back on the road

Raya grabbed my shoulders, looking me in the eye as she said my name a few times.

"yeah yeah, I'm here, how long?-"(syn)

"too damn long! I've been standing here for over an hour, and by the way that was both really fascinating and disgusting, watching those wings form as your body flopped on the ground like a fish on land."(Raya)

"oookay then."(syn)

an awkward pause began growing, threatening to lengthen even more before it was broken.

"can you put on some clothes?!"(Raya)

"can't."(syn)

she started stammering and getting red in the face, this could work, messing with Raya is always fun.

but I wouldn't think on that top long, my senses blaring as I turned quickly, grabbing and stopping the incoming projectile.

the spear still sparking with odd colored electricity was in my hand, nearly impaling Raya, I used my new wings to move her out of the way, surprised at how easy it was to control them.

flapping them fiercely I rocketed towards the source of the attack, grabbing the dark figure by the throat and smashing them into the ground and through trees as I flew faster snd fatser, creating a trail of destruction through the forest, taking a sharp turn upwards and climbing, the dark figure still in hand.

once among the clouds I stared into its eyes, fear rising in it.

"speak, I want to know everything!"(syn)

"my lady sent us to kill you, that's all I know!"(dark figure)

I twisted my hand to the side quickly, his neck snapping, he wasn't dead, his eyes were darting around wildly.

and I just dropped him, letting his limp body fall chaotically to the ground.

I calmly watched the sight for a moment before heading back towards Raya, landing gracefully as she gave me a judgemental look.

"show off."(Raya)

I laughed it off and just motioned for her to follow, using my wings to cover myself, at Rayas' insistence, of course.

now covered and back on the road Raya and I tried and failed at small talk, unable to easily move past the horde of bodies we'd just left behind.

and it would go on like that for hours, the late afternoon becoming pitch black night before any one of us would say a word.

"can't make your own clothes anymore huh?"(Raya)

"nope."(syn)

and that was it, no other conversation or attempt would happen, both of us not willing to break the silence for an awkward conversation.

but something had to, and something would, an arrow, an arrow that would fly directly past my ear and embed itself in the ground, my head whipped to face behind me but nothing seemed out of place or off, I would keep scanning the treeline on both sides of the road, I would only stop when Raya called my attention to the arrow.

"says here that you winged freaks should go home."(Raya)

I sighed and put my head in my hands, really? I'm like this for a few hours and I'm already a target for racists, just.....great!

I was largely human looking, though, i should be fine, then again it could be the fucking wings on my back.

too bad one little go home message wasn't enough to do anything to me.

"now there's a bastard with free time."(syn)

"what do you mean?"(Raya)

"he has rime to track, follow quietly enough for me not to notice, and to accurately shoot an arrow to scare me, again, this is a person with free time, too much of it."(syn)

"hey!"(distant voice) shouted from the forest.

gotcha dumbass!

I was on them before they could react majorly, already holding them by the neck and walking from the treeline.

I dropped the girl like a worthless sack of shit and crossed my arms, keeping my wings spread wide, blocking her escape.

"let's get one thing right here, I have nothing to do with those propaganda eating morons."(syn)

she nodded, completely confused.

"you can't just do that to people!"(Raya)

"do what?"(syn) I asked her, confused.

"drag them all the way over here, you scared em, no one moves that fast!"(Raya)

I move that fast, but saying it felt like it would only make me sound like more of a smart-ass.

"I move that fast."(syn)

we all know I say whatever I want to.

Raya rolled her eyes while the confused girl at our feet just kept looking around bewildered at the situation.

"what's going on?"(girl)

"no idea, hey since I've got you here, what's up with the stalking and the arrow you shot at me?"(syn)

"I wasn't stalking you I swear! I'm waiting for the ended convoy to come through so I can protest their presence!"(girl)

a protestor. in apocalyptic times. now I've seen everything.

"oh my god you're serious."(syn) I said, still not believing the situation, I mean a protestor, in the apocalypse, against the one race that came here willingly to help at first, I don't even know how that makes any sense, shouldn't the winged people have used their propaganda?....ohhh.

they did.

makes perfect sense, they seem like occupiers only helping to secure land, but protesting them with arrows and messages, that's....something.

"we'll just be going now."(Raya) said, breaking me from my thoughts, something she does often.

I nodded in agreement and started walking after Raya, leaving the girl on the ground with a look of 'what just happened?'

with our pace she disappeared behind us pretty quickly as we didn't exactly move slowly.