1 Part 1
"But it'll be safe here Amber" Trudy called almost in tears.
"I don't care, I have to find Bray" shouted Amber, determined as usual. Trudy, Amber and the two babies were at the home of the Gaian's. It had been Amber's idea to go, but now the tables had turned. Amber thought it would be the same as before she and Bray got back together. But it wasn't, the eco's hated her for leaving them and resented Little Bray and the fact that Pride wasn't the father. They had fed them and cared for them but still begrudged them and hadn't let her take up her role as leader. Trudy wanted to stay a while. She didn't know how powerful this new tribe had become and didn't want to risk taking Brady back to the city. She had told Amber that Bray had disappeared and thought that she had accepted that Bray was gone, dead. But Amber knew there was still a chance that the man she loved and her son's father was still alive. She had to search and she was leaving with or without Trudy. Amber was feeling fine, or so she said and she'd been quiet recently but Trudy assumed it was because she was in a new place, when out of the blue, she got up picked up her tiny son and walked off followed closely by Trudy.
"But you'll die, you won't have any food and what about your son, you aren't being fair to him Amber" Trudy was practically pleading.
"Trudy, I'll be ok and I'm going, you don't have to come, when I've found out if Bray is alive or not I'll come back," She promised, "And I can find food, I am an eco, it's what I do, don't you want to find your friends, to see if they are safe? Don't you want to go to bed in the mall knowing that you can wake up in the morning safe and with food to eat? I do, and I have to fight for that. I promised my son I'd make sure he had a future to believe in and that's what I'm doing. You can come to if you like" Amber paused for a reply from Trudy; everywhere was silent apart from the gurgling of Brady and Little Bray. There was no reply. Amber turned and started walking.
"NO! Amber wait!" Trudy called running over to her. "I'll come, but it's getting dark now so let's rest and start tomorrow."
"No, I have to go now Trudy, it's important" Amber insisted.
"But Amber, you've only been here for two days. Your son isn't even a week old; he can't handle the journey, please, just rest until tomorrow, please." Trudy was practically begging. Amber looked at her, she sighed, "Oh alright, but only till tomorrow." She and Trudy walked back to where the eco's had built a fire and rested. It got dark quickly.
* * * *
Meanwhile, a familiar figure was lying in a tent battered and bruised. He was half awake, half asleep, and feeling groggy with the drugs he had been given. As he tried to wake properly he strained with the light that filled his dark head. "Amber?" he called wearily. There was no reply. He remembered nothing except the one person he had loved and a few faces in the past.
"But it'll be safe here Amber" Trudy called almost in tears.
"I don't care, I have to find Bray" shouted Amber, determined as usual. Trudy, Amber and the two babies were at the home of the Gaian's. It had been Amber's idea to go, but now the tables had turned. Amber thought it would be the same as before she and Bray got back together. But it wasn't, the eco's hated her for leaving them and resented Little Bray and the fact that Pride wasn't the father. They had fed them and cared for them but still begrudged them and hadn't let her take up her role as leader. Trudy wanted to stay a while. She didn't know how powerful this new tribe had become and didn't want to risk taking Brady back to the city. She had told Amber that Bray had disappeared and thought that she had accepted that Bray was gone, dead. But Amber knew there was still a chance that the man she loved and her son's father was still alive. She had to search and she was leaving with or without Trudy. Amber was feeling fine, or so she said and she'd been quiet recently but Trudy assumed it was because she was in a new place, when out of the blue, she got up picked up her tiny son and walked off followed closely by Trudy.
"But you'll die, you won't have any food and what about your son, you aren't being fair to him Amber" Trudy was practically pleading.
"Trudy, I'll be ok and I'm going, you don't have to come, when I've found out if Bray is alive or not I'll come back," She promised, "And I can find food, I am an eco, it's what I do, don't you want to find your friends, to see if they are safe? Don't you want to go to bed in the mall knowing that you can wake up in the morning safe and with food to eat? I do, and I have to fight for that. I promised my son I'd make sure he had a future to believe in and that's what I'm doing. You can come to if you like" Amber paused for a reply from Trudy; everywhere was silent apart from the gurgling of Brady and Little Bray. There was no reply. Amber turned and started walking.
"NO! Amber wait!" Trudy called running over to her. "I'll come, but it's getting dark now so let's rest and start tomorrow."
"No, I have to go now Trudy, it's important" Amber insisted.
"But Amber, you've only been here for two days. Your son isn't even a week old; he can't handle the journey, please, just rest until tomorrow, please." Trudy was practically begging. Amber looked at her, she sighed, "Oh alright, but only till tomorrow." She and Trudy walked back to where the eco's had built a fire and rested. It got dark quickly.
* * * *
Meanwhile, a familiar figure was lying in a tent battered and bruised. He was half awake, half asleep, and feeling groggy with the drugs he had been given. As he tried to wake properly he strained with the light that filled his dark head. "Amber?" he called wearily. There was no reply. He remembered nothing except the one person he had loved and a few faces in the past.