Outside Help
Shalimar rose from Brennan's arms that morning and hurriedly got dressed. She rummaged around in their packs, only to find that they had freeze-dried, bland food. Sighing, she headed out of the cave. She walked no more than five feet when she tripped over something, nearly falling.
Looking down, she sees a dead animal. Examining more closely, she finds that it's still warm and that it appeared to have died for no reason. Shrugging, she picked up the boar and took it inside the cave with little difficulty. Once there, she started the process of chopping it up. It was very difficult, considering that she didn't have a very big knife with her and that there was bone, and also that she had never done this before.
Brennan awoke to the smell of roasting meat. He blinked in confusion several times before remembering where he was. He rose behind him to see Shalimar struggling with a pig over the fire. He frowned in confusion as he got dressed and went to her.
"Why are you cooking that and how did you get it? I didn't know you could hunt, or cook?"
"I'm cooking it so that we don't have to eat that bland space crap. I found the pig outside and I don't know how to cook. This is my first time."
Brennan sighed, then moved to the mouth of the cave. The weather had been perfect so far, but it was still hard to see the sky although there was light down at the bottom of the rain forest. He felt the presence of eyes on him, but he didn't know where it was coming from. He peered through the foliage, but still didn't see anything.
"along?"
"Hm? What?"
"I said, 'How are your powers coming along?"
"Still can't use it."
"What were you staring at so intensely?"
"Oh, just thinking."
"About what?"
"I don't think we're alone."
"Well yeah. The enemy is here too."
"No, not them. Something else. I don't know what, but I just feel it."
"You too? It doesn't feel hostile, only curious… and hopeful…"
"Hopeful for what?"
"Don't know. Anyway, I think the pig's almost done."
"Do we have water left?"
"Not much. I gave you some, cleaned the cut on your arm and drank some myself."
"I'm going to look for more. I won't take long."
"Alright, but be careful."
Brennan smiled reassuringly at her before leaving, taking the three canteens with him. He got a few yards out when he noticed that a game trail passed in front of their cave. Deciding that it was his best bet, he followed it. It wasn't long, about five to ten minutes before he found a flowing lagoon with a small waterfall and a stream leading away. Judging it to be safe, he dunked the canteen under the water.
The whole time he felt eyes on him, but could not figure out where they were coming from. He ended up hurrying back with the water. The sense was too much without knowing where it was coming from. He came in, slightly out of breath, but other than the wrapped up arm, perfectly okay.
Taking in a deep breath, he entered it. Shalimar was eating a pig leg and looked up at him. She briefly nodded to the cooked pig, which the outside looked very burnt, but the chunk Shalimar cut off showed that it was quite done. He smiled and sat down next to her and dropped the containers between them.
He cut a chunk off the rump where Shalimar already slice and took a bite. It was quite good for Shalimar's first try at cooking, but it could use a little spices and juices. After that, he automatically thought, 'I'm getting lazy and spoiled. The wild people… wild people? Maybe…'
"Hey Shalimar! Do you think that those presences that we can feel could be the wild people, the tribes that live out here?"
"I don't know. I've never heard of tribes out here, but then again, this is not a very explored part of the Congo."
"Great! We don't even know what's here!"
"Hello!"
They both turned to see a girl standing in the font of the cave inside. She had long black hair, and her eyes were a little shadowed. Other than that, she looked completely normal. But all they could do was stare at her in shock. A girl had just entered the cave without them knowing and being in the Congo, shouldn't have known their language.
A/N: Yey! I got another chap done. I'm having fun with this! This is going great and smoother than planned. Every time I wrote that they had eyes on them, I kept picturing eyes appearing on their backs. Anyways, I hope you like it. Please r/r.
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aniki19: I like Shalimar/Brennan pairings, that's one of them many reasons why I did this story. But thanks for reading it, even if you don't like the pairing so much. Glad you like the story too. You'll find out about the individual in due time, don't worry. I don't have the details on why the bad guys are kidnapping mutants, but I have the basics, which you'll learn soon. And I know that Adam's team are made up of some of the most powerful mutants, but they also aren't helpless if they loose their powers because they all know martial arts, or so says their personal profiles that I had looked up and printed. And they also know when or when not to use their powers. '..'
The Night Marauder: Hello again. And thank you for the complements. As I told aniki19, you'll find out who "the Person" is soon enough and what "It" has to do with the story. I know there are so few Bren/Shal pairings, and it is quite sad. That is another reason why I decided to add own of my own. ;;) Besides, I love those 2 cannon paired.
Denisse: Thank you. And I love the moment too. I've atleast reread my story like a whole bunch of times. Over and over again. I'm quite pathetic and need to find another story to read. Anyways, thank you and I will keep trying.
Kiki-0400: Glad to hear… er… read that you like it. Really? You do? I don't know what episode number, but it was… the one… that Shalimar saw her father again for the first time since he had her locked up and she escaped. ;;) Anyways, I hope you continue to read my story. ;;)
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