His Blood

The rumbling of the train woke me up from my sleep. Liz's soft snores filled the air around us, her small stomach rising and falling with each breath. Listening to her breathing allowed me to relax, knowing that we were alive, that she was alive. That in itself seems like some sort of blessing. Taking a look at the passing train, my consciousness slowly returned to reality."Liz! It's here...." I nudged my sleeping sister behind me. Groggily, she began to sit up, rub her eyes, and stretch- taking her sweet time of course."Oh for the love of-" I stood up and grabbed her quick, holding her tightly to me. Finally seeming to be more awake, she wrapped her arms around my shoulders. I broke out into a run, chasing after the train. If we missed this one, we would have had to go on foot and risk being caught, and that was not an option.

"Arisa," I tried to gently wake her from her sleep. We have been traveling for a few hours now. Liz has been flying ahead to scout every once in a while, but so far, we have faced no problems. We just reached the other city. My legs felt ready to give out and I am barely able to keep myself awake."Arisa...." I shook her gently."Yeah?" She replied in a soft sleepy voice. My heart skipped a beat, I ignored it."We are here." 'Here' was an old house that use to belong to a friend of our moms. He lets us use it whenever we are in town.Arisa fell back to sleep before I even finished my sentence. Chuckling, I brought her into the house and carried her to my room, tucking her into my bed. Guess it is the sofa for me tonight.Well, not really night considering it is already morning.... God I am tired.I went to the living room to find Liz passed out on the sofa. I sighed."Liz." I woke her as gently as I

"Ma~ark!" Liz yelled/sung. I could hear her feet pounding down on the floor. Arisa chuckled up on the bed next to me as I continued to pretend to sleep. At that moment, sadly, she let go at my hand. I also felt slightly annoyed. Not at her, but at myself. What was I doing feeling sad about her letting go of my hand? I am practically a grown man feeling sad about something like that. Nonetheless, I couldn't help feeling sad about the 'something like that'.I heard the door burst open and Liz's feet trying to tip-toe. I heard her jump, so I reached up and caught her. Pinning her to the floor I tickled her, and she squealed with laughter. Arisa's giggle only urged me on. Poor Liz didn't know what hit her. Arisa soon joined me. Eventually though, Liz's stomach growled, and we decided she's had enough torture for the day."Hey Mark," Arisa started as we walked to the kitchen, "are we going to stay here again for another night since what happened yesterday or...""Act

It was a while before anyone got up. Arisa seemed to be the first to stir."Mmm... M-Mark?...." Her voice was soft due to sleep."Yeah?" I was tired, but too afraid to go back to sleep. Arisa simply looked over at me and blushed a crimson red."S-sorry!" She said sounding more awake. "I-I was just surprised you were still up... And all." She stammered towards the end.I couldn't hold back my chuckle. "It is fine Arisa; we need to get going anyway." I stood up and gently shook Liz awake. "Time to get up sweetheart.""Mmm?...Mark?.... Ugh. What time is it?...." She attempted to rub the sleepiness out of her eyes."It’s seven kiddo." She

"Are you ready for this Cziro?" Arron asked me, worry filling his voice. I nodded. I was 2 minutes away from stepping into the arena to face off to General Jerome and his elite team made up of only five people."Did Arisa decide to join you or not?" Arron questioned. I asked that only Aaron stay in the room with me. I couldn't stand