The scream of the young woman in his back stops him instantly , she was gone... nowhere in his vision field !

Alarmed, he looks around trying to figure out what could happen, suddenly he notices something move at breakneck speed in the river ...
- AKIRA !
- Sam ... AAAR .... She was struggling in vain to keep her head above water
He begins running along the shore distraught to see that the fall water was so no far anymore , miraculously , he finds a tree trunk fallen just before, so he run on it and catch her just at the moment she passes below !
Carrying her in his arms, he returns to the mainland totally covered with snow, lays her down and starts to pat her cheeks forcing her to open her eyes and look to him:
- Hey ! Akira ... hey ... talk to me little soldier ! ...
She struggled to open her eyes even though she was conscious, breathing hard , she was trembling so much that it was for her impossible to say a word . She was feeling that her body was lacerated with small knifes hidden in her clothes as the cold ached every inch of it.
Samar looks confused for a moment , incapable of thinking properly face to the distress emanating from her and begins to inspect the area around, the idea of returning to the camp was no longer valid , the storm made it impossible to see anything and in the state where she was, she would die on the way.
He tries to get up but Akira hand grabs his wrist , he looks at her, caresses her cheek and whispers in her ear:
- don't worry, I 'm here ... I'll see if we can get safe somewhere.
Hesitating, he detaches himself from her grip and back up to the hill , a few minutes later he comes running back to her , finding that she seems to be asleep:
- Hey ... wake up ... don't sleep! Akira... open your eyes ...
- Mmm ... she growls as he carried her in his arms to take her to a cave he found a little further

The place was damp and seemed to be colder than the outside, but they were dry ... at least him! he gently lays her on the rough ground which he covers with his scarf before starting to undress her, removing her jacket and gloves , shoes and a wool sweater that clung to her skin as it was so wet too ... when he opens her pants , she seems to have a hint of conscience! She coughs loudly trying to open eyes
- Soldier ... I may seems desperate , but not to the point of ...
- You'll get hypothermia ... you can't stay in these clothes ... he says without looking up to her, he pulls out her pants with a sudden gesture and begins to remove his jacket and unbuttoning his thick blouse.

He straightened her a bit to put them on her , then starts rubbing vigorously on her arms trying to warm them up a bit , her skin was as cold as ice and tremors still not left her frail body .

He takes off his shoes and dresses her feet with his socks, keeping on him just his pants and a thin black sleeveless top
- You will get sick ... she managed to say , straightening to stall on one of the cave's walls, she folds her long bare legs to bring her knees under her chin still shaking and trying to control her rattling teeth.

She sees him go to the cave enter where an icy wind were bringing some snowflakes which come waltzing inside.
In other circumstances , she would have found the situation very funny . everything the adventurer she was, would dream of ... be blocked in the middle of nowhere with the sexiest man she has ever seen!
Samar stand there for long time , the night had just dropped and he guesses that the aid will not come before daybreak ... even if the storm were to stop ...

he turns his attention to her, folded on herself, she looks so fragile and he couldn't help but worry seeing her take on the sleeves of his uniform too long to cover her numb fingers and nose.

Feeling the heavy book in her pocket, Akira chuckled which surprises him :
- what ?
- Remember! we met like that ... she says amused handing him the agenda. He takes it and smiles bitterly
- If you knew how much I've hated you that day for having left me alone ...
- If you knew how much I wish to never coming back !

He realizes at her shocked expression that he had said aloud what was to be just a thought . He kneels in front of her and touches her hands and forehead trying to explain :
- If I was never back , then you should read the diary and found all that just an incredible story and then nothing ... the end!
- The End ?
- Ha ... you would have continued to be the bubbly young journalist... fully crazy girl... and I would never leave these mountains ...
He frowns noting that she was still trembling , and that even her breath was cold. She let him do it just focusing on his eyes . his voice is stern and fullof worry when he says about standing up :
- You're in hypothermia ... we have to find a way to cover the entrance to the cave !
But she holds his hand again.
- I'll just take a look outside ...
- And if you don't return back ? then... maybe this is the end ... her eyes reflect all the anxiety filling her heart ... he caresses her face with the back of his hand and smiles , saying:
- Do not worry ... I'll not be late...