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When all that was put in, I almost dropped my body to the ground.

I faintly sat to one side.

I closed my eyes and massaged my senses.

"Are you okay, mate?" Macey asked.

"I'm f-fine." I struggled to tell her that I'm fine. I almost crouched down. Because honestly, I'm not really well.

I am not fine.

None of us.

We are not well.

I'm so tired of all this.

Macey never asked me again. I think it's too tired to bark anymore.

I asked him.

"How about you? Are you okay?" I asked calmly.

"Mhmm," she replied, and added, "I will be fine." I'm tired. I ate. But mama said it's fine to feel tired at times. "

"You miss your mom?" I asked.

She nodded.

But mama told me that I shouldn't panic. I should remain calm. Panicking won't help at all. Mama's smart." She empathised.

"Your mama raised you well." I said, bowing my head. "You know what? My mom treats me like a baby even though I'm already old enough. I miss my mom. After all this, I'll surely spend my time with them." I added.

We stayed there for a few minutes until I decided to act again to find our companions.

I hope they are just fine wherever they are now.

I can't bear to see another one of them dying right in front of my very own eyes.

Let's go, Macey. Let's find them. "

She took my hand and followed in my steps. I looked around. Fortunately, we did not seem to be followed by wild animals.

I glanced for a moment at some of my wounds, scratches, and scars. I almost laughed when I didn't feel any pain from them.

I'm already numb, I guess.

We were not far from where we came from when the heavy rain came down.

I was about to return to our shelter to stay there when I saw a small white snake there.

My eyes widened.

I was engulfed in excitement.

I'm not sure if it was raindrops running down my cheeks or cold sweat.

Damn it.

Even now, this one really appeared when we had nowhere to run.

I felt Macey tighten his grip on me. I can already feel his nervousness. Her hand was shaking. Left with no other choice, I pulled Macey and started running in the opposite direction.

My shoes were muddy, so was Macey's, and the hem of his clothes was already stained with mud. But we didn't pay attention to that yet and just kept running.

I also stumbled a few times because of the slippery road.

I was already crying because of the mixture of nervousness and fear; not only fear for myself, but also for my fellow children.

Shit.

If the snake catches up with us, I'm not sure if I'll be able to fight back.

I admit I was exhausted.

When I slipped again, Macey and I rolled in the mud together. We are very filthy.

"Aya!" Macey screamed.

I immediately got up from the crash on the ground and helped Macey stand up. I looked at the snake and realized it was gone and we were no longer being chased.

Yet we ran again.

I felt another presence. Aside from the two of us, there was someone else.

I had goosebumps.