Drip...Drip...Drip
"Ugh...huh."
The woman known as Mei began to stir awake due to droplets of water staining her face which she wiped away with her coat.
She looked up as her eyes tried to adjust but was unable to adjust fully, she knew that she was missing something vital.
'Where are my glasses?'
To find her spectacles would be a challenge considering the dark environment she was in along with her limited sight.
Her problems were solved when a flash of blue light lit up the cave.
"Thanks snowball."
The robot chimed in joy as Mei found and her glasses on the rock floor
Now that her sight was finally restoring, she could finally focus even bigger concerns.
Where is she right now and where is that person?
"Mmmpppphhh..."
She turned towards the grunting sounds of pain and found her former aggressor still recovering from the fall.
It was best to use this to her advantage.
She took a combat stance as she aimed her blaster at her unsuspecting foe.
Bzzt-pew
Her offensive attack was no good as the gun malfunctioned. It seems that she was defenseless against any attack her foe had to offer.
'Oh, this is not good.'
Pyro fully recovered and found the opposition meddling with her weapon.
The perfect opportunity presented itself.
The flames of the homemade weapon began to illuminate the cave.
Drip..Drip..Drip
As it began to heat up, a flow of water fell on the pyromaniac which not only distinguished it's flames but left the maniac rolling in agony due to the cold water.
"Mphm! Mphm! MPHMMMMM!"
The woman took notice of the stranger's odd and slightly hysterical behavior and began to put everything together.
It seems that the masked being has an extremely low resistance to low tempatures.
This conclusion is backed up the the reaction it had when it touched her cold gloves
So it didn't attack her because of aggression...
It was practicing self-defense.
Her gaze quickly went up towards the ceiling and found the cause of the droplets which happened to be from icesicles. The heat he was generating was probably enough to cause the droplets.
When the being finally recovered from it's dramatic episode, it's gaze went on to her again but this time it put away his flame thrower.
"Wait! I have no intention of hurting you!"
Her cries had yet to stop him in his tracks. He continued to advance toward her with a mysterious aura she couldn't read.
She felt that her fate was sealed.
She backed up only to fall due to some vines on the cave floor. She tried to get up but the vines tangled themselves around her legs.
All she could do was wait for her end as she looked up to see an axe ready to strike.
She wished her friends the best as she closed her eyes.
Chop!
The sound of his axe was heard but she felt felt no pain or anything at all.
In fact, the tight grip around her feet were gone.
She opened her eyes and found that the binds were cut along with the masked being just staring at her in a... pecuilar way.
It was hard to see it's eyes but she felt the hositle aura fading away from him.
She stood up and held out her hand only to have the being taking an offensive position yet again.
She quickly reteated as she noticed it's hostility. She had to take a diffrent approach.
"...You don't like the cold, do you?"
The being slowly nodded it's head. It seems that it has the ability to understand her, she'll take note of that.
She slowly took off her mit which exposed the soft, porcelain skin she had.
She held it out to him and he slowly approached it with caution.
It mimicked her actions by taking off a single glove to reveal a hand covered in marks and scars.
It quickly brought its hands towards her and gave it a quick high-five.
The being grunted with glee as Mei nervously giggled.
The hostile feeling they felt for each other was only a memory for them now.
However, one problem still remains.
"Excuse me...um... What's your name?" She asked.
The being tilted his head as it quickly searched it's suit. She waited with curiosity as it continued it's search.
It paused as the two briefly stared at each other. Her gaze had yet to leave as the being had yet to move.
"Oh..um, Is something wrong?"
After a few seconds, it turned around and continued it's search which left a suprised Mei.
Her curosity got the better of her as she slowly approached him and attempted to look over it's shoulder.
The being took notice of this and quickly turned the other direction, leaving Mei with only more questions.
It's as it's trying to avoid her while it searches for whatever it was looking for.
The action began to repeat itself for a period of time with Mei trying to figure out what the masked mystery was doing and the mystery avoiding her just like the cold.
The unofficial game came to an end as it brought out a badge of some sort.
"Mph Mph Mpfhhhh!"
It sung in triumph as it presented the badge to her. She held the object and began to examine it.
She wiped off the ashes and saw a picture of a flame along with a single word.
"So...your name is 'Pyro' yes?"
It nodded it's head.
"Well, it's nice to meet you sir...or ma'am?"
Her statement caused Pyro to start unzipping his suit.
"No! It's fine, you don't have to show me! I'll just assume that you're a man if that's alright with you." She said with fluster. She didn't want to be in another awkward situation with 'him' again.
Pyro nodded his head as he zipped up his suit. She sighed a breath of relief.
"Thank you Pyro. Now, can you tell me why you were in the forest? If that's alright with you."
"Mph Mph Mpfh hmm, Mpfh Mpfh Mpfhhhh." He stated.
It seemed that she wasn't going to get any actual words from him. They are going to need a different way to communicate.
"Can you tell me in a different way, please?"
He took out a journal along with a red crayon and turned his back towards her. She tried yet again to see what he was doing but it had the same result from last time. He was dead set on keeping every thing he did away from her.
A few seconds passed until the scribbling of his crayon stopped.
He showed her a picture of a what seemed to be the forest as he had a face of glee which she didn't notice.
"Aww, what a cute drawing."
It was then that he turned around and scribbled some more. He turned back around with a new addition and she had a look of complete shock.
The forest was covered in flames.
"So you're here to destroy the forest?" She said as calmly as possible.
"Mpfh!"
She took that as a 'yes.'
"Why?"
He turned around and started a new page. She wasn't even going to attempt the same action of trying to figure out what he was drawing, she has learned her lesson from the previous times.
He turned to show her the drawing of many different sized stick figures.
There was one with a helmet that covered his eyes.
Another with glasses.
One with a hat and headset.
A tall and wide one.
One who had an eyepatch.
One with a hard hat and googles.
One with a mask and tie on.
And one with shades on and a folded hat.
It seems that they all are pointing at the final stick figure with a gas mask on.
"So, they told you to destroy the forest?"
He nodded his head.
She didn't know what was worse; That he was here for a reason that goes against her's or that there are more people like him.
"Mpfh Mpf mmp."
His muffled sound pushed her out of her thoughts. She saw that the mystery before her was starting right at her.
It seemed that he wanted something from her.
"Oh, you want to know why I'm here?"
He nodded.
"I was going for a stroll is all and scoping out for my team." She knew that now wasn't the time to reveal her true intentions. Her blaster is still malfunctioning so she's unable to fight back if he tries anything.
The being stared her in the eyes as he closed the distance. The voids were mesmerizing to her; it's like she was staring into deep space.
A few seconds passed as he muffled with joy and embraced her. All she could do was take all of the warmth she was giving her as he continued to hold on to her. A minute passed until they finally separated.
"Alright...Pyro. Do you have any idea where we are?"
He shrugged his shoulders.
It seems that they both are in a similar situation. They have no idea where they are and both of them are limited to what they can do.
The only option left is a little unfavorable but it's the only way.
"Hey, how about we help each other find a way out of here? I'm sure with the both of us, we'll make it out of here and back home." She said as she took off her glove and held it up high for him.
It took some time but he showed his agreement by mimicking her actions.
Rumble
The high five echoed through out the cave which drawn out a worrisome sound.
"We might have to do the next one a bit more quietly."
Pyro nodded his head as the two made their way through the cave, guided by the shining blue light of Snowball.
Ok so...My phone broke so I had to finesse someone's iPad cause I'll be damned if I didn't finish this. Geez I'm basically freeballin at this point but I think I got the flow to this story. Hope to see y'all in the next one my guys... also look forward to my next one cause I'm gonna update that 'one' story I got here ;)
