Glad to know that his eyes hadn't failed him suddenly he nodded to the woman. Seeing her tremble he pressed his body against hers to see if it would help warm her although he didn't say a word to her. When she announced that she was just as curious about where they were as he was he sighed deeply. Then he cocked his head to the side when she said it was her fault that they were here, "What do you mean this is your fault?" Knowing he wasn't going to like the answer he heard Jin braced himself for it anyways. She had basically said that she was the one who had interrupted his fight with Luca and stopped him from killing the man. It wasn't all that surprising honestly but it was frustrating nonetheless. With that in mind he assumed she was the one who had latched onto him when they were engulfed by the tornado which made sense as well.

When his body touched her's it felt like she was burning up. He was so much warmer than her, but she assumed that was because she was soaked threw to her bones. Her brown eyes looked over into his amber ones though she could hardly see him. "I-I stopped you from killing Luca... I shoved you out of the way... I got you caught in the tornado... I held onto you for dear life... I'm sorry." She muttered quietly. Alita felt tears rolling down her cheeks and pulled her legs up to her chest. Burying her face into her legs she let the tears roll. She was cold, away from home, and now this man was going to murder her for ruining his battle.

Knowing what her answer was going to be Saguine just sighed and said, "Forget it." He was not in the mood to even pretend to be upset especially since for some reason he wasn't. He looked over at the woman curled up crying, "Stop crying. Crying isn't going to get us out of here or save our hides so waste your energy thinking not sulking." Being that the fire elementalist was not used to encouraging people those were the best he could muster up at the moment and he knew he was speaking the truth as well. They had to find a way out of here and he didn't know how to do that at the moment. He would need her help if they were going to escape but it may mean that they stay here for a while to recover their strength...

When he told her to forget it she was surprised he hadn't tried to choke her yet. Suddenly her tears were just dried up. She had been truly afraid he was going to choke her to death there. Biting her lip she stopped any of the other tears that threatened to run down her face. "Okay." She answered quietly. Alita unraveled her body then turned to Saguine. "Honestly... I don't know if I'll be able to do anything to soon." She said quietly. Her body continued to tremble as she sat beside him. She felt as though her body was going to freeze. Whoever had them here she cursed them for not caring for anyone.

Figuring that they would be stuck here for a while he nuzzled up against the shivering girl and peered out the tiny window that was the only ray of light in their cell. "It seems we should give ourselves time to recover before we try anything. Besides I have a few broken or fractured bones and I would be much slower than usual right now but I had no idea how you were feeling." He thought about how long his recovery time would be... possibly a month if his bones were broken and about a week or two if they were simply fractured. They would have plenty of time to come up with a plan if she was willing to be patient but he needed to figure out a way to get this collar off before he did anything else. The collar would make escaping drastically more difficult if it remained on when they made their move so that was their top priority at the moment. Jin's body ached in so many places he found it difficult to talk let alone breathe but he would manage. This may be the worst shape his body had been in at one point in time but it was not as though he hadn't endured things that would break normal men.

Alita froze as he nuzzled up against her. His warmth was helping warm her body, but she had never been so close to any male before. Only Luca, but he was basically her thick headed brother. Wrapping her arms around her ribs she let out a disastrous cough. She felt as though she was going to throw up her lungs it ached so bad. Leaning back against him she shivered less violently. Alita nodded. "I think waiting would be the best option for us... I think I might have pneumonia." She muttered quietly,"I shouldn't be sitting so close to you." Alita wanted to move away, but it was as though her body wouldn't let her. She wanted to stay close to Saguine her heart throbbed when she realized how close they were.

Saguine ignored her saying they shouldn't be close, "You're freezing and I'm warm, I think you need the heat. Don't worry about me I won't get sick. But it's not like we have any other options besides waiting, I'm in no condition to fight effectively right now and we have to figure out a way to remove these collars." His sunset toned voice was fairly deep especially since he had basically just woken up and started speaking. He wasn't sure why he couldn't find it in himself to hate this woman, all he wanted to do was help her. Maybe it was simply due to his attraction to her... only time would tell.

The brunette wondered if she was being silly by asking him to move away. "Okay, I think that sounds good." She answered softly. Alita's voice sounded shaky and weak instead of airy and light. She wanted to hug him, but she figured that was because she was afraid. Suddenly the door rattled and lurched open. In front of the two of them stood a man or two. Alita's instant reaction was to shut her eyes against the light now flooding the room. She averted her gaze as they stared at Saguine and Alita.

{not sure what to do with them... any ideas?}

(I say we give them a little time to heal and have them fight in the arena for their freedom... in other words make them gladiators haha)

Saguine sat there in silence as his body heat slowly trasferred over to her. Then when some men opened their door the their cell the light temporarily made him avert his eyes and then once they focused he stared at the men with no fear in his eyes. He now knew where they were... the outfits of the guards gave them away. They were in the Earth Kingdom.

{okay, sounds good to me! =]}

Staring at the men the only gently approached them and lifted her face abruptly by her chin. Turning her face right and left she sat there frozen as they examined her. Taking both hands he forced her mouth open and peered into her mouth. Alita sat there not sure whether to strike the man or just let him do this.
The other guard went over to Saguine and without touching him examined his body. He could see that the fractures or breaks would be at the man's shin, forearm and possibly collar bone. They motioned for someone else to come into the room who was obviously a doctor.
At this point Alita had realized that they were in the earth kingdom due to the guard's dress. As the doctor stepped in he squatted to look at the two of them. The brunette's shaking had died off pretty well due to the warmth from Saguine. She held her ribs trying to keep a brutal cough from exiting her mouth, but small bits of it slipped out. The doctor looked between the two of them and nodded. "I am here to tend to your wounds, if you will let me sir I will splint that shin and forearm for you." The man stated kindly looking to Saguine.

Saguine watched as the men approached them and how they handled Alita fairly roughly. He looked at the other guard almost daring him to touch him that way and the man stood back. When they called the doctor in the fire elementalist had no idea how to handle it, he wasn't sure he could trust these people to help him properly but he was in no position to decline at the moment. Nodding his head to the doctor he allowed him to do as he pleased. Looking over at Alita, Jin was slightly enraged at how they treated her knowing that they were both injured and he vowed to kill the man once he had a chance.

The doctor stepped forward with the necessary materials and took to splinting his arm and leg. Softly he reached and touched the males collar bone. Then nodded. "Only slight bruising in the collar bone. Is there anywhere else that is bothering you sir?" The Doctor look him.

The brunette coughed several times holding onto her ribs. She had shuffled away from Saguine slightly so the Doctor could take care of him. When the man's eyes turned on her she froze.

"And I do believe you have bronchitis or pnemonia... So I will ask you to go with the guards to get you out of those soaked clothes... It may be against their wishes, but it needs to be done." He demanded. The two guards looked between each other and exchanged a shrug. Stepping forward they lifted her by her arms. Alita gritted her teeth as her feet touched the ground it hurt. They escorted her out as she glanced one last time at Saguine before she was out of the room. "Now young man, anything else you need me to look at?" He asked again with a soft smile.

Saguine sat there unflinching as the man patched up his severely damaged body. Had he not trained himself to mentally block out pain he would be screaming in agony from all the sharp pain that his body felt. He had noticed a bit earlier that Alita had moved away from him but he knew that was to allow the doctor room to work. When the doctor had finally finished, Jin announced to himself mentally that he officially looked like a cripple and shook his head while taking a deep sigh. Not even bothering to think about what the doctor said he replied, "No, you've done more than enough. Thank you now will you please leave me be." His tone was thankful and full of anger somehow as well. He didn't like the situation at all and who was he to blame? He couldn't blame Alita because she risked her neck for a friend and he couldn't blame Luca because he had been pinned to the ground and paralyzed so he was of not risk anymore to anyone. This was simply a bad situation with only a few courses of action. All were of high risk.

Several minutes after the doctor left Saguine, Alita returned in a white long-sleeved cotton tunic. The color had returned to her face, and her shivering had calmed down. The guards some earlier pushed her into the room causing her to fall onto her knees. Grimacing she saw Saguine and crawled back over to him. Sitting down next to him she smiled as best she could. "At least your bones will heal properly now." She stated trying to sound optimistic.

Not noticing that he was growing tired he had drifted into a light sleep until he heard the door of the cell being opened and Alita came stumbling in. As she crawled towards him with a shaky smile on her face he wanted to tell her it was no need to act like she wasn't scared. He didn't know what was going to happen either but he figured they weren't going to die since they took the time to patch them up so that they would heal properly. With that being the case there was a possibility that they would be used as gladiators in the Earth Kingdom's arena which was quite possibly where they were being held. It was not unusual for the captives of the Earth Kingdom to be used as gladiators in fights to the death. Letting the thought pass he looked at Alita and smiled a false smile because for some reason he couldn't manage to find his real one. Feeling the pain from his collar bone was irritating and without thinking he laid his head in Alita's lap. He didn't bother to ask permission nor did he care to dwell on it he just reacted. Before he knew it he was asleep, his wounds were bothering him so much he was having trouble thinking properly and he was exhausted.

The water elementalist was surprised when his head fell into her lap. She absent mindedly stroked his hair for a few minutes before realizing he had fallen asleep. Alita looked down at the sleeping man and continued to stroke his face gently. Leaning her head against the wall she rested her head. A few tears trickled down her cheeks wanting to forget today. After she calmed herself down her hand rested gently on Saguine's cheek as she fell asleep as well.

After what he assumed was a few hours since the sun was down Saguine opened his eyes. His body was aching from the position he had fallen asleep in but it was as comfortable as it would get here in a cell like this. He felt a hand on his face and recognized it as Alita's so he didn't mind. Then out of nowhere he began to talk in a very low tone to himself, "It seems that... we are in an unsettling predicament. From what it looks like we're going to be gladiators when we get better which is fine and dandy except for one thing... there is usually only one person who walks away free after participation in the arena. Very rarely has their been tournaments of teams and it is highly unlikely that they would start now. I pray we can make it through the rain..." his voice trailed off towards the end as he felt a numbing pain running through his body. He clutched his collar gently as his body began to tremble slightly.

Alita awoke softly her body screaming in pain as she sat there with Saguine's head in her lap. She caught the last bit of Saguine's speech as she sat there. There had to be a way for them to make it out of here both alive. Leaning close to him she wrapped her arms around him. "We'll figure something out." Alita cooed him quietly. She softly stroked his cheek as she hugged him the best she could. The brunette's lungs hurt when she leaned forward, but wanted to calm his trembling. She knew that there was a way she could stop her heart beat with her energy sub... but it would be extremley dangerous. Hell maybe Saguine didn't even care if she made it out alive.

Hearing Alita's gentle voice and her soothing touch calmed the tremors slowly until they completely stopped. He replied back after he had calmed down, "I'll think of some way to get us out of here..." He didn't want either of them to die but if he had to he would save her if there was going to be a guaranteed death. Their only real hope of leaving this place was a team tournament that was rare but it was their only shot so he prayed that it would be the case.

The brunette smiled when she felt his tremors calming down. "We'll figure something out together." She answered softly. Lightly her fingers traced his cheekbones as he laid in her lap. Then she realized what had happened earlier and she shivered. Alita hurriedly pushed the thoughts from her mind and continued to lightly trace Saguine's cheek bones.

The raven haired man nodded in agreement and laid there. He was comfortable with her though he didn't know why... she was an enemy although they had no choice but to work together right now. He shouldn't be at ease this much with someone, come to think of it, he hadn't been this comfortable with anyone including his parents. Whatever the reason he quickly disconcerned himself from fighting it since this was the way he had felt from the beginning with Alita.

(Alright I think it is time to time skip... yes? no? maybe? idk?)

{sounds good. i'm not sure where to though :Sweat:}

(Til we heal and find out about the tournament)

{okay sounds peachy to me would you like me to start?}

(If you would madam...)