25 The Next Prey ( Part 02 )

Jacob ( shouting and running ) - " Run fast , Jacob else these hungry swamp land will eat you . Run....."

Psyche - " You aren't fast enough to escape me . "

[ Jacob stops and turns back ]

Jacob - " Who else is here ? "

[ Psyche appears himself in infront of Jacob . In disguise of a young man with an old and dirty bag across his shoulders ]

Psyche - " It's me you mortal . "

Jacob - " Who are you ? "

Psyche - " My name is Psyche , mortal . "

Jacob - " You please stops calling me mortal , I got a pretty nice name Jacob . You also call me Jacob . "

Psyche - " Okay you mortal I will call you by your name , Jacob . "

Jacob - " Why are you calling me mortal again an again ? "

Psyche - " Cause you are mortal fool . "

Jacob - " So what , we all are mortals as we all have to die one day . "

Psyche - " Not me going to die . "

Jacob - " Are you immortal . "

Psyche - " Yes I am immortal , mortal. "

Jacob - " How are you immortal ? "

Psyche - " I am immortal because I have not taken birth like you mortals do . "

Jacob - " How ? "

Psyche - " Look the one who takes birth will have to die one day . But as I didn't took birth I cannot die . Now you understand , mortal ."

Jacob - " Then how did you came to this world , Psyche . "

Psyche - " I can't tell you much about this but I can tell you one thing . "

Jacob - " Yes , sure please proceed . "

Psyche - " When I opened my eyes I saw only one face in front of my naked eyes . "

Jacob - " And who it was ? Let me guess your parents , Psyche . "

Psyche - " No it was not them it was the man who is my master now ? "

Jacob - " You have a master too . "

Psyche - " Yes he is a very kind hearted master I ever could have got . "

Jacob - " Then you must be feeling very proud of the fact that he is your master and you are his disciple . "

Psyche - " No no let me correct you mortal , I am not his disciple. I am just his servant and he is my great master . "

Jacob - " Oh I see but I had a request to make . "

Psyche - " Yes complete your sentence , mortal . "

Jacob - " Please stop calling me mortal . Call me with my name , Jacob . "

Psyche - " I will try to not to call you mortal again , mortal . "

Jacob - " Again you are calling me mortal. "

Psyche - " I am in a habit of calling people like this only . I hardly remember any name ."

Jacob - " But you managed to remember your name . Good . "

Psyche - " Are you mocking at my weak memory . "

Jacob - " No Sir I didn't mock at your weak memory . I was simply appreciating you for remembering your own name . "

Psyche - " You seem to be more gentle than the previous one I met before . "

Jacob - " Whom did you met before , Psyche ? "

Psyche - " I met a boy same as your age before I met you here . "

Jacob - " What was his name , Psyche ? "

Psyche - " I am very poor in remembering names of people . But his name of a bit easy to remember but I could not recall it . "

Jacob - " Any thing you remember about him , Psyche . "

Psyche - " Yes he was a fat boy with swift legs . "

Jacob - " Fat boy then he must be Silas or Leo . "

Psyche - " Yes I remember he was Silas. "

Jacob - " Where did you met him ? "

Psyche - " I met him at the other end of this forest . He was collecting firewoods there ."

Jacob - " Did he say something to you . "

Psyche ( to himself ) - " He was saying earlier , later he could hardly do anything. Haha.... "

Jacob - " Hello Psyche , where were you lost ? "

Psyche - " I am here only . Where were we ?"

Jacob - " I asked that did Silas say you something . "

Psyche - " Yes he asked me about the directions . "

Jacob - " Where he wanted to go ? "

Psyche - " He wanted to go back to the place where he parted from you and Callie . "

Jacob - " Why he asked for directions ? "

Psyche - " He has lost his way while collecting firewoods and was roaming here and there in despair . "

Jacob - " Oh ! poor Silas . "

Psyche ( to himself ) - " You are saying him poor , Jacob you soon will also be regarded as poor . Just wait for your time to come ."

Jacob - " Again you went lost somewhere . "

Psyche - " I was thinking that you soon will join him . "

Jacob - " Yes I miss my friends . "

Psyche - " Why are you here , Jacob ? I forgot to ask you . "

Jacob - " I am here to fetch something suitable for eating and drinking like Silas was responsible for bringing firewoods . "

Psyche - " You won't find anything to eat and to drink in this marshy land . "

Jacob - " Yes I too agree with you on this . This place is both barren and dangerous ."

Psyche - " What have you experienced here which made you say that this place is dangerous . "

Jacob - " I was about to get drowned in a quicksand and the tree roots were appearing as a big python to me . But it was all illusion and was not able to scare me and I climbed up that root and had finally saved myself from getting drowned in that sand ."

Psyche - " Then I should appreciate your strong will power and congrats you as nobody has ever escaped that quicksand before you , Jacob . "

Jacob - " Oh is that so , then I should say that I was just lucky enough to escape that quicksand . "

Psyche - " I am telling you . You only have escaped it . Nobody else had escaped it before . "

Jacob - " How did you know about it ? "

Psyche - " I know about this cause I living here in this forest for centuries . "

Jacob - " For centuries ...."

Psyche - " Yes I am here in this forest for centuries . "

Jacob - " But you don't look like that old . "

Psyche - " Yes I would only say that I am well maintained and also my master's love which is not letting me to grow older with time . "

Jacob - " I would like to meet your master , Psyche . He must be a very unique and great master as you are portraying him in your words . "

Psyche - " Yes he will also be pleased to meet you , Jacob . "

Jacob - " I wanted to ask you one thing , Psyche . "

Psyche - " Yes go on , Jacob . "

Jacob - " How many have lost their lives in that quicksand . "

Psyche - " I don't remember the exact number but roughly five thousand to seven thousand people are lying in the the depths of that quicksand . "

Jacob - " If you were always then why didn't you helped them ? "

Psyche - " This quicksand is a test for all the passengers , I can't affect their journey by helping them even if I want to help them cause I have to follow certain rules and regulations of this place . And to administer their proper functioning . "

Jacob - " Means I have cleared my first test . Yipeee.... "

Psyche - " Yes you have cleared your first test Jacob . Now follow my lead for your second test before meeting my master . "

Jacob - " Yes you lead I will follow . "

Psyche - " This way mortal Jacob . "

Jacob - " Not again Psyche . "

Psyche - " Haha.. mortal Jacob . Come this way and be careful ."

Jacob - " Yes I am following you . "