The Peril of Salvation

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Chapter 2

The light rain started to get heavier. Emma yelped at the sudden smash of a tiny ice falling on her arm. It's raining ice. They both ran to get cover. Elijah who was already feeling weak before, fumbled. Emma stopped and extended her hand.

"Come on! We gotta get find shelter. Don't you know anything near here?" she pulled her hand as Elijah just nodded at her extended hand and got up on his own.

Elijah tried to see afar with his vampire sight and turned on his vampire hearing to get signs. "There's one inside the jungle. We just need to go far inside."

"Okay, good. Let's go there." She led the way and took out a knife from under her jacket sleeve. Elijah looked quite surprised. "I come here prepared. First rule about travelling across realms, you have to prepare for anything."

Elijah said. "If only it was a traveling for me, I'd not spend days here."

"Hey, at least you have a company now. Every journey has a destination and purpose. Why are you down here? I thought the void is completely a void. I didn't expect to meet anyone here." She used her knife to make a way through some tree and bushes. The trees were more crowded as they were getting inside the jungle. Through the trees helped to cover them from the ice rain, they still had to bend down their back a little to protect their heads.

Elijah covered his head with his left arm. "My destination is to get out of here and to the real world. Unfortunately my purpose demanded me to stay here."

Emma held a branch, looking at Elijah for a while then cutting the branch with her knife. "You're talking about it like you're so doomed."

"What if I am meant to be?" Elijah tilted his head and quickly smashed a medium sized ice which almost hit Emma's head.

Emma sighed. "Okay, hold that doomed thought for now. Look there's the cave. We can cover ourselves and get some rest. Then we can talk about who is the doomed one between the two of us."

They ran into the cave, Emma was in the front and Elijah was close behind her. He threw himself on the ground as he got inside and opened his coat. He's bleeding a little on the arm. The blood was seeping through his light blue shirt. His vampire strength seemed to be weakening ever since he got in the void. He didn't heal as quickly as usual.

"So I'm Emma Swan. What's your name? Maybe we can help each other around here and we're going toned to know each other, at least some name."

Elijah was too busy looking at the graze in his left arm. It cut though his coat and shirt. He just realized when she repeated her question. "Elijah Mikaelson."

Emma just nodded. She's busy with what she was doing. "I'll get some branches real quick to make some fire. It's getting colder here." She ran outside while covering her head with her jacket. She cut some branches as many as she could bring and ran back inside the cave.

Elijah was still resting while watching her preparing the branches. He was stunned to see how she seemed restless yet kept moving and doing something that's needed. "Do you need some help?"

"No. I got this. You're bleeding. You shouldn't move a lot. I can make a fire." She closed her eyes to take a breath then opened her eyes again. Her hands were in front of the branches. She's ready to cast a spell. Like magic, the branches were burned with fire. "See, we have fire now." She let out a heavy sigh then took a rest for herself near the fire.

Elijah blinked his eyes. "You just performed magic. Are you a witch?"

"I'd not call myself a witch. But I do magic. I was born with this power." Emma noticed that Elijah holding his bleeding arm that's not completely healed yet. "You seem like you could use some help?" she got up and walked to Elijah. She bent down near his thigh.

Elijah refused it when she wanted to check his wound. "I'm okay. It's going to heal itself."

"Are you sure about that? You can be infected if we don't heal it soon. I can try to heal it with my magic." She paused and just caught what he just said. "How is it going to heal itself? What are you? You have some kind of magic or power too?" she nodded. "Aha you must be. No one survives in the void for too long except one with magic."

There was a silence before Elijah responded. He looked at her so thoroughly. It's his first human interaction since he was in the void. He couldn't count for how long. Days and night in the void were tricky. It's hard to keep track of the days. "I'm a being made by magic so you could say I'm magical."

Emma looked lost with what he said. "So…, not a witch. A magical being. You're gifted?"

"Cursed would be a better term." He sneaked a peek at his wound then continued. "I'm a vampire." He looked down and avoided her stunned gaze.

Emma's jaw dropped open until she shook her head and said. "A vampire. A very very old classic tale supernatural being. Hey I'm not judging. Neither of us is normal here."

"It's good to have a company if I'm being honest. I'll help you to get what you need, Ms. Swan." He looked at her now.

"How long you've been here?"

Elijah took a deep breath. "For so long as I can remember."

Emma chuckled till her teeth shown. "You don't look old for someone who's spent countless time here."

"You do know the crucial thing about vampire, Emma. I don't get old no matter how long forever I've spent." Elijah showed a little crooked smile. His lips were pursed to the side. He suddenly coughed badly and his hands were up covering himself so that he didn't cough at her. Emma's amused face changed into a concern. She held Elijah's arms.

"Apparently my journey here means more than just for my own gain. You need my magic. I don't take no for an answer now." She put one hand on Elijah's wounded arm and one hand on his chest. She took a deep breath and started to close her eyes to focus. Elijah couldn't refuse it since she insisted. He just stayed still and quiet while his eyes were on her as if he's wondering who this woman was.