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[rothgar]

Nikolai had never slept outside before. Much less traveled at night. Speaking a little nervously he added his two cents in. "I second the thought of making camp. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise" He looked around at all the faces to see what anyone else would have to suggest.

[Mai]

Within a few minutes, Fell and Rylee had gone off to find a pace, running with their elven speed, and were back, saying they'd found a good place to settle down.

Follow me.

Rylee said, motioning lightly with his fingers, his voice quiet and shy. Jack smiled slightly. Rylee reminded him a bit of Ianto. Good memories there. Alexx caught his smile and elbowed him between the ribs. He grunted softly, but said nothing, and the two followed Rylee as Fell disappeared to hunt down some food for them.

They reached the clearing soon after, and Rylee motioned for them to relax as he motioned with his hand to get some wood over, flicked his fingers once more to get a small fire blazing.

So...I don't believe I caught all your names. Mine's Jack Harkness. This is Alexx Smith.

I can introduce myself, thank you very much.

Jack simply smiled and glanced over at her, and she rolled her eyes.

Kitaro was the first to speak up, quite happy to share information. At least, simple information, such as names and so on.

I'm Kitaro. Half dragon, half draca, cousin to Niko.

Jack eyes widened in surprise at the word 'dragon', and Alexx shook her head.

Okay, I don't get it. You fight aliens everyday back on Earth, you have travelled through time, and you are surprised to hear dragons exist?

Uh, yeah. It's completely different.

Is not!

[khamar]

Niko took off his pack and wrapped sword to set it down. Unrolling a bed of fur near a choice spot near the fire Niko would regret later he sat down to pull out a book with the symbol of a crecent moon on it. The bible of her worshipers.

He laughed a bit at the antics of Jack and Alexx. He figured they were siblings from how they acted. Niko often wished he had a sister. But his mother and father did not want anymore children. And from what he has heard. He was just a fluke. A lucky mistake. "A pleasure to make your aquintance" He told Jack. "my name is Nikolai Glasscock crown prince to Alelea. You can just call me Niko. Not prince, not your highness, just Niko. Jack would probably recognize his last name was the same as Sargeant Glasscock back on the ORION.

Hearing the strange talk of the two people he listened to Niko frowned a bit. "That is blasphemous talk." Closing the book the showed it to them. "For the good of your souls take up the faith or you will burn in the fiery depths of hell" The wood of the fire popped and a fiery ember hit the religous book quickly setting it on fire.

"BLANKA"! Niko yelped in surprise to start patting the book out with a hand. Staring at the burnt religous text he put it back in the bag. "Tis a bad omen...." he said as he pushed some of his long blonde hair away from his eye.

[Mai]

Jack just raised his eyebrows, but said nothing to this. Instead, he flipped open his 'watch' and began playing with the settings. Perhaps he could communicate with the Torchwood base. It was pretty unlikely, but it was worth a try. He glanced up when he heard Fell returning, arms filled with some berries.

They'll do for tonight. We can hunt some game tomorrow, when it's light out.

Rylee rocked forward to scoop up a few, but deided that he may as well introduce them. After all, they'd be travelling together.

I'm Rylee, and this is Fell. We came over from Alagaesia just a little while ago.

Alexx nodded and moved closer to the fire. She recognized one of the berries. She'd lived off them for a couple of days, once. Quite filling, despite their size. Without even looking over her shoulder to see if he was looking, she tossed a few to Jack, who caught them adeptly. It didn't sink in until he started chewing the first one that Niko had the same surname as Rothgar from the ship he'd arrived upon.

I'm supposing you're family to Rothgar, then?

He asked, closing the flap over his wristband and popping another berry in his mouth. They were actually quite good; Similar to a mix between a raspberry and a strawberry in taste, but with a bit of a more sugary taste to them.

Kit's eyes went wide at the mention of her brother's name. She was able to stutter a few fragments of a question, but hardly coherent enough for Jack to understand what she was saying, since he had no idea that the girl hadn't even known if her sibling was alive.

You mean...is he...?

[Niko]

Niko eyed the berries warily and took one to exaine it. "Ah, the floris Eshota. These are very good for you. Excellent find sir Fell" Niko then started to pop a few of the berries into his mouth.

At the mention of Rothgar he reacted surprisingly calm. "You have seen him? Pray do tell? Is Rothgar safe?" A white owl landed on a nearby branch to cock its head and hoot.

Niko made a face then a trange gensture with his hands. "Tis another bad omen. To be visited byorly the white. We had best take care tonight" It probably sounded like all nonsense to the others. But Nikolai was very firm in his religious beliefs.

[Mai]

-Fell's a girl XD -

Well, he was last time I saw him, but I have a feeling that could all change in an instant with his work.

Jack mentioned vaguely, remembering there was top secret information involved.

'Fraid I don't even know where he is now. It was a coincidental run in, just happened to be at the same place at the same time.

He popped the last few berries in his mouth as the owl hooted, and looked over at it. Well, the worlds aren't that different, I suppose, if they've got the same lifeforms... He thought to himself, just as he got knocked over sideways by some humanoid creature....with cat ears. Not a big surprise, he'd seen cats similar before. It was more of her hissing anger that got him worried.

Where are they?! What did you do to them?!

It was Alaina, Rothgar's girlfriend, and she just so happened to have a knife at Jack's throat an instant later. Of course, only he could have thought about making jokes with a knife that close to killing him.

Why don't you tell us who they are, and we can try and help you? Un-

When he didn't give her her answer, she pressed the knife down a bit harder, drawing blood. Alexx was simply looking on with vague interest, and glanced over at the others.

Let him handle it.

She murmured, with Jack and Alaina too preoccupied to hear her.

You should know very well who.

Actually, we kinda just got here-

The rest of his words were cut off as she cut his throat. However, her anger subsided into confusion as Alexx started laughing softly.

What he said is true. We just got here, nad it was empty when we did, so if you're looking for someone that was here, we not gonna be able to help you I'm afraid.

She walked over and gently tipped her companion's head so the edges of hte wound touched, though it wasn't necessary, and a moment later he opened his eyes.

What is with everyone trying to kill me?! Why can't they kill you next time?

He complained to Alexx, who turned to face the werecat, who was speechless and remembering what she had thought of as rumors going around the ORION about a man who couldn't die.

[khamar]

OCC: *looks at Fell* Shes flat chested, you could have fooled me Nah, Fell just sounds like a guys name. I need to get used to these new chars.

Niko stood up with a start at the womens appearance. Putting a hand on his fencing sword he stopped seeing the knife at Jacks throat.

He did not want to do anything rash and slowly took his hand off the sword hilt at his hip. Watching and listening anxiously Niko turned white as a ghost seeing Jacks throat cut open. He had never seen a man killed before. Much less killed like one would kill a pig. "I think I'm going to be ill" He muttered to turn away from the horrid sight.

Hearing Jacks voice again Niko swirftly turned around to see him miraculously walking around. Leting out a inhuman growl he pulled out his fencing blade to move towards Alaina. It was against his code of honor to cross blades with a female of any race so he did the next best thing and poked at the air in front of Alaina. "Go now, Shoo! We do not want you hear vagabond!"

OCC: God, Niko sure is a little girl eh?"

[Mai]

-Omg....He makes me laugh ANd Fell is a guy's name...I'm using it form a book about wolves, and he was a black wolf. But I wanted to use it for a girl. You can blame me for being confusing, if you like.-

Hey, easy now Niko. I've got no hard feelings, really. Now, what's your name and who are you looking for?

The depressing thing is... Jack actually looked like he was enjoying himself. That alone would make most people want to simply sit down to try and take it in. Unless they are Alexx, who was entirely used to her 'uncle' Jack doing this. She stared at Jack a moment more before snapping out of it and glaring at Niko, to grab the tip of the fencing sword and bend it down until it was on the verge of snapping.

Get a really sword, and maybe I won't take insult to that.

She told him, her voice soft, though certainly not kind, before she turned her attention to Jack.

Alaina. My family used to live in this clearing.

Excuse me for interrupting, but... It looks pretty unoccupied. I wouldn't be surprised if they've been gone for awhile.

Fell mentioned, not sugar coating it very much, but she never did. Jack htought for a moment, before nodding.

She's right. Alexx, anything we're missing?

The blond Time Lord shrugged and shook her head 'no'. If they had left awhile ago, even her unusually good senses of smell and taste wouldn't help.

If we had K-9, he could run a few analytics, but he's still gone.

Jack sighed, and motioned around.

It's too dark to look now. Stick around tonight, we can help you look in the morning when everything is a bit more visible.

He was simply just asking for someone to disagree by just offering as if he was the only one there, but he was used to being the boss, so he hardly noticed.

[Niko]

Niko looked at the bent sword, then to Alaina, then the sword, then back to alaina. His face features normally happy and cheerful went to depressed. Tossing the bent fencing sword aside he lied down wordlessly onto his animal skins and took hold of the unknown blade wrapped in the silk wrappings. Niko held it close to himself almost as if he feared this women would try and bend it next.

[Mai]

Alaina, not necessarily happy, but having no real choice otherwise, changed into her cat form and leaped up into a tree, to curl up and sleep in the branches. Jack sat back down, rubbing his neck slightly were she had cut him. He grimaced a bit, then laid down on his back and closed his eyes. He actually slept very little, since he couldn't die of sleep deprivation either(he'd tried), but he figured he may as well try to be semi-normal, at least for tonight.

Fell and Rylee were the next to go, laying down next to each other. If they didn't look quite clearly related, one might be inclined to think that they were in love. Alexx didn't notice as she walked over to the fencing sword. She ran her fingers along it's now curved blade, then brought them up to sniff. Simple steel, though certainly not very enforced. She thought ofr a moment, then flipped out her handy dandy sonic screwdriver. She couldn't very well do much damage than had already been done, and so began working on trying to bend it back with the setting she'd once used to reconnect barbed wire.

After a few minutes of it's constant, indescribable noise, the sword, though it had a slight bump out then back in, was almost entirely straight again. She smiled, slipped her sonic device back into her pocket and brought the finished product back over to Niko.

It's not perfect anymore, but...

[niko]

Niko was mumbling in in his peoples tounge with a deep sounding like russian accent. "Muska sha tros" he was pretty upset with what happened to his fencing sword. It could be useful in some fights. But mostly it just had sentimental value to him.

Rolling over to look up at Alexx his face lit up with a smile. "you fixed it? Bless your kind heart" He bowed his head in deep gratefulness to push aside the clothed blade and return his fencing sword to its rightful place by his side and went to sleep.

The party would be awoken early in the morning by a yell. Niko was the first up and wandered off to look for a creek to shave in. A thief attempted to rob the lavishly clothed Niko. But being the typical stubborn draca/wyvern. He would have nothing to do with it. A dirty smelly man swung at Nikos legs with a rusty broadsword. Niko lifted a foot to step on it and jab his sword point to under the mans chin. Giving a coy smile niko rubbed the blade along the mans jaw line causing some scraggy beard hairs to fall off. The man smacked the fencing sword away with a hand and charged Niko. Nikolai was having much fun toying with this man. Sidestepping elegantly he tripped the mans feet out with a boot. The thief fell to all fours giving Niko a open shot.

"AH HA!" he said triumphantly and jabbed the fencing blades point into the mans ass. With a yell the thief decided this was not worth it and took off running. "I am not finished with you yet vagabond! Come back here!" Niko went chasing after him and waved briefly at his sleepy friends that stared in confusion, perhaps even disbelief. A few minutes later Nikolai came trotting back and leaned over huffing to catch his breath. Speaking in his russian style draca accent Niko said. "Sa Blanka rufu waschess Yamaru" Shaking his head Niko added. "I never knew a smelly fat man could run so fast"

[Mai]

Jack had woken up fast, and he was actually quite a morning person, and so had a good laugh over this, combing his hair vaguely back into place with his fingers(he had his good looks to keep up, after all. Who knew when a beautiful creature would walk by?).

Surprised me the first time too. Except I do believe it's was a smelly fat Slitheen...

He didn't bother to elaborate, much like usual, before nudging the still-sleeping Alexx. How she had managed to sleep through the yelling, he didn't think he would ever know, until he saw the ear plugs. She took them out and answered his unspoken question.

You snore.

Any defiance to this statement--which was entirely true--Was cut off as Alaina slipped down out of the tree and landed on her feet.

When will we start looking, or are you going to waste time for half the day? If that's the case, I'll search by myself.

[Niko]

Having caught his breath Niko tilted his head to the side at Jack. "No offence sir Jack. But you reall are a queer fellow" Turning his attention to Alaina Niko could not help but notice how similar she was to his cousin Rothgar. "A lady who knows what she wants" He said more to himself then anyone. "You go straight to the point yes, We should get started shouldent we?" He wandered over to his sistern and pinched her nose to cut off her breath.

"Wake up cuzin! We have a whole new day ahead of us!" He paused. "And I still have to find that little annoying fat man"

OCC: OK, now I just love Niko.

[Mai]

Kit began thrashing about at him, and ended up landing a nice blow to his jaw which made him let go, though she was ready to continue pummelling him until Jack caught her arms with a firm grip, and she found she couldn't even move them.

After that little incident, he walked over toward Alaina, and grabbed a strand of hair, pulling it out. He opened up his watch band and placed the hair inside before pressing a few buttons. He loved DNA, sometimes. Just as it worked on getting a signal as to which direction to send him, the (much) older man looked over at Niko.

You have no idea.

Then, the machine on his wrist began beeping and he took off at a run. Alexx helped drag Rylee up off the ground, and then began sprinting after him.

I told you we do a lot of running!

Unfortunately, when they reached their destination, they would find only skeletons of Alaina's parents. They'd been killed by someone trying to get information on their daughter. Information they didn't have.

[khamar]

"Oh Dear, I forgot she had terrors waking up" Niko thought as his cousin hit him. He did not take it to heart. It was a kind of involuntary reaction. it had been so long since he saw her as a kid he actually thought Kit had gotten over it. He was fending of the blows pretty well with his forearms. "Cuzin! Its me! Niko" Pop. She clocked him a good one in the jaw and Niko spun around and in the confusion uttered "Dur" Before falling on his face out cold for a few seconds.

Sitting up and rubbing his jaw he looked to Kit. "Sorry cousin, I forgot about your terrors" he was caught off guard as everyone started running. Quickly getting up and grabbing the sword wrapped in silks he called out to run after them. "HEY! You forgot something! ME!