forum Alien Apocalypse // Private

Started July 15, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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Jay blinked, and nodded slowly. "Hmm. Sure." he replied. "We just have to be careful." he looked around for a moment, before returning his attention to her.

Deila sat up, or at least propped herself up at that response, looking over at him, "Can you still sense if there are..others like you around?" She didn't think anyone would be following them, but if there was then his gift would be the one thing deciding if they should run or try to fight it off.

Jay looked at her. "Yes, but there aren't any near that I can sense." he replied after a moment, looking down at his hands, then at the woods. He didn't like talking about what he was.

She nodded, slowly laying back down on her pack and sighing softly. Bringing up Jay's identity wasn't something she wanted to be reminded of, even if she knew it would come into play someday. "Alright..I'm going to take a nap then, if you don't mind." Delia said, looking over at him and then at Leo at her side, "Wake me up if anything happens."

"Go ahead. I'll be here." Jay replied with a nod, taking his hat off and running a hand through his pale hair.

Delia smiled gently at him and settled down, laying one arm over her eyes to block out the light and letting the other rest on Leo's back even as he got impatient without being pet and decided to walk over to Jay instead.

Jay reached down to pet Leo as he looked around their campsite, letting out a slow breath.

She tossed and turned for a few minutes as she tried to sleep, finally falling into a light slumber that she would wake up from at any decently loud noise. It was peaceful in the woods, especially with the few birds chirping in the trees.

Jay stood up, pacing around the clearing for a moment, a light frown tugging at his lips. He didn't know what to do right now.

(of course)

Jay sat up suddenly, eyes flickering around the forest. Someone's here… He reached over and shook Delia's shoulder. "Delia."

"Gimmefiveminutes." She mumbled all as one word, pulling her shoulder away from him and rolling away from him. Delia didn't want to wake up. It was much nicer being asleep and she doubted that what Jay was waking her up for was important.

"Delia." He said again, shaking her shoulder harder. "Wake up. Now."

"What do you want?" She groaned, rubbing her eyes and rolling so she was glaring at him with half-opened eyes, "What is so important that I can't sleep for a little longer?"

"Because there's another one here. Like me." Jay replied, already getting up and looking around, hand reaching for his gun.

It took her a few seconds to process his words before she sat up, muttering something about interrupting her beauty sleep as she reached for her own gun. The faster they could deal with this mess, the faster she could deal with the fresh reminders of what was happening in the world, reminders she was too happy to try to forget in exchange for calm.

"We aren't going to shoot on sight!" Jay said quickly. "But…we need to be on guard."

"You might not, but I'm going to shoot on sight unless you recognize the idiot." She said, yawning as she pulled her gun onto her lap and flicked off the safety. She was relatively calm, or her worry was pushed away by tiredness. One of the two

"Delia." Jay said firmly. "If you shoot them, you're no better than I am, or they are."

That was enough to get her to make her silent, almost working too well as she realized that she was just as bad as any of them. A tiny nod came from her direction and she flicked her safety back on, blinking away the last bit of sleepiness in her eyes. "What direction are they coming from?" She asked quietly, knowing it was painful but true, that she was just another human ready to shoot whoever dared to stand between her and what she wanted.

Jay pointed in the direction, his blue eyes careful. He knew his words had been harsh, but there hadn't been any aggression, so there was no reason to shoot.

She sat up straight, training her eyes on the direction he had pointed to and gripping her gun tightly. "What are we going to do with them once they get here?" She felt Leo brush up against her leg, growling softly but laying down alongside of her broken leg.

Jay shook his head slightly. "I don't know. That depends on them." he replied simply, still holding his gun.

"How close are they?" She asked, holding her gun close in case the person coming towards them wasn't mean.

"Quarter mile." Jay replied calmly, watching carefully.

Delia rolled her eyes and sighed, jokingly asking, "So I could've slept for longer is what you're saying?"