Running Away

Chapter 3

It was a couple hours after the big fight and both Terra and Danny were about to drop from exhaustion.

"Hey Danny!" Terra yelled out over the roaring wind, "Want to stop for the night?"

Danny nodded back to Terra and they descended into a little clearing of the forest they were over.

"Where do you think we are now?" Danny asked.

"From what I saw, I'd guess around the border of Colorado. If we leave early tomorrow and have little to no delays, other than lunch and, of course, bathroom breaks, then we'll make it to Jump City by five in the afternoon."

"Awesome."

An awkward silence filled the air, neither knowing what to say.

"So…" Danny started.

"Umm… we should probably start setting up camp for the night. Can you go get firewood while I set the other things up?"

"Sure, I'll be back in a little while with some wood." Danny then turned and walked away in search for some branches.

After Terra had finished setting up camp she found a decent sized rock and sat down to wait for Danny all while singing a tune she had overheard many times while traveling. When Danny didn't come back within a couple of minutes Terra started to worry that something might have happened to him. She slowly stood up from her rock and slowly crept forward. Her heart kept pounding loudly just trying to jump out of her chest from worry. When she had gone five steps away from the safety of the camp towards the dark murky trees, Terra was ready to attack anything that came near her at a moment's notice.

Suddenly a twig snapped. Terra whirled around eyes and hands already glowing, getting ready to attack who ever dared to approach her. But instead of the huge monster or the psycho killer freak, Danny was there innocently wide eyed just staring at her.

"Uhh… I come in peace?"

"Don't scare me like that!" Terra yelled, "What took you so long?"

"There weren't many branches on the ground so I had to go farther to find enough for tonight."

"Sorry," she replied sheepishly powering down, "I was just worried when you didn't come back."

"It's okay; let's just get this fire started."

!Time skip: Ten minutes!

Danny and Terra sat around the fire, facing each other, eating turkey sandwiches that Danny had left over from earlier. During their silence Terra was able to get a really good look at Danny. He was looking ragged and worn down from past events, but other than that he looked quite cute. He had a firm build and was around 5'7. He had icy blue eyes that when he looked at you it seemed he was looking at your soul. Tousled black hair past his ears blocked one of his eyes. His clothes looked several days old, they were ripped and dirty. He wore light blue jeans and a very dirty white shirt with a single red oval on the chest.

They sat there looking at each other for a few minutes after they had finished their dinner.

Terra hesitantly broke the silence,

"So… since we are going to be with each other for a while don't you think we should get to know each other a little bit better?"

"Oh uh, sure… do you want to start?" Danny asked equally as hesitant.

"Okay, sure. Uh... my name is Tara Markov. I had two little sisters and parents. My little sisters were Venus and Amber; they were the sweetest little girls you could ever meet. They were my whole world. My mom was a teacher at the local elementary school and my dad was CEO of a large company. Whenever they could, they spent as much time with us as possible, we were quite spoiled.