SURVIVORS
Chapters 53. Kidnapped
From noon to afternoon, Dean was busy making a furnace to melt the iron seeds. Sunil and Alan harvest the wheat while handing the rapids to Dean. The straw was used by Dean as a clay mixture to build a furnace to make it stronger. Dean also wrapped the rope from the vines he found around the wall of the furnace to keep the wait not easily broken due to the hot temperature.
Once the size of the furnace was considered Dean enough, they put enough dried leaves and wood into it to burn. Then leave the place and return to the cave before it gets dark.
They arrived at the cave when the orange color in the sky had disappeared.
"I take a shower first" Dean said, grabbing the light crystal and his backpack containing clothes and disappearing into the mouth of the cave.
Alan and Sunil also caught up with him after handing over the wheat stalk ties harvested that afternoon.
The women sit by the fireplace. They were late to burn bread because of the fun of playing. Until you forget that the grain must be ground first to peel the seeds before pounding again into flour. Luckily, the men were also late.
At dinner..
"You know? Last morning when we went to the vegetable garden, Widuri could hug and pet 2 hloo sheep." The goddess could not wait to deliver the big news.
"Oh yeah? Means it's tame dong?" ask Alan again.
"The two sheep only want to be approached by Widuri. But don't like me and the Goddess" explained Nastiti.
"Widuri, you might be able to tame the others as well." Alan is encouraging.
"For what?" waturi asked, provoking Dean's reaction, but Dean spoke a thousand languages.
"Let us drink milk, let me kuaattt," Nastiti said.
The others laughed at Nastiti's funny tone of voice. But not with Widuri and Dean who seem to really enjoy the food.
"I don't like to drink milk." Widuri answered lightly.
"Milk can be made into butter, yogurt, cheese. Butter can replace cooking oil to saute vegetables, can to soften bread as well." Sunil finally opened his voice.
Widuri mangkel because Dean looks cute, but he already wants to melt the atmosphere in order to make up. Widuri's look like a tangled cloth was seen by Nastiti. Instantly appeared Nastiti's fad, but before she opened her voice, the Goddess had already elbowed her quite loudly.
"Aduuuhhhh, what's my fault?" Nastiti glared at the Goddess. His stomach was gripped by the elbow earlier.
But the Goddess only shook her head while continuing to eat. No answer at all. Alan, Sunil and Widuri looked at the two with questioning looks. But the Goddess remained relaxed as if nothing had happened. It made Nastiti finally think, then sit again quietly and continue eating.
"I rest first. You wake up when it's my turn to guard." Dean stood up from his seat, washed his hands and went away looking for the large rock in the cave.
Widuri breathed her rough. He wants to scream tonight. 'The man did not know himself at all' wrathful Widuri in heart. His face was flushed with anger. The food he swallowed felt like a thorn in his throat.
Alan, Sunil, Dewi and Nastiti looked at each other. They understood and nodded in silence. The cold war continues tonight. Widuri's ceasefire plan seemed to be read by Dean and was rejected outright.
All finished dinner quickly, before the war bombs erupted and ruined the atmosphere.
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"Ouch!" Robert fell over because his legs were wrapped around each other.
Robert stopped his steps, looking for a place to sit and rest. His chest has been rumbling since. It made him uneasy and his mind was unfocused.
"What's wrong? You tripped?" tanya Gilang was worried.
"I just tripped. But my feelings have been uncomfortable since before we left. It's just that I don't know why" Robert replied honestly.
"Are you worried about leaving the team? There are a lot of guys guarding." Gilang doesn't understand.
"Eitherway. Maybe it wasn't because of that either," Robert finally let out a long sigh many times to ease his thumping heartbeats.
"We take a break, then go back to the shelter. Hopefully we can reach where we stayed last night before it gets dark."
Robert finally made his decision. His heart will not be able to calm down if it does not ensure the condition of team members first.
"Then we go back now. If not, then we can get lost in the darkness of the forest," said Gilang who then stood up from his seat.
"alright. Come on."
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"Are you sure?" doctor Chandra confirms Indra's plan again.
"Yes" answered Indra in short.
"Danger In. We don't know how many people the yacht was carrying." The barrel prevents Indra.
"I just want to check on Michae, Marianne and Toni. That's all, '" Indra assured her friends.
"Don't get caught. They will be hurt by those rude people." Silvia reminded.
"OKAY. I'm leaving now. You don't go anywhere, it's hard to find."
After seeing the situation, immediately return In." Dr. Chandra reminded me again.
Indra nodded then stepped away with a sneak. Team friends noticed Indra's body disappearing over the bush.
"So how are we tonight?" niken asked while looking at them one by one.
"We are forced to sleep in this open if there is no good news from Indra." Leon finally answered.
"Well, I'll find some firewood for the fireplace." Liam took the initiative.
"We need water. Do you know the nearest water source?" ask Laras.
"Leon and Dr. Chandra shook their heads in lethargy.
"Well, we forgot to bring a pot and a pitcher of water." Niken unpacked his backpack and did not bring it.
They're getting lethargic. Because of the rush to escape, important items are forgotten.
Doctor Chandra stood up to take Leon away.
"Let's just pick some mangoes to get rid of thirst."
"You're not going anywhere." Doctor Chandra warns the women and is reciprocated with a submissive nod.
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Indra has seen the roof of the shelter. Look at the place carefully. Silent. Silent. A copper-colored afternoon sky began to appear on the horizon. Carefully Indra crawled closer to the shelter. He could see the fireplace that no longer lit the fire.
Just now Indra wanted to go forward again when his ears heard the voice of people speaking which he did not understand. Indra quickly returned.
But before long, the temperature around him felt hot. Indra raised his head from the ground to look. He was shocked when he saw the tongues of fire burning the two shelters they had built with great difficulty.The strangers laughed before disappearing behind the cliff.
Indra sat dumbstruck to see their usually quiet and peaceful shelter slowly disappear in a blanket of fire. His hot feeling even felt Indra to his heart. Yep. Indra was very angry with himself, because he did not have the strength to fight the enemy.
After the voices behind the cliff were no longer heard, Indra skidded through the riverbank to see what was happening on the beach. Indra arrived near the daffodils on the edge of the cliff. Slowly uncover the leaves of the daffodils and pop out his head to observe the situation of the beach.
The first thing he saw was the fish bubu in the waterfall pond had fallen on the sand. 'They must be looking for food and water supplies here' Indra thought.
Then his eyes turned toward the sound of a slurry near the right beach lip. Some people load something into 3 small boats on the beach.4 others drag 2 helpless people towards the boat. They then paddled towards the large sailing ship waiting at sea.
"The silvery blonde was Marianne. The other one looked like Michael," Indra muttered softly.
"Where is Toni? The beach is also not visible. Has he been taken first?" Indra rushed to check the damaged shelter area. He kicked the pottery that had been destroyed by the foreigners until it bounced towards the fireplace.
"Eh, it's something left behind." Indra walked towards the body lying still. His clothes were stained with the color of blood that was beginning to dry up. 3 Feet away, Indra recognized the bloodied man.
"It's Toni. That means the one that was brought in was Marianne and Michael, '" he murmured. Indra crouched down to check the pulse near Toni's neck with her finger. There's no movement. Toni's body even felt cold, so according to Indra, Toni was dead.
Indra paid attention to the surrounding before leaving. He had to inform his friends first about the state of the shelter, just discussing to take the next step.
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