Red Chronicles - New Exodus

Chapter 30. Wet and dirty

Hrand and Skertina were hiding in the tower while Rodon's troops ran down the tunnel to catch up on us. After a few minutes it was safe to fly down from the walls and so Hrand took Skertina and took off. As they flew they spotted Gert down in the bushes. Since it was him who got them here they have decided to get him before they go.

Gert was laying on the ground with a big wound on his face. Hrand poured some water on him and Gert got up. He screwed his face into a painful grimace and cried in pain. He wanted to touch his face but each time he did it it hurt more than when he didn't.

He lost his left eye and the wound was covering most of his face. He had to be surged and so Hrand said.

- "We have to sew that. It might start bleeding again."

Gert didn't answer.

Hrand took out his medkit and took care of that wound sewing up Gerts face together. Gert still laid on the ground and was groaning because it hurt.

- "Did he get it?" asked Skeritna.

- "I think yes." said Hrand.

- "Jack!! I must kill Jack!" he groaned and tried to get up.

- "Hold on there a bit okay. You can't get up yet."

Gert shoved Hrands hand aside and got up anyway. He had insane look on his face and not only because of the scar. He clearly lost his mind from anger. We were like a huge plague that bothered him all his life. And now he decided to end it no matter the cost.

- "You no kill Jack. He mine!" said Skertina angrily.

- "What did you say?" roared Gert and came to Skertina looking her in the eye.

He was horrifying as he did this. As if a corpse was closing up on you. Skertina got scared and made a step back. She didn't notice a branch and fell on her back.

- "I am still listening? Do tell me again!" he said and bent over to her grabbing her by her shoulders and pushing her to the dust.

Hrand wanted to step in so Gert stops doing this to his sister, but as he came closer Gerts tail flew out like a snake and grabbed him by the neck starting to choke him.

- "I am still listening! I think you said something you didn't mean completely as you should have! Right?" said Gert and slid his hands closer to her neck.

- "No. Stop. Me no say nothing. Calm down." she cried trying to push him aside from her.

- "We are completely calm. Right? All of us. Right?" he said and his tail stopped choking Hrand.

Gert straightened up and grabbed his tail as if it was a pet and then he said.

- "Okay then now. Let's head out. We have a job to do." and with that he head out straight way to the Vexon territory grinning wide while the sun was setting in a distance.

It was the 16th of August. The day was almost over. And I could not congratulate my younger sister to her birthday. Why? Because I was hundreds of miles away from her.

And what was I doing? I was running. Not like from someone of course. It was sort of joggling onwards because you want to get somewhere faster.

But... we joggle like this all the time. We joggle for 148 days with almost no stops. It is so tiring. And there is always someone right behind our backs who makes us joggle further just so we didn't have to get bothered by them.