Alex helped Kyle, Rivet and Jet
-once he got back- to clean up the camp and make it look as if they
hadn’t been there. They did a pretty good job of it. Out of
all of them I think Jet did the least amount of work, constantly
complaining that he had gotten the meal for tonight so he
didn’t have to do as much work as the others. You could see
how he had gotten his name with his jet-black hair and matching
eyes that moved around with amazing speed. Within ten minutes my
ankle was fully healed and Alex deemed that people passing through
would not notice the camp. The men stood around as if waiting or
listening for something. Then I hear it the thumping of careful
footsteps coming from the dense forest to my right. Before I can
alert everyone as to where the sound is coming from a big man lined
with hard muscles emerges from the forest. I shift my feet into a
fighting stance only to see the men running toward him with smiles
reaching from ear to ear. All the men at the exception of Alex
tackle him to the ground yelling things like “what took you
so long” and “why did you let us sit around thinking
that you might be dead. All he does is smile and then looks at
Alex, “did it work, is that her”. “Yep, Lilyanna meat Trent the human teddy bear!”
Alex says with a note of sarcasm in his voice. “Well he is pretty hairy”, chimes in
Rivet. “I think I’ll take that as a complement”. As
they all get up off the ground covered in dirt and leaves I try not
to smirk but its impossible, I look over at Alex only to see that
he is suffering the same way and I just can’t help it, I
burst out laughing at his expression and how bedraggled their
appearances are. Still looking at Alex I can see that he almost
can’t hold it in and then his laugh comes out washing over me
like spring sunshine on a cold day. I had failed to notice how
tired I was and how quickly my energy was fading. Collapsing to my
knees I take gulp after gulp of air trying not to pass into the
blackness of sleep. After a few moments I look around only to see
that they all have their eyes fixed on me with concern radiating
from them. If I’m going to make it through the day with out
passing out I need energy. Using my powers I take a small amount of
energy from the surrounding vegetation making it slightly wilt but
not killing it.
Once everyone has their bedrolls and food, everyone but me as I
contemplate all that I have lost and the fact that all of my stuff
has probably been burnt to ashes. Trent strides over holding his
hands behind his back, when he is about three paces away from me he
reveals what was behind his back, “I believe this is
yours”, he says whilst holding out my travel pack and my belt
full of knives clean and sharpened. A grin slowly spreading across
my face “thank you”, I say but those words don’t
seem to convey just how thankful I am. This is when I notice that
he has a strip of linen wrapped around his upper left arm. When I
ask him about it all he says is that it is just a scratch but I
know better walking up to him I put a hand over the linen slowly
undoing it. Under the layer of linen is a long deep gash that is
already starting to leak puss from infection. I don’t bother
asking I just do within a few seconds the gash has turned into a
light pink scar and there is blood running down my arm the red
lines have a faint shimmer due to the power in my blood. It only
takes the wound a minute to heal on my skin only then do I look up
“th-thank you”, he stutters as he look at the raised
scar on his arm. “No thank you for getting my bag and belt
they’re all I have left”, I say as Alex walks
over. “What do you think your doing you might need your
strength later!” Alex admonished. “He did me a favor so I did one for him besides the cut
was infected and it would have only gotten more painful and
gross” I say face screwed up but still with force in my
voice. All he does is glare but it’s enough to send shivers
down my spine as we start the slow journey deeper into the
forest.
