Babysitter For Rain
Chapter 47

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"Let's! Ana!"

A boy tried to wake up a little girl who had fainted earlier. Their hands are tied, and so are their feet.

"Ana!," called the boy again with a loud whisper. He kept looking at the door of the room where they were being held. He was worried that someone would come in.

The little girl he called Ana slowly opened her eyes. He lifted his small body and looked at the boy before him.

"Sister Marius ..," she called out in her small voice.

"Sstt .. don't be hard. They'll hear."

Ana only realizes that she is tied up just like Marius when she tries to move both of her hands.

"Sister Marius ... sick ...," whispered Ana who was already on the verge of tears.

With her legs and hands tied, Marius tried to move closer to Ana. She hoped that by doing so, Ana could stop crying.

"Don't cry, Ana. Come here, draw near to me, "persuade Marius. Ana followed Marius' orders.

Not long after, the door of the room opened. Three men entered the room.

Marius moved forward hiding Ana behind his small body. "Don't be afraid, Ana. Stay behind me."

"You are awake apparently" said one of the men who approached Marius and Ana.

"Who are y'all? What do you want?" cried Marius. Ana further pursed her body in order to hide behind Marius' body.

"Don't worry. You'll be free if your parents give us what we want."

"The other one how, boss? He kept yelling and kicking, so we had to take him in" asked the other man.

"I've reported it to you. He'll decide."

Before they left Marius and Ana, the man told them once more. "Don't bother running away or yelling. Because we're in the middle of the woods. There are a lot of scary and scary monsters out there. If you want to be safe, stay here. You gotit?"

Marius was not at all afraid of their threat. But Ana, she had already started crying as soon as the man called out the word 'spooky and scary monster'. Ana hates that.

"Don't be afraid, Ana. They're just scaring you, "persuade Marius.

"If they are right how?" said Ana.

"Stay near me. I'll protect you."

"really? But you always wanted me to stay away from you. What if you're lying?"

"I'm not lying. I'll protect you."

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"Come, Ana," cried Marius who kept holding Ana running through the many trees around them.

Marius and Ana had managed to escape from the house. And now they're trying to get away from the house before the kidnappers realize their hostages are missing.

"Sister Marius, Ana is tired ...," Ana says.

Marius began to slow down their footsteps, letting Ana take her breath. He is a 9-year-old boy who is used to it because he often does training with his father. But Ana, this little girl is only 4. It's obvious he must be exhausted.

"I'm a cradle, yeah. Come on, you ride in the back," said Marius who was already preparing.

"Later the weight of the car," said the hesitant Ana.

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"Listen, Ana. You should stay here. I'll distract them. Once I get away, you run away, yeah. Run away and fast."

Ana shook her head repeatedly with a bang. She started crying. "No need ... Then if caught how? Not to ..."

"Don't worry. Papa's guards will be here any minute. They're coming to save us. I'm just stalling for time so you can escape."

"No need ... We ran away together" sobbed Ana, who was still crying.

"Hurry and find them!"

The sound of screaming shocked Marius and also Ana who instantly stopped her crying.

"Remember what I said, Ana," whispered Marius as he ran away leaving Ana, who kept calling out to him.

As he said, Marius tried to distract the men by calling them, then ran away from where Ana was. Those people thoughtlessly chased after Marius straight away.

Ana peeked out from behind a huge tree. After he felt that everything was safe, he turned around and prepared to run.

Right at that moment, Ana's legs suddenly felt stiff. Not only his two legs, his entire body suddenly refused to be moved. Just as Ana was looking at a snake standing looking at her.

Ana started crying. He doesn't know what he's supposed to do. He only thought of the person inside his little head. "Sister Marius ..."

Her small legs were trying to slowly step past the snake. As the snake remained silent, Ana instantly took a thousand steps.

Ana's sudden movements cause the snake to attack Ana and bite Ana's ankle. Ana screams in pain. He fell and hit his head on a rock. Blood flowed down from the side of his forehead.

Seeing that the snake was still there and still standing facing her, Ana could only scream out loud.

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Ana gasped in shock from her sleep and immediately sat on the bed. He looked at his two hands that were currently shaking violently. Slowly, he remembered what he had just dreamed. Maybe it looks like a dream, but Ana knows it's not a dream. His memory.

"Home ... Anne ..."

A hand was grabbing his face. The voice of someone who called out to him in a worried tone slowly started to sound. He saw Marius sitting in front of him.

Ana looked at Marius who was looking at her with a gaze full of anxiety. But, at that moment, Ana instead saw a flash of images in her memory of what happened that night. It feels like it just happened.

Without Ana noticing, Ana moves back away from Marius. His eyes did not dare to look at Marius. As the longer he stared at her, flashes of the image continued to appear in his head.

Marius looked at Ana with an anxious and astonished face. She knew, Ana had just avoided him. But, he doesn't know the reason. Both of the girls hands were shaking. Marius did not want to force it.

"You're okay? Is anyone sick?" asked Marius. Even his tone of voice clearly described the man's anxiety.

Marius looked at Ana who shook her head without looking at her.

"Ana, are you conscious?"

Doni's voice suddenly broke the silence between Marius as well as Ana.

Marius immediately informed Doni once Ana was rushed to the hospital. Doni, who had never left for Australia, immediately went to the hospital as Marius gave it up. For three days Ana was unconscious, she and Marius were on guard at the hospital.

Ana who was looking at her papa was instantly unable to hold back her tears. He hugged his father and cried. Her crying was so loud. Not even Doni could hear it.

"Ana's going home, Pa. Ana wants to go home ...," raung Ana.

Marius and Doni stared at each other. They think of different things.

Doni was astonished by Ana's sudden request. While Marius ..he only felt guilty, because he thought because all of those events made Ana feel fed up and no longer wanted to see Marius.