One More Time
Soundlessly Bray creped into the room that Lola was staying in. There was a chair in the corner and he decided to make himself at home. After a few minutes of silence, the lifeless body on the bed slowly began to move. Her eyes fluttered open and she turned, still groggy, to look at Bray who was drifting off to sleep.
"Bray?" croaked Lola. Bray jolted awake and he got up and kneeled next to her bed. Lola looked at him for a few minutes as if waiting for him to verify his identity.
"Yes, it's me." Bray said quietly. Lola threw her arms around his neck and Bray held her tight.
"What happened to you?" Bray asked as he softly stroked her hair. Lola pulled back and sat cross legged on the bed.
"Well, ever since the virus I was staying in the country at my family's farm. I had a small tribe there and we survived, until the Chosen attacked. Some of us survived and started to travel to the city. And, just our luck, we ran into what was left of the Demon Dogs. They kept us prisoner, without food, for days and when they were wasted after a night of partying my tribe and I escaped. Then we split up. That's how I ended up here. I must have fainted outside because of exhaustion." Almost as if she was out of breath, Lola sighed. "What about you?"
Bray's history was much longer than Lola's but she listened intensively. It was enough to just hear his voice again.
After he finished Bray looked at Lola. She was yawning. He smiled. "I think I have kept you awake long enough. Go sleep. When you're rested we can talk some more." Bray kissed Lola's forehead and tiptoed out of the room and quietly closed the door.
Once he was outside he sighed. She's still as beautiful as ever. "Talk about good timing." Bray thought out loud, maybe a little bit too loud.
Lex over heard Bray and he came over and stood by him. "So, how is she?" Lex wasn't good at small talk; Bray could hear a thread of nervousness in Lex's voice.
"A lot better. What's wrong?" Lex looked at Bray, stunned that he could see right through him.
"We just got a message from the Eco's. The Chosen attacked them and took prisoners. Bray, Amber's one of the prisoners." Lex softly said and he looked to Bray for a response.
"What do the Eco's expect us to do? If we can't get the rest of our tribe out, how can we get their tribe out?" sighed Bray. But Lex wouldn't take that.
"You know Bray; you can be so aggravating sometimes! We will get Tai-san and the others out, and we will help Amber and her tribe." Lex shouted.
"Eagle." Bray corrected his face cold and showing no emotion.
"What?" questioned Lex, who was still angry.
"Eagle and her tribe. You heard her. She's not Amber anymore. She's Eagle." Bray sadly looked to the floor and the then looked at Lex. "I won't make any promises, but we will try." Bray said as he turned and walked toward his room.
Lex watched him with a sense of compassion for his friend. Lex shook his head and turned to see Ebony behind him.
"What do you want?" Lex walked around Ebony and towards the kitchen.
"I feel sorry for him." Ebony followed Lex making a gesture towards the direction that Bray went.
"Don't be. He is dealing with it in his own way and if you know him so well you would know that he doesn't want your pity." Lex opened the closet and pulled out a glass. He turned around and shot a cold glance at Ebony. She backed down and walked away. Lex filled his glass with water and turned to look to the way Ebony went. Lex smirked and took a drink, not a good a wine, but it will have to do.
Soundlessly Bray creped into the room that Lola was staying in. There was a chair in the corner and he decided to make himself at home. After a few minutes of silence, the lifeless body on the bed slowly began to move. Her eyes fluttered open and she turned, still groggy, to look at Bray who was drifting off to sleep.
"Bray?" croaked Lola. Bray jolted awake and he got up and kneeled next to her bed. Lola looked at him for a few minutes as if waiting for him to verify his identity.
"Yes, it's me." Bray said quietly. Lola threw her arms around his neck and Bray held her tight.
"What happened to you?" Bray asked as he softly stroked her hair. Lola pulled back and sat cross legged on the bed.
"Well, ever since the virus I was staying in the country at my family's farm. I had a small tribe there and we survived, until the Chosen attacked. Some of us survived and started to travel to the city. And, just our luck, we ran into what was left of the Demon Dogs. They kept us prisoner, without food, for days and when they were wasted after a night of partying my tribe and I escaped. Then we split up. That's how I ended up here. I must have fainted outside because of exhaustion." Almost as if she was out of breath, Lola sighed. "What about you?"
Bray's history was much longer than Lola's but she listened intensively. It was enough to just hear his voice again.
After he finished Bray looked at Lola. She was yawning. He smiled. "I think I have kept you awake long enough. Go sleep. When you're rested we can talk some more." Bray kissed Lola's forehead and tiptoed out of the room and quietly closed the door.
Once he was outside he sighed. She's still as beautiful as ever. "Talk about good timing." Bray thought out loud, maybe a little bit too loud.
Lex over heard Bray and he came over and stood by him. "So, how is she?" Lex wasn't good at small talk; Bray could hear a thread of nervousness in Lex's voice.
"A lot better. What's wrong?" Lex looked at Bray, stunned that he could see right through him.
"We just got a message from the Eco's. The Chosen attacked them and took prisoners. Bray, Amber's one of the prisoners." Lex softly said and he looked to Bray for a response.
"What do the Eco's expect us to do? If we can't get the rest of our tribe out, how can we get their tribe out?" sighed Bray. But Lex wouldn't take that.
"You know Bray; you can be so aggravating sometimes! We will get Tai-san and the others out, and we will help Amber and her tribe." Lex shouted.
"Eagle." Bray corrected his face cold and showing no emotion.
"What?" questioned Lex, who was still angry.
"Eagle and her tribe. You heard her. She's not Amber anymore. She's Eagle." Bray sadly looked to the floor and the then looked at Lex. "I won't make any promises, but we will try." Bray said as he turned and walked toward his room.
Lex watched him with a sense of compassion for his friend. Lex shook his head and turned to see Ebony behind him.
"What do you want?" Lex walked around Ebony and towards the kitchen.
"I feel sorry for him." Ebony followed Lex making a gesture towards the direction that Bray went.
"Don't be. He is dealing with it in his own way and if you know him so well you would know that he doesn't want your pity." Lex opened the closet and pulled out a glass. He turned around and shot a cold glance at Ebony. She backed down and walked away. Lex filled his glass with water and turned to look to the way Ebony went. Lex smirked and took a drink, not a good a wine, but it will have to do.