Return of a Thief: Ch2

Chapter Two1

Grass... he could feel it press against his face... he could feel wind playing across the back of his head... he tried to lift himself off the ground and felt his head sway and dizziness flash through his head so he laid back down he rolled over onto his back that felt better.. He opened his eyes and sunlight burned into his eyes so he closed them again.. He tried to gain stock of himself... he.. he remembered the courtroom... the pain of being electrocuted.. the transport.. His eyes opened suddenly, he had fallen with the transport over the cliff... he sat up slowly and felt dizziness swamp through him again, he turned his head and vomited... how did he get here? his clothes felt a bit damp... How long had he been lying? he looked around slowly as these questions flashed through his mind,2

"where is here?" he wondered aloud... He looked around and found himself in a field.. A large one in fact, just behind him was a dark and foreboding forest,  he stood slowly and swayed slightly before looking around, well the forest surrounded the field totally.. Except for one part, which had a weird light show type effect going on a lot like the northern lights... He headed towards the light and he could feel the hairs on his arm and back of his neck stand on end as if he had been supercharged with static electricity he reached his hand towards the light and he felt a faint tingling and saw electricity seem to crackle across his fingertips3

"whoa... what the fuck?" he whispered softly to himself, he took his hand back slowly and looked around the field again. Just above the treeline he could see smoke rising into the sky. So there is life around here somewhere then he thought to himself, he looked down at the blue all in one suit he was wearing and sighed, not the best to go hiking in but it was all he had, he headed towards the wood walking slowly, keeping alert for any sign of life other than him. He arrived at the tress as confused as when he had first woke up, he peered into he gloom of the forest and sighed, as a kid he always liked the outdoors so he knew what he had to do to survive out here, so he headed into the wood, he listened out for birds or animals, but there was none. It was like the whole wood was dead..4

He had been walking for a while now, the sun had moved across the sky so he figured he had been walking for at least a couple of hours but the forest seemed to stretch on forever, he sat down and leaned against a tree and lent his head back relaxing a lil taking a breather.. He lifted his head as he heard the soft bubbling sounds of moving water, he clambered to his feet and headed off in the direction he thought the sound was coming from, as he pushed through a particularly large bush, a branch whipped back and slashed his face and he swore loudly,5

"Would you FUCK OFF!!!" to his surprise. It appeared as if the bush heard him as it seemed to moved out the way, 6

"whoa this is getting weirder and weirder" he murmured softly, he saw a babbling brook and momentarily forgot about the bush as he rushed forward and dropped to his knees immersing his face in the cool water gulping some down as he did so, he brought his face out of the water and sighed gratefully, feeling a hellva lot more refreshed-he ran his wet hands through his hair brushing it back and peered into the reflection of the rippling water,7

"well your a long way from Kansas Dace" he grinned chuckling. He felt refreshed and slowly stood looking around. He could see signs of animals watering here so at least there was life in this place, he bent down for another drink when a loud snap of a twig breaking from behind him caught his attention, he whirled around and stepped back in shock, stood there was the biggest dog he had ever seen, its eyes blazed red and it slowly seemed to grin, its teeth dripping with saliva dripped onto the floor, and sizzled, he stepped back and his foot splashed in the water, he felt paralysed with fear as the giant beast growled softly and padded forwards Dace closed his eyes, he felt something brush his elbow then heard a soft thud.. Then a loud yelp of pain and a loud thud of flesh hitting the floor, he slowly opened his eyes and the dog was laying on the floor dead an arrow poking out of its side, Dace slowly stood up looking around wondering what this thing was and who had killed it he slowly approached the dead body looking around, he prodded the body with his foot when the soft rustle of leaves drew his attention, he spun around and peered into the green gloom, 8

"Who's there?" Dace watched his fists held limply at his side ready to attack,9

"Hello there Fellow ForestMaster" As Dace watched a man slowly seemed to fade into existence before his very eyes, peering closer he noticed the man was wearing camouflage looking like some kind of medieval ranger10

"ForestMaster? dude wha tha fuck you saying?" Dace said in confusion11

"ForestMaster, i could sense ya from miles away, and with the problems with the Lord Daska, us forest people have to stick together" the man peered intently at dace, 12

"you didn't drink from this stream did ya?" 13

"why?" Dace asked suddenly feeling light headed, he swayed slightly14

"cause that stream is poisoned from the hellhound's continual use" the man stepped forward and caught Dace as he fell and supported him, " Come on ill get you back to my place where you can recover" was the last thing Dace heard before he passed out....15

Something was licking his cheek, Dace groaned and stirred moving his arm trying to swipe what ever was licking him,16

"Getoffme" He groaned finally opening his eyes he could see a dog licking his face.17

"Cravis! Heel!" A voice called that Dace could just about recognise . Dace sat up slowly feeling a little whoosy he looked around.18

He was in a wooden cabin, he could smell bacon frying in a pan and his stomach growled loudly, slowly his memories started to come back to him. He remembered the prison bus. The crash. Then the forest and the strange man dressed like some kind of Robin Hood rip off. Staggering to his feet he followed the sound of fizzling of bacon frying,19

"Ah. So you finally awaken ForestMaster"20

"Where am I? Who are you?" Dace asked21

"Me? I'm Dorsk ForestMaster. And you are in my cabin, I brought you here after you collapsed at the stream."22

"Why did I collapse?"23

"Because Lord Daska's Hounds use the waters of the stream too much and have poisoned them."24

"Lord Daska?" Dace inquired25

"You don't know who Lord Daska is?!" Exclaimed Dorsk26

"Why should I?" Dace asked bewildered27

"Yeah you should. Who are you ForestMaster?"28

"I'm Dace Dramair"29

"Well Dace the story of Lord Daska is long, very long and shouldnt be told while your eating so here take this and you can tell me about yourself" Dorsk handed Dace a plate of bacon and eggs with some bread.30

Dace sat across from Dorsk and watched as Dorsk's dog capered around the kitchen floor jumping up catching bits of bacon thrown to him and smiled31

"Your dog is mad"32

"Yeah well. Cravis and me been together a long time we are both kinda set in out ways, and you are avoiding talking about yourself."33

Dace laughed softly, then procceeded to tell Dorsk about himself, throwing caution to the wind he told him everything,34

"And so I found myself in forest, then nearly got electrocuted by some wierd light thing"35

"Some wierd light thing nearly electrocuted you.. in the forest?" Dorsk asked very slowly and hesitantly, "and you fell over a cliff in a prison truck?"36

Dace nodded softly wondering why Dorsk was looking funnily at him.37

"Dace.. Where do you think you are?"38

"Your cabin" Dace laughed joking39

"No.. What place? as in. Where are you in the world?"40

"I guess I got washed up some how in the forest so some where down river from Vancouver"41

"Where is Vancouver?"42

"Canada?" Dace replied puzzled.43

"And Where is Canada Dace?"44

"Earth?"45

"Which is where Dace?" Dorsk asked staring straight into Dace's eyes46

"Where am I Dorsk?"47

"Valeria. Forest Plain." Dorsk said quietly.48