Chapter three: A girl and her wolf
Alex was sitting on a couch on the balcony area. She had the wolf beside her.
"Hello? Anyone still here?" Dan called out as they walked into the room.
Alex looked up and slowly stood and came to the top of the stairs. "I'm still here." she replied. She took in his appearance.
He was wearing a black jacket with golden patches on the elbows and a white shirt underneath. Blue jeans with golden knee pads over his knees, brown boots, and belt. He also had a pair of goggles with diamond blue lens on top of his head.
The wolf stood at her side. She stayed at the top of the stairs. The wolf gave a low growl.
"Oh! Hey there." He greeted, looking up at her and the wolf. "I'm Dan and who are you?"
"My name is Alex." she introduced then glanced at the wolf. "I'm not sure about the wolf..." she explained softly.
She seemed a little uncertain as she shifted on her feet awkwardly, yet felt she could trust Dan. He had that aura about him that felt as if they'd known each other for years.
Dan saw that there was no collar on the wolf which meant the wolf was still wild.
"Yeah. That wolf doesn't look tame at all but sure seem to like you." He said with a smile.
She gave a small smile back. "Yeah..." she agreed softly.
Trayaurus cleared his throat. "Answers?" he quietly reminded Dan, knowing he'd probably have the best questions since he's the one wanting the answers most.
Alex noticed this. "You can come up here to talk." she said, a little awkwardly.
"Oh Yes." Dan glanced at Trayaurus and back at Alex.
"If you don't mind, I've been having a little trouble of figuring out what's going on here, I was wondering if you knew?"
Alex blinked. "Um... I was kind of hoping one of you knew..." She replied as they joined her on the balcony.
Dan now looked a little concerned about this. "What do you mean?"
Alex was sitting. She tried to remember what had happened.
"I... I remember waking up in a forest nearby and it was raining... I started getting chased by those monsters then the wolf saved me and we made it here... I can't remember much before that. Just my name..." She replied, the fact that she knew she didn't remember almost her whole life starting to sink in.
She gave a shaky gasp and put her hands over her mouth as she realized she didn't remember almost anything.
Tears started to brim her eyes. "I-I d-don't re-remember..." her voice was shaking.
Trayaurus glanced at Dan. This was an issue.
Dan glanced Trayaurus and walked over to Alex.
"Hey, it's going to be alright. We'll figure out something." He said to her in a reassuring matter.
She wiped at her eyes as she looked up at him. She gave him a small smile. "Ok..." she agreed, her voice soft.
She wasn't sure how she felt about Trayaurus but she felt like she could trust Dan.
"Good." Dan said with slight smile. It could have been the tears or something else he couldn't quite put his finger on but he felt compelled to help her.
But then again, who wouldn't? He would, but Trayaurus might have something else say about it.
"Now I need to talk to Trayaurus and we'll be right back."
She nodded. She ran her hand through the wolf's fur as it sat beside her.
Trayaurus headed down the stairs.
Dan hurried down the stairs.
"Ok Trayaurus. I honestly don't know if I should question this...but I can't tell if I'm dreaming." He whispered.
Trayaurus looked at him for a moment before pinching his arm before he could flinch back. Grim barked at Trayaurus for hurting Dan.
"Did you feel that?" He asked.
"Yes! I did." Dan replied, rubbing his arm.
He smirked. "Then you're awake. Well. Probably." Trayaurus shrugged. "I can do some tests for it if you'd like." He offered.
"Sure. I would appreciate that Trayaurus." Dan replied. "Because even though it's awesome being here. It's also kind of scaring me the more I think about it."
He nodded. "Alright. I'll see if there's anything I can do about her memory as well." He said, heading to the testing chamber. Grim stayed by Dan's side. "Hopefully I'll be done before night fall."
"Alright, let me know if you need any help!" Dan called out to him and headed back up the stairs with Grim.
"Will do!" Trayaurus replied as he left. Grim followed Dan.