1"Ahem." Sinbad cleared his throat and they broke the kiss.
"So" Damian said glancing at Sinbad then tuning back to Maeve. "What brings you and your friends here?" he nods his head toward the crew.
"Some less friendly people, unfortunately."
Damian shakes his head knowing what she was talking of.
"Oh, my friends are Doubar, Rongar, and Firouz." Maeve introduced.
Sinbad walked forward, "Sinbad, the Captain."
"Not a friend?"
"Apparently not today." Sinbad made a face at Maeve.
"Did you cover your tracks?" Damian asked Maeve. She nodded.
"No we didn't," Sinbad objected not remembering ever hiding his tracks.
"Look for yerself." Maeve challenged. He turned to look for the footprints in the soil but found it smooth. He lifted up his foot and saw a footprint but it disappeared seconds later. "What the—"
"Come. Youse look in need of refreshment," Damian offered.
"I like this guy already," Doubar whispered to Rongar who just shook his head.
They sat down at the small table in the tent. "So what of Dermott?" Damian asked.
"He's around somewhere." Maeve replied. Damian did not know of Dermott's transformation. She asked trying to change the subject, "What has happened to everyone around here? I haven't seen any familiar faces."
"Much has changed. Many have done as you did and left once it got really bad." Maeve could see the sadness in his eyes. "But you would be happy to meet up with one of your good friends again."
"Yeah, did you miss me?" Everybody turned to the entrance to see a woman dressed in a knee-length green dress. She had black hair and blue eyes. At her side was a sword hanging from he black belt much like the one Maeve owned.
"Saoirse!" Maeve exclaimed jumping from the
bench to hug her best friend. When they broke apart Maeve introduced
her to the crew, "This is Rongar, Firouz, Doubar, and—"
"Sinbad,"
he introduced himself and got up to kiss Saoirse's hand. Saoirse
raised her eyebrows. She could diffidently feel a connection between
Maeve and Sinbad. She decided to fin out later. "I'll get you
settled in and then we can eat supper."
"Isn't it a little early for supper? The sun is still high."
"That's the way things are run around here Sinbad. We go to sleep early so we may rise when the animals are most active and the things you don't want to run into aren't about yet." Maeve replied.
Sinbad couldn't figure out if the 'things' Maeve spoke of were human or of creature sort. He didn't like this. She was keeping too many secrets. Sinbad was determined to find out the truth.
