Talia

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Somehow Banan caught up with me. He pushes me to the ground.

"What are you doing Dew?" He asks confused. He is to close. These guys really don't respect a girl's comfort zone. I want to tilt him over, but his arms and legs are on mine. I am stuck.

"Get off!" I shout. He smiles again.

"Your eyes are gorgeous. What are those two black dots?" He leans closer to me. "You want to know a secret?" He whispers.

"Argh!" A voice shouts from the left. Anzors sword wounds, and pushes Banan away from me. Blood drips from his arm.

"What's your deal? You never give up. She's mine," Banan says with a calmer voice than my history teacher. Which is practically impossible. Banan finally notices his wound.

"And how dare you ruin my cloak?" His tone is polite, but at the same time offended. Anzor answers with another stroke. Banan is too quick; he avoids every stroke and finds his ax. He throws it at Anzor, it hits his leg.

"I don't want to kill you, you're too much fun," Banan says laughing. He sounds like a crow. Anzor falls. He struggles not to scream out of pain. Blood spread to every corner of his pants.

"I like that color," Banan says. "Now Dew, let's go." He grabs my hand again.

"No," I shout. "I won't go anywhere with you." He pulls out a dagger from Anzors boot. His handgrip tightens around my arm. He starts to cut. It is sharp; I almost don't feel any pain. Blood drips. Actually, I barely feel anything. I usually don't. Banan smiles at me one more time before pressing his lips against my wound, and drinks.

"What on Quince are you doing?" I'm about to slap him, but he raises his head.

"It's succulent," he says while licking his lips.

"Thanks," I say, not clearly sure about what succulent means.

"I like red." He seems satisfied, and opens his robe to look at the injury. It's huge. In no time, it disappears.

"Thank you, Dew." I widen my eyes. My body starts to shake, my pulse raises. What is happening?

"Oh… nobody has told you?" He asks confused. His smile is so wide you can probably catch a glimpse of it from space.

"Don't know what? And where did you're wound go?" I say, pointing at his arm. Blood still drips from his mouth.

"We don't have time for this," he says. I feel goose bumps coming up.

"I like your pants," he says, with an even creepier voice than his smile.

Everything turns black again.

I wake up and find myself sitting on the back of Banan. My body is about to collapse, therefore I tighten my grip around Banans shoulders.

"Ah.. so you're finally awake?"

"How long was I out?" I ask while rubbing my eyes.

"Long enough for me to get bored," he says optimistic. Is he sarcastic?

"I feel dizzy." I actually feel exhausted, like I'm the one who has carried a person for many kilometers. I look at my arm that was supposed to be injured, but there are nothing, not a single scratch.

"Yeah. I think you panicked or something."

"We are going to Olivia right?" I ask.

"How did you know?" Banan says surprised.

"It has the only ferry that goes to Akila."

"Oh, yes. Akila? How did you know? How much did Anzor tell you? That idiot." I jump of his back.

"Ey, don't go anywhere!" He commands. I narrow my eyes. It is hopeless to run away from this guy. I could always scream again. The only problem is that we seem to be the only humans in these woods for the moment.

"Are we going to walk in the forest forever?" Banan grabs my hand. "Uhm..," I murmur.

"You have made it obvious; I can't trust you to stay with me. So what do you chose? Walk before me, or hold my hand?" His head looks forward.

"You can't trust me? How can I trust you? I want to make another suggestion; to stay by your side without holding your hand."

"Fine!" He tosses his hand along with mine in the air so that we separate. Although his action came out of anger, he still smiles. We walk for a while without saying anything. Our footsteps make most of the noise around us. The sun hides behind the high trees, but some of its long warm, glowing arms still reach us.

"We will reach our destination soon if I'm not completely mistaken, Dew." For some reason I can't imagine Banan scared or stressed, he always seems calm.

"Why are you looking at me? Don't tell me you have fallen for me?" He says with a flirtatious voice. I blush, which is really embarrassing.

"Oh," he exclaim. He looks kind of surprised. "Listen Dew. You are cute, but what about Anzor? This wouldn't be fair to him." I think Banan is nervous. For some reason he talks all the time. I decide to stare at him to make him feel more uncomfortable.

"Say something!" He commands. "Stop staring at me." He keeps talking while making strange hand moves. I decide to quit glaring at him.

"Now we are crossing the border between Olivia and Odel. This is supposed to be the safest town in Olivia," he says. I am still quiet. Banan glances behind us from time to time to ensure that no one, Anzor, is following us.