The Man With White Hair

[Saphire Reign]

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The Man with White Hair

Alexis

I peeked out from around the oak tree I was standing behind, so I could catch a glimpse of the man who destroyed my village. I made sure I only stuck my head out far enough that I could see him. He had striking white hair that was just over shoulder length long. I could not see his face because he was turned but I did see he was wearing a long sleeved shirt and around the elbow, his shirt slit open down the rest of his arm. His pants were black and they flared out at the feet.

I slowly pulled out my sword. There would be only one chance to take him. I closed my eyes and thought about my family’s faces. I heard him stop moving; I steadied my blade, took a deep breath, and stepped out from behind the tree.

He didn’t turn at once but kept his back to me “Can I help you?” I growled, “Only thing you can do to help me is die.” He didn’t even flinch “And why is that?”
“My family!”
“I have no quarrel with you or your family. I don’t even know you.”
“Liar! You destroyed the village of Laso and that included my family!” He didn’t say anything so I took it as a sign that he was remembering, I sneered “Do you remember then?” This time he turned to face me, his eyes looking me over “Yes, I remember quite well in fact.” I didn’t let my face change “Before I kill you I would like to know one thing.” A smile played on his lips “Oh, what’s that?”
“All I want to know is why, why did you kill them?” He sighed, “Well, I think it’s because one of them ticked me off. Ah, yes, a guy named Nathan was the one.”
“What did he do?”
“He wouldn’t leave me alone so I killed him and others got involved and wait just a second why didn’t I kill you?” Regret and guild filled my face before I could stop them “I had gone to another village for something for my mother.” I put my sword out in front of me “Enough talk, it’s your time to die.” I came at him, swinging my sword to the right. He looked as though he dissolved, then reappeared behind me “Shall we make a wager on this battle?” I swung again and he dodged, I growled, “I don’t see why not.” He came at me and I jumped back, he smirked “Shall we say this is what will happen: If you win, you can kill me, but if I win, you get to be my servant for six months. Deal?”
“Deal.”

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I swung my sword from right to left but he jumped straight up. I jumped up after him and nailed a kick to his gut. He laughed and disappeared. He reappeared on the ground next to a tree “Well, well, she’s got some skill. Wouldn’t you say?” Another voice entered the little talking spree “I do say so master but why would you want a human as a servant, especially a girl.” I threw a look at the thing behind the voice. It was a 3’4” Maneka. It hid behind a tree “Mmmaster.” I heard him laugh “Don’t worry Lecto, she can’t kill you.” I flipped around, threw a punch at his stomach, and he backed up. All the sudden he was right in front of me, his hand came up and curled around my neck. He pushed me back against a tree and got right up next to me, he put his head next to my ear “You know what: I like someone who can stand up for themselves.” I put my hand on his stomach and put my fingers between his ribs “It’s time for you to BACK up.” I pushed hard and he stepped back and grabbed his side “You don’t know when to give up, do you?” I smiled and brought up my right food to kick him. He grabbed my leg and flipped me over. I landed hard on my back; he got on his knees over my stomach and put his hand on my throat “Now will you give up.” I shook my head “No!”
“Then you are going to pass out and when you wake up I’ll have won the wager.” His hand tightened around my neck. The last thought before my world went dark was ‘how is this guy so strong, how?’

My eyes flickered open to see twinkling stars in the night sky. I sat up slowly, grabbing my throat with my hand and trying to swallow. The guy stuck out a bottle of water “Here.” I took it from him and drank deeply.

After a few minutes of uncomfortable silence, I spoke “So, um, what is your name anyway?” He grunted, “You didn’t even know my name yet you came to kill me.” I cleared my throat “So, what is your name?” He leaned back against a tree; his eyes closed “My name is Alec. What’s yours?”
“My name is Alexis.” He took a deep breath in and let it slowly out. I glanced at the fire “So, what are my duties to you?” Alec mumbled “Tomorrow.” I smiled and laid my head back down, closing my eyes.

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As the sun came over the horizon, my eyes opened. Alec was nowhere to be found, so I was stuck with a sleeping Maneka. I stood up; it was a beautiful crisp morning. I felt something behind me and turned, Alec was standing at a tree “Lecto, wake up!” The little Maneka jumped up “What master, what?”
“Can you smell that?” Lecto sniffed the air several times then jerked his head back “It smells like Raco. How long has his sent been close?”
“To long.” I sat silently listening to the conversation, Alec glanced at me “I suppose you would like to know what we are talking about?” I shrugged my shoulders “I figured I would ketch on eventually.” No expression played on his face so I knew I needed to be careful about what I said. Lecto grabbed his little cane and stood next to Alec “What do you plan to do with this “human”?” All he did was stare at me.

Finally he sighed “She can come with us but you need to watch her, Lecto.” I raised my eyebrows “I honor my promises. I won’t run but you might want to watch your back.” Lecto’s eyes got huge and he freaked “You can’t talk to master Alec like that! Master Alec she can’t talk to you like that!” I looked at Lecto weird “I can talk to either of you however I want.” Lecto slowly turned Alec. I was kind of getting nervous. Alec turned and started walking down the road. Lecto followed close behind. I waited a few seconds, sighed, and followed.

After about ten minutes of walking, Alec stopped “We should see him come out right there.” He pointed to the left of the river. All the sudden a guy looking similar to Alec came out from the left of the river. He stopped when he saw us. Three others came out behind him. The guy, Raco, put his arm out in front of one of the girls. Raco spoke first “What are you doing here, Alec?”
“Wondering what you are doing here.” Raco caught my eye “And who’s this?” Alec stepped in his line of sight “How is your Mestalgo doing?” Raco growled, a smile played on Ales’c lips. Lecto spoke “Master Alec wants to know where Chikao is.” The other guy who had come along with Raco smirked “Apparently Alec needs someone to talk for him now.” One of the two girls, also with Raco, hit him on the shoulder. I smirked and Lecto jerked back at me so I stopped. Raco drew his sword “Do you have any information about Chikao?” Lecto growled, “I just asked you the same question!” Alec put his hand on Lecto’s shoulder “Enough Lecto.” He turned his head toward Raco ȁ tle Brother, how fairs your search for the crystals?”
“It’s none of your business.”
“So, you lost them all to Leah and she gave them to Chikao, right?” I could see Raco’s face tighten at the name of Leah. I peaked my head around Alec “Yo, Raco, how many what are these crystals?” The girl who had hit the other guy on the shoulder cringed “Well, the crystals run these worlds but he’s still missing a few.” Raco glanced at the girl “He doesn’t need to know a thing.” Alec chuckled “I wasn’t even the one asking.”
“Yeah, but you put the questions in her head.”
“Gee whiz brother I don’t brain wash people. Besides this girl here tried to kill me yesterday and I didn’t know her before that.”
“Why the heck is she standing behind you then?”
“We made a deal.”
“You made a deal with a human that would keep her with you?” Alec sighed “You know what, we could fight about this all day but instead I have one question to ask.”
“What?”
“Have you ever come in contact with a Hemolo named Katsutoshi?”
“Katsutoshi. I don’t think so but you never know.” Alec rolled his eyes and turned “This was a waste of time and energy.” He started walking down the river, Lecto following close behind. I stayed for a second and looked at Raco “Are you his little brother.” He looked at me weird “Yeah, did he really make a bet with you?” I nodded, he shook his head “That’s very unnatural of him.” Lecto yelled “Human, come.” I turned and started after them, yelling “I have a name.”
“Get over it human.”
“Humph.”

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We had been walking fast for two hours and I was falling behind. I wasn’t going to say anything thou because I didn’t want to hear anything out of either of them.

Finally, about twenty minutes later Alec looked behind him to see me around five yards behind them. He stopped “We’ll stay here tonight. I got to where they were and tried not to breath heavy.

After we got camp set up and were sitting around the fire Alec sighed “Alexis, I think I should tell you want I want you to do now.” I sighed “OK, what’s my punishment?”
“You will make every meal for us and get our water.” He smiled and lay against a tree. I suspiciously looked at him “Is that it?” He nodded so I dropped it.

My eyes opened before the sunrise this morning. I sat up and looked at the fire, it was almost dead. I took in a deep breath and it smelled of rain. I stood up and stoked the fire.

When Alec’s eyes opened, I smiled “Breakfast is done.” He unsurely took the scrambled eggs “This won’t kill me, will it?” I laughed evilly “You never know.” I turned back to the fire as Alec smirked.

The sun finally came over the horizon and Alec handed me back the plate “I’ve not had a homemade food for a while now.” I smiled “You never know when I’ll poison you.” He cocked his head “Now, now.” All the sudden Lecto woke up and saw the plate Alec had handed me “Master, did you eat something that the human made?!” He nodded; Lecto freaked “No, no master. She could try to poison you, never eat her stuff without me tasting it first.” Alec glared at him “Who is the Master here and who is the servant?” Lecto backed up “SORRY, master. Sorry.” Alec nodded. I smirked and handed Lecto a plate of eggs. He took it, sneered at me, and started eating.

Around 8:00am I asked Alec “So, “master” Alec, what’s your plan?”
“First off we need to find a Hemolo by the name of Katsutoshi.”
“OK, and how are we supposed to find this Katsutoshi?”
“Oh, he makes himself easy enough to find.”
“I’ll ask again, were?”
“Once we hit the land of Ai, he will find us.” I slowly nodded “Well what are we waiting for then?” Alec stood up “We are going to run today, shall I carry you?” Lecto nodded “Yes master you can carry me.” He rolled his eyes “Not you stupid, you can keep up with me. Alexis.” I looked at him, somewhat surprised “Um, sure.” He knelt down and I got on us back. He put his hands under my butt to hold me in place “Hold on, Alexis.” I felt my face flush a little as I put my arms around his neck. I felt him tense, surprisingly. Lecto cleared his throat “Well let’s go shall we?” Alec nodded “Yep, let’s go.” He started running down the road.

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After about an hour, we came to a fast flowing river and Alec stopped “Lecto, when did this river get here?” He came up beside us “I don’t know master, it wasn’t here last time, and I didn’t know of any other river developing.” Alec slowly set me down and I walked over to the water. I bent down and dipped my fingers in the water then pulled them out. I looked at my fingers and it looked as if black goop was running off them “Um, Alec, this isn’t a river.” He was next to me, looking at my fingers. I wiped them on the grass and stepped back but the goop followed me “Alec, Alec, do something.” He stepped on the goop and it went back into the water. I peaked around Alec at the goop; he looked down at me “OK, what happened to the girl who wanted to kill me?” I looked up at him “She doesn’t like black goop that follows her.” Lecto came up next to us “Well where do we go now?” Alec sighed and looked to the sky “We have about an hour left till lunch. We can walk till then.”

An hour later, we stopped under a tree and I started fixing lunch, which was sandwiches.

Alec and Lecto had fallen asleep under a tree after lunch. I smiled and looked into the sky; it was crisp and blue. All I could hear were the birds chirping and the grass swaying. I put the rest of my sandwich in my mouth and glanced back the way we came. It seemed dark and dreary. My mind started to wander when Alec’s voice startled me “What are you thinking about?” I glanced at him “It looks dreary the way we came.” Alec’s eyes still closed “What were you really thinking about?”
“Nothing that you would be concerned about.” One of his eyes popped open “Come on.” I sighed “I was thinking about my brother.”
“Why?”
“It was on a day like this when he got married.
“How old was he?”
“When he married or when you killed him?” Alec was silent; I continued “Sorry.”
“There is nothing to apologize for.” He stood up “Let’s go Lecto.” He sat up “OK, master.”

We got things cleaned up and Alec bent down “Get back on, Alexis.” I got back on and he started running.

Around 9:00pm we stopped for the night. He put me down and we got camp around.

I woke up, again, before sunrise and started to make breakfast. Alec’s voice scared me “What the heck are you doing up so early?” I was a little taken a back because of how he talked to me “Well for yo---“ Lecto ran over to me and shook his head “Master isn’t in a good mood today. No comments or anything rash should come out of your mouth.” I glanced at Alec then back at Lecto “Not that I understand what exactly going on but I’ll play it cool.” I turned back to Alec “I’m making your breakfast, Alec.” I could see him roll his eyes “We aren’t having those eggs you made yesterday, are we?” My face heated up and I gritted my teeth “Not if you don’t want to.” Lecto put his hand on my arm “Why don’t you go and fetch some water Alexis, I’ll start the toast.” I nodded and headed to the water.

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I shook my head as I filled up the water and wondered what had ticked Alec off so bad.

When I got back to the camp Alec was asleep, again, and Lecto was frying bacon. I whispered, “Where did you get the bacon?” Lecto looked up “Oh, this was in my pack.” I nodded and sat next to him “So, what puts Alec in such a bad mood?”
“I don’t think I should be the one to tell you that.”
“Well, why not?” Lecto sighed “You haven’t known him for long enough to understand his emotions.” I shrugged “He was fine yesterday.”
“Like I said, I think he should be the one to tell you.” I sighed as the sun came up over the horizon.

Alec glanced at us “What were you two talking about?” I shook my head “Nothing.” He snapped his fingers “Lecto, give me some bread and bacon!” He nodded and handed Alec bread and bacon. I stood up “So, where are we going today?” Alec glanced at me; his eyes were dark “Who says we are moving?” I sighed, “Alright, since we apparently aren’t going anywhere today, I’m going to take a bath, in the river.” Alec rolled his eyes “Yeah, yeah.”

I went to the river; made sure no one was looking, *****ed, and got into the water.

As I was washing, I sensed something foul. I glanced around, not liking my situation. I couldn’t see anything but I knew something was there, watching me. My heart started to beat faster and my adrenaline kicked in. I yelled, “Um, Lecto, something’s wrong!” He didn’t answer and neither did anyone else. I started to get very nervous. I yelled again “Lecto, get you tinny butt over here!” Still no answer, maybe he was the peeping tom. I dunked further into the water, now I was up to my neck.

All the sudden a man walked right out into the open, looking at me, standing on the bank. I felt my eyes get large and my face flush “Excuse me! What the heck are you doing?!” He just stood there, starring. He had blond hair and orange eyes.

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Finally I yelled “Alec, Alec, can you get your grumpy butt over here?!” I heard a rustle in the woods behind the man. The man slightly turned as Alec came walking into the open “Bout time.” He glanced at me then at the man “Why are you watching her bathe?” He shrugged “She was pretty.” My face got even redder. Alec continued, “I think it would be best for you to leave, now!”
“Do you even know who I am?” Alec shook his head “I don’t know and frankly I don’t care.” The man’s eyes narrowed “You are Alec the Eastora?” Alec nodded “What’s it to you?”
“Chikao is looking for ya.” Alec’s facial expression changed “What do you know of Chikao?!”
“I am actually one of Chikao’s servants.” Faster than your eyes could see, Alec’s hand was at his throat and he hissed, “I’ll ask you once and only once, where is Chikao?” The man smirked “Did you really think I would answer that?” I could see Alec’s hand begin to squeeze “When you woke up this morning did you plan on dying?”
“If I tell you about where he is, will you kill me?” Alec cocked his head “Depends on if the information is good or not.” “He is near Oka Mountain.” Alec sighed, “If you are lying.”
“Don’t worry, don’t worry.” I cleared my throat “OK, nice talk and all but I need to get out of the water and so…” Alec picked up the guy by the throat and took him into the woods. I rolled my eyes, quickly got out, and got dressed.

I went back to camp and glanced around, Alec was sitting against a tree and Lecto was s the fire, I walked over to him “And why the heck didn’t you come when I called?!” He glanced up at me “Sorry Human.” I sat next to Alec and laid my head on my knees. Alec sighed “Lecto, did you not hear her?”
“No, I heard her but I was busy.”
“Do you remember what I told you?”
“What master?”
“I told you to keep an eye on Alexis.”
“Oh, um, yes.”
“Well, why didn’t you?” I glanced up at Lecto, who was shaking in his boots. Alec laid his head back against the tree, apparently, his message had been sent, and he continued, “At least we know where Chikao is.” I grabbed my pack and laid my head on it, stretching out on the ground “By the way, Alec, what did you do with the peeping tom?” He didn’t even open his eyes “Killed him.” That took me by surprise but I didn’t question him because of how he answered.

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Later in the day, around 5:00pm, I started making supper. Alec had gone out for some wood and Lecto had gone to the river for water. I decided to make the rice balls Lecto had given me. The rain I had smelled yesterday still hadn’t come. I glanced up into the sky, the cloud cover had increased. Alec’s voice startled me “It’s going to rain tomorrow.” He dumped the wood by the fire “Tomorrow will be a better day thou.” He sat close to the fire and warmed his hands, I glanced at him “Can I ask you something?” He nodded so I continued, “What did the peeping tom mean by Alec the Eastra?”
“Eastra is a slang name for half breed.”
“So he was really saying Alec the half breed?”
“Yes.”
“Well, why did he call you that?”
“My mother was human but my father was from the royal line of the Argyll.”
“So you’re half human and half Argyll?” He nodded “So is Raco.” I nodded “And I am assuming that you and he don’t get along?” Alec shrugged “We’ve never gotten into it but we’ve just never seen eye-to-eye, if you get my meaning.” Lecto came running through the trees “Master, the river changed to the black goop as I was filling up the water!” Alec didn’t even stand up “And what does that have to do with me?” Lecto shrugged his shoulders “OK, master.” I stood up “I’m going to go check it out.” Alec shook his head “No, you’re not.”
“Yes, I am.” I started toward the water, Alec jumped up “Fine, I’m coming.” I smiled as he followed me.

We came to the water and I knelt down to touch it but Alec grabbed my arm “Don’t touch it.”
“Why not?”
“This smells different then the other river.” I thought for a second “Is it because the other one wasn’t a real river and this is?” He sighed, “We need to leave this area, now!” Lecto glanced at Alec “Why?” Alec picked me up, in a princess hold, and started running. Lecto freaked and followed.

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We reached our camp and quickly packed everything up. Alec had me get on his back and he started running. I spoke in his ear “What’s wrong?” I could see a small amount of fear in his face “Something isn’t right. I don’t know what but something isn’t right.” Lecto came up beside of us “Master, do you sense that Hemolo.”
“Yes, but something else is also here.” All the sudden Alec came to a stop “It’s here. I tried to beat it but apparently it’s faster then what I can run with Alexis on my back.” He put me down and turned toward the pathway to the mountain. A man stepped out “Well, well, well what do we have here? An Esatra, a Maneka, and a human.” Alec put his hand on his sword “I wouldn’t have guessed I’d see an Argyll.” He didn’t even wince “We’ve been wondering where you and your brother “hopped” off to.”
“Well, why didn’t you check your bunny book.” He held up his finger “That’s enough, Aleccwa.”
“My name is Alec.” The guy shook his head “You know what, I think it’s time for you to come back home.”
“No!”
“Shall I go ask your brother to come back.” Alec drew his sword “Malec, I really suggest you leave.”
“Now why would I do that?”
“I’m having one of my bad days.” Malec pulled his sword “Then does that mean you want to kill me?” Alec was behind Malec, hands on his neck “Yeah, I’d like to kill you, I’d really like to kill you but Alexis is watching and I don’t think she wants to see me kill someone.” I saw Malec smirk “You’re faster than last time, little rabbit.” He disappeared and appeared next to me “Now, why would a little human like you be traveling with an Esatra, like him?” I stood up and pulled my sword, he smiled “Oh, does the wittle human have a scawy sword?” It was at his neck before he could blink “I’m not stupid, rabbit trainer.” He growled “You little we-. “ Alec was right next to us, his head next to Malec “Now, now, that wasn’t very nice Malec.” His head whirled around “You.” He disappeared and reappeared behind us “Now, now, no ganging up.” Alec smirked as his eyes glowed bright blue. Their swords clashed and wind rippled out from around their feet, I was surprised they could move that fast. Alec moved his right foot and nailed a kick to Malec’s gut. Malec tottered but landed a punch to the side of Alec’s head. Alec fell to the ground, bringing up his sword to block Malec. Alec flipped up backward, standing on his feet. Malec jumped forward and Alec blocked his sword, grabbing Malec’s neck with his other hand “Ho, ho, what do we have here; I made it to your neck.” Malec spun away from Alec and swept his leg over the ground, tripping Alec. He fell to the ground on his back; Malec dug his right knee into Alec’s chest “Now boy, I think this fight is over!” I moved, my fist connected with his face before he even knew what had happened. He flew back and hit the ground. Alec jumped up and stepped in front of me as Malec came at me. Blood was dripping from Malec’s face; he wiped it and looked at his fingers “I haven’t seen my blood in a very long time.” Malec’s eyes looked different, more uncontrolled. I saw Alec’s hand shaking a small amount, I whispered, “Alec, are you O-.” He turned to look at me and his eyes scared me “Why would you do that?!” I took a step back “What?”
“Protect me! You shouldn’t have gotten involved.” I was a little taken aback by how violent he sounded, he must’ve noticed how big my eyes were because he softened a bit “I appreciate that you tried to help but I don’t need to worry about protecting you and protecting me.” I nodded and took a step back, my face flushing. He sighed and turned back to Malec “I think this fight needs to end.” Malec growled and sped forward. Alec brought his arms up to block Malec’s punch but Malec grabbed Alec’s leg and twisted, flipping Alec onto his stomach. Alec growled and kicked at Malec’s head, who then let go of his leg.

All the sudden they both looked up into the sky, something had happened. Alec reacted quicker; he played dirty and kicked Malec in the crotch, who went down immediately. Lecto came over to me and waited for Alec.

I could tell he was hurting but he picked me up and the three of us started running toward the mountain.

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Alec set me down in a small cave on the mountain and plopped down against the wall. Lecto went out to gather wood and I started to get the water around.

Alec was still breathing heavily after we got the fire going. Lecto was sleeping soundly but I was still awake, surprisingly, worried about Alec. I heard him take in a deep breath and I turned over, toward him “Are you still not doing any better?” His eyes were closed but he shook his head and wheezed “No, not really.” I stood up, grabbed some water, and went to Alec “You didn’t even wipe the blood of your face.” He smirked; I dipped a rag in the water, and started cleaning off his face. He had several cuts from the battle. His face was caked with blood and he winced as I was cleaning it off.

When I was done he opened his eyes “By the way, what time is it?” I glanced around “Um, I think it’s around 12:30pm.” He sighed “Good.” I started cleaning a sword wound on his arm “Can I ask you a question?” He cringed as I put some alcohol on his arm, he nodded “Yeah, but one thing first: how did you get this alcohol?” I smiled “My mother made me take a small first aid kit when I left the village to get stuff for her.” His face hardened but then went back to normal “OK, now your question.” I continued cleaning his arm “Can I ask you why, why you have bad days?” I felt him take a breath “Well, no one else really knows why.”
“Lecto does.”
“Lecto is the only one.” I glanced at him “So, you aren’t going to tell me?” He sighed as I set down the rag and handed the bottle of water to him “I’ll tell you this: Part of the reason I have bad days is because of what comes two days after the bad day and because of a small matter of my conscience.” He took a drink, I swallowed “So, is that all I’m going to get?” He nodded but I had one other question “Um, this would help me a lot, were you having a bad day when you slaughtered my village?” He took another drink and nodded. I cleared my throat “OK, enough talk for tonight, I’m tired.” I grabbed my pack, laid my head down, and closed my eyes. Alec whispered “Goodnight.” I smiled “Goodnight.”

I woke up; the sun was streaming into the cave. I stood up; it was like 9:00am. My face fell, Alec had to fix his own breakfast. I glanced around, Lecto and Alec weren’t in the cave “Guys?” No one answered. I stepped outside the cave and glanced around, it was a beautiful area. It was chillier then normal and it had started to sprinkle rain. I turned in a circle as the quietness engulfed me. A voice startled me “Hi.” I turned and it was a girl, around my age, who had black hair and green eyes “Are you lost?” I shook my head “Um, no.” Lecto and Alec appeared next to me and I jumped. Leto laughed but Alec hit him upside the head “Leah, what are you doing here.” I glanced at Alec then at Leah and back again “Leah, Leah, or some other Leah?” Alec smirked “Oh this is Leah, Leah.” She chuckled “What are you two talking about?” Alec laughed “She met Raco a few days ago.”
“Oh. Anyway, how are you Alec?” I looked her over and she seemed to be a little slutty “He’s doing fine, thank you very much.” She looked at me weird “No offence but I asked Alec, not you.” She turned toward Alec “Now, what happened to your face and arm?” He shrugged “I got into a fight with Malec.” Her eyes bugged out, she disappeared and reappeared behind Alec “Did you win?” He shook his head “It was a tie.” She put her arm over his shoulder and I turned, walking back into the cave. Alec yelled “Yo, Alexis, why are you leaving?” I sat by the fire and yelled back to him “Well I was getting cold so I’m sitting by the fire!” He came into the cave “Come on, Leah’s only kidding around.” I glanced up and saw a smirk on his face; he sat down next to me “You know what, for wanting to kill me, you sure are jealous.” I whirled around “I am not!” He held up his hands “OK, OK!” He went back out to Leah and Lecto.