Day 2.

Lucky Jack and Scarlet were woken up by Jackie. The sun was barely seen from the horizon. "It's not morning yet." Lucky Jack whispered. "Me and Jackie agreed to wake up this early." said Scarlet "What are you love birds waiting for? Come on!" said Jackie. "LOVE BIRDS?!" Lucky Jack and Scarlet shouted simultaneously and astonished. "Both of you were sleeping together." said Jackie. Lucky Jack and Scarlet looked at each other then looked away and blushed. "Let's go." said Scarlet as she got up. Most of the prairie dogs were awake, while some were asleep. Henry was the last one to wake up. The prairie dogs, Lucky Jack, Henry and Scarlet were forced to walk. Still exhausted from yesterday. It was a little cold this time of day. Everyone is lucky that it's not hot. They all knew it would get worst later.

As the group were walking a prairie dog walked up to Lucky Jack. "Thanks for saving me." he said gratefully. "I didn't save ya." said Lucky Jack. "Yes ya did. If you didn't find that cactus and know it had juice in it. I would've been a goner!" said the prairie dog. Lucky Jack didn't say anything else. Me saving him? If I "saved him", couldn't I save my friends and family? Lucky Jack thought. Lucky Jack wanted to run far away. From Jackie, from his memories and from his grief. He wanted to be alone and free. I want this trip to end. Lucky Jack thought.

"Hey Lucky, ya wanna know what I've been thinking about lately?" Henry asked. "What?" Lucky answered. "We can help these critters. And maybe they can help us." said Henry. Lucky Jack couldn't believe what he was hearing. He didn't understand. "What do we need help for?" Lucky Jack asked. "We could live with them." Henry replied. "Henry, it's not that I don't want to. It's just that we are jackrabbits and they are prairie dogs. We don't belong with them." Lucky Jack told him. "But Scarlet is a bird!" said Henry. "She belongs with them!" said Lucky Jack. "What do ya know about her?" Henry asked. "I...just know. Ok?" said Lucky Jack. "Is everything alright here?" Scarlet walked over. "Nothing, me and Lucky were just talking." Henry told her. "Ok then." Scarlet walked away. Henry and Lucky Jack didn't say anything else to each other. Henry saw some prairie dogs talking to each other, he walked over to them. As if he had forgotten about Lucky Jack.

Lucky Jack then felt alone and forgotten. I guess I'm alone again. But, that's ok. I don't need anybody else. He thought. The tedious journey continued until the sun rose a bit. It was still morning. The group made an occasional stop to rest. There was dry ferns, more cacti, but no water. Everyone ate from the ferns. It tasted bitter and dry. As if the prairie dogs and Henry ate sticks. Lucky Jack didn't eat anything. He only watched everyone. Scarlet only pecked at the ground to find bugs. When anyone was thirsty, they would tell Scarlet to peck at a cactus with her beak. Then a liquid leaked out of the cactus. Everyone would drink from it. Of course the juice didn't taste like honey from a bee's hive.

Henry said it would be the only water they would have. So everyone did. Lucky Jack wasn't thirsty ethier. "Come on, Lucky Jack. You have to eat or drink something." Scarlet encouraged him. "No thanks." said Lucky Jack. "You haven't ate anything when you and Henry joined us." Scarlet told him. "I can go weeks without eating. I'll be fine." Lucky Jack assured her. "Why argue? Let's go!" Jackie demanded. "But Jackie, Lucky Jack hasn't eaten anything." said Scarlet. "I'm not hungry." said Lucky Jack. "Scarlet, if Lucky Jack isn't hungry right now, he can eat something if he wants to next time we stop." said Jackie. Scarlet gave up. She told everyone to continue.

Finally! Let's get this over with. Lucky Jack thought. As everyone walked, the temperature became hot. Jackie told everyone to ignore it. The group continued traveling as the temperature rose higher. Scarlet couldn't let anyone move another inch. "All of you can stay here. I'll fly ahead to see if we are close to a good place to make our home." said Scarlet as she flew away. Jackie and the prairie dogs knew he was in charge. "We'll rest here. We won't rest long because we have to keep going! Enjoy the time all of you have now." he said.

Lucky Jack didn't want to rest and he didn't want to listen to Jackie. Scarlet, come back. He thought. No one didn't know when Scarlet would come back. Almost an hour of resting under the hot sun, Jackie started to order everyone around. "Let's dig for water." he ordered. The prairie dogs split up into 4 groups. Henry joined one of the groups. Lucky Jack didn't join any. He only watched everyone dig to find water. Jackie was annoyed, but he focused on digging. Lucky Jack knew no matter how much anyone would dig; they wouldn't fine anything. Everyone digged and digged. There was no luck. Jackie gave up and ordered everyone to continue walking. Everyone was still exhausted, but didn't say a word. Henry only talked to the prairie dogs. Lucky Jack didn't care. He felt a feeling towards Henry. It was negative. He knew what it was. It bothered him too much. He wanted to tell Henry what he felt. But, he just ignored it.

Later, it was night time. Jackie told Lucky Jack to stay up and watch for predators. "But I did that last night!" Lucky Jack told Jackie. "You fell asleep!" Jackie yelled. "So what?!" Lucky Jack yelled back. "I'm in charge! You listen to me!" Jackie yelled again. Lucky Jack gave up and did what he was told. He stayed up all through the night. He wished Scarlet was here. He wished he didn't get involved into this mess. He wished he never met Henry or Jackie. He wanted things to be back to normal. His brothers never left, his parents and grandfather never died, Alameda Slim never came to Echo Mine and Varn and Rebecca were still with him. He was miserable as ever. Lucky Jack stared at the moon. It looked different to him. He saw a shadowy figure looked down at him. All Lucky Jack could do was smile.

Day 3.

The night slowly passed. It was a new day. Everyone was eating their undecent breakfast. Lucky Jack only starved. No one didn't realize it. After everyone had ate, Jackie led the group once again. The sun made the earth blazing hot. Jackie wouldn't let anyone rest. He made everyone walk for the rest of the morning without a break.

Everyone missed Scarlet. Especially Lucky Jack. "Let's rest for now." said Jackie gasping for breath. Everyone was relived. They didn't want to get to comfy. The group rested for hours. It was still hot. A little too hot that no one could ignore. Lucky Jack fell asleep and dreamed. In his dream, he saw a dry area that was then flooded with water. The water was dryed up, leaving green fresh grass. Flowers bloomed from all around. It was a beautiful sight. Lucky Jack woke up. Jackie was standing before him with a concerned look. Lucky Jack was confused. "How long have I been out?" he asked. "2 hours." Jackie replied as his concerned look faded away. It went by so fast. Lucky Jack thought. "Are we leaving again?" Lucky Jack asked. Jackie didn't answer. He was silent for a moment and then replied by shaking his head. Jackie walked away.

Lucky Jack realized the temperature went down. What a relief. He thought. Lucky Jack saw Henry still having fun with the other prairie dogs. Lucky Jack rolled his eyes and decided to watch the clouds. Unfortunately, there were no clouds in the sky. So he just stared at the blue sky. Then he noticed something. It was a shadowy figure; like a bird. It was flying of course. I must be having a heat stroke. Lucky Jack thought. Then everyone noticed and was alarmed by it. Everyone stayed still as possible. Lucky Jack was afraid and stayed still too. Trying not to shake. The bird like figure flew down from the sky. It was Scarlet! Everyone ran to hug her. She hugged back. "I'm here now." she said.

"I've been searching. It seems we are not far from our new home." Scarlet explained. "Where's it at?" a prairie dog called out. Scarlet blushed. "It's a surprise." she said. "What now?" Henry asked. "We'll rest here and continue tomorrow afternoon." Scarlet replied. Everyone cheered, except Jackie. "Henry may watch tonight." said Scarlet. Lucky Jack was happy. This time he didn't have to stay up all night for the boring job. As for Henry, he didn't mind it.

The group spent the rest of the day eating dry ferns or grass they could find. Others took a nap or talked to each other. The temperature went up and down. The night came. Everyone was asleep and Henry stayed up. He knew it would be tedious, but believed it was worth it.