Blue Flame

Ch 8: How We Did It (Lloyd's POV)

"I Can't Do This Anymore" I Heard Kai Say

"Do What Anymore?" I Asked

All Of Sudden, I Saw Kai Get Up And Run Towards The Front Door, He Then Tore It Open And Bolted Outside

"Where Is He Going?" Asked Jay

"I Don't Know, But There's One Way To Find Out" I Said, Before Running Through The Open Door

The Rest Of The Team Followed After Me

We Were Able To Catch Up To Him He Glanced Back And Ran Faster

Did We Push Him Too Far That He Couldn't Take It Anymore?

We Then Reached A Clearing Where Kai Was Nowhere To Be Found

We Lost Him

"Why Did He Run Away Like That?" Asked Cole

"I Not Sure, He Never Acts Like This" I Remarked

Jay Sighed

"Its All My Fault, If I Hadn't Accused Him..."
Said Jay

"Jay It Is Not Your Fault, Its All Of Our Faults, We Pressured Him Too Much That He Couldn't Take It Anymore" Zane Said, Sadly

I Sighed

"He Does Things For A Reason, We Were Too Occupied To Notice Those Reasons" I Admitted, Looking Solemnly To The Ground

If We Haven't Pushed Him So Hard We Wouldn't Be In This Situition Right Now

We Went Silent As We Realize What We Have Done

Cole Broke The Uneasy Silence

"So What Do We Do? Should We Keep Looking For Him?" He Asked

I Shook My Head

"Kai Is Reasonable, He'll Come Around" I Looked At The Sky "Besides It Sundown"

The Team Looked At The Sky And Nodded

We Then Walked Back Home

~3 Hours Later~

We Were All In The Living Room Waiting For Kai To Come Back

We Glanced At The Door Once Or Twice And Saw No Sight Of Him

It Was Already Pretty Dark

"I Think Something Happened To Him" Jay Said

"Yeah, Its Been Three Hours" Cole Remarked

"Should We Go Back Outside To Look For Him" Asked Jay

"Just Give Him One More Hour, If He Still Isn't Back Then We Go And Look For Him" I Said

"Ok Then" Said Jay

~1 Hour Later~

"Hey Lloyd" Cole Said

"Yeah?" I Answered

"Its Been An Hour, We Should Go Look For Him Now" Cole Suggested

"Ok, Come On Guys" I Said Getting Up From My Chair

The Team Followed After Me

We Chose To Be Silent, In Case We Heard Anything

It Was Pitch Black Which Made Searching A Lot Harder To Do

When We Heard A Stick Break We Instantly Looked At Where It Came From But Then Realizing It Was Just Jay

"Heh Heh Sorry" He Would Usually Say

We Walked A Bit Deeper In The Forest When Something Caught Our Eye

A Fallen Branch

Zane Scanned The Branch

"He's Been Here" He Reported

"So We're Close?" I Asked

"Affirmative" Answered Zane

"Hey Guys Look!" Exclaimed Jay

He Was Pointing To A Burn Mark On The Base Of The Tree

"Wow Jay, How'd You Spot That?"Cole Asked, Astonished

"Because Im Right Next To It" Said Jay With A Laugh

"Yeah, Kai Was Definately Here, We're On The Right Trail" I Said, Happily

And So With That, We Continued On With Our Hearts Full Of Hope That We're Going To Find Our Teammate

~Later~

We Don't Have Much Hope Anymore

We've Been Walking For A Long Time Without Seeing Kai For A While

It Was Almost Midnight, So We Had To Find Him Fast

We Then Heard A Growl In The Distance

It Was Very Far Away But Still Audible

"What Was That?" Asked Jay, Nervously

"Bear" I Answered, Quietly

"More Specifically A Grizzly Bear" Zane Corrected Me

"Aren't Grizzly Bears Like, Super Dangerous?" Cole Asked

"Very Dangerous" Said Zane

"All The More Reason To Find Kai, Let's Pick Up The Pace" I Said To My Team

We Spedwalked Through The Forest Still Very Sure That This Was The Right Way

In The Distance We Heard The Growling Get Louder And A Faint Yellling

"Sounds Like The Bear Found Someone" Said Zane

"Come On!" Cole Exclaimed As We Ran Towards The Sound

We Were Close, I Could Tell Because The Growls Got Louder

But Then They Stopped

And We Heard Rumbling Footsteps Running Towards

We Quickly Moved To The Side As The Bear  Rumbled Passed, Seemingly Fearful Of Whatever It Seen

We Looked At The Bear That Was Running Away When Cole Said Something That Snapped Our Attention Away

"I Found Him!" He Exclaimed

We Turned Our Heads To See What He Meant

And What We Saw. . .

Was Our Red Teammate In The Middle Of The Clearing