"Take this one, fill it up," Natalie said, passing a transparent bottle to Carson while crouching down by Carson's left side.The joy of finding water soon departed from their hearts and was replaced with the despair of losing their friends. "Um. What do you think might have happened to them?" Carson said.His eyes looked worried as he stared at Ana. Aside from Elias, she was the only one who fitted the leadership role among them. Moreover, she was the one leading them to Sephora so somehow, they all ended up listening to her. Well, except Natalie."Dead, I say. Why bother asking? It's been over three hours and none of them has come out already. Besides, didn't you see Ben losing his arm? I don't think he will survive it and with Elias knowing nothing about first aid, he lost all hope of surviving." Natalie said, bitterly. That bit of sorrow in her voice left Ana wondering who exactly made her sad. It couldn't be Ben.She saw that Carson looked even sadder than Natalie was, she underst
"No way! How can you bring a total stranger here?" Natalie was the first to oppose Ana's request. Just as she stared angrily at Ana, she spaced no effort in heightening that glare when she faced the person laying on the ground. The dirt on the person's face made it difficult to see what the person looked like, not like she cared anyway. Ugly, handsome, beautiful, she cared less. Her major concern was her safety.Who knows if it is a monster pretending to be dead or 'fainted' as Ana said? I have to get to the bottom of this. She repeated what Elias had always said before, it was better safe permanently than just temporarily.Ana was helpless as she passed Elias a pleading look. "Help me out here." She muttered and it was then Elias stood up. He briskly walked over to where the person was and raised a brow. "A boy?""Yeah," she shrugged. "He's still alive. Don't know how he managed to escape the monsters but he made it this far, meaning he is desperate to live.""Who won't be desperate
Natalie kept her arms crossed over her chest. Her waves of red locks were flickering under the intense gaze of the moon. Although her face wasn't as good as Ana's exquisite face, it was still pretty but her sharp stares made her look like a monster from a terrifying movie.Her gaze kept settling on Ana now and then. She and Nova were sitting close to each other, and by the side of that boy, Ana brought back. What a farce.She sneered and then turned to Elias. "We don't have anything for dinner, do we?"Elias nodded. It was true that they ventured down for supplies but because of the monsters, not only did they not get any supplies, but they also lost their bags which contained some dried food. Now, there was nothing for them to eat."What do we do now?" Nova said, folding up her legs such that her knees were pointing upwards. She looked at Ana, ignoring Natalie's piercing gaze.The place became silent and the only sound came from the birds landing on the surrounding trees. Ana just kn
When the boy moved, Spiky walked up and dragged his tired self towards Ana.Feeling the pup at her feet, Ana bent and rubbed his back. She glanced back at the others and they were still standing in silence, except Nova.Nova looked between Natalie and Elias, she knew that tension was drawn among them but she didn't know why. "Why are you just standing? What is it?" She twisted her brows into a frown when she saw that no one answered her. Awkward and curious, Nova drifted to Elias's side and tugged at his wrist. "Why is Natalie not replying?" She couldn't understand how Natalie hadn't retorted since Elias spoke. Meanwhile, Elias had frozen in place from shock. He lowered his head, stared at her confused gaze and he slowly answered. "I don't know." He wasn't being truthful, that he knew and he also knew how Natalie felt about him. If she had been a good and kind person, he wouldn't have been harsh to her but even if she was kind, she was not Nova. He would never consider her good enough
Everyone except Natalie had gone through the opening and she was still hesitant.“Natalie, get in now! We wouldn’t wait for you if you don’t get in now!” Nova panicked, she didn’t know why she was so worried about Natalie. Maybe she was just afraid of losing more friends.She wasn’t the only one afraid, Carson and Lucas were also worried. The storm was closing in on them and Lucas was panicking, he needed to shut the opening before it destroyed the building they were in. Ana had said something like, “...the building collapsing on our heads before we even get attacked by the monsters?...” and he didn’t want that to be his fault again so he’s taking up the task.Meanwhile, Natalie was terrified. “What if those monsters are there? They may get at us as they did at Ben, then what do we do?”“You fool!” Lucas cussed at her, “Which would you prefer, get frozen to death in the cave with no one by your side or use this chance to get revenge for Ben by fighting together?” Although she knew wha
He quivered in fear. Each time he saw that smile, he felt a chill run through his backbone and his body tickled like a thousand ants were crawling on him.Still, he had to act calm and avoid eye contact with the young man as much as he can."Jayden! It's been a while since I last saw you and I can't even recall the last time you were here." The young man said, dressed in a white lab coat that touched below his knees."Master," Jayden bowed deeply, he was only short of kneeling. "It has really been a long time since we last met…" Of course, they hadn't met in like forever.Jayden could, however, still recall their last meeting. It was before he became that man's left-hand man and he remembered that he still hasn't expressed his gratitude for what the man had done for him.At that thought, he fell heavily on his knees as he said. "Master, I owe you a lot but I don't have the means to pay you back so, for the rest of my existence, I shall do whatever it is you want me to."“Oh Jayden, yo
"Impossible!" Elias shook his head, "he's supposed to be in a coma but he's awake so quick?!""Cut it out already. It's annoying to watch you pacing." Ana said, crossing her arms across her chest, and looking lazily at Elias it was only then he realized how pathetic he looked.He stopped pacing, "oh, sorry." He said and walked towards the boy whose pair of forest green eyes never left his. The fear and strangeness with which he started at Elias made the latter feel guilty.It was understandable. Waking up to facing people who doubt and question the reason you decided to open your eyes to behold the world when they'd already accepted the fact that you may not wake up for a least a month or two.Elias thought maybe a year. "I didn't mean to scare you." He began, "it's just that—""It's just that you ended up scaring the guy." Nova creased her brows in anger. Walking towards Ana where the boy sat, looking like a lost lamb. She had gone over to Carson's side to get a bottle water as Ana re
With everyone staring at him surprised, Lucas was caught off guard. "What?!""What do you mean what? You know just what I mean.""Well, I just think the boy needs a checkup. Is there anything wrong with that?""Be nice," Ana said."Of course. I'm only worried about his health." With that, Lucas took several steps backwards and sat alone, further away from them.Elias sighed. "Let's focus on the most pressing issue now. Your arguments and tantrums won't be of help in any way so I rather you all move aside and let me handle this."Of course, they stepped aside. Elias was like their second leader aside from Ana and Natalie would prefer listening to him than Ana so she strolled towards the door and sat next to it."Sure, no problem," Lucas said, moving back to his original position. All this while, Carson didn't interfere with their conversation nor did he join them in their arguments. Everyone was quiet. Ana by the window, Natalie beside the door, Nova next to Elias, and Lucas next to Car