Sila shut up for once and let Jeff carry her further away from the village, towards the grasslands to the west. If they went far enough, they'd eventually reach the farmlands, and find shelter in Winston's barn...

	But as they got closer, it became painfully obvious that this giant man has gotten to it first. The barn was razed to the ground, and there was nothing but debris and torn up plant-life strewn about.

	Seconds later, Dacer seemed to have caught up with them, running faster than any man had the right to run, like a speeding bullet. He stopped next to Jeff, heaving his breath, and placing an arm on his shoulder. "Remember those fiction stories I used to tell you all the time? About the ancient Gaian race? And their hidden village?" Dacer asked, reminding Jeff of the fantastic stories of men and women who could summon weapons on command, and wielded amazing powers that no normal human could. "Remember?"

	They were green-eyed warriors, all with a beautiful composure, handsome or well rounded. The protected the earth from many dangerous threats to its life, and had apparently disappeared without a trace several years ago.