Chapter 4: Light from the Darkness

She awoke. It was still dark outside. She removed the rope from her ankles and curled back up to sleep.
Logan awoke. It was morning. He hauled himself out of bed and went to go check on the girl.

"We really need to find out her name so we don't have to keep calling her 'the girl'" Logan thought.

He wheeled into the room There she was staring at him, eyes searching every inch of him.

"I won't hurt you I promise, I'm a friend." Logan said softly. Trying to convey his idea through tone of voice as well as with words, because he still didn't know if she spoke English. The way he figured it was better to try, than to have her kill him. Still he kept his distance.

"I'm Logan and you are?"

The girl looked at him, as if he had 3 heads, obviously she didn't speak much English, if any. He decided to take a different approach. He pointed to himself.

"Logan"

The girl stared at him for a moment, before pointing at him, and repeating his name.

"Well that's a start." Logan said

The girl than pointed to herself and made a sound. Logan knew he could never repeat that sound. It was a low growl, with a sharp twitter of a bark at the end. She saw the look on his face, much like the one, she had just had, and repeated the sound. Logan just shook his head.

"Hon-teer"

"Honteer? Hunter?"

She nodded.

"Hunter" Logan repeated. Well it fit. "Are you hungry Hunter?"

She gave him a blank look.

"Food?"
She understood this. She nodded, and gave him a look that conveyed what words could not.

Logan than made Hunter a breakfast of egg, sausage, and toast. When he gave her the plate, she once again gave him a look of pure curiosity.

"What THAT????" She asked pointing at the eggs.

"Eggs" Logan replied

"Eggs," she repeated, than she made a noise like a bird.

"Yes!" Logan replied, amazed at how bird like she sounded" Eggs from a bird"

"Eggs, no look like that" Hunter stumbled through the sentence, but Logan could see that she was learning very quickly.

"Can you read?" Logan asked

"Read, word?"

"Yes" Once again Logan was amazed with this girl, who a 1/2 an hour ago couldn't speak any English. He than went off and brought back a dictionary. He handed it to Hunter, who accepted it with out a thought.

"Read it if you can" He said

Hunter took the dictionary, and began to read. She read much too fast for a normal person. She finished the book in a mere 4 hours.

"Now I learn more?" She asked

"More?"

"Yes, English is... fun, is that the word?"

"Well it could be fun I guess"

" But now I must rest"

"Right you must be tired"

Hunter went back into the bedroom, while Logan puzzled over this VERY intelligent girl, who had mastered the English language in 4 hours flat. In 2 hours Hunter came back out. She was wide-awake, and caught him quite off guard. She found him in his computer room.

"Oh, hunter, I didn't expect to see you so soon"

"I don't rest much"

"Oh" Logan said, reminded of Max. "Where are you from Hunter?"

"A forest far away"

"Why did you leave?"

"I had to"

"Really, why"

"Long story"

"I've got the time"

"How do I know I can trust you?"

"How about if you tell me your story, than I'll tell you mine?"

"Alright, but some of it I don't understand"

"That's fine, just tell me what you know"