SURVIVORS
Chapters 8. Wolf (revision)
In the cabin, everyone could only sit. The little place was overcrowded as all the survivors took refuge there, except Dean and Robert. But no one complained.
Even the rich princess... Lena, not complaining either. With so many people, he felt the room was getting warmer. After all, Alex's girlfriend is keeping him from other people, so he's pretty free.
The other victim relented so there would be no need for a fight. They're too tired for the storm tonight. So just leave it and try to sleep. Hopefully tomorrow the rescue team can find and bring them home.
Not long asleep, a woman shouted,
"Aaaahhhhhhhhhh..!" her screams were full of fear.
"What's wrong?" ask the woman next to him.
Everyone was awake immediately.
"There's an animal outside. I saw it," he said in fear.
Then a man on the other side said,
"Close all the windows, so you don't have to see the scary stuff outside."
Immediately all window coverings were taken down. The cabin became even more gripping because there was no light at all.
Before long, someone's moaning sounds.
The one next to him asked,
"What's wrong?"
"Dark. I'm afraid of the dark," he said.
Soon Widuri was looking for something from her bag. He found it and tried to turn it on. It was a scattered phone and had taken it in the forest on the way that morning. The phone lit up, Widuri handed it to the girl who was afraid of the dark.
"Hold this, so it's not too dark for you. Hopefully the battery is enough until morning," said Widuri.
"I'm Goddess. Your name is Widuri, right? Thank you for this," said Dewi showing the phone she held.
"It's okay, so now sleep again," replied Widuri who was returned with a smile by the Goddess.
Then everyone tried to go back to sleep. But shortly afterwards there was a scratching sound on the plane wall. The sounds of scratching, growling and howling of wolves sounded alternately, unsettling the entire cabin.
No one could really sleep even though they were trying to close their eyes. This gripping atmosphere was like a horror movie scene they had experienced themselves.
There were sobs and soothing whispers from the women.
"Sssshhhh, no more fuss. Sleep away. It's safe here. We have installed a safety wall. So the beasts won't be able to enter" said a calming man.
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Four hours passed, the voices from the cabin had already disappeared from earlier.
'They can finally sleep' Robert thought.
He had also finished taping 10 logs. He was tired and wanted to rest to gather energy. Tomorrow is a new long day. Everyone should be spoken to to decide their next move.
Robert added wood to the fire and woke Dean up.
"Hey. It's time to take turns" Robert said, shaking Dean's body.
Robert had to repeat up to 2 times the new Dean responded. Her sleep is really good.
Dean squirmed for a moment, blinked his eyes and replied,
"Yes. I'll start to watch. You go to sleep" he said, waking up from his bed.
Dean moved to sit by the fire. He saw his watch. It's almost 1 o'clock, how long is he left to sleep?
"Wake me up at 5 so you can rest for a while before morning. And I think tomorrow we have to ask everyone's opinion about our situation" Robert said flatly.
"Well," replied Dean.
Dean stuck his hand out toward the fire to warm it up. He looked at the pointy sticks Robert had made.
"It's very useful," murmured Dean satisfied.
Suddenly something hit the wooden wall.
Several times the voice was heard, and Dean stood by holding the pointy wood in his hand. But the wall was strong, the wolves couldn't knock it down. Dean was watching around, no walls rocking or sliding from his place.
By 3 o'clock there was snowfall with wind. Dean shivered, tightening his long coat and warming the water over the fire. He looked towards the cabin, was it warm enough? thought.
Dean again tried to turn on the phone and look for a signal, but in vain.
"It won't work until we know where we are" he murmured.
This place is definitely not Indonesia, Singapore or Malaysia. Then how could the rescue team have guessed that we were here?
Towards 5 o'clock, some wolves came back to the place and howled unpretently to make the fur of Rome bristled to stand because it sounded creepy. This time there was a commotion from inside the cabin.
Crowded voices made Dean stand up and approach. He dropped off some suitcases that blocked the door and asked curiously,
"What's wrong?"
"I heard the sound of digging in the snow over here."
That's Alex Lena's voice. She hugged the frightened Lena.
"It's safe" Dean said briefly.
"rest. You have to recover for tomorrow. There are still many things to be done," continued Dean straightforwardly.
Dean again arranged the suitcase to close the entrance. Dean cut off the remaining logs to become firewood.
"Hey. It's past 5 o'clock. We can change guard" Dean said, patting Robert on the shoulder.
Robert cleared his throat and immediately got up and sat down by the fire. Dean lay back down and tried to close his eyes.
"Is it snowing?" robert asked as he poured some warm water and drank it.
"Yes. If the snow continues to fall and thicken, we have to find more firewood. Or we'll turn into ice sculptures" replied Dean casually.
"Hahaha," Robert laughed.
"Where are you from? I'm from DC," said Robert.
"I'm from Quebec" Dean replied, closing his eyes.
Robert didn't ask any more questions and let Dean sleep for a while
The snow is still falling in the morning. The wolves are no longer heard. Firewood has 2 pieces left. Robert had to find wood immediately to warm everyone up.
Someone from inside the cabin tried to shift the pile of suitcases. Robert helped.
A man who helped her to bury the body yesterday, came out of the cabin. His name is Sunil Gupta. He and his wife are Indian tourists who recently visited Indonesia. He helped bury so many bodies, but did not find his wife.
Sunil approached the fire and warmed himself.
"Can I help you?" ask him about Robert.
"I intend to find firewood and hunt if possible. But someone has to keep the fire burning" Robert replied, inserting a folding saw in his backpack.
"Let me guard the fire," suddenly a voice rang out from the cabin door.
"You can get firewood" he continued, sitting next to Sunil and warming himself.
He's Michael Chen, an oriental-faced college student.
"Alright," replied Robert and walked towards the wooden wall.
"Do you want to come with me?" bargain Robert on Sunil.
Sunil immediately rose up to follow Robert and took a pointed piece of wood which was set up near the wall. They shifted the wooden walls to make the exit.
Before closing the door again, Robert reminded Michael,
"Let Dean rest, he didn't sleep until an hour ago. And keep the fire burning."
"Ok," Michael replied.
Of course he would keep the fire, because he did want to warm himself from this freezing air.
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