Oblivion

Chapter 9

We moved at a snail's pace. Climbing over burning hot sand dunes and scorching rocks that caused new blisters to form on my palms; the sun was quickly descending behind a ridge.

          "Maybe we should find a place to sleep?" I suggested, the air was so cold I could see my breath. Both boys didn't seem to listen to me.

       We traveled for another hour, by than I could barely feel my fingertips and the palm of my hands were turning blueish-purple. But the boys didn't seem to want to slow down; they were in some sort of race. I rolled my eyes at the. Boys are stupidly, weird creatures.

       I was keeping up with them pretty well until well into the night. My feet dragged along the ground, my breath was coming in short gasp, I was slowly farther and farther behind. My throat was dry and my lips were cracked, we had drank the last of our water an hour back. I was dehydrated and it was already taking its toll, but the boys didn't seem to be feeling the effects of the lack of water.

    "Keep up Addieca!" Orion called behind him, but he didn't even turn to look around. I huffed, I was becoming to tired to even try and reply, but I picked up the pace until I right  on their heels.

     "Can't we stop? Make camp?" I wheezed, stumbling to keep from falling on my face. They both didn't listen to me, they just continued to walk ahead of me. Frustrated, I grabbed Orion's arm, jerking him back.

           "We need to make camp! We need water! I can't walk any farther, I need to rest!"

I had both his and Allister's attention now. "We have been walking for hours and I don't know about you but I need to rest!"

      "Alright, we'll make camp here for the night." Said Allister with a shrug, he was already making himself comfortable and the cold ground. Orion shot him a glare, but he had no other option because I was already starting to fall asleep on the ground. I curled myself into a tight ball, I even tucked my arms into my shirt to get warm; I was getting the feeling somewhat back into my fingers when my eye lids started to grow heavy. I fell asleep in a matter of seconds.