Silver walked closely next to Blade, still chatting, but more warily. The two had noticed the little cat, who was more of a lion cub around the size of a full grown hyena, following them. It's eye's were a strange dull, dead gray, and it's would be golden pelt pure black as if it had a mutation. Hmm. Silver turned her gaze and glanced backward for a moment, before giving a sigh, speaking. "So, should we stop and make camp pretty soon?" Blade turned his dark brown gaze towards her, giving the slightest smile. "Yes, let us go a bit deeper first though. I want to see if we can hit a cave." The two had been walking for a couple hours now, resting occasionally, and went into the plains opposite of the forest. And they were met with a surprise when the lush green plains melted into rocky, sandy lands. She could see why he would want to find a cave. It would get very cold tonight, as the end of fall drew closer. It had already snowed her a small amount of time, and they would almost certainly get hypothermia if they tried to sleep in the freezing cold of the night. Silver had done a quick change into her dress and a pair of leggings, finding it warmer. The inside of the dress was soft and fluffy, with long sleeves and the white lynx-fur-like neck lining. The gray material was also actually quite durable, something she favored about they knee-high dress. To be honest, she normally hated dresses. But this one was perfect. Tightly and snugly fitting until her waist, were it gave away to a poofy layered skirt that stopped just below her knees, allowing easy movement despite the layers. And it looked beautiful. Beside her, Blade wore jeans with black high tops, and had found a medium black t-shirt in a store, ditching the large one that had been baggy. He didn't have a jacket and shivered slightly in the cold. As they searched for a cave, Silver found her thoughts wandering away, and caught herself looking towards Blade. His black-brown hair was covering an eye slightly,and he tucked it behind an ear. She noticed how he wasn't fat nor thin, and was actually quite strong looking. Soon, however, Blade turned his gaze to see her looking at him. He raised an eyebrow slightly and had to hold back a slight chuckle when Silver realized she had been admiring him and had quickly turned away, trying to hide the blushing that appeared on her face.

Blade was about to say something and tease her slightly, when an opening caught his gaze. "Aha! Look, there's a cave over there!" He smiled and looked over at Silver before pointing towards it. She smile back, walking over to the cave. "Ah, finally! I'd began to think we were going to walk forever." Blade gave a slight chuckle as they both walked in. Setting the one strapped raggedy backpack down, he reached in and grabbed a box of matches. They had peered inside of the pack one one of their stops, and were please to find it backed well. It had a first aid kit, survival kit, MRE's for days they couldn't find food, a few filled water bottles, and flashlights. They had also packed it with a couple changes of clothing when they had stopped near a store. Walking outside, Blade glanced and saw a black shape running off, sure to be back later. He gave a sigh and reached down, grabbing some dried grass, and then wandering farther away to grab dead branches. Once he had a good amount, he walked back, finding that Silver had made quick work of a couple of hares with her knife, the skin peeled off of them and leaving two lumps of meat, still wet and glistening with blood. He sat and arranged everything, lighting the match and throwing in into the dried grass, adding the branches in later. He then made a makeshift spit, letting the meat roast. "Hey, nice catch by the way, we'll eat well tonight." Silver smiled at him, replying. "Thank you. And nice work with the fire. Now we won't have to eat them raw." Blade simply gave a soft chuckle. The continued chatting through the night about nothing in particular, eating and settling down to go to sleep by the fire. They hadn't found any blankets and none had been packed, so the fire was pretty much their only source of heat, as they dozed off.

The lioness gave a yawn as she padded back to the cave where the two shifters were, her dull gray eye's looking around. She had just finished giving her report to the leader a bit ago, and now her orders were to approach them. She would be using the name 'Alexa', and would have to shift into her human form. So, once close to the cave were the dying fire was, she shifted. The pain was excruciating. She hadn't shifted in a while, and had forgotten how it felt. Bones expanded and broke, shifting into new forms, as her organs were crushed and punctured, healing themselves almost immediately after. Soon, the look like a standing human with strange dull green eyes and was covered in black fur like a fur suit. But the pain wasn't done yet. It felt like millions of small threads that had poked through her skin were slowly pulling back in, tearing and ripping skin. Finally, it was finished. She now look like a young nine year old with black hair that went a bit below her shoulders, and her once gray now green eye's still had that dull, lifeless look. She, now a young girl who would go by Alexa, fell to her knees as tears leaked from her eyes. She never wanted to do that again. After Alexa recovered herself, she took a deep breath, and slipped into the cave. Waiting, she was simply a sitting black shape. But then brown eye's abruptly opened, startling her as she saw that they rimmed with blue. The man reached over and hugged a women in a gray dress protectively to his chest, she still sleeping. And then the man let out a deep primal growl, the shape of two black ears was now on his head, and a large, fluffy strange patterned and colored tail laid on his own and the women's legs. And his now pure blue gaze locked with her dull green.