Jet leapt forward and was leaning over Keera beaming as her eyes opened and she blinked us into focus.

"Never do that to us again you hear me! Guys she is awake." Jet cried, as if we were a million miles away, we could quite clearly see that Keera was awake.

"It's not like I planned for it to happen Jet." Keera croaked, Jet lifted the water to her lips ad poured it into her mouth. "Thanks"

"Hey, how are you feeling?" I asked smiling down at her, she smiled back.

"I've felt better" A look of relaxation came over Keera's face as she looked around at us, clearly happy to be back with familiar faces, she was most likely still feeling pretty shook up, kidnap can do that to a person, not that I would know but I could imagine how she was feeling. She tried to sit up and Jet gently but forcefully pushed her back into a horizontal position.

"You need to be careful, we have patched you up as best we can but we really need to get you to the Mirage infirmary. You're just going to have to take it easy till we get there, which I know will be difficult for you." I explained to her, nowing she would not like that, Keera was not the kind of person to rest while other people were working, sometimes I wondered if she was an actual workaholic.

Keera lifted the shirt that I dressed her in and looked down at the bandage that was wrapped around her, she sat up this time managing to fight off Jet. Blake was cooking stew for us, his stew was bound to give Keera some of her strength back, Blake handed Keera a billet can full of stew and smiled at me as he did so. He hadn't known Keera very long but I could see it in his face and the way that he held himself that he was just as relieved as I was to have her back with us.

"Once you have some of your strength back we must get moving the crows are circling and I don't want to have to face another attack from them, not with you in this vulnerable state" said Blake, I placed my hand upon his shoulder.

"Em, I would advise against calling Keera vulnerable." I said to Blake which gave us all a laugh. It was nice to here us all laughing again as if we weren't in the middle of an important mission or we hadn't been attacked, and one of us kidnapped by Shadow Mages.

Blake and I moved to the other side of the camp, I wanted to give Jet some time alone with Keera since he had really struggled while she was away. "Jet really likes her doesn't he."

"It is so obvious I know, well obvious to everyone but Keera." I giggled.

"How can she not tell?"

"I think it is because we are all such good friends, she can't imagine he likes her as anything other than a friend." I explained.

"So neither of you have been anything more than friends with Jet?"

"Are you kidding me!" I laughed hysterically and pushed Blake. "Jet is like my brother, that is totally gross. He is not my type at all."

"What is your type?" he asked grinning at me. I didn't know what my type was.

"If I didn't know any better I would have said you were flirting with me." I mock glared at him.

"Well what is a little harmless flirting between friends."

"What! Why are you looking at me like that!" Keera yelled. I spun round quickly to see what was going on. I made my way over to where they were both sitting. Keera had a face like thunder and Jet had a hideous wounded look on his face.

"Jet, can you leave is alone for a few minutes please." Jet rolled his eyes at me then walked over to Blake, dragging his feet like a scolded child. I sat down beside Keera, making myself comfortable I gave her a look that suggested I wanted to have a serious talk with her.

"What happened when you were taken?" I asked her.

"What do you mean what happened, I was abducted what do you think happened. I was able to use my magic to escape after a fight with one of the shadow mages" Keera explained, her tone of voice was an annoyed one, she must be mad at me for asking but I was not going to let her bottle everything up so that she snapped at everyone.

"How did you get your amulet back?"

"By being devious and using my feminine charm, why?" She was questioning my concern, she should know I would have been interested in what had happened.

"Using your feminine charm and that worked? Keera these are shadow mages I doubt that they were interested in canoodling with an apprentice guard we are natural enemies after all."

"Well it did work because I managed to escape. The shadow mages were men after all and all men are weak to a woman's touch"

"So this shadow mage you charmed was he called Vex?" I asked trying to keep my face as neutral as possible.

"Yes, but how do you..." I saw the wave of confusion and slight panic hit Keera.

"How do I know? I know because you whisper his name in your sleep"

"They were nightmares" she said hurriedly. "What are you suggesting!" Keera sat her self up straight and crossed her arms in a defensive manor.

"Em... nothing you did what you had to" I looked at the dirt around my feet "Sorry."

"Hey its ok can't be too careful right?" Keera placed her hand on my shoulder and smiled at me. I was now quite dark, I could see Keera scanning the camp. There was a loud bird call, Jet and Blake were on their feet immediately, Jet searched the sky even though it would be too dark to see anything.

"We need to set a watch for the night, Jet first, Gyn then I will go last..." Blake began but was soon interrupted by Keera, I had expected this.

"Oh no you don't, I am doing a watch too do not treat me like an invalid or we will fall out" she scolded. Blake, Jet and I gave each other a 'I knew it' look.

"Ok fine you can do second watch" Blake sighed.

"Good I can build a wall around the camp it may help with defences" Keera suggested. I was about to yell at her, tell her that she was stupid for trying to do things to soon but I decided to keep it to myself. Instead I helped Keera to stand and then I supported her as we walked around the edge of the camp. The soil was rising beside us about 2 metres high, I could feel the ground rumbling under my feet as it did so.

Once the wall was up I helped Keera to get into her sleeping bag and then retired to my own, which had been placed beside Blake's.

I had trouble sleeping, I was worried about things flying overhead, Keeras wall would not protect us from an aerial attack. I drifted in and out of restless sleep, I was just on the boarder of falling back to sleep when I heard it a crow cry, it was unmistakable. From where I was lying I saw Keera being to get up from where she was sitting she walked towards the wall and then created an arch in it. I turned over knowing she would check to see if we were sleeping before heading out into the pitch darkness. Once she was out I sat up and looked around, Jet and Blake were still sleeping, I picked up my weapons and crept over to the arch she had made. I stood to the side of it and peered around the corner, in the dark all I could see was a faint outline of two people standing a few metres from the wall. I stayed were I was and listed to what I could of their hushed conversation.