Journey:Book two

8

Seonghwa POV

Two hours after we left the base,were back.Me,Yeosang,Mingi and Yunho had snuck out from the ship with the boat to go see if Jooheon and Changkyun were still alive.I just couldn't let myself live with the feeling we left them to die.The argument I had had with Hongjoong earlier still echoed in my brain.

"We have to go back!"I shouted."They could be still alive!We shouldn't leave them to die!"

"Seonghwa,are you even listening to me!?"He shouted back."There's no way they survived a whole fourth of the house falling on top of them with no time to cast a spell to protect themselves.I really do want to go back and check if they're alive as well,I'm crushed as well,we fucking raised them for a few months and they did so much for us,but there's no way they survived-"

"YES THERE IS-"

"I'M NOT FINISHED!If we go back now,Storm's forces will still be there or nearby.We can't risk going back again and risking all our lives all over again!We already got out once with damages and injuries,heck we lost two people,and if we go back and they confront us again,we're dead!We're dead,Seonghwa!Me,you,the others!I really don't want to do this,this is hard on me as well,but I'd rather not lose anyone else.So please,don't."

Even after the tense talk with him,I couldn't leave things like this.When eveything had gone quiet,I secretly went up to the deck and began setting up one of the boats.The other three found me there.I told them not to come with me,but they tagged along none-the-less.

We set foot on the island again,practically moving on our tip-toes and watching out for anyone or anything.It was gravely silent,ruins and battle scars littered the land.As we carefully and slowly decended,our eyes came upon the remainders of the house.There was no stone on stone left to stand.All of it was in ruins.

We made our way slowly to where Jooheon and Changkyun had been crushed.We began digging as quietly as we could until Mingi froze.

"No.....no....."

We went over to him and Yunho held him as his knees caved in.What I saw made my heart shatter.

There were two legs of different bodies.We recognized the material and color of their pants.That was them.Our friends.

We stood over the finding in shock.I could hear Yunho and Mingi crying in the background.I stood over the bodies,staring emptily at them as I summoned shadows who got rid of the rest of the rubble on top of them.

Hongjoong POV

The moment I realized four of the others weren't there,I turned the ship around and headed for the island,mind-linking Seonghwa and the others.

"WHERE ARE YOU!?"

"The island."Seonghwa answered.

"RETURN TO THE SHIP NOW!"

After about 30 minutes I felt the emergency boat of the ship get closer to the vessel.I went out onto the deck and saw them coming from the distant mist.

"I TOLD YOU NOT TO GO THERE!WHAT IF THEY WERE STILL THERE!?"

They disembarked the boat,looking grimmer than ever.That's when I saw the two bodies wrapped in white cloth being carried out of the boat by shadows.I froze and my heart sunk.My four friends passed by me,leaving me alone with the corpses.A hand stuck out of one of the sheets.And it had an engagement ring on it's finger.

Jongho POV

Everything on the ship had been grim.A week after the tragedy in the Himalayas,we had returned to Falkonera.The sun outside shimmered brightly,but we couldn't even think of enjoying it.We hadn't set foot on dry land for the whole time it took is to get there.