WORK IN PROGRESS River ~Chronicle Of The Spirits

3.

It's midnight and two young men are wandering in the deep woods.
They both are dressed in black to match their surroundings.
Besides shoes and comfortable jackets and trousers, they also wear a kind of cloth that allows only their eyes, eyebrows and nasal bridges to be revealed.
On both their left upper arm a design in form of a silver sickle moon sewn onto the jacket.
With a closer look u can glimpse on both their hips the shape of a hilt.
The moonlight caresses the details of their armour making out the katana and shuriken attached to their belts.

"When is our shift over? "

"In five minutes," Logan sighes.

Logan is on a patrol with his friend and colleague. While the older one takes his job seriously James slumps behind him bored and trying to convince his friend to go back to their village.

"DUDE, can't we just head back, please? I don't think that anything is going to happen."

They arrive at the waterfall connected with the river which they are supposed to guard, since it's of high importance.
Logan turns his friend around to face him.

" James, I know this is boring to you but-".

He freezes and glances behind his bored out friend, watching how someone falls from the sky in the river.

"Oh goodness..." was the last thing he says before running towards the water, leaving his now confused colleague standing alone.

"Logan? What the-" James says turning around to look where his friend is running.

SPLAT!

Logan ignores him and lets his instincts take control over his actions.

He runs towards the river while taking off his jacket in a hurry.

With still wearing his face cover he jumps into the water with pants and long sleeves on.
He reaches for the unconscious body and carries it to the surface.

James, still dumbfounded about what just happened stands outside and helps Logan carrying the person out of the water.

He reaches for his friend's jacket to cover up the unconscious and wet person or rather-
"A girl?" Says James only revealing his widened eyes due to his masked face.

Logan looks up speechless. "She is ...human?" He says hushed.

"What the holy banana is a HUMAN doing here?!" -

"I am afraid I can't tell.
But we should go bring her with us back to report about this and especially her. We should let the Elder decide about this situation."

"Sounds fair to me...well then. Go ahead".

They soon vanish in the depths of the forest where they had come from.

While Logan carries the girl on his back, they both head to the village they call home.