Assassin's Loss
A/N Back again, joy huh?
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Chapter 6 – A small reprieve
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As we continued to walk Jennica continued to ignore me, but it didn't bother me, the silence was somewhat nice actually.
We had walked for a long time, her silence surprised me, but it also gave me time to think.
"Alright…an exit…we are headed in the right direction…but we still haven't found a way above ground…" My thoughts ran together, all planning and strategy on how to get out of the cave
"…Jaffar?" Jennica says beside me, her voice meek like it was when we first met.
"I look to my side, she is looking straight ahead, her eyes forward as we walk.
"What?" I ask, trying not to sound cold to her.
"Can we take a break? I'm…I'm kinda tired…" Her voice is nervous; as if she was concerned I'd be mad at her.
I think for a moment, "Yeah…when we get to a nice spot we'll take a break, we need to regroup anyway."
She smiles, "Really! Thank you Jaffar!" Her voice excited, as if she was a child who had just gotten a new toy.
I blink, "Uh…sure." I say a little confused.
We walk for a while quietly, looking for a nice place to take a break and think.
I look down and start thinking again, more or less watching my feet as I walked, "If we can walk through the night we will probably not have to worry about them anymore…but I doubt that-"
"Look Jaffar!" I hear Jennica shout, I look up to see a wide area ahead, with a nice underground spring.
"Can we stop here? Please?"
"This is a good a place as any." I reply, looking for a good place to sit, eventually picking a nicely shaped rock formation.
I watch Jennica walk up to the spring and look at the water, "Looks clean enough…" She says softly.
"It's ground water, chances are it's about as clean as you can get anywhere else." I say to her, putting my head back and staring at the top of the cave.
I hear a slight slurping as I close my eyes.
"That is good." She says after a moment, a slight splashing sound follows, "Whew…"
I open my eyes again and look at her, her face is a little wet for a moment before she dries it on her robe.
She looks over at me, "What now Jaffar?" She asks, her eyes showing faith in my judgment.
I think for a moment, "We still have to find an exit…but if it's dark there is a good chance that we could miss it…we should probably take a break for the night and start as soon as there is light in the morning…I doubt they will pursue us at night anyway."
Jennica smiles, "Whew…I'm glad to hear that, because I'm really tired…"
I nod, "We have been walking for a while…we probably put some distance between us and them."
She looks over at the water, "It's nice and warm, and shallow on this end…"
I blink, not sure what she is getting at.
"…And I think I'm starting to stink…"
Now I understood what she meant, but I stay silent.
"Uh…Jaffar…could you maybe go and…make sure on one sneaks up on us from the way we came? Like…around that corner?"
"…" I got up and walked around the corner, of course she didn't need a guard, she just didn't want to come out and say she was taking a bath and didn't want me to see.
I heard a slight splashing behind me, then louder splashing.
I stare at the path we had walked down to get here, it dark, but no one was coming.
I hear a small sigh behind me in the spring; I roll my eyes a little, wondering how long she was going to take.
I hear her moving around in the water, now she is humming a little tune to herself as she bathed.
The temptation to peek in on her pokes at my mind.
"…What the…?" I mumble, wondering why that came into my mind at all, in my years on this ball of dirt, I had never been temped to look at a woman as anything more than just another target.
When Nino came along, I learned to look at everyone as a PERSON, not just mere potential targets.
But now what the hell is happening? I now know my emotions better than I did before Nino…but this odd feeling in my gut…and the temptation to go watch Jennica in the spring was something…new.
Then again, I had never really traveled alone with someone of the female persuasion for very long.
The only question was, why did I feel like peeking in on Jennica? I mean she is attractive…but-
"What are you doing Jaffar?" He voice is right behind me, somehow I had missed the sound of her getting out of the water, very sloppy of me.
I turn slowly, "I was on look out." I say in monotone.
She giggles a little, seeming to be refreshed enough to go back to being playful, "Well it's your turn now, and I'll stand watch."
"…" I stare back at her silently.
"Go on, if you stink they will be able to find us by smell, c'mon Jaffar." She smiles.
I sigh and move past her and approach the edge of the water, then hesitate.
I look back to see her peeking around the corner at me.
She lets out a little squeak sound and ducks her head around the corner quickly, as if she hadn't expected me to look back.
I smirk a little to myself, it was a little confusing as to why she would be looking at me, but it doesn't matter much to me, I take my dagger out on lay it right beside the pool for easy access if need be.
I slowly take off my clothes and get in the water, in feels comfortable enough, I lean back a little letting it wash over my body.
I swear I hear a giggle behind me, but I write it off as my imagination playing with me.
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