Hey guys!Punctuation errors are imminent so please be gentle with the reviews.

Had to do it or words would disappear.

Anyway enjoy. :)

And there it was, Aloys 's theory is 100% she with a living, breathing, talking Old One, as in the people people wiped out after the Faro Plague

She had suspected since he does not look like anyone from around here, but it's impossible-not really since there was one lying next to her, but that doesn't explain how he got where he is right now.

She had another problem, and that how was she would break it down to him that the old world was gone, and everyone he knew was gone, she doesn't know how he would react, he might be devastated to know that his love ones were long dead, the things he know long gone, he'd be overwhelmed or go crazy or something.

She decided to go to sleep, and worry about it tomorrow.

Dawn came, and Aloy woke up.

She looked over to her right, and saw that the fire was burnt out, and, Jack still deep asleep, while letting out a snore every few seconds, Aloy chuckled a little, and stood up.

She picked up her things, walked over to Jack, and knelt down next to him.

"Jack wake up," She said, but got no response.

"Jack wake up" She tried again, this time giving him a nudge.

"It's too damn early, five more minutes please," Jack said through his sleep, and rolled over to the other direction facing away from Aloy.

Aloy stood up, and put her hands on her waist.

"WAKE UP JACK!" Aloy yelled, and Jack freaked out, and tried to stand out.

"I'm...I'm up i'm up," Jack said as he tried to stand up; Aloy chuckled a little on how he started to panic, and how he tried to stand up.

"What is it?" Jack asked.

"Wake up soldier, we still have a long way remember?" Aloy said.

"Right, but...jeez did you have to do that?" Jack asked.

"Well I could've left you, but I couldn't do that," Aloy said with a smile, and Jack just gave her a look.

"Fine give me a minute to pick my stuff up," Jack said, stood up, and began to pick things up.

A minute later Jack picked up his things, and walked over to Aloy.

"Alright let's go," He said, and they were on their way.

As they were walking Aloy remembered the tragic truth.

Jack was still an Old One even if he doesn't know that, and what hurts Aloy is the fact that she has to break it down to him, which would hurt him more maybe even beyond just hurting him.

He could be devastated, broken, or something, then he ends up dead on the bottom of a cliff somewhere.

It's something Aloy wasn't prepared to do, but she has to do it or Jack would end doing something bad anyway.

While Aloy was lost in thought Jack stopped her, and froze dead still.

"What is it?", Aloy asked.

"I heard something.I think something is following us." Jack checked how many rounds he still has in his magazine, and cocked his rifle.

Aloy took out her war bow, and loaded an arrow.

The surrounding was dead quiet, you can hear a pin drop, Jack turned around to cover his back, and began to scan his point-of-view, while Aloy covered the front

Jack heard rustling in the bushes to his left, and trained his rifle, Aloy did the same, and pointed her arrow at the bushes.

The rustling continued until someone emerged from the bush, and startled Jack, and he hit the person's face with the stock of his rifle, and the person fell to the ground.

"FREEZE!" Jack yelled at the man."DONT MOVE!"

Aloy caught a glimpse of the man's face, and noticed it was just his friend Varl.

Varl held his face in pain and said, "Aw damn, alright calm down man," He said.

"You can put your weapon down tough guy, he's friendly," Aloy told Jack.

Jack pointed the barrel away from the man, and said, "Well you can tell your friend here that I could've killed him for jumping at us."

Aloy helped varl up.

"Whoa, it's cosplay fest ain't it?," Jack said, and Aloy just gave him a look.

"Why were you following me Varl?", Aloy asked.

"You?What am I invisible?", Jack sarcastically said.

Aloy scoffed at him.

"You've been gone for too long, the matriarchs thought you've been eaten by a sawtooth or something," Varl said, and Jack cleared his throat, and looked at Aloy.

"Oh sorry' bout that, thought I had something stuck in my throat," Jack said.

"Anyway they needed someone to check on you; no one else wanted to leave the claim - since they haven't gotten used to the new rule you made - so I volunteered to track you down, and see if you were okay," Varl told Aloy.

Varl is one of Aloy's closest friends so she wasn't surprised if Varl volunteered to come, and find her.

"The matriarchs know that know that I can take care of myself, you didn't need to come, and check on me," Aloy said.

Jack let out a small chuckle, and the two braves looked at him.

"And who are you?" Varl asked.

"Oh yeah Varl this is Jack.I met him on the path," Aloy said.

"Nice to meet you.," Jack extended his hand for a handshake. Varl didn't know how to respond.

"No handshake?Hmm.C'mon man dont leave me hanging," Jack insisted.

"Uhh", Varl was confused.

"No handshake, alright," Jack put away his hand, feeling a little awkward."Oh yeah i'm sorry about bashing your face with my rifle earlier," Jack said.

"Its alright, I would've done the same if I was startled like that," Varl said."Now can I speak to Aloy in private for a little bit?" He asked.

"Yeah sure, I'll be over there if you need me."

Varl led Aloy under the shadow of a tree, and whispered to her.

"Who is that guy?He doesn't look like he comes from around here, and what kind of weapon is he holding?", Varl asked.

Jack leaned against the trunk of another three a few meters away from the two, but he couldn't hear what the two were talking about. He was really was looking forward to getting back to home for a little bit to see his girlfriend Kristine before he gets sent back to the front in California to fight the plague. He promised her that he'd come back when the war was won, and the plague eradicated, he was even planning to propose to her when he gets back. They've been together for about three years, and when he gets back should be a good time if not the only time.

This war will end soon babe, and I'll be back to you once it does. Jack thought while looking through a picture of her in his focus.

Little does he know that day will never happen.

"I think I know where he's from Varl," Aloy said.

"Where?"

"I think he's one of the Old Ones."

"Thats impossible," Varl said in disbelief.

"You call that impossible," Aloy motioned her head over to Jack who was still under the tree.

"He does look like an Old One," Varl said.

Varl is one of the three people who knows the truth about the world. The other two is Teb, and Erend. Varl was overwhelmed when Aloy told him, and she thought he was gonna get a heart attack at the spot where she told him. Aloy also showed him a bunch of pictures through her focus of how the 'Old Ones' looked like.

"But that doesn't explain how he got here, and even if he survived the plague the years to come after would've killed him," Varl said.

"Yeah, I know, but I think I know a way he could've survived, but I can't tell you now though. For now you should get back to the tribe, and tell them i'm okay.I still need to get those parts." Aloy said.

"Alright I'll see you later," Varl said, and ran back to the walked back to Jack.

"Where is he going?" Jack asked.

"Uhh," Aloy can't break it down to Jack yet."Umm he's just heading back to the camp we have set up" Aloy said, while trying to sound as much as the Old Ones as possible.

"Okay, but do they have a sat phone or anything we still need to get you to the hospital," Jack said.

Aloy listened to a lot of holo-logs to know how to respond to some of the things Jack would say.

"Umm they...are like on a technology free camping trip, they don't have any devices with them."

Jack suspected that she was not telling her something, but dismissed it.

"Alright then let's go," Jack said, and Aloy nodded, and they were on their on their way.

As they were walking Aloy decided to let curiosity take over, and she began to ask questions.

"Um Jack"

"Yes Aloy"

"I wanted to ask what denver was?"

"You don't know what denver is?Are you like foreign or something?" Jack said.

"Um yeah, I am foreign," Aloy said.

"Oh yeah, from what country?" Jack asked.

Aloy's mind once again rushed to find an answer.

"Um...Im...from...canada, yeah i'm from canada," Aloy said, but Jack wasn't convinced.

"From what part of canada," Jack asked

"Um...from...british columbia," Jack halted, and examined her.

Aloy didn't like the way he was looking at her.

"Hmm alright you're canadian, but why are you here in colorado?Was it just to go camping with your friends?" Jack asked.

"Well yes.I have some friends who couldn't come to canada so I had to go here," Aloy said.

"Hmm...alright," Jack said, and they continued walking."By the way, to answer your question Denver is a city here in colorado."

"Alright, but another question is what weapon is that, the one you're carrying?"

"This?" Jack showed her his rifle.

"Yeah"

"Well this is an M2063 assault rifle. Ranged weapon, U.S. navy standard issue rifle, 700 rounds per minute, 1000 meter effective range, semi-auto, full auto, and a true ass kicker." Jack explained.

"That's a nice weapon, how does it work though?" Aloy asked.

"You point the front end of the rifle at what you wanna shoot, and pull the trigger," Jack said sarcastically.

"Hmm"

"Anymore questions?" Jack asked.

"No"

"Okay then"

As they were walking Jack got a strong feeling of suspicion on Aloy, she acts weird towards him, asks a lot of questions, and when he talks about something with her she would find it hard to answer back, it may just be him thinking too much, but he'll have to interrogate her later.

Another thing is that something does not feel right, he has a theory, but hopes he's wrong about it.

They continued walking, but had to stop and catch their breaths at a small stream.

Aloy concluded in her thoughts that the city of Denver is the ruins of the Old Ones where the metal ring is, while Jack thought about Aloy, and how mysterious she is.

What a strange girl, Jack thought, and drank some water.

The assault rifle Jack is holding is completely made up, but it uses the 7.62x51 or the .458 SOCOM.

Again i'm sorry again for the punctuation errors or any missing words in case I missed any.

But thanks for reading. :)