The Portal - Pain Is The Password

Chapter ten - Found Him

Three teenagers miles away from home, sleeping comfortably enough but missing each of their four walls that hold up their houses. A forest, a little way off of the place their visiting. The village that they are travelling to, Aitor.

Audrey lifts her sleepy head off of the small pillow and after she slams it back down is when she opens her eyes. She looks like a reborn zombie at that moment. Anyone watching could be sure that she is. She squints her burning eyes and takes a moment to readjust to her natural state, whatever that is. 

She sits up. Rubbing her eyes so hard she that can swear it transported her to another dimension. She stretches out. The pain in her hand becomes apparent and she looks at both Sias and Fate, they're both still in a deep sleep. Peeling back the clothing was a terrible idea, the blood had dried around the gaping hole and the hole itself stares back at Audrey. She can see through to her bone, the squishy, chunky tissue from last night had leaked out on her bandage.

Covering up her wound quickly, she has a miniature mental break down, the type where drawing attention to yourself would humiliating. She kicks her legs into the air and backs down again, they land silently every time and she does it until her legs are exhausted. The cuts from walking across the original forest burning as well.

"Freaking clutz." She hisses at herself and throws herself back down again, she wacks her head against the wagon and this wakes up Fate.

"What." Fate mumbles into her pillow and her purple hair have somehow wrapped around her so that she can't break free. Audrey stands up and rescues her from herself. "What time is it?" She asks and Audrey shrugs.

"I don't have one of those stones." She tells her and Fate rolls her eyes.

"You're like my grandma." Fate tells Audrey who is extremely offended at the jab, "don't worry she's my rock." Fate giggles and then splutters into laughter, not the pretty kind and Audrey stands there, staring in disappointment.

"Puns." She shakes her head.

"It's called a Kcord." Pulling one out of her pocket her eyes widen as the numbers 11:18 flash up and Audrey takes a look out of the window. Almost all of the wagons have gone.

"Jesus, we've missed breakfast." Fate whines and Audrey whimpers in annoyance. Her stomach growls at the mention of food.

"How do you think Birdi and Oit have reacted to us being gone?" Audrey asks Fate and she thinks a bit before answering.

"Birdi's really worried about all of us and even though she hates herself for it, she's worried about you the most." Fate says after considering it, sounding like a therapist or a fortune teller.

"Worried about me the most. Why?" Audrey splutters, she's just a visitor whose probably not going to be spending the next two weeks here.

"Because your the one her husband and the rest of the country hates. She's worried about me the least because of Sias, as her son has to be next." Fate tells Audrey but she seems content, Audrey knows Fate's parents must be furious and scared that she's gone.

"What about Oit?" Audrey asks and she knows deep down that Oit will not have the right reaction, even though there really is no right reaction to your son running off.

"He's pleased that you went with him, "Fate jerks her head at the still sleeping Sias," he can at least pin the blame on you now. Make his hatred even worse without going against the law." Audrey nods and jumps over onto the bench. Hiding her hand from Fate and they both sit there in silence, Audrey's stomach growling forces them into laughter a few minutes later.