As we were on the drive home I got a call from David.
"Boss we sent out some troops to scout out some of the dark forest and we lost touch of them!" He said obviously panicking.
"Don't worry, we are on our way" I said and ended the call. Connor had already started for the dark forest. We arrived fairly quickly and they already had a helicopter ready for us. We all hopped on and Charles and our pilot started off. He looked over at me with a curious look, I assumed it was about the dress.
"Went to a meeting" I replied and turned to the window. We explored over the treetops, until we saw some smoke, and we knew it was the missing group they were fairly close to where we lost communication with them. Charles landed the helicopter, in the clearing they were waiting for us at and as we all got off, to assist them. Charles came out and whispered
"Boss, there are too many of us one of us will have to stay behind" he said as he looked at the guys who we rescued, they looked so relieved. Dang, I must have miscalculated,
"I will stay, come pick me up as soon as the others are fully recovered, don't be in a rush, I am going to explore a little." I stood on the ground waving goodbye as they took off. Connor must have noticed because just as they were about to get above the trees Connor jumped off. When he landed he fell on his back and I rushed over to see if he was hurt, and when I saw he was fine I punched him in the guts.
"Don't do that again '' I yelled he seriously could've got himself hurt. It was getting dark and I wanted to explore a bit more since I was not familiar with this western part of the forest. Connor followed closely behind, as we came near a cliff I slowed down and he must have thought it would be funny to scare me by suddenly sneaking up and yelling boo. But my stupid reflexes made me grab him but I soon lost my footing and fell off the cliff. We landed on a branch that was sticking out, but it soon started to crack under our weight. Connor noticed it because he whispered
"don't try to stop me" as he got to the edge of the branch I realized what he was doing and pushed him away and quickly jumped off. I closed my eyes and waited to hit the ground but I felt a warm embrace surround me and I opened my eyes to see Connor protecting me. We hit a river and luckily it was quite deep, so we didn't get injured just a little sting from the impact. After we came to the surface, we swam to shore which was thankfully nearby, as I scanned our surroundings I saw a few berries that I quickly recognized as juju berries, I used to eat them all the time when I was little. I rushed over to them and quickly gathered some, by the time I grabbed a bunch I went back to where Connor was and saw that he had a fire going, he was sitting by the fire with only his underwear on. I quickly looked down, trying to hide my reddened face, and thought of all the possible reasons why.. and I sneezed mid thought. Oh, great a flipping cold, the water was pretty chilly, as I started to walk near the fire Connor turned his head and saw that I was back from picking juju berries. He ran over to me and grabbed some of the berries and placed them on his shirt which was the only thing not hanging up on a vine he tied between two trees. After we got all the berries he broke the silence and said
"you will catch a cold wearing those wet clothes and having a cold in the wilderness is definitely not good" I didn't have to think about it, to know he was right. I did trust him, maybe a little too much. I took off my clothes and remained in my underwear. We sat by the fire and I could feel Connor staring at me. I blushed so hard I probably became a raspberry. I shivered because I was cold and because of well... Connor staring at me. He wrapped his coat around me which he had next to the fire so it would dry quicker, then placed me in his lap, and wrapped his arms around me. I started to let my thoughts wander. There was a clearing not too far from here, I saw it when I went exploring, I already set up an SOS and had a fireplace set up. Good thing juju berries grow in patches because we might be here for a few days, as I told Charles to not come back until the others were fully well. I ended up falling asleep in Connor embrace. When I woke up it was still dark (I must have only slept for an hour or so) I was laying next to Connor who was once again spooning me, we seriously need to discuss that. I turned to see him staring at me.
"What?" I asked, embarrassed.
"Nothing" he quickly replied and sat up. He got up and stretched and I saw that he had a tattoo on his left shoulder blade. Without realizing I walked up to it and lightly traced it, it was a rose with a dragon wrapped around it. When he felt my hand he stiffened up and quickly turned around holding my hand to my side. He stared into my eyes and I could clearly read them. They had a mix of sadness, guilt, and another that I couldn't quite place my finger on. He released my hand and walked up to our clothes and felt them, I could tell they were still soaked without walking up to them, I knew he could too, probably wanted an excuse to get out of the embarrassing situation (I would want one too). I decided to get the fire at the clearing going so Charles and the others could find us seeing how my walkie talkie wouldn't work this deep into the forest. I still had my knife though. I walked back over to Connor and saw him getting his coat clean and laying it back in the ground then sitting down and staring at the fire he already had going. I sat next to him and looked towards the fire hoping to get caught in it like he was. Only to fail, I never liked fire. The flames suddenly burst up and it made me jump. Connor held me in a hug and started to rub his finger on my back. He nuzzled his face into my neck and horrible memories flashed before me. Lucas had a candle and was holding the flame against me and yelling
"I will have sex with you, and we will become a happy family" then it hit me I can't believe I actually did it with him. Lucas had always wanted to do it with me but I always turned him down. He went as far as to kill, and kidnap others, he would definitely pull something like that. And he wonders why I don't want him, he is a crazy pyscaptic pervert. What it was for him. I suddenly jumped a little by the realization and whispered
"it was him"