Fifteen Journey - Chapter 53
A/N: A chapter for Fred fans! Don’t worry, I won’t forget him. :)
Chapter 53 – Abandoning the Journey
When Rick opened his eyes, the first thing he felt was food.
He realised later he was in a different place, probably a camp made by his mates, since the fire was still alive, but no one was around. His plate was there, right in front of the big fire.
As he ate the first piece, Rick wondered, looking at the shiny sky. It was night, so he had been sleeping for more or less seven hours. Indeed, he was better from all his injuries but the last events haunted his memories. Many questions about Sloan were continuously coming to his mind. First he made everything to win against him, then he’d give up that easily?
As Rick turned around, he saw two girls sleeping in some blankets apparently collected by everybody, since Cassey’s sweater was there are well. But Cassey wasn’t there. Ashey was sleeping like an angel, and Annya laid there with her head in the opposite direction. They deserved the needed rest after all.
Finally, he heard their friends’ voices approaching the camp. He would have been happy, if they weren’t arguing.
“You can not leave!”
Leave?
From the woods, they friends appeared one-by-one: Fred, Mike, Cassey, crying, and finally Elain. Noticing Rick was awake; they regretted having shouted so loud. However, Rick had other worries.
“What has happened? Why’s Elain here?”
Mike sat next to him.
“After you disappeared, we searched for you. Sheila followed us, but I guess she already knew you had won, as she told us that.” Rick looked surprised. “We found you unconscious here, so we decided to camp here. Besides, Annya and Ashley needed rest as well. Anyway, Fred and the other bow girl-“
“Elain…” Fred interrupted obviously annoyed.
“Yes, that girl, they stayed behind. I don’t know how she managed to brainwash him but he now says he wants to leave.”
Rick stared at Fred, who was trying to avoid eye contact with him.
“And which are your reasons?”
Fred finally looked directly at him, trying to speak.
“I am sick of this life…” Elain finally answered. “And so is he!”
Fred, after trying to calm her down, gathered courage to speak at Rick. “My robot has been destroyed during battle. Elain can be controlled again by that spell and be used to beat us. This is the best way out.”
Rick, full of thinking to do, laid on the ground and let the wind tap his face. He had been a fool all this time. His friends had their personal life, they wanted to go back home.
As Rick was doing all the thinking, Cassey approached Fred.
“Remember the day at the hospital… Is she the person you were looking for?” she said trying to clean her tears.
For the first time of her life, someone purely smiled at her. “Yes.” He then cleaned the tears from her face. “We’ll meet each other after Tourch is over, I promise.”
Cassey nodded affirmatively.
From all the awaken players, only Mike seemed angry. Leaving Rick now was, for him, an act of irresponsibility. He would look at Rick, Cassey and angrily at Fred and Elain, and then once again at Rick, hoping he would give them some kind of order.
“I understand.” Rick finally spoke. “You are free to go anywhere you want.”
Immediately, Elain shouted of joy and hugged Fred. She wanted to go back home very bad.
“But, you can not do this!” Mike stated. “We are a stable team already!”
Mike still argued, waking up Annya, but Fred ignored him and started the goodbyes. Rich, however, ordered him to stop and go before he would regret his decision. The truth was he feared the goodbye. After looking back once, Fred disappeared in the thick woods, lead by Elain for somewhere.
“Why did you do that? We may not be able to win now!” Mike was too noisy.
However, Rick laughed, shutting him up.
“I am an idiot, I have been it all the games. I forgot you have your own life, your own dreams. I have been very selfish…”
Both Cassey and Mike stared at him, unsure of what to say. Indeed, they had personal lives as well, but they seemed as they had forgotten them.
“We are back!” Sarith appeared carrying a full basket of fruit. Sheila was right behind her, smiling cheerfully.
Fred was not mentioned in the rest of the night.
Next Chapter:
“Nice to meet you all.” – The Last Player
Chapter 53 – Abandoning the Journey
When Rick opened his eyes, the first thing he felt was food.
He realised later he was in a different place, probably a camp made by his mates, since the fire was still alive, but no one was around. His plate was there, right in front of the big fire.
As he ate the first piece, Rick wondered, looking at the shiny sky. It was night, so he had been sleeping for more or less seven hours. Indeed, he was better from all his injuries but the last events haunted his memories. Many questions about Sloan were continuously coming to his mind. First he made everything to win against him, then he’d give up that easily?
As Rick turned around, he saw two girls sleeping in some blankets apparently collected by everybody, since Cassey’s sweater was there are well. But Cassey wasn’t there. Ashey was sleeping like an angel, and Annya laid there with her head in the opposite direction. They deserved the needed rest after all.
Finally, he heard their friends’ voices approaching the camp. He would have been happy, if they weren’t arguing.
“You can not leave!”
Leave?
From the woods, they friends appeared one-by-one: Fred, Mike, Cassey, crying, and finally Elain. Noticing Rick was awake; they regretted having shouted so loud. However, Rick had other worries.
“What has happened? Why’s Elain here?”
Mike sat next to him.
“After you disappeared, we searched for you. Sheila followed us, but I guess she already knew you had won, as she told us that.” Rick looked surprised. “We found you unconscious here, so we decided to camp here. Besides, Annya and Ashley needed rest as well. Anyway, Fred and the other bow girl-“
“Elain…” Fred interrupted obviously annoyed.
“Yes, that girl, they stayed behind. I don’t know how she managed to brainwash him but he now says he wants to leave.”
Rick stared at Fred, who was trying to avoid eye contact with him.
“And which are your reasons?”
Fred finally looked directly at him, trying to speak.
“I am sick of this life…” Elain finally answered. “And so is he!”
Fred, after trying to calm her down, gathered courage to speak at Rick. “My robot has been destroyed during battle. Elain can be controlled again by that spell and be used to beat us. This is the best way out.”
Rick, full of thinking to do, laid on the ground and let the wind tap his face. He had been a fool all this time. His friends had their personal life, they wanted to go back home.
As Rick was doing all the thinking, Cassey approached Fred.
“Remember the day at the hospital… Is she the person you were looking for?” she said trying to clean her tears.
For the first time of her life, someone purely smiled at her. “Yes.” He then cleaned the tears from her face. “We’ll meet each other after Tourch is over, I promise.”
Cassey nodded affirmatively.
From all the awaken players, only Mike seemed angry. Leaving Rick now was, for him, an act of irresponsibility. He would look at Rick, Cassey and angrily at Fred and Elain, and then once again at Rick, hoping he would give them some kind of order.
“I understand.” Rick finally spoke. “You are free to go anywhere you want.”
Immediately, Elain shouted of joy and hugged Fred. She wanted to go back home very bad.
“But, you can not do this!” Mike stated. “We are a stable team already!”
Mike still argued, waking up Annya, but Fred ignored him and started the goodbyes. Rich, however, ordered him to stop and go before he would regret his decision. The truth was he feared the goodbye. After looking back once, Fred disappeared in the thick woods, lead by Elain for somewhere.
“Why did you do that? We may not be able to win now!” Mike was too noisy.
However, Rick laughed, shutting him up.
“I am an idiot, I have been it all the games. I forgot you have your own life, your own dreams. I have been very selfish…”
Both Cassey and Mike stared at him, unsure of what to say. Indeed, they had personal lives as well, but they seemed as they had forgotten them.
“We are back!” Sarith appeared carrying a full basket of fruit. Sheila was right behind her, smiling cheerfully.
Fred was not mentioned in the rest of the night.
Next Chapter:
“Nice to meet you all.” – The Last Player
Labels: Fifteen Journey
posted by MF at 7:25 pm
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Chao Chao, my Ministra! Keep up the great work ;)
Thursday, 30 August, 2007
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