"Oh damn..." muttered Mystique when she saw the scenery. Tall trees everywhere, high humidity in the air, all the earmarks of a tropical jungle. Two women and a baby alone in one of the deadliest environments on the planet. She had survival training but her wound still needed time to fully heal.
"Where... Where are we ?" Nodoka was bewildered. She had never been out of Japan before and the vegetation was not typical of the japanese islands.
Mystique looked around "My guess is the Amazon forest... Look !" A huge snake was lazily slithering around a tree branch "You can find the big constrictor snakes only in the Amazon"
Nodoka backed down and shivered "Are... Are there other animals like that here ?"
"Yes, and most of them deadly" Mystique took an aggravated look when Nodoka seemed to be on the verge of panic "Look, I won't sugarcoat the situation. We're in one of the most dangerous places in the world to unequipped people. The situation may look hopeless but we can survive it. We have our powers, remember ?"
Nodoka visibly relaxed a little "Where will we go ?"
"East, the coast and the brazilian cities are there. If we're lucky, we'll find a farm or the trans-amazonian road before then" Mystique looked at Nodoka intently "We'll have to hunt and forage our own food. We do not have the luxury to be picky on what we eat now, do you understand ?"
"Yes, I suppose..." Then the baby in her arms woke up and began to wail "Oh dear, what's wrong ? Shhh... Shhh..." She tried to rock her gently to calm her down but she kept crying "I think she's hungry... How are we going to..."
Mystique took the baby from her, exposed one of her breasts and began breastfeeding her. Their granddaughter shut up and happily suckled. Nodoka's eyes had bugged out in surprise "What !? How can you do that ? Have you given birth recently ?"
Mystique smiled "I have learned to use my shapeshifting talents to the fullest, Nodoka-san. I can control my bodily functions easily. Somehow, I think the Freedom Force is grateful for that. Their leader is never affected with PMS this way" They both chuckled at this remark "All we have to do is keeping me fed and I can take care of our little princess here"
"Thank goodness for small blessings..." Nodoka smacked an insect on her sweaty skin "Let's move before we're eaten alive by all those bugs !"
The two women, linked by their son and granddaughter, left and headed east, hoping to find civilization soon.
See other episodes by Jamil Nate
(Posted Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:51)
Questions? Problems? Suggestions?
Send a mail to addventure@bast-enterprises.de
or use the contact form.
らんま1/2 © Rumiko Takahashi
All other series and their characters are © by their respective creators or owners. No claims of ownership of these characters are implied by the authors of this Addventure, or should be inferred.
The Anime Addventure is a non-profit site.