The Arrival {Annie}

Ryder spent a couple of minutes, scanning the snowy area before him. How could it have been in the middle of summer than all of the sudden be winter? Luckily for him the years of training he went through made it so he could be in any type of weather and it would not bother him. None of this made sense. Where was he? Was he in one of the three kingdoms of his world or somewhere totally different? He took another moment and looked around, finally noticing Annie. Surely, this girl would know something, right? Ryder sheathed his sword and made his way over to the girl. “Where are we? Do you even know?” It was more a demand than a question. If he knew what was going on he would surely start flirting with the girl before him, but he knew this was not the time to be doing so. Whoever this girl was she was having some type of mental breakdown. He had seen this many times, which he usually the cause of the person breaking down. That was a method of torturing people. Maybe since this girl was unstable Ryder could maybe use her later on. Now it was time to play the nice, sweet side to somehow befriend her.

Ryder bent down beside Annie, trying to comfort her. This was something he had never done before in his life. Everyone feared him, so he didn’t have any friends in his life. Besides, his job didn’t allow Ryder to get close to many people and all of his family members were dead. “I’m Ryder. What’s your name…? I promise I won’t hurt you.” Playing the nice card was hard for someone like him. He had killed many in the past without thinking. He was a wanted man on the run, he didn’t have the time to be flirting or any other things he like to spend his time doing. The only thing he could hope for now is that the girl would fall for his tricks for now.

Now what was he going to do? Neither of the two of them knew where the hell they were. And by the looks of it there was going to be more snow a ton more. He needed to find the nearest town, but Ryder had no idea which way to go or even if there was a town nearby. At least got the girls name, however it didn’t seem like she trusted him, smart move on her part, but Ryder wouldn’t give up that easily just yet. There had to be a way to get Annie to trust him. Ryder did not know what could happen in this place and the girl might be of some use sooner or later. “Sorry Annie, I don’t. I do not even know where this place is or how I even got here.” This act was a hard one to keep up. Ryder was never a kind person. He only flirted to get some action in bed nothing more. Using people was his thing. He didn’t care for friends or family, he wanted money and for his greatest enemy to be kill by his own hands.

Ryder stood up and looked around again, trying to find some type of sign of civilization. They had to be other people living here. If this was some new land, he would find a job or two. Or was he sent here for a different purpose? Either way, he had to find a town quick or they would be stuck in a blizzard. ”Do you know where the nearest town is?” Ryder asked. He didn’t even bother to mention that there was going to be a blizzard soon. The twenty two year old didn’t want to deal with this girl freaking out. If she did, he would most likely break his cover and bring harm to her.

“Come on, we better get going...” Ryder offered Annie his hand. He didn’t know where to go exactly, but hopefully his tracking skills would help. Also maybe this move could earn some of the girl’s trust. He had already had plans of ways he could use her later on. Maybe this place wasn’t so bad after all. Nobody knew who his was or anything about him here, wherever here was.

Ryder could tell that the girl was hiding something from him, but decided to ignore that fact. If she tried anything funny, he would surely be able to kill the girl in a matter of seconds. No one escaped has ever made it out life when fighting him as of yet. He was trained to not allow his opponents to walk away from a battle with him. As for now, he kept on playing the kind card. Annie was going to be very useful and probably was the easiest person to manipulate to do his dirty work. Ryder was a fantastic liar when he had to be. “I guess so…. There has to a town somewhere….” He was unsure of what to say next. This girl seemed like she wasn’t going to fall for his tricks for now. Maybe it was time to try a different act? Ryder did not know how to be nice and kind, his job required him to a ruthless killer. There was no time for him to be kind to people. Plus, almost everyone in the three kingdoms hated him unless they wanted him for a job. “So… What are you doing out here alone? There is bound to be some monsters out here.” The best thing was for a conservation to be started. If he could get Annie to talk more then maybe he’ll have more luck with earning her trust.

At this point, Ryder walked beside Annie along the path way. He knew that they needed to hurry or the two of them would be trapped inside the coming blizzard. The twenty-two year old was trained to know every sign of weather change and how to get out of it. The problem was that he only knew how to protect himself and if he was going to use the girl he would need her alive. “We better hurry… There’s going to blizzard coming.” The only thing he could hope for is that the news he had just given Annie was not going to make her panic. He didn’t know how to work with people, and would be forced to harm her if anything happened. Either way, he had to hurry up and come up with a plan to get out of the coming blizzard.

At this rate, the two were not going to get to town before the blizzard hit. Ryder could fend for himself perfectly fine, but with the girl tagging along there was going to be problems. Plus, there was the fact that he did not know the area, so there was no knowledge to where there might be cave or something to stay in until the storm died down. “Do you know if there is a cave or something around those lines to stay? There is no way we’re going to make it to the town with the blizzard coming.” He was starting to get use to this nice act. It wasn’t so bad once he got used to it, however how long would he be able to keep it. This had to be the first time in his life where he was actually nice to someone who wasn’t paying him and or trying to get in bed with. Although he defiantly was not going to make a habit out of being nice to people. Being kind to others did not fit him well. He was a murderer, torturer who loved money more than anything. He was not capable of loving another person nor did he care about others. He simply used people to get what he wanted, when he wanted it. The only thing he wanted out of life was to kill his enemies and get rich, nothing more nothing less.

“So… Do you have a boyfriend or anything like that….” Ryder knew this was not the time to be flirting with the girl. Annie was not his type and he already he had some ways of using her. Even though he did have to admit to himself she was very pretty. He shook his head, trying to get the pointless, random thoughts out of his head. “Never mind. Forget about that question.” Why was this even happening to him? Was he out of the job too long? Either way, he need to kill something. It didn’t matter what it was, whether it be a human or a monster of some type, he did the action of bring the death of something or someone.

Now this was something he waited for to happen. It wasn’t exactly a monster, but still a bear was able to kill someone. It was pretty clear that the girl could not defend herself. He didn’t care what happened to her, however he did want to get some action in, killing the thing. Ryder pulled out his dual blades from their sheath, readying himself for attack. The bear paid no attention to him, which of course angered Ryder to the point where he stabbed both blades into one of its legs. The bear roared in pain, setting its eyes on Ryder instead of Annie. “I’m more fun to play with anyway,” usually in battle, he would play with his opponent’s emotions and thought, but this time around that method would not work.

The bear roared out in anger, swinging its paws trying to land a blow on Ryder. The bear was pretty fast however it was not the smartest bear around. It continued to chase the twenty-two year old around. Ryder was just messing with the bear at this point. Anyway he was having fun making the bear go into more of a rage than before. “I guess it’s time to getting serious…” Ryder said to himself, dodging one of the bear’s claws. He quickly jumped on the bear’s back, stabbing it multiply times in the back. This however seemed to really bother the bear. The bear just went crazy, making Ryder fall off and made him hit the ground hard on his back. Crap… this isn’t good… He didn’t have the time to hurry up and stand up before the bear stood over him on all fours. Maybe it was not a great idea to piss the bear off.

Ryder was pretty much screwed; he had to come up with a plan and quick. When the bear got close enough, the twenty two year old got his one of his dual blades ready and thrust it into the bear’s heart, killing it. The bear eventually landed on top on Ryder, crusting him. It took about five minutes or so before he finally got free. He sighed, thinking to himself that was harder than it should have been. “Hey are you alright?” He said, walking up to Annie, putting away his dual blades. He could only hope that the girl would trust him, especially after that move with the bear. After all, he could have left her to her death, but he didn’t.