The end came (Literally)

"I think we should go back to our tribe and see if there is any other materials or things left. There also might be injured people so we need to go there fast." Malik expressed his concern. "Yes, I feel like we should go latest by tomorrow." Said Bandar.

"How about 3 pm? We should go with a few fighters and one medic." Completed Bandar. Malik and Bandar went inside to inform the others about the plan. "Rayla, Raymond, Marcus, Serena and Marlo. All of you will come today at 3 pm to go back to tribe for more leftover resources." Said Malik.

"The other fighters, please take care of the others while we are gone. If anyone is hurt or in pain please tell our chief medic, Rosa, about it." Said Bandar. The others agreed with their plan.

1 or 2 hours later, everyone had their lunch and set out to go back for their home. Marlo, the top medical student training under Rosa was a well experienced medic.

She took whatever she could find, like leaves and any small pointy things.

Malik was leading the entire group of people. He was not a fighter, but a warrior. A warrior is one of the most experienced people and it is not easy to gain that title. Warriors usually have a sword made out of gold, but some prefer to keep their swords the same as the fighters, the metal swords. Malik, was using a gold sword as he was the ruler.

Raymond, Serena and Marcus were all fighters. Although, they were not some ordinary fighters. They did so well that their position in the tribe was just below Bandar's.

Rayla was one of the best assassins in the tribe. She was so fast, you could barely see her legs moving. Assassins always have two swords on their waists,one on the right side and the other on the left.

This made it easier to remove swords whenever they were in immediate danger. You could just cross you hands and remove the swords.

But, both the swords were not the same. One was a sharp, long and pointy at the end and the other was a long katana.

Bandar, the second-incharge. He was a seat below Malik. He too, was also a fighter but he was very close in being a warrior. A normal fighter would have metal swords, but a fighter below the ruler would have an iron sword. Iron was much stronger than steel because there is a chance of metal breaking faster than iron.

Malik, Bandar, Raymond, Serena, Marcus, Rayla and Marlo were walking for atleast half an hour. "My legs hurt so much. I am hungry too." Said Marlo while holding his extremely loud growling stomach. " Take an apple, we cannot stop now." Said Raymond irritatedly.

"We maybe ca- WAIT! Do you see that???" Asked Bandar.

"It's all..... black?" Said Malik. "It's all burnt down...." Explained Rayla. Suddenly, there was a a not very loud scream for help. "He-help." Said an unknown voice. "Hello? Do you know where you are? Screamed Marcus. "Und-under ha-house." Said the stranger.

Serena bent down and picked up an entire wall made of wood and there was a man lying on the ground. "Daniel!" Screamed Serena. She started having tears in her eyes. The others came over and removed the piece of log that was on Daniel's leg. "Hel-p m-me." Said Daniel while raising his hand and touching Serena's face.

"Marlo, check if he is fine." Ordered Malik. Marlo quickly knelt on both his knees and checked Daniel's pulse [Heartbeat] and looked on his hands and legs for any scratches or bleeds.

"He has a 5 centimetre cut on his leg. Pulse is fine. Are you having trouble breathing?" Marlo told Bandar and asked Daniel. "Yeah, before you came. I think it might have been the wood. But I am fine now." Said the man while trying to sit up.

Serena and Bandar immediately helped him to sit up straight. They also helped him to stand up. "Can you walk?" Asked Raymond. Daniel nodded his head.

"Raymond, Serena, both of you go back to the den with him. Make sure he sits and let Rosa check him properly." Said Malik. Raymond and Serena took Daniel back to the den while the others continued to look around.

"Hey, I found some metal swords. I am taking them." Said Rayla. She picked up the swords and dusted the dirt off. Just then a sudden shriek came from Marcus. "AAAHHHAAAHH." He screamed loudly. "What happened?" Bandar asked while running towards Marcus in a hurry.

"B-b-b-b bod-body!" Said Marcus while stuttering. Bandar saw the body and gave Marcus a stupid look because of screaming over a dead body. "I think that is, uh, Julian." Said Bandar.

The others too came over. "Yeah, that is Julian. He had the warrior necklace." Said Rayla. Malik deeply sighed and said, "He was a good warrior, he deserved the position."

"Hey, do you hear that?" Said Marlo. They heard footsteps approaching them fast but the source of the footsteps were not in visual range. "Quick hide!" Commanded Malik.

Everyone hid behind logs, piles of leaves and anywhere they could find a place to hide. The footsteps got closer and closer. "The source of the footsteps, I think it is here." Whispered Marlo.

The others nodded their head and passed on the message to the ones who did not hear what Marlo said. Bandar took a quick peep from above where he was hiding.

He stood up and saw everything. There were people. He recognized those people immediately and crouched. "It's them." Said Bandar.

"Them? Who?" Asked Rayla. "These tribe people. Who burnt down our homes and destroyed our resources." Answered Bandar.

Just then, a voice came from behind. "Hello my friends. I have been waiting but now it is too late." Said the creepy voice.

Everyone, scared, turned around to see who it was. Everyone's eyes widened.

It was the same person who came with two other people to meet them. "Run!" Screamed Malik and everybody ran for their life. While running, Marcus asked, "Where will be run?"

"The den!" Answered Malik. "No wait." Said Bandar. He looked behind and continued running and said, "They are behind us. If we go back to the den, we will endanger the other people."

"There are also children and babies who aren't even born yet. Pregnant ladies can not run you know." Continued Bandar. "So where should we run?" Asked Rayla.

Marlo suddenly got an idea. "THE BUNKER!" He said while trying to breathe. "Yes, the bunker! Why didn't we think about that." Said Rayla.

The bunker was a place that was built underground, so that in any case if there was any trouble you simply had to go inside the bunker and stay safe. There was a lot of food and water. It could last atleast two weeks or more.

The runners were close to their bunker and had managed to outrun the enemy for a while. "Here." Said Bandar. They all stopped and saw that the door was open. "Oh no! They must've found the bunker." Said Malik in a surprised voice. "If they found the bunker, they must have taken all our food and resources." Said Marcus.

All of a sudden a voice was heard screaming, "There!". Everyone looked behind and started running as soon as they saw who it was. The enemies had found them. They ran as fast as they could. As they ran, Bandar fell on a rock but still managed to get up and run again.

This made him slower and closer to the enemies. He tried running faster and faster to catch up with the others who were way ahead of him. "Look, there is a cave! Should we go there?" Asked Marlo. Malik replied, "Yes, go quick."

All of them ran towards the cave and got there in time. But Malik noticed someone missing. "Bandar! He is missing." He said. Malik took a peep outside and saw him running towards the cave from afar.

He lost the enemies and almost reached the cave. Or so, he thought. He was seven centimetres away but someone had stabbed a knife at him through his stomach. The enemy had then ran away. The others noticed that it took way too long for Bandar to run here.

They went outside and saw him lying in a pool of his own blood. "NOOO!" Screamed Malik and he ran towards him. He held his head up and said, "Is there anything you can do Marlo?" Marlo could not even answer as there was no possible way to stop a bleeds that big. He felt bad even looking at Malik.

Malik lowered his head and cried and cried until his eyeballs popped out of his eye sockets. Bandar chuckled and said while patting him on his head, "It's okay.... Don't cry. Go back to the den and make sure the others are safe."

"No. I will not leave you!" Said Malik. "Stop it. You know I will die if you leave or not. Just go." Said Bandar while he was in great pain. He coughed up some blood and looked at the others who were present at the scene.

"Thank you, for everything. I appreciate it." He said, with weak eyes. His eyes closed shut forever and he fell on the ground. "NOOOOOOO! Malik screamed as he held Bandar with a tight grip. He looked up at Bandar and saw his last tear fall from his cheeks.

The others were also crying a little but still went over and comforted Malik. They helped him to get back on his feet while still sobbing. "Let's go back." Said Malik sadly. They started their journey back home.

[A few minutes later]

They finally reached the den and everyone saw Malik looking sad and noticing that Bandar was missing. A young woman, who was around Bandar's age came towards him and said, "Where's Bandar? Where is he?" Suddenly, she started to have tears in her eyes.

"He- he's d-de-dead." Said Malik while still processing his friend's death.

Everyone was shocked. Their eyes were wide open. Their eyes were as round as a bangle. "WHAT!" Shrieked the young woman. "HE IS WHAT?" She kept asking in shock. She fell to the ground and started crying.

"How?" Asked an old man in his 80's. "When we went back to our tribe, those people who burnt it down came back for something or maybe passing by. We ran and hid in a cave but Bandar fell down on a rock. This slowed his down and the enemies got him." Explained Marcus.

Malik sat down and kept staring at nothing. You could say he was in his own world.

We never understand one's value

Until they aren't here anymore.....

-Unknown