Escape from Celestial by Tony Johnson

Author:Tony Johnson [Johnson, Tony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503360327
Published: 2017-09-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 44

As the sun peeked its head over the horizon, Ty smiled as he descended into the valley and saw Steve and Kari cuddled next to each other. They must have rolled towards each other in their subconscious, nightmarish sleep. Either that or they found warmth by getting closer to each other once the fire burned out.

“Cock-a-doodle-doo!” he shouted at the top of his lungs leaning down right in between where his two friends were sleeping.

Both awoke in a startled terror by the Elven rooster and instantaneously grabbed their weapons.

Seeing it was only Ty being his usual, obnoxious self, they quickly lowered their guard. Once Steve and Kari noticed how close they were, they both blushed.

“This has always been Ty’s way of waking up whoever he’s with when on a journey,” Steve yawned. “For some reason, he thinks it’s funny. I have yet to meet someone that agrees with him.”

“And longer you will have to search,” Kari opined, stretching as she sat up and picked leaves out of her long, dark hair.

Steve sat up too, but groaned when he did. I hurt worse than I expected, and listening to Ty’s rooster impersonation right next to my damaged ear didn’t help.

The more he moved, the more Steve felt pain all through his body. I’ve never been so sore, he winced out loud as Ty and Kari helped him stand. Neither of the two needed to ask how he felt.

The bruises on his face were darker, and his eye was still swollen completely shut. He groaned as he clutched at his shoulder, which was heavily infected.

He’s far worse than yesterday. Kari felt bad for the warrior. It’s alarming how bad he looks. Many times, she had been on the cusp of complaining about her own soreness and uncomfortable sleep, but one look at Steve reminded her to count her blessings.

Getting up, Kari’s entire arm, side, and pant leg were damp on the side she had slept. Waking up being wet is an annoying feeling. At first, she thought she’d been sweating from nightmares, but then she saw the dense fog surrounding their campsite and felt the moistness of the low valley’s forest floor.

“I guess we picked a bad part of the year to go camping,” she muttered, moving uncomfortably in her damp pants.

“Breakfast time,” Ty said, handing each of them the remaining pieces of venison. He set his canteen down on the log between them. It was full of purple berries. “I picked them this morning,” he mentioned as he began walking away from the campsite and towards the hill.

“Aren’t you hungry?” Kari asked.

“I already ate,” Ty said as he continued walking towards the coverage of the woods. “I’ll be back in ten minutes or so. I’m just going to head out for a bit to scout for some freshwater ponds in the area to fill our canteens.”

“Ty, wait!” Kari cried nervously before he had even walked another five steps. She spilled out the purple berries in the canteen he had given them.

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