Kai stood up off his bed, walking out of his room and following Rei down the stairs wondering who on earth would have come out here that they would know. Kai froze in his tracks as he spotted Tala and Tyson in what looked like a glaring contest of some sort.
"Tyson back down," he ordered though his eyes never left Tala… 'What are they doing here?' Kai thought as he stopped and stood leaning against the stair railing his eyes roaming over Tala and the Demolition Boy's who were covered in freshly fallen snow. Surprisingly he could see no signs of hate in their expression's only relief. 'Relief because of what' Kai thought.

…Tala's POV…

I allow a small sigh of relief to escape my lips as I turn and head across the living area towards a door I had spotted. I consider us to be lucky, if it had taken us three more nights to have found him we would have been to late… I shake my head not wanting to think about what could have happened. I open the door and see a small hallway at the end on either side is a door. I look back over to Bryan and nod my head slightly and he and the others pick up their bags and head towards me. I walk down the corridor taking the door on my right, inside there's a king sized bed. I smirk; I guess Kai didn't notice this room unless there was a king-sized bed upstairs as well. My eyes scan the room as I properly enter it, one window on the back wall and another door on the same wall as the one I had just entered; it lead to a bathroom. I glanced straight through the bathroom and to the bedroom on the other side of it; it had two single beds.

Walking back out into the hallway I spotted Bryan, Spencer and Ian waiting for me.
"There's a king and two singles, Bryan you'll be staying with me. Spencer, Ian you'll take the room with the two singles," I tell them and they bow their heads in understanding before shouldering their bags and walking to the rooms I had assigned them.

……….

Kai lay spread out across his bed, arms folded under his head as he stared up at the ceiling. He had gotten sick of Tyson's 'How are we supposed to relax and have fun with them around' speeches so he had returned to the safety of his room, curious as to whether Tala knew it was has birthday in two more days. Kai turned his head towards the door as the sound of someone knocking on the soft wood reached his ears, it opened and it was Rei who entered.
"Hey you got a decent sized bed," Rei said, slightly annoyed he had taken the single instead of waiting with the possibility that he might be lucky enough to share this one with Kai.

Kai just stared sternly at Rei, slightly agitated at the intrusion breaking the thought process he had been in..
"Oh, ah I just thought I'd let you know Tyson and the others have gone to look around out side," Rei informed his leader as he backed out the door slightly on edge with the look on Kai's face; 'was it because of the Demolition Boy's being here?' he wondered. Kai rolled over and looked out the window, two more days until his birthday, two more days until he'd really know if Tala still thought of him.

……….

It was some time later when Kai found himself quietly walking down the stairs, trying not to alert Rei or any of the others; he needed time to think. Kai sighed one he reached the door placing one hand on the handle he turned it softly only to be stopped I his tracks.
"Hey Kai, where are you going?"
Kai turned around and looked at Rei who was lying across one of the lounges basking in the heat of the fire a book in his hand.
"Out," he replied plainly as he opened the door and stepped out side shivering ever so slightly; it was defiantly colder out here.

…Kai's POV…

I walk down the steps of the small veranda and begin to head through the snow and into the woods; the trees are heavy with snow, which in some spots streams out of the branches like a fine mist. It's nicer out here then stuck within the confines of the cabin, here its cooler and I find I'm now free to dwell in my thoughts without the interruption of the others; they never seem to understand.

I keep walking, always keeping the cabin in sight so as not to get lost and have to resort to calling out for Tyson or one of the others to come find me. I pause and look around having sworn I had heard something, but when I look there's nothing there, I shrug it off; it's probably just a bird or hare. However as I keep walking a constant feeling of being watched sweeps over me sending shivers up my spine. I quickly spin around; but nothings there. I look among the trees but I spot nothing and the woods are quiet not a sound besides my own breathing.

I decide to head back noticing that the sun is beginning to sink behind one of the mountain peaks casting dark shadows over the small valley. I begin to head back to the cabin, retracing the route I had taken coming here though my eyes come across something in the snow. Wolf prints that cut across mine. I look around the woods though I still can't spot any signs of life; at least I know I'm not hearing things. I continue to walk and the trees around me slowly begin to thin though I still keep all my senses on alert, I want to see it, know if it's the one from my dreams.

I reach the cabin from behind and walk around the corner towards the front door only to spot Tala and Bryan at the far end; they're staring at me. I stare back trying to get some idea of what they're up to, why they're here, but they're to far away and I go to the front door opening it with one last glance back to them; they haven't moved an inch.