The Random Strangers

9

"FOR LOYALTY!"

"Wait. Khalia, are you thinking what I am thinking?" quarried Perria.

"Yeah. It's the enemy's Engine Form alright. That person even used it on civilians of all things. In any case, we can't attack them." affirmed Khalia.

"Yeah I know and we can't just knock them out either. Well, I guess we can only block them or put em off!" suggested Perria.

"And? How is that?" asked Khalia.

"That kid from earlier gave me this." said Perria as she took out a small box that looked somewhat like dice and which could be seen that there was a drop of liquid in there, "He told me this would put them to sleep. But only for a maximum of 3 minutes and only a range of 45 meters..."

"Great! Let's just put them to sleep then!" suggested Andel.

"No, wait! It might come in handy for some other crucial situation. And even if we used that, it couldn't entirely cover up these many people at once." demanded Khalia.

"Then...What exactly do we do? We should help Elijah and Orwan there as soon as possible. How do we handle these guys?" asked Catie.

"There is one way. But I want you all to move out of here and be at a distance of at least 200 meters away from my distance," advised Khalia.

The 3 of them were just confused about what Khalia was about to do. But then they looked at how the villagers were rushing up more close to them as fast as possible. As Andel was a fast runner, he started to carry Catie on his back and carried Perria in his arms. And out of curiosity asked Khalia, "And what about you Khalia? Would you be okay just here?" He knew she was up with a plan. But how she is going to put these many people off was the real question.

"Oh, you don't have to worry about that. I'll be just fine. Now go! I'll reach out to you guys as soon as I am done here." announced Khalia.

"All right! We'll see you in a minute or two!" asserted Catie.

Andel then within 5 seconds reached 200 meters away from Khalia. And stopped on top of a forest. Catie then jumped out of Andel's back and complained, " Damn Andel! Your back is like steel! Ah, my body hurts. Even though it was for more like 5 seconds!"

"Hey! You were the one who wanted a lift in the back. Don't blame it on me." chuckled Andel.

"Yeah well, I thought it'd be fun! Not painful," said Catie.

Perria laughed and then suddenly looked towards the village and questioned, "So what exactly Khalia is planning to do?"

"I...don't know" replied Catie.

The villagers were speeding up and rushing towards Khalia.

Khalia then looked left and right and then took a deep breath and suddenly pushed her right leg behind collapsing it to a 60-degree angle and then placed her left leg in the front as she bent her knees to a 90-degree angle and stood in that position.

As soon as she did, she lifted her left arm and faced the entire arm straight towards the people of the village. Then again she took a deep breath and suddenly started rotating her right arm in a clockwise direction about 5 times. After she rotated her arm for a complete 5 rounds the moment she reached her left arm in the 6th, she clapped it. And then she continued clapping her left arm another 5 times. In other words, first, she rotated her right arm 5 times and then clapped her left arm the same number of times.

"Uh...is it just me or does it look like she's dancing?" understated Andel.

"Yeah no kidding... she is uh- dancing." frowned Catie.

"So, this was her plan?" asked Perria as she was confused as the others too.

Then Khalia slowly stood straight up, came back from her position, and stayed still. But nothing seemed to happen. The villagers still were rushing as fast as they could.

Suddenly the villagers were pushed back as if there was a shockwave occurring that caused that.

And as soon as they were pushed back, all the villagers, even the goats, and sheeps collapsed on the floor.

"Woah what even-" puzzled Andel.

"Did I miss something or that just happened outta nowhere?" mystified Catie.

"So that 'dance' actually caused all of that?" asked Perria in bafflement.

Khalia took a deep sigh and said, "Ah! Finally done here!" And she turned back to the forest uphill to see Perria, Andel, and Catie standing there. As soon as she saw them, she ran straight towards them.

After a minute she arrived at them and declared, "Come on let's go, guys! I guess we'll be on time once we reach them."

But Perria and the rest two were standing like stones still wondering about what just happened.

"What's the hold, you guys? Let's go!" insisted Khalia.

"What did you do just now? It was honestly great. But was that some type of sound shockwave or something you created by doing that...thing you just did?" queried curious Perria.

"Oh, that? I don't know quite well. It's related to science, that's what I know. And science is the last thing I know..." grinned Khalia as she scratched her head.

"Woah, well that was pretty nice," commented Catie.

"Yeah not gonna lie, had us worried there for once..." sighed Andel.

"So anyway, I am guessing we are going over to the forest near the borders? Is that right Andel?" queried Khalia.

"Yes, I am sure I heard the signaling shot from close by to the forest. They are there. And to be more precise, they must be battling the enemy right now as we speak." responded Andel.