Head pounding.

The sensation of swinging, from side to side.

Kai lets out a groan as he wakes up, and his eyes open slowly. His talons dangle below him, swinging with the strange movement, and although still dirty from the blood of the dead Turan, it still gleamed in the light.

His eyes suddenly widen as he realizes where he was. He hung from the shoulder of another Turan, and he could feel the prickly fur through his pants and his shirt. The creature was tall; Kai could tell from the distance between his upside-down head and the ground.

Kai let out an involuntary scream, and immediately, the creature that had slung him over it's shoulder threw him down into the dirt and covered his mouth.

"You fool. You will get us both killed."

Kai snaps his eyes up. He recognized that voice.

It was the voice of the woman from his nightmares.

"It's you," he said. "You're the one who's been in my dreams."

"Correct." she replied. "But I will explain everything later, including what is going on, and what you are."

A flush of relief was flung over Kai. So far, she seemed more friend than foe, but he was not so naive to immediately trust her. After all, she just kidnapped him, and is bringing him to who-knows-where.

"Now are you going to shut up, or do I have to do it for you?" the woman asked, whoever she was. Kai nodded, that yes, he was going to keep quiet.

But then suddenly the woman's head snapped up and looked past Kai's shoulder, and he looked back too. They had both heard it.

Someone was coming.

"Did anyone follow you?"

"No. Nobody would care enough to." Kai replied, his heart breaking as he said it.

"Well apparently somebody did." the woman said, before scooping Kai up again and slung him onto her shoulder as if he was a burlap bag with barely anything in it. "We must go. I know a nearby shelter. We'll have to hide there."

Kai said nothing as he was carried, and quickly, across the forest, the ride so bumpy, as if she was running on large rocks.

And he wondered who could have cared enough to know where he was to look for him.

"Kai!" Nya yelled through the forest. "Kai, where are you?"

"Sh!" Cole hissed from behind her. "They're going to hear you!"

"What, is that another thing you learned when you went on without us, and then carelessly stumbled upon a Turan?" Jay growled, and immediately pushed Cole behind him again.

"Stop it, everyone." Zane cut in. "They will hear us all."

After Nya had decided to attempt to find her brother, the rest had agreed, but only because they wanted to make sure that Nya would be okay, although they knew fully what she was capable of.

But they didn't know just what Kai was going to do to her once she found him.

And so all four were in the cold woods, drenched in on-and-off rain, and shivering through their coats. "Where could he be?" Nya asked nobody, eager to find Kai and go back to the warmth of the cave on the beach.

But then she felt a comforting hand on her shoulder, and smiled when she saw it was Jay. "We'll find him." he said. "We'll make sure he won't hurt you." Then he wrapped one of his coats around her, and immediately Nya felt so much more warmer.

Zane watched all of this from behind, and a large chunk of envy rose up in him. He watched how happy Nya was with Jay, and then not just envy, but sadness filled him.

He knew that he would eventually lose her to Jay, and that it definitely wouldn't be long. Nya never looked at him like she did Jay.

And although she didn't know it, they were meant to be together.

But Zane refused to let her go, and keep her to himself. He would die before he would let Jay and Nya be together.

Zane put an arm around her and subtly led her away from Jay, until they were a good distance far behind him.

But Nya was no fool. "Zane, what are you doing?" she asked, shaking Zane's arm free of her shoulders. "Are you trying to lead me away from Jay? We're just friends, and neither of us is looking to be anything more."

Zane held back his surprise.

She really didn't know of Jay's feelings? And she didn't return it?

"There is nothing to be jealous about." Nya told him sternly, and kissed him on the cheek. "I only like you, Zane. Only you. There is nobody else I would like better."

Zane smiled.

She doesn't know.

"I'm sorry." Zane replied, kissing Nya's forehead. "You're right. Let's go."

The fire crackled in no time, and the light filled the area of the cave that Kai and the female Turan hid, with wool wrapped around them.

"Thank you. You know, for...picking me up and stuff." Kai said uncertainly, and the Turan smiled slightly, then immediately switched back to a stoic face. Then, she got up and went to the corner of the cave, where the light was barely shining over, and dug into a crate. She pulled out two apples and tossed one to Kai, which he caught.

"My people and I go hunting for food to put in shelters before the Moon rises, so that if anybody is lost while hunting they can stay here until they are able to find their way back." she explained, biting into her apple, and then Kai did the same. It seemed to be the only unbruised apple that he had eaten since the end of Day.

"You seem to have a good tribe." Kai commented. "I mean, diligent, focused, and they know how to get the job done,"

"Yes, my tribe is good." she replied. "But it's only because our leader forces us to be."

"Overlord?" Kai blurts out, and then he immediately regrets it.

The Turan paused for a few seconds before she replied, "Yes. Him. He forces us to do these things, or else we are executed."

"It is a little harsh, but you have to do what you must to keep your tribe in order."

"You don't understand." she said sternly. "He is merciless. He killed my mother because she brought back enough food for everybody except for Overlord. He slaughtered her, and then almost everybody there. I was lucky to be alive."

The two were silent for a moment before Kai spoke up. "I-I'm sorry..."

The female sighed and she stood up turning her back to Kai. "What would you like to know?"

Kai was caught off guard, unsure of what he really wanted to know. He had been focused on running away from her- and his- species that he hadn't thought of it.

"Please tell me who you are." he asked, and she replied.

"My name is Misako. I am very young, born only two Nights ago, and a Turan. And...I am the Overlord's daughter."