Chapter 19
Soon the new day broke and Scott finally woke up to Veronica's eyes watching him like a hawk. She didn't sleep a wink throughout the night. She kept watching him and as soon as she saw his eyes open, she immediately heaved a sigh of relief.
“Scott, you're awake? Oh my, I'm so happy.” She said with tears in her eyes as she helped him sit up.
“I thought I had lost you.” She cried and hugged him.
“What happened? Where are we? How did we end up in here?” He kept asking numerous questions as he rubbed his eyes and yawned.
“Well, it’s a pit. You fell in and passed out. I had to come in to get you.” She said and Scott could almost not believe his ears.
“I did what? You did what? Geez! So much happened!” He exclaimed, unable to contain his shock at the turn of events.
“The last thing I remember was getting fruits and you jumping down from the tree because I had something dangerous with me and I almost ate it if not for you.” He explained but suddenly held his head because he felt a sharp pain as he tried to remember.
“Don't stress your head. You fell in right after we left that place. I think it was dug as a trap or something.” She said and he gasped in shock.
“But it's quite deep.” Scott said as he looked up, just realizing how deep the pit was.
“Yup, you can say that again.” Veronica agreed, looking up too.
“Does that mean we're in trouble?” He whispered.
“I don't know, I'm not sure but we need to get out of here as soon as possible.” She replied.
“But how do we get out of here?” He asked, confused.
“Using that.” She replied, pointing at the rope she used in getting into the large pit.
“The rope?” He asked, quite unsure.
She scoffed, “Yes, of course.”
“How is that going to be possible?” He asked with raised eyebrows.
“How do you think I got in here?” She asked, raising an eyebrow.
“I thought you jumped in or something.” He answered, shrugging.
“Really? Can't you see how deep this place is? You want me to end up with some broken bones? I'm surprised as to how you are still in one piece.” She said jokingly as she checked his body for anything broken.
“But you jumped down from that tall tree yesterday, didn't you?” He said and she sighed.
“Should I tell you the truth?” She asked him and he nodded.
“I don't know how that happened.” She said, slightly biting down her lip.
“You mean, jumping down from the tree?” He asked her, surprised.
“Yes, I don't know how it happened. Although it happens on very rare occasions, it's not something I have power over, neither is it something I can control. I think it has only happened twice in my entire life, at least that's all the memory I have.” She explained to him.
“Wow. That is quite strange, don't you think?” He said, with a confused look.
“I agree. Now enough with the talks, it's time to get out of here before we get in some real trouble.” She said, getting up and helping him up too.
“We can't go up together, you'll go first and I'll come after you've gotten to the top.” She told him.
“But why?” He inquired.
“I doubt that the rope will be able to hold both our weights together. It's better to be safe than sorry, you know.” She answered and he nodded.
Soon enough, Scott gradually climbed to the top with the rope and as soon as he got to the top, Veronica heaved a sigh of relief.
“Now it's your turn.” Scott shouted down at her in the pit and she smiled as she took hold of the rope.
She began climbing up, but halfway through, the rope snapped and down she fell back into the pit with a loud thud, dislocating her shoulder from the impact of the fall.
“Arrghhh.” She screamed and winced as intense pain shot through her shoulder.
Seeing what had just happened, Scott screamed in shock.
“Are you okay, Vee?” He asked as he tried to climb back down to meet her but was immediately stopped by Veronica.
As soon as she caught wind of what he was about to do, she immediately shouted, “No, please don't come back down here.”
“I'm fine but I think I've dislocated my shoulder.” She added, shouting so that he could hear her due to the distance between them.
“Then let me come down so I can help.” He shouted.
“No!” She yelled, “Don't come back in here. The rope… It snapped. It will be impossible for you to be able to get back out if you do that. We'll both be stuck here.” She explained and he sat at the edge of the pit devastated.
Suddenly, he sprung up to his feet, “I think I have to try to get help. I can't sit here and wait anymore. I'll make sure I get help and I'll come back to get you, okay?” Scott assured her and even though he wasn't sure of where he was going to, he ran off to get help he could find.
Coincidentally, at the other end of the forest, the warriors had arrived.
“This time around, we're going to split into four different groups. The first group will go toward the East, the second group will go Northward, the third group will go Southward and the fourth group will move towards the West part of the forest.” He instructed them as he studied the map and the pointers on it.
“Leader, what about the fifth group?” One of the warriors asked.
“The fifth group will remain here. Just in case the four groups don't find anything and he is on the move, they'll be able to find him.” He answered and they all nodded in agreement as they looked at their leader with admiration and respect for his wisdom and leadership skills.
They then split into five groups according to their leader's orders.
“I'm sure I don't need to tell you all what we are looking for.” He said as he looked at each of them and they shook their
“All four groups can leave now.” He ordered after choosing a leader for each group, while he stayed behind to direct the last group.
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Scott ran as fast as his legs could carry him until he ran out of breath and was so thirsty and hungry. He soon began to feel dizzy again and suddenly fell.
“I need to get help. Vee is in…..” was all he could mutter before he heard some muffled, unclear voices and footsteps from far away in front, approaching him.
The last thing he was able to hear, even though it wasn't completely clear, was some of them screaming words that sounded like, “Leader, we have found him. He is here.” It sounded like they were screaming joyfully as they finally got to where he was.
“Carry the boy. He looks like he is about to lose consciousness, we need to take him back as soon as possible. He'll be waiting for us now.” Another voice had ordered.
Scott wasn't sure if he was in safe hands or in trouble. He wasn't sure if they sounded so joyful, earlier because he had now fallen into their trap and they had finally found him as a prey or for some other reasons.
He also couldn't see any of the faces clearly because his vision had gotten blurry but he knew he was carefully carried and they were on the move, before he shut his eyes completely and lost consciousness.
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