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Authors: Naomi Lucas
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back and several guns within reach and he carried the load as if it weighed nothing.
Allie blushed as he just continued to stare at her, feeling a tension thicken the air around them.
***
Jack was incredulous, "That's it? That's all you're bringing... I thought this was a several day trip, not a casual outing."
She looked around self-consciously. "I don't have anything else," before walking over to where she had awoken just minutes ago and picked up her blanket. "I can bring this but it's frayed. It may fall apart. I don't need much out there." She contemplated.
He grabbed the rag from her grasp and tossed it back on the floor. "I have extras. Let's go." He said furiously, climbing out.
She lived in a hole in the ground with barely any tools and a meager food supply. The only thing going for that rat's nest was the spring . He thought, At least she had a source of water and heat.
He was furious. Why hadn't she taken more from her crashed ship? Has she really been here that long, that everything was gone?
Jack grasped her hand as she emerged from the hovel, helping her through the rocky entrance. He noticed glumly, that she had her blanket under one arm. She’s a proud one.
Standing up before him, "Please don't throw my things. Like I said, I don't need much to survive on 'HIS ', but everything I do have is precious. I've made this journey before with less."
Choosing not to respond to her comment, He let her take the lead.
They had walked the next several miles in silence. And in the wrong direction . Jack bristled. He was monitoring their location constantly. Was she really that upset about the blanket?
"Is this the right direction?" He inquired slowly, wondering if she was going to try and lead him into a trap.
"Yes..." She looked back at him."There is a shortcut a half day's walk this way. The crash is on the other side of that mountain bend in the distance," she pointed. "If we scout around the crags this way we'll eventually come to a tunnel that will allow us to cut through the worst of it." She continued, "It's easier than climbing over rocks all day."
"Hmm, if you're sure." Jack scanned the route ahead, sensing no change in structure, no shortcuts.
"The tunnel is burrowed through a rockier route. A giant wurm must have gotten stuck there at one point, long ago. It's held up by its bones."
"Lovely. What can you tell me about them? The wurms that is," he inquired.
She thought about it for a moment, rounding a large boulder in their way. "They only ever come out at night. I don't think they like the sunlight or the heat. So far I have never gotten close to one, they leave me alone in my cave and they're easy to avoid but I also don't go out at night. Everything changes at night."
"I've noticed the tremors get worse after dark. My readings have confirmed that they are sensitive to UV rays."
Nodding, she continued. "Sometimes they come above ground to fight. They also eat each other sometimes and they spawn thousands of wurms that nest right below the surface. When those wurms die above ground they provide me a source of food."
Jack grimaced, remembering her meager supply. "I noticed. I saw a pile of bugs in your cave." He paused. "What do you eat out here?" He glanced at her small frame. She's willing to eat bugs to survive, he admired that.
"The wurms when I can find them." Allie stopped briefly to look at him. "There are also other little bugs that survive here and some roots if you know where to look for them." She pulled out some to show him. "They grow near the mountains."
He stopped to look at them outstretched in her hand. The roots had a good source of nutrients and minerals. He was pleased that she had something else to nourish her besides grubs. "With a planet infested, literally, with wurms, it's a wonder even these can grow here." Watching Allie eat the roots as they started walking again; Jack stayed by her side.
He looked at her small frame next to him and wondered if she were hungry.
Allie blushed as he just continued to stare at her, feeling a tension thicken the air around them.
***
Jack was incredulous, "That's it? That's all you're bringing... I thought this was a several day trip, not a casual outing."
She looked around self-consciously. "I don't have anything else," before walking over to where she had awoken just minutes ago and picked up her blanket. "I can bring this but it's frayed. It may fall apart. I don't need much out there." She contemplated.
He grabbed the rag from her grasp and tossed it back on the floor. "I have extras. Let's go." He said furiously, climbing out.
She lived in a hole in the ground with barely any tools and a meager food supply. The only thing going for that rat's nest was the spring . He thought, At least she had a source of water and heat.
He was furious. Why hadn't she taken more from her crashed ship? Has she really been here that long, that everything was gone?
Jack grasped her hand as she emerged from the hovel, helping her through the rocky entrance. He noticed glumly, that she had her blanket under one arm. She’s a proud one.
Standing up before him, "Please don't throw my things. Like I said, I don't need much to survive on 'HIS ', but everything I do have is precious. I've made this journey before with less."
Choosing not to respond to her comment, He let her take the lead.
They had walked the next several miles in silence. And in the wrong direction . Jack bristled. He was monitoring their location constantly. Was she really that upset about the blanket?
"Is this the right direction?" He inquired slowly, wondering if she was going to try and lead him into a trap.
"Yes..." She looked back at him."There is a shortcut a half day's walk this way. The crash is on the other side of that mountain bend in the distance," she pointed. "If we scout around the crags this way we'll eventually come to a tunnel that will allow us to cut through the worst of it." She continued, "It's easier than climbing over rocks all day."
"Hmm, if you're sure." Jack scanned the route ahead, sensing no change in structure, no shortcuts.
"The tunnel is burrowed through a rockier route. A giant wurm must have gotten stuck there at one point, long ago. It's held up by its bones."
"Lovely. What can you tell me about them? The wurms that is," he inquired.
She thought about it for a moment, rounding a large boulder in their way. "They only ever come out at night. I don't think they like the sunlight or the heat. So far I have never gotten close to one, they leave me alone in my cave and they're easy to avoid but I also don't go out at night. Everything changes at night."
"I've noticed the tremors get worse after dark. My readings have confirmed that they are sensitive to UV rays."
Nodding, she continued. "Sometimes they come above ground to fight. They also eat each other sometimes and they spawn thousands of wurms that nest right below the surface. When those wurms die above ground they provide me a source of food."
Jack grimaced, remembering her meager supply. "I noticed. I saw a pile of bugs in your cave." He paused. "What do you eat out here?" He glanced at her small frame. She's willing to eat bugs to survive, he admired that.
"The wurms when I can find them." Allie stopped briefly to look at him. "There are also other little bugs that survive here and some roots if you know where to look for them." She pulled out some to show him. "They grow near the mountains."
He stopped to look at them outstretched in her hand. The roots had a good source of nutrients and minerals. He was pleased that she had something else to nourish her besides grubs. "With a planet infested, literally, with wurms, it's a wonder even these can grow here." Watching Allie eat the roots as they started walking again; Jack stayed by her side.
He looked at her small frame next to him and wondered if she were hungry.
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