Dark Waters

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Twelve

AN: This chapter and the next are re written. This is the second time this fic I've had to redo chaps cuz they weren't synced with my email and were deleted.

Matthew had his blades drawn as they rode through the gate. There were a few titans in the field, but they weren't moving. The morning was cold and he was enjoying it. He put his blades away once they were past them. They started to head slightly east as they rode north. The Canadian wanted to meet up with Hudson's Bay and follow the shore. It would be easier ground for the horses.

After a while they rode into a forest. They had to slow their horses because of the dense underbrush. The Storm Hawks were curious about all of the new animals they saw. They asked about them and Canada was happy to answer. After a while they came to a river. The blond stopped Glacies to let him drink. He got off the horses back to stretch. The others did the same with groans. Matthew heard a stick snap and looked up.

"What is that thing?" Stork asked pointing down the river at the sound.

"That's a moose." The Canadian said with a smile. It had been so long since he had seen one. He wished he had enough time to go and pet it, but they needed to keep moving. The moose looked over at them before disappearing back into the forest.

As the day went on it got hotter. Canada could hear titans moving through the forest. They carefully weaved around where they heard them. Without warning, a hand reached out from the forest. It easily plucked Piper off her horse.

"Piper!" Aerrow yelled drawing his blades.

"Keep moving!" Canada said jumping off of Glacies and drawing his blades. He could hear Gilbert rounding up the teens to keep going. He knew it would be easier for the blond to take down the titan if he only needed to worry about one person.

Matthew hooked into the ugly giants arm and slashed through the muscles in its arm. Its fingers went limp and dropped Piper. He quickly caught her and swung into a tree setting her carefully on a branch. He quickly checked her over for injuries. He didn't see any, but was still worried.

"Are you okay? Anything broken?" Canada asked quickly.

"No, I'm okay." The woman said assessing herself and he sighed in relief. He knew there wasn't much he could have done out here. The titan's loud steps caught his attention. He growled raising his blades defensively as it stomped towards them.

"Stay here." Matthew said.

The Canadian hooked into a tree and swung around to get to the back of the titan. It kept turning to follow him. He was wasting a lot of gas trying to get behind it. He bit his lip and hooked into its head reeling into slash its eyes. The ugly giant lazily swatted at his wires throwing him off course. He yelped and unhooked. He thought quickly, hooking into a branch and swinging back upwards before he hit the ground. He paused on the tree for a moment to check his gas. It was low, but manageable.

The titan reached towards him and he growled. He jumped out of the way of the hand and hooked into its head again. Matthew reeled in quickly slashed through its eyes. He jumped back and was about to go for its nape, but another titan appeared through the trees. He ignored it and quickly slashed through the first ugly giants' nape.

Canada switched his focus to the second titan. He landed on the ground in a crouch. He knew his gas was getting very low. He growled and readied to attack it. The ugly giant groaned and fell forward. He yelped in surprise jumping out of the way of the falling body.

"Are you okay?" Piper asked quickly hopping off the titan.

"Yes, I'm okay." Canada said listening for more titans. He couldn't hear anymore. Piper looked back over to the titan's body and put her blades away. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, that was easier than I thought." She said with a nervous smile. She was still trying to catch her breath from the whole ordeal.

"Well, congratulations on your first titan." Matthew said giving her a reassuring smile. He put his blades away listening for more titans. He still couldn't hear any. The blond whistled for Glacies and he came right away. Piper copied his actions and her horse came almost instantly too. "Let's get moving. They're not to far ahead."

"You can tell?" Piper asked as they started to ride and he nodded.

Canada knew the others had stopped in a clearing a while ahead. They rode quietly for a few hours before they finally came into the clearing. Matthew sighed in relief seeing everyone was there and okay. He dismounted Glacies and was immediately hug tackled by Prussia.

"Birdie!" The albino said hugging him tightly. He hugged him back kissing him before burring his face in the crook of his neck. All three of them were tackled by the other Storm Hawks. They ended up in a big pile on the ground. "Are jou two okay?"

"Yeah, we're alright." Piper said with a small smile. They all untangled from each other and stood up.

"Stay here for the night?" Gilbert suggested raising an eyebrow looking over to Matthew.

"Yeah." The blond said through a yawn. He knew it would be the best place for them right now. Any other place was a couple hours of riding away. They didn't have enough daylight left. He didn't really want to be traveling in the dark. "Unpack or cook?"

"I'll unpack, jou cook." Prussia hummed kissing his cheek. He smiled and nodded. He went over and took the equipment off of Mondi picking a place to start a fire. He went and gathered rocks and logs. He cleared away the grass and used the rocks to make a safe fire pit. The Canadian easily started the fire before starting preparing the ingredients. Junko had come over and helped him once he finished unpacking.

The pair finished cooking as the others finished unpacking. They sat around the fire and ate. The teens asked more questions about the world and them. The couple was happy to answer. It had gotten dark quickly. As the sun went down it took all the warmth with it. They had decided on watches and went to bed. Gilbert and Finn volunteered to go first while Junko and Stork would switch off half way through the night.

Matthew sighed settling alone in their sleeping bag. The albino had kissed him good night before going into the tree. He wrapped himself up like a burrito. He was tired, but didn't fall asleep right away. After a while he finally managed to.

Hours later he was woken back up when Prussia was trying to get under the blankets. He huffed and let go of the covers and rolled onto his stomach. He used his arms as a pillow feeling a weight on his back. He wondered why the albino was sleeping in such an odd position. Canada was too tired to really care. He closed his eyes and fell back asleep.