The Seen Inseen. II

"Archer..."

The both guys jerked their heads in unison to face her, and then back at themselves. They were not only shocked that the girl was awake, and could say words, but the name she had mentioned was also a shock to them.

Dylan precisely. They both stared at the girl again. She blinked her eyes open, and shut them immediately due to the light. She tried moving her hands to her face to shield her eyes, but her hands felt heavy. She reopened her eyes to see two strange faces staring down at her. She sat up immediately.

She gazed at them immensely, her thoughts telling her they were humans.

She had heard a lot about these humans and their way of life, but had never come across one, nor crossed the boundaries of her village.

"Stay chill little one" Jaden said to the girl when he noticed her discomfort.

Shania was troubled in her heart, as a million questions filled her mind.

"Why was she here? How did she get here? And where was she?'' She closed her eyes to recall, but could only remember being in the hut. Now it came flashing back; someone had forcefully taken her out, that's why she was here.

She stared at them again, from one person to the other. She thought of different means of escaping, but none of her ideas made sense.

"You know Archer?'' Dylan blurted out the question.

"Dylan! Seriously?" Jaden exclaimed, throwing his arms mid-air.

"Okay do you know Archer?" Jaden said, gazing at the girl. Dylan glared at Jaden.

Still, Shania said no words, but stared at them expressionlessly.

"Maybe she doesn't understand English" Jaden whispered.

"Where are you from?" Jaden asked.

"Why is your skin tone like that?" Dylan added, but the girl kept exchanging glances from one person to another.

"What is your name?"

"Shania" The girl finally said.

Both guys widened their eyes in surprise, but they were happier that she spoke than surprised.

"Shania..." they both echoed weirdly.

"Beautiful name..."

"Beautiful name indeed..."

"Uhm... Shania... in your sleep, you mentioned Archer. So, how do you know him?" Dylan said.

"I don't know what you're talking about" she denied firmly.

"Hm... turns out she speaks fluent English" Dylan muttered, smiling.

Jaden dragged him to a corner of the room.

"She definitely knows who Archer is" he whispered.

"I know, I'm a bit terrified by the whole thing. If she knows who he is, then why is she lying?" Dylan whispered back.

At that moment, Jaden's phone rang, and he excused himself, leaving Dylan and Shania in the room to continue with the exchange of glances.

Shania gazed intently at the obviously frightened Dylan, and he gulped.

"There's no way I'm staying with you in this room'' he blurted. Shania simply shrugged, lifting a brow. With that, Dylan dashed out of the room.