SURVIVORS
Chapters 51. Switching Dimensions
Toni showed me how to cook so the shells could be eaten. Put some shellfish into the pot, pour herbal tea water from the teapot into it and add a little sea water that is being cooked to make salt.
He looked at Marianne's herbal basket, searched for something and found some herbs that were entirely green in color. Toni doesn't know what the plants are, but she doesn't care. According to him, what Marianne chose was definitely to be a delicious herbal tea, so she took a sprig divided into 3 parts and put in the pot. Then cook it on the fireplace.
"Now just wait for it to cook so it can be eaten." Toni shows the movement of raising her hands into her mouth. Well, he can only use sign language to make them understand his point.
The five strangers sat by the fireplace, making Toni a little worried. But he tried to calm down and keep serving so that his life could be saved. There is tea from the teapot into 3 cups that are there and thrust it on one of them. He raised his hand towards his mouth to explain that it could be drunk.
The foreigners had seen that the water in the teapot had been added to the cooking in the fireplace. So they feel it can be drunk. Then try to taste the taste. Their faces looked bright, then laughed happily. Toni was relieved to see the herbal tea Marianne made was liked. He picked up a teapot to fill the empty cups. But only half a cup filled because the contents of the teapot are exhausted. Nervously opened the teapot to see the contents.
"It's over," pointed Toni as she turned the teapot that just dropped the flowers inside.
The men knew that the drink was over, and turned their eyes to the pot above the fireplace. Tony felt they might be hungry and thirsty. He looked around to find where the women were putting the preserved fish. But someone among the strangers held her hand while showing her the cup.
"You want a drink? I'll grab some water and cook some more tea for you" Toni picked up the teapot and staggered into the river to get some water.
But his steps were intercepted by one of them. A sharp sword was directed at his neck. Toni's face immediately paled. Shakingly showed a teapot and cup in the hands of others. Toni wanted to say that she would take water for a drink, but the person who stopped her didn't shift at all.
Before long, one of the people near the hearth spoke, it made a tall man big and blocked his path finally move aside.
"Thank you," Toni bowed as she thanked him.
Toni continued the steps towards the river to fetch water, followed by the big man. He saw the fish bubu not far from where he took water. Placed a teapot filled with water on the river stone and stepped towards the location of the bubu. The river water flushed slightly from touching the wound on his waist. He looked at the blood mixed with worry.
Toni very much hoped that the bubu already contained some fish, because this morning she had taken the results and handed them to Laras. He lifted the bubu from the water with trembling hands and saw there were only 2 fish there. He brought a teapot and bubu to the river bank and showed the contents. The man's face looked happy.
They returned to the shelter and found that 4 other people were eating shellfish in the pot. The person escorting Toni immediately approached and went along to eat. Toni added some flowers from the basket into the teapot before putting them in the fireplace. Then he threw both fish over the coals after wrapping them with banana leaves.
Toni felt her body limp, cold and her head dizzy. The pain from his wounds was felt more and more after being exposed to river water. 'Am I finally going to die here?' he thought he could see the blood that continued to pour from the sword stab wounds on his waist and shoulders.
The strangers in the shelter don't care about Toni. They eat and drink happily. After they were satisfied to enjoy the clams and fish, they realized that Toni was lying with a pias face. Blood seeped all over her wet clothes.
One of them nudged Toni's body with his foot to check. There were still faint complaints from his mouth. The man said something and was answered by others, and Toni was left alone.
The strangers left the shelter after seeing that the three people were no longer moving. Maybe they think that two people are dead and the wounded will soon die. They got off the cliff and checked the surroundings.
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Liam and his party who fled into the forest finally stopped due to exhaustion.
"I was last looking for wood up here," Liam said as he looked for a place to sit.
His friends stopped and rested. The women are so exhausted. They observe the surroundings. The forest was not so dense, and the trees were also diverse, unlike the snow forest which was only overgrown with pine.
"About which way did Indra go?" ask Silvia.
"It is better to wait here if you do not know the exact direction. We will get lost" said Angel.
"How are Marianne and Michael doing there?" Niken muttering.
His words made the entourage could only sigh long without saying anything. They looked down sad, wanted to come back but were also afraid.
There was a faint sound of people talking. They immediately ducked and were alert. Doctor Chandra put his finger in his mouth asking them not to make a sound. If they meet the vikings, then certainly will not be able to fight. Two ordinary men guarding 4 young women of the metropolis against 5 ferocious sailors, were certainly out of balance. They can only hide.
The sound is getting closer. Liam straightened his body with a happy mimic.
"That's Indra's voice!" said.
"Indra's.. Leon.." they called out in a stifled voice.
"You also heard someone call our names, right?" indra's face looked confused because he saw no one around.
"Can this place make us hallucinate?" Leon's worried.
"Hey, come!" Liam suddenly appeared from behind a tall bush.
"Ahh, you're there apparently." Indra approached Liam.
Leon and Indra are surprised to see Liam who is not alone. Especially when his body was suddenly forced to duck behind a bush.
"Hidden," Barrel reminded with a soft voice.
"What's wrong?" Indra unconsciously followed the whisper as well.
"Why are you here? Carry this backpack a lot, where are you going?" Leon asked in surprise.
"Sit down first, we'll explain the situation" doctor Chandra said.
"Where are Marianne, Michael and Toni?" Indra asked full of search. He felt that something big had happened at the shelter.
Finally Dr. Chandra told me what happened to Indra and Leon.
"We must return as soon as possible" Indra stood with a worried face.
"No!" Leon held Indra's hand.
"If the strangers are as true as they thought they were, we better avoid them. We won't be able to fight it" Leon continued.
"Then we just let Marianne and Michael?" ask Indra gusar.
"If they are taken prisoner how?" Indra was still dissatisfied.
"It's better we check carefully the situation there. Find out what they're doing on this beach and who they really are." Leon gave an excuse.
"They even easily hit and wounded Toni with a sword. The clothes and the horned hat on his head are really old-fashioned." Niken confirmed his opinion.
"Has our plane been thrown through space and time?" Liam doesn't believe it.
"Only that's the possible answer to all the strangeness we've experienced since being stranded in the snow forest." Silvia finally made her voice.
"Has anyone ever been able to return after being thrown through space and time?" asked Laras with an expression of great curiosity on his face.
All his comrades looked at Laras in amazement at his naivety.
"The journey through space and time cannot yet be explained scientifically" Chandra explained.
"Why are you talking about it?" Baras asked in surprise.
"Because only the impossible possibility can explain all the miraculous events that befall us" said Niken.
"I even think wildly that we've moved dimensions. And there's little chance of getting back into our real world."
Niken's words surprised all of his friends. They looked at each other with uneasiness and confusion, making the atmosphere suddenly so quiet. Only sounding rustling leaves that teased the afternoon wind.
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