Snippet #1890707

"I WAS TAKEN." she wrote in the snow. She did her best to make the letters clear enough for him to see, while still not giving him reason to attack her. Her next line was longer, so she moved a little to his left, still halfway crawling. Oddly, she could somehow feel the bits and pieces of her mechanical legs move and fall into place with every motion. It wasn't painful, but reminded her of the first time she had ever been to a dentist. It had been a woman in her thirties, kind and smiling, and also assuring Anna that having the cavity in her tooth repaired wouldn't hurt. Anna had just been a little girl, perhaps one too fond of sugary sweets, and had stopped worrying when the dentist had explained the process to her. It was quite simple really, even though Anna hadn't understood it then. The strange thing was, that while her tooth was being fixed, she could feel the movements of each tool, but it hadn't hurt for a single second.

Anna thought for a moment, that her current situation perhaps was something similar, only on a much larger scale.

But the words that emerged in the snow was not marked by her thoughts, and even though there were quite many for this kind of communication, she didn't find it tiring. "BY SOMEONE UNKNOWN. MY KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT I AM IS LIMITED. I NEED YOUR HELP."

Then a shout from not quite far, and not quite close snapped her out of the little bubble she had been in. It was a voice, sweet and familiar, shouting just a word.

"Adrian!" Callen roared, not deeply impatient and annoyed by all the things going on. The sound of her voice gave away just how angry she was, and how she didn't have any leftover goodwill to deal with anything more that evening. The corners of her mouth were pointing downwards, and a deep wrinkle had appeared between her eyebrows as she stood there, allowing Zach to wrap her hands in the butt-warm piece of cloth. Hell, at least it wasn't frozen.

Adrian popped his head out from the tent, looking slightly groggy. He hadn't had the time to fall asleep, but from the looks of it, he had been close. "What's going on?" he asked, trying to get free from his sleeping bag.

Callen answered him with a lowered voice, now knowing that she had his attention. "Medical kit. Burned my hand." She explained to him, not taking a second to acknowledge Zach's kindness. From what she could see, Adrian nodded, and then disappeared into the tent again, only to come forth with the kit in his hands. "Hold on a sec... I'll OOOPH!" He had fallen face first onto the ground, and had apparently tripped over something. He had dropped the kit by accident, and reached out for it as he looked back over his shoulder, trying to see what he had tripped over. To his surprise, it was a pair of feet. "Who the hell sleeps like that?!" He asked himself, only to conclude that there had been enough conflict. He wouldn't want to be the source of more. His fingers clasped the kit as he got up, and he moved towards Zach and Callen, smiling apologetically. "Sorry about that. I think it was just a branch. Let me take a look..." He said, reaching out for Callen's hands.

The shout made Anna nervous. Who was Adrian? Why was Callen shouting at him. She looked towards the sound seeing shadows moving, but wasn't able to recognise any of them. "YOU WILL HAVE TO MOVE CAMP TOMORROW. YOU SHOULD SCOLD THEM FOR MAKING SO MUCH NOISE. I WILL FIND YOU." She wrote, this time not as patiently. She then backed away from Viktor, and in a quick gesture raised her hand to say goodbye to him. She then turned, and ran. Faster than earlier, faster than ever before in her life. She had a feeling that someone might be looking for her, and she would not like for them to find any of her friends. She considered Viktor a friend now, for he was the only one she could've turned to.

She then hid, intent on staying so close to the group that Viktor would probably discover her presence, but not so close that the others would find out.

Anna didn't know that the following night would be graced by a full moon.