SURVIVORS
Chaptre 154. Robert, Liam and Baras
"Ughh. uhukk.. uhukkk!"
There were sounds of complaints and faint coughing among the corals. The sound of water throwing into the rock disguises its voice.
I don't know if the warm morning sun woke him or splashed water on his face.
"Akhh, my head hurts a lot" he lamented, holding his head which felt very heavy. Close eyes can maintain the pain that whack.
A flash of memory appeared in his mind. A fierce thunderbolt and a lightning strike that he could not imagine how much power he had, greeted his boat as it passed through the light in the middle of the sea. No doubt the boat was immediately swayed. There was no chance to forbid Indra from following him in. As a result, the second boat is like a toy that is being pitted by the ferocity of the ocean waves.
They struggled to paddle to get away from the lightning strike area. But the waves are endless. The women began to get seasick. Nausea stomach is not restrained until vomiting. It made the boats lose control and hit each other.
Robert shed tears imagining what he would see if he opened his eyes.
"Lord, forgive me for bringing them to ruin."
His tears fell more and more, mixed with sea water. He sobbed and let the water play with his feet slamming to the left.
"To.long..."
Among the roar of the sound of water on the rock, the faint sounds were heard. Robert immediately opened his eyes. Now he could see that he was stranded on a beach full of sharp rocks. His body was on top of a rough lump of rock, while both of his legs were still in the water.
"To. long.."
The voice was heard again.
Robert tried to fix his position on the rock. His hand reached out to pull his entire body out of the water.
"My hands are bleeding?"
He immediately examined both his hands thoroughly. There are a lot of cuts. But it's impossible to cause that much blood.
"Akhh, my head hurts a lot" he lamented again. His hand held his aching head.
"I have to find that voice" he murmured.
Robert tried to get up and came back surprised to see blood mixed with water pouring out in his palm. He held his head again to convince.
"It looks like my head is injured. It hurts so bad."
Then Robert got up, trying to find a footing from stone to stone. He was stunned when he realized the place was stranded. It was a vast expanse of rock. About 200 meters before reaching the towering rock cliffs in front there.
"I had to hurry to find another. It has to go up there before the sea water goes back up. I was here probably because the low tide got me stuck in these rocks."
Robert stepped from stone to stone. Occasionally he would have to jump if the footing distance was too far.
"Halooo..! can anyone hear me? Anyone, please answer." Shouted Robert to tell his whereabouts.
"To. long.."
Robert recognized the voice.
"Liam's? Liam! Tell me where you are!" Shouted Robert.
"I. in. here.. Here.." The voice sounded weaker.
Robert walked in the direction of Liam's voice. But he still hasn't found it.
"Liam's? Where're you?" Shouted Robert again.
"Here."
Robert saw something moving amidst the clump of corals and the puddles of the sea.
"I found you." Robert walked limped on super sharp rocks. The road to Liam is increasingly difficult because the puddles of sea water make the corals below it invisible.
"Can't you come here?" Shouted Robert.
"My feet. I. ter. flops.." Liam's voice is getting weaker.
"Then stay there. Don't pull, it'll hurt."
Robert forbade Liam to move. He walked carefully and felt with his feet first before resting.
"Youyou.."
Robert slipped because he stepped on a slippery surface or maybe a coral covered in seaweed. His feet were scratched by sharp corals. Puddles of water mingled red with blood as Robert's head sank briefly in the water. Robert immediately pulled his head out of the water. He coughed as he again swallowed the turbid salt water.
"I almost reached you. Just be patient." Robert kept Liam awake by talking to him.
After adding a new wound to his left calf and breaking his trouser leg. Robert finally reached Liam's half-bumped position. Only his chest was on the surface of the water piling up rocks. The water around it was already flushed. Liam was already between unconsciousness and fainting.
'He's already lost a lot of blood and dehydrated.' Robert's inner self.
"Liam, do you hear me? Let me look in the water to take off your pinched leg." Robert spoke close to Liam's ear.
"Hem." Answer Liam briefly.
Robert took a deep breath and ducked into the reddened water to see Liam's foot position. The sea water is opaque, mixed with sand and blood color, making it more difficult to see. After staying for a while for the sand to settle, Robert could finally see the position of Liam's legs. There was a piece of wood stuck between the stones that clamped Liam's leg.
Robert's head came out of the water and he took a deep breath. His head was no longer ignored. His head turned to the left right looking for something that could be used to push the wood that was stuck and make Liam's legs pinched.
Robert saw a piece of broken wood not far from it. Approaching with great difficulty. He also took a lump of coarse rock under the water. He went back to Liam.
"Wine. I have to get her away from here as soon as possible." Robert was worried.
He dived, a wooden fracture positioned on the board piece that got stuck. Then the rough stone was used to knock. It is not easy, because the energy released in the water will be slightly inhibited. The pressure and power are reduced. But Robert was not desperate. He continued to stoop by knocking on the wooden fault.
Sometimes Robert comes out of the water to get oxygen, then goes back to diving.
'A little more, '" his mind excitedly.
"Ah.. " Robert came out of the water as soon as the piece of wood that was holding Liam's leg slipped from his clasp.
Liam immediately slumped into the water. Robert immediately restrained the unconscious body. Slowly he brought Liam's body closer to the cliff.
After going through unspeakable hardships, Liam was finally able to be laid on a hunk of stone higher than the others.
Robert was worried about Liam's condition. Checked for a backpack that was still stuck in his back. He took a Tshirt and ripped it into pieces. The cloth was used to tie Liam's torn leg. The other part is used by itself to close the wound on his head so that blood stops pouring.
"Ahh, that's coconut fruit. Is it still intact or has it been opened?"
Robert came down from the rock, reaching for the coconuts floating near the rock they were sitting on.
"Thank God, it's still intact." Robert automatically touched his waist, looking for a large knife that he never forgot to carry.
With that coconut water. It felt like the most precious treasure right now.
"Liam, wake. Let's drink first. I found a young coconut. Liam, wake up."
Robert patted Liam on the cheek.
"Liam. Wakes up. Drink first. You're dehydrated."
Plakk!
"Akhc!" Liam.
"Sorry, you have to drink first to recover." Robert stuck the coconut into Liam's mouth.
Liam who was half conscious reacted too late. But when the sweet coconut water infiltrated his mouth, he automatically clicked to drink it.
"Slow down," Robert smiled looking at her.
"We'll open up soon. Hope the fruit is good" said Robert expectantly.
They enjoy the coconut fruit as a first aid when hungry.
"Can I stay first? I have to find the others." Ask Robert.
"Hemm, yes" replied Liam weakly.
"You're not going anywhere. I'll pick you up later." Robert got up from his break.
"Hallooo.. Does anyone hear me? Hellooo!" robert shouted many times. But there's no answer.
"Let me check first." Robert went. down the rocks.
Checked the stretch of rock carefully. The longer it gets the farther from Liam. The sun was getting higher, his body felt sticky. Robert began to feel thirst again. Hungry too. But he ignored that because his top priority was to find the other members of his team. Before the tide rises.
"Hallooo... Does anyone hear me? Barrel, Silvia? Did you guys hear me?" Shouts again.
Something floating in the puddle caught his attention. Robert went back down into the water carefully to check.
It was like a giant chunk of seaweed.
"Ah, seaweed can also be consumed. Let me just pull it up. Choose a good one to cook."
Robert grabbed the seaweed that floated on the surface of the water. But it feels pretty heavy. Check it carefully. Cutting and unraveling the entanglement until he was surprised after seeing what was wrapped around the seaweed.
"Clearned! Barrels.. Did you hear me?" Patting the cheeks Laras, it did not work.
Robert began to cut all the seaweed that was entangling Laras' body. He carried Laras' body on his back and brought him over. Repeatedly his feet scratched the coral but he ignored it.
He laid Baras next to Liam. Try giving CPR and mouth-to-mouth breathing. Once, twice, up to the third time Baras coughed and vomited all the water from his stomach.
"Ohuk. uhukk.."
"Thank God you're sober." Robert hugged the weak body involuntarily.
"Ohuk.." The barrel slowly opened its eyes. Trying to understand the situation. Suddenly his body stiffened, making Robert let go of his embrace. The barrel looks in all directions.
"Where is this?" Whispers watered.
"We. we. collide with them.." The barrel covered his face with both hands. His body trembled violently, making him remember the incident and making him very afraid.
"It's okay. It'sit's okay. We're safe now. We'll find the others." Persuade Robert gently.
"Yahu. huu.. Silvians.. Nikens.. I heard their screams in my ears. Uhuu.." Barrel was crying loudly.
Robert hugged Laras to calm him down. He himself did not know the fate of his other friends. He'll find them all. But he had to find food as soon as possible for the three of them. Then take them to a higher place to be safe.
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