Survived This Land

III

I awoke the next morning and turned to wake up Hunter. I jumped startled he was sitting there watching me. 

"Woah bro!" 

He chuckled and rose from his bed. "I have discovered a few of your secrets." 

"Oh really. Then don't let me stop you from telling me which ones exactly."

"Oh, I just found out you have a sixth sense. As soon as I started watching you the beast awoke."

"Who are you calling a beast, you're actually part demon." I paused. Did he just, flinch? "Uh sorry, I got pretty defensive. You said secrets as in the plural form of the word."

"Yeah, um...you talk in your sleep and you talked about somebody a lot."

I froze up. Who did I mention? 

"You kept saying stuff like 'I miss you, Cody' and what not. Who's Cody."

"Hunter, you should know by now everybody has secrets."

"Alright, but I'd like to know then I'd share one of my secrets. It's up to you."

I need to know who I'm trusting. "Okay I'll tell you who he is and what he ment to me."

"Deal, and I have breakfast here too."

He handed over a plate of a very large egg and what looked like pink broccoli, I picked up a small piece of the pink broccoli and looked at Hunter. He stuffed his face and paused his chewing and stared at me. I ate it and it was so...delicious!  

"What the fuck is this?"

Hunter swallowed his food and responded. "Gruic, its a plant that grows everywhere I grow some here in the cave. Now, story time!"

I rolled my eyes and ate another piece. "Cody was a boyfriend I had, he and I dated since we were young. He died in the army he turned 18 and was in training for a year then he was shipped off and he got killed by an enemy grenade. He saved six younger soldiers."

Hunter remained quiet for a short time, "He sounds like a brave young man." We ate in silence and after breakfast we started studying the map. 

"So, your turn tell me a big secret."

He turned to me, "Okay, I had to kill my own mother after she took my father's soul. He was a souless zombie and I had to kill him too."

I had no words other than. "Oh, I'm sorry. That's-" 

We sat in silence for a few mintues. "-horrifying." 

His breath quavered on the back of neck and as I studied the map a shudder leaked down my spin. 

This kid has gone through so much I had to kill this monster! I turned and embraced Hunter in a tight grip, he pushed me off startled. "You seemed like you needed a hug, sorry." He probably never had a friend, I really have to kill this kratos guy.