TF Chapter 67 Getting To Bora

***Danny***

The wind lashed at my face with an intensity that would have caused a normal person to want to close their eyes. It wasn't deliberately trying to collide with me, instead I was the one who was moving with such speed, I was basically offending it.

Yet, I didn't care...why? I was in a hurry. Not even the ferocious undergrowth was enough to stop me. I even weaved around the trees, my speed only dropping for a moment, before going back straight up. I was racing toward the crater where my pod had crash landed to try and get a glimpse of where I was.

Senior Nat was on my back, passed out, and probably feeling uncomfortable with my less than comfortable transportation method because of his injuries, cause I could hear a few groans here and there, though his consciousness was probably still in dreamland.

I ground my teeth in frustration, with the knowledge that I had been partly to blame for his current state. If I had just been faster! If I had been braver! Or if I had been stronger! None of this would have happened!

I crushed a carnivorous plant underfoot, splattering mud everywhere and creating a mini crater due to the force I had applied. I was venting on the poor creatures, but who could they blame? They were simply too weak, just like I was.

After that whole spiritual bravado thing had passed, senior Nat had fallen unconscious. I had panicked, thinking that he had finally managed to die, only for my spirit to reassure me that he had been still alive.

I had inspected the surroundings to make sure that the creature hadn't stayed around to sneak up on us. Only after that had I breathed in a sigh of relief, moving senior Nat onto my back...and here I was racing back to my crater such that I could determine the positioning.

I was also pretty sure that I lacked the required knowledge capable of tending to injured people. Bora had an inkling of such skills... Surely she would be able to save senior Nat. Good thing I hadn't hastily tried to push her away from us, or right now I would be immensely regretting it.

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I stomped powerfully upon the ground, proppeling myself into an open space, the place where I had just crash landed. An inner sigh of relief escaped my lips at the fact that no creature appeared to be in sight. A battle now, was the last thing I needed. But I was also resolved to get senior Nat to Bora. If any beast tried to prevent that from happening... Let's just say I was lacking a punching bag.

The small string of smoke in the distance had probably come from the place where senior Nat had landed. I deduced that by calculating using the place where the battlefield with the creature had been, so I chose the other direction, the one where there was also a small smoke string and let loose the greatest acceleration my body could handle. In an instant, the distance shrunk, allowing me to reach the edge of the crater, and into the forest. There were already some small signs of tiredness in me, like the slightly irregular breath and the faint pain within my leg muscles, but what was the point of whining when the person upon my back had been through much worse?

That would be idiotic of me. I had already gotten tired of my weakness. Senior Nat had already demonstrated a will far surpassing mine, and yet he liked to think logically! He had a flame within him, something I sorely lacked for the time being. Would I be able to get it at some point in time? No, I had to also light my own fire or else I wouldn't be able to keep up with him.

Time was something I hadn't even cared about when running, with everything having overloaded my mind to the point of only having the thought to get senior Nat to Bora.

Now, I was standing here, upon the warm soil of this clearing, my body so hot, I was getting lightheaded. Sweat was running down my skin in rivulets, a gross smell assaulting my nostrils, but with my fading consciousness, caring about such a minor thing was the last thing in my mind. The journey had been perilous beyond measure, with the only saving grace being the fact that I hadn't run into a creature on the same level as that humanoid one that had injured senior Nat.

There had been many predators among the undergrowth, causing me to exhaust my storage of stones, having resorted to stomping the plants near the end, sustaining many wounds in the end with a burning feeling assaulting me from some, while others were numb. Poisoning...was I about to die because of such a thing?

Heavy...senior Nat, who had been light at the start of my journey, now had his weight bearing down upon me, not to mention that this body of mine was still not used to the gravity of this planet.

I raised my face, with my eyes scanning around the place, my gaze landing on Bora's opened pod, and other things, which were blurry in my eyes before fatigue and whatever else overwhelmed me, knocking me out instantly. The last scene had been that of a pair of long black legs...