Not yet.

"Hello" you try to call out, but your throat is so dry it is barely a whisper. You swallow trying to reduce the dryness.

"Hello" you call out again a little louder this time. Suddenly the sky stops moving and you realize you were the one moving somehow. You hear footsteps approaching behind you somewhere and suddenly three familiar faces pop into your view directly above you.

"Oh good" you say taking another swallow "I didn't die" you say smiling. Which you regret immediately as your lips crack a bit from how dry they were. All three faces suddenly descend on you and begin raining kisses. Between kissing they try to explain things, but you can't make out any of it, and your attempts to kiss them back miss their mark.

"Ladies" you try getting their attention.

"Ladies..." they pause to look at you. "I love you all too, but right now I would kill for some water" you let out a raspy laugh. "Also why can't I move" you ask a little more serious.

"I don't know ladies" Annabel is the first to speak. "Should we let him suffer a little more so he knows to never do that to us again" she says with a smirk. The other two pretend to think about it seriously.

"Might be a good idea" Yvette agrees. All three smirk down at you.

"OK...OK...I get it, I am very sorry for how this all made you feel" you apologize sincerely to the group. "Although I'd do it again to save you all" you whisper to yourself.

"What was that" all three of them say in unison. Each with a frown on their face. "I said I'll do my best to never put you all in a situation like that again" you quickly amend.

"That's what we thought you said" Jane says as they all smirk at you again. Annabel walks away and the other two start to loosen the knots keeping you pinned. Once free you attempt to sit up, but find yourself a little bit too weak to do so. Annabel returns and places a hand on your chest preventing you from trying that again.

"Don't you try to sit up you silly man, you lay there and drink this first" Annabel says handing you a potion. Raising the potion to your lips is a struggle and you realize just how weak you are at the moment. You tip the potion into your mouth and swallow the contents. A warmth spreads from your stomach through your whole body. You can feel strength returning to your muscles and the fatigue you feel lessens.

"Ok now you can try to sit up" Annabel says removing her hand from your chest.

This time you are successful in sitting up. You still feel pretty weak and you have a bit of a headache.

"Wow...that is a good potion" you compliment Annabel.

"Thank you" she says smiling "it is a basic rejuvenation potion" she adds a little dismissively. You look around and see you are surrounded by plains still, and the sun is high in the sky.

"So I slept in a little bit eh" you joke. The girls look at each other and you can see worry on their face.

"You've been unconscious for three days John" Yvette explains with sadness in her face.

"Three days" you exclaim with surprise. "It was really close wasn't it" you say softly as the realization sinks in.

"Another hour and...well...you got to us just in time" Annabel says just as soft.

"Couldn't you have given me some of that rejuvenation potion" you ask.

"No" Annabel states plainly. You look at her confused. Annabel sighs and explains.

"Rejuvenation potions enhance your current state. Had I given you the potion while you were unconscious it would have kept you unconscious even longer than you were, and since you are being tracked I wanted you up and about as soon as possible" she says.

"Are being tracked" you ask. The girls look at each other with serious faces.

"Yesterday a rider on a pachy came into view over a hill behind us, and then he tried to turn around and run" Annabel explains.

"Yes, but Copper was patrolling and was able to take care of him" Jane adds. You share a serious look with Annabel.

"What" Jane asks as you share the same look with Yvette.

"They'll know what direction we are in and likely where we are heading" you state grimly.

"How" she asks clearly flustered "the rider is dead, he can't tell them where we are" Jane huffs.

"He doesn't have to tell them, he just has to not show up again" Yvette tries to explain.

"I don't understand" Jane states clearly confused.

"I was able to ditch their tracking I think. If that is the case then if they really wanted too their next step would be to send riders out in various directions looking for me, and they'll know which direction each rider was going" you explain. "If one of those riders doesn't come back then it's a good bet that he found us but was killed by us. Which means..." you pause letting Jane think about it.

"Which means that all they have to do is go that direction to find us again. Even easier since New Haven is the only town this way" Jane finishes as she understands the problem now.

"Yah..." you say trailing off.

"Why would they spend that much effort on four survivors" Jane asks the group.

"Or just one" Annabel says raising an eyebrow as she looks at you. You let out a sigh.

"I don't fully know why I'd be important, but it is probably time to explain how I arrived in this world" you state looking at Jane and Annabel. Just as you are about to start explaining you hear a familiar bark and warble. You barely have time to look in the direction it came when a raptor head is shoved into your chest almost knocking the wind out of you.

"Hey buddy" you say wrapping your arms around the head as Copper nuzzles you.

"Thanks for getting me where I needed to be" you tell him giving his head one more squeeze. Copper backs up and a series of barks and trills issues from him as if he's trying to explain the last few days to you. Once finished he dips his head back into you for some more nuzzles. The group laughs with you as you stroke his head.

"Don't worry bud, I'm not going to try doing something like that any time soon" you reassure him.

"No...not any time soon" Yvette chimes in "you are to do that never again" she says with finality in her voice.

"Fair enough" you agree. Your stomach decides to make its presence known as it lets out a loud gurgle and growl.

"You sit there" Annabel says pointing at you "and I'll get you some food, and then you can explain what you meant by how you arrived in this world" she says walking to get the food.