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Chapter 6: Back To Camp
I waited by the door, tapping my foot softly. I'd been waiting for a few hours by now, and was getting tired of waiting. When I woke up Kyle had asked if he could come with me to my camp. I started to say no, but Crystal said he could. Now she wanted to come as well! I sighed heavily, wishing I could go alone. I started to head out without them when I heard someone cough behind me. I turned slowly to see the two of them standing there, tapping their feet.
"You weren't gonna leave without us, were you?" Crystal asked sternly.
"Uh... No, of course not! I was just gonna stand outside for a while, that's all!" I blurted out, trying to sound believable.
"You wouldn't lie to us, would you?" Kyle asked harshly.
"W-why would I lie?" I smiled pitifully, backing up a little. They both grunted and started to walk to the door. I stepped out of their way, watching them carefully. I sighed as they walked out, picking up my sword and tying it to my waist. I ran after them, yelling at them to wait for me.
We trudged through the forest slowly. It was hot and muggy for some reason. Kyle didn't feel good and I was sweating bad. Crystal, on the other hand, seemed fine. She wasn't sweating near as much as either of us, and she was in front the whole time. Finally Kyle asked if we could take a break. I agreed whole heartedly, but Crystal didn't want to.
"C'mon! You guys are tired already!? And you call yourself a traveler!" I just grunted and sat under a tree stubbornly, sticking my tongue out at her. She flared up with rage, but Kyle's snoring just made her stare off into space. I laughed a little and she glared at me evilly. I laughed louder and leaned against the tree. I heard her sigh as she walked up to the tree and sat down as well. She looked at me with a confused look on her face.
"So what's out here that's so important anyway?" she asked, but I just smirked and said.
"Something special..." She grunted and started to scold me again, but I interrupted her. "Something of my father's..." Her anger faded and she looked off into the distance. I took this quick moment to grieve a little, still trying to forget that day. I closed my eyes, thinking about ways to forget. I counted, I remembered things from my past before that day. I remembered my training with my father. I remembered my mother's cooking. I remembered the smug look on Vincent's face as he watched my home burn around him and my father die before him. I opened my eyes, not wanting to think of that right now. I could still hear his laugh in my head. Then I realized it wasn't his laugh I was hearing. I stood, confused. Kyle was still asleep, but Crystal looked up at me as I walked away.
"Where are you going?" She asked..
"I thought I heard something. Stay here with Kyle, I won't be long." I said over my shoulder calmly. I walked toward the sound of the laughter. It was getting louder. I saw the ground drop off ahead as I walked closer, quietly. Whoever was there, they were just below. I peeked over the edge to see five men rummaging though my tent! I found my camp, but thieves must have gotten here first. I sighed and stood, drawing my sword.
"Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing?" They all looked up at me and laughed. I jumped down on top of the closest one, glaring at the rest. They drew their short swords and knives as the guy under me just groaned. I smiled a little, stepping to the side. We stared off for a while before one of them stepped forward.
"G'home kid, we got nothin' ta do wit' ya!" He must have been the leader.
"That's my stuff you're going through, and I'd be happy if you gave it back." The rest of them laughed, but the leader watched me carefully.
"Listen kid, we found dis all on our own! An' if some punk-ass, snot- nosed boy wants ta take it, then he's gotta fight fer it!" I grinned, holding up my sword.
"I was hopping you'd say something like that..."
Chapter 6: Back To Camp
I waited by the door, tapping my foot softly. I'd been waiting for a few hours by now, and was getting tired of waiting. When I woke up Kyle had asked if he could come with me to my camp. I started to say no, but Crystal said he could. Now she wanted to come as well! I sighed heavily, wishing I could go alone. I started to head out without them when I heard someone cough behind me. I turned slowly to see the two of them standing there, tapping their feet.
"You weren't gonna leave without us, were you?" Crystal asked sternly.
"Uh... No, of course not! I was just gonna stand outside for a while, that's all!" I blurted out, trying to sound believable.
"You wouldn't lie to us, would you?" Kyle asked harshly.
"W-why would I lie?" I smiled pitifully, backing up a little. They both grunted and started to walk to the door. I stepped out of their way, watching them carefully. I sighed as they walked out, picking up my sword and tying it to my waist. I ran after them, yelling at them to wait for me.
We trudged through the forest slowly. It was hot and muggy for some reason. Kyle didn't feel good and I was sweating bad. Crystal, on the other hand, seemed fine. She wasn't sweating near as much as either of us, and she was in front the whole time. Finally Kyle asked if we could take a break. I agreed whole heartedly, but Crystal didn't want to.
"C'mon! You guys are tired already!? And you call yourself a traveler!" I just grunted and sat under a tree stubbornly, sticking my tongue out at her. She flared up with rage, but Kyle's snoring just made her stare off into space. I laughed a little and she glared at me evilly. I laughed louder and leaned against the tree. I heard her sigh as she walked up to the tree and sat down as well. She looked at me with a confused look on her face.
"So what's out here that's so important anyway?" she asked, but I just smirked and said.
"Something special..." She grunted and started to scold me again, but I interrupted her. "Something of my father's..." Her anger faded and she looked off into the distance. I took this quick moment to grieve a little, still trying to forget that day. I closed my eyes, thinking about ways to forget. I counted, I remembered things from my past before that day. I remembered my training with my father. I remembered my mother's cooking. I remembered the smug look on Vincent's face as he watched my home burn around him and my father die before him. I opened my eyes, not wanting to think of that right now. I could still hear his laugh in my head. Then I realized it wasn't his laugh I was hearing. I stood, confused. Kyle was still asleep, but Crystal looked up at me as I walked away.
"Where are you going?" She asked..
"I thought I heard something. Stay here with Kyle, I won't be long." I said over my shoulder calmly. I walked toward the sound of the laughter. It was getting louder. I saw the ground drop off ahead as I walked closer, quietly. Whoever was there, they were just below. I peeked over the edge to see five men rummaging though my tent! I found my camp, but thieves must have gotten here first. I sighed and stood, drawing my sword.
"Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing?" They all looked up at me and laughed. I jumped down on top of the closest one, glaring at the rest. They drew their short swords and knives as the guy under me just groaned. I smiled a little, stepping to the side. We stared off for a while before one of them stepped forward.
"G'home kid, we got nothin' ta do wit' ya!" He must have been the leader.
"That's my stuff you're going through, and I'd be happy if you gave it back." The rest of them laughed, but the leader watched me carefully.
"Listen kid, we found dis all on our own! An' if some punk-ass, snot- nosed boy wants ta take it, then he's gotta fight fer it!" I grinned, holding up my sword.
"I was hopping you'd say something like that..."