Moonhawk

Chapter 23 - Strangers

Blaze and Flash finally arrived at the village on the desert planet's surface. But something in the small village seemed odd: It seemed to be empty and No one was around.

"Hello? Is someone here?" Flash called out in hope that someone might hear them. Sadly, no one responded.

Both walked a few steps ahead to reach the sanded streets. Fruits, vegetables and different things were stored in wood boxes on the side . Flash couldn't muster up enough courage to take ones for both himself and Blaze to cure their severe hunger. Not without permission from the people that lived here.

Suddenly, Flash noticed something moving on the roof. He stopped walking, to see what it was. Nothing was there.

"Flash? What... was that?" It seemed like Blaze saw it as well.

There! Flash saw another shape moving on a different roof.

"It seems like the village... isn't empty, hm?" Blaze noticed. After that line echoed through the streets, a very fast bean jumped at them to attack the tired beans. With all the remaining focus Blaze had, he activated his crystals on his suit but the glow only lasted for a short time before it stopped glowing completely. The red one was way too exhausted to do a fight.

The mysterious bean who was about to attack them noticed their tiredness and stopped with the attack which she was about to do. As she realized their tiredness, she also gave the others the sign to stop.

Flash looked around and saw how the others from the village slowly appeared from their expertly-concealed hideouts.

The green colored bean, who had lime and yellow patterns on her suit, stood in front of Blaze and Flash and discarded her weapon as she observed them.

"You two look exhausted..." She realized. "Follow me. I know a safe area to recover." Both immediately accepted her offering and followed her.

"It's been a while since visitors came here." The green one continued as she arrived at her home. She seemed to live all alone here.

As both arrived in her house, Blaze suddenly made even more noises in agony and he had to lay himself down, but Flash tried to hold him up. The mysterious bean who offered help suggested to lay him down in her own bed for now. The female bean then realized the badly injured wound he had, after he laid himself down to rest and checked on it. "How long has he been injured like that?" She wanted to know.

Flash near the bed answered: "Possibly a day by now."

"A day?!" The green patterned bean couldn't believe her ears. She heard the red beans agonized complaining and checked the wound carefully. "He lost a lot of blood. It's a wonder that he's still alive at this point."

"AGGH!" Blaze cried out and His breathing once again got worse. It was getting difficult for him to catch fresh air.

"He's sweating." She also noticed and gently touched his forehead. It seemed to calm him a bit down as she did that.

"Like I thought..."

"What is it?" Flash was curious what she meant.

"It feels like he's having a slight fever. Wait, hold on..." She stood up from sitting on the edge of the bed and fetched a glass of water for him. Before she gave it to Blaze, she then mixed some plants in it. Flash was curious what she was mixing there but he didn't ask her about it.

"Here, please drink it. It'll help you to get rid of the fever." Without hesitation, Blaze took the glass and drank it, he was even slightly shivering as he held the glass in his hand.

"T-Thank you..." The red one said with a cracked sound in his voice. Blaze touched his wound while he made himself comfortable in the bed, after he gave the glass back to the kindly stranger. He closed his visor and paid attention to his breath to calm it more down.