Chapter 6 – Old Faces

[]Tell me.

The sun glittered gently over the horizon of the sea as the day started to blossom. The first to wake was Foxy, soon followed by Jen and Noah, then Snow and finally Dark.

"Good morning" Jen muttered, stretching her arms up in the air.

The rest of the group didn't seem to communicate very well, only by mumbles. They all sat up by the fire, tired faces on everyone. Foxy looked around at the resources.

"No food or water.." he mumbled.

They all looked over.

Jen rubbed her eyes and continued, "Well, I guess we should start with jobs for today. This time, I need Foxy and Dark to go hunting. Noah you can stay here for today, catch some fish or what not".

Jen then put her fingers to her mouth and made a loud whistle.

"When you hear that, come back to camp." She commanded.

They all nodded and got up off the ground, some stretching as they did. Out of the blue, there was a quiet rustling.

"Do you hear that?" Foxy whispered.

The camp fell silent.

The rustling progressively got louder and louder. Foxy ran to get the spears he had made the previous day and gave one to Jen and Dark who stood their ground. Dark shuffled Snow behind him, trying to be the man as usual and Noah stood behind them all in fear. The rustling got closer.

Out from the greenery stepped Umber. Dark threw his spear straight away; luckily, his aim was very off and stuck in a tree off to the far right.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Umber yelled in shock.

"You can always count on Dark to handle the situation" Jen said sarcastically, stepping her guard down.

From behind umber came Jake and Vixey. They both were glad to see the others, yes, even vixey. However, Foxy wasn't too pleased himself.

"Welcome to camp friends." Jen greeted them all back.

"Uh well, I have something to tell you all. You may or may not like it." Umber said.

They all looked confused.

Out from the bushes came Alex and Rebecca, covered in dirt and leaves.

"We found some eh, company." Umber mumbled.

Snow and Dark both stared individually at Alex and Rebecca with an anger in their face.

"What are you two doing here?" Snow said grumpily for once.

"A 5 star holiday, what the fuck do you think?" Alex said back.

"Smart dood." Dark said.

"Right well, we have rules to follow here, I'll assign you all jobs and we will start with work." Jen interrupted.

Foxy and Vicey glared at eachother before Jen pulled them to the side.

"you both start and we will easily send you both to sea, you got me? Just be civil atleast" She grunted

After explaining the jobs and roles in camp, they all set off to work. Dark, Foxy and Jake all returned back to the wilderness to go hunting for food while Snow finished her water purifier. By now, Alex and Rebecca had already gone into the sea play fighting, so Noah decided to join them. Jen, on the other hand went over to Snow and offered any help.

"He'd be a good dad." Snow said, looking over to Noah and then to Jen.

"Wh..what.?" Jen stuttered.

"Im not joking this time. You both need to just relax a little." Snow smiled still working with her contraption.

"Well, is that how you and Dark did it?" Jen asked.

"You'll know they are the right person when your with them. Sure me and Dark have had the odd argument but its like black and white, they just go together." Snow went on.

"So, what am I supposed to do?" Jen asked again.

"Don't be so uptight." Snow said bluntly.

"How is you and Dark by the way?" Jen continued.

"Were doing fine." Snow said.

"Ever thought of having you know.. children?" Jen mumbled.

"No, but it's a new experience I guess, I just don't think its time for that right now. Plus it is Dark's decision as much as mine." Snow explained.

Jen went quiet, staring off to the three of them in the sea.

Vixey sat to the side on her own in silence staring at the horizon.

Snow and Jen continued with their conversation until Jen whistled and they all returned back to camp. Foxy, Dark and Jake managed to kill some animals for food and Snow had finished her water purifier. Just like the night before, they all sat round the fire, this time with a few old faces.