Borderline of the Enderines

Chapter 4

Zoey's POV

Zoey slowed her pace slightly, so the others catch up with her later. Her head turned in every direction, looking for her partner. She opened her mouth to shout his name ,but thought against it, in fear of spooking him more. She didn't want that. Zoey was very worried about Rythian. Armed men came after him, who wouldn't be afraid if that happened to a close friend? She was so lost in thought, Zoey didn't see the rock that poked out of the ground until she hit it. Her arms flailing about, hit the ground first. They scraped, small pin-pricks of blood came through. Zoey huffed and pushed herself up. She continued on her way, careful to watch for branches and other stones.

"Rythian, if you're not in pain when I find you, I'm going to slap you." She breathed out.

   ~Time skip brought to you by Teep in his hitman outfit~

The other had caught up a while back. No longer tired and out of breath. They formed a misshapen circle with Zoey and Tee leading the pack. They walked towards a village Martyn saw when he climbed a tree. Zoey hoped that a least one villager saw her partner.  Trees began to thin out and it became brighter as the closer to the village.  Zoey thought it odd that she didn't heard any loud market sounds or the fast pace walk the villagers had. It was eerily quiet. The group found a small group of towns people huddled together, talking in hushed tones. Zoey slowly approached one and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Excuse me, sir?"

The villagers jumped up in fear at her voice and turned to look at her. The one she tapped spoke in a fearful voice. "Yes?"

"Um... Me and my friends are looking for a man. About 6'2 feet tall (is that how tall he is?) , dark brown with a lighter patch of hair in front, and purple/violet eyes. Have you seen him?"

The villager, who started to shake when Zoey started to describe him, was now looked like he was face to face with a dozen creepers. "I.....I already t-told you. We ha-haven't seen him in y-years." The villagers slowly moved away from the group. "Please....Please don't hurt us."

Zoey opened her mouth to speak, but before she could the villagers rushed away as fast as their legs would move. "Wait! Please, we don't want to hurt you!" She moved to run after them but Martyn stopped her.

"Zoey ,don't. They're obviously scared. Running after them would only make them even more."

Her shoulders fell. She nodded and looked back the way the villagers ran. A ways down the road she could see a tall man with dark brown hair and wearing a white coat with light purple lining talking to a villager. Zoey was full of joy and took off towards him. The villager looked back at them and screamed at Rythian to leave. He didn't even turn around, just took off.

I'm so sorry I didn't update in so long. I have a list of excuses I could say, but none are good enough. The best is family stuff came up. I'm sorry I can't make this long to make up for it. Again I am deeply sorry for being so late at updating.