The desert was dry and the sun beat down on the two. Rikki panted and waved his hand infront of his face. The experiment followed close behind. She didn't seem to be affected by the heat or sun. Rikki fell to his knees and sighed looking up at the sky. "C'mon where the hell are the clouds?!"
The brunette looked down at the boy and tilted her head. Rikki slowly stood up and groaned. "I need something to drink!"
Number 001 walked away from Rikki and walked amongst some cacti. She sighed and closed her eyes then thrusted her hand into the cactus. Rikki blinked and followed the experiment to the cacti. "Oh! Water!" She smiled and pulled her hand out of the cactus letting the water slowly drip out of the hole.
It was late afternoon and the sun was starting to set. There was still no sign of civilization. The experiment continued to follow the boy. Rikki sighed and stopped again. I'm so hungry, I haven't eaten in days!" Number 001 rolled her eyes. She gasped and pushed Rikki out of the way and grabbed a rattle snake that struck out to attack him. It squirmed around in her tight grip. Rikki watched in amazement. She put the snake up to her mouth and bit down just behind the head away from the venom glands and ripped the head off it's body and spit it out. Rikki's mouth dropped to the ground and rubbed his eyes. "Whoa! I guess we can eat..." He laughed nervously.
The sun set rather quickly and the stars were very visible. There was a small fire and two of the travelers sat beside it. Rikki looked across the fire and at the experiment. "So... Do you talk?" The brunette tilted her head and shrugged.
"Ugh!" Rikki let out an aggrivated sigh.
"Do you write?" He made a motion of pen and paper in the air. She shrugged and turned a few lizards and a snake over on the fire.
"Hrm... Got a name?"
The experiment smiled and nodded. Rikki blinked "Really?! Well..." He looked around and found a stick. "Here write it."
She took the stick and wrote out the numbers 001 in the sand. "Noo!!" Rikki rubbed his head and pulled at his hair. "Never mind!" The girl frowned and then looked down.
"I'm sorry..."
"It's alright... Wait?! Did you just speak?!" Rikki looked at her astonished. The girl tilted her head. "Ahhh! You're driving me crazy!" He groaned and rubbed his temples. The girl yawned and closed her eyes quickly falling asleep and laid down.
Morning came, Rikki woke up to find himself alone with the ashed and remains of the fire. His eyes shot open and he jumped up. "Damn now where'd she go!?!"
