Chapter fifty three
Found
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Emily noticed something weird surrounding the pit . Apart from the creepers and whatnot she saw something else that she couldn't quite put her hand on .
"How is it going?? " She called out to her and received no reply but the cracking of one of the log .
"Do you think you can make it with one stick ?? Huh? " She asked worriedly .
"I need your help " Nancy shouted from inside
Emily wiped away the sweat with her stained clothes and lowered herself to the pit .
She lowered her hand for Nancy to grab since she was almost up and couldn't continue to climb up with the cracked stick else they're planning to make her fall back inside .
Nancy grabbed her hand and Emily grabbed unto one of the creepers and held it like her life depended on it . She groaned when Nancy was climbing up , still holding into her hand .
Then the unexpected happened . As soon as Nancy got out of the pit , the creepers with Emily had been holding onto suddenly cut , making Emily lose her balance and fall right into the pot but not before scratching her skin with the thorns that laid in the surrounding and she felt something rubbing on her skin .
Nancy stood rooted to the spot , not knowing what the hell just happened? How could Emily fall into it , right after she was out ?
"Nancy !! Nancy !! Are you there ?? " Emily shouted from inside
But Nancy was even too overwhelmed to speak . What could she possibly say ? Nothing ! This is much more harder than she can comprehend .
She backed away from the spot , afraid to fall back into the pit . Step by step , she backed away from there . Untill the pit was totally out of her sight .
Them she broke into a run , she ran as fast as her legs would carry her , flinging her hands around , wringing the leaves and stump out her way .
Despite the horrible smell and the darkness that had taken over the place , she ran with all her might and mind . Hoping to find them .
To find him .
Emily yelled into the space , turning around aggressively and swinging her hands about trying to find something ! Anything ! That could be useful for her .
The log that she gave to Nancy had break and she wouldn't dare climb on it , knowing she'll land right back into the pit again .
Her skin was scratched from the impact of falling into the pit , but she couldn't care less . The darkness that was slowly descending when she came here ,was now spread all over . She couldn't see a thing .
After a few minutes of shouting trying to see if Nancy was still there . She gave up and sat on the ground . Thinking about how her death would be . Seems like she wouldn't be able to tell her child and grand children the story of this adventure .
That means the vultures would get something to feed on . And that something is her .
Too bad she wouldn't be able to get her money from Micheal . Like she wouldn't be able to eat some delicious chicken feet .
No more soy sauce day!
No more girl night !
A tear slipped down her face and she sniffed it back . Is this the end ? That was the question on her mind .
Then suddenly her arms felt itchy . And she scratched it . It felt so good scratching it , rubbing it , then came her legs . She scratched them too . Then her face .
Is something wrong ?? The itchiness became so unbearable and her skin were beginning to get bruises apart from the previous cuts .
She begin scratching like a mad woman , scratching ! And scratching ! Down to her roots and fingers . All her body felt on fire and her head was pounding,tears and blood both were streaming down her face . She tried to hold her hand ,to stop herself from scratching her skin off her body but she just couldn't stop ! How could she end up like this ??
Even if she was going to become a meal for the vultures , she would have loved it if there were still meat and flesh in her body for them to feed on . She let out a scream as she almost peel off the skin on her thigh , digging her nails deep inside it . She screamed and screamed till her throat begin to hurt and till her vision begin to get blurry . But why did Nancy have to leave right after??
She could have at least helped her out , just like the way she did for her !! And Micheal has warned her ! Not to trust anyone! Why didn't she just listen??
Those were her last thought as her eyes drifted close and she sighed . This is truly the end .
Bye guys, I'll miss you . Her legs and arms were still bleeding from the much scratching . And it honestly was a miracle that her skin wasn't peeling off right now, after all the tremendous scratching that she did .
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Michael walked slowly , trying to see where his feet was entering . He called out Samuel and Gabriel's name . Loudly !!
"Sam !! Samuel !! " And of course he could only hear his words returning back to him as echo .
"Gab ? Mera ? Anyone there ? " He called out again but yet received no response. He tugged at his own hair wishing that he could just rip them off from frustration .
He walked a few miles into the path before meeting them . The both were sitting on a rock . Mera three the bottle away but Gabriel insisted that she shouldn't . It may be useful in the future .
They didn't notice that someone was there , they looked so immersed in their own little world . But there was no time for that , as Micheal strode quickly to them , startling them both out of their wits .
Mera looked so happy and relieved to see him , if care is not taken she could have hugged Micheal from how shiny and commendable her eyes was when she saw him . They must have been petrified to stay in the forest

"Mike ? Thank God . We've been roaming around here without even finding anything . Worse still we couldn't find our way out " Gabriel spoke hurriedly . He was also very excited to see Micheal judging from the look on his face .
"Get your bags and let's go . I've already found the leading path so be quick . " Micheal tossed back the water bottle back to Mera . Might be very useful,just like Gabriel had claimed .
"But where's Emily ?? Thought you guys were together?? " Mera asked as she stretched out her hand to collect her bottle .
She honestly didn't mean to sound rude , but it kinda also questionable where Emily was .
"I asked her to get Nancy . " Micheal grimaced as he spoke each words out . He probably didn't want Emily and Nancy together and it was quite justifiable , if one should look at the previous incident .
He spoke no more but adjusted his bag and start leading the way out of there . They need to get the others too .
As soon as they're out of the first place , he led them to the path that Samuel and Hana took and the trio begin the immediate search for Samuel and Hana was .
He called out their names , just he did with gab and Mera but he heard nothing . No replies , nothing!
Untill they were so into the woods , that was when he saw them from afar .
"Sam !! Hana !! Is that you ?? " He squinted his eyes . He walked straight to them and smiled
Hana looked on the verge of tears and Samuel was consoling her . Now he has found the four of them . The only problem now is with Nancy .
He could only hope that both Emily and Nancy are already waiting in the leading path that they found .
He walked ahead of the rest , only stopping briefly when he hit his leg to a wood . He brought out his hand phone to use the torch light as the sky was getting darker and darker by the passing seconds .
They got of the maze and into an opening , phew . They were almost there
"I don't think I can continue to walk . " Mera held her stomach with a hand and.leaned to Gabriel .
"We're almost there " Those were the only words that left his mouth , he wasn't in the mood of sugarcoating his words and dressing them to look pretty .
They got there and where he was expecting to see both Emily and Nancy , he saw no one. And his heart stopped .
"Wait here guys . I need to go !! . " He said and moved swiftly out of sight .
"I need to go after him . I think I got the gist of it . Emily was supposed to be here with Nancy but she isn't . And he's worried. Gab , you wait with them . I'll follow him , incase he needs help " With that Samuel zoomed off to follow his brother
Tracing the Ray of light coming from the torch light that Micheal has with . Samuel shook his head and wondered where the fuck had everything gone wrong ??
"Micheal!! Micheal!! " He shouted after him and was glad to have his attention for a few seconds before he resumes walking or rather marching furiously away .
"Micheal!! Wait ! " He tried his luck again and this time it worked well cos he stopped in his track and waited for Samuel to catch up to him . He looked furious and confused right now .
But most of all , he looked determined to find Emily .
"Why are you following me ?? " He asked with a clenched teeth .
"Because you might need help . Now will you mind telling me what I'm supposed to help you with ? " Samuel demanded with his arms akimbo
"Emily and I found the path that leads to the mountain after we've split I'm the first place . So I told Emily to get Nancy and bring her back to the path we found while I'll get the rest of you . And now she's not there and neither is Nancy . Do you think anything bad happens to them?? " He looked nervous as he said the question out loud .
No , he couldn't let anything happen to her ! Never !
Suddenly a figure appears in front of him , swinging arms and muttering curses . The person stood for a minute or more trying to access them just as they were doing to her
She begin to approach them , with her shoulders slumped in relief . Micheal pointed his torch light directly at her face and he retracted it when he found Nancy wobbling her ways to them .
The light seems uncontrollably, when she had just gotten familiar to the darkness .
"Where is Emily?? "Was his first question to her as soon as she got to where they stood