𝓑𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓛𝓲𝓮 || 𝒟𝓇𝓊𝒾𝑔

𝕤𝕚𝕩𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕟

Amazon Rainforest
498 BCE

"Vena! You can't hide from me forever! Your thoughts are way too loud!"

I bit my fist trying to stifle a laughter and hid behind a tree.

"Vena... you know I'll find you." Druig called out in a sing song voice and I immediately tried to climb up the tree without him seeing me. "I swear if I'd known you'd be this slippery, I wouldn't have even thought of this place. Where are you, my starlight?"

"You called?" I smirked hanging upside down in front of Druig and he jumped back in fear. "Ha! I scared you!"

"So that's where you've been this entire time? Hiding in the trees?"

"Not at all. I've been one step ahead the entire time." I said and reached up to pinch his cheeks. Druig swatted my hand away rolling his eyes and stifled a smile. "I win again. That's how many in a row?"

"Ten." He grumbled helping me off the branch. "So that's your plan for this evening? Make me go insane every time you disappear?"

"Well no... but it sure is fun!" I shrugged racing back to the hut. "Last one has to get firewood!"

"Dammit!" Druig yelled chasing after me but I beat him. "How are you so damn fast!? You're shorter!"

"By like two inches! And I fight Deviants left and right. After a few thousand years, you learn to pick up the pace." I smirked sitting on the steps of the hit and handed him an axe. "Well go on then! Amuse me."

"You're lucky I-" Druig was cut off by the ground shaking and he raised his eyebrows.

"That's not me." I said alarmed and leant down to touch the ground with glowing eyes. "Deviants... I'm sensing three."

"Ten years without a damn Deviant and here we go again." He sighed gripping the axe tighter as I held two flames. We both stood back to back keeping our senses heightened. "You have a plan?"

"Ikaris always gives the plans. Just... don't die, please." I whispered feeling the steps get closer.

"Same goes to you." He whispered back just as a Deviant emerged from the trees and stared me down. "You feel it too?"

"If you can keep them still, I can manipulate its blood." I said and charged at the Deviant jumping on top of it and placed my hands on what I assumed were its temples and tried to force the blood to boil. "Dammit! Why do you have such a thick skin!? And Druig you better not come up with a sarcastic remark or so help me God!"

"Kinda busy over here." Druig huffed slicing the legs of the Deviant and its antlers before sticking the axe in its head but it didn't die. "Bollocks!"

I grew frustrated with the Deviant I was currently holding on to so I stood up and threw a ball of fire straight to its heart before jumping to the one that was currently charging at Druig.

"Get that bloody tool away from me!"

"Believe me, I'm trying." I hissed as the Deviant stopped in his tracks right in front of Druig making me sigh in relief. I gripped the tail of the other Deviant and it stopped his attack on him. "Well... what are you bloody waiting for!? Kill them!"

Druig swung the axe decapitating both Deviants and I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.

"Are you okay?" Druig asked and winced. I looked down to see a large gash on his abdomen. I raised my eyebrow and he smiled sheepishly. "Oops?"

"I think I should be asking you that." I said helping Druig limp to the hut and set him down on the bed. I leant down to remove the tunic when he started laughing.