Chapter 2 - Friend or Foe?

Tereza has a terrible nightmare, where Azrael, already in a state of decomposition is behind her repeating a word that she does not understand. Tereza wakes up frightened and looking around nothing had changed, Vampiresca was sleeping by the fire, she seemed to be cold.

Tereza lay down and again trying not to think about what she saw, but all she could think was that she had killed her boss. She decided to lie down next to Vampiresca and soon fell asleep.

The next day, Tereza was awakened by the sound of birds.

- Good morning! - exclaimed Vampiresca.

- Good morning.... - said Tereza a bit discouraged.

- What's the matter?

- I had a dream...

- About?

- I'd rather not remember it.

Vampiresca found it a little strange but respected her decision, she would not bring it up again.

- So, do you know this island? - asked Tereza.

- No, I'm trying to survive as much as possible. No food, little water... - replied Vampiresca.

- We must survive, together.

Tereza and Vampiresca then set off towards a small forest near the beach where they slept in search of fruit, eggs and resources. Tereza managed to collect large leaves and straw, so they could build a shelter. Vampiresca went after fruits, she managed to collect a lot of red fruits. When she saw a dodo she decided to give it a fruit, which surprisingly began to follow her. It was as if Vampiresca had just tamed her first creature.

When the two met again, Tereza was impressed with her colleague's acquisition, and came up with a great idea. Tame several dodos and crossbreed them, so they would have eggs to eat and not starve. Hours passed and Tereza finally managed to erect her first shelter, even though it was a bit precarious, at least it covered her from the rain and cold. Vampiresca on the other hand had already tamed three more dodos, and the first batch of eggs didn't take long to come out. The two then ate and went to bed. Tereza had even made a chest, so she could store her resources and food. The two went to sleep.

When Tereza woke up she went to the chest and got an unpleasant surprise, the chest had been ransacked.

- "Nothing," - said Tereza looking at the chest.

- How could we let this happen? - asks Vampiresca visibly frustrated.

- It was someone here, not far away. - says Tereza looking around

- I heard that there is a village nearby and that they sell Parasites, they would be useful to detect nearby enemies... - Said Vampiresca pointing to a hill.

- We don't have any money. - says Tereza in a serious tone

- And who says we will pay? - Vampiresca says with a giggle

- Calm down, do you really think we can?

- Of course! One distracts and the other takes the bug.

Tereza nods, "Let's go.

The two girls then climb the hill and catch sight of the village that was not too far away. On the way a wild pegomastax appears and steals Vampiresca's improvised knife.

- HEY, THIS IS MINE - she says furiously, running after the animal that was about to enter the bush.

Tereza finds it very suspicious that her colleague would have a knife and asks:

- Since when do you have that?

Vampiresca looks up with a silly look on her face and says:

- Since earlier today.

Tereza begins to be suspicious of the girl's attitude, maybe she is a disguised guard, but she goes on her way. The girls walk a bit more and finally arrive the small town

- Here we are!

Tereza and Vampiresca were impressed by the village, and decided checking the stores in the place, Tereza has a terrible headache and decides to exit one of the shops, by sudden memories of Azrael, dizzy and having lost sight of Vampiresca she enters a alley and bumps into a man.

The man turns around, to her surprise it was a Tek guard on patrol. Tereza punched him on the face even before he could react. The man looked at Tereza who looked annoyed and he started looking at her face. He recognized her, he knew she a runaway. It was when Tereza and the man started a fight in the alley.

The man punched Tereza in the face, making her nose bleed really bad, then he pulled out his sword and tried to hit her, but missed. Tereza runs off the alley looking for Vampiresca but still couldn't find her, as soon she looks the other way she saw the man started running into her direction. He punched Tereza in the face several times until she managed to kick the man's balls. She found a puddle of water on the ground and washed her face, taking all the blood out, she ran away desperatly.

Tereza went back to the center of the town where she saw Vampiresca riding a parashaurus

- Come on! - shouted Vampiresca, gesturing with her hands.

Tereza quickly climbs on the animal and the two flee the village. But Tereza is still suspicious of Vampiresca.

As the evening falls, Tereza stares at Vampiresca without saying anything. Vampiresca unconfortable and said:

- Is something bothering you?

- Who are you? Can I trust you? - asks Tereza in a serious tone.

Vampiresca looks away with an expression of sadness and disappointment

- Gee, don't you trust me? - asks Vampiresca

- I need to be sure. Do you work at TekCorp?

- What? You're the one who works there! What are YOU hiding from me?

Tereza is silent and looks at the floor.

- Let it go. Forget about it. - says Tereza trying to deflect the subject.

Vampiresca is entering the shelter and lights a torch, still very upset with Tereza's attitude.