Amber

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DNAx stops walking, gasping for breath. The desert is very hot and he needs to find more water. The sun is setting, he has nowhere else to go, the only thing keeping him going is his hope of finding Foxjin again. He heard the groan of a husk, zombie-like desert creatures. He stands there then turns, holding out his swords which glow green faintly, he doesn't have much power left...

I can't fight them, he realizes starting to back off, suddenly he hears the sound of a dying husk and he sees another dagger whiz through the air and kill another one of the husks. He gasps in surprise, someone is here... but who?
He looks up and sees a shadowed figure up in a tree near the edge of the desert. The person turns his way noticing him then escapes into the trees.

"Wait!" DNAx calls running for the trees, "Come back!" He staggers feeling dizzy from the lack of water, he could have sworn that person in the trees was...

"Foxjin?" He asks unsure what's happening.

He tries to stay awake desperately, he staggers towards the trees where the person was. He sees the sand coming up to meet him and realizes he's fallen down; the world spins and he blacks out.

He wakes with a gasp; he lays there feeling hard floor under him... not sand. He glances around blinking up at the leafy ceiling.

Where am I? In a tree? He wonders, where is Foxjin? Who saved me?

He sits up slowly, his head clearing. He's in a tree... a jungle tree, on a platform.

"Foxjin?" he asks hoarsely.

There's a rustle from the leaves above then a voice responds.

"Who's Foxjin?"

A figure steps up in front of him, a girl he's never seen anywhere before.

"Are you alright?" she asks him.

DNAx looks her over in confusion, she is wearing a lilac tee shirt with an iron chestplate, she has a red skirt, and long dark purple socks she wears white fingerless gloves, he's never seen her in his life.
She has layered orange hair that reaches past her shoulders. But it's her eyes that interest him most, they are two different colors just like his, one is sky blue, and the other is deep indigo.

"Yeah, I'm fine" he replies after a moment.

"You look stunned" she says, "what's with your eyes?"

"Yeah uh-" DNAx tries to reply but the words stop in his throat, the girl shifts and taps her foot.

"What were you doing in the desert?" she asks him finally, "and who's Foxjin?"

"My..." His head spins, "friend from the Resistance, do you know?"

"Resistance?" she asks, "You have a gang?"

"More of a group" DNAx replies, then he looks around, jungle wood walls surround him. On the platform there is a bed over in one corner and some bookshelves. Daggers are hung on the wall; some are glowing with purple light.

"Did you make this?" he asks.

"Yeah," she replies then tucks a dagger back into her boot, he hadn't realized she was holding it.

"it's really cool" DNAx gives her a smile.

"Hmm thanks?" She pauses, "What was I asking you?" she asks.

"Uh about Foxjin" DNAx replies.

"Here." she hands him some water, "you're going to die of thirst if you don't."

"Thanks," he drinks the water starting to feel much better.

"So who are you?" She asks him, "and your group... are they also here? Looking for you?"

"I'm DNAx, and uh, I don't think they are looking for me... I'm just searching for my friend."

"Ok," she sits down on the bed,

"I'm Amber, I think we should talk more about who you are looking for."

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