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Mini Souls: A Happy Ending

"Where did they come-"

"Kali? Kali!"

"-ey have Kali! Stop them!"

"Hold them off! Get her in the car!"

"Caw! Caw caw caw!"

The voices ran together in a cacophony of sound that left her head ringing. Her body felt like it had been battered to pieces by hammers, and her brain felt too large for her skull, pounding in time with her racing heart. Instinctively, she tried to struggle against the hands holding her, but her body wouldn't obey.

"What the hell! These damn birds!"

"Let go of her!" That voice - so familiar, so angry. She renewed her attempted struggles as she heard the panic in it.

"Hurry! In the ca- argh!"

"Caw! Caw caw caw! Caaaaw!" The raucous cries of the crow were accompanied by the shrill voices of seagulls and the screams of those around her. Abruptly, the hands on her limbs released her and she slammed into the ground. She thought she cried out in pain; it was hard to tell in all of the shouts and screams and shrieks.

Abruptly, the sounds receded. She heard the roar of an engine and the screech of tires, followed by the screams of seagulls, racing away. Wings fluttered nearby, and she felt a tiny prick from a beak against her cheek. "Caw?"

She couldn't respond. She couldn't move. All she could feel was pain. All she could hear was the sound of her own heartbeat thundering erratically in her ears. The pain grew and grew until it overwhelmed everything but the darkness creeping in at the edges of her mind. "Kali? Kali!" That familiar voice called to her, pulled at her, but even it couldn't win against encroaching unconsciousness.