Chapter two
A night out
Wendy was sitting down at the table, she was looking at the paper and the chest. She was rather frustrated with what was going on with this picture. There was so much in this box, on these papers, in the chest. It was giving her a headache, her father had been hiding all this work about Dann and his job. She had no idea as to why though, what could he be hiding. Or rather she should say, what could her parents be hiding. She clicked her tongue and she grabbed one of the rings, she looked at it closely and pulled it on her finger and flinched when it tightened on her finger. A shock went through her body and she whimpered as she tugged it off, the ring was hurting her. she stood up from the table, and walked towards the kitchen skin and used some soap to try and get it off. She tugged and tugged on it. But it seemed to be attached to her. She didn't think that it would actually happen like this. They looked like normal rings to her. She leaned against the counter, and frowned when she saw that her palm was lit. She could barely make out what it was. "What is this?" She questioned, she closed the curtains and turned off the lights. Looking at the palm of her hand and saw that it was some sort of constellation.
Van walked into the house, his body dripping with rain water, he had gone to the store for Wendy, he had to pick up some meats and condiments for dinner tonight. He had taken noticed that the lights were off and that the curtains were closed. "Wendy, are you alright?" He placed the bags on the table and glanced around the room. He noticed that one of the rings were gone, he walked from the kitchen and headed towards the living room where he saw Wendy looking at her hand with a confused look on her face. "Wendy?" He questioned, he walked towards her and looked at her hand. "What is going on?" He asked, seeing the problem.
"I don't know, I was looking at the rings, and put it on, and then it started to tighten on my finger. And well this happened." She told him, she held out her hand to show him a better view. "It looks like stars or something." She told him. Taking her hand, Van looked at it carefully. "We should talk to that one kid...blond?" He said looking at her.
"Josh?" She asked him. "Yeah, him." He muttered. "He might now." He told the other and let her hand drop. "Lets just drop it for now, and leave when the weather gets better." He told the female. He stalked back into the kitchen and looked at the papers and started to clean up the mess. He would have to bring all this stuff as well. And the other ring. He looked at Wendy, who had just walked into the kitchen. He closed the chest and and walked way with them, he placed them on the coffee table. He sat down and laid on the couch as Wendy started to cook dinner for them.
Wendy, Van, and Kameo left the next day to head towards the town of Gloria. They believed that Joshua was there with the old timers and Yukiko helping them with the advancements of The El Dorado Five and his late brothers Armor. Wendy walked beside Van while Kameo carried her small luggage on his back. He was a great help know that he was bigger. "Hey Van, what makes you think that he is in Gloria?" She asked him. It would take them some days, they had to get to Bridge City, hopefully it wouldn't be anything like last time it happened.
"Where else would he go?" He said, "It is not like he has a home to actually return too and it seemed that he and Yukiko had a small thing going after Ray died." He said honestly as he looked at her from the side.
She nodded her head. "I see, so do you think he managed to get his brother and his armor out of the ocean?" Van shrugged his shoulders. "Who knows, we'll see when we get there." He looked at the young women that walked beside him. He never thought that they would be doing this again. But this time, it seemed that her being a young lady might have some problems with the men. He had already seen it around town. They would practically throw themselves at her, and when they would go to the food shops, he had seen them flirting with her, and longing after her. He could see why, she had blossomed into a beautiful women. She had long slender legs, a thin waist, nicely shaped hips and thighs, her bosom had increased too. He had looked yes, but he had respectfully not prolonged his looks. What he had noticed most of all, was that her hair was a lot longer, she had kept them in their respected braids, which was really her, but on more occasions her hair had been let down. When she had dropped her hair, he had urges to reach out and run his fingers through her thick locks. He restrained from doing this. He had no idea as to where these feelings or urges came from.
When he saw those men flirt with her, he felt jealous, and angered. He didn't think that they were good enough, he had these feelings before, and he just believed that she deserved better. He was after all his companion. And not theirs. That was for certain, he had been glad that she looked at him every time though. He loved it when she looked at him, when she looked at him. She saw through him, like he was just Van. He liked the feeling of it. When she look at him, so sweetly, a knot formed in his gut. He knew that he had a small crush on her, he was indeed attracted to the female. For him this could bring him unwanted problems. Not just form him but for her as well.
Night had fallen upon them. "Well we should reach Bridge City within two days." He told her as he got off the walked off the rode with her, he found a small camp sight for the three of them. He seated himself on the log that had been placed there. "We'll stay here for the night." He told her as she pulled the luggage off her pet turtle and placed it down beside the log.
"Okay, well lets get some wood to start a fire and build a temporary shelter, it looks like it'll get chilly tonight." She told him softly as she as she headed a little further into the forest. Van followed after her and used his sword to cut down some branches for the fire tonight. "I hope you brought some food." He muttered.
"I did." She told him. "Some sandwiches, fruit, and some water." She picked up the wood, and the leaves. "I thought it through this time before leaving Evergreen." She turned to look at him. "I won't let you starve." She grinned at him. She walked back to the sight to see her pink turtle eating at some of the leaves and grass. He was looking rather content with the campsite. The young women placed the wood down and started up the fire. She pulled out a lighter and lit the leaves and lightly blew on it until the fire bloomed. "In the suitcase, the food is in there, you can grab them." She told him, standing up and continued with the fire.
Van nodded his head as he dropped some wood down, he walked towards the log and grabbed the suitcase and opened it up. He saw that there was a few containers filled with food, he reached out for it and picked it up, as he was about to close it. He saw the puzzle that he had been working on all those years ago. "You still have this?" He picked it up and saw that there was some strong string attached to it. He turned to look at her. Holding it up, he didn't think that she had it on her anymore.
Wendy, turned to look at him. "Oh, well yeah. I always have it on me." She told him, she stood up and gently took it from him and placed it around her neck. "I started wearing it once he Kameo got to big to be around my neck." The red head spoke. "It is my treasure." She smiled and held it looking at him.
The man felt his heart beat a little faster, he looked away from her and made a face. "It is just a trinket." He muttered and sat down with the container and started to open it. Getting he food out, before biting into it. "SO GOOD!" He shouted as he bit into it again. He had scared her, seeing her hand over her heart a little bit, and seeing her startled look.
It made him happy that he saw her wearing it, to have kept it all this time. Hearing that it was her treasure made his heart melt. She had changed so much over the years, she had simply grown up. He was proud of her. He watched her as she seated herself down next to him and swipe at a sandwich and picked it up and started to eat it herself. "It took me forever to learn too cook the way you like it. I am glad that I have it to your liking." She looked at the small fire that washed over them with warmth and comfort. "I was sometimes embarrassed by how you ate, so after we found ourselves with everyone, I added everything I could think off, but Carmen got to it first." She said. "And so I continued on doing so." She smiled. "I hope I'll be able to cook for you more often." She finished her sandwich.
Van nodded his head. "I as well, just getting these checked out, the sooner the better." He explained to her. That was something he wanted to do, was to go back with her and eat her cooking. To just lie about and be with her. It seemed to him, that he found something with her, he found family.
