Erais racked her memory, than finally shook her head sadly. "No, I just remember you being sad. I don't even remember what I was doing. Though remembering that much is a good thing...right?" She asked him, hoping for assurance that she wasn't a lost cause. "I wish I did remember more, but that's the best I can do. It's just that your facial expression and your words just caused that moment to come into rememberance. Almost as if I had relived the memory." Erais said, trying to think of a solution to help remember the rest of her past.

Erais smiled happily, glad that it was a good thing. She stared at him expectingly. After a few moments he mentioned a name. Erais thought long a very hard, but no real recognition came. "No, sorry. Who is he?" She asked, wondering who Arden was. Still not aware that Arden was present in her mind, observing everything through her thoughts. He felt depressed that she didn't remember anything from just his name, but hopefully she would remember him soon.

Erais still recall anything about Ardan, it was very upsetting, but by now she was used to the feeling of no recollection. When Mesaraih mentioned Daidrea's name, it did pull something from her empty memory. "Wait, I think I do remember something..." Erais trailed off as she fought to remember. Daidrea... A hazy face came to her minds eye and it was very familiar. "I think I remember him...and someone named..." Erais thought harder for a moment, what was that name. "Aerdiad, or something like that. I think I can remember the feeling of being torn and hurt, though I don't know if it was from him or me." She said, trying to remember anything else about him.

Erais was shocked when Mesaraih mentioned a Shade rather hatefully. She went through her thoughts, attempting to remember something, anything. "No, just a door...though there is something that I do remember." Erais said as a memory flooded back into her mind. For a few minutes she went through her single and solid memory, glad to know something. "Its...well it's something about...us?" She said slightly embarrassed, not sure if what she remembered was an actual memory. Did she have something with Mesaraih?

Erais was still very confused at what she was remembering, if it even was a memory. It was one moment, and the feeling that was evoked from it was startling for her. Actually it's up to you. I can feel her mind starting to work at remembering. She only remembers the moment that you both confessed loving each other. She's not sure if it is an actual memory or not. I think that right now its pretty safe to just let her know all that you can think of. Arden told him, slightly embarrassed at being the go between at what she was currently remembering.

Erais just stood there, wondering what in the world was going on. She still wasn't sure about anything and was starting to feel exhausted from exerting herself so much from trying to remember.

Erais listened to him, her expression changing swiftly as he finished. She stared at him for a moment, wondering what was going on with him. It was very awkward for the moment, she just stood there, not sure what to say. Staying quiet for a few minutes, she was about to ask him if he was feeling away when it felt as though the floodgates had opened to her memory. In an instant she remembered every good thing that had happened between the two.

Her eyes went wide for a moment and she looked over to him. She couldn't remember everything, but what she was remembering about him was enough. She smiled softly with a quiet sigh. "Well it's certainly nice to know that it wasn't just one way feeling." She said feeling a bit happy, knowing that how she was feeling about him right now must have been love.

Erais gave a content smile, happy to finally remember more than just a feeling or a fuzzy face; but looking at Mesaraih covering up some sour feelings, she grew worried. "What?" She asked him confused once again, wondering if she'll ever go more than a few minutes where she won't feel confused or lost.

Erais wanted to question him more, but held her tongue. It was quiet for a while, she just thought about what was going on. The sound of a war horn broke the silence. "What's going on?" She asked panicked, somehow just knowing what that meant. Unless she remembers everything from her Rider life soon, I'm afraid we won't be any good in battle. From my standing point, the Shade and his army aren't very far. Half an hour at most. Arden communicated with Mesaraih quickly before going off to help as much as he could.

Erais raised an eyebrow questioningly, but followed. "Battle? Now?" She asked as they moved through the crowds that were preparing for battle. He seemed very upset and enraged at this Shade, what could this Shade have done to have caused him to be like this. Sure Shades were evil and all, but he had to have done something to cause this much anger from Mesaraih. You'll want to make sure Fenixeres gets to a safe place as well. He's an easy target right now, and be careful. Erais is starting to form plans in her mind about fighting alongside you. I don't know if she remembers any fighting skill, I don't want her getting hurt. Arden warned Mesaraih.

Erais frowned, wondering how in the world he had figured out she wanted to help. At first she tried going out a few times, but something was blocking her. Sort of mad at him for not letting her help, she walked over and sat down next to Fenixeres. Erais looked at him for a few moments, than realized something. Why in the world is he holding me back when I know I can help? She asked the small dragon, not really caring if she got a reply.

Erais got up and walked around the room, exploring it since she had nothing to do. She could hear the distant fighting and became very worried for Mesaraih. Was he hurt? Was he even alive? These questions worried her even more. Looking through the room she found a slender sword, she picked it up, slicing it through the air a few times. This felt very familiar. She didn't realize that someone had come in the room. Mesaraih's spell may have kept her in, but that didn't mean it would keep people out. Whoever it was had come up behind her and raised their sword. Fenixeres started to make a racket trying to get her to turn her attention. Right before she was stabbed, her reflexes kicked in and she swung around, killing the person. Shocked she just stared at the dead person, in awe. I have to get out of here and help, Erais told herself.

Erais sat right in front of the invisible barrier. Already she had killed four men who had come in trying to kill her. She didn't like waiting for the battle to come to her, she wanted to be in it, knowing that somehow she was very good at sword play. Erais just sat in front of it, trying to figure out a way around it. Sighing she gave up and continued to explore the room. Walking around she spotted some armor, she tried putting it on. It fit, but was slightly on the big side. It wasn't heavy armor, just enough for protection.

She continued searching through the room until she had come to find more gear and lashed it on. I need to cover myself, if Mesaraih recognizes me, than he'll surely put me back here. Erais thought to herself and found some cloth. She carefully wrapped it around her face and was glad to find that it gave to detail of who she was. "Perfect," She said to herself and went over to the doorway, starting to mutter random words that had come to her mind. It finally broke and she ran out to find the battle.

I've seen him a few times, but than he just disappears. Though its always been in the very middle. The darn coward is letting the people die for his protection! Arden said angrily as he dove at groups of soldiers, giving all the help he could. He hadn't paid any attention to Erais, so he didn't know she had just come into the battle, taking out soldiers in masses.

Erais broke out into the battle. Many of the Varden were falling, but even more of the enemy was. Erais continued to fight through the battle. She noticed a large dragon fighting through the battle, killing swiftly and was taking out many. The only problem was that people kept coming, they didn't seem to end. It was as if for every person that died, the Shade would someone two in its place. She continued to fight through the throng, not realizing that Mesaraih was making his way towards her. Not knowing he had recognized her fighting style.

Erais looked over at Mesaraih who was taking out the surrounding soldiers. She glared at him slightly. "I'm doing fine! I'm not going back and sit around doing nothing when I can obviously do a lot of help here!" She yelled at him angrily. She continued fighting, not heading his words. He had no right to tell her to go back to safety when everyone else is fighting. "I'm not going back!" Erais shouted at him.

Erais nodded and went back to fighting as Mesaraih left to go after the Shade. She still didn't understand his hard grudge against the Shade, but shrugged the thought off as she went back to fighting. Arden was in the air most of the time, but he constantly kept his eyes carefully trained on Erais, making sure that she was okay on her own. He would interfere if the battle started going against her, but so far she seemed to be holding her own. He looked around to find Mesaraih and saw him fighting the Shade. Good luck, Arden told him and transfered some of his strength to him, hopefully it would help him take the upper hand.

Erais continued with the fight. At moment it seemed to weaken, but than it would come back at full force. Her face became concentrated as she realized this fight would only be won if the Shade died. In her area the fighting was delayed for a moment. She looked around to see if she could find the Shade, or Mesaraih. Finally she spotted them in a fierce duel against each other. She gasped as she saw their lives hanging together by three strands.

In an instant she was overcome by men and had to go back to fighting, not able to spare any thoughts for Mesaraih. Erais didn't know what was going on at all, she could only fight and hope Mesaraih had the upper hand. Swinging her sword around she wiped out a considerable amount of men. Turning around quickly she saw the Shade disperse just in time. He's gone, Erais thought with a relieved sigh. Though looking over at Mesaraih and the man next to him, they did not look well. Mesaraih looked dead on his feet and the other had passed out.

You both are too weak, but you fought valiantly. Arden said to them both, though doubted Reik had registered it since he was passed out. He landed and scooped both of them up. Arden flew to a cave higher up and set them down before returning to the fading battle. The Shades army was weakening at a quick rate, they'd win soon.

Erais realized that the battle had grown weak. Only a few strong men from the Shades army remained. Luckily they were taken out quickly and the battle was over. Finally able to breathe easily, it felt as if a cloud had been lifted from her mind, and it was no longer a hard struggle to hold onto the memories she could remember. Sighing in relief, she went to go help move the wounded to better grounds.

Arden looked down at the mass of dead bodies. She's fine. Not a scratch on her, she's down there helping out the wounded. Her body is telling her she needs to rest but she won't rest until she knows that everyone has been taken care of and accounted for. Arden told Mesaraih while laying down at the mouth of the entrance, observing from where he was. He knew if Erais didn't remember him at all, he'd have to stay away until she did. At this rate, he didn't know if she'd remember any more than what she had. She's worried about you, but you need to rest. Go to sleep Mesaraih, you look awful and need the sleep. Arden told him a bit strictly.

Darkness hung over Farthen Dur as night fell. So many had died and it was quite a while before Erais and the other volenteers had accounted for everyone. She rubbed the back of her neck, trying to relieve some of the ache. Her body was slow and she was tired, the job had been long and hard, but it was nice to know that everyone was accounted for. Well almost everyone. No one actually knew where Mesaraih and another named Reik were. The name sounded familiar, but so did a lot of other things, so she let it be.

She was worried that Mesaraih was nowhere to be found, but everyone assured her that he was probably resting somewhere quiet and out of the way. It didn't matter to her, but she was to tired to look for him. Heading back to where all the injured men were being kept, she walked through one last time, just to see if he was there. Seeing that he wasn't she found an empty room and crashed on the bed, instantly asleep once she had hit the pillow.

Arden didn't aprove Mesaraih leaving. He needed rest and he was sure if Erais had been in her right mind, she might have lectured Mesaraih on pushing himself to hard. It was a while before Arden heard from him. Somewhere sleeping. I'm not sure, but she's exhausted. Arden told him a bit sleepily as his own eyes were growing heavy. If you find her, don't wake her. Because if you do wake her, you'll have to answer to me. You may not want to rest, even though you do need it. She needs it terribly and won't be able to sleep for a very long time if you do wake her. Arden threatened him lightly as he felt sleep wash over him.

The small sound of the door shutting had drawn her out of her sleep. She sat up and rubbed her eyes tiredly. Looking around there was no one in the room, but she was sure she had heard something. No one was there, which was a bit odd. However she lay back down and tried to fall asleep. After a while she did, and finally fell asleep after hours of restless wake.

Erais opened her eyes, once again, but this time a small amount of light was filtering through a small window. Yawning slightly, she got up from the bed and decided to see how the damaged looked in a clear light. The people had sorrowful faces as she walked through them slowly. Some were tending to the hurt and some of the women were wailing and wearing black veils. It may have been a victory, but it certainly didn't feel like it when you lose so many. Going out onto the battle field, she got a familiar feeling, knowing this wasn't the first time she had been in this position.

Erais walked out into the midst of the dead. She made it to the middle and sat down, closing her eyes she let her mind wander. So much death, of course the remaining bodies were the ones that had been enslaved to the Shade. "Rest in peace," She muttered quietly before standing up and walking back to help tend the injured. After making her way through the busy people moving around and helping with everything.

Seeing one of the men trying to get a drink of water, but seeing that he was having difficulties since his right arm was torn up pretty bad, she quickly walked over to him. "Here, you shouldn't move that arm around to much. Let it heal." She told him and helped him drink some water before walking away to help someone else.

Erais had done some odd jobs for the healers as they went from one person to another. She was just finishing up bandaging someones leg in fresh cloth as she looked up and saw Mesaraih. Relief flooded her and she smiled at him, glad to know he wasn't among the dying or dead. "Thank god you're alive." She said while meeting him half way. "I was worried that you might be among the dead, or dying." Her voice had a slight edge to it, and her face had a slight frown.

Erais only shook her head. "Nothing worth worrying about." She said without much of an expression. "At least we haven't suffered to much damage..." Erais trailed off looking around the room, becoming a little bit upset. Somehow she knew that the battle hadn't had anything to do with the Varden, it was just an excuse for something bigger. She got the feeling of foreboding, something had gone on unseen in the battle. Of course the Shade dead, but the whole thing might have been a diversion.

"Every battle that is won in cold blood, is no victory." Erais said quietly, thinking of everyone who had been slayed. Something seemed off, or missing. She wanted to say something about it to Mesaraih, but decided not to. Having this feeling was enough on one persons shoulder, to put it on anothers would make her feel guilty. So she kept quiet about it. "How are you faring?" She asked, putting the ominous feeling deep into her mind, saving it for thought for later.

"I know what you mean," Erais said with a half smile. Since her memory was still almost all lost, she didn't have to ability to sort out what was going on; even with that, the feeling came back stronger than ever, and she knew something bad was going to happen. "Something bothering you?" Erais asked Mesaraih, he looked worried and a bit upset at something. There was something out there, and Erais could feel it.

Erais now knew that she wasn't paranoid. If Mesaraih was getting the feeling, than whatever it was wasn't good. "No, something is going on Mesaraih. I think the battle was a diversion." Erais said uncomfortable. The feeling became more stronger, but looking around, it didn't seem to bother anyone else.
Mesaraih, somethings going on. The ground is moving slightly at the southern end. Almost as if there was a giant beast under it, restless to come out. Arden warned him, still not daring to talk with Erais in her mind.

Erais followed him silently, wondering where he was going. Finally they came south and looking at the ground, well it looked a whole lot different than it should. "What's going on?" Erais asked Mesaraih as the ground was shaking slightly and cracks were beginning to form slowly on the surface. Whatever it was, was starting to frighten her.

Erais agreed mutely. This wasn't good, what in the world could the Shade have possibly done. The only thing that Erais could think of that could be so big under there was a dragon, and if not that, than some sort of spell bound creature. Erais had to jump backwards as the ground split between her feet. "We need to tell them what's going on...now." Erais said while backing away from the crack. The ground looked like it was about to split open and let loose the terror that was beneath it.

Erais ran with Mesaraih as they ran to find Nasuada. She stood there panting as Mesaraih explained what she feared. She knew that she would be much more help if she had her memories, but nothing else seemed like it would come back. She felt as though what she knew now, was all she'd ever be able to recall.

"I'll be where ever it is that I'm needed." Erais said with a stubborn attitude. "What about you?" She asked him curiously.

The women and children cried out in terror as you could see the hideous beast from where Erais was assisting with the injured and helping to suit up the men who could fight. Everyone stared at it in fear, even from being so far away, the faint putred smell of it reached their noses. Erais made a slight face along with everyone else. "Come on, keep working. We'll need more than just a few men out there." Erais said and continued to work fast.

They kept sending the abled men out, but it seemed as if the beast was unbeatable. Erais became frantic, it seemed dangerous, but she knew she needed to be out there. Not stuck with the injured and children. You may not remember me Erais, but we need to fight together on this. A voice broke into her mind while she was putting thick armor on. Than lets go. Erais said and ran out from the shelter.

Arden landed down in front of her, wearing his own armor. Lets go, Erais said and scrambled up his slick scales. He took off towards the beast and picked up a large boulder. Hurling it towards the repulsive creature. As soon as it his the slime it melted into a pool of acidic rock. I fear this will be harder than anything we've ever face. Arden told her. She couldn't remember him, but felt a strong kinship towards him.

Erais could hear the shrieks of people as the beast was making its way towards the city. The rock that had been touched by the acid melted away like snow against a fire. "No!" Erais screamed and had Arden shoot after him. Arden got as close as he dared and blew fire and the, the thing. How can we fight something we cannot touch? Erais asked Arden and Mesaraih. The fire mixed nastily with the acid and made it boil up. Arden was able to predict what would happen in time and quickly moved away. Some of the slime burst and his random soldiers, killing them almost instantly, but their cries of pain echoed in Erais' mind.

What can we do? Erais wondered in despair.

Arden had to dodge a few of the stalactites that came crashing down. Erais watched as it slid through the slime and hit the exposed skin beneath it. That's it! Erais thought happily. Their are certain minerals that form in stalactites that the dwarves use in certain armor and weapons. Of course its harder for them to get it, so those metal and weapons are rare. I think if we can fashion a weapon out of it quickly, we might win! Erais told Mesaraih and Arden excitedly. Though how to do it quickly? She questioned.

Erais had no idea what she was doing, but on instinct she was muttering strange incantation and breaking the stalactites off the ceiling. She didn't know how to form them into spears, but she did know one thing. Quickly she manuevered them towards various parts of the body. Hitting him in the throat, eyes, neck, and body. She continued to pierce the skin beneath the strange slime until they would break. She'd get more and keep at it until she felt tired from the magic leeching her life.

Erais had grown tired and the stalactites dropped into the beast from where she had been stabbing it. It screamed in pain as the stalactites weren't removed. Even in her drained state, she was able to see that the stalactites were melting like the other rock, but slower. Looking closer she realized that they had a strange effect. "Mesaraih! Get them to lodge the spears in it! The stalactities burn like acid against his own skin!" She shouted to the ground. As she watched the remains of her stalactites melt into the beast, she could see gaping holes form.

She got an idea. Try aiming your flame into the holes! Erais told Arden urgently, hoping her idea would work. Arden dove towards the thing and let out a jet stream of fire. It went right into the hole where the stalactites had disappeared. The beast shrieked out it pain as it had a wonderfully horrible effect against it. A way to defeat it! Erais thought joyously and had Arden dive and random holes, burning the skin and causing the thing to start losing, and hopefully die.

Erais felt satisfied as Arden pulled back, watching the thing start to turn a strange gray and sickly color, slowly shriveling up. She felt her eyelids start to droop as Arden landed on the ground gracefully. "How'd we do?" She asked Mesaraih half awake, struggling hard on staying conscious. Apparently she couldn't remember the effects of magic and it had drained a lot of her energy.

Erais was nodding off, her head bobbing up and down as she tried to stay awake. She didn't take notice of what was going on. Arden did, and quickly got to safety as the Shade was back. Not him again, He growled in annoyance. Erais listened to Mesaraih's words, she sort of understood what he said. Arden transfered as much energy as he dared to her, becoming exhausted himself. Erais was instantly awake and began to make fast on what she had to do. Quickly she muttered the spell quietly and formed the ring.

Erais shot it into the acid, giving it enough energy to stay there as long as it was needed. Instantly she transfered all her energy over to Mesaraih, not sure how she did it. Hopefully it would be enough to help him. It had been too much, she fell to the grown, having passed out cold.

Erais was out cold as Mesaraih jumped through the ring. Arden was still hanging into consciousness and was able to register what was going on. Slowly he moved over to Erais, knowing he couldn't move her or fly, so he lay down and shielded her from where the Shade would be coming out. This was the only way he knew how to keep her alive. Hopefully it would work. He drifted to unconsciousness as the men cried out in fear, seeing the Shade. He shifted his body one last time to completely cover Erais, finally passing out.

Something burst inside Erais and she woke up screaming. Something terrible had happened, and whatever it was would effect her. It took Erais a moment to climb out from under Ardens body. She looked around, the Shade was gone, the army moving dead and wounded men back to the city. Mesaraih...Mesaraih! She thought panicked and quickly looked around, she saw him on the ground, a sword stuck in his chest, barely missing his heart.

"No," She whispered to herself, she kept saying it, over and over until she was screaming it with tears streaming down her face. "Mesaraih!" She sobbed/screamed as she ran over to him. He was barely alive, just barely. "No, come on, you have to stay alive. Please, please, please..." She trailed off, seeing if she could remove the sword without damaging him more. "Please, stay with me Mesaraih!" She almost yelled at him, she slowly, and very carefully began to remove the sword from his chest. Hoping against hope that it wouldn't hurt him more. Mesaraih! Please! You're the only one I remember! Just stay with me! Erais screamed into his head, hoping he heard her and would hold on. At least until he could be helped more. So many emotions flooded through her, her whole body freaking out as she was pulling the sword out. Luckily her hands kept steady.

Erais looked around, to see if there was anyone who could possibly help. To her horror, they were all alone. Everyone else was back in the city, tending to the injured and delivering the news of who was dead and still alive. She became frantic. She couldn't remember any useful spell that would help him stay alive, all she could think about is how she didn't want him to die.

Arden! I need your help! Erais' tone instantly had Arden on his feet and walking over. He's dying...please...do something... She pleaded as tears continued to fall down her face. I don't know, but this might help, Arden said, feeling her pain, and not wanting her to suffer anymore. He slowly bent his head down to where the wound was, he blew out a steady breath, not really sure what he was doing exactly. Erais watched in facsination as the wound sealed up. That's all I can do. Now its up to him to want to come back, but I won't blame him for dying. Who wants to live here when you can ascend to the heavens. Arden told her before walking a little bit away to give them privacy.

Erais felt like she had been torn into a thousand pieces, she lay her head against his chest and sobbed. "Please...please Mesaraih..." She whispered between sobs, wishing against hope that he'd come back to her.

Erais was too consumed in sorrow to noticed that Mesaraih seemed to fight against Death and start to hold onto life. She could only think about how lost she'd be if he died. He was the only one that she knew in the empty world where she couldn't remember almost anything. Her head was laid gently on his chest as the tears spilled freely down her face. Don't go, don't leave me...please stay... She thought to him in a morbid state.

"Mesaraih no, you'll live...you just have to..." She said quietly, looking at his face. "You're the only one I have...you need to stay. What about Fenixeres, if you die, he will as well." She said through her tears. Erais wasn't getting and comfort at all, she felt as though her only life line was slipping through her fingers. She couldn't stand if he left her. She just couldn't have him leave her. "Please, please just stay." She pleaded with him.

Erais moved to sit up, seeing that Mesaraih was starting to look a little bit different. Like he was really fighting this time, and he seemed to be gaining more strength by the minute. "Good," Erais said quietly as he drifted to sleep. She didn't want to move him, afraid he might wake up, he needed his sleep. So she sat there with him, deciding to just wait. Arden had falled asleep and the sky was considerably darker now. She felt sleep wanting to take her, so she unconsciously rested her head against Mesaraihs and falling into sleep.

Erais was in a much more comfortable sleep than she had been since loosing her memory. It could have been the fact that Mesaraih was next to her and she took comfort in that, feeling safe. Or just the fact that she had been emotionally drained and had become physically exhausted. It was a little while after Mesaraih woke that she did. She didn't change her position at all and kept a steady pace in breathing, so she just stayed there, quiet, just enjoying the moment.

Erais moved her head slightly so she could see his face, his eyes were open so she smiled gently at him. "Well your alive...that's got to be something." She said, happy and relieved to see that he was still with them, though he was probably really sore and not ready to really face everyone right now. "How are you feeling?" She asked him, hoping that no lasting damage had been done, at least not physically.

"Good," Erais said content, glad to know that he wasn't really in any danger other than being sore for a while. "I'm just glad that's over. It was too exhausting...I just wish I could remember more, but I guess if I'm supposed to remember, I'll remember when I need to." Erais was relieved that that whole ordeal would be over. It had been very stressful, so it was nice to just not have to move.

"I agree, one life is enough." She chuckled quietly, it had come back too many times. She'd rather it stayed dead the first time. "Rest will be a welcomed greatly." She sat up and stretched her arms, she looked over at Arden who was still fast asleep. In a way he reminded her of a very big dog in a deep sleep. His tail would occasionally twitch and soft rumbles came from his chest. Erais looked around at the ravaged battle field, it would definately take time, but it wasn't irrepairable.

Erais yawned slightly as Mesaraih sat back down. "Hurt much?" She asked concerned, hoping that he wasn't too sore. This place smells like brimstone, Arden mumbled as he was beginning to wake up. He was shocked a little bit when he looked around the torn battlefield. Than a thought occured to him. Where's the baby? He asked, referring to Fenixeres.

Ah, Arden said before lifting off to go be with the little dragon. Erais looked at Mesaraih and didn't believe him, but she let it be put to rest. "Well than at least this might help distract you." She said and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek. Hopefully it would be enough to ease his pain for a moment.

Erais smiled softly towards him. "Anything I can do to ease your pain," She said, just glad it distracted him for the moment. Hopefully he'd heal quickly, she didn't like seeing him in discomfort or pain. No, the rat... Arden whined in her head. Erais started to giggle slightly from the images she was getting, what in the world could he be doing?

"I honestly don't know, but apparently a tiny, itty bitty mouse, a thousand times smaller than him, ended up ruining his morning. That's all I can pull from the strange images and bizzare thoughts he's having right now." She said still laughing at how strange Arden was acting.

Erais sighed, knowing that nothing lasted forever. "I suppose we should get you to the shelter of the city...maybe even be loooked at?" It was phrased more as a question, she hadn't meant it to be one, but it came out that way. "They are probably wondering where their hero is." She teased him playfully and carefully stood up, making sure her own body wasn't sore.