Why do you act like you know everything? - 1

LiLi walked ahead of the others but Leo was ahead of all of them. The Green grasses swayed from one side to the other, letting the breeze to control it.

Leo gathered the courage to pass by her, pretending not to notice her presence or give a damn.

Leo still liked her though, but he didn't want to show it so that she won't get distracted because of what they're after.

"Hey! I've been reasoning ever since we left Peril and I wanted to ask you guys... " Liam started talking and it was obvious that no one was listening to him but the next question that escaped his mouth made all of them to pay attention.

"Isn't Perilous the capital city of Peril? Shouldn't we be heading to the middle town of Peril?" he asked.

Chloe and Ryan both turned to look at Liam. Joe and Salient did the same before LiLi then Leo.

LiLi knew where the real Perilous was, so she didn't seem to have a changed expression, nor did she move for any reason.

"What do you mean?" Salient little voice sounded.

"Perilous is the capital city of Peril, which means it should be at the middle of Peril, not outside Peril... "

"So you mean, we are supposed to be heading to the middle of Peril City and not coming out of it?" Chloe asked and Liam nodded.

It felt like the world of Chloe and her siblings just crashed. Ryan hid his mouth in his hand to hide his laughter, because he and Leo also knows where the real Perilous is located.

"So we have to go back to meet our death? This is so not good!" Chloe started panicking, alongside with Liam and Salient.

But Joe remained calm and thought for a second.

Leo, LiLi and Ryan aren't panicking, so they must know where they are heading to, he thought.

LiLi half smiled at the panicking siblings but the smile that showed on her soon vanished at the sound of something...

*BOOM!"

What was that?

*BOOM!*

The panicking siblings grew quiet because they wanted to know what is happening and where the explosive sound is coming from.

*BOOM!*

LiLi's head redirected to the ground as she caught a glimpse of the little stones and particles of the earth bouncing.

Oh! They almost forgot!

The one and only dreaded event of Peril doesn't just happen in Peril, but outside Peril.

Eartheneous.

But the signs of Eartheneous would have been displayed.

LiLi packed the sand of the ground and watched it eagerly.

The stones and little sand particles weren't shaking or bouncing rather, like it was on the ground. Meaning that it is not Eartheneous but...

"Everyone run!!!" LiLi yelled as they all sighted horses neighing and upon them are people that are the mixture of both the black and white race.

The seven people in the journey started running back to where they just came out from.

Chloe found it pretty hard to run because she have never done that or probably she had but because of the smallness of both the height and length of Peril, she found it difficult to run well.

"Oh God! Why is this happening?!" Chloe yelled as the rest ran in speed, not caring if the other fell or injured.

Chloe however turned out to be the last in the race.

But...

Ryan turned to find out that her racing skills is dammed and he groaned because nobody among them will care about her, so he just have to show a little concern.

He stopped running and turned back and watched as she ran.

When she was just beside him, he held her hand and together they ran without stopping. The colour of Chloe was changing because she didn't have any space to breathe while running. But the thing that was surprising Ryan was that she was not plump or fat, why did she find it hard to run?

Anyways, LiLi kept her foot on the pedal. She didn't miss one step and the rest of the guys and even Chloe was impressed by the way she ran.

Leo's expression remained the same but just as he was about to pass LiLi in speed, LiLi fell, face flat on the ground.

Leo stopped and turned back, just to see LiLi's leg being dragged by a rope by the people on the horses.

"Oh shit!" Leo groaned because he had already planned how far he would go ahead of LiLi.

LiLi's face was covered with sand because of how they dragged her back and soon...

Another lady's voice was heard...

The lady have black hair and she was being dragged from the far west while they were running from the south.

Leo ran back, panting and trying to keep up with LiLi as they dragged her back.

He managed and grabbed the right hand of hers and with all his might, he pulled her back, but that only aided the men upon the horses to get an additional human captive.

He pulled with all his might but it was all to no avail.

LiLi looked up at him, blood rolling down her nose and she nodded.

"Get to Perilous in my name! Please be careful!" LiLi yelled and loosen her hand and grip from Leo's arm.

"Don't you dare repeat that!" Leo yelled and and tried again with all his might but it was all to no avail.

Just as Leo was about to pull her finally out of the rope, something hard smacked him on the head and he fell down.

"No!" LiLi yelled as she watched him fall down on his back.

His state was blurry and fainty.

Leo managed to look at the blurry image of LiLi one more time before he fell and everything went blank.

The rest stared as the men on the horses pulled LiLi and the other lady unto one horse and they rode off to the North.

"Oh God" Chloe panted and staggered Into the arms of Ryan.

They all stared at themselves and then at Leo, lying unconsciously on the ground.

"Hope he wakes up soon" Liam said and Ryan stared down at his brother.

"He should. Any moment from now" Ryan said.