The Desert

Oh," Lita expressed, as Rueben and Raye turned to look at her, "Oh, yea, we are experiencing our first change" Beasty began to vibrate and Rueben moved to Lita, who removed the rope attached to Beasty.

Raye scrambled towards her. "how would you know?" He asked. Rueben kneeled down, placing her hand on the beast.

She gave a bored look on her face "the vibration" Felita explains, gesturing to the vibrating beast "what did you think that was?" She kneeled to set up something. 

Rueben looked at the two. Raye was ready to attack, but Lita ignoring him. "turbulence" the witch said, which Lita smirked and Raye looked down at her.

Lita nodded, extending the rod and telling them to "hold on, no matter what." Raye and Rueben grabbed the rod, Rueben also drawing a charm..

The world began to pixelate, and clouds began to fade. It was like a computerized system shutting down, and the little beings began to vanish. But with no alarm just going about their lives as the group watches them disappear. Beasty began to shake as Lita pressed down on the rob and a rigging wire which extended the poles and turned into the wing. They slowly began to lift from beasty as the sky turned from blue-white into blue with yellow undertones. 

"Hang on," she huffed as the wind pulled them up into the air before they plummeted towards the ground. But Lita managed to lift them against the wind and they ascended above the clouds. 

Sudden heat thrust against Rueben's face as they entered the new world. Instead of dull tans, the witch saw deep greens, dry rusts, purple grays and pastel pink glittering in the sun. In the barren desert, Rueben felt her throat become parched and a throbbing headache start to take shape. The witch closed her eyes, shaking as its throbbing pushed against her skull. Lita grabbed Rueben's hand as the witch looked up at her. The she-wolf gave her a reassuring smile. 

"We're gonna land, ok?" Lita nodded towards Rueben when Raye shook his head frantically.

Raye began to stutter, "why why why would we do that? It feels safer up here" his hands tensed around the rod.

Lita rolled her eyes. "we need to change clothes, refresh and relocated our destination" she pressed down, and we went flying towards the ground "brace yourself, we gonna let go" 

Rage whipped his head towards her. "What!?!" Contracted the rob, causing the group to free-fall through the sky.

The sound of a heavy scream bounced against the blazing hot world while wind and sand whipped across Rueben's face. Her eyes widened as the surface came towards them. She turned to look at Lita, who had her eyes closed, arms wide open as she was soaring through the sky. While Raye had the fear of the human god in his eyes, with his hand flailing around helplessly, Rueben let out a chuckle. Rueben refocused on her situation, knowing she wasn't gonna make this landing. The witch covered her eyes and braced for impact.

The group fell into the sand. Well, Rueben fell into the sand while Raye and Lita did some acrobatic rigidity, causing them to roll and land on their feet. Rueben plopped face down into the soft sand, welcoming the sweet comfort, which was quickly replaced with unbearable heat and thirst. Two hands reached out for Rueben, but she ignored them and stood to her feet. Dusting herself off as Lita and Raye gave each other a look before Lita began to strip.

Relieving a tight jumpsuit that was loose from the waist down, pieces of her deep sepia skin could be seen as Rueben bluntly stared at her. She strapped pitch-black goggles on her face before wrapping it all in a long scarf, then she turned, catching Rueben staring. Raye had taken off his bad-boy gear and was wearing a t-shirt that showed off his umber skin in the sunlight, a headscarf, and cargo pants. He strapped a thick belt around his waist when he caught Rueben's stare. He stared her down, but Rueben looked away instantly when Lita threw a bottle of sunscreen on her way.

She smirked. "even though we are blessed with melanin, we still need sunscreen so lather up" Rueben rolled her eyes but began to apply it to her skin. 

Rueben stripped off clothes while exposing her sports bra, she throw a long tunic top over her body which exposed the witch's sides then wrapped a scarf around her head and neck. She turned to the two wolves to make Raye's eyes bleed with rage. 

He pulled the scarf away from Rueben's neck, opening up her chest. "what is that!?" He viciously turned towards Lita, his teeth bare, his eyes dead. "did you do this?" Rueben ran to stop him. 

Rueben gasped as she was caught between two of them. She had to stay focused though, because Lita was smirking. "It wasn't her," Rueben argued, with her hands raised between them. "It was a Caulis, he caught me off guard," the witch whispered, her words like they would break them. "Lita healed me, I didn't get to do it properly." She moved away, trying to get some air and slow her racing heart.

Raye was quiet for a moment as Lita went back to setting up their ride. "You licked her!!!!..."

….

Sunset caused shadows to form on the sail wagon which soar against the wild wind, Rue stood on the edge of bow spirit, with her goggles on her eyes. Her short hair stood wild with her arms spread open while Raye plopped down next to Lita with a cup of tea. His eyes were on Rueben. 

Felita stood by the helm, the rough wood in between her fingers. "what do you think of her?" she watched his expression. His eyes were calm but analyzing until they met Lita and all the memories came flooding back. The tingling in her fingers began.

Raye shook his head. "I don't know what secrets she's keeping." He cleared his throat. "I don't know our fate, but I'm done with the past until we find Savina." He tried to leave, but Lita grabbed his arm.

"Then…" Her voice came out as a soft whimper, hoping for more.

His eyes turned dark against the setting sun "then, I take her and leave" he pointed towards the free-spirited beauty "it's the least you could do for me" he staggered away, which made Lita look towards Rue.

Recca growled, her defense was screaming *he can only dream* Felita pushed the wolf to the back of her mind, guilt clawed up her back and nested in as a lump in her throat *your guilt is disgusting, he was in charge of his future; he destroyed it and YOU had to pick up all the broken pieces* a flash of memories, the screams and blood…

Rue's face suddenly appeared before Lita "hey" She smiled at my shocked display "you hungry?" She asked before moving to a magic pot which was floating over a floating fire.

Felita clicked the helm into auto before joining the two. Rue sat with a bowl of stew in their hands while Raye just stared at her. Silence descended on the ship, only the wind and sand audible. "So," Rue said, her smile tense, "we need a schedule for the first watch, so we can get some rest." Raye glared at her.

He lifted his spoon towards the she-wolf "Lita will take the night, I will take the day" Lita looked to Rue to see her head bowed.

She hissed, "I can take a shift in between" her eyes were flaming but her face was blank.

Raye carelessly threw out "no need" Rue stood to her feet like a child.

Rue's hands covered her face "God, the undermine, I have been places your mind couldn't comprehend, I hiked, climb and struggled my way through all of it, going far as not sleep for days on end, I can take a few hours without rest" she portrayed but all Raye did was give her a bored expression.

He stood, Lita saw the Alpha in his eyes, the one that didn't like disobedience "days, huh? Well then, you need to rest" he smirked, the look in his eye explained everything, he loved to rile her up, she huffed before storming away with fists to her side "the witch gets cranky when she is tired" he smiled to himself, the first genuine one Lita have seen in a while. She missed it.