For an instance she looked at him with uncertainty. Few seconds ago, we were in a sort of standoff, next you compliment me.
"Thanks and my apologies but no" she replied.
"Oh, okay " He said calmly like he wasn't just rejected, though to be expected. You don't just see someone for the first time and request them to be yours, and been certain to get a yes. Doesn't work that way. Even the Prince proposed to Cinderella during the second meeting and not the first.
"Do you need help ?" She asked.
He didn't reply as she could see he hadalready beamed out his wheel chair out of his dimensional storage device and was trying his best to seat on it.
She stared at him as he struggled in vain to achieve his intention. Should she help him or maintain her distance, she thought to herself as he fell unto the floor for the third time.
"I can help". She suggested again.
He heard her voice calling out to him. Slowly he turned towards her and slowly dropped his daggers in front of him before beaming it into his dimensional storage.
"Thanks" she replied with relief as her hand left her sword hilt as she walked towards him, once again hoping that this time it doesn't turn out like before.
"No you thanks" He said to her as she got closer.
"You smell nice" He said as she held him by his armpits and dragged him up slowly across the chair.
"I'm sweaty" she retorted.
He chuckled as he settled comfortably in.
"Thanks again friend".
"You are welcome. But friend?" She looked at him with an eyebrow raised.
"Yeah, don't friends render help to one another ?" He asked with a slight smile on his face.
For a second, she stared at him before shaking her head in an affirmation of a no.
"It doesn't just apply to only friends, even strangers can offer help". With a pause, she continued, "Every living thing deserves some form of help".
Hunter laughed out loud again, but just for a second or two before shutting up with a smile.
"What's funny ?" She asked.
"It seems you aren't naive, despite the innocent and goody shoes face".
"Oh " she muttered softly before casting her glance towards the opposite direction.
With her action, Hunter did the same. Pressing a switch, his mobile chair did a turn towards the direction from whence he came.
"The test has ended, and now everyone who hasn't reached the house and is still conscious should walk towards the endpoint. You have got twenty minutes to do so".
Immediately, the merry that was going on silently faded away as various young adults began to talk about it, that's those that were yet to reach the building and decided to keep their distance from it.
"I knew it"
"Fuck it was all a trick"
"I know right, who whips you and then feeds you a feast later on"
"Your Mistress, that's if you were a good boy for her"
Their voices drifted across the place as they began to walk follow the recent given order. Up ahead, Hunter could see the faint figures of humans standing in front of the building. It really was far, he thought to himself.
"You knew about it right, the trick ?" She asked while staring ahead.
"Yeah" He said softly, now thinking about Hayden.
"Want to remain here ?" She asked.
"After you your highness" He said courtly with a smooth bow.
With a flushed face, she walked forward. She turned to stare at his face and had to admit that he wasn't that bad looking. Blonde hair dropping down to almost his shoulder in a scattered format, mostly by the side and backwards with clear blue eyes and a light spotless skn. His face was handsome, but you couldn't say the same of his body, especially below his waist. For just a minute she almost thought of if its works but then quickly cleared her mind of such thoughts as Hunter looked up at her and grinned. For a moment she thought he knew her thoughts. Wait, he knew her thoughts before.
"Pervert" she muttered under her breathe.
"What ?" He asked with a sheepish smile on his face.
"Forget it" she replied with a red face.
Our local madman.
But most importantly, how did he get this far ?
"Came with someone I guess ?" She asked , this time staring at his face.
"Yeah, I did ".
"Where's he or she ?" She asked again.
He got caught in the trap, this last one ".
"And you left because you couldn't stop him and didn't want to go down with him". She looked at him curiously, eagarly waiting for his next response.
"I did it to get help for both of us. There was no other choice". He replied quietly as they moved side by side.
"mhmm". she nodded once before staring ahead.
"So what's your name ?" She asked .
"Hunter , you ?"
"Silva".
"Silver, as in the color of your hair " He looked at her, a smile trying to break out from its shackles.
She chuckled and said nothing.
"That was what my Dad thought, but my mom was like; how about we call our next child Gold."
"Not bad for starters" He said with a chuckle.
She smiled before continuing.
"So they ended up calling me Silva instead of Silver".
"So the next child was golden" Hunter asked with a grin.
She looked at him with a horrifying look that screamed cringe and are you for real.
'You are embrassing yourself man'. He said to himself as he quickly apologize while laughing it off with a light chuckle.
Immediately Silva bursted into laughter, as she saw his embrassed face and awkward expressions which looked really funny to her.
"No worries Huner, it's nice to meet you". With an outstretched hand, she shook him, his grip was firm.
"Soft and smooth" He muttered inaudibly and thus she didn't hear a thing.
"Sorry about reading your mind" He quickly aplogized.
She stared at him for a moment before turning back.
"You really did, almost thought I was imagining things". She said.
"Can you do it again?" She asked, this time with a hint of anticipation plastered on her face.
He smiled wryly,
"No"
"But you are a Mentalist right ?" She asked with a hint of hope, that was standing it ground against the wave of disappointment.
"Yeah, but I'm currently stressed out". he replied her
"Oh...OK then". she said with disappointment before continuing.
"So I guess your weapon class is that of an assasin right ?"
"The dagger gave me away". he replied with a chuckle.
"Yup" she said gleefully before continuing.
"Want to see something cool?" She asked as he looked ahead and could now see folks gathering around the building, both at the front and sides of it. It would take them less than ten minutes at the pace they were moving to get there.
"Sure " He replied as he turned his full attention to her. Having gotten his response and him looking up to her, she gave him a smile and said hold on as she held unto both his arm and his chair softly but firmly.
"Blink" she whispered.
Immediately they disappeared from the spot, not even disturbing the sand as they left silently.
"Some mother fuckers again" a huge male with a bald head and scar running from his top left eye down to the chin cursed out loud as he walked away with his axe upon his shoulder, dripping with fresh red blood.