. He'd had to move quickly, the tiger Shere Kahn could be on them at any time and there was no time to waste. He'd expected Mowgli to understand how important it was they get him back to the man-village, but the boy insisted on arguing all through the night when all Bagheera wanted wa

Mowgli stalked carefully past the grass huts of the man village, careful not to make a sound. Growing up in the jungle how made Mowgli naturally adept at move quickly and quietly but here in the man village it was much harder. His normally free and nimble bare feet had been weighed down with tight leather sandals which he'd be forced to wear, his skin was wrapped up in seemingly endless robes that almost covered him completely and his thick black hair was encased in a turban. When he'd first been lured to the man village a year ago, things had been so fresh and exciting. The people had been welcoming and kind to him. They took care of him an

Every second the lights burned into Ethan's eyes. They never shut off, they never dimmed they never so much as flickered. They continued to burn brightly above his padded cell and no matter what Ethan did, he couldn't find a way to shut the light out. He tried burying his head in the padded floor. He tried curling up into the corner. He tried squeezing his eyes shut but no matter what the bright lights continued to shine. And as long as they shined, sleep was impossible for Ethan. He had no idea how long it'd been since his captors had fastened a straight jacket around him and hurled him into a tiny padded cell. It may have been days, weeks,

Ethan had tried to struggle when he'd be been grabbed suddenly from behind, but it hadn't made any difference. The men had been forceful and no matter what they were determined to get they wanted which was him evidently. His parents had always warned him to be careful when straying out at nighttime. They told him that it was dangerous, that you couldn't trust people these days. But Ethan was only thirteen and hadn't properly listened to them. He'd been out at his friend's house gaming and hadn't noticed it had gotten dark outside. He didn't think anything of it so Ethan simply left the house and started walking home. The streets had been s

Mowgli the man-cub slept peacefully. He was high up in the branches of a large tree. He was sitting cross legged on a branch, with the soft, warm, scaly coils of a snake wrapped tightly around him. They covered him up completely, leaving only his head to rest on them. Mowgli felt no fear from being wrapped up. It felt like a beautiful, safe bed that he could rest in. Not too long ago Mowgli had been wandering lost and alone when he'd encountered his old enemy Kaa the snake. Mowgli was wary of Kaa, having once before been tricked by the crafty snake into staring into his colorful eyes. But after a short talk, Mowgli saw that he was wrong about