Chapter 53: Waiting

The patrol waited and waited for Ash to come back.
"Well, I've got to go," Flyingbird shrugged, "Leafclaw wanted me back soon, I needed to go on a territory patrol."
"Bye," Creature nodded.
With that, Flyingbird ran off.
Wonder what Treebranch and Ash are doing, Dust thought. He looked around. Rusty was talking to Crystal, (obviously, Dust told himself), Charlotte was looking quite worried, Fan was talking to Airia and Stone, Creature was talking to Light. Flare was having a conversation with Eclipse, and Slice was pacing around.
"You okay, Charlotte?" Dust asked kindly.
Charlotte shook a bit, then shook her head, "I'm worried if Ash's okay. He's been gone for a long time."
Quit worrying about Ash, Dust thought, narrowing his eyes.
"He'll be fine," Rusty nodded.
"But he has learned pretty much nothing about Bending yet," Charlotte pointed out, sighing.
"He's a brilliant fighter," Flare shrugged.
Oh yeah, he's brilliant! Dust thought angrily, a growl rising in his throat.
Rusty snickered a bit, seeing how angry Dust was.
Shut up, idiot, Dust thought, his temper rising.
Slice turned to Dust, seeing how angry he looked. "Calm down," Slice said, "what are you so angry about Dust?"
"Er, nothing," murmured Dust, trying to look calm again.
Charlotte looked confused, and she turned away, resuming back to thinking.
Why does she keep caring about Ash so much? Dust tilted his head, I wish she'd stop worrying! She could worry 'bout me instead.

Author's Note:
Heh, now you guys are still wondering about what is happening to Ash.