--------- Prelude ---------
Damn, damn, damn! Zoey crawled over a rotten log, covering her cargo's with green slime. What was she doing out here? What was she even doing in Colorado. The answer was so simple that Zoey felt it was unfair, nothing this horrible feeling should be so un-complex. Stumbling through the heavy undergrowth of bushy trees, heavy hair straggling over her shoulders and into her eyes, Zoey wasn't exactly a picture of composure. She had lost anything that even related to calm two weeks ago, when her world had been thrown into hell.
"Who lives in Colorado? She muttered angrily to herself. Shitty wilderness, nothing but mud, trees and oh yes, more trees, a few grassy plains stuck along in there. The worst place she'd ever been in, she'd hated it even since she'd came here.
Tripping over a stray branch Zoey cursed under her breath, hating the air she was breathing. So frantic a state was she in that she didn't even notice the shadowy form that rose before her in the darkening evening. "Shit!" She yelled out incoherently, not sure who exactly she almost stepped into. Taking a second to regain any semblance of order she scanned the man over. Were those buckskin pants? Shirtless, black hair tied into braids. Her eyes moving upwards Zoey recognised him as a native. What the hell... A native dressed up like that. Some guy had a sense of humour. But still, what was he doing here. Wasn't this her Aunt's property?
Her first impulse was to turn and run, who knew who the guy was? But something stopped her and she took a second longer to stand there, staring at the outlandish figure in front of her, that oddly enough, didn't seem to be out of place. Trying a different approach she opened her mouth, her voice coming out unsteady.
"Uh, Sorry, didn't see you there. Is this the Reliegh's property?" She didn't think she'd overstepped their land but still.. It was better to be safe instead of cussing out the dude out when it might not even be her Aunt's property. There was no response as those piercing black eyes regarded he stoically. Quickly tiring of that game, patience already stressed, Zoey growled. "Hey, you deaf?" She didn't anticipate what happened next and when the man stepped quickly forward, arms outstretched Zoey dodged to the right. "What the hell!" She yelled. She didn't see another figure rise up from behind her, and definitely see the heavy object that swung down on her head.