"Something important happened? Really?" Sam asked, faking confusion. "Guess I missed that. What was it anyways, Rosalie?"

Jay raised an eyebrow. "Oh yeah Rose, I can tell you pick a real winner there. Good luck with him."

Jay laughed. "Well, please don't let Rukiea know how incredibly jealous I am right now. Somehow I doubt that she would appreciate that." He said, glancing quickly at Zane. Looking back at Rosalie, he gained control of his laughter. "Seriously though, I'm extremely happy for you. You definitely deserve this."

 "Judging from what happened this morning, I don't think trouble is only following her around." Sam replied.

Leita sat on one of the beds, frowning. "Not to ruin all the fun or anything, but what are we going to do now?"

Sam, no longer laughing, gave her an odd look. "What exactly do you mean?" He asked.

"About the King knowing where our hideout was. We can't exactly go back there now. And if they could find that, who's to say that they won't find us here or Jay's place. And they already found your place Sam, so what do we do now?"

"They are right. We have fought them before and won, next time won't be any different. And they won't find us for awhile anyways. Before then, we can make a plan, maybe even find a few new recruits. But for today, just relax alright." Jay said, flashing her a re*censored*uring smile.

 She bit her lip but nodded. "Right." She said, "I'm sure it'll be fine." She said, though that was the exact opposite of what she thought. We could fight but we are sure to lose. How many of us are injured already anyways?

"Whoa, whoa whoa. You guys sure? I mean, Rukiea definitly can take care of herself. Besides, what if she comes here while everyone is looking for her? I could stay and Zane could-"

"Why are you so against going to find Rukiea?" Leita asked. "The forest could be crawling with troops and you don't want to go out and find her? And if she does come here while we are out, she'll have the sense to stay and wait for us to return."

"Leita's right. Don't tell me something is going on between you and Rukiea? Or is it you and Zane?" Sam asked. Jay shook his head to both of those suggestions. "Well then, let's get going then."

"Good luck everyone." Sam said to the others before leaving the cabin with Rosalie.

"Well, I guess I'll see you guys later." Leita gave a quick wave to Zane and Jay before leaving with Jake.

Jay sighed as the others left. "You've got to be kidding me." He said under his breath. He glanced over at Zane. "You can wipe that smile off now."

Jake followed Leita. "Whoa whoa whoa.. Don't go looking for her. WHo knows what she is doing or how distressing this could be to her. I mean, I'm her borther and I've never gone out to look for her when she ran away. Usually she came home though.. Oh please don't make me go find her."

Rukiea looked on through the waterfall. She watched as the younge soilder came toward the water. However, she noticed he didn't look like a normal warrior. Maybe he was just a servant. Or maybe a rouge. No. His clothes were too high up to be a rouge. She dipped under and slowly swam out from the waterfall. She noticed her hair begin to come undone from it's ponytail. She quickly swam to the s*censored* and the younge man saw her. She jumped when he said 'hello.' She darted back up the cliff and held her wet overclothes. She grabbed her sword and flopped down on the gr*censored* when she made it to some. She panted. "D-Damn..." She felt a sharp pain go through her stomach.

"Looks like we finally caught one of the Vipers. She seems to have the look and maybe even the skill. Hmm.. Let's just tie her up already. The King can decide what to do with her." The guard picked Rukiea up by the hair and dressed her. He bound her hands and ankles with rope. "Looks like we got ourselves a pretty good Viper.. Maybe she's deadly. All the better for the King htough."

Jake jumped a little. "Well.. I have a bad feeling in the pit of my chest. It really stings and I don't think this means anything good." His eyes flared red. "I feel like something bad happened to Rukiea.. Like... Almost a feeling of dread and..." He closed his eyes and focused soley on the pain in his chest. "I can feel something is wrong. Like.. My stomach has been pierced and I can feel her wrists and ankles rubbing against rope... I can't really make anything of it..."

(sorry if it seems like Jake had other worldly powers... Itrs just a bloodline thing)

"'Course we'll rescure her!" Sam agreed. "It wouldn't be right if we didn't. We're a team."

Leita sprinted back to the cabin, thankfully they weren't too far away. Bursting in, she was glad to see that Jay and Zane had yet to leave. "Guys, hurry. Somethings happened with Rukiea. Jake thinks she has been captured."

Jay immediatly started towards the door. "Come on then, we don't have much time. Led on Leita."

Jake looked at Rosalie and Sam. "Listen. I'm going on ahead. Please, once they get here, just head forward. I feel like she's by the waterfall. I really don;t walked to have Rukiea waiting too long. She may be loosing blood or even fighting on her own. I ca't stand the thought of loosing my sister.. Or anybody else in my small family. I won't loose her.. I'm going to try and save her this time. She's saved me before." Wihtout another word, Jake burst into a run. Don't worry Rukiea, we are comign for you.

Rukiea looked at the guards as they began to tie her to a horse. She squirmed and kicked the guard that was binding her feet. She flipped over and used the fainted guards sword to cut to the ropes around her srist. She quickly pulled out a small dagger and cut the ropes around her feet. She stood and stumbled slightly. She placed her hand on the wound in her stomach. She winced in pain and glared slightly. "Ngh... You.. I'm going to kill all you.." She weilded her sword and stoo das straight as she could.

The guards laughed and weilded their swords as well. They looked on at Rukiea as she tried to keep her balance against all the blood loss. They crept closer one by one and pointed their swords straight out. It may have looked stupid, but Rukiea's reach was shorter than theirs. However, she was faster, so they had to be cautious. "Give up girly.. Your dying every moment you spend struggling against us.