Theresa groaned and rolled over slowly. She was pretty sure that the
excruciating pain that was still stinging her body meant that she was
either dead or that she was still going through whatever portal she had
been sucked through. She opened her eyes and to her surprise all she could
see was a bright light in her eyes. She screamed, louder than she had when
going through the black hole, and sat up, staring at the bright hellish
redness above her. Much to her embarrassment, it was just the sun setting
and it looked like she was just lying in a patch of grass in an open field.
She remembered she hadn't been alone when she had come here and heard a groan beside her. She turned her head and looked down and there he was, his clothes ripped and his forehead bleeding.
"Lyre?" She went to poke him but then realized the pressure she felt was her squeezing his hand tightly enough to turn his knuckles white. She quickly dropped his hand, feeling her palms get sweaty. She quickly stole a look at his bare chest underneath his destroyed shirt. She smiled; glad to know he was built as though he had been working out since he was in the womb. He was slightly pudgy however, so that the massiveness of his muscles wasn't so terrifying.
She stood, realizing he wasn't going to wake for a while. She made a mental note to find some water so she could wipe off the long gash he had on his forehead. She began to walk up the hill that was behind her. After a long climb up the hill she came to realize she wasn't on a hill. As she looked down she saw only rocks and what smelled like salt water. She blinked then looked out over the water to see there was nothing on the other side. She stared out at the sunset for a while then decided that if she were going to get out of here she was going to have to wake up Lyre.
She turned to go back down the cliff then for the first time she realized that in the forest that spread out below her, something was burning. It seemed to be moving so she ran down the hill, fell and landed on top of Lyre who was just beginning to sit up. This made for a very embarrassing and painful situation. She landed with her knee to his groin and (somehow) she ended up with her lips pressed to his. Her mouth muffled his cry of pain and soon it died away. They laid there for a bit, stunned into staying as they were. Then Lyre broke the impromptu kiss, pulling her off of him and rubbing his groin.
"What did I ever do to you?" He sat up gingerly, his voice as high as one of the Castrati of old.
"Oh god I'm sorry... I didn't mean to do that... at all... I'm so so sorry..."
"It's all right... I'm fine... relax... at least I got a kiss out of it..."
She blushed and sat up beside him. "We've got a problem." She said, brushing a strand of her hair behind her ear.
"Besides the fact that I'm never going to have children? Oh dear it must be important... like the world ending."
"Ha ha." She shifted position so she could look at him. "You're not going to let me off about that are you?"
"You got it dude!"
"Whatever... Look, in that forest over there there's a fire and we can't go the other way unless you have a boat. Or you can swim really well for two people."
"A fire... but that forest can't burn..."
"Huh?"
"Uh... this is a really long story and I don't have time to explain it. Look just come with me okay?"
"All right... you sure you're okay... I'm super sorry about mauling you."
"It's cool." He stands up and looks up at the quickly darkening sky. "We'd better hurry. If it gets too dark we won't be able to navigate very well... and there are tons of bandits in that forest and if we step into their territory or rub them the wrong way we're dead or... in your case raped."
She stood, looking very pale. "Then by all means, lead the way... Quickly." He smiled at her then began walking towards the forest, warily looking at every tree or bush they passed. They walked in silence for a while until Lyre decided he was bored.
"So..."
"So what?"
"Just trying to make conversation..." He said quietly as they entered the forest. "Watch for spider webs. The really big ones I mean. If you get caught in one of those there's no way to get you out of there short of blowing off a body part off."
"Yuck... thanks for the visual... and besides.. I hate spider webs so there's no danger of me walking into one."
"That's what you think now," He said avoiding a low branch. "Just wait till we get deeper into the woods." He saw a glow in the distance, wondering what it was. "Hmm... maybe there is a forest fire..." He stopped and laid down so that just his head showed over a small ridge in the path they were taking. He saw in the distance some human shaped shadows and it appeared that they were drunkenly dancing in the firelight. It was now completely dark so he wasn't sure if he should go over to them because he couldn't see their faces to see if he could recognize them. Theresa crept up beside him and laid on the mound.
"What do we do?"
"I don't know."
"Should we rest here?"
"No." Lyre stood up, helping her up. "We're going in."
"Why do I get the feeling this is going to turn out very very wrong?"
"Because this is only the beginning"
She remembered she hadn't been alone when she had come here and heard a groan beside her. She turned her head and looked down and there he was, his clothes ripped and his forehead bleeding.
"Lyre?" She went to poke him but then realized the pressure she felt was her squeezing his hand tightly enough to turn his knuckles white. She quickly dropped his hand, feeling her palms get sweaty. She quickly stole a look at his bare chest underneath his destroyed shirt. She smiled; glad to know he was built as though he had been working out since he was in the womb. He was slightly pudgy however, so that the massiveness of his muscles wasn't so terrifying.
She stood, realizing he wasn't going to wake for a while. She made a mental note to find some water so she could wipe off the long gash he had on his forehead. She began to walk up the hill that was behind her. After a long climb up the hill she came to realize she wasn't on a hill. As she looked down she saw only rocks and what smelled like salt water. She blinked then looked out over the water to see there was nothing on the other side. She stared out at the sunset for a while then decided that if she were going to get out of here she was going to have to wake up Lyre.
She turned to go back down the cliff then for the first time she realized that in the forest that spread out below her, something was burning. It seemed to be moving so she ran down the hill, fell and landed on top of Lyre who was just beginning to sit up. This made for a very embarrassing and painful situation. She landed with her knee to his groin and (somehow) she ended up with her lips pressed to his. Her mouth muffled his cry of pain and soon it died away. They laid there for a bit, stunned into staying as they were. Then Lyre broke the impromptu kiss, pulling her off of him and rubbing his groin.
"What did I ever do to you?" He sat up gingerly, his voice as high as one of the Castrati of old.
"Oh god I'm sorry... I didn't mean to do that... at all... I'm so so sorry..."
"It's all right... I'm fine... relax... at least I got a kiss out of it..."
She blushed and sat up beside him. "We've got a problem." She said, brushing a strand of her hair behind her ear.
"Besides the fact that I'm never going to have children? Oh dear it must be important... like the world ending."
"Ha ha." She shifted position so she could look at him. "You're not going to let me off about that are you?"
"You got it dude!"
"Whatever... Look, in that forest over there there's a fire and we can't go the other way unless you have a boat. Or you can swim really well for two people."
"A fire... but that forest can't burn..."
"Huh?"
"Uh... this is a really long story and I don't have time to explain it. Look just come with me okay?"
"All right... you sure you're okay... I'm super sorry about mauling you."
"It's cool." He stands up and looks up at the quickly darkening sky. "We'd better hurry. If it gets too dark we won't be able to navigate very well... and there are tons of bandits in that forest and if we step into their territory or rub them the wrong way we're dead or... in your case raped."
She stood, looking very pale. "Then by all means, lead the way... Quickly." He smiled at her then began walking towards the forest, warily looking at every tree or bush they passed. They walked in silence for a while until Lyre decided he was bored.
"So..."
"So what?"
"Just trying to make conversation..." He said quietly as they entered the forest. "Watch for spider webs. The really big ones I mean. If you get caught in one of those there's no way to get you out of there short of blowing off a body part off."
"Yuck... thanks for the visual... and besides.. I hate spider webs so there's no danger of me walking into one."
"That's what you think now," He said avoiding a low branch. "Just wait till we get deeper into the woods." He saw a glow in the distance, wondering what it was. "Hmm... maybe there is a forest fire..." He stopped and laid down so that just his head showed over a small ridge in the path they were taking. He saw in the distance some human shaped shadows and it appeared that they were drunkenly dancing in the firelight. It was now completely dark so he wasn't sure if he should go over to them because he couldn't see their faces to see if he could recognize them. Theresa crept up beside him and laid on the mound.
"What do we do?"
"I don't know."
"Should we rest here?"
"No." Lyre stood up, helping her up. "We're going in."
"Why do I get the feeling this is going to turn out very very wrong?"
"Because this is only the beginning"