Chapter 22- caught

Chris felt pudgy, He merely woke up finding himself bound to a stick as it was being held up. All he recalled was a living crash strongly on the head he lost consciousness, he doesn't know how long he had passed out but looking at the blurry gloaming skies, it was nightfall.

He squint his eyes repeatedly to get an apparent sentiment of his surrounding as he was still in a trance. A few minutes later he could hear distinct chatting and the sound came to be vociferous and obvious as if he was proceeding toward it.

Even though he simply regained consciousness, he made an effort not to give notice to the bastard carrying him. They might be worst than the Kariba's.

His understanding reciprocated when he was slammed against the stiff ground. Chris sniff, he lifted his head to peep, his vision has become clear to know what was going on. Knowing it was the Kariba's who caught them he sign in anguish. 'Don't these people ever take a break'?

The whole space was crowded with Kariba both male and female as they scampered to look at the strangers In the Midst of them. No big difference between the Men and the women, like the men, their hair was shaved off, rings on every sensitive part of the body, and their faces were painted in two colors. Their breast was left uncovered but weed robes were used to cover their waistline.

"PSS" Chris turned back to the sound calling him it was Henry.

"You're awake," Chris said almost loudly.

"Shh, you're voice is loud. keep it down a bit" Henry whispered.

"We've all been awake for a while, we just pretended to be unconscious cause we are outnumbered," Adam said.

"We hid so well how did they find us???" Erica questioned.

"What were you expecting, wherein Their territory, so many eyes on us am shy," Abigail Jokily said.

"This is not the perfect time to crack a joke, Abby" Frank rectified.

"I just thought maybe we could laugh once more before dying"She retorted.

"I don't feel like dying now" Chris cleared his dried throat.

The Noise suddenly die down, and this got the attention of the team who looked up anxiously, they saw 'Him' walking through the crowd, murmurings aroused as the Man strolled passed it's own making them shudder back in fear.

He stopped and requested the Kariba to help them stand on their feet, which they did. Hanhi walked around them silently, the aura was so intoxicating that the team could not make an inch of movement, let alone let the lips move. they just stood still, dead frozen.

Hanhi spat disdainfully looking at the team with disgusted eyes "וואו איז עס?"

he asked the team as their eyes wander unconsciously. "וואו איז עס?" he shouted. An old man beside Hanhi quickly rushed to interpret what Hanhi has asked of the team.

"LORD Hanhi would like to know where the treasure is??" The old man interpreted.

"Tell him we have come from a faraway land, we do not know of any treasure and we did not intend on stealing it" Henry spoke up, He couldn't afford to anger the bastard, if they all kept shut, their silence will be proven to be ignorant.

The old man turned to Hanhi and reported what the Man had just said.

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ווי וואַג איר מענטשן פּרובירן צו ברענגען פּלאָגן צו אונדז, נאָך אַלע איר האָבן געטאן? איז דאס נישט גענוג.״ האנהי טשעטשעט מיט רשעות.Hanhi smiled viciously.

The old man turned to them and said "He said how dare you humans invade and try to bring plague to us, after all you've done? is that not enough"

"There's no point explaining to an illiterate," Chris said the old man gasps on hearing this and he quickly interprets, leaving everyone gasping. Chris just used curse words. this angered Hanhi he ordered his men to lose him and bring him forward then pounce on him repeatedly. Chris was too weak to react, he was hit on without stopping, and he bleeds..everyone who watch this squirmed at the horror but no one could oppose that person's life ended there.

"Stop" Abigail scream making everyone freeze momentarily, she staggered towards Hanhi "פארוואס קוקן עפערטלאַס פֿאַר עפּעס וואָס געהערט נישט צו איר אָדער דעם שבט אַליין? עס געהערט צו דער וועלט"

This got everyone gaping, not just only because she stood up to a heartless but a human speaking their dialect.

(meaning: "Why look effortlessly for something that does not belong to you or this tribe alone? it belongs to the world.")

Murmurings arose from the crowd all talking about this mysterious human speaking their dialects.

" Just Because you speak Yiddish doesn't mean you are one of us. " Hanhi drew his face closer to her ear" But you manage to pique my interest" Abigail swallowed hard, what the heck gave her the mind to interfere, well she couldn't watch her friend being beaten to death.

Hanhi turned to his men " פלייש ווען די נאַכט לבנה הייבט"

Meaning: Imprison them, they will be our meat when the night moon begins" With that he walked away.

The team was locked in a Place the Kariba thought to be a dungeon, the surrounding was suffocating due to the smell as it was located in a deep rock far away, They were taken in blindfolded.

The Dungeon was dark and sounded empty, the walls were but even the slightest sound could be heard.

As of now, the sound heard was that of the sobbing Chris, he winced in pain.

"Am sorry" Abigail sobbed, She felt guilty for what had happened. She finally realized that the situation is getting worst and each time it gets worst a life is threatened.

"You never told us, Why did you keep it a secret? From us *Chuckles sadly* Thought we were a team" Emilia completed.

"Never thought it was necessary to tell, you guys hardly believe me when I told you, guys about my grandma and her diary. You would have probably thought I was one of them" Abby Calmly let out frustrated.

"And you think keeping it was the best option? Well, am out of words to say" Doc. Frank expresses his dismay.

"I couldn't watch Chris being pounced on repeatedly, I feared he might die," Abby said painfully, her dry lips starting to shed off some skin.

"We are all dying Abby, that's the truth and the fact. Your story, the world's story, your grandma's, and that of the Kariba's Screw it all. All these are going to be history one day... This is reality and we're dying in it." Adam Said.

"You're so familiar with the woods but you don't know how to exit it, so much for a story"

"There must be a way to get out of here," Abby tried to Encourage.

"Until when will you wake up from that fantasy, There's no way out of this" Adam stuttered.

A long silence swept the whole place after That, Henry just kept his words to himself, he didn't feel like saying anything cause like Adam said, this is reality.

Abby lies on the bare floor, thinking about her life and the whole scenario she was heartbroken.

'How special am I grandma? You said knowing might help me survive, how helpful is it now' Tears rolled down her eyes.