The noise ahead ceased a few moments before Rook broke through the thick foliage.  "Kaiden!" she gasped, seeing her friend lying unmoving on the ground, his head tilted slightly to the side and a bit of blood on his clothes.  For a moment, she actually thought he was dead and her heart jumped into her throat.   

Keeping a firm grip on her bow helped keep her hands from shaking as she hurried toward her friend, dreading what she would find there.  When she reached him, she spun in a slow circle, surveying the brush for sign of danger.  Spotting nothing, she knelt and a small wave of relief washed over her as she realized Kaiden was breathing.  

She set down the bow with the arrow still knocked loosely.  "Kaiden," she said as she took hold of his shoulders and shook gently.  "Kaiden, can you hear me?" She trying to whisper, but fear made the pitch of her voice rise involuntarily.  "Please, Kaiden, wake up!"  His head rolled slightly to the side.

Forcing down the panic that threatened, she took a deep breath to steady herself and decide on a course of action.  "Didn't my mother tell you to watch out for me?" she said then, only slightly calmer, but enough to slip her arms under his shoulders and begin to drag him out of the small clearing, hoping to keep him safe by hiding his location.  Of course, she didn't have enough hands to carry the bow too.  No matter...  she'd just have to come back for it... 

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