Chapter 5- The Long Road Ahead
Scorpion and Blue began to walk through the forest. Blue was brimming with energy from her meal and she was too energetic to watch where she was going. Twice she tripped on tree roots, Scorpion had to stop and help her off the ground. Scorpion was strong, Blue felt safe from Drahmin while Scorpion was with her.
"Day is approaching," Scorpion said as he turned around to look at Blue, "Are you too tired to keep going? We've been walking all night." "Yeah," Blue replied softly, "I'm kind of tired but I can keep going." "Okay," Scorpion said as he kept walking.
Day came and Blue's stomach was signaling for more food but she did not want to ask for more.
"How long is it going to take to get to the tournament anyway," asked Blue. "Well," said Scorpion, "We're moving at a g pretty good pace so I'd say only about…two weeks or so." "Two weeks?" Blue asked in disbelief, "I thought it would take a couple of days." "Well," Scorpion explained, "We still have to make it to the small portal; from there we must travel to the Lost Sea." "Okay," Blue sighed.
Scorpion suddenly veered off to the left of Blue. "Wait, where are you going?" Blue called, "Aren't we going to the village on the other side of this forest." "No," Scorpion answered, "We're going to the portal, the one only the runaways know about." "The same one I cam through," Blue said.
They walked rigorously until the mid-afternoon. Scorpion stopped abruptly after he heard Blue's stomach growl. "Are you hungry Blue?" he mocked. "Yes," she answered holing he arms over her stomach. "Let's eat then," he said in his strange booming voice muffled by his mask. She wondered why he never took his mask off but she remembered what happened the last time she asked him a question that was none of her business.
Scorpion invited Blue to sit on the ground before he sat himself. He took out more bread, meat, and water. They shared all of the food and water. "So I guess that we'll be traveling together for a while," Scorpion said as he struggled putting his food under his mask. "Yeah," Blue sighed as she longed to ask her question, but his mask was his business.
She stared at Scorpion while she ate. She felt odd with him, like she knew him so well.
They finished eating at the same time. "I guess I'm running out of food and water," Scorpion tried to say as softly as his voice would allow, "We've got a long road ahead of us, we had better get going."
They both got to their feet and dusted themselves off. Scorpion had dirt all down his back. "Wait," Blue called just as Scorpion began to walk. He stopped and she gently patted off his back. "There," Blue said softly. "Thank you," Scorpion said in return.
They both began to walk.