Not so Tough
by: american-psycho

Disclaimer: I only own Analyn..the dragons, Quinn, Van Zan and ne1 else mentioned belongs to Rob Bowman and the writers....I wouldn't mind owning Quinn/
A/N: R&R plz. First Fic!

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"Quinn!" Creedy yelled.

Quinn turned to his best friend, who had a woman in his arms. "What Creedy?"

"I found this girl a mile off. She appeared dead but she is very much alive. She has a few burns but thats about it." Creedy replied. Quinn motioned him to put the girl on the table.

"Were there any dragons?" Quinn asked as he began to inspect the girl.

"Bout 5 miles off, I suppose." Creedy replied.

"She ran for 4 miles. Not stopping. You can tell. She passed out from exhaustion" Quinn said to himself. "Creedy, get me some bandages so I can protect her burns."

Creedy went burying thru a drawer to find bandages. "We have none, Quinn."

"Not good." Quinn whispered. The girl stirred. "Do we not have anymore in storage or something?"

"I'll go look" Creedy said before leaving. Quinn brought a chair closer to the table and sat next to the girl, waiting for Creedy to get back or the girl to wake up.

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"Quinn, wake up" Creedy said shaking Quinn. "I found some bandages."

Quinn rubbed his eyes and said "Great. Let me see them"

Creedy handed the bandages to Quinn and Quinn began to wrap them around the girl's forearm, her calves and then her left hand.

"Has she awoken yet?" Creedy asked after Quinn finished. Quinn sat back in his chair and said nothing.

"Quinn?" Creedy asked.

"Not yet." Quinn replied. "She should soon, I hope. Where did you find her?"

"In the fields. I went, like you said, and she was there, in one of the rows" Creedy replied. "She was laying against the wall, totally passed out."

The girl stirred. "Creedy, get some water and bring some clothes for her." Quinn said. Creedy ran off and Quinn looked at the girl. She had straight blonde hair and she had a nice body.

"Got them Quinn" Creedy said handing him a glass of water and a pair of Quinn's pants and a shirt.

"These are mine" Quinn said. He looked at Creedy.

"They were the only thing available" Creedy replied. He looked at the floor. "I am going to check on everything. I will be right back" Creedy ran out the door and Quinn put the cup on a nearby table and he put the clothes in his lap.

Quinn sat there for 10 minutes when the girl finally woke up.

"Where am I?" She said very quietly.

"Outside London" Quinn replied. "Here are some clothes for you to change into--" He handed her the clothes. "They might be big. They are my clothes. I hope you dont mind. My name is Quinn."

"My name is Analyn." She said taking the clothes. "Thank you. Thank you so much."

"Analyn, would you like me to stay or would you like me to leave?" Quinn asked. Analyn looked at the clothes and then back at Quinn.

"Stay please." Analyn replied.

Quinn sat down on the chair next to Analyn. She got up and turned around. She pulled off her tattered dress and slipped up the jeans and put the shirt on. Quinn tried not to look. Analyn turned around to face Quinn.

"Thank you again--" She paused. "but I should get back to my village"

"You cant go back. Your village was destroyed." Quinn said.

"Destroyed? What do you mean?" Analyn asked. She sat back on the table.

"The dragons destroyed it. You are welcome to stay--" Quinn paused. "if you want"

"I will stay--" Analyn didnt finish her sentence. She fainted and fell into Quinn's arms. Then the alarm came on.

"Quinn! Two dragons! Get down there!" Creedy yelled. Quinn held Analyn and ran to the safe spot. It took him a while but he got there. Analyn hadn;t awoken yet but Quinn still held her.

"Quinn, what happened?" Creedy asked. He sat next to Quinn as Quinn tried to wake Analyn.

"She fainted or something. She was talking and she just fell over." Quinn replied.

"Did you get her name?" a little boy asked. He went to Quinn's ear and whispered "She's very pretty"

"Her name is Analyn" Quinn paused and whispered to the boy "I know" Quinn smiled and watched the little boy walk back to his friends.

"Creedy, get me a wet cloth please" Quinn said.

"Alright" Creedy said going to get a cloth and wet it. He brought it back to Quinn and Quinn ran it across Analyn's forehead.

"Ugh.." Analyn groaned. She put her hand to her forehead and noticed she was in Quinn's arms.

"You alright?" Quinn asked. He slowly put Analyn down to her feet and she was a little woozy. She fell back in Quinn's arms. "I guess you like it in my arms" He joked.

"Yea Im fine" Analyn replied. "Shush" She hit him playfully on the arm. Quinn laughed.

"Is it clear yet?" Quinn asked Ajay.

"Its being checked now, Quinn" Ajay replied.

"What happened?" Analyn asked. She stood up and looked at Quinn.

"Dragons" Quinn replied. Analyn almost sank to her knees.

"Its clear!" Ajay yelled. It echoed thru out the corridor. Quinn got up and had everyone else go out before him. Analyn had sat down where Quinn was sitting the whole time they were down there.

After everyone had gone out, Quinn turned to Analyn. "Come on." He held out his hand.

Analyn took his hand and he helped her up.

"Tired?" He asked as the two walked out.

"Yes" Analyn replied. She followed Quinn into his room.

"You can sleep here--" Quinn pointed to his bed. "I might slip in for a nap so dont worry."

"Thank you" Analyn paused. "For everything" She got onto Quinn's bed and got comfortable. She watched Quinn advance towards her. She layed down and Quinn tucked her in.

"Analyn--" Quinn said quietly.

"Quinn" Analyn said.

"Scooch over." Quinn said. Analyn scooched over and Quinn hopped in the bed. "Good night" he whispered. Analyn shut her eyes and slept. She hadn't slept in two days.

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"Lynnie--" Quinn whispered. "Lynnie wake up"

Analyn rolled over on her side. "no"

Quinn smiled and ignored Creedy. It was only breakfast. He could miss one meal and Analyn looked beautiful in her sleep. Quinn layed back and draped his arm around her waist. He didn't know he did that. Quinn fell asleep quickly.

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Analyn woke up with Quinn's arm around her waist. She almost jumped but was very happy. She thought Quinn was cute. Analyn looked at the door and saw a figure. She quickly turned back around and she acted like she was sleeping.

"Quinn, get up. The vehicles are looking for the leader and that is clearly you" Creedy said. Quinn groaned and woke up. He didn't take his arm from Analyn's waist.

"What?" Quinn said. He turned to the door.

"Americans" Creedy replied. Quinn jumped up and put his shirt on.

'He had his shirt off?' Analyn thought to herself.

Quinn ran out of the room and Analyn decided to follow.

Quinn noticed she was following and said "Lynnie, go back. This is dangerous"

"I have a right to see who the americans are, don't I?" Analyn said. Quinn sighed and slowed down so that he and Analyn were walking side by side.

"Yes, you do have that right" Quinn said.

Analyn smiled and kept walking. Quinn put his arm around her shoulders and Analyn blushed.

"Lynnie, where you from?" Quinn asked as the two went outside.

"London. Why do you call me Lynnie?" Analyn said.

"I like Lynnie" Quinn replied. "London. Wow, Im from London. How did you survive?"

Analyn looked at the ground and then at Quinn. "I had a friend. His name was Maliki. His father built an underground tunnel to get everywhere. Well I had moved with Maliki to a village I guess 5 miles off of here. I was 26 when we moved there. It was attacked 3 years after that. Maliki and I went to the tunnel and ran. Somehow they destroyed the way to London and we came out here. We ran for 4 miles. Maliki was eaten 1 mile before I was found in your fields." Analyn said quietly.

Analyn began to cry and Quinn stopped and hugged her. "Its alright. Your safe here. I promise" He said softly into her ear. He rocked her slowly and Analyn stopped crying.

"Come on" Quinn said. "Before we go outside, we need some guns"

"Guns?" Analyn asked baffled.

"American's. They might want to fight" Quinn replied.

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