Chapter two:
Kevin gets up from where he is sitting on the boat he's on this time around and heads up the stairs to go to the deck. He then hurries over to the front of the boat placing his hands on the cold metal railing looking around in hope of seeing land. He's been on enough boats over the course of time since he left to not have any trouble not getting seasick or falling over when walking around on the boat. He looks down to the water that is so clear which is a nice change to see compared to the bloody river after a battle took place there.
The blood of enemies and ones from the group Kevin is a part of mixing together to create a flowing red river.
They've been on this boat for about two days now and Kevin is a little anxious to get back to land especially since there isn't too much to do on this boat ride.
A drop lands on Kevin's nose making him blink in surprise only to look up to the cloudy sky. The drop is followed by some more as the rain begins to fall.
He turns and heads back to the inside part of the boat not really wanting to be caught in the rain. He heads down to his rather small room consisting of really just a bed, since the bathroom on the boat is like a school's bathroom, along with his bag of stuff sitting in a corner across from one corner of the bed. He lies down and closes his eyes to get some rest. He knows that the place that is like his beloved kingdom awaits for him to arrive and has decided to try to get some rest before they find land. He wants to pass the time faster because he just wants to get to the awaiting kingdom. He falls into sleep rather quickly and dreams about the one thing he desires most which is to see his loves face in person once again.
"LAND HO!" A shout startles Kevin awake.
Kevin jumps out of bed in a first instinct that the camp is under attack only to calm himself remembering he is currently on a boat. He turns and heads out of his room and hurries to the deck finding it no longer raining and he looks out with anyone else on this boat to the land ahead.
Here they go. Soon they will be returning to land, sweet solid land after pretty much two days at sea….. Well probably three by now as far as Kevin can tell.
He's just glad that they had to take a helicopter first before taking the boat since if it was just the boat then they'd be out at sea heading to go find land for longer than three days. He closes his eyes letting the breeze that can only be felt within a certain perimeter around land if you're on a boat. He opens his eyes again and rests his arms on the railing staring out at the land.
Someone elbows him gently and he turns to the person only to see the male from the sandbags that asked about his hat as their eyes meet. "So here we go huh?" He says with a smile. "Arriving to shore to leave this boat finally."
"Yes." Kevin says with a nod then they turn to look to the approaching land. "We'll be on land once again." He says mostly to himself.
"Wonder what life will throw at us next." The male says.
Kevin chuckles at that. "The only way to know for sure is to see what will happen after we arrive to land."
The male hums in agreement. "Yeah true. I can't wait to see what will happen."
"Me too." Kevin couldn't agree with the other more. "Hopefully soon I will return home to my love. Surely he must feel like the house isn't a home without me there. I know how that feels like…. All this time I have been feeling that when I have to be somewhere without him." He reaches into his pocket and pulls out the picture looking at it.
The male leans over slightly to catch a glimpse of the picture. "That one is lucky to have you." He comments.
Kevin flashes the male an appreciative smile then turns back to the picture in his hand. "I'm lucky to have him." He says mostly to himself. "Really really lucky."
The male can't help a grin before he turns away to look back to land. "Isn't Christmas coming up?"
"Another Christmas is almost here." Kevin confirms.
"I have a feeling that this one is going to be a little different this time." The male says with a slight chuckle.
"Most likely." Kevin says in agreement.
The boat arrives to the land and the people on it are allowed to get their stuff then head off the boat onto land.
The land where the people from the docks awaits them as they wave and cheer in greeting to the ones arriving from the boats that came to this land.
"Well here we go." Kevin says stepping off the boat down onto the wood of the dock and he walks away from the boat he had been on to follow the others that got off ahead of him down the dock towards the city. He slightly glances up to the buildings of the city that make him grin before he looks down to watch where he is going. "It is about time we arrived here." He says to himself as he continues on his way heading towards the city with the people at the docks saluting them all as well as giving words of warm welcome to them when they pass by.
However his mind is clouded in focus on wanting to soon return to his lover.
"I promised I would be back and I'm going to keep that promise. Even after all this time that I have been away." Kevin whispers to himself.
The people in front of him begin splitting up heading off in their own directions around the city.
Kevin heads straight into the city by walking straight ahead of himself rather than going to another part to enter it and he has a single destination locked within his mind.