Rainy kept walking at her quick pace and Kitmit soon caught up to her. Kitmit didn't know what was going on, but she knew that Rainy was in no mood to talk. She kept to Rainy's side and matched her speed. Rainy's eyes were even darker than usual and it scared Kitmit a little. It was a few minutes until the sounds of their friends were gone and Rainy finally started to slow down. She looked serious and enraged for a while, but now her face was full of regret. Kitmit stayed quiet, following her friend through the unfamiliar forest at a now slow pace. Rainy stopped after a while and sat down on a fallen log, her eyes starting to turn a little red. Kitmit sat beside her and watched Rainy, unsure of what she could do. Neither made any sound for a while, but Rainy soon drew in a small breath and warm tears began to flow down her face. She covered her face with her hands and quietly sobbed to herself. Kitmit didn't know why Rainy was so upset, but she put her hand on Rainy's back and Rainy leaned against her, shaking slightly as she wept.
Kitmit was a tad confused. She felt just fine now but there were bandages on her head. The last thing she remembered was getting knocked to the ground, then it was dark for a while. And when she woke up, everybody was there and fighting eachother again. Raymad dropped a cat statue on himself, which looked very painful, but there were lots of people back there who could heal him it seemed. There were three new people there and she still couldn't get over Andre's transformation. Did everybody look like that right after they died? Then she wondered what happened to Velrien. She didn't remember seeing him when she woke up, but he seemed scared out of his mind when they were running from that monster.
... that monster...
Then Kitmit remembered something. When she woke up for the very first time, it was night time and she was in the middle of the forest. She looked around for a little while, then she heard something. She thought she heard a voice saying... well, she couldn't remember what it was saying. But it sounded like a woman and the voice was coming from right behind her. And when she turned around, she was greeted with open jaws. Long white fangs that shone in the moonlight and were ready to eat her up. Kitmit remembered the fear she felt at the sight of the monster, she wouldn't have even been a mouth-full for it! She ran as fast as she could and the nightmarish thing followed her, its footsteps shaking the ground and it's loud roaring made Kitmit's ears feel like they were about to explode. The monster caught her once, making mincemeat out of her right foot. She cried in pain and struggled to get away, finding a sharp pointed stick and stabbing the beast right in the eye. The creature released her and howled in pain, giving her the chance to escape. Kitmit cried as she ran as best as she could, nearly blinded by the pain that ran through her ruined foot. It was only a couple of minutes, but it felt like hours before she saw a light ahead of her. She half limped and half ran to get to her destination, her lungs crying for more air and her heart pounding hard against her ribcage. She saw a campfire up ahead and tripped on a root, falling onto a bush and crushing it. A stick snapped as she fell and a pointed end scraped against her lip hard, making her bleed even more. She looked up to see an odd pair of creatures, a flying ball of black fluff and a huge white cat. She tried to ask them for help, but she fainted from all of her running.
Kitmit remembered the monster they had just recently encountered, the one that slashed her as it ran by. It seemed to be the very same monster because it was missing an eye. Kitmit shuddered as she remembered her two experiences and held Rainy a little closer to her. Kitmit never noticed until now, but Rainy was bleeding a little. That dragon cut her up as it held her in it's jaws, but not badly. They were like small cuts running around her torso. Kitmit said quietly, "Rainy, are you alright?" Rainy hiccupped as she cried and slowly shook her head, wrapping her hands around herself as though she were cold. Kitmit hugged Rainy and said soothingly, "You will be. Don't worry, I promise that everything will be alright." They stayed there for a while. Kitmit waited until Rainy stopped crying before she suggested going back to the group. Rainy wiped away the remainder of her tears and slowly got up, Kitmit held onto her hand and helped her to stand.
They began to retrace their steps back to the group. Kitmit stayed in silence, not wanting to upset Rainy any more. But then Rainy said, "I don't know what to do..." Kitmit looked at her and asked, "What do you mean?" Kitmit was a little worried that Rainy was about to cry again, but she said as calmly as she could, "About this whole group thing. You're the only person who's even nice to me, and what about my masters? They must know by now that I joined you and those... those IDIOTS! And Raymad..." Rainy stopped walking and looked at the ground, shaking slightly. Kitmit stopped and looked at her friend curiously. "What about him? He's just another part of the bad Rayman, like Velrien and... you, I guess." Rainy shook her head. "No, it's not that... I don't care about that whole evil business, it's just that..." Rainy trailed off again and continued to stare at her feet. Kitmit then noticed a slight pink tint on Rainy's cheeks. "Rainy, are you... blushing?" Rainy looked up at Kitmit bewildered, then quickly turned away and tried to cover her face. "N-no I'm not! I'm not blushing, I... I'm just a little warm, that's all!" It didn't take long until Kitmit figured it out. Rainy liked Raymad. Kitmit smiled and put a hand on Rainy's back. "Don't worry, I won't tell." Rainy looked at her, her blush still there. "You promise?" Kitmit traced an X over her heart with her finger and said, "Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye." Rainy smiled and hugged Kitmit, whispering, "Thanks."
