The Putrefaction: Lost In The Cruel World

Chapter 2: The Trail

Sunset, how lovely to see. Seeing how the sun, meets with the sea. Our grueling journey continues.
We were surrounded by dark-green colored elevated Nara Trees. As we walk onto the frightening forrest called 'Marley.' Where band of suspecious criminals is in disguised. Observing the surroundings, as it was a perilous journey south.

Walking through the narrows, holding our bags along with our knifes and daggers. We walked very close to each other.  Me on the center, Nel and mike besides me. They were holding my both shoulders. Nel, was holding his backpack and Mike was eating his snack, a bread he bought from our village. They've been making jokes all along.

Mike started the joke, He said, "Hey Nel and Zyn, I have a joke for you." He holds our shoulders and start talking, "A Doctor said: "I'm sorry but you suffer from a terminal illness and have only 10 to live. And the Patient replied: "What do you mean, 10? 10 what? Months? Weeks?!" Said Doctor: "Nine."

That was a good joke and what's made his joke laughable is his accent, the rhyme.

Nel snickered. "HAHAHA! While looking at me, in a soft voice he replied, "What a hilarious joke, Mike." And he asked, "You wanna hear my joke too?"

"O..kay, drop it on" while eating his chocolate and laughing on his own joke. He is a certified psycho.
In a joker-like accent he said, "I dreamed I was forced to eat a giant marshmallow. When I woke up, my pillow was gone."

I chuckled after hearng his joke And Mike giggled.

"HAHAHAH nice joke homie." Mike's reply on Nel's joke.

We were walking, and they didn't stop chit-chatting. I smelled an aroma something like that. I swipe their elbows and then, I ran to the edge of the forest hurriedly when I spotted a small village from afar, I saw that village were on fire.

When I saw that burning village, I immediately returned to them, rushing for a call, sweat sheds as I was running, and I shouted them saying,
"Guys! Look! Over there! There's a burning village from afar!" I point my fingers down to the village location and when they heard my husking voice, that's the time they ran. We three glanced at that burning village from the forrest edges.

Nel stared and said, "It is just 500 meters away from us."

I was touching my Marrowbones/knee, I ran too fast that's the cause of my fatigue.
"We might get there soon if we run." I said.

"Quick!." Mike shouted us.

We ran again, even from afar we saw villagers weeping and fleeing. Some were busy extinguishing the fire.

As when we get there, we saw a kid, crying over a house that were totally burnt. We rushed to him and asked.

"Whats your name, kid." Mike solemnly questioned the kid, I was on his behind and Nel was helping the other villagers, extinguishing the fire.

The kid was sitting, weeping and he answered, "huhuhu, I am Paul. Me and my parent lived over that burnt house. huhuhu." He answered while pointing his finger towards the house that is in front of us.

"What happened there? Where is your parents?" I urged the kid while embracing him by touching his back.

"huhuhu. My parents were sleeping inside that house when the fire anonymously occured. And they were trapped inside while they were helpless." Kid weeping in tears while holding his toy bought to him by his parents.

"This is bad." Said mike and caught sight of the other burning houses.

"I did nothing b-but to l-listen to their dimmed v-oices, the-y w-ere shouting and calling for help. huhuhuhu. I am very useless to my family." He answered while punching himself.
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"How pitiful." Said Mike while his teary eyes got in our vision and asked, "Ahm Kid, do you have any clues about those ruthless suspects who did all these?!"

The kid replied, "Yes,...huhu I kno-ow the-em. They we-were many, about 5 persons. And they say it was the wanted group named, "Night Rai-."

"Huh?!"

We all three were confused and said the same word, 'cause we only knew in our minds that the group only take the lives of those corrupt government officials.

I quickly questioned the kid, "Why'd you know?!"

And Mike stand, eagerly responded, "Its not them. They're not bad, they're not the group who did these. They are in our side. The Night Raid."

Nel heard his brother's voice, he ran immediately and elbowed Mike after hearing his unpleasant reply, "Would you mind not shouting that Kid. He losses his family already, yet you're showing your true colors here, Bro."

And they began arguing.

"Guys stop!" As I shoved and pushed their both shoulders for them to stop their nonsense talk.

I glanced once again on the surrounding and said, "all the houses of this village are totally devastated. What a big loss."

"Indeed, how pitiful they are now." Mike said.

I gave a piece of bread to the kid as he was weeping so hard. He can't stop his tears from shedding, "Stop crying kid, you will have justice soon. We'll annihilate those cruel suspects." Then the kid took the food.

"Yeah, entrust us." My friend Nel replied.

"And we'll find you a shelter, just get all along with the residents. Someone will partially help y'all for sure. Maybe the government, if they have sympathy." My friend Mike replied.

"God, guide us." I prayed.

"C'mon, lets continue our journey." Then he took his map from his bag and said, "We'll be heading southeast since it is showed in the map, that this dot here is their headquarters." Mike statement while Me and Nel were listening to him carefully.

After our interview with the kid who losses his family, we continued our journey to find the covert group. To eliminate those cruel suspects who burned the entire village And to eliminate those corrupt government officials who's hindrance in our lives. Causing us to suffer severe strife and poverty.