Hades' Lost Son

Journey to the River

"This seems like a good place to stop for the night," Gwyn suggested. The flat grass land continued going in all directions. The lone tree standing was what made Gwyn think here was a good spot.

"I'm good with that," Arete said, almost falling to sit down.

"It'll be dark soon, we probably should make some sort of camp," Felix looked around, being out here was mildly creepy.

"Let's do it," Blaise agreed.

"Right, and with um, what supplies to make a camp?" Arete asked, gesturing to the few supplies they had brought. Everyone had one pack, that was it.

"Well, um," Blaise glanced at Alex for help.

"Don't ask me," Alex shook his head.

"If we use the tree as a central point, we can make a fire using a couple branches, then have people switching out the watch jobs," Kayne said.

"I would suggest two on a watch, that way they can keep each other awake," Felix proposed, taking his pack off his back and onto the ground, "Can we eat? I'm starving."

"Same," Aurora shrugged her bag of her shoulders.

"Who's got the majority of the food?" Ava asked, flopping on her back on the ground.

"Got it!" Felix answered, kneeling and retrieving bags of miscellaneous food items, mostly food that wasn't particularly nourishing.

"Are you kidding me?" Alex stared at the foods, "You didn't get anything that actually helps rejuvenate a person?"

"Well, you said get stuff that we could travel with," Felix shrugged, "I got peanuts, those are good, aren't they?"

"Better than Twinkies," Kayne chuckled, holding up a box.

"They're good!" Felix protested, earning chuckles from the others.

"You should act a little more mature, you are the oldest," Blaise teased, taking the box of Twinkies, and taking out a package.

"Seriously, there will be no food in the underworld, and all we have right now is junk and peanuts," Alex knocked his head against the tree, "Are you kidding me?"

"Apparently not," Gwyn sighed.

"When we die, I'm blaming it on the shit food we ate," Kayne shook his head, also taking a package of Twinkies.

Felix stared at the ground, feeling worse and worse about the food he had bought, but it had been what they'd wanted.

SNAP!

Alex fell with the branch he had cut off, with the help of one of Gwyn's knives of course, but he hadn't been expecting it to come off quiet yet.

"AHHH!" he landed and the branch crashed down on top of him.

"Alex!" Aurora called,, rushing over to him, pulling the branch off of him, "Alex!"

"Ow, goddamn that hurt," Alex groaned, moving to get up.

"No! Stay down! Where do you hurt?" Aurora sounded very worried as she caressed his cheek.

"I'm fine, maybe just a bruise," Alex responded, attempting to get up again, just to be held in place by Aurora.

"Stay there for a bit, just to make me feel better, okay?" She smiled, then kissed his forehead.

"Fine," he grumbled, not moving.

"Thank you," Aurora smiled, "Now, do you want peanuts, Twinkies, fruit snacks, or crackers?"

"Is there anything to go on the crackers?"