Phoenix: The nuruk beast.

Chapter Six: Bitter Work

 Aldrich hoisted himself to his feet in shock at the sight of her, "What are you doing here?" he asked;

"Why I came to see you."

"Is this going to be a normal thing now?"

"Considering what I'm here for, then yes."

Aldrich remembered what Lydia's visit entailed and if he were being honest, he was not ready for something so tiring again. He turned back to look at William who already had a naughty grin on his face, he got to his feet and whispered into Aldrich's ear;

"I wouldn't want to bother you two." he then patted Aldrich's shoulder before leaving them both.

Aldrich noticed a satchel held in Evelyn's left hand, she tossed it to him and asked him to follow her. They both remained silent as they headed into the forest, Aldrich wondered why she would want to see him.

"At least she has no reason to feel indebted to me." Aldrich thought to himself. He felt like time had paused as the deafening silence surrounded them, he decided to look into the bag that she had given him and found something that confused him even more. Aldrich could tell at one peek that the satchel had clothes inside it but couldn't imagine what they would be for.

"Where are we going?" he asked her,

"We are already here." she replied coming to a halt.

They arrived at a part of the forest with no trees in a large area, its ground was perfectly levelled with the exception of rocks lying on some parts of the floor. Evelyn approached the nearest tree to them and sat by it with her legs crossed.

"Go and wear them." She said to Aldrich pointing at the satchel in his hand.

"What's this about Evelyn?" Aldrich asked clueless about her intentions.

"Listen Aldrich, its best you save your questions for now."

Although he wanted to detest even more Aldrich reluctantly took the bag in his hand and sought coverage in a nearby bush. A few moments later Aldrich called out to Evelyn.

"Evelyn?"

"Yes, Aldrich?"

"Are you sure I'm meant to wear these?"

"Yes, I'm sure." Evelyn said with a grin forming on her face

A few moments later, Aldrich came back out wearing clothes which seemed large enough for a person significantly larger than him would wear. In spite of his dark skin, Evelyn could tell how embarrassed Aldrich felt by his reddened ears and how much he scowled. The supposedly sleeveless tunic partially covered his shoulders and revealed both his armpits entirely. His trousers were so large that Aldrich had to keep his hands on its waist side to avoid it falling down before he wore a belt.

Evelyn spared no effort holding back her amusement, she laughed so hard she held her stomach tightly as she tumbled to her side.

"Is this some kind of joke?" a frustrated Aldrich asked.

"No Aldrich, this is in fact very necessary" she said gaining her composure once again.

"And I ask once again, what is this about?"

"I've decided I'm going to train you to."

"Really, in what exactly?" he said in a derisive tone.

"Offense, defense, methods, techniques and basically all the things you need for survival."

"But Lydia said I could start whenever I'm ready."

"Well, I'm not Lydia."

"So how about you? Why would you want to train me?"