Chapter 36: Trust Issues
A/N: I've been getting a bit of a block lately on where to take this story in regards to getting to the boss for the dungeon crawl, so while I work on that, I was planning on some back stories for the characters present. This should take up a few Chapters and I hope to get through the writer's block I have at the moment so I can get this moving again. The back stories aren't expected to affect the main story, but it could give me ideas. Anyway, thanks for all of those who have been reading up to this point.
Kim groaned as she began to become aware of her surroundings. While her eyes were still closed, she didn't feel like she was laying against anything, but there wasn't anything that felt like she was being carried. It also felt like she was somehow moving, but couldn't figure out how. Part of her wondered if she'd died somehow, yet she dismissed that notion almost immediately, given she hurt too much to be dead.
Although, she couldn't say what her situation was, since she had no idea how long she'd been unconscious. She could be the last one of her team left alive and held captive by the goblins for all she knew.
She slowly opened her eyes in the event she was around creatures that were hostile. She could see shadows around, which didn't mean anything, other than that it was night. Same night as their rescue attempt or not, she couldn't say, only that it was night and she couldn't make out what the shadows around her were of.
Cautiously, she looked around, and was relieved when she could make out Elin's dress. The dress was a sky blue at the moment, but the distinctive style in contrast to the clothing they had available to choose from at the start of this thing was easy to make out.
She could also tell that no one seemed to have noticed her make a sound, which didn't matter to her, since it was clear Elin wasn't alarmed, given her posture with how she walked.
How she was moving without being carried in a litter, like a sack of potatoes, or like a fresh kill, she couldn't say. Though, she didn't mind not having to walk, allowing her to relax.
"You can see our camp ahead," an unfamiliar voice nearby said.
"It looks like there's more than one person in there," Kim heard Elmo remark. Kim could only chuckle as she learned that Elmo had survived.
"Yeah, another team met up with us before we left Michelle behind. They agree to look out for her while we made our own attempt to rescue Heather and Sonya from the goblins," the voice replied.
"How many were there?" Elin asked.