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Into the Mist

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When Jill and Chris reached the other guards, they realized that two men appeared from the trees, running towards them. Although taken by the adrenaline of the moment, Jill could recognize one of them.

"Stop it!" She shouted to the guards running beside them. "Stop it!"

A guy was running towards the guards, dressed in a very elegant red costume. With his hat over his eyes, he had not seen her, he was looking at the guards. Still running, she threw herself on the ground, sliding and knocking him down. The boy rolled for a short time, getting to his feet quickly after. Pointing his sword to them, he got his hat up and looked at her. Jill's blue eyes met his blue eyes and she could not help it, she laughed.

"Jill?"

"Leon!" She ran towards Leon hugging him. "You came!"

"Of course I did. I'd never give up on finding you." Leon said, trying to bring her face close to a kiss.

Jill pulled him back just hugging him once again.

"What happened to both of you, Jill. How...?"

"I fell into sea while I was escaping from my father's men and he saved me, but the story is too long, Leon. How did you guys get here?"

"Keith!"

Jill looked at the other guy and realized it was Keith. Keith and Chris was shaking hands and Jill ran towards them.

"Keith!" She said hugging him "I miss my great friend. I think so much about you, my brother."

"Oh, Jill!" he hugged her back "Although you always put me in trouble, I miss you too." He said smiling.

"I bring joy to your life, you cannot deny it!" She grinned. "But I still don't understand how you guys managed to get to this place."

"Thanks to that man" Keith pointed out to Chris, who was now sitting on a log looking at his sword with a frustrated look. "He is very good. I was his right arm for half the trip, and thanks to the travelling plan we did together and the coördinates he had passed me, Leon and I could get here. We just didn't know what to do next and where to go, we are lost in this forest since yesterday. But we decided to try this place to find you."

"Oh my god! Thank you for doing this for me! By the way, I'm glad you found us. But we don't have much time to explain what happened, we need to find just what we came looking for, some lives are at stake. It will be great to have your help, we will be a good team." Jill looked at Chris "Chris, we have rested enough, can we keep going?"

"We have to" he said still looking at the sword "We only need to look at the map again before continuing, because in about 200 yards we start to find the areas marked with symbols. If you can give your opinion about it, please."

"Sure! But look at me while talking and give me the map."

Chris looked at her like she asked. But Jill did not find his sweet gaze, but a firm and unforgiving one. She knew that even though he was controlling himself, something was bothering him deeply. Before she could say anything, he opened the map and pointed to a symbol.

"What code would that be? I have my suspicions, but I'm not sure. What is your opinion?"

Jill approached the map and squinted trying to see the small details of that figure. After watching it for a few minutes, she sighed deeply seeking for more inspiration and she closed her eyes.

"Silence?" Chris asked.

"Yes, this symbol represents the silence, but this thing next to it looks like a sword for me. The way it crosses the symbol, it may represent the end of silence. So it may be its opposite, maybe it is a noisy place." Jill pointed to the trace beside the sword. "What is it?"

"Something like a plateau."

"I see. Well, we will only be able to understand everything when we get there. Guide us. "She said smiling, but realized he did not smile back.

Chris stood up screaming at the men some orders, they all got in position and started walking. Jill let him walk a bit forward and chose to walk alongside Keith. After a few meters, Leon approached her too.

"Thank you." She said when she saw him.

"I'd never give up on you" Leon said.

"We've been friends for so many years, haven't we? I would do the same for you, Leon." Jill smiled sincerely.

"Not just because of that. I also missed my future wife." He smiled seductively.

Jill looked down trying to hide the thoughts that inhabited her mind at that moment. There were so many other more important things to worry about right now.

"What was that, have you changed your mind? Will you marry the governor?"

At that moment she realized that Keith hurried to catch up with the other guards and Chris. He probably noticed the what kind of conversation it had become.

"Never!" She raised her voice, drawing some guards attention "It's just that things change so much in so little time."

"Change? Didn't you miss our nights together?"

"Did you?"

"What a question!"

"Because it's not what I think. Other arms could replace me so quickly."

"C'mon, Jill. It seems like you don't know anything about the pirates. Sex and love are two different things."

"So the pirates don't know real love, Leon. If you are the only man to touch me till this day that is because you were special to me."

"Were?"

"You are and will always be special to me, we are friends since we were children. But all this time I have asked me if we were really meant for each other."

"Don't make those questions. We're gypsies, friends and have an explosive sexual attraction."

"This is not enough. Because when we get old, there will be no more sex, then nothing will be left for us, Leon."

"Our friendship."

"Yes, our friendship! That's the most important thing, all that has always existed and will exist between us."

"What do you mean?"

"While you keep falling into the arms of other women, you will know you have not found true love yet."

"Stop it, Jill. You are my half, no need to be jealous."

"I'm not jealous, forgive me. I'm being cruel saying all this for you, just after you came to save me. I'm so sorry."

"I would save you anyway. I don't regret coming here."

Jill burst into tears and threw herself into his arms, hugging him close. She was so confused and she didn't want to hurt him, but she couldn't continue with that anymore.

"I'm not telling you that because I'm jealous. I just need sometime because of my own feelings, I'm so confused." She pushed him a little to look into his eyes "I want to be loved, Leon. I need to feel that my soul is loved. Forgive me for saying this. But I cannot let you keep thinking that we're getting married if I don't know that anymore."

"That's ok" He hugged her "I'll wait for your decision. But in the meantime I will try to learn to love you the way you want to be loved."

"Thank you for being so special." Jill stepped back and wiped her tears. "We'd better hurry to reach them." She said pointing out to the men.

Jill knew that was not a good time to say that, but she could'nt keep that inside of her anymore. She also knew she had not said enough to Leon. He was very special and deserved all her affection and attention, but she was relieved to have at least told him how she felt. Maybe it would not change things immediately, but it would help her make decisions and discover her own feelings without guilt.

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The guards walked further on, Keith and Leon behind them and Chris and Jill far behind looking at the map. Before they got to the top, Jill asked everyone to remain together and that everyone should aware of the sounds, they still didn't know how to go through that place.

"We're really at the location." Chris whispered. "You think we should be quiet?"

"Good question. These clues are vague, for now we should catch up with them and find out." She said pointing out to Keith and Leon.

The weather was cloudy but clean. But after walking a few meters, a mist began to surround them. Chris, Leon and Keith were close, but the guards were quite ahead and Jill decided to get their attention.

"Ssshhhh. Come back." She tried to draw their attention without increasing much the sound of the voice. The two guards closer to her looked and she motioned for them to wait. But instead of calling the other two they just stopped walking. Jill tried to call the others, but there was no time. A thick fog surrounded them suddenly and along with it a deadly silence.

"Let's hold hands" Chris whispered holding her hand "Everyone stay alert."

Jill looked at him and nodded.

Suddenly no one could see anything around, but the most impressive thing was the silence. There were no more sound from the forest, wind, birds or crickets. For the first time in her life Jill knew what was total silence and she realized that it could be extremely maddening.

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The two guards ahead were alone and they also couldn't see or hear anything. They looked back trying to see where the others were, but without success.

With all that place silence, they decided to remain silent and walk slowly. A few minutes later, one of the guards seemed out of breath.

"The happened?" The other guard whispered.

"Eyes. I see yellow eyes through the fog and they are looking in my direction."

"Where?"

"In front of me." He whispered. "Seems like they are pulling me."

The other guard began to strike the mist with his sword, without seeing or hitting anything. Some seconds later the body of his friend fell at his feet and he shouted scared. He managed to be quiet afterward and looked in front of him, so he got scared to realize that he could also see those yellow eyes.

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With the scream, Jill and Chris looked at each other. Although they could not see clearly, she realized that he was also concerned. Apparently they were not alone in that place and she moved closer to Chris, leaning on his arm. With her left hand, Jill was holding Keith's hand, so she pulled his friend also closer and looked around carefully.

All she could hear was the sound of her own breathing and she found it all very strange. By the symbol on the map, that should not be a quiet place, but the opposite. Maybe at some point they could hear noises, or maybe the noises could represent the sound of the screams.

She was concentrated in her thoughts, when Keith pulled her left arm.

"What is it, Keith?" She whispered.

"I see a pair of eyes approaching. They shine like light."

"Don't look at them, close your eyes." Jill whispered scared.

"I keep on seeing them, even with my eyes closed" Keith whispered. "They seem to pull me."

Jill realized that Keith didn't have his eyes close although he thought so, he was looking fixedly on the same point, where there was nothing. The man seemed to be losing his strength, he was trying to release Jill's hand. Jill felt distressed, she could not believe or accept that could be the end of her best friend.

"No Keith!" she screamed desperately.

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A/N: Hello people!

How was your week? Hope it was great.

And now things are getting complicated... LOL Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!

What do you think will happen to Keith? Poor guy!

Have a wonderful weekend guys! Kisssss

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xjillvalentinex : Well.. they are going to face lots of dangerous situations... so everything can happen. But they are together in this! oounn! :) thanks dear.

roseimagine: Sisssss! I'm reallyyy happy you liked Chris past. And Jill is totally in love, although she can't admit it yet. Lol. About Wesker, yessss, he is fantastic! you can say that again! Thank you veryyyy much for coming and for your sweet words as always sisss. Huge huuuug!

Mister Valentine: Yeah, everybody has their shadows. Jill knows that and what matters is the way he makes her feel. Nobody ever made her feel that way, so she believes this is more important than any shadow. And c'mon, Chris is still sooo special, right? :D

Yeah, and this was the beginning of them fighting together... still many things to come.

OOOH! Don't understimate me... I can make her die for Chris just to show you I'm able to do everything LOL. Just kidding! LOL. Bisousssssssssssssss Chris-Angeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel. :heart:

NerdGirl4Life: FicFrieeeeeeeeend. Thanks a lot my dear. Many many kissssssssessssss!