Riptyde

Chapter 3: My Fresh Start

This is gonna be fun...

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. This complete stranger, WHO I JUST MET, just asked me if I wanted to join her on an "adventure". Who the fuck does she think she is?!

"What?! Why on Earth would I go with you?! We just met and all you want from me is my brute strength"! This chick is starting to piss me off. I know what she's doing, she will try to sweeten her words to make it seem like I'm wrong. Whatever she's about to say, I'll be ready!

Connie says with the straightest face, "Yup, pretty much. That and something else, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there".

What the flying fuck? This bitch is really starting to confuse me. Why is she like this? Why is she acting like a little kid, but yet someone who has wisdom beyond their years? What the hell is going on?! As I looked at her, I start to see something I didn't see before. She's not looking for a brute, she's looking for a friend. She has a smile on her face, but I can see it in her eyes. She's just like me...alone. I don't know why I didn't see it before, she just want someone to go with her.

Connie starts to talk with a disappointed tone. "That's fine, I didn't actually expect you to say yes. Just take your stuff and go. I just thought I'd ask". Connie turned her back and started to walk away, slow and steady. As she walks away, I start to feel terrible and I say to myself. 'She just wants someone to keep her company. Stop being an ass and go with her. This your chance to be like dad'. Yes! This is my chance to be like dad! Maybe even FIND him! That's it...if I go with her, I might be able to find dad. I could find him and bring him home. I see Connie on the other side of the room, just chilling. She has a cool ass sword that caught my eye. The hilt was a gold-ish colour and had black leather around the handle. The blade was at least four to five feet long. The blade looked to be stainless steel with a blue-ish tint to it. I thought it was a beautiful sword, and she caught me staring at it. She smirked, and went back to her chilling. I ran up to her, swallowed my pride as I looked her in the eye.

"Connie"? I asked her awkwardly.

"Yeah"?! She looked at me with anticipation.

"If I was to go with you, would you teach me how to use that sword"?

"Yeah, I don't see why not. Does that mean you're coming with"?! She seems to be a whole other level of excitement.

I answered, "yes, I am. But I also wanna know the ways of your old clan. They seem...interesting to me. Would that be a problem"? I wanted to be taught in her ways because it might help me with my own vendetta.

"ABSOLUTELY!! I could teach you everything I know! But only if your willing to listen to my every command". Connie said that with authority I never thought she had. I looked at her with amazement and new found respect. I replied, "yes, ma'am. When do we head out"? I was really excited now! I couldn't believe that I was going to be like dad! I kept saying to myself, over and over 'this is gonna be fun'. But as I was drifting into my own world, she threw some equipment at me and started for another entrance.

"H-Hey, where are you going"? I asked as she heads for the door, a pep in her step as she opened the door to another room. She grabbed two sleeping bags that were in good condition, some snow equipment, two cantines and filled them with water, and some weird looking weapons. Two blade type weapons and two guns of some sort. She gave me the sword I was looking at and gave me a smile.

"You ready, Jackson Riptyde"? She said my name like a badass and I LOVED IT! As she stood by the doorway, I gave her my answer.

"Absolutely", I said it with confidence I never knew I had. As we exited the bunker I noticed that she kept looking at me. "Yeah, Connie, do you need something", I asked. She got all red and replied in an embarrassed tone. "Y-Yeah, I'm good, just making sure you're still with me". I didn't understand what was going on with her, but I didn't question it. We got above ground and said, "we need new clothes, we can be noticed from a mile away. And plus, you're a wanted man". She points at a wanted poster of me.

"Awe fuck, that's not good. You're right, I need new clothes. But why do you need new clothes"? I asked her without expecting an answer. She replied with something I didn't think I'd ever hear.

"Because I'm bare ass naked under this thing. I need some clothes that are appropriate for the weather climates we're about to encounter". She said that without even giving a fuck. And the fact that she told me, A BOY, that she's naked under a ripped to shit cloak. This was NOT what I wanted to hear.

"What!? Why are you naked under your cloak"!? I said that so that the only people that heard that was Connie and me. She started to giggle and walked off to the local shop to buy clothes. She said in a smartass tone, "are you coming with"?~ I didn't understand why she asked like that until I entered the building. As soon as I walk in, I get a "why are you so excited, Jack"?~

"What? What are you-"? I had a huge fucking boner just sticking out and I didn't even realize it. I got so embarrassed, I tried to 'fix' it and tried to be discreet about it. Connie giggled and bought our clothes and told me to try then on. I thought she bought me the most embarrassing clothes ever. They weren't, they were the coolest and most comfortable clothes I've ever worn. A sleeveless black shirt, some black pants with a black, spiked leather belt. I felt...BAD-FUCKING-ASS!! I never thought I'd look so good in black. I came out of the changing room with a smile.

"Connie, what do you...think? Connie? Connie, where are you"? I looked all around the store and I couldn't see or find her anywhere. I looked outside the store, she wasn't in sight. I looked in the store again to double check if I overlooked her, she wasn't there. I'm starting to worry, what if she left me?

"I'm in here, Jack. I'll be out in a second. Sorry for worrying you". She was in the changing room RIGHT next to me. I felt like a dumbass and got so embarrassed. I just sat outside the changing room and waited for her. "Okay, I'm done. Are you ready"?~

"Yeah, ready for what"? Why did she ask it like that? I was really nervous, and I didn't even know why. She came out and...I'm pretty sure I got a nose bleed. She was wearing a skintight body suit that was a navy blue, a black leather belt that she had at an angle that went to the right with her curves. Her cloak was clipped over her shoulders over her breasts in a very suggestive way. Her whole outfit was very suggestive to so many things.

"Are you ready to go, Jack"? She asked with a more serious tone. It caught me by surprise. I stood up and nodded my head. "Good, then let us be off". She exited the store, me close behind.

"So where are we going first"? My curious got the best of me. As soon as I asked, she stopped and turned to look at me. She told me something that'll change my life.

"We're going somewhere I can train you in the ways of my old clan. How to fight, how to survive, hownto be like your father".

"What? My father"?!