A/N: Sorry late update! Went over my 3 week mark, i know! Anyway!
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Chapter 6
"This is pointless!" A woman shouted, thunder crackling above. "We ain't ganno find the damn girl in this weather!"
The Forsaken man's eyes followed a band of Cannibals as they walked past the tree he was perched in, stealthed in the shadows. He arched an eyebrow, head tilting slightly as his gaze landed on a cloaked figure, their tail flicking back and forth under the cloth. Narrowing his eyes, he silently slid down the tree, careful of the wet earth beneath him that could squelch under his feet.
"She's right! We should find a place to camp and wait till the storms over!" The man with a scruffy beard said loudly.
Veetira glanced at the blue-eyed man beside her, a small smirk forming on her lips as her fingers toyed with the whip coiled up and bound to her waist. "Oh, but you can't...cause time isn't on your side."
The blue-eyed man sent her a glare from the corner of his eyes, his jaw clenching. Continuing forward, he shouted, "Split up into five groups! Search every damn hiding place in these woods!"
Grumbles and protest rang out before the large band of Cannibals dispersed into the five groups, each heading in different directions. Watching as each group disappeared, the Forsaken man stood next to a tree contemplating on a thought.
His yellow eyes flickered to the group he could still make out. Appearing to have made up his mind, he quickly followed, unsheathing one of his daggers as he scoped out a potential straggler.
Finding his target, he swiftly put his hand over the Cannibal's mouth, blade pressed to their throat as he dragged them behind a tree. "Here's my warning to you, by the time you scream, your friends will find you dead. Understand?"
Feeling a slight nod, he moved his hand. "Now tell me what your looking for."
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Something was wrong. She felt someone hovering over her. Cracking her eyes open, she let out a startled squeak. The creature clapped his large hand over her mouth and put a finger to his lips, his auburn irises searching for something in the darkness.
She stilled at the sound of voices, her eyes growing wide. Was it those men from before? Feet patted down the tunnel. The creature lowered itself closer to her, a loud animal like growl came from his throat, echoeing up the tunnel.
"Oh fuck!" She heard someone say.
The footsteps retreated up the tunnel, the voices soon sounding panicked, apparently thinking they came across an animals den that they just disturbed. Disul raised his head, ears twitching at the fading voices. Letting out a breath of relief, he removed his hand from the girls mouth and rose, moving towards the tunnel.
"Dere gone." He said softly, looking over his shoulder at her. "Get yah stuff, we need ta go."
She watched as he walked up the tunnel. Squinting her eyes, she groped along the ground for her clothes in the dark. Grasping her jeans, she quickly slipped them on. Pulling off his shirt, she threw on her torn black Wife-Beater before slipping her arms and head through her sweater.
His eyes scanned through the slight drizzle, darting in every which direction. Hearing the girl approach behind him, he glanced at her. She held out his shirt to him, her gray eyes staring at the red cloth, refusing to look up at him.
"Les go." He said moving out into the rain.
Following close behind, she watched the way he walked. He walked in a hunched manner, arms moving loosley beside him, polearm resting on his back, his posture confident, firm and on high alert, ready to spring into action if something approached them. She found herself seeing the Plague Carrier in a different light, trustworthy, protective, nothing what Shelly described them as.
Disul looked over his shoulder at the thorn now wedged into his side. He needed to get rid of the Human girl, she was slowing him down, stopping him from tracking down the bastard who got him shoved into this world. He felt the furry of his rage boil at the thought of the Sin'dorei, he knew he was close, close but just slightly out of his reach.
Hearing a startled yelp, he turned and found the girl struggling to get up the muddied hillside. Sighing, he put his hand out, giving her an annoyed look. "I ain't ganno bite girlie."
Eying his hand warily, she tentatively placed her hand into his three-fingered one, her hand cold to the touch. Looking up at the girl he saw her sniffling, water dripped from her hood, she was soaked to the bone. Muttering under his breath, he cursed the gods of this world and their horrible timing for a storm. He'd have to find another shelter and wait till there was a misty rain or slight drizzle.
Trudging forward with the girls hand in his, he pulled her forward up the hillside. When she'd slip or stumble forward he didn't hear one complaint from her to 'stop' or 'wait up'. He only heard her loud sniffles or felt her grip tighten on his hand when he tugged her forward.
Upon reaching level ground did the girl finally give way to collasping to her knees. Farah's legs burned, the up hill travel drained what ever energy she had stored up from the sleep she had gotten the night before...or had it been only an hour of sleep? She saw two teal two-toed feet appear in her eyesight. Looking up at the creature, she pleaded with her eyes to spare her a moment from the thiry-minute or so uphill travel they just completed.
"C'mon, onleh a lil' farther girlie." Once again he put a hand out for her.
Closing her eyes, she took a deep breath and reopened them. Giving him a slight nod of her head, she took his hand and stood up right, her legs wobbly as he pulled her forward. Disul silently appraised the Human girl, he saw the pleading look in her eyes for moment of rest and yet she complied, standing up on shaky legs and moving forward, no words or sounds of complaint escaping her lips.
Dropping her hand Disul splayed his fingers on her upper back, urging her forward. He walked behind her, his eyes searching through the woods for a safe haven from the down pour of rain.
"See dat tree, ova dere," he pointed through the rain at a large fallen tree leaned up against the trunk of another tree that has yet to fall. Drapes of green foilage hung over a dark entrance, a small shelter that would get them out of the rain for the time being. "Yah can rest in dere till da rain lightens up some."
Farah pushed the wet green vines aside, here eyes scanning the dark for any animal. The creature moved past her, plopping down onto the dry green grass and leaned against the trunk of another fallen tree that created the small shelter. It was small space. To small for Farah's liking. She found her self sitting next to the creature, no space for her to be a comfortable distance away.
Hugging her knees to her chest, she sniffled. Pushing her hood back, she shivered as a wet droplet dribbled from a stray strand of hair and ran down her cheek. Wiping it away, she sniffled again.
"Yah awfulleh quiet for a Human girlie." She heard the creature say.
Flicking her eyes to the being next to her, he shook the water out of his silver hair like a dog; the sight caused her lips to twitch into a small smile.
Auburn irises locked onto the small smile he saw form on the girl's thin lips, a sight that made him quirk an eyebrow. This Human, from this world, sat contentedly next to him with only a hint of wariness in her gray eyes and tenseness in her shoulders that slowly began to relax with each passing second; he found it odd on how quickly she accepted his presence. Lidia hadn't even accepted them, only tolerated them because of a blade that was once held to her throat and a mutual agreement.
"Refugee town isn' far, maybeh two miles...three." He saw the small smile falter, some unknown emotion passed through her eyes before she directed her gaze outside.
They sat in silence. Farah untied the small piece of rope she used as a hair tie and pulled her hair out of the messy braid. Running her fingers through her now damp hair, she sniffled before beginning the process of - she blinked, Shelly would braid her hair for her. Letting out a silent sigh she tied the rope in her hair making a side pony-tail and rolling it up, tucking it into her sweater. Wrinkling her nose, she sneezed.
A/N: Thank you AuntMetis for the review!
- And I promise an update on Friday and longer chapter that one will be :)
