The Lost Souls

Fulfilling Friendship Promises

The sun was about to set. The group of extraordinary's  were back to the place where they were camping. They had faced something horrid, it was their friend who was stabbed, but everyone felt as if it was them who were killed.
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Vedha had fallen down unconscious right after the 'witch' had left. They carried her back and the girls again attended her wound. The boys sat still, none of their functions worked. After few minutes the bonfire was lit. To everyone's surprise, Krish had brought fruits for everyone, some of them were not recognizable but right now they were ready to even kill something and eat it raw.

'Someone had to speak up, someone has to say something so atleast they would share what they were feeling'
Siddharth kept repeating those words in head. He glanced at everyone's faces, even though the surrounding was dim lit, it was easy to understand that everyone felt scared and depressed.

"Uhh.... How's Vedha?" He asked finally as he got up from the ground and went closer where she was resting. He stopped midway and peeked over Ria's shoulder, obviously too shy to actually look at a resting woman.

"Her leg seems ok, its stopped bleeding, but...." Ria said as she got up.

"But what now?" Sumedh asked exasperated, hinting his usual annoyance.

"She has high fever. Her body is getting more warmer than afternoon." Ria said worreidly.

"Plus she's unconscious for hours." Sapna added.

"Tell me something I don't know, something I don't know." Sumedh hummed words in a tune and rolled his eyes.

"Did you just quote Selena Gomez's song?
Dude.....ya okay?"
Vedha grumbled as she rubbed her eyes.

Everyone stared at her face after her absurd comment. She looked as if she had completely forgotten what had happened. She smirked, shaked her head and positioned to sit straight.

"I was ok when you were sleeping and your mouth was shut." Sumedh snapped.

"Not my fault. Anyways I had a... not nice, definitely not great but a good....a good nap." Vedha said in a husky tone.

"Are you ok?" Ria patted her shoulder.

"Ofcourse! Why wouldn't I be ok?" Vedha looked at her and got up.

"I think she has lost her mental stability." Evan whispered to Ethan, Shanaya and Ananya. The twins just made an 'o' with their mouths and Ethan just eyed him.

"You were passed out for hours." Sid said.

"Is that why he's soo grumpy?" Vedha pointed at Sumedh who was sitting with his hands folded and kept looking in the opposite direction.

"No." Sumedh answered before Sid. "No, Miss Cricketer. I am completely ok with you sleeping good and then you waking up and trying as if everything's back to normal, where.....all this shit is happening because of......"Sumedh's yelling stopped midway.

"All this shit is happening because of ME. Say it....don't stop, don't regret blaming me. Cuz' I know you're all in this mess because of me." Vedha yelled back.

They both were facing each other with only inches apart, tilting their heads almost taunting each other. They both were like dormant volcanoes, waiting to erupt their actual anger.

Everyone looked at the duo, but no one tried to stop them. They just looked like they knew this was going to happen. This whole journey, this trip, these people, the happening events worsened their conditions every now and then.

"I never thought I would say this, but looking at you, I think you're right for the first time in your life. Thats why I want you guys out of this mess, and I know how to do that." Vedha stepped back.