Ben and U have been walking for a long time, and yet there was no sign of the temple, at this point U was breathing so heavily like he's about to pass out, he grabbed onto Ben shoulder stopping him,
"Wait, wait, I can't go on, let's take some rest"
Seeing how U was panting so heavily, Ben nodded as they found a shade under the tree and sat down, Ben brought out a bottle of water from his bag and took a huge gulped after which he breathed out in relief, he passed the bottle of water to Ben,
"Have some water" He said to him but Ben ignored him,
"Aish, forget it" I put back his bottle of water in his bag as they both rested their backs against the huge tree, silence fell asleep none of them said a word to each other just staring into space,
"Ben, that's your name right?" I mumbled
"You know, then why ask before" Ben finally spoke up,
"Come on I wanted to be your friend so I want us to introduce ourselves back then" U smiled,
"Will you now tell me where you're going, is it far?"
Ben shook his head,
"That means we are already close" I smiled,
"Let's go" Ben stood up as they continued their journey, it was almost approaching down when they sighted the temple from miles away,
"There…..!" U pointed happily at the temple far away,
"Gosh we made it, I thought I was going to die before we reach wherever it is that you're going, it's there right?" U pointed and Ben nodded.
They finally made it to the temple, but something was wrong, the temple which was usually lively and filled with so many people was not like a desert, old and abandoned, as they walked into the place nothing was left,
"Are you sure this is the place?" U asked and Ben nodded,
"Then why does it look abandoned, there's no one here, I thought I saw candle lights when we were coming, why does it suddenly look abandoned?"
"The candle lights are probably lit by the villagers, something probably happened to this place" Ben muttered looking around the place for any clue
"Whatever happened here took place years ago, are you looking for someone!"
"Hmmm, the priest in charge of here"
"Then maybe we should ask around" U said as they both got out of the temple and began to look around for any villagers in sight, they saw an old lady roaming about, it's more like she's watching the temple,
"Hey look, let's ask that woman" U pointed, but Ben dragged him back
"Don't you notice something?" Ben asked,
"Whats that?"
"Why will an old lady be roaming about in an abandoned temple?"
"Maybe she's lights the candle and still stays here" U suggested
"No, it's already late and she's praying in an abandoned temple, don't you think something is wrong?"
"You mean, she might not be an old lady?"
"Hmmm, she might be disguising to be one, and that way she's watching and taking note of everyone that visits here, I think she's reporting the information to the people that sent her"
"Shit, could it be that this temple was attacked, what about the priest you're looking for?"
"I don't know, stay back" Ben said to U and tried walking away but U grabbed his hand
"Where are you going?"
"Testing, I want to see if she's real or not"
"Hmmm, careful" U said to Ben and stood by the corner, watching as Ben approached the woman
Ben got to the lady and noticed that she was bent a little with her face covered with the clothes she was putting on, he knew something was off,
"Excuse me, uhm I came to pray but noticed the temple was attacked, do you live around here, what happened to the temple?"
"What is your name?" The old woman asked instead without looking up, Ben stayed silent just observing her, he noticed that she was slowly raising her head but there was something in her hand, as she was about to catch Ben off guard, Ben kicked her and the substance in her hand shattered on the floor, she did a back flips and removed the clothes covering her earlier, as her true identity revealed, she was not some old lady, she's a young lady disguising as old lady,
She was about to run away but an arrow pierced her back, she turned in anger seeing it's U that shot the arrow, she used all her strength and leap into the air again, U was about to shoot the second arrow when Ben signaled for him to stop,
He hurried towards Ben,
"Are you okay?" He asked and Ben nodded,
Ben walked towards the substance that was spoiled on the floor, he went down on his knees and use his index finger to pick the white substance it's smelled like poison
"I just don't know what kind of poison it is" Ben sighed,
"Shhhhhhh..." They heard a sound and turned to see an old man, it was dark but Ben could recognize him, he stood up quickly
"It's him" He said to U
"You mean the priest?"
"Hmmm"
They both walked towards the man who stood with a cautious look
"Follow me" He said to them as they began to follow him
"Looks like he's been hiding" U whispered to Ben,
"But why didn't he speak up earlier? Could that lady be looking for him as well?" Ben kept on mumbling, till the man began to lead them through what looks like an underground
"Can we trust him?" U asked holding into Ben's shirt
"Hmm" Ben nodded, as they walk through the dark tunnel that led to the underground, U was holding onto Ben not letting go,
After what feels like forever they finally arrived at a warm part of the underground, it looks like the old man has been living his life here
"I've waited many years for your arrival" He said to Ben
"Huh…." I stared in confusion