Chapter 16. "What's going on?" Cordelia asked groggily as she woke up from sleep. "It's Axel, he ran in here screaming for help. But he has passed out now." Joshua replied. "Wasn't he with Damien's group, so what is he doing here?" Cordelia asked with a frown on her face. "We don't know, we will find out after he wakes up." Joshua answered, still kneeling beside the unconscious Axel."It's the middle of the night. I really need to sleep." Anita cried out softly, she was also up because the ruckus had waken her up. "Should we let him sleep?" Felix asked, looking at the others. "Heck no! He woke us up this late, we must Atleast find out why, I can wake up for nothing." Anita said with a hint of anger, just as she walked over to Axel and began slapping him awake."Hey hey take it easy Anita, the dude is unconscious" Cordelia tried to stop her. Anita didn't listen she just continued slapping his face so he'll wake up"Wake up man, wake up." she said, her grievance stemming from her
'Please don't be morning, please don't be morning ' Baji prayed mentally with his eyes still shut as he tried harder to go back to sleep. The more he tried to sleep the less effective it was for him to go back to sleep. The sounds in the background and the feeling of the hard floor against his skin made it even harder for him to go back to sleep. He could hear the insects chirping and the birds already singing, the wind howling as it beat against the nearby trees. 'Wait, it doesn't feel right. Why do I hear insects and birds? I should be in my bed'Baji thought subconsciously as he forced his eyes open immediately, but the light from the surrounding flooded his eyes and caused him to shut them again. 'Something doesn't feel right'He kept thinking, his brain slowly waking up again. He opened his eyes again and this time it had adjusted to the lights, so he was able to keep them open longer than before with no discomfort. He saw the bright rising sun and trees first and he was genu
Everyone paused and listened to Hanson as they were reminded of their present predicament. They all just kept quiet since they were unable to tell what was happening. Hanson was typically the captain figure in the school football team, he was handsome, strong, had a good physique, a stubborn dominant male and basically doesn't know much when it comes to academics but his charms and other qualities always kept him going. Almost every girl in class and in the school had a crush on him. "So none of us knows how we ended up in the forest or where ever this is? " Hanson asked again equally as frustrated as the others.He stood beside a tree with his fist to it Like he was going to punch it at any given instant, his uniform was untucked since he loved flying his shirt. "maybe we were abducted or kidnapped? " Felix said, trying to make sense to the situation. But everyone quickly disagreed. "how can we all be kidnapped at the same time and none of us saw it happening." Hanson said. Cord
Everyone was caught off guard by the strange noise and they tried desperately to keep their wits together. "what was that? " Felix asked as he watched the direction of the forest it sound came from. Damian wiped a sweat from his face and replied "what ever that was, I don't want to find out. Doesn't even sound natural at all "A few of them agreed with him on that as they cautiously looked around. Some of them already hid behind the trees in the opposite direction . They all just remained there for a few seconds and then about a minute, five minutes and then nothing else happened. "I think it wasn't close by, but very far away at the other direction. "Felix said this time he was at the top of a tree branch and looking at the direction of the sound, hoping to see more from his elevated position. "do you see anything? " they asked him but he shook his head in response before he said. "I don't see anything but trees everywhere, let's just hope what ever that is doesn't come this wa
"Who is your leader?" the voice cried out again, more horrid than before, echoing through the woods and sending fearful reverberations across. They have not seen the face what it was that was talking but the tone of the voice, it's monstrous voice they heard and the unnatural silhouette they could see in the woods faintly rooted them on their feet in fear. They all staggered back in fear unable to think of anything to say or do at the moment. "I said who is your leader? " the voice thundered again as his head emerged from the woods to look at each and every one of them. The head was almost the same as an average man, only looking more monstrous. It had just one large eye on its forehead, brown eyes with red pupil. It's mouth was adorned with long sharp teeth and it looked like the that could extend more than the natural jaws could. It was the same colour as the trees and darker green shade, so that it could easily blend with the trees. It was around 7 foot tall in height and had
The rain kept falling and Baji was drenched yet still hiding behind the tree from The creature. His breathing was laboured and his body hurt all over, but he knew he had to do something to escape. The rain had given him a sliver of hope, he may not just have to die today. The creature came closer and closer to Baji's location as it tried all what it could to find him fast before the situation got any worse. Baji as well knew he had to move quickly or the creature will find him, so he stood up gently and began moving from tree to tree and he moved away from the creature. He moved to the first and then to the next, but when he was about moving to the other he stepped on a twig and it broke with a loud snap that the creature heard. The creature heard it immediately and focused its attention in that direction and immediately found Baji. "there you are little man "It said And immediately Baji's heart sank into his chest and he just ran away, towards where he could hear the r
Chapter 6Baji blinked wandering where he was. It was too dark to tell where he was, he couldn’t see anything.Not only could he not see anything, but he could not feel anything as well, he just felt so weightless and somewhat lifeless.He tried to look at his hands, but couldn’t. He tried moving it around but couldn’t. His body just doesn’t feel like his own anymore.‘what’s happening? Where am I?’ he tried to ask but he couldn’t find his voice.It was just like he had no mouth to speak, he could only think and it got him worried. He tried to scream, but he couldn’t. Move, yet he could not.From the darkness he saw light, several lights burning like candles away from him.These lights were having the silhouette of men, but Baji could not make anything out of it all.“Are you Baji?” a voice echoed in his head and it startled him.He looked around frantically as best as he could, trying to find the source of the voice but he could not find it. “Are you Baji?!” the voice asked agai
Chapter 7 “Huh?” Baji mumbled out half asleep. Felix tapped him on the shoulder slightly and he grunted and woke up to listen to him. “what is it Felix?” Baji said trying to get up and get the sleep off his eyes. It was so early in the morning. Baji looked around and saw that some of them were already asleep. He understood why though, they were unable to sleep last night since they were all still tensed because they were not safe. But they were unable to help the sleep so early that morning. When Baji got up, Felix gestured for him to follow him. Baji did not object and followed him, he moved with him quietly so as not to wake up the others. Felix took Baji to the side of the clearing, underneath a tree. There he found Hanson, Cordelia, Anita and Damien standing and waiting for him. Sofia and Felicia was also there, but they were curled up like a ball and sleeping. “what’s the problem?” Baji finally asked when he got there. He saw them looking at a spot underneath the tr
Chapter 16. "What's going on?" Cordelia asked groggily as she woke up from sleep. "It's Axel, he ran in here screaming for help. But he has passed out now." Joshua replied. "Wasn't he with Damien's group, so what is he doing here?" Cordelia asked with a frown on her face. "We don't know, we will find out after he wakes up." Joshua answered, still kneeling beside the unconscious Axel."It's the middle of the night. I really need to sleep." Anita cried out softly, she was also up because the ruckus had waken her up. "Should we let him sleep?" Felix asked, looking at the others. "Heck no! He woke us up this late, we must Atleast find out why, I can wake up for nothing." Anita said with a hint of anger, just as she walked over to Axel and began slapping him awake."Hey hey take it easy Anita, the dude is unconscious" Cordelia tried to stop her. Anita didn't listen she just continued slapping his face so he'll wake up"Wake up man, wake up." she said, her grievance stemming from her
Chapter 15. Cordelia, Anita, Donald and Sofia were sitting together and discussing how they could get counter measures for the ants. "If only we could just get bug spray. This would have been so much easier." Anita sighed as she made a frustrated expression. She was the most frustrated even though she wasn't exactly doing anything to help solve the problem at the moment, but she just hated sitting down in one place with nothing to do. She wasn't the critical thinker type, she just preferred action. Cordelia looked at her and rolled her eyes. " Well, there's none. So let's just think of something else. And it's not like you were ever helping us." "Hey! I am helping…" She said back immediately but when she received disapproving glares from Cordelia and the others she conceited and added. "...in my own little way.""So you think that can save them?" Sofia said with a soft voice and shyly. The others turned to her and pondered on her question for a few seconds.Anita smiled and then
Chapter 14.Baji's group and Felix were seated in a small clearing in the forest, and discussing. It was mostly Felix telling them about his experiences and the reason for the disappearances. "...So that's how it all happened" Felix concluded, after talking for close to half an hour. The others Just kept silent and listened but they had the look of surprise on their faces, except for Baji and Donald."You really mean there are giant ants underground right now?" Anita asked as she shivered in fright and Felix nodded."I don't like ants." Joshua said with a straight face, insects scares him generally."Baji, you don't seem surprised?" Cordelia asked, after looking at him and noticing his thoughtful expressions.Baji looked at her and then sighed weakly. "At this point nothing can surprise me again. If we can see a talking tree monster, when what's there not to see.""So what are we gonna do now?" Joshua asked, expressing his concerns. "We will find out anything we can about ants," Fe
Chapter 13. Baji left Hanson's camp with anger, walking away without even caring where he was going. Donald and Joshua followed after him, since they came with him in the first place. Hanson just stood there calmly watching them leave. When they were out of his sight, he turned around and went back to what he was doing before they came. 'Bunch of jerks who care only about ego' Baji thought with so much anger as he walked. 'Why the heck am I even this angry and bothered? They all want to do what they want, I should allow them and just look after myself.' he sighed, really deep in thought.But at the end, he shook his head knowing he was not that kind of person. He was compassionate, empathic and really cared about everyone's welfare, despite how unfairly he was being treated. It was one of his traits that always made him the best class rep always back when they were in high school.Joshua walked faster so he could catch up with Baji and when he did he asked him a question."So Baj
Chapter 12 “Two more people?” Baji said in surprise as he looked at Sophia whom had brought the news. He asked with disbelief and worry but he knew Sonia will not lie or joke about something like that. “Yeah, I and Joshua just finished the morning count and those two can not be accounted for at the moment. And no-one saw them leave the camp this morning” She said, affirming the bad news she had shared with them. When she spoke this time, everyone kept quiet and listened. “Not only do we have to worry about our food going missing, now we have to worry about going missing as well?” Desmond responded bitterly since it really annoyed him. He said directly at Baji like it was all his fault. “who are the two people that had gone missing?” Baji asked weakly as he looked at Sophia, wanting answers. The rest of the group was already starting to approach them to find out what was happening, making it now like a general meeting. She looked at Baji and then answered, “I don’t know their name
Chapter 11Felix crawled through the dark tunnel, slowly and steadily. He struggled to continue, because it was really dark and he could not see anything. He only relied on his hands and his ears as he moved: his hands to feel where he was crawling to and his ears to hear, whatever maybe in the tunnel.His hands were already dirty and bruised, since the tunnel was not only comprised of earth but dirt, rocks and other things he wasn’t even sure of. It was dark, so he couldn’t see at all. Felix could tell that the tunnel was dug manually, with some sort of crude digging tool, since the edges and surfers of the tunnel was rough and uneven, only managing to be on a level plane.So far, Felix has not heard anything, it was like he was in a graveyard. At the moment he could only hear the sound of his laboured breaths, his heartbeats and the sound his body made as he crawled, dragging his legs through the tunnel.Felix was uncertain of how long he had been moving, but to his own estimation,
Chapter 10“So what do we do now?” Sofia asked out of concern because it was getting late and the two were not yet back.Damien and Hanson came closer to Baji wanting to hear what he will say and do in this situation, since they doubted his capacity as a leader and would want to be the leader instead. Baji looked around and truly it was already getting dark and before long it will be very dark and more dangerous.“we will split our selves into different groups and search for them around this surrounding, and let’s hope that we do find them. Should we find them or not, we will return back before it gets too dark, so as not to endanger ourselves Even more.” Baji suggested to everyone calmly.After he made his suggestion there was an obvious murmuring in the crowd as some of them were not so pleased with the suggestion. “That’s a fine suggestion, but what makes you think people here would be willing to go out there and risk their safety by endangering themselves to find those two, when
Chapter 9 Half an hour later and everyone has had something to eat and was just laying around. It was about noon, and the various groups had gone several trips to the farms to bring back enough food to keep them for days. It was a good development and Baji was still glad about it. Whilst everyone else rested, Baji called some of his classmates, just those he knew that had been proactive since all of it all so that they could talk about what next to do, and also to cross check the information they had gotten so far. He had called for Hanson, Damien, Felix, Sophia, Cordelia, Anita , Felicia, Joshua and Donald. They all came except for Sophia who was asleep and Felix who was on look out and still exploring the environ. “So why have you called us here, we have other things to do you know?” Damien said as he joined the others for the meeting. He came in last and Desmond was with him. The meeting had not started since Baji wanted everyone present before they started. “we just
Chapter 8“you will not believe your eyes.” Joshua said as he excitedly led the way and some of his classmates were right behind him.“just what is it already? I’m already tired of walking, I am hungry Joshua.” Cordelia who was following him, lamented. “me too, you said it will be a surprise, but so far my foot hurts, let’s stop for a bit.” Felicia complained as well.“Don’t worry, trust me. It’s worth it. We’re almost there.” Joshua said anf immediately the girls whined again.Some of the guys who came along did not complain, but just followed behind.Baji who came along did not say anything as well, buy followed behind. Using the opportunity to try exploring the place.Joshua had ran into the clearing earlier to meet Baji and the others telling them that he had discovered something really good.They tried to make him say what it was, but he refused to say, only telling them that it will be worth it when they saw it.“we’re here” Joshua said As he led then through the woods and fur