A Kind Heart and a Wolf's Courage (Semi literate) Filled

[Midnight_Huntress]

Natalya winced visibly when Tyr mentioned them torturing them for years, many memories came flooding back to her from where she shoved them back. She seen the look of guilt in Wolf's eyes and stood up and hugged him. "I know, Wolf. It feels wrong, but he is right. If he had woken up and told the others....we would have more than a scouting party on our tails." she told him, hugging him tightly. She pulled back to give him a small smile, squeeze his hand once more before walking to the sled.

[Darth Revan]

Wolf enjoyed Natalya's hugs. They were always so loving and sincere. It had been a while since he felt one. With the running, her recuperation, and that strange man keeping her occupied, he almost forgot how well they helped. He smiled back at her when she pulled away; yet somehow he still felt her hug. Sometimes, when people hug you and break off, you feel just as lonely or sad as you did before the hug. Natalya's hugs had a habit of staying with you and kept your spirits up for quite some time. He nodded to them both as she walked to the sled.

He followed her and asked, "So, do you want to ride the snowmobile this time?" he caught his rude assumption before the man could say anything, "As long as it's okay with him of course." Wolf nodded towards the stranger as he continued to look at the engine.

Tyr looked at Wolf and said, “That’s fine. I’ll lay in the back with the sniper rifle and cover our backs. That’s if you want to ride the snowmobile rather than stay in the toboggan.” He finished up his inspection of the engine and ropes holding his toboggan to the snowmobile. The engine seemed fine, though he wouldn’t know if any big problems would arise. Engines aren’t one of his big fields. He double-checked the knots on the ropes towing his toboggan and started to place the equipment they lifted into the sled. He grabbed the flak jackets and held two of the three he had at his feet, “You guys may want to put these on, sure they’re not stylish, but they’ll save your life.”

((It's been about three weeks since Shorty wrote that he quit, do you want to open the character slot now, or would you prefer I continue to play both parts? It's entirely up to you.))

[Midnight_Huntress]

~~ -sigh- In all honesty, I like the way you have them going and it would be too much of a hassle to go through re-opening the position. If you don't mind, could you keep the character?~~
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Natalya shrugged and said, "Sure, I don't mind." with a smile. "She took the smaller of the two jackets and smiled again when he mentioned that they weren't stylish. "Style isn't an issue with me." she joked.

[Darth Revan]

Tyr laughed and said, "I was joking. Style would only bring attention to ourselves anyway." He put on the sniper's ghillie suit and wore it reversed so that the blood stain would be on his stomach rather than on his back. He looked down at the stain and shook his head, "This is going to be a **** to get out."

Wolf grabbed a flak jacket and strapped it on. He waited until the two were done with their jokes before asking, "Is the snowmobile okay to run?" When the man nodded an approval, Wolf sat on the sled and got comfortable with the handlebars again. He twisted his torso and asked Natalya, "You ready?"

[Midnight_Huntress]

She nodded and sat down sideways, tucking her feet close to her and pulled the gown tight atound her legs to keep the wind off of her. She pulled the jacket tight and closed around her and then wrapped her arms around his waist.

[Darth Revan]

((I forgot to give you an answer to your question. Yeah, I'll stay on as both characters. I've knida given Wolf a subtext that I don't know if anyone else would carry over anyhow.))

Wolf looked back and smiled at Natalya, he then checked if the stranger had settled in the toboggan, "You set?"

Tyr covered himself under the tarp completely. The only thing that could be seen was the sniper rifle's barrel extending out of the back, which wouln't raise any suspicion. He called out with a muffled, "Yeah, I'm all set."

Wolf nodded and gave Natalya a quick smile again before turning around and starting the engine. He made sure to accelerate slowly so as to not make either Natalya fall off, or the man fall out. Well, he wouldn't care that much if the man fell out, but he couldn't just leave him here, he knew Natalya would never forgive him. Although two people running away is harder to catch than three, but there is safety in numbers. They wouldn't have to lug that stupid toboggan around everywhere, but again, Natalya might've been killed if he hadn't have been there to stop those men from rushing the back of the inn.

Wolf carried on his mental debate with himself as he picked up speed. Further down the trail, he turned to Natalya and said softly so that she could just hear him, "What do you think of going about the rest of the way alone? We have a snowmobile now, they don't know where we are, and if we leave him behind, that'd only slow them down more as they take time to deal with him. It would give us a huge advantage and give us time to figure out where we want to go."

[Midnight_Huntress]

She had laid her head down on his back for a while, but as soon as he asked his question, she jerked up to look at him, her ears perked. "Why would you ask that? I wouldn't have made it this far without his help, and if he hadn't of had the equipment we would have been caught." she told him with surprise on her face.

[Darth Revan]

Wolf frowned, he knew she wouldn't like the idea, but perhaps if he argued it just right, he might be rid of that unknown man. He reasoned back, "Yes, but we have gotten this far. We don't need him anymore. You're all healed, mostly, we have a vehicle, bullet-proof vests, and a head start. All we would have to do is untie the toboggan and we'd never hear from him again."

[Midnight_Huntress]

"Where is this coming from? I know you only want to help and get us as far away as possible, but because he helped us, he is in just as much trouble as we are......Wolf, He burned his home down to help us...." she said a little sadly.

[Darth Revan]

Wolf answered back, "I don't trust him. I know he lost his home, but that's precisely my point. Why? What is he hiding, that necesitated the burning of his home? How does he know so much about the 'SOP's of those tracking us? How did we get full access to that inn without paying a thing? The guy won't even tell us his name for crying out loud. He's hiding something, a lot of things. I don't like it, and I don't like him. I especially don'-" Wolf didn't finish his next sentence for fear of Natalya's reaction. He just looked straight ahead and kept driving.

((If you could, would you not have Natalya tell Wolf Tyr's name, I'd like that to be a continuing issue between them. She could tell him that he told her his name, just not what it is. Is that okay?))

[Midnight_Huntress]

"You don't what, Wolf?" she asked. When he didn't answer she gave a sigh and laid her head back down. "Maybe he hasn't done so because he is being careful and you haven't given him a thing to trust. He told me his real name. I trusted him, and in turn he trusted me. You should try it. He didn't have to help us." she told him.
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~~You got it~~

[Darth Revan]

Wolf knew the conversation was over, the stranger was staying. The points she brought up were valid, but Wolf still didn't  like how secretive he's been. He hung his head in defeat and said, "Fine... fine." Without another word, he increased their speed, hoping to drown out the worry and doubt in his mind. The loudest concern at the moment was how close Natalya was becoming with this stranger. They seemed to be growing closer extraordinarily fast, which in turn made him feel as though he was losing her. After the loss of his wife, Wolf wasn't sure if he could handle losing Natalya too.

[Midnight_Huntress]

She hugged her arms around him to show him that she wasn't mad. She felt protective and defensive over Tyr. Everyone had their secrets, why was Wolf pushing this so much? she wondered.

[Darth Revan]

Wolf felt slightly better when Natalya hugged him tighter, though it could've been so she just didn't fall off from the extra speed; he wanted to think it was reassurance more than instinct. As they travelled on, it was apparent that this road was much less travelled than others. They hit bumps and had to dodge rocks left and right. He was afraid that this meant that either the next town was really far away, or that there was no next town. They had been driving for quite some time and Wolf started to glance at the fuel gauge... which still said they had a full tank of gas. Great, the gauge is busted, now we have no idea when we're going to run out of fuel. He said aloud, "I hope this town isn't too far away." He said to Natalya, "Mind the yelling," before he yelled to the man, "Hey! ..." Wolf tried to think of some pronoun to call the guy to get his specific attention, but gave up and decided to just ask his question, "When's the next town coming up? We might be running out of fuel!"

Tyr whipped the tarp off of his head when he heard Wolf yelling for him. He couldn't see any trace of anyone following them, so he felt comfortable exposing his position. He yelled back, "What do you mean 'Might be'? What's the gauge say?"

Wolf rolled his eyes, he wished the man would just answer his question instead of investigating, "The gauge says we have a full tank! It's broken!"

Tyr rolled his eyes, "That's the wrong gauge. You're looking at the gauge for the auxiliary tank. See the letters 'A-U-X'? The gauge you're looking for is on the main panel next to the speedometer."

Wolf turned pale, first he says the stranger was unnecessary, then he shows Wolf to be the incompetent one. He just yells back a shamed, "Oh." He attempts to move the conversation further away from his mistake, "Well how far will the auxiliary take us? This ride seems to be taking forever!"

Tyr smiled humorously and answered with a laugh, "Not far, but the next village may be just around the corner, I don't entirely know. If we do run out, we still have the toboggan, and we can take turns pulling."

[Midnight_Huntress]

Natalya smiled a little, but she didn't laugh. She didn't have a bit of clue what the auxiliary gauge was even for. She didn't like machines like that much, she preffered running. She kept her face hidden from the harsh winds as they began to feel a bit colder and turned her pale complexion pink in the cheeks and nose.