Untitled Chapter 3

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Untitled chapter 3

Sam bolted up startled by the howling off in the distance. Her small campfire had long went out, leaving her chilled to the shivered and ran her hands up and down her arms, in attempt to get warm.

About a minute later she realized that there was something missing behind her. Quickly she turned around to find that Baird was nowhere in sight.

Immediately she got to her feet, wincing in pain. "Bai-"

The sound of footsteps coming from a group of trees caught her attention. Her hand flew to her sidearm and she was had it aimed in the direction she heard the sound.

Baird came into view with his hands in the air. "A little jumpy?"

"Baird…"

"You fell asleep and I had to use the bathroom."

"Oh…"

Baird moved slower than normal as he made his way toward her. He looked a little stiff as he sat down across from her.

"It's cold…"

Sam gave him a dirty look as she once again started the fire.

Before Baird could say anything else she spoke up again. "No we have to keep the fire small. We don't want to attract any unwanted attention to ourselves"

Baird did a little pout that made Sam's heart do a little flutter. She never knew Baird could ever pull off such a look.

"Then what's the point of having the fire?"

"To give us a little warmth and let us see any enemies that are near by."

She added a few small pieces of wood to the fire and immediately felt a little warmer.

Several minutes of silence stretched out between them. The sound of the wood popping was the only thing that broke the silence.

"Sam?"

"Hm?"

"Where's the armor?"

She pointed out into the darkness and Baird followed her finger to a slight glare coming up from the high branches.

"Hm…"

"I might have to let the fire burn out again. It's not going to last much longer before the sun is going to rise."

Sam shivered.

"Cold."

"Yeah, and the small collection of wood I had is about to go out…"

They both stared at the flames as it slowly shrank and soon after burned out… The air around them quickly became cold, chilling them all the way to the bone, making them both feel like they would never get warm again.

"You're shivering." It wasn't a question but a statement.

"Yeah."

Slowly Baird stood, stepping around the pile of burnt wood and reached out toward Sam.

"Baird?"

He took her hand, pulled her to her feet and took her to the back of the cave.

"Baird what …"

He didn't say anything as he sat down, pulling her down beside him. He could feel her whole body trembling.

Same stared off into the darkness. She was taken by surprise when a pair of large warm arms wrapped around her.

Baird didn't even look at her but held her firmly against his side.

They were silent for several minutes. Their body temperature slowly began to rise.

"How long do you think it will take for them to find us?"

Baird looked down at her."Dunno, but we aren't in any condition to carry our armor and wonder the forest just to try to find the base."

"That's true."

Sam rested her head against his chest, and listened to his steady heartbeat. She was lulled to sleep as he pulled closer to his warm well chiseled chest .

For several minutes, Baird stared off into the darkness, deep in thought. His light blue eyes scanned the area for any hostiles.

"Sam I…" He stopped mid-sentence when he realized that she had fallen asleep. He smiled.

Settling down for a long wait, Baird rested his head against Sam's and let himself relax. Her soft breathing was relaxing, and before he knew it, he too had fallen asleep.