"She may not be what she is showing in the surface." Silver paused.
Lara's eyes widened like that of an owl. She then remembered all interactions she had with Nellie but all she can remember was warmth and care. She was also the one who reached out to Nellie to join this expedition of theirs. 'Was that all just a lie?'
And before she could ask anything else. Silver continued. "And you know what's messed up? She is the one preparing everyone's food."
"That-" She can't help but wanted to throw up there and then, but reason tells her that the smell will expose their position from the Nagas.
"Are you sure you are not mistaken? If we are poisoned, we should be already feeling the effects by now. We have been eating her food for more than a month already." She asked as she pointed her dessert eagle to Silver's forehead. "This isn't the time for us to fall apart as a group, and you can very well be the spy among us. That would also explain your extraordinary talent in everything we taught."
Silver looked at the barrel of the gun that is threatening to take his life without fear. He can feel it, the beat of Lara's heart right now, it is showing disbelief, fear and vigilance. But no killing intention, so he knows he is safe. "But you already know it in your heart do you?"
He raised his two hands in surrender to show he has no intention to cause any harm to her. "I'll show you my real ability."
He then activated his Sharingan ability and activated Survivor under the vigilant observation of Lara's eyes.
Lara was shocked to see the familiar vial and injection gun that Silver conjured. She saw this ability once in the restaurant when all the Nen users of the group stayed and showed their Nen ability, bar her and Slade.
"I can copy other abilities and use them in return of some conditions. And the condition for Grylls' Survivor ability is to not hurt any human or animals in the duration of a week. That is the real reason I can't hunt food last time when you asked me too."
Silver then slowly took hold of the vial and injected the needle to his arm to draw blood (without wound since the ability does not cause physical harm but introduce phantom pain). He then started to shake it and on the fourth try the vial glowed green. "We really are poisoned already. If there are no strong poisons, bacteria or poison to counteract, it only needs a single shake for the vial to turn green." Silver explained while loading the vial into the gun. He then shot himself with it. A minute later a black smoke came out from the spot Silver injected himself with a gun.
Seeing the demonstration, Lara can't help but lower her gun and accept their group's current predicament.
Silver then offered the gun and the vial with needle to Lara. Lara took hold of them and observed it carefully.
Nen shows a lot of the other person's intent if you know what to look for, and as a double hunter herself she knew the conjured items in front of her at the very least doesn't hold any malice.
Without further delay, she drew blood with the vial and shook it. After the fourth shake the vial too turned green. She loaded it and shot herself as well. A minute later a similar smoke came from her injection point.
'So Survivor, as long as conjured, can be used by other as well. I never thought of that. Good thing sis Lara shook it before I could take it.' Silver thought.
*sigh* "From this moment, every breath I take is a gift from you. Thank you." Lara lowered her posture and gave Silver a kiss to his lips.
That surprised Silver and his head flushed with embarassment. He never thought Lara would gave him a kiss. And remembering what he saw the other night, little Silver started to protest.
Lara grinned with that reaction and added a wink at him. She then turned serious for a moment and warned. "Let's keep this to ourselves for now. We don't know who to trust and when we will get betrayed. However, we should remain vigilant but and at the same time not change to much with our daily interaction. The one planning all of this might caught a whiff."
"Yes, sis Lara." Silver shyly answered. Silver then started closing his eyes as if concentrating on his task to identify the Nagas. In reality, he is a bit out of focus on what has just transpired. He got a big sister and at the same time got a kiss.
While Lara on the other hand have a serious look on her face. She didn't think much on the kiss, after all she would sometimes use her charms to get what she wants.
She is thinking of what she just learned and can't help but shiver. She could have died on this expedition and she wouldn't have been able to do anything. After all she was poisoned without her knowing and doesn't know what poison was inside her to create an antidote.
She can't help but think she was lucky as if the stars aligned themselves for her to survive. She was lucky Bear Grylls got a Survivor ability. She was lucky Marco invited Silver into the group. She was lucky she gained the trust of Silver. And she got lucky Silver gained the ability to 'feel' someone's inner feelings to warn her of the real danger lurking near her.
'NO! I create my own luck. It is MY effort I gained Silver's trust. It is MY teachings that allowed Silver to feel the others inner feelings. And it is MY judgement to trust Silver.' Lara steeled herself.