Chapter 5 The Woods of Balgar

The sun rose high in the sky early the next morning and Kai'la La awake in the tent that she and Adam were sharing and saw that he was in the tent. She walked outside and saw that it was dawn and Adam was sitting on a tree stump looking at a silver pocket watch that had a picture of his wife and child as well what year it was on Earth as well as the date.Kai'la La walked over to Adam and sat next to him on a nearby stump and looked at the picture " she is beautiful." Adam turned around quickly and said, " My god, you are quiet." Adam said as he closed the locket.Kai'la La was confused " was I not being kind in saying that your daughter was beautiful?" Adam regained his composer and said, " yes but one does not sneak up on someone else!"Adam saw that he was being rude to Kai'la" sorry and thank you for saying that my daughter is beautiful."Kai'la La pointed at the watch and said: " what is the watch for?" Adam replied, " this watch tells me how long I have been away from earth and it is telling me that the year on earth is the year 4537." Kai'la La was confused and said " why are you upset? Is it because you have been gone for a long time?"Adam could see that she was not getting what he was saying so he opened a secret compartment in the watch and said: " This is a watch of my design I made it after the first Zombie bite." Kai'la La marveled at the watch she said: " how does it work?" Adam replied " this watch works off of the bio waves of the Earth's people even if I am miles away from the earth. I have programmed it to even to be focused on a specie person." Adam pointed at a symbol that looked like a normal person and said" This is the symbol if the person is alive." Then Adam pointed to a second symbol it the person was bleeding out Adam said: " This is if the person is wounded."Then Adam weakly pointed at a third symbol were the hands of the clock was a gravestoneKai' La knew now why he kept the watch, " I am sorry for your loss." As she knew more than any of them the loss of a loved one and the hurt that comes with it.Adam smiled " thank you Kai'la. You truly are a good Jinji,"Kai'la nodded " you as well Adam. I should thank you for helping me when I first came here, I was a wreck but with you helping me I became a better person, a more confident person and a am finding feelings I have not felt for years thanks to you. I think I am trying to say is Adam I like you more than a Jinji" Kai'la said she paused realizing what she was sayingHer face turned dark purple with embarrassment Adam looked at her speechless "Kara be damned!" Kai'la said as she ran back into her tent.Adam did not know what to think he also thought that way but did not know how to say it. But did not expect Kai'la to feel the same way.Later in the morning Kai'la and Nina began their practice Kai'la's sword swings danced in an effortless dance of death even when her mind was focused on how much of a fool she made herself look like in front of Adam.Nina blocked every single blow as they were practicing Luke watched Nina protecting her from a distance "your sister is growing up to become quite the warrior." Ralingar saidLuke nodded " yes, we came here two years ago, and she did not know how to wield a sword but now she can fight off demons."Luke paused " I feel like she will not need me to protect her anymore," his face growing grim " but I will always have to keep her safe." Luke saidRalingar nodded " you wear the aura of a great warrior and I know that one day you will become a warrior your sister will be proud of."It was late afternoon and the rest of the Six had gotten up and taken the camp down and packed into the magical knapsack Ralingar said to the Six " we do not have much ground to cover the Swamps of Balgar are close by so let's go.