Chapter 4: Silence

"We've walked for almost a mile I'm kinda worried about my brother" Diana's eyes looked worried and pale.

"One thing for sure Kin is the Master of mischief when it comes to outrunning them and he's a gladiator when it comes to slaying them do not doubt or fear, He's ok," I said trying to comfort Diana.

Myloe was quiet throughout our walk, I guess he was tired and concerned about Kin but he was too shy to say it. I was also concerned about Kin, what If that wolf wasn't the only one there? , what if Kin was dead, what if he was lost!? Why did I let him go? I began to gradually ask myself.

"Let's turn around," I said swallowing my saliva

"Why?" Myloe asked with a Luke-warm look on his face, I felt annoyed by the way he looked.

"Why? you ask. He saved our lives, and now he went back to get us food so we wouldn't starve for the night and have enough energy to go hunting tomorrow. I guess I was wrong about you"

"Wrong?, Wrong about what?"Myloe removed his glasses awaiting an answer.

"I had this belief that you were... concerned for Kin," I said, intending to slap Myloe

" I am, but I'm sure Kin wouldn't want to put us in danger," Myloe said, bringing my sudden outburst to a halt. I immediately realized my poor ability to judge and my quick actions of jumping to stupid conclusions, I felt like an idiot.

"Let's wait a little bit," I said a bit tensed.

"We need to go," Myloe said as he pressed forward

"Fine take Diana with you. I'll go and get Kin" I said letting go of Diana on my back.

"No" Myloe shook his head.

"Why. I don't get what you are trying to say, do you want Kin dead and if you did want him dead what do you want to achieve with his death, we are probably the only survivors in this state or country, perhaps the whole world or universe. You saw it with your own eyes, maybe you need your glasses checked ohhh I forgot we are literarily In a damn forsaken apocalypse, you saw the wolf it turned. what if it had others with it- "

"Why didn't you stop him when he was going and now that we are nearly halfway to camp you want us to turn around? It's getting late fast it's past four and you know how terrifying nights can be alone" Myloe's face was red due to the rage in him, I was surprised he said those words without mumbling or giving a slight stammer. I turned to see Diana's face she was lost for what to do or say. Buried in me was anger, anger at Myloe for being selfish and ignorant. I had never seen Myloe like this sometimes I did wonder how he survived the first week of the apocalypse in his timid state. Sure his sister was more agile than he was but how does he manage to keep on surviving?

" Myloe I know you are tensed and tired and Dane I know you are worried. please can you guys quit arguing. You need to get it together we cannot even for a second survive without one another our former essentials were air, water, and food, we still need those three, but we won't have them if we don't work and stick together there is no essence in arguing or fighting. I trust my brother he'll be fine. Let's get to safety " Diana with are calming and pleasing voice suppressed the anger in me. As usual, I felt guilty at what I said to Myloe and I began to recall the words I said whether they were harsh.

" Myloe please forgive me. Am sorry for reacting to you in such a way, please accept my apology" The weight of guilt vanished from my heart when I said that to Myloe.

"... Please forgive me also am stressed out that's why I said what I said. Diana you are right, we do need each other to survive in other to protect our essentials"

"You meant one another" Diana' smiled correcting Myloe.

"Whatever it is," I said pleased with the sudden silence and atmosphere that surrounded us. I called for Myloe with a hand gesture and he came to me. "As usual you guys know me as a stubborn dude who sticks to whatever he says. I still have to go and check on Kin, I don't want him hunting for a bear this time. Do me a favor give Diana a lift for me would ya and take her to safety I trust you won't fail me. And yeah say high to Heyt for me if I don't make it back"

"Quit talking like a movie character and get on with it".

Diana said with an illuminating smile. I loved her smile, I was smiling too.

" And Dane. Thank you " Diana said with an assuring look on her face. I looked at her then Myloe, I took my spear and sprinted in the direction we were coming from.

After navigating my way for about thirty minutes I finally found the corpse of the wolf. I was pleased with the intention of seeing Kin. I ran a bit to check the deer but it wasn't where it was supposed to be. I began to speculate on answers to why it wasn't there. Maybe Kin carried it but it was quite impossible for him to carry it, maybe he chopped it into pieces, no there was no sign of fragments from the deer that showed signs of it being chopped. My mind struggled for minutes trying to find a suitable answer on why the deer was missing. Wait where's Kin? I thought to myself. Has he gotten the meat of the deer and headed back to camp? And wait am I not dumb for coming back here? I thought to myself. Something similar to a vision pooped into my head. I recalled the deer struggling and contorting, it was one of the signs of being infected. I made the terrible mistake of letting Kin come here by himself. Oh dear I thought to myself.