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Left In Limbo

Chapter 5:

She groaned at how uncomfortable she was. Not to mention she needed another bath in a major way. It had been five days since she had a real bath. Groaning she sat up and looked to see Canard sharpening his utility knife. "I need a bath. Is there a lake nearby?" Canard looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Sure. There's a lake maybe about a five-minute walk from here. I choose this spot for a reason." He smirked.

"Great! Then I'm off to take a bath. I stink." She got up slowly, careful of her leg. Canard, stood up and made sure she was fine. "I'll be back soon." She said planning on taking a nice long, relaxing bath.

"Uh no. You're not going alone. I'm going with you." He crossed his arms, as if it wasn't negotiable.

"Uh... What?"

"You heard me Mallory."

"No really. I'll be fine by myself." Mallory leaned against the wall

Canard stared at her unconvinced. "There's no way I'm letting you go alone."

Mallory looked Canard in the eyes, staring him down. "Listen here Canard..."

Two minutes later...

"Put me down! I mean it!" Mallory yelled trying to grab anything that would give her some leverage. She was unsuccessful.

"I'm just looking out for your best interests." He smirked, walking towards the lake with a very annoyed Mallory over his right shoulder. His hands held her legs down to his front so she couldn't kick while she smacked at his back. Mallory threatened different body parts on him, hoping that he would let her go only to find he was unaffected by her threats. Finally, she gave up and just watched the ground pass under his feet, listening to the sound of the stones and gravel crunching under his boots as he walked. The gravel soon gave way to dark blue grass and black mud, a sign that they were nearing a body of water. "Here we are!" Canard announced a little too smugly. Gently he placed her on her feet again. Mallory was relieved to be off of his shoulder, it had been digging into her stomach and was starting to hurt. She limped towards a large boulder only to be grabbed by Canard again. She looked at him confused but he didn't answer only started dragging her towards the water.

"I really don't need your help. I've got it from here." She went to push his hands away but she was too weak.

"Yeah okay." He mumbled sarcastically at her pathetic attempt to remove his hand.

"I mean it Canard." She growled but still he didn't listen.

"Alright strip down to your underwear and I'll take care of your leg."

"Canard!"

"That's an order." Mallory sighed as he turned away and took off his top and pants.

"Mind as well get it over with." She mumbled to herself, striping down to her underwear. Once she was striped Canard picked her up and carried her further into the water where it was a little deeper. Gently he washed her leg with green liquid from a bag and inspected the healing wound, it was doing nicely. He smiled and nodded at his good work.

"It's looking better every day."

"Oh good. For second there I was worried I would never have a private bath again." She mumbled, referring to his wanting to watch her every second because of her injury.

"I'm only looking out for your safety. No need to be sour." He smirked handsomely at her. Mallory's could only stare at him as he looked away into the forest scanning it for danger. She studied his face and chiseled upper body. No doubt girls were all over Canard back on Puckworld. Thinking of this only made her think of her other friends stranded back on Earth. At least they had each other, poor Canard didn't have anyone here. She had to remind herself of that when she became annoyed with his over protectiveness. Sighing she got on with cleaning her body, she didn't have any soap but the water would have to do. Canard saw her attempting to clean her skin with the water, he surprised her when he handed her a pouch of the thick green liquid. "Here I made this with herbs and other ingredients here. It's basically primitive soap. It does the job pretty well."

Mallory took it with a big smile. "Thanks! Look at you knowing how to make soap." She smirked.

Canard laughed, "Yeah something I learned from my father back on Puckworld when I was younger. He used to take me hunting and sometimes we would run out of soap while out in the wilderness. So he showed me how to make it. I was lucky that the planets here are pretty much the same as on Puckworld." A sad light entered Canard's eyes for a moment. "I miss my family."

"You'll see them again soon Canard. We are getting out of here." Mallory assured him with more conviction then she actually felt. It seemed to cheer him up. "Wonder what the others will do when they see you again?" She asked herself out loud, wanting to distract Canard.

"Ha. Probably not think I'm real. That would be my reaction." He said, watching as Mallory turned away from him to take off her bra so she could wash the rest of her body. His eyes traced her back and smooth skin and feathers. She was very beautiful. He thought so when he first saw her.

"Can you hold this for me?" She brought her arm back behind her, using the other to cover her breasts. She was turned just slightly to look back at him. Seeing him staring at her the way he was made her blush at little. He snapped out of it when he looked up at her face.

"Oh yeah… Sure." Taking the bra from her with a small blush over his own cheeks. Mallory pretended not to notice and turned back around to finish washing. Once they were both done taking a bath and Mallory's bra was back on, Canard carried Mallory out of the water, she didn't complain this time. Dressed and refreshed they went back to the cave cautiously, being careful in case DeCoy planned an ambush. When they found all was safe they went back in to rest for the night.

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Two days of staying in the cave and Mallory was able to walk around on her own without assistance. She wasn't able to run yet but she was doing well enough that they began planning their escape from limbo.

Meanwhile Lucretia lingering along their camp waiting for the opportune moment to strike. She would have taken out Canard the night before if Mallory hadn't been on guard. The two ducks took turns sleeping throughout the night. Usually Canard was on the lookout since Mallory was healing but now that Mallory was getting better the red head had taking to switching with Canard as lookout. Lucretia cursed Canard again for never letting Mallory out of his sight, it made it impossible for her to snatch the injured red head. To top it off Mallory was healing and would be at full strength soon, so taking her would be difficult now that she could fight back. No matter, they were planning their escape from this place and would soon begin to travel.

Her plan now was to follow at a distance and grab Mallory when she was vulnerable. Then she would hold Mallory hostage and make the brawns let her out of here. Once she was through the portal with Mallory she would shoot her in the head and be on her marry way. It would all come together nicely for her. In the meantime, she planned on enjoying her time following and playing head games with these two. Maybe she could get them to turn on each other, that would get Canard out of the picture…

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