Rachelle woke with an ache in her back and a tiny chill. She stood up brushing the dirt off her pants and coat. She studied the room searching for Arthur who had seemingly disappeared.

"Now where could he have gotten off to? Arthur!" she shouted. "Arthur!"

"I'm coming' I'm comic," she heard him mumble, although she didn't know from where.

He appeared out the tunnel they had yet to explore with his pack stuffed full of something. Arthur set it down in front of her and opened it to reveal some sort of fruit. It was oval shaped with orange and yellow skin and smelled sickly sweet.

"Did you explore the tunnel without me?" she questioned him.

Arthur merely laughed at the statement. "Why of course, but I did even one better. I left the tunnel and found some delicious food for us to eat!"

Rachelle rolled her eyes at him and sat down with him. Arthur began to peel the strange fruit with one of his knifes. The brunette bit into the first one and gasped in surprise.

"What!?" asked Arthur in horror.

"They are so good!" laughed Rachelle

She continued to chew savoring every bite of the sweetness.

After she and Arthur had both eaten two they packed up the rest and left into the tunnel carrying the glowing crystals. It was a long journey through damp, dark musky caverns but when they saw day light the two rushed forward. Rachelle more excited than Arthur since she hadn't seen it yet.

At first the sun blinded her vision but when Rachelle's eyes adjusted she was in complete and utter awe. Below them was a jungle of green and then when she looked towards the horizon all Rachelle saw was blue. Not the sky but water! Lots, and lots of deep blue water.

She laughed in amazement, "It's gorgeous!"

Arthur grinned at her then showed her a quick way down to the tree line where they would continue on until they reached the sandy beach.

The two ran for miles, jumping over and under trees roots. They curved through vines and over a few streams on fallen trees. Their pace slowed after a bit when they began to get tired.

"Do you think we can make it there in one day?" Arthur asked Rachelle.

She glanced at him as she leaned against a tree panting, "Judging from the distance when we started probably not. Maybe two days with sleep in the equation."

Arthur nodded trying to catch his own breath, "Alright. And when do you think you can have the area mapped?"

Rachelle mumbled to herself, "Uh, two three days?"

Arthur nodded once more then the two took off again eager to gain ground. They wanted only two things: one, to see the ocean for the first time and two, to get home as soon as possible.

"Hurry!" Rachelle shouted towards her comrade who was closing in on her. She could hear the sound of water pounding against sand. It was a sound unlike any other. That sound represented true freedom to her. But not just to her it was the freedom for all of humanity!

Within seconds the tree line disappeared and she was suddenly running on heavy sand. There it was! A vast ocean, a deep blue desert, seeing it for real was ten times better than in ancient books.

Rachelle fell to her knees trying to hold back tears off joy. Her leather bag plopped beside her on the fine sand. As quickly as she could Rachelle whipped out a drawing book and some worn out pastels. Her hand raced across the paper. Mixing blues greens and browns together to form something unbelievable.

The tall blonde, Arthur stood behind her watching as her delicate hands moved. When she was done he gave a sigh. He could see it exactly in the picture just like it was currently. The clear blue that seemed to reflect the sun and devour the sandy beach.

He rested a hand on Rachelle's shoulder. "Time to get mapping."

She stood up and nodded dropping her book and pastels into the sand along with her bag.

"Soon we will get to go home."