Hey, sorry for the delay in getting this chapter out… I just got the new Pokemon Diamond game and am totally engrossed in that…it is so much fun… Thanks for all the reviews, I really appreciate them. Anyway here is the chapter, I hope that you all like it.
Chapter Four
Anna Irving had many things planed to do today, but now those plans were the last things on her mind. She thought that when she to show a Cruxis employee around Luin it would be quick and easy, how wrong she was. This 'Kratos Aurion' had her stop at every house in the whole town and help him convince the residents to give him a water sample. This would have been easy for a small village like Hima, but Luin was larger than Hima, a lot larger.
She had first met Kratos fairly early in the morning, now it was getting pretty late into the afternoon and she still hadn't gotten the groceries for her father. She had spent most of the day helping this strange man she just recently met; she didn't know why she was helping him or even why he needed the water samples. In fact she didn't really know anything about him other then his name…
"Hey, Kratos, what exactly do you need these water samples anyway?"
Kratos paused in his task of putting the newly obtained vials of water away inside the back of the van and looked over to where Anna was standing next to him on the curb. He looked at her thoughtfully for a moment then shook his head, "I'm sorry, that is classified information so I'm afraid I can't say."
Anna looked disappointed for a few seconds. "Well, what can you tell me about Cruxis and the reason you are doing these tests here?" asked Anna with a smile on her face and her hands on her hips.
With a frown Kratos looked at her, shook his head, and began labeling and putting the vials of water away again. He had finished collecting samples from over three-quarters of Luin's residents, now all he needed to do was get samples of the five or so rural residents who lived in the area. He could do that on his way back to Palmacosta.
"So you really can't tell me anything?"
"So it would seem…" trailed Kratos as he finished putting the water away and closed the back doors on his van.
Anna moved a little closer to him once the doors were closed and looked at him with a frown on her face. "You aren't really listening to me, are you?" she said crossing her arms in front of her chest.
Kratos turned to face her, "sorry, I was a little preoccupied, but I was still listening to you." He scratched the back of his head out of nervousness and embarrassment. Anna looked at him with a smile and laughed gently.
"That's ok, where do you need to go now? I think we have been all over Luin by now…" said Anna as she looked around the downtown area surrounding them.
"I believe that I have gotten all the samples I need from Luin, thank you very much for your assistance, it was greatly appreciated. I must be returning to Palmacosta, it was a pleasure meeting you, I hope that we get to meet again in the future." said Kratos as he held out his hand.
Anna shook his hand with a big smile and said, "Yes, I really hope we get to meet again. Have a good drive back to Palmacosta!"
Kratos climbed back into the white Cruxis van and gave Anna a small wave as he drove off.
