Patsy and I are out on our normal hunt for food, nuts, berries, anything we can find…
“Perhaps we can try and get some fish from the stream… We may get lucky today” I say quietly to Patsy as we quickly move through the trees and bushes towards the river…
As we get closer we hear some rustling, trying not to draw any notice to ourselves I raise a finger to my lips… As I walk my foot finds a twig and it snaps, I cringe, not knowing who is on the other side knowing I have potentially given away our location… I freeze… The colour has drained from my face as I wait for who ever it is to find us…
Patsy had agreed to go out food hunting together with Ryan, thought in all honesty she wished to lay in bed and do nothing. She wanted to speak more with Paul, but it wouldn’t happen. He was one of them, not one of them her and Ryan. Suddenly theres some noises and Ryan steps on a twig and it snaps. Moving quickly backwards she gets down behind some bushes with a several branches.
The water is getting cold arround my legs… so berries again, arhg. Carfeully i step out of the water and sit down under the next palm. Trying to focus on the next step. Suddenly i notice some rustling in the bush next to me. Technos!?
I stand up again, as quiet as i can and listen
I am meant to be keeping Patsy safe and here we are, middle of the jungle, Technos everywhere and I seem to be finding everything possible to give our location away… I look at Patsy and quietly mouth ‘Sorry’ to her… I am scared to move another muscle for fear of giving ourselves away
There is some more rustle in the bush behind me. Oh shit, they got me. Think KC …think, what now? Trying to hide or fight? I sign and look into the direction of the noise. Ok 1-2-3 i count, before i jump into the bush, if they want me, they need to fight me first.
" Ouch" i shout out and rub my head, What the hell was that? Slowly i open my eyes and look at the person sitting in front of me. He has no uniform, so he isn’t a Techno. But who then?
" that hurts" i moan.
He may be older but there’s no mistaking him… I have changed, my hairs longer and brown instead of the blond I had at the mall and I have lost weight living on nuts and berries… Unsure if KC will recogise me… I look at him, hoping I haven’t given him concussion… My heads always been hard or so Lex alway used to tell me…
The man in front of me calls out my name and i stare at him. His voice sounds familar… carefully i stand up and offer him my hand to stand up. As i spot his big hands and his eyes it hits me " Ryan?" i call out, louder then i wanted
“What are you doing here?” I say in a whisper, taking KC’s hand as we help each other to our feet “Why are you not in the city?”
Hundreds of questions going through my head… As I look at KC… If he is here then others might be…
“I’m sorry I crashed into you, we thought you were a techno… I was trying to lead who ever it was away from Patsy…” I blurt out before I can stop myself…
Patsy.
Ryan is speaking to someone, who, she isn’t certain about. She managed to get further away to hide. Trying to look out from where she’s hiding she takes a deep breath, just then she hears her name. Ryan is speaking about her? She bites her lower lip and prepares to stand up to face who ever it is.
" That damn Technos caught me as the have entered the city" i answer Ryan and laugh as he told me, that he tought i would be a Techno. " Same goes for you" i laugh back till i realzied what he has said at the end. Patsy!!
" Patsy is here?" i look at him
“Patsy is here… We escaped together I have been keeping her safe, we have been watching each others backs…”
I motion KC over to where Patsy is… I look around incase anyone has heard us and lead him over to where I left Patsy…
“Patsy… Patsy!!” I say quietly, knowing she’s still there but moved just out of sight, the one thing we have learnt is how to be invisible “It’s safe, you can come out”
Since he mentioned Patsy, i am not able to follows bis wird’s anymore. Patsy is here and alive. How many nights have i spend awake, thinking about her.
I follow Ryan, watching arround like an little kid looking out for Santa Claus. “Patsy?”
Patsy takes her time, I start to worry incase shes moved too far and been taken, but surely she would have called out if she had…
“Patsy… Patsy…” I turn to KC “She was, is here, she must have gone deeper… Have you managed to eat?” I ask “We haven’t got much, just some berries and nuts but sure with the 3 of us we have more chance of finding food”…
Patsy:
Ryan was speaking to someone, a voice that was so familiar to her. It was painful, they hadn’t parted on the best terms. He had called her a chosen turncoat.
She closed her eyes and no matter how hard she tried the to turn away the memories it didn’t work. It took her back to when she was still at the mall, working for the mallrats.
KC
Well, what do we have here? Our little Chosen turncoat
Patsy
Get lost, KC
KC
No, it’s you that’s lost - lost your precious Supreme Mother. Not so great now are they, the Chosen? You’re going to be sorry you joined that bunch of losers. But don’t worry, I’ll speak up for you when we’re back on top
Patsy
Oh thank you all-powerful one! Now will you please move; your ego’s blocking my path
KC
You’re the first Chosen I’ve met with a sense of humor
Patsy
I’m not joking. Move it, KC
KC
Why? So you can go and pray to the dead guy?
Patsy
No, I’m going to find somewhere to be sick!
KC
Okay, okay. You can stop playing games, Pats. I know you miss me. Hey, it’s no big deal. I miss you too - like a pain in the -
A couple of guards physically lift KC off his feet.
As KC had been carried away by the guards she snapped back to the present. Ryan says her name, but she cant move. She had spoken to KC once after that, but that time hadn’t been much better. She took a deep breath, not certain about what to expect. Pushing herself up on her feet, she carefully made her way forwards Ryan and KC. Her hands and feet shaking as she got closer, she worried. What if he hated her?
Ryan talks to me but honestly i dodon’t listen. My focus is on the trees in front of me. Suddenly a girl appears, she looks different but her eyes says it all: It’s Patsy…" Patsy" i mumble and run over to her. I warpp my arms arround and pull her close. " You are alive" i whisper.
Patsy:
Her shoulders feels as if they are going up to her ears, shes not certain about where to look. KC has changed, he’s not the little boy he was when they last meet. Suddenly he’s pulling her into a hug. Shes standing completely still not certain about what she should do. He’s hugging her, he can’t hate her then can he?
“you dont hate me?” she asks in a whisper, a part of her wishes to pull back, the other want to be hugged. They did have a few nice memories as well, as pretend icecream or trying to trick people into buying watches or sunglasses.She bites her lower lip and closes her eyes. She doesn’t really want to hear the answer.
I pull back a bit, facing her. She has closed her eyes, but her question was clear and i couldn’t hold back a smile. " Why should i? Just because of that stupid fight years ago?"
Prometheus
A couple of those Mall rats came with me. The others followed the loudmouth. I normally never think this but I hope he was caught by Hard Drive Heads. As for those others, I hope they survived that raid. We’ve been slowed down as one of the Mall Rats is injured. Luckily we get just outside the nomad base.
I put hands together with the fingers of my right hand curled over my left just above the groove of my thumb and matching on the other side with my thumbs pressed together, all very loosely. Leaving a small space between my hands. I blow into the space between my thumb and palm. As I hear the whistle that makes a deep, mating call type sound, I raise the fingers of my right hand. What looks to be trees open up as they are actually tied together and we hurry in.
I turn to one of the Gaians at our base and one of our new recruits.
“We have someone injured. Tend to it. You, Gain, go get Hawk. He’ll want to talk to them. They’re Mall Rats.”
@ Whoever came with me @SupremeM