Disclaimer: Sorry about the wait! I've been on vacation in Florida and could update!
"And how do you suggest we do that?" Crow yelled after her, "That guy took out a whole ship of skilled warriors, what makes you think we have a chance?"
Milla stopped in mid-step. "Good point."
"We still have to try!" Jade yelled standing up, "If we kill Virus in this time period then my father's death will be prevented!"
"How?" Tal asked raising an eyebrow. Jade looked at him.
"Do you REALLY want me to explain everything there is to know about time and space?"
"Um...no." Tal sighed, "A person could go crazy thinking about all this..."
"Found em'!" Milla called. She broke open the hull of the ship and pulled out three sleighs. Tal's eyes widened. These sleighs looked much different than the one he'd ridden in. They all had engines in the front and were made of metal instead of wood. There were also handlebars and seat cushions for riders.
Milla noticed the amazed expression on Tal's face and smiled. "Our clans have modernized over the last couple of years. Now, there are only three sleighs. So two of us will have to share one..."
"I CALL SINGLE!" Jade yelled instantly jumping onto a sleigh.
"DITTO!" Crow yelled jumping onto another one.
Tal and Milla groaned in frustration.
"Do you know how to drive one of those things?" Tal asked Jade with concern in his voice. She laughed.
"Better than Crow does!" She giggled as Crow randomly pushed buttons and plowed headfirst into a snowdrift.
"I'M OKAY!" He yelled with a face full of snow making him look like a very strange Santa Claus.
Later...
"WOO-HOO!" Jade cheered as she sped across the ice. Crow was close behind her, followed by Tal and Milla who had been forced to share a sleigh.
"Move it Crow or you'll get left behind!" Jade called mockingly.
"I'll show you who gets left behind!" He laughed. He pressed on the gas and lurched ahead of her.
"HA HA! BEAT THAT!" He yelled turning to face her.
"The speed limit saves lives dear!" She called back in a singsong voice.
"Huh?" Crow said frowning. At that moment he slammed into a block of ice and was launched through the air screaming like a girl.
"HEY CROW!" Tal laughed, "MILLA'S SCREAMS SOUND MORE MANLY THAN YOURS!"
Milla smacked him on the back of the head.
"Very funny." She growled, "So what about Jade? Do you believe her story?"
Tal sighed and nodded. "After seeing how Virus slaughtered that entire clan, I'll believe anything."
Milla sighed. "Did Jade...did she happen to say who her mother was?"
Tal shook his head. "She wouldn't tell me."
Milla nodded silently. Up ahead Jade was laughing uneasily. She had stopped to help Crow. He was rubbing his head in anger and glaring at her in fury.
Without thinking Milla slid her arms around Tal from behind and rested her head on his back.
"Um...Milla?" Tal said blushing furiously, "Don't you think this is kinda close?"
"Oh! Sorry..." She said quickly releasing him. To her great shock, she was blushing too. :)
"And how do you suggest we do that?" Crow yelled after her, "That guy took out a whole ship of skilled warriors, what makes you think we have a chance?"
Milla stopped in mid-step. "Good point."
"We still have to try!" Jade yelled standing up, "If we kill Virus in this time period then my father's death will be prevented!"
"How?" Tal asked raising an eyebrow. Jade looked at him.
"Do you REALLY want me to explain everything there is to know about time and space?"
"Um...no." Tal sighed, "A person could go crazy thinking about all this..."
"Found em'!" Milla called. She broke open the hull of the ship and pulled out three sleighs. Tal's eyes widened. These sleighs looked much different than the one he'd ridden in. They all had engines in the front and were made of metal instead of wood. There were also handlebars and seat cushions for riders.
Milla noticed the amazed expression on Tal's face and smiled. "Our clans have modernized over the last couple of years. Now, there are only three sleighs. So two of us will have to share one..."
"I CALL SINGLE!" Jade yelled instantly jumping onto a sleigh.
"DITTO!" Crow yelled jumping onto another one.
Tal and Milla groaned in frustration.
"Do you know how to drive one of those things?" Tal asked Jade with concern in his voice. She laughed.
"Better than Crow does!" She giggled as Crow randomly pushed buttons and plowed headfirst into a snowdrift.
"I'M OKAY!" He yelled with a face full of snow making him look like a very strange Santa Claus.
Later...
"WOO-HOO!" Jade cheered as she sped across the ice. Crow was close behind her, followed by Tal and Milla who had been forced to share a sleigh.
"Move it Crow or you'll get left behind!" Jade called mockingly.
"I'll show you who gets left behind!" He laughed. He pressed on the gas and lurched ahead of her.
"HA HA! BEAT THAT!" He yelled turning to face her.
"The speed limit saves lives dear!" She called back in a singsong voice.
"Huh?" Crow said frowning. At that moment he slammed into a block of ice and was launched through the air screaming like a girl.
"HEY CROW!" Tal laughed, "MILLA'S SCREAMS SOUND MORE MANLY THAN YOURS!"
Milla smacked him on the back of the head.
"Very funny." She growled, "So what about Jade? Do you believe her story?"
Tal sighed and nodded. "After seeing how Virus slaughtered that entire clan, I'll believe anything."
Milla sighed. "Did Jade...did she happen to say who her mother was?"
Tal shook his head. "She wouldn't tell me."
Milla nodded silently. Up ahead Jade was laughing uneasily. She had stopped to help Crow. He was rubbing his head in anger and glaring at her in fury.
Without thinking Milla slid her arms around Tal from behind and rested her head on his back.
"Um...Milla?" Tal said blushing furiously, "Don't you think this is kinda close?"
"Oh! Sorry..." She said quickly releasing him. To her great shock, she was blushing too. :)