Aubrey had a decision to make; risk everything she ever knew and her own life to save Beca or return to service and let Beca and her people die. She knew what was right in her heart and made the decision.

"Hey!" The guard yelled as Aubrey wiggled by him and jumped in front of a frightened Beca who had just been lined up against the wall.

"Captain! Stand down!" The executioner demanded.

"You stand down!" Aubrey demanded not backing away.

"I'm sorry Captain, I have direct orders from the General himself, so step aside or suffer the consequences."

The tension was thick, no one made a move in fear of triggering another fight,

"Captain! I'm going to count to three! One! Aubrey never flinched. Two!"

"Hold it right there!" General Posen yelled as he stepped in and shoved the executioner's weapon down. He made his way to Aubrey and stood face to face with her,

"What is the meaning of this Aubrey? I gave you a direct order and you disobey me? For what? These…things?"

"Father its not right, they are helpless…" Aubrey was silenced by her father's glove backhanding her, bringing her to her knees.

"They are scum! Traitors to Asus Farr! They are helping our enemies!"

Aubrey winced, grabbing her face. Even after the beatings Eric gave her, she was still trying to get used to feeling pain.

"Listen closely Captain." General Posen spoke sarcastically, "All traitors are to be treated a traitor's death."

Aubrey slowly rose and Beca latched onto her. Warmness and comfort slowly consumed her body. General Posen took notice of the affection the two shared and grinned ear to ear,

"Aubrey, why didn't you say you had an interest here?"

Aubrey was shocked, she couldn't muster the words, "Well…"

'BAM!' The General backhanded Aubrey once again who was lying on the floor crying, Beca following her and engulfed the larger blonde in a hug.

Once the two girls were on the floor, General Posen ordered the execution to continue. The two girls flinched at the gunshots and green flashes whizzing past them. Beca looked on in panic as part of her clan was decimated.

Aubrey turned Beca's face to hers and stared deeply into the once blue eyes she loved. Beca's eyes were lifeless, filled with sorrow and angst, never before witnessing such horrors.

General Posen watched the two closely, Aubrey showing severe signs of deviancy. He had no choice, he pulled out his weapon and pointed it at Aubrey who looked on wide eyed.

"I'm sorry Aubrey, you've left me no choice." Aubrey closed her eyes in anticipation. A lone gunshot fired, and Aubrey flinched but was unscathed. She opened her eyes and was shocked to see Beca attacking her father. She was trying to protect Aubrey once again but this time it ended with a yellow flash from the gun and the bolt going straight into her stomach.

Aubrey screamed in horror as she watched Beca fall to the ground. General Posen laughed as he regained his composure and turned his attention back to his daughter Aubrey, trying to finish what he started.

Aubrey closed her eyes once more for the shot. Before the gun went off, the main door into the command ship blew off and Rebel soldiers stormed the center. General Posen fled to safety as the fight spilled into the ship. Aubrey, seeing the opportunity, snagged Beca's body and grabbed a medical kit and supplies before fleeing the ship and headed towards a nearby forest.

Running through the warzone, Aubrey could clearly tell the Rebels came prepared, gaining the upper edge on the Asus Farr soldiers. She wasted no time as she carried Beca deep into the woods and quickly checked the girl over.

Beca had a weak pulse but Aubrey could work with that. She pulled the body scanner from the kit and made a pass over Beca's body in an 'inspection mode.' She went to work and extracted the bolt from her father's gun from Beca's body. Then she quickly reset the tool for 'healing' and made another pass over the body.

Within minutes, Beca's wounds were cleaned and closed, keeping it from infecting. Beca's vitals balanced out and it was just a matter of time before she awoke. Aubrey went to work setting up camp, leaving a watchful eye on her companion, she was finally ready for blue eyes to wake. They would be lacking in the food department, but at least they would have a shelter. Aubrey managed to snag a tent from the ship as they fled.

War was still waging in the far distance as Aubrey helped Beca into the tent. The girl was so tiny it melted Aubrey's heart that so much love and compassion could fit into such a small body.

It was an unusually cold night. Nothing like the previous nights Aubrey had noted. She and Beca were still in their skimpy furs and with no heat source other than a blanket, they were going to freeze. Aubrey crawled her shivering body closer to Beca's unconscious body and wrapped herself around the smaller girl and cocooning themselves in the blanket.

Aubrey wasn't sure if the cocoon idea was working, or just being intimately close to Beca, whichever it was, it was working, and Aubrey could finally sleep.

Beca awoke in the morning hours and jumped when she was aware of her new surroundings. The sudden jolt woke Aubrey,

"Beca!? Are you alright?"

Beca stopped shaking when she realized she was with Aubrey. Unsure on how to speak again, she squeaked out a few noises before nuzzling deeper into Aubrey who in return, tightened her hold.

"Keep trying Beca, I'll get you talking soon enough ok?"

Beca nodded into her chest in agreement. She also picked up on Aubrey's stomach growling. She just remembered it has been a good day or so since the Blonde has eaten. She gave up her last meal to Beca and Beca decided it was time to hunt.

A nice cold morning like the one they're enduring would surely have the Bolo's moving. Bolo's were 4 legged furry creatures with horns. They were the most commonly hunted animals in Sector C due to the vast vegetation and habitat.

"Where are you going Beca?" A concerned Aubrey asked.

Beca pointed towards her mouth and stomach and Aubrey got the hint. She tried to get up so she could go help, but Beca kept her down and rubbed her hands together and then held them out.

Aubrey laughed at this little game of charades,

"You want me to make a fire?" Aubrey laughed and Beca smiled and nodded.

Beca dashed away into the hunting fields in seek of the Bolo's and a weapon. All she could find was a decently pointed rock in the bottom of a stream and a long sturdy stick. Beca found dead trelip plants, which were native to this sector and were full of fiber.

Beca crushed the stems of a few plants and separated the fiber from the bark of the plant. With two strands, she weaved them tightly together to make a rope and securely tied her rock to her stick making a spear.

Aubrey didn't have near the amount of effort in her job. She found some dead plants and smaller twigs to get the fire going, then she gathered up larger branches and a few logs and before no time, she had a nice size fire blazing thanks to the lighter in the medical kit. Now she just had to make a grate and she would be ready for Beca to return with the food.

It didn't take Beca long either. Knowing this region well, she knew where to go and what to do. She returned to camp dragging a small Bolo. It wasn't anything to brag about, but it would keep the girls fed and warm.

Aubrey watched closely as Beca masterfully stripped the animal of its hide and fur, keeping it in all one piece. She placed it aside as she cut the Bolo into portions and handed the meat to Aubrey to cook. Aubrey couldn't do much for a grate, so she was forced to make a rotisserie. It took awhile for all the food to cook but it was well worth it.

The girls hung around their camp for a few more nights. Beca had bagged another Bolo, this time much larger than the last. Aubrey was ecstatic, she was loving the taste of wild game. She even helped skin the hide and cut the meat off the animal. With Beca's guidance, she didn't do too bad.

Sector C was going into a drastic season change. The warm and sunny days Aubrey was exposed to just a few weeks ago were slipping away. Each night was getting colder and colder and the days weren't much better. Beca, being the native understood this and went to work. Not including the two Bolo's she killed, she trapped 4 Thwack's, small furry creatures with large ears and short tales. They too made for good eating so Aubrey cooked them and Beca showed her how to preserve them in these colder temperatures.

Aubrey was miserable, the cold was going to kill her. She shivered uncontrollably at night and the tent, the blanket and Beca couldn't keep her warm. She took it upon herself to sleep by the fire but the warmness drew holdout bugs which ate Aubrey alive, forcing her back inside the cold tent.

Beca knew Aubrey wouldn't survive much more so the next morning she went off early and took her furs. Aubrey stayed behind too warm up and tend to the fire, not knowing really what Beca was doing.

Beca had already fleshed the hides, she pried all the fat and flesh from the hide to keep them from rotting, immediately after the kills.

She kneeled down into the cold water of the creek and began washing each fur. When she was done she laid them to dry and returned to camp. Aubrey wondered what took her so long, but Beca just pushed past her and dug up her buried treasure outside of camp, the animal brains.

Aubrey started gagging when she saw them but Beca kept on working. She built a small stone sink over the blazing fire and melted the brains into a liquid and went to fetch her furs. Very carefully, she dipped one at a time in the boiling liquid then let them soak overnight.

The next day she recruited Aubrey to help her 'Soften' the furs. They tugged and pulled on each hide thoroughly until it softened up. They stretched on all 6 hides until they could no longer stand, wore out and exhausted.

The last step involved making 6 smaller fires, one for each hide. Beca made a wrack for each fur and hung them over the fires, making them extra smoky. She smoked one side for an hour and then flipped them inside out and finished them.

She had found more fiber plants, so she and Aubrey spent the afternoon making sets of rope. Aubrey still had no idea what any of this was for, but it sure involved lots of work. Finally, right before bed, Beca signaled Aubrey over and the smaller girl slung the bigger Bolo fur over her head and it consumed the blonde's body, poncho style. She took the rope Aubrey braided and tied the fur securely around her waist. To top it off, Beca took two of the Thwack's and made Aubrey some calf high booties to keep her feet warm. After tying them too her feet she slipped her set of furs on.

Aubrey had no idea what to say. She was shocked that Beca cared enough to make her warmer clothes. She grabbed the smaller girl up and kissed her passionately until she was blue in the face. Sure it was one sided, she could tell Beca had no idea what a kiss was, but the smaller woman didn't resist either.

Aubrey was finally warm, and Beca and her could sleep comfortable now. The next morning however, they both woke up to gunfire extremely close to their camp, the war was inching closer to them so they packed up and ran further into sector.

They traveled further than Beca had ever gone, they were out of Sector C and Aubrey could tell Beca was uncomfortable,

"Becs?"

Beca looked at Aubrey, "We're gonna be fine." Aubrey said grabbing Beca's hand for reassurance.

Right before nightfall, the two set up camp and started a fire, still on edge and leery of sleeping, no telling what was in this territory. Sure enough as soon as they fell asleep, the two were gagged and knocked out.

When they came too, they were in a tent with numerous amounts of humanoids staring at them. around. All dressed the same, soldiers of some sorts, a dark-haired man came over and introduced himself,

"Hello, I'm Jesse, welcome to Felusion Pass."

"I'm sorry, but where are where?" Aubrey said, surprised to hear another voice.

The boy jumped. He was shocked that a villager could speak. "Felusion Pass, the last outpost between the Royal City and Asus Farr." He answered again.

"You are apart of the Grand Army of the Rebellion?" Aubrey questioned.

Several members of the room gasped and the men started mumbling amongst themselves. Jesse looked to his fellow soldiers and nodded and turned back to the girls, studying them hard.

"How do you know how to speak? No native can speak our language. How about you?" Jesse asked looking at Beca who darted her head behind Aubrey in fear.

Aubrey mulled over the next words, trying not to upset these people, "She cannot speak, for she is a native. I can speak your language because I am not from here."

The entire room started to panic, "They are spies!" Most of the men yelled. "Why else would they be stalking outside our camp?"

Jesse looked at Aubrey very carefully, face of stone, "Are you spies?"