SURVIVORS
Chaptre 40. The Bat Territory
Finished breakfast, with bags and other supplies ready to be brought, as well as food supplies tied together, the six members of team 1 gathered near the door of light. They will continue their journey this morning.
Dean tidied up the coat, bag, put on his shoulder Alex's old backpack that had been filled with enough purple light stones and red rocks that turned out to function like flint. Dean picked up his spear and walked over to the door of the white light in the cave.
"Okay, I'll try first. Alan, take my hand. If I give a thumbs up, it's safe and you can catch up." Dean explained his plan.
"Well," Alan approached Dean and clasped his right hand.
Dean set his gaze sweeping across all of his team members. I hope they can be together again later.
"All right, see you later." Dean first put his head in to see the situation, followed by his feet. His thumb clenched in Alan's grasp before he disappeared behind the door of light.
"He's giving his thumb!" yelled Alan happily.
"Yes, I saw it." Widuri. His eyes sparkled brightly.
"But he did feel like he was falling. My hand is pulled downwards" Alan added.
"It could be that the location of this light door is higher as well as that door. But since it's harmless, so Dean thumbs up." Goddess assumed.
"Hmm. maybe too," Alan finally agreed with the Goddess' assumption.
"Okay, so we can go in there. Come on.." Sunil asked the women to leave first.
Widuri, Dewi and Nastiti disappear alternately. Sunil followed while carrying the bonds of vegetables and yams that they had harvested. Then followed Alan who brought 3 live rabbits that they found in a trap this morning in the snow forest.
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Byurrs.. Dean fell into a small pond inside a tall and spacious cave whose door was so wide. Dean immediately pulled over to avoid the collision of his friends who would soon fall there.
Before long the sound of splash accompanied by ripples of water was heard. Dean rubbed his wet face with splashes of water.
"Quick get out of there, later hit from above." he shouted telling Widuri to pull over from the middle of the pool.
Widuri who was a little confused because she was suddenly in the water, immediately realized when she heard Dean's voice. He swam to the edge of the pool. Not until he was on the edge, the Goddess had already fallen into the water and wavered in surprise.
"Hurry here!" yelling Widuri resuscitate Goddess. Dean who had already removed all his luggage at the edge of the pool, immediately pulled Dewi away from the middle of the pool. The goddess coughed as she swallowed the pool water. Widuri had already climbed to the edge of the pool when Nastiti also fell and splashed.
Dean pulls Nastiti back from the middle of the pool. He looked towards the sky of the cave in the middle of the pond with great astonishment. 'How can we get out of there and get into the water?' inner Dean.
"Widuri, look up at the cave" pointed Dean towards the ceiling of the cave above the pond.
Widuri noticed the direction Dean pointed at, there was nothing strange about it until suddenly Sunil emerged from the void and fell in the middle of the pond. It makes them all stupefied.
"How did that happen?" simultaneously Goddess and Nastiti voiced.
Byurrs.. Alan followed out of the void and fell in the pool water. Sunil who was still by the pool was stunned to see the miracle. His mouth was open in disbelief.
"What's wrong with you? Watch your mouth is entered by flies if it continues to gape so. Haha.." Alan, who had originally mocked Sunil, finally stopped because none of his friends laughed. They were looking at the ceiling of the cave with an expression of disbelief.
"What are you looking at?" Alan was curious and went to look at the ceiling of the cave, but found nothing strange.
"What do you see there?" Dean patted Alan's shoulder slowly before swimming to the edge.
"There's nothing there," Alan was confused.
"Is there a door?" ask Dean again.
"Nothing." Alan shook his head strongly to convince.
"That's what astonishes me. There's no door in there, but we all suddenly show up there and fall right into this pool." Widuri explained the reason for their astonishment.
"That's why Eugene's servant felt like he was falling over the door of light." Sunil added.
"Yes, he also cannot return to his master, for there is no way and no door to return to where it was before." The goddess assumed.
"That means the door of the cave is a one-way door. Just get out of there, can't get in anymore because that door just disappeared." Dean added.
"It looks so." The others agreed to Dean's words.
They pulled over and out of the pool. Dean's clothes and phone and laptop were wet and could no longer be used.
"Ahh, my hp gallery collection is gone all because it was splashed in the pool." Widuri looked at the hp in her wet hand sadly.
"Alan, accompany me to find firewood around."
Dean walked towards Alan after spreading his clothes over the large rocks that were found in the large cave. The other team members followed in his footsteps and dried each other's clothes.
Soon they both came out. Team members will soon be cold in wet clothes if they do not start a fire immediately.
"Waahh beautiful forest scenery," cried Alan after coming out of the cave.
"Yes, and there's no snow. This forest contains a variety of trees. And there must be some kind of animal too. So be careful." Dean observed the forest that lay in front of the cave.
They just check and look for wood around the cave. Dean sets up some traps to get the hunted animals. The sudden rain forced them back into the cave to keep the firewood from getting wet.
"So what's the situation outside the cave?" tanya Widuri was full of curiosity.
"We're still in the woods. The forest feels wet and damp. We also came back soon because it was raining all of a sudden." Alan answered while trying to dry one of his clothes by the fireplace.
"Maybe we're in the real world again? Do we have forests in Indonesia or Malaysia? Now December is indeed the rainy season," Nastiti nimbrung.
"That's possible. Tomorrow we'll look further into the forest" Dean said.
"But be careful. This cave was so big, it was impossible for no animal to use it as a house. So don't stay far away." Dean reminded.
"Is there a snake?" The goddess shuddered in horror.
"Maybe. I can't be sure, because I haven't checked the whole cave yet" Dean said honestly.
"Sunil come.. Your clothes are dry enough. Accompany me to check the cave."
Dean picked up his spear and walked towards the cave followed by Sunil. The further along the way, the more humid and cold the cave. A sharp smell started to pierce the nose. Dean stopped and watched.
"Did you see that Sunil?" point Dean forward.
"It looks like a stalactite and a stalagmite" Sunil replied.
"Just right! But how can we see the shape when it is still far enough?" Dean asked back.
"Ahh yes.. There must be a light that can pass through it so we can see it." Sunil followed closely.
"We can't go any further, because the smell of bat droppings here is so sharp. Looks like we're entering their territory. Hehee," Dean chuckles to himself.
"So how do we know it's there if we can't move forward? You got a way?" ask Sunil.
"What if I just go back. It's been too late and we've come a long way. If it continues, we'll get lost because we didn't bring the light crystals to light the way." Dean's Proposal.
"You're right. Tomorrow we continue." Sunil agrees.
"But will those bats not bother us at night?" ask Sunil again.
"In our place there seems to be no smell of bat feces. Maybe they went in and out of the crack where the light came in." point Dean to the depths of the cave.
"Good then." Sunil nodded. He followed Dean who walked back to where their team members were. Before long, the distinctive fragrance of grilled meat led their way in the dimness of the cave.
That night they took a break after dinner. They sleep around the fireplace to keep warm. Some purple crystals were placed in a certain place to illuminate the cave.
The night passed quietly until the moment Dean suddenly shouted in his sleep.
"Ohahhhh!"
All of his colleagues woke up in shock and found Dean repeatedly writhing, twitching and looking scared.
"Deans.. Dean.. Wake up!"
"Dean, what's wrong? Don't scare us.."
"Dee!"
They frantically tried to wake up by patting Dean on the cheek and calling out to him. But Dean didn't wake up..
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