12-15-2009, 12:48 AM
((Muchos grasias, Eleadah. :D I really wanted to go to that city. And it's not because I'm going solo why I am experiencing a lot of action, but because I'm an experienced writer. The only limit is your imagination! *cheesy...*))
The bristles of grass beneath me tingled my skin and the smell of the fresh earth sweetened my nostrils. Once I realized that I was drifting away from slumber, I forced myself to awaken. Immediately, I regretted it. The agonized state of my body returned to my sense of touch, but it was a lot duller. Like the stinging of healing burns covering your entire body. I forced my stone eyelids to open and blinked repeatedly to adjust my vision from blurriness. Everything was grey and black around me, indicating that it was late evening.It would seem that I had fallen asleep during my minor case of shock. I didn't think it was possible, but I was alive.
"Leon," I heard a voice whisper to my left. I slowly turned to the voice and saw Elsa, hugging her knees and burying her face in them. I noticed that orange light was flickering off of her dark skin and turned to see a small fire beside me. I turned back to Elsa and noticed that she was unclothed. I looked over my body to see that she had covered me in her dress, although it only covered my torso and a portion of my legs. "I... thought you were dead..." I looked back at her when she spoke, her voice cracking slightly. She had her tear-streaked face out of her knees. No words left my mouth; I couldn't think of any to speak of. All of my emotions were horror and shame. Elsa stared down at the fire and murmured, "You've been asleep for hours... I had to drag you away..."
"I'm sorry," I said, looking up at the inky black sky, "that I couldn't follow you." Turning my head toward her, I said in an intense voice, "But you should never endanger yourself to save me. Okay? That's my job, Elsa. It's better for me to die only than both of us."
"But I was waiting for over an hour-" spoke Elsa, but I interrupted, "It doesn't matter. You should never be so reckless as to enter an area where it is possible to catch the virus, especially without my consent." She stared at me for a moment, and then lowered her eyes in defeat. I sighed and lifted my stone stiff body from the ground. "I appreciate what you did, since I am now out of the danger zone, but never try and do that again. Alright?" Elsa nodded. I handed her back her dress and turned away. "We better get going soon."
"To where?" asked Elsa as she dressed herself. "We don't got any place to go."
"I was thinking of going to the abandoned city south from here that Kenneth mentioned."
"What?" cried Elsa, running in front of me. "That man was bad! That could've been a lie or something!" My eyes met hers and I said, "It could be, but we don't really have any other leads, now do we?" Elsa didn't reply, but just kept staring at me. "Besides," I added, looking forward again, "he must've gotten his supplies from somewhere. There would be no reason to lie about that." After several moments, I asked Elsa, "Where did the sun set?" She scanned the skies then pointed to the back left of me. I adjusted my position with my left side facing where the sun set then turned around. "Let's go," I said, walking in that direction. Elsa followed behind and grasped my hand. I stopped and knelt down.
"Hop on," I said, and she hitched her legs around my waist and her arms around my shoulders. I stood up and continued.
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