Hey everybody. I'm continuing the story, because I thought it would need to be continued. Well here it is.
The next night, Eva was taking the watch. There was no sound from the forest that reached Eva's ears.
Jordan wasn't asleep yet. He was going to go out and help Eva with the watch.
Eva didn't realzie it, but Aikka was crouching on the top of the cave's mouth, watching for his chance. Eva was just sitting there about to fall asleep, when Aikka jumped down, and covered her mouth, so she couldn't scream.
Jordan heard some schuffling feet at the edge of the cave. He ran towards the noise, and saw Eva struggling to get out of Aikka's grasp. He ran at Aikka full speed. Knocking Aikka off his feet, Jordan fell on top of Aikka. He threw wild punches to hit the red-brown face he hated. Aikka grabbed Jordan's arm, and flipped Jordan on his back. Aikka then threw a punch at Jordan's temple, when someone tackled Aikka from behind, right before the fist made contact with Jordan's face. It was Eva.
"YOU LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!!!!" ,Eva screamed. She punched, slapped, kicked, bit, and pulled hair all at the same time. Aikka was in so much pain, but grabbed Eva around the waist. Pulling her towards the deeper part of the forest, Aikka scanned the tree line for Kross.
Jordan yelled towards Eva, "USE YOUR KNIFE, EVA!!! I'M COMING!!!!"
Eva at that moment had just remembered about the knife. Pulling it out, she thrust it into the only place she could, Aikka's side, and pulled the blade down as far as the knife would go. The cut was ten inches long. Bending over in searing pain, Aikka let go of Eva. Eva got out of his reach, and pulled her knife out of his side. The ruby colored drops covered her knife. She ran from the bleeding enemy.
Kross at that moment came out of the forest. Jordan ran at him, and did the same thing as Eva had done to Aikka.
Meanwhile, Eva was packing everything for their run away. Jordan came in and helped her tie the packs shut, and they set off. Running blindly through the forest, they sped up. They were sprinting for a half an hour, before they ran out of energy. They stopped at a clearing to catch their breath.
Eva fell to the ground and let her tears fall. She couldn't believe what she had done. She had never used a knife to hurt someone. Jordan knelt down next to her, and he helped her up.
"We need to keep going. I'm sorry, but you know that you used the knife for defense. Be proud of yourself." ,Jordan tried to comfort her.
Eva nodded, and let Jordan pull her through the thick, dark woods. They didn't stop to sleep that night. The morning's light told them that.
"Jordan, I feel terrible." ,Eva said.
"Me too." ,Jordan replied.
Eva stayed silent.
In the afternoon, they saw pools of water. Eva ran over and stuck her hands in each one. Some of them were cold, while the others were warm and hot. Remembering how long ago it was since she had had a drink, Eva cupped her hands together, and took water to drink from the pool. Jordan saw Eva doing that and joined her. Eva also remembered something else. Neither of them had had a bath for at least a month.
I wish I could have a nice long bath. I can feel all of the sweat, dirt, and something slimy all over my body. Eva thought.
Like Jordan had read her mind, he asked, "Hey Eva, you want to jump in this pool?"
"I would love to, but you know we're being chased." ,Eva argued.
"Like I don't know that, besides, I really want to get the smell of blood off of me." ,Jordan said while rolling up his sleeves. There was dried blood all over his arms. Eva could feel the dried blood on her arms flaking off of her arms.
"Alright, but I'm not going 'skinny dipping'. I hope you know that, Jordan. Anyways, I can't really swim, so you can go in for however long you want. I'll just sit over there." ,Eva pointed out.
"I can help you swim, and I wasn't thinking that, until now." ,Jordan said back.
"Fine." ,Eva agreed.
Jordan stripped down to his boxers and jumped in. Eva went behind some thick trees, bushes, and thickets to change. She pulled out some shorts that she had packed just in case, and put those on. She left her bra on. Eva walked out of her 'changing room', and walked to the edge of the pool.
"Just sit down on the edge, and help you in." ,Jordan instructed.
Eva did as she was told. Jordan swam closer, and pulled her in all of the way. Eva clung onto Jordan, because she felt like she would sink down to the bottom if she or Jordan let go of her. As Eva squeezed her arms around Jordan's neck tighter, his face turned a light shade of red. Since Eva was practically against his chest, Jordan floated on his back for awhile. When he knew he had rested long enough, he tread water.
"You need to swim on your own for awhile, Eva. I can teach you how to swim, but you have to let go of me." ,Jordan said. Then he peeled Eva's arms off of him. After he had gotten her arms off of him, Jordan let go of them, and swam back about four feet. Eva was struggling to keep her head above the surface.
"Kick your legs lightly, and use your arms like I am." ,Jordan instructed. Eva did as he had told her, and it helped a little.
"Good, now paddle towards me." ,Jordan continued. Eva was slow, but she knew she would have to practice. She made the space between them grow smaller and smaller. She made it into Jordan's arms. Jordan was grinning at her, as he held her above the surface.
"That's hard on your body." ,Eva said trying to catch her breath.
"Yeah, but it takes practice." ,Jordan replied, "It gets easier."
Eva said, "Thanks for teaching me a little about swimming."
"No problem."
Eva wrapped her arms around Jordan's neck again. Her fingers were twirling his hair. Jordan pulled Eva's face towards his, and kissed her hard. Eva was kissing back. Jordan felt something on his bottom lip. It was Eva's tongue. He gladly let her pass through. She tasted him for a long while. She finally brought her tongue back into her mouth. They broke apart for air. Both of them red in the face. Jordan wasn't finished yet. He pulled her face towards him again, and kissed her in the same way she had kissed him. She was smiling after they broke apart. Jordan smiled at Eva.
They got out of the pool, and got dressed. They set off shortly. Jordan took Eva's hand. They walked until nightfall. They couldn't find a cave that night, so they both slept under the stars.
They were sitting near the fire. Eating some berries, Eva smiled.
"Why are you smiling?" ,Jordan asked.
"You and me go fishing in the dark, lying on our backs, and counting the stars, where the cool grass grows..." ,Eva started to sing her favorite part of a verse, "That is what my mom and I sang to at home, when she was alive."
"Oh...I'm sorry." ,Jordan said looking down at the grass.
"It's ok. I'm sort of over it. I still have good memories of her." ,Eva said, "Well, I'm tired. Let's sleep."
"Goodnight, Eva. I love you." ,Jordan said as he kissed her forehead.
"I love you too." ,Eva answered.
They went to sleep that night knowing they would be safe for awhile.
OK that was the next chapter. I hope everyone liked it. Please review.
