jackson shrugged and hugged ryan's arm.
~~~~~
nathan stirred awake and grumbled quietly and drowsily, then looked
over where he heard the sniffing. who the hell is disturbing our peace and quiet.... he
thought, seriously annoyed.
jackson stopped once they made it to the grotto and looked
around.
~~~~~
nathan blinked and silently got up, staying low as he shifted into
his true form and waited, standing protectively over bailey while
lightly nudging her with his talon.
''this one is more lush and has a stream going through it near one
of the corner's, as well as a few small willows surrounding a few
spots in the grotto'' jackson said, walking a bit to the center
while looking around amazed.
~~~~~
''bailey wake up and be quiet......!'' nathan whispered frantically
at her, keeping his gaze in the direction of the growling.
jackson nodded and looked over at ryan.
''i do too, it's so beautiful and tranquil with the running
water..... very soothing'' he said.
~~~~~
''there's someone here.... listen.......'' he whispered just loud
enough for her to hear.
jackson blushed and looked up at him a bit.
''b-but it's better to stay in a group... better chances of
survival that way.. but w-we can camp here for a while..... then
head back later....'' he mumbled, his grip on his satchel's strap
tightening a little.
~~~~~
nathan had moved over as she shifted and stayed as low as he could
in the hidden area him and bailey were in, listening the best he
could.
''b-button?'' jackson asked, a bit confused as he blushed even
more.
~~~~~
nathan's eye's widened and became horrified.
''we need to get back to elizabeth and cheyenne.. now...!'' he
muttered quietly, picking the backpack up in his beak and looked at
bailey.
jackson nodded and looked down a bit. for a second there i thought that was some kinda couple pet
name..... he thought.
~~~~~
nathan did the same, still horrified after hearing what the
creature had said.
jackson sighed and pulled the satchel off, then carefully tossed it
aside.
he looked over his shoulder at ryan and reached up, putting his arm
around his neck as he pulled his head down and kissed him.
~~~~~
nathan sighed and handed the backpack to bailey after he pulled her
down a bit.
''i'll distract him, you run on ahead.... and don't turn back once
you run, make it back to cheyenne and elizabeth, come back with
them.... just run and don't turn back afterwards.. now go!'' he
yelled, then leaped up and rammed into the canine looking creature,
sending the both of them rolling.
jacson pulled his arm down and turned around, then wrapped bot of
his arm's around his neck, never breaking away from the kiss as he
did so.
he ran one of his hand's through his hair and deepened the kiss a
bit, smiling happily.
~~~~~
nathan let out an enraged loud piercing screech, standing between
the creature and where bailey ran off too. i'll protect you even if it risk's my life..... just to see you
safe and smiling.. he thought, spreading his wing's out ready
to attack.
jackson blushed and lightly gripped his shirt.
~~~~~
nathan lunged at the creature and went straight for the eye's with
his talon's.
~~~~~
elizabeth perked up and looked over, quickly running over to see
what was going on.
''bailey? whats wrong?'' she called out, her hand's returning to
normal human hands.