Lost Adventure

Chapter 21

"C?...Lilly?....Maverick?" Lb said, slowly struggling to get the words out. "Lb! Your back!" Teague exclaimed, rushing over to his side. "Bear....bwas...a snake. It...It attacked me. I ride to fight it off.......ut it lawned at me. My leg urts," Lb said, his mouth barely moving. Breathing heavily, Lb started to sweat. "Quick lay him here!" Maverick said, They laid Lb in the steam as he started to moan from the pain. "He's bleeding through the bandage." Haley pointed out. Haley made a new bandage and they cleaned up the old one. Lb had vomited two times before losing consciousness again. Teague and Haley fed the fire and it roared back to life. The 5 just sat in silence with Lb. He became conscious again around 1am and mumbled something. "C...bury me in the stream. I don't want to be walked on top of in the future." "Lb! What are you saying? Tu ne vas pas mourir!" C exclaimed. "Big sis... do you member what...father said to us? Don't expect something...if you already know the outcome...You can't...change it." Lb looked up at all his friends as they crowded around him. He forced his quirky smile onto his face and said, "Go to sleep. I will be fine. I love you." C brought Lb onto her lap and spoke soothingly to him. Lilly, Maverick, Haley and Teague slept by the fire listening to C's soothing words and the faint moans from Lb. When the 4 awoke, C was crying on her brother's chest. "He's gone." She quietly repeated. "C? It's time to bury him, just like he asked." Maverick said. C nodded and as Maverick and Teague moved Lb into the stream. They washed Lb and then laid him in the soft grass. Haley, Lilly, and Maverick all worked to dig a large hole in the river. Teague comforted C and They went to go pick flowers. After 4 hours, Haley, Lilly and Maverick had a 3 by 7 foot hole in the ground. C and Teague had gotten back with golden suncups, white wood asters, and Lavender. C laid the lavender in the hole, then she helped Maverick lift Lb into the grave pit. Lilly and Teague covered it back up then they all sent flowers down the river. Tears streamed down C's face as Lilly, Maverick, Haley, and Teague sat next to the edge of the stream. "This can't be how our adventure is going to end." C whispered.They didn't explore or do anything exciting, as C needed to recover from the loss of her brother. She didn't eat much and barely talked. Lilly, Maverick, Haley, and Teague just comforted her and planned out what they would do next. "If we go explore the desert, we might all die. Snakes. Heat waves. Animals. Starvation. Insanity.....Snakes." Haley said counting her fingers. "Well I don't really wanna go back the way we came. I like it out here, and our parents probably think we're dead." Lilly said. "Yeah. We've made great progress out here." Maverick said.