skye never asked for this (seismologic) wrote in witchinghour, |
"Shut up, Grant," Skye said with clear affection coloring her words, "I'm 5'6, and you're forgetting you're stupidly tall. And so what if I weigh nothing, I can still throw you to the mat if you want to go a few rounds." Sure she'd barely had any time in the field but a lot had happened in that time and she knew how to handle herself, the fact that he'd referred to her as a friend left her feeling a little bit odd, was that all they were now? Friends? Now wasn't the time to get into that though. "I simply meant that she doesn't look like someone who would be comfortable out here fighting of nightmare creatures and that looks can be deceiving."
The way they were being was achingly familiar and while it wasn't entirely unwelcome it wasn't helping her focus like she should. "Georgia might sound familiar but that doesn't mean anything." Just because Beth came from somewhere they'd heard of didn't mean that she was from their reality.
Skye had seen the way Beth carried herself, the way she was ready to defend herself against anything that came lumbering out of the dark at them. She was willing to bet that the life the young girl had lead before coming here hadn't been all rainbows and unicorns. People who lived happy lives didn't volunteer to go and fight the things that lurked in the shadows, they stayed inside where it was safe.
Now it was Skye's turn to roll her eyes as Grant asked his question, she couldn't help but throw a little bit of force in his direction to make him stumble, the second she turned her focus back to the larger area though she froze on the spot. Something tickled at the periphery of her awareness, a low vibration that was almost too tiny to pick up on with all the other vibrations in the area but it was there and it made her skin crawl. "We're not alone, there's something over there," she said in a hushed tone as she moved forwards to stand beside Grant pointing her gun in the direction the vibration was coming from. "I can feel it, it feels big and my guess is it's dangerous and doesn't want to be found."