As Thomas stared at the man as he laid on the ground Lily, Scarlett, and Fredrick arrived. Thomas began to walk towards his weapons as he bent down to pick them up he heard Lily yell "Behind you." Thomas closed his eyes and shrugged as he mumbled "Some people just don't know when to give up." As Thomas opened his eyes he appeared behind him as he yawned and said "You know teleportation is a real pain in the neck." The man turned around as he swung his sword shouting "I'll kill you." Thomas saw that he was going to swing the sword as he teleported back behind him as he said "Apologize to her." The man turned and looked at Thomas as he said "To hell with that I'm gonna kill you." Thomas stared at him as he punched him in the head and said "Watch your language theirs a kid here." As the three men laid unconscious Lily walked up to Thomas as she said "So these were the people who killed your village?"
Thomas looked at Scarlett as he said "I guess you told her about that?" Scarlett nodded as she said, "It was the best way to explain it." Thomas walked over to his blades as he said "I'll be back shortly." Lily looked at him as she asked "Where are you going?" But Thomas teleported away without answering. Lily looked at Fredrick as she asked "Do you know where he's going?" Fredrick looked at her as he said "It's best not to bother another man as he does what he must." Lily looked at him as she asked "What is that even suppose to mean?" As Thomas appeared in his old village he looked around as he said "So the village is destroyed." Thomas looked down at the ground as he saw piles of rubble near his feet as he said "If only I could've beaten them sooner, if only I had beaten them then." Thomas looked at the village as he said "I suppose it wasn't all bad though if they hadn't destroyed the village I wouldn't have met Lily or Fredrick or even Scarlett."
Thomas walked around as he looked at what was left of the village. As Thomas wandered around he said, "It's odd I don't smell much blood." Thomas continued to walk around as he noticed there were no dead bodies to be found. Thomas continued to search as he found a torn piece of clothing. Thomas lifted it and smelt it as he said "If theirs no proof they're dead I can always try to track them down." Thomas started to follow the trail as he said "I wonder if they're still alive?" Thomas shrugged as he said, "The best thing to do in this scenario is to do what I usually do and wing it." Thomas lifted his arms as he crossed them behind his head and continued to follow the scent. Thomas yawned as he said, "I probably wasted way more than half my mana getting here." Thomas looked at the sun as he said "I got some time before night so my mana should be good to go within a couple of hours."
Thomas continued to walk as he came across a river and bent down as he started to sniff the air. He looked at the river as he said "The trail ends here." Thomas looked across the river as he said "They must have washed off their scent in the river when they crossed." Thomas hopped along some rocks as he crossed the river and said "A wet tail would be really annoying right now." Thomas continued to walk in a straight line as he said "While I was following them through the forest they didn't turn so what are the odds they turn now." Thomas continued to walk as he thought about the fight with the men. Thomas stopped moving and looked at the sky as he said "Teleporting while fighting is hard and feels close to impossible not to mention how much mana it consumes, I need to think of a way to make it easier." Thomas shrugged and continued to walk as he said "I just can't think of a way to make it easier."
Thomas continued to walk as he said "That settles it I'll only use it for travel." As Thomas walked through the forest he found a fruit tree as he said "Can't travel on an empty stomach." Thomas climbed the tree and grabbed some of the fruit as he looked around and bit into it as he said "Now then witch way shall I go?" As Thomas went to take another bite an arrow shot out of the tree and hit the fruit as he said "Hey I was eating that." Thomas turned to see his fruit stuck to a tree as an arrow poked out of it. Thomas walked up to it as he pulled the arrow out and said "Not nice." As Thomas looked at the arrow he said "Hey Jake if that's you I'd be great if you could show yourself and not shoot me." As Thomas turned to look at where the arrow had come from another one flew out of the tree and landed in Thomas's knee as he screamed out in pain he fell to the ground and shouted "Jake if that's you can you please be kind enough to stop shooting arrows at me."
Thomas looked at where the arrows were coming from as he saw a small man jump out of the trees with a tail. As he got closer Thomas could now see him clearly as he said "Jake I knew it was you." As Jake saw that who he shot was Thomas he began to run up to him as he said "I thought those people drug you away and killed you." Thomas looked at him as he said, "Ya that didn't happen they sold me and now I'm an adventurer but I took an arrow to the knee." Jake looked at him as he said "I can see you took an arrow to the knee I was the one who shot you." Jake walked over and bent down as he said "I'm gonna pull the arrow out." Thomas looked at him as he asked "Is it gonna hurt?" Jake looked at him as he said "Yes it's a very painful process." Thomas looked at him as he said, "You know what I think we should leave it there, no harm done right?" Jake looked at him as he grabbed the arrow and said On three." Thomas looked at him as he said "No there is no on three."
Jake started to count down as Thomas said "Don't worry I'll about it I'll walk it off." Jake looked at Thomas as he said three and pulled the arrow. Thomas screamed out in pain as he said "I could've just walked it off." Jake looked at the top of the arrow as he said "You weren't about to walk off a piece of metal inside of your knee." Jake reaches into a small bag he had beside him as he pulled out bandages and said "This should stop the bleeding." Thomas looked at him as he said "It'll stop the bleeding but it still hurts like hell." Jake looked at him as he said "Walk it off." Thomas stared at him as he said "I was going to but that was before you yoinked an arrow out of me." Jake walked over to his side as he hoisted Thomas onto his shoulder as he said "Don't worry about it just lean on me." Thomas stared at him as he said "Good to see you again." Jake looked at him as he said "Glad to see your still alive." Thomas looked at his knee as he said "Ya well mostly alive anyway."
Jake looked at him as he said "I'll properly patch you up once we get back to the village." Thomas looked at Jake as he said "Knowing that you guys survived really takes a lot off of my mind." Jake looked at him as he said "Save your breath you're still losing a lot of blood and I don't need you fainting on me." Thomas smiled at Jake as he said "Alright." As they stepped out of the forest and into a clearing Thomas said "So you found a place surrounded by trees so no one can see it." Jake looked at him as he said "It was the only way to stop the village from getting attacked by adventuring people who didn't like Demi-humans." Thomas looked around as Jake said, "Wait right here I'll get the stuff to patch your knee up." Thomas sat down as he waited for Jake to return. As Jake came back Thomas asked, "So how bad is this gonna hurt?" Jake looked at him as he said "This isn't gonna hurt as bad." After Jake finished properly bandaging his knee Jake smiled as he said "Glad to have you back."