Behind the Tears of War

Chapter seven

There was a menacing silence, before Matt broke it with a soft whisper."I don't know." his voice was strained, he looked just about as conflicted with our situation as I felt. We couldn't do anything about the Pendomite's, we were way outnumbered by now. Matt turned making eye contact with his friend, Jay I think that was his name. "Did you see anything going on at the base camp? Are we fighting back?"

Jay looked hesitant, "No, well, I don't know... I left early, you weren't there, and I hadn't seen Clarissa all day. I was wondering what had gotten into everyone, so I took off to find you."

So, this was the guy Clarissa was telling me about earlier that morning.

"First off, you hurt Clarissa, and you're dead. Second, did you hear a scream when you were out here as well?" I said simply, I mean I acted as if I hadn't just threatened this boy's life.

He was dumbfounded for a second or two, but after registering my question he nodded slowly. His hazel eyes seeming a bit worried as they shifted between Matt and I. "Yeah, I think it came from somewhere near the cliff."

Matt and I gave each other an uneasy glance. Trying to read each others thoughts. I quickly looked past the tree branches and bushes in that direction. "If that was Katrina I heard, odds are Clarissa is with her. Seriously I doubt that she would just leave Katrina by herself." I whispered to Matt and he nodded.

"It's our best option too, it's not like we can just barge in over there." Matt nodded in the direction of my cabin."Odds are if we do that we'll be gun downed" After a pause he turned to face Jay. "We will take care of them, can you keep a watch out and make sure they don't start to scout in this direction. And, if they do, stay low, stay hidden." Matt whispered.

"You do what you're best at, and I'll do what I'm best at."Jay nodded, which made Matt smirk a bit, I knew exactly what they were talking about. Jay, hide. Matt, run.

Matt grabbed my wrist and lifted me to my feet. We had to be completely silent when we sneaked away, or else our exact spot could be given at any second. We were barely even two steps away from Matt's friend, but then he spoke once more. "and, Matt. Take care of Clarissa when you find her, please."

"You can count on us." Matt reassured Jay before silently shuffling through the woods, slowly heading in the direction Jay was sending us too.

We were doing our best to stay out of plain sight, which meant we didn't take the dirt trail that we normally would have used. We creeped through trees and bushes as quietly as possible until we knew that we were out of sight. The only sound you could hear was our boots crunching against dry leaves on the soil below.

It took Matt about five minutes to declare that where we were was a safe area, and that the coast was clear. The forest was still completely silent... And thoughts came rushing through my head again. There was only one scream.

Just one scream.

I was starting to worry more and more about my little sister. Why would she only scream once if she was in a real threat? Unless, she was hurt... Or gone. I didn't get it, and that was what made me even more worried. I only had two conclusions.

"She's going to be okay." Matt whispered, as of reading my mind.

I didn't say anything, and just allowed that sentence to lingerie in the air, he rubbed my shoulder comfortingly.

Slowly we inched closer and closer to the cliff at the end of the forest. On any other day the scenery would be beautiful. Just to look out at the sun, passed all the forest trees and clouds. On a summer day the lake below would be refreshing, just calling your name for you to jump. The cliff was an absolutely stunning sight on a normal day.