" My,.....My head.." Alicia and Napi turned around to the source of the voice, as they were packing their things , its Ryou, He was trying to get up as he held his head in pain, They both walked to his side to check on him, but Napi got there first " How do you feel?" she asked in cold tone as always. She had this kind of coldness in her voice. as if she doesn't care about the world.
Alicia came slowly crossing her arms in front of her chest " What happened ?" .
He looked up at them and suddenly his eyes went wide open as he remembered all what happened " Joey! Joey is in danger! The kids. We must ..The Monster!!!! We Heard it and ...We..I..."
Napi put her hand on his shoulder and patted him calmly "Calm down.. calm down, We are on our way. Aran went to get the kids here first, and then we will move "
Alicia looked angerly at her " You look so worried, But you actually get paid very well ! You took something from Joey just to get us to cross the damn river that night! And of course you also took something again from him to get us out of the cave right? And for sure you will not help us now for his own sake!... You are going to take something again won't you?" Alicia said smirking with confidence and annoyance.
Napi stood up and gazed at her angerly and said nothing. just walked passed her to the other side of the room.
" Hey girls, I don't understand anything and feel a little dizzy so can you stop that and tell me what happens?" Ryou looked back to where Alicia and Napi were, as both still looking at the other with contempt.
Alicia laughed sarcastically and looked at him " Yes of course! This thing is a witch who only uses people for her own good! And all of you trusts her blindly! That is simply what is happening!"
Napi clenched her fists in anger as if she wants to say something but she couldn't. And suddenly she heard Ryoy saying loudly
" No wait. She saved us you can not treat her that way! She is a part of us now! We are in the same boat! She saved me! Stop saying that " thing" Alicia she may be not a human but she is a living creature! "
" She is from the underworld! They are her people! They will not do her harm not the same as us! She only serve you for a *** deal! Stop being a stupid soft hearted man! "
She walked closely to Ryou and continued
" You came here to this damn Test with a stoned heart! knowing how to deal with such creatures"
Napi felt warmed by Ryou's defence she even smiled secretly then walked towards them
" you have to calm down and think about the situation we are in now, after this each will go to their separated ways"
Alicia looked back at her with disgust not even want to stand beside her. she turned to Ryou " what happened ? What do you remember?"
" Yes...I met Napi, She gave me food and guided me to the village, We went through a forest, while we were walking we heard a sound, an inhuman sound. roaring maybe. We were suddenly drained out of energy and felt that we were losing consciousness. I saw some coal stones and took a leaf and wrote everything down briefly as I could, Before we pass out, we fall into the hunters' trap then both of us fainted completely "
Alicia looked at him " We packed our things and only waiting for Aran to get the kids, then the witch will take us to where Joey is and leave "
" But how? How will the kids leave their parents and their own people and come along with us? Even if they don't know the truth, its still their father ... This will be so hard"
Suddenly Napi sat on her knees and put her. Hands on her ears was she groaned in pain.
" What happened?" Alicia asked
"Its here....the monster is here!"
" What???! This fast!" Alicia said and stepped out of the tent and found people running here and there panicking and preparing weapons and ammunition .
Alicia was shocked she got inside again while searching for the guns and started to get it ready too. while she herself were panicking and her breathing became rapid.
Then she took a bow and an arrow and made sure they were working then gave them to Ryou along with a small gun " keep them , you do know how to use them right? "
Ryou was startled " Is the situation that bad? "
Alicia did not reply but stood looking at him while loading her own gun.
" Can you? " she shouted asking again
He looked up to her eyes" Yes! Yes I can!"
She looked at Napi" if you want a gun grab one ... even though I know you will not need it.."
Suddenly Aran came into the Tent with the little girl sleeping on his shoulder and Sana looks confused while Aran holding his hand.
" We need to move!" Aran said loudly.
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Its been 13 hours since they entered the cave.
"Hey , wake up you need to eat something" Zain said after he slept for hours as he was so tired, and now trying to wake Joey up.
But no response, Zain got up and Opened his bag getting some food out of it. " Hey wake up, food is important to get you warmed up"
But still no response, Zain got worried and went to where he was a moment ago, by Joey's Side, as he was stuck to him all the time to keep him warm.
He started to shake him"Joey! Joey ! Hey!"
But there is still nothing , Zain held his wrist to check his pulse and found it very weak
" Joey..man.you can not surrender like this, Damn it! You did not even try to hang on a little!"
He said as he held him in his arms wrapping his shoulders to give him warmth.
" Our friends....they will come....if they did not...I will get you out of here.... tonight..."

End of Chapter 27
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