I wake up and smell the fresh scent of the earth... I feel Roberts body against mine under the fur. The birds are singing and the sun is starting to go down... I haven't eaten anything today and my stomach is starting to rumble...
I turn around and see that Robert is awake. I put my head on his chest and look into his dark eyes. He smiles at me and leans to kiss me. After a moment he pulls me in closer to him and breaks the silence
"I love you Bethany"
"I love you too... "after a moment I say "we should get back, I am sure the kids are getting worried"
"You are right..." he sighs and starts to look for his clothes. As we are getting dressed I ask
"How did you managed to scare the horse like that?"
"Jack gave me his compass" He shows me the little mathematical tool which is now stained with blood. then he says "do you think the horse will be ok? Do we need to go and look for it?"
"No, they are trained to get back to our village, just take me home now, my knight in the not so shiny leather pants" I laugh as we jump back on the horse.
As we return to the village, no one seemed to be looking for us. We make our way back to the hut we hear Emily and Jack laughing loud.
"They are not worried about us at all?" Robert sooks at me appalled and I laugh at him saying
"I am glad they are not, we are fine"
"We could have been dead for all they know and here they are just laughing. And you don't care?"
"Oh, you are overreacting, they knew you would never let anything happen to me..." I say as I open the door and find Emily and Jack jumping around the place wawing wooden swords.
"What is going on here?" Robert asks and they immediately stop and turn to us. Jack finally says
"We are learning how to fight like Vikings, so next time we can fight with mum..."
"What?" Robert asks
"We saw how mum killed those two men that were trying to attack her..." Emily says
"You have got some skills there mum..."Jack comments
"Excuse me! Those were real people, not some video game... They most probably had families, people that will miss them now and be left alone without them... You need to remember that! This is not a game!"
"Sorry, mum..."Jack responds
"But it was in self-defence, they did attack you first..." Emily says
"I know it might seem like that, but we will never know their side of the story now, will we?"I say
"Now, could you please pick up all this mess? Your mum hasn't eaten anything all day and frankly, I am starving too... We need some space to get the food ready..."Robert says and they straight away do what they are told.
While I look for leftovers Robert comes around and I whisper to him
"I told you they knew we were safe..."
We spent the rest of the day in our hut playing games and joking around. We have a throwing knifes to aim competition and I spend time telling them some of my time travel adventures. They really like to hear about Michael... I think they imagine him to be some sort of a superhero...
In the morning I leave with Robert hunting. This time he feels much more confident with everything and we manage to bring a dear back with us. Once we are back at the hut we find Frida, who is holding baby Bo and is teaching the kids the Norse language.
YOU ARE READING
Breaking Through Time
Science FictionI looked at Michael lying in a pool of blood. Emily and Jack were still off the side in a cage, screaming and crying while looking at this horrifying situation. Robert was cuffed to the wall crying and blood was sipping down on his naked torso as he...
