The Lost Four Sword Stories

The Lost Light. Ricky's Story

 “Ben? Storm? Vector? Gerry? (Sniff) Where are you?!” I look around. “Its scary and dark and cold and I'm all alone! I'm so lost!” I heard a super scary noise, so I ran, but I got lost in these scary woods. I hear the sound of sobbing and almost run away if it isn't for the sound being close and not faraway like in movies. I look around until I find a little boy, say six or seven, in a small den with blond hair, lilac eyes, a turquoise jacket and black pants crying his heart out, he looks over at me.

“Who are you?”

“My name is Ricky, are you lost too?”

“Yeah, my name is Louie. How are we gonna get out of these scary woods, we'll be lost forever mister!” He starts crying again, I look around and see the moon. There must be some way out.

“Not if I can help it, I may be lost too, but I can try to get us out of here, tonight.” I help him out and hold his hand as we start walking. A wolf howls and Louie fringes.

'Be strong Ricky, if you freak out he'll be even more scared.' “It's okay.” I smile and he smiles slightly back.

“So which direction are we going, mister?”

“I think if we try following the moon.” When I ran my shadow was in front of me, so maybe if I lead instead of my shadow we can get out of this mess. There's a roar behind us and I look. “Bear! Run!” I hold on tightly as the bear chases up when I hear a snap and look to Louie, there's a bear trap caught on his ankle. I go over and try to wrestle it off without hurting him and the bear runs up.

“It's all over!” Louie says. I pick up a stick and start swinging it at the bear.

“Get lost! Shoo! Leave us alone!” It rears it's paw and I hit it's arm and it retreats. I manage to pull off the trap and immediately start looking for something to tourniquet his leg with, I find a stick that's straight enough and a couple long leaves and tourniquet it like I saw the doctors do to Ben. I check to make sure it's not bleeding still and help him onto my back. 'I hope I get him out of here in time, now the clocks really ticking.'

If he wears that tourniquet of too long he might die. I increase my pace and pray that I can keep it up, I start a mild jog but soon I start panting, it's hard jogging and carrying someone on your back, I wish I was a hardcore athlete like Ben!

“It's okay to rest mister.” I look at Louie.

“No, we need to get you to hospital soon as possible....” After a long while I finally have no choice but to take a break... I wish the others were here, Vector would remember the direction we need to go in, Ben could carry Louie without needing to rest, Storm would be able to keep away anything dangerous like wolves or bears with his strength and courage, Gerry could keep us all motivated and moving, I can't do anything right... I look at Louie, he's getting pale. “Do you want a drink? I hear a stream nearby.”

“I guess, please don't take to long though.”

“Promise.” As I scoop us some water in a leaf I hear Louie scream. “Louie!” I I set the leaf down and run back to Louie, wolves corner him into the tree I sat him down in front of. I pick up a stick and jump in front of them. “Get back! Shoo! Go away! Louie duck!” When he ducks low enough I spin in a circle and hit the wolves in the snouts, they run away and I kneel next to Louie. “Are you okay?”

“Y-Yes... Can we move ahead?” I nod, use some vine I find to tie the stick around my waist and let Louie climb onto my back again. This time determined not to stop, after a while I use the stick to help me walk as we go through a stream that's rather fast. I almost trip but I keep my footing and make it past the stream and tie the stick back to my waist. I notice Louie is really pale and sit him down then loosen the tourniquet to where his blood can flow again, some color returns to his face and when his leg starts bleeding again, I redo the tourniquet and continue. It's freezing out and I thought that I wouldn't need to wear pants and a jacket so I start shivering a bit. “Are you okay mister?”