"Oi, ye bugger!" An angry voice called out. "What do ye think you`re doing?"
Tragic glanced around, wondering who`d said that, then she remembered Lily`s warning, and tried to find an escape. She found none, and the voice was headed straight towards her.
Another voice spoke, this one calmer, but still angry. "Oh, calm down, Simon. I`m just gathering wood."
The angry voice, presumably Simon, spoke again. "Lewis! Duncan told us to find iron, not wood! He needs the iron for his machines!"
'Lewis' sighed, then stopped hacking at the trees, and started walking again.
Tragic looked around once again, but could now see people headed towards her, and figured that they could probably see her, too, and that it wouldn`t make much of a difference to run. So Tragic pulled out her sword and waited for them to approach her.
"Hey, Lewis, do you see that? There`s a person standing there!" Simon shouted, gesturing at the figure waiting in the trees.
The duo hacked away some leaves and saw a girl, standing in the middle of a small clearing, sword held out in front of her.
They watched each other, and Tragic felt her heart racing, formulating a plan in her mind if it came to battle. She would disable the tall one, hacking at his legs, then use her height to her advantage against the dwarf.
Suddenly, the tall one spoke, "Are you one of those dirty Creatures?" He asked, pulling out a diamond sword.
Tragic raised an eyebrow. "What`s a Creature? You mean like a wolf or something? I`m a person."
The short one guffawed at her comment, and jabbed the tall one with his elbow. "I don`t think she knows what you`re talking about, Lewis. I haven`t seen her before, so either she really doesn`t know who the Creatures are, or they just found her and are sending her in as a spy." He looked her over. "I think she really doesn`t know, though."
Lewis looked down at his companion, and sighed, putting away his sword. "Okay then, if you trust her, I trust her." He looked back at Tragic, and offered his hand.
She stared at it, before knocking it away with the flat of her sword. "I don`t know you." Tragic stated, glaring at them. "How do I know that you won`t just kidnap me and rape me or murder me or something as soon as I let my guard down?"
The two stared at her, before laughing hysterically.
Tragic shifted uncomfortably under their mocking laughs. "It could happen." She said defensively."
The two just kept on laughing.
Tragic got tired of their crap quickly, and sheathed her sword, before walking away. back towards where Tech was waiting for her. "Idiots." She muttered under her breath.'
But she was unaware that someone had begun to follow her back to her house, flitting through the trees like a shadow.