Game of Royals

40 Awakening

Something nudged me, hard. Slowly I opened my eyes.

"Yu...mi?" I yawned.

"So much for volunteering to take the watch.

You could have us all killed during your sleep." Yumi said looming above me. Her long black hair shielded me from the sunlight like a curtain, thank goodness. I was not really the type of person who likes to start the day with sunlight in his eyes.

"My bad, I am going to get up now." I said as I rise to full height.

Which reminds me the fact that a person is taller in the morning then in the night. The spinal column gets compressed throughout the day, making you possibly millimeters shorter.

"Breakfast?" she asked.

"Let me brush my teeth first." Which I did, I got my daily necessities pack and walked over to the stream and brushed my teeth. Hopefully no animal on the upper stream took a piss in it. Afterwards I returned to camp circle and had some "breakfast". Berries collected by Charlotte apparently, we were going to die from eating poisonous berries. We decided to sit down and talk.

"So when are we breaking up the camp?" asked Yumi.

"Now, if possible...but." My chin nudged in a certain direction. There was one problem with moving the camp, Stainless Steel. Killing him wouldn't be humanitarian; but, if he managed to escape he kill every one of us. So the only other option was to transport him with us.

"Alright, I will make it quick." she snapped. For a moment I thought she was able to read my mind, but apparently she took it the wrong way.

"Yumi I thought we had this conversation before." I said tiredly.

"I was only suggesting." Yumi closed her eyes and her expression was unreadable once again.

"I was thinking if we could transport him, with you personally escorting him. Silk and I could carry the supplies."

"I don't like that idea."

"Well let me hear yours."

"We kill him and move on."

"Terrible idea, so mine it is."

"What about me?" Charlotte piped up.

"Uh...you can go on picking berries once we get to our new camp site."

"I don't want to pick berries! It's boring!" she yelled in complaint.

"Talk to rabbits or something." I dismissed her.

"I don't see any rabbits!"

"I am sure you would find tons and tons of them in wonderland. All you have to do is find a rabbit hole and go through the other side." I said.

"It's obviously a trick again! There is no wonderland!"

"How would you know something is impossible till you tried? Well find a rabbit hole, find the candy house, whatever, my lady."

"I don't have to listen to you! I will do what I want!" she yelled storming off.

Yumi and Silk cast me a glance.

"Don't worry she'll be back, all you have to say is that we are leaving her to the wolves."

"Ling I never thought she was your type." Silk said sorrowfully.

"I don't know what you are talking about. Let's just get ready already." I snapped. Yumi went to deal with Stainless Steel while Silk and I put all our supplies in the silver case. A minute later we had everything packed and ready to go.