Peace and Quiet [Open]

[Sammy Linsen]

Sammy lay on the ground, staring up at the sky. The stars were out and the moon shone brightly down on her. What a peaceful night. She thought, as she adjusted her headphones and turned up the music. No mom, no dad, no younger siblings asking me to play with them. I do feel kinda bad about abandoning Abby though. She sighed and closed her eyes, breathing in the warm night air and releasing it in a long slow breath. Sammy had been lying there for a while now, relaxing, trying to escape her rambunctious younger siblings. So far, everything had been going well. She had climbed the trees pf the nearby forest earlier to get a better view of the field and it had been amazing. The field seemed to stretch on forever and the small patches of flowers that dotted it had been breathtakingly beautiful. 

Sammy was enjoying herself thoroughly and was dreading when she would have to go back when her cell phone rang, interrupting her music. Pulling it out of her pocket she sighed and answered it. "Hello?" She asked quietly with a slight irritation in her voice. "Yeah I'm still alive. I promise I won't die out here." The irritation disappeared, replaced by the smallest of smiles. "Yeah Abby, I'll be ok. I'll come back soon. Please make sure the little ones don't burn the house down. I appreciate it. Thank you, bye." After the short conversation, she hung up and un-paused her music. Her favorite song starts playing and she begins to sing along in a soft melodic voice.

There was a time when I was alone
Nowhere to go and no place to call home
My only friend was the man in the moon
And even sometimes he would go away, too

Then one night, as I closed my eyes
I saw a shadow flying high
He came to me with the sweetest smile
Told me he wanted to talk for awhile
He said, "Peter Pan—that's what they call me.
I promise that you'll never be lonely."
And ever since that day...

I am a lost boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we're bored we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run, lost boy," they say to me.
Away from all of reality

[2x]
Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free
He sprinkled me in pixie dust and told me to believe
Believe in him and believe in me
Together we will fly away in a cloud of green
To your beautiful destiny
As we soared above the town that never loved me
I realized I finally had a family

Soon enough we reached Neverland
Peacefully my feet hit the sand
And ever since that day...
I am a lost boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we're bored we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run, lost boy," they say to me.
Away from all of reality

[2x]
Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free

[2x]
Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Wendy Darling
Even Captain Hook
You are my perfect story book
Neverland, I love you so,
You are now my home sweet home
Forever a lost boy at last

And for always I will say...

I am a lost boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we're bored we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run, lost boy," they say to me.
Away from all of reality

[2x]
Neverland is home to lost boys like me
And lost boys like me are free
Ruth B - Lost Boy

As the song ends, she takes a deep breath and exhales loudly. God, I love that song. Her expression is peaceful and her music continues playing loudly in her ears as she lays there, relaxed , with her guard down and her mind at ease. She subconsciously starts tapping out the drumbeat for the song playing on the side of her leg. The stars twinkle silently in the night sky and the leaves rustle with the breeze.

[Max Abner]

Max trudged slowly through the woods. Their axe swung lazily from their shoulders. The Darkness in the area were already gone, having been dealt with just second earlier by Max theirself. Now they were just walking. Usually Max went out with Alana, but today was different, today Max was alone. As they reached an opening though Max begin to think that maybe they weren't alone. A girl was singing and laying in the middle of the field. This caught the young chaser's attention. It seemed like she wasn't even noticing what was going on around her, the perfect atmosphere for a prank. Max tiptoed back into the forest.

Red berries were found rather quickly and slathered all over Max's face and weapon. The juices stained their skin and made everything feel sticky, but if they got the reaction then it would all be worth it in Max's eyes. Max hoped that the girl was so zoned out that she wouldn't notice another kid dressed up in a dress sneaking up to her and trying to scare her. Max looked down at the snake lazily coiling itself around their wrist and smiled. "Do you want to be useful?" Max asked their pet. Tomo flicked out her tongue lazily and slowly started winding her way up to Max's face. Having a snake right next to your face generally seemed to freak people out more than just your normal face.

as quiet as a mouse Max snuck up to the unsuspecting girl. The axe covered in red berry juice and the uber excited look that Max had on all played into the idea that they were completely insane and a mass murderer. Max was about ten feet away before they screamed at the top of their lungs and charged at the girl laying down with their axe held high. Tomo seemed to get the idea and she hissed violent. Once Max was close enough to be seen they screeched louder and swung the axe down as if they might kill her. Of course Max was going to stop before it got that far, but she didn't need to know that just yet.

[Sammy Linsen]

Sammy felt  a small shift in the dirt and opened her her eyes to see someone standing over her. They were holding an axe, covered in a sticky looking read substance. She went to sit up, when suddenly the axe was coming down at her. The person seemed to be attempting to look insane and/or murderous. Nice costume. She thought to herself. Looking into the kids eyes, she used her power of time manipulation to slow time and stand up. "Nice costume." She turned off her power and brushed the dirt off of her jacket.. The kids axe stopped right above where she would have been laying and Sammy rolled her eyes.

Honestly, the kid couldn't have come up with a better idea? And if you're going to try to scare someone, you've gotta look scarier than that. Sammy stood their unfazed, waiting for a response. She blew out a breath and brushed the hair from her face. "You did pretty well kid, but it takes a bit more than that to scare me. Try a bit harder next time." The snake on their shoulder seemed to be hissing, but she couldn't tell because she still had her headphones on. Interesting choice of pet. I'll have to get one sometime. Might be nice. 

Sammy reached up and pulled her headphones off, setting them gently around her neck. After pausing her music, she placed her phone back in her pocket and adjusted her hair so that it covered her at ears. She didn't know why she decided to hide them, but it seemed like a good idea. Her tail was already hidden under he shirt so she didn't have to worry about it. What is this kid doing out here at night? Seems a bit dangerous, but whatever. If the kid gets injured then it's not my fault.

[Max Abner]

Max was expecting the person to scream or something, but that never happened. In fact it seemed as if she might have a power since she went from laying on the ground to standing in front of Max in a second. Both Max and Tomo stopped acting and smiled at the older girl. She complimented them on the costume and Max laughed. They wiped the berry juice off of the double sided axe and then went to wipe it off of their face, only to find that it just smeared. Max laughed a little and shrugged. "It wasn't really a costume, I was just trying to freak you out. Although you, little missy, weren't very startled. Did you hear me coming or something?" Max asked as the girl stated something about having a nice costume.

The person said something else and Max puffed up their chest a little. Did pretty well. That meant they didn't do bad, it was just that the person was hard to scare. So that meant that Max would just have to try harder if they wanted to scare her. Although right now Max should probably just talk to the girl instead of just trying to scare her again, that would be too predictable. Then the girl removed headphones that Max hadn't really noticed she had been wearing. Max thought she noticed something strange about the girl's ears, but they didn't get a good enough look to ask about it, maybe they were just seeing things.

"So why are you in the middle of a field at night? You know Darkness are around here. You could get hurt." Max stated. Almost on instinct they looked around like there might be a Darkness in the area at that very moment. Tomo slithered down from beside Max's face and just wrapped herself around their neck. Max patted the white snake's scaly body. "Or maybe you have powers to defend yourself? Are you a chaser? I mean you were pretty good at dodging my attack although it wasn't really an attack. Do you have like superspeed or something?" They asked. The girl had moved pretty fast. It was almost as if time had slowed down for her and Max had been left behind.

[Sammy Linsen]

"Nah I didn't hear you coming. I couldn't have." She points to the headphones around her neck. "Though you didn't do half bad. If it were someone else, they would definitely have been scared. I just don't scare all that easily. Sorry." She half shrugged and watched as their eyes flickered to her head and back to her face. They had tried to wipe the sticky, red substance from their face earlier, but had only ended up smearing it. That had made Sammy want to laugh. The sight had been quiet humorous, but the kid may have thought it was rude of her to laugh, so instead she stood there silently with a calm look on her face.


"So why are you in the middle of a field at night? You know Darkness are around here. You could get hurt." They said. Sammy snorted and shook her head, causing her pigtails to sway. "Nah, I'm perfectly safe. The darkness doesn't bother me. I haven't seen a single one all night." She watched as the kid's pet snake slithered down from her face and settled around their neck. "No, I'm not a chaser." She stated. "Never have been, never will be. I don't have super speed, I'm just fast that's all." She said, trying to cover up the use of her powers. 

"What about you? Are you a Chaser? Do you have any powers?" Sammy pried, trying to take the topic away from her. This kid seems pretty smart. They may seem young, but they could be one of the younger Chasers I heard about the other day. Sammy took a deep breath, inhaling the warm night air. She stood there silently and waited for a response from the kid. What is this kid doing out here anyways? They questioned me about my reasoning for being out here, but didn't explain why they were out here.

[Max Abner]

Max thought about what the girl said. The girl had to be really strong if she could just be so confident that she could take down Darkness even if she wasn't a chaser. Max considered just stealing whatever power she had and then just testing it out for theirself, but that was not as fun as trying to interrogate the answer out of the person and then testing out the power. Not a chaser and not scared of Darkness and not scared of Max and she doesn't have superspeed. This lady seemed to be one big bag of negative. Max would have to work harder to figure anything out about this girl, although then the girl started asking her own questions.

Max thought for a second on what to reveal and what to give away. Being a Chaser wasn't a big secret so Max wouldn't mind giving that away, but though should keep at least one of their powers a secret so if there was a fight they would be ready with one trick up their sleeve. "Well," Max started."I am a chaser so that means of course I have powers. I'll tell you what they are if you tell me about yours." That might get a response out of her.

Max inspected the girl again. She looked pretty posh, although they couldn't tell for sure. If the girl was posh then that just made Max even more confused as to why she was laying in the middle of a field by themselves. Max wondered if anybody even knew they were there. Was she running away? Would Max have to bring her back to her family? They had come out to the forest to get rid of some Razors in the area, but if a civilian was here then maybe that would have to be pushed to the back burner, but this girl didn't seem useless so maybe Max wouldn't have to do anything of the sort. Alana wasn't there so Max could always use a partner.

[Sammy Linsen]

The kid looked thoughtful. They seemed to be thinking about something serious. Sammy stood there quietly, waiting for some sort of response from the kid. The warm air blew through her pigtails and she blinked slowly. This kid is...interesting. If they're a Chaser at such a young age, then they must have extremely strong powers since they don't seem to have much muscle. Sammy sized up the person in front of her. They were young, about 12 or 13, blonde, shoulder length hair, and bright blue eyes. They were 5'2 to 5'5 in height and about 110 to 115 pounds. The kid didn't look strong, but Sammy wasn't going to underestimate the kid. That could be a fatal mistake.

Sammy was snapped out of her thoughts when the kid spoke. "Well," They said."I am a chaser so that means of course I have powers. I'll tell you what they are if you tell me about yours."  Sammy cocked her head and thought for a moment. The kid seems to be attempting to make a deal with me. She thought, intrigued. Well, they've already seen me use my time manipulation, so it doesn't seem like that would be much of a problem. She mentally shrugged and looked the kid in the eyes. "I guess that could work." She replied calmly. "As long as you can keep a secret." Sammy didn't actually care if the kid told anyone or not. She smoothed down her collared shirt and kept her body relaxed. If the kid became a threat, she would be ready. She could use her time manipulation to slow the kid down and her cat-like agility to escape. 


Sammy wasn't interested in injuring a kid, even if they were a threat. The field was far away from the city, but she could always hide in a tree or something till day. The field was pretty open, which meant their wasn't many places to hide, but the line of trees wasn't all that far away and climbing trees wouldn't be a problem. The tree branches swayed lightly with the breeze and a whistling sound was created. The grass rubbed against her legs, but she hardly felt it through her jeans. Her music continued to play, the loud drumbeat reaching her ears made her feel calm. Her relaxed form made her seem harmless to anyone who saw her. Her eyes flickered around, taking in the surroundings, finding all possible escape routes and hiding places.

[Max Abner]

Max was still inspecting the girl when they noticed that she was doing the exact same thing. Max wondered what she was deciding about them. Max probably didn't look all that threatening with berry juice smeared all over their face and a frilly dress on. The only thing threatening about them right now was their axe, but that was only used for battles that needed to be fought. Then the girl's head cocked to the side at Max's proposal. Max waited patiently for the girl to either disagree or agree. When she finally agree to it Max laughed.

"Of course I can sorta keep a secret." Max stated and then smiled. They weren't the best at keeping secrets, but they didn't see the need to go blabbing somebody else's power all over town, so what would be the harm in keeping it. Max supposed that they should probably state what their power was first to gain trust or whatever. "Well, my name is Max, since you didn't already know that." They started with. "My powers are gender swap, so I can switch which gender I am, teleportation, which is pretty self explanatory, and power mimicry, which means I can steal whatever powers you have." Max puffed up their chest proudly. The last power they had stated made them working with a partner incredibly helpful, and fighting third tier darkness relativity easier than it was for most chasers. When it came to Razors Max could copy their incredible speed and with Brutes they could copy their strength. Max hadn't yet come across a Swarmer, but they were probably just like all the others where Max could just copy their multiplying powers.

Max wondered what the girl's powers would be and also what her name would be. Max hadn't really managed to introduce theirself before now. Max also wondered what the girl had been listening to before they had interrupted. Maybe Max would like the music and they could just listen to that before Max had to get back to fighting Darkness. They didn't have to get back until the sun came up, which was a few more hours. Max could find the Razors in that time easily. Right now they just wanted to talk to this person who had been lying in the middle of a field at night.

[Sammy Linsen]

The kid had laughed when Sammy asked if they could keep a secret. "Of course I can sorta keep a secret."They said with a smile. The kid stood there for a moment before introducing themselves. . "Well, my name is Max, since you didn't already know that." They started with. "My powers are gender swap, so I can switch which gender I am, teleportation, which is pretty self explanatory, and power mimicry, which means I can steal whatever powers you have." Sammy nodded as Max explained their powers. Power Mimicry. Interesting. She thought as she held out her hand to the kid. That could become a problem later on, but I'm sure I can take care of that. 


Sammy clasped her hands together behind her back and studied the kid closely. They seemed curious and somewhat childish, but intelligent and collected. "Well, my powers don't seem as exciting as yours." She said and scuffed her boot in the dirt. "My powers include Telekinesis, Time Manipulation, which you saw me use earlier while you were swinging an axe at me, and-" Sammy hesitated, unsure if she should show Max her ears or not. After thinking it over for a minute, she shrugged. It couldn't hurt. " I have cat-like agility and... these." Sammy moved her hair aside, uncovering her ears. Then, she shrugged off her jacket and pulled her tail out from under her shirt. After standing there for a moment, Sammy put her jacket back on, but left her ears and tail uncovered.

"So, you can steal peoples powers eh? Interesting." Sammy stretched. Laying on the ground for several hours had caused her muscles to become stiff and she was a bit uncomfortable. She rolled her head, stretching her neck and shoulders. I wonder what it would be like to be able to steal someones powers. Sammy was intrigued as to how exactly this power worked. She wondered how the kid used this power. It would be extremely useful in a fight against humans or darkness. I wonder what someone could do with that power. It could be extremely dangerous. Sammy stood there quietly, her tail flicking back and forth, and her cat ears twitched with every small sound.

[Max Abner]

Max wondered what the girl would think of their power's. Sometimes people were a little rude about the switching gender power and some other people were freaked out by the idea of them getting their powers stolen and used by somebody else. Teleportation seemed to be the only power that was reletively normal to people, which was funny to Max considering all of them were supernatural abilities. Although the girl seemed more interested than anything.

Max was expecting the girl to start with her name, but that didn't happen. She started with her powers, which were telekinesis and time manipulation. Max wondered what it would be like to move in slow motion, or rather, have the whole world move in slow motion around you. Max could easily take her power now and take it for a test run, but they didn't want to be rude and they felt the need to figure out what else she had to say. Max was actually interested since she seemed hesitant about something. Then she moved aside her hair and Max realized that there was something strange about her ears. They were cat ears. It was probably one of the coolest things Max had seen in a while, and completely unable to be replicated. Max could mimic the agility, but growing body parts was impossible unless the power was shape shifting. This girl just had cat ears and a tail.

The girl seemed just intrigued in Max's powers as they were in her's. They did a little spin and laughed. "Well it's pretty easy. I just have to see somebody and then I can pick and chose what powers I want to mimic from them. It works with Darkness too, which is helpful in combat." Max explained. They saw no harm in it since there wasn't really anything she could do to block the power. She could just prepare for it more so now. "So what about you? How'd you get you tail and stuff? I can't copy that ya' know." Max stated, watching the girl's ears twitch every time something made a sound. It was quite interesting. "Also what's your name. You never told me."

[Sammy Linsen]

Max seemed interested in Sammy's powers and she supressed an eye roll. Slowing down time? Moving objects with your mind? Fast reflexes? Eh, not very interesting. Now gender changing, teleportation , power stealing, that's cool. Sammy wasn't one to excite easily,but this was interesting. She leaned back her head and crossed her arms. Taking in the night sky, with all of it's shining stars. It was beautiful. Sammy almost smiled.  She didn't know exactly what would come out of this encounter with Max, but she thought that it might end up good for once. It might be nice to make a friend. Sammy immediately shoves the thought out of her mind. She didn't have time for things like that. She straightened up and snapped back from her thoughts. Looking back at Max, she tilted her head at their thoughtful expression.

Max seemed amused at Sammy's intrigue. They spun around and laughed. "Well it's pretty easy. I just have to see somebody and then I can pick and chose what powers I want to mimic from them. It works with Darkness too, which is helpful in combat." Sammy nodded at their reply. Well that sounds quite interesting. I wish I had that power, but I just have my somewhat boring ones. "So what about you? How'd you get you tail and stuff? I can't copy that ya' know." They said, with interest. Sammy thought for a moment before shrugging. "No clue, I guess I was just born with them." She bent over and rushed the dirt off of her pants, before straightening up and crossing her arms over her chest. "Also what's your name. You never told me." Sammy flinched. Oh, I guess I didn't introduce myself. "Oh, I didn't realize that. My name's Sammy" She replied, holding out her hand.

[Max Abner]

The girl didn't seem to find her power's interesting, which confused Max since almost all powers were interesting. Being able to move things with your mind and slow down time were pretty awesome, not to mention that the girl said she was born with her tail and ears. Did that mean she had been born with the powers too? Most people got their powers around the age of sixteen, but this girl didn't seem any older than sixteen. So if she had gotten her powers at birth that meant somebody had finally beat Max out for being the youngest person with powers, well at least that they knew of. That was kind of disappointing, but it wasn't that big of a deal either. 

Then the girl introduced herself as Sammy and then stuck out her hand to shake. Max took it happily. "It's nice to meet you Sammy, although it is under strange circumstances." Max laughed. They turned around again, surveying the area carefully. There were still three Razors that Max would have to get rid of. They knew that they could talk to Sammy and have some fun for a while, but there was still stuff to do. Of course that didn't mean that they had to take it seriously. They just had to get it done in the amount of time given.

"Hey, listen Sammy, I came here to take out three Razors right, well I was wondering if you wanted to help me." Max suggested. They raised an eyebrow as if almost challenging the older girl. "We could even make a game out of it. Like, whoever kills the most wins, since there are three and all. They are supposed to be in this area somewhere so if you're up for it they shouldn't too hard to find." Max lazily brought her axe up onto her shoulder. Tomo's head lifted at the disturbance near her resting spot around Max's neck and she first looked at the axe and then at Sammy. The snake's tongue darted out before she lay her head back down.

[Sammy Linsen]

Max seemed confused at Sammy's disinterest in her own powers and she just stood there looking bored. The conversation was a bit uninteresting, except for when they were talking about Max's powers, but Sammy wanted to do something other than stand there and talk. The wind blew again and Sammy's hair flew into her eyes. She rolled her eyes and pushed it out of her eyes, tucking it behind her ear. The leaves rustled and a low moaning sound rose up from the trees as the wind blew through the branches. Sammy loved when the trees made these sounds. She didn't know why, but it was extremely calming. Her irritation faded and a calm look once again settled itself on her face.

Max happily took Sammy's outstretched hand and they shook. "It's nice to meet you Sammy, although it is under strange circumstances." She nodded at them and shrugged. "Yeah, well better this than never meeting at all eh? IF you hadn't stumbled upon me out here we may never have met. I usually go to my hideout, but the field was clear so I decided to rest a bit." She didn't usually share much information with others, but Max seemed trustworthy. The night was clear and Sammy could see all of the stars high above. They twinkled brightly as if doing an intricate dance. The corners of her mouth twitched up slightly, almost forming a smile. The moon shone brightly down on them, like a spotlight on the main attraction at a performance. The night was beautiful and Sammy closed her eyes before slowly opening them.

Max spoke again and Sammy looked back down at them. "Hey, listen Sammy, I came here to take out three Razors right, well I was wondering if you wanted to help me." Her eyes lit up and she stood straight, but Max wasn't done. "We could even make a game out of it. Like, whoever kills the most wins, since there are three and all. They are supposed to be in this area somewhere so if you're up for it they shouldn't too hard to find." She nodded in excitement and her hand went to her hip where she kept a dagger hidden. She had found it while exploring an old tree house in the woods, which she had turned into a sort of clubhouse.

[Max Abner]

Max noticed that Sammy was finding the conversations boring, but as it progressed she seemed to get happier. She even started talking about a hideout and how she didn't usually come out to the field. It was interesting how circumstances always seemed to bring certain people together. Some people never met and some people just couldn't stop meeting. Max wondered what Sammy thought of their chance meeting so far. Max thought that it was pretty interesting and that Sammy was pretty fun, although they were often wrong about what things were fun as they saw most things as fun. Fighting was fun and arguing was fun and games were fun, so what wasn't fun to Max?

Then Sammy agreed to the game and Max giggled a little. They patted down their dress with one hand and adjusted the double bladed axe on their shoulder with the other. They were ready to take down at least two Razors and win the game. Who knew, maybe Max would end up taking out all three and they would just completely blow Sammy out of the water, of course Sammy could end up doing the exact same thing to them. "Okay then perfect. Meet back her in a little while to see who won?" Max stated quickly and then smiled and rushed off into the forest before Sammy could say anything.

It was even darker in the forest than in the field. In the clearing there were nothing blocking the skylight, but in the trees the leaves blocked out of the moon and stars, thus making it even darker than in the field. Max had thirty minutes at most to use Sammy's powers before their ability faded and they could no longer use it for their own use. Max wondered if the time manipulation would work on their own ability's length of stealing somebody's power or if Max had some sort of internal clock that would figure that out. Of course they might just figure that out soon enough while fighting the Razors.

[Sammy Linsen]

Sammy watched as Max patted down their dress and adjusted their axe. She was intrigued at their choice of weapon. A double bladed axe was cool and all, but it was a bit large and looked hard to store. That's why she only kept daggers on her. She had one strapped to her belt and two in her boots. Sammy was always prepared for anything that might happen and this made her feel safe at all times. Had her parents cared enough, they probably would have scolded her for carrying around weapons, but either way she wouldn't care. The wind blew lightly again and the breeze carried the scent of the sweet flowers throughout the field and into the trees. She had gotten lost in thought and was staring out into the sky.

She was snapped out of her thoughts once again when Max spoke. "Okay then perfect. Meet back her in a little while to see who won?" Sammy nodded slowly, looking them up and down. They seemed mischievous and Sammy guessed that they would steal one of her powers. It bothered her slightly, but there was nothing she could do. Suddenly, they turned and ran out into the trees without waiting for a response. So that's how they wanna play, huh?  She thought with a smirk. She took a step, then another, and another. Slowly she sped up and began running across the field and into the trees after Max. She stopped by a tall tree. It was one of the tallest in the forest, and the perfect hiding spot. After scrabbling up the trunk, she grabbed the dagger hanging from her belt and stood quietly on the lowest branch. 

After a moment, her cat ears perked up and she looked down. A small smile crept across her face. There at the base of the tree, stood a razor. This is gonna be good. She waited a moment before jumping down and landing on it's back. She immediately jabbed at it, but it threw her off and she rolled before jumping up. They circled each other for a moment, neither wanting to make the first move. Finally, the razor became impatient and charged, slashing out with it extremely sharp limbs. Sammy slowed down time and tried to move out of the way, but she wasn't fast enough. Her power failed and the razor sliced a deep cut into her arm. Crap. She winced and ducked the next attack, slashing out and cutting one of its arms off.

It screamed, enraged and charged again. This time she was ready, she slowed time and used her Telekinesis to pin its limbs together. When it fell to the ground, she fell to her knees and shoved the blade into its chest, where its heart would've been if it had one. She then stood, holding her arm she began walking again, in search of the next Razor. This time she would be more careful. She looked down at her arm, examining the wound. It was deep and bleeding bad, but she would live. She pulled a small piece of rope from the bag hanging at her side and tied it just above the wound. She then rolled her sleeve down over it and continued walking.