Chapter 2
The girl woke feeling drained, but the sound of a fire and the smell of cooked meat had her slowly sitting up and dragging herself out of the tent. Both men were already up and cooking what looked to be a few rabbits.
One of the men looked up from a bucket of water and went up to her. His face held sharp features and silver eyes. He had shoulder length white hair and thin pale lips. He gently embraced her before leading her over to a smaller dark blue mat that covered half of a damp log.
She sat down without a word and a plate of meat was handed to her. She gave a small nod with a quiet word of thanks before digging in with her fingers as there were no forks.
They watched as she ate, seeming to be too drained to see the hint of blue that covered the meat before her.
"Galaxy."
She looked up at the name that wasn't her own, a confused look on her face; but then recognition spread.
"Elizabeth, but yes, Galaxy." She said politely, but then went back to eating.
She knew these men and trusted them to an extent, but she was devastated with the secret incident she had yet to say a word about. She also knew their names without even thinking. One of their voices had given her relief enough to cry, as though her broken heart finally gave way. She was glad she had made it this far from civilization. Otherwise, things might have gone very wrong.
Once she finished, she looked up hesitantly.
"Would you like more?" The second man asked.
He had deep blue eyes and dark brown hair, almost black. His cloths gave him away to her as he wore a gray shirt, a red flamed and blue jacket, blue jeans, and combat boots.
"No thank you." She replied politely.
He took the plate from her and handed her a glass of water. She thanked him and then started looking around again. Not seeing what she was looking for, she went back to the tent. The first man watched for her for a moment, and then she came out.
She had different cloths on, her blanket was gone, and she seemed to be a little livelier. They both watched as she went out to a part of the field and put the sun beside her. It was then that her abilities were revealed.
She activated her powers, accessing her green force field. It appeared in the shape of a sphere, and then the shape shifted. She went from shape to shape, slowly getting bigger and using different tactics that she could think of.
The first man stepped just shy of her peripheral vision, wanting to see if he could teach her a few things. She immediately blocked him. She had been moving so fast that he somewhat startled her.
When she faced him, she let the force field down. She turned off her powers, waiting for him to speak. He did speak, but only to ask a question. He wanted to assess what her level might be.
"Do your powers have a limit?"
"Only my imagination. If I can't think of anything, I can't use it."
"Do you know any hand to hand combat?"
"Not really, no."
"Will you allow me to teach you?"
She gave a nod and then he went through steps with her. She watched him for a while, waiting until he started the circuit over, then she started copying him. She mirrored him exactly, but there was more to it than that.
He then moved to doing spars, just slow enough for her to keep up, but she got faster and faster with her movements. He had to up it a notch and even then she was starting to get faster than him. She even started using his moves against him, anything different he tried, she easily countered and then used against him later.
Finally the spar ended, and it was with him on his back while she loomed above him. Her brown eyes seemed to hold a truly dark gaze, but then it disappeared and she lent him her hand to help him up. Being tired, he went ahead and grabbed it, but he tried to pull something to get her down. It didn't end very well.
His cry of pain brought the second man forward and she backed off quickly. Luckily it was nothing serious, but it was obvious she was done.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hurt you. Thank you for teaching me, but I think I'm done for right now." She said, her voice as kind and sweet as before, but the look was there just behind her eyes.
The first man was worried, and voiced it through the connection to his companion. Something was wrong, and it wasn't just in how she had acted, but in how she suddenly seemed so much more dangerous.
Both seemed to agree that they were going to do everything in their power to help her overcome whatever demon she was fighting to control.