Chapter 2
Aeris looked up and stood pressing herself against the tree breathing heavily as she darted glances around the area in fright. The man yanked her back down by her dress and pressed his finger to his lips.
"You must be quiet, the behemoth can hear the slightest thing," He whispered as he moved himself to the other side of the tree and lifted his hands above his head.
"Warp…" He whispered as soft as he could. Soft white like snowflakes flowed gently from the tips of fingertips in his silver gloves and circled tightly around the tree. A short blast of light appeared and the rumbling suddenly stopped.
"Go, just walk through the tree while the behemoths are blinded!" He commanded.
"But what about-"
"Forgot it just go and hurry! They'll awake from their state soon!" He commanded again. Aeris seemed confused on what to do and just did as he commanded vanishing through it. She seemed to fall through a deep portal and was slammed against the ground on the other side. She squinted her eyes deeply as she struck the hard surface. She groaned in pain and began to open her eyes but got a headache every time she tried Aeris tilted her head to the side and tried to move her arms but the pain was great and she collapsed coughing rapidly. She could taste the thick blood as she began to cough. She could feel the hot warm sun against her long brown hair and knew she had to be far off from where she was.
I wonder who that man was… She thought as she lay silently. Suddenly a deep cold consumed her body and the sun's heat vanished from her skin.
"Hmmm… strange, who's she?" A young man asked. Aeris could feel his eyes on her and she refused to move in fear he might try to kill her while she was weak.
"I don't know. Is she alive?" Another man asked. She could hear his knees crack as he bent down and placed two fingers on the side of her neck. They were extremely cold to the touch and she shuttered as he placed them gently against her.
"Don't think so, she's still moving," He replied to the other and quickly lifted his fingers from her.
"Well if she's not dead, then don't you think we should take her to the infirmary?"
"I don't know. Our doctor isn't very much trusted there anymore you know. He's been accused to kidnapping his patients, and she looks to hurt to have anything done to her without her dying. There's no way she would be able to resist him if he tried to take her to where the others are."
"Yeah well, what are we gonna do with her?"
"I guess I can take her back to my place and help revive her, shouldn't be to hard, if she can feel my fingers she should be able to stand in a couple hours,"
"Fine whatever you want to do."
They finally stopped talking and the one man bent down again and placed his hands under her body and scooped her up into his arms. Aeris could feel her hair drop behind her head and sway with the on coming wind but she was to weak to open her eyes to prove she was awake let alone speak to them.
"Damn she's pretty,"
"Yeah but you ain't getting her and you know it, Dyne!" The other one called out chuckling softly. Aeris could do nothing but lay back and a wait for them to release her so she can get back home and go to the man who saved her and repay him for it. She didn't know what else to do so she refused to move and listened to the men as they started walking towards their home.
Aeris looked up and stood pressing herself against the tree breathing heavily as she darted glances around the area in fright. The man yanked her back down by her dress and pressed his finger to his lips.
"You must be quiet, the behemoth can hear the slightest thing," He whispered as he moved himself to the other side of the tree and lifted his hands above his head.
"Warp…" He whispered as soft as he could. Soft white like snowflakes flowed gently from the tips of fingertips in his silver gloves and circled tightly around the tree. A short blast of light appeared and the rumbling suddenly stopped.
"Go, just walk through the tree while the behemoths are blinded!" He commanded.
"But what about-"
"Forgot it just go and hurry! They'll awake from their state soon!" He commanded again. Aeris seemed confused on what to do and just did as he commanded vanishing through it. She seemed to fall through a deep portal and was slammed against the ground on the other side. She squinted her eyes deeply as she struck the hard surface. She groaned in pain and began to open her eyes but got a headache every time she tried Aeris tilted her head to the side and tried to move her arms but the pain was great and she collapsed coughing rapidly. She could taste the thick blood as she began to cough. She could feel the hot warm sun against her long brown hair and knew she had to be far off from where she was.
I wonder who that man was… She thought as she lay silently. Suddenly a deep cold consumed her body and the sun's heat vanished from her skin.
"Hmmm… strange, who's she?" A young man asked. Aeris could feel his eyes on her and she refused to move in fear he might try to kill her while she was weak.
"I don't know. Is she alive?" Another man asked. She could hear his knees crack as he bent down and placed two fingers on the side of her neck. They were extremely cold to the touch and she shuttered as he placed them gently against her.
"Don't think so, she's still moving," He replied to the other and quickly lifted his fingers from her.
"Well if she's not dead, then don't you think we should take her to the infirmary?"
"I don't know. Our doctor isn't very much trusted there anymore you know. He's been accused to kidnapping his patients, and she looks to hurt to have anything done to her without her dying. There's no way she would be able to resist him if he tried to take her to where the others are."
"Yeah well, what are we gonna do with her?"
"I guess I can take her back to my place and help revive her, shouldn't be to hard, if she can feel my fingers she should be able to stand in a couple hours,"
"Fine whatever you want to do."
They finally stopped talking and the one man bent down again and placed his hands under her body and scooped her up into his arms. Aeris could feel her hair drop behind her head and sway with the on coming wind but she was to weak to open her eyes to prove she was awake let alone speak to them.
"Damn she's pretty,"
"Yeah but you ain't getting her and you know it, Dyne!" The other one called out chuckling softly. Aeris could do nothing but lay back and a wait for them to release her so she can get back home and go to the man who saved her and repay him for it. She didn't know what else to do so she refused to move and listened to the men as they started walking towards their home.