Warmth of a fire

[Tasha]

Tasha was sitting in the middle of an abandoned city. Her back was resting again an old and decrepit building and there was a medium sized pile of branches in front of her stacked in a sort of wonky pyramid kind of way. Tasha had her raven black wig on and her eyes were still the light ice blue they had been since she had returned from her journey.

She had two stones which she was hitting against each other attemptin to cause a spark which would travel into the wonky pyramid and start a fire. She didn't seem cheery, nor sad or any other emotion apart from indifference yet as she sat there attempting to set the wood alight she began to sing an old nursery rhyme.

Rub a dub dub
Three men in a tub
And who do you think they were

A butcher, a baker
and a candlestick maker

These were the only words she remembered so she would trail off and then start the words again only moments later. Tasha had no idea what a baker was and she had heard of the government butchering people so she really thought that this candlestick maker was probably in trouble and should try and get out of the tub if he were smart.

[Spike]

Spike was walking through one of the many abandoned cities. There was just too much going on and he wanted to get away from it all. He walked past a side street and heard someone singing. He looked over and saw Tash trying to light a fire with two stones. "Need some help?" Spike asked. He hoped that she wasn't still mad at him. He didn't really believe that she wouldn't be though.

[Tasha]

Tasha stopped singing when she heard a voice, she knew it was Spike yet she didn't look up, she continued trying to make a spark appear. "For months now I've been by myself and I have managed to create fire. So no I do not need help. Especially not from you," she said not even looking up or changing her position in any way.

[Spike]

"Tash." Spike started, but he couldn't think of anything to say. He looked at the ground. Why didn't Tash understand that teaming up with Phantom was the only way for this war to end. He snapped his fingers and caused the pile of wood to light on fire before starting to walk away.

[Tasha]

Tasha was planning to ignore Spike but then he lit the pile of wood alight and this did not sit well with Tasha. She had not wanted nor needed her help, so in her frustration she stood up and followed after Spike grabbing him by the shoulder and turning him around to face her "I said I didn't need your help. Why is that too difficult for you to understand?" she demanded.