Sitting alone in her apartment, ms. Clayton (john's aunt) wondered were she had fone so wrong. The safety of her family was all that was important to her. Richard had stopped by today and again threatened to expose the secret that she had helped John and Jane flee to the cops. Her infomant had notified her that they were safe and had arrived at the tree house. Now all that she was left with was this empire and she was even more determined to fight her evil brother. As she was lost in her thoughts, the sound of baging on at her door sounded in her ears...

"John.." Jane's eyes fluttered open, a thatch roof greeted her, and the smell of fruit filled her nostirls. Sitting up in bed she realized that she was alone in this home. John was no where in sight. All that was in the room were her clothes and bandages. As she wondered out and into a airy kitchen she was surrounded by hanging beads and differant shells hung from the ceiling. As she sat and looked out only to see tree's and lush grass she was concerned with were John was, surely he couldn't have left her...

Climbing down from the tree house she realized the contraption on the side of the house was a shower of sorts. Looking around to make sure there was no one there, she stipped and pulled the cord which released a current of warm water. As she bathed, he watched her, he had left hours before in order to look for food, but know seeing her bathing in the morning sunlifght was tempting.

As she turned to let the water pour over her face, his arms slipped around her waist, he smelled her hair and was soaked with her scent. She was starteled but happy, as she turned around to kiss him her eyes went past him, and onto the man that stood twenty feet away with a rife pointed at John back ... tbc