Joshua Ustrina
"Hey!" Josh protested, his anger swiftly returning as Lotus clipped him around the head. He was sore enough without her adding to it, and without him, she'd probably be lying in a ditch somewhere dead or dying. He was just about to turn around and push her back into the stream when he shivered and groaned softly. He felt like hell. Literally, the definition of hell. Instead of retaliating, he just sent her a cold look that said simply 'I could kill you'.
Joshua almost missed his cell. There, at least, it was warm and relatively safe. He knew what was coming and happening, and most of all...he wasn't wet. "Fuck this," He muttered softly before hauling himself to his feet. He staggered a little and found himself leaning against a tree for support for a moment before he lifted his hands to his soaking shirt and threw it off. The clothing was only making him colder, and at least this way when he was dry...he would stay dry. As soon as that happened, he knew he'd warm up.
"There has got to be people around here...that aren't trying to kill us."
"Well, you're going to have to stay away from me then," Josh muttered, his head still ringing from the blow she had sent to his head. He sighed, exhaling slowly and shook his head, "Look...if we follow the stream downstream, we might come to a town or something..."
That was when the bear arrived, it's fur singed and burnt from its' journey through the wall of fire that was only just starting to die out. It seemed to materialize out of the air, tall and shaggy, and silent and Joshua froze. This was it. They'd evaded the guards, only to be consumed by a bear. The irony would have been amusing if he had enough energy to appreciate it. Joshua had no more defences, and was just about to shout to Lotus to run when he realized that all the beast was doing was...well, watching him. Joshua blinked, frowned, and then looked back at the creature, and a glimmer in it's beady black eyes was almost familiar.
"Lilith!" His voice was just a hoarse croak, and Josh coughed softly before calling to Lotus, "It's Lilith. She's not far, I think...Go on then, bear," He added awkwardly, "Take us to her"
Joshua almost missed his cell. There, at least, it was warm and relatively safe. He knew what was coming and happening, and most of all...he wasn't wet. "Fuck this," He muttered softly before hauling himself to his feet. He staggered a little and found himself leaning against a tree for support for a moment before he lifted his hands to his soaking shirt and threw it off. The clothing was only making him colder, and at least this way when he was dry...he would stay dry. As soon as that happened, he knew he'd warm up.
"There has got to be people around here...that aren't trying to kill us."
"Well, you're going to have to stay away from me then," Josh muttered, his head still ringing from the blow she had sent to his head. He sighed, exhaling slowly and shook his head, "Look...if we follow the stream downstream, we might come to a town or something..."
That was when the bear arrived, it's fur singed and burnt from its' journey through the wall of fire that was only just starting to die out. It seemed to materialize out of the air, tall and shaggy, and silent and Joshua froze. This was it. They'd evaded the guards, only to be consumed by a bear. The irony would have been amusing if he had enough energy to appreciate it. Joshua had no more defences, and was just about to shout to Lotus to run when he realized that all the beast was doing was...well, watching him. Joshua blinked, frowned, and then looked back at the creature, and a glimmer in it's beady black eyes was almost familiar.
"Lilith!" His voice was just a hoarse croak, and Josh coughed softly before calling to Lotus, "It's Lilith. She's not far, I think...Go on then, bear," He added awkwardly, "Take us to her"