Breaking Point

Chapter 5: The Stronghold

Mika's POV:

It has been a few hours since we had the whole misunderstanding cleared up. I had been talking to the leader of the tribe and she had trusted us now. She told me her name was An'dira. We had been talking with the tribe, telling us their beliefs so that we don't make the same mistake twice.

Anyway, I was in the tent with her since she wanted to speak with me. I was the defacto leader of the entire team but she could've also spoke with the rest of us. I went inside her tent.

"You called for me?" I asked.

"Yes, come in." An'dira replied.

I saw that there was a big map in the middle of the entire tent. I looked at it and I saw that it was a map of the entire forest.

"This is a very big map you have." I commented.

"Yes, we have to take care of our territory." she answered.

"Now, why have you called me?" I asked. "You know you can call us all here, right?"

"Well, you and me have something similar, which is that we can't bear to see our own comrades get hurt." she replied. "Not to mention, you're the leader of your group."

"I had replaced their former leader. I just do what I can..." I told her.

What I had just said, made me remember about Takeda. That just made me miss him even more.

"Well, I called you here because since we have a common enemy, I figured we can help each other." she told me. "We'll help you get close to the New Order, and you'll eliminate them for us."

"Why not come with us all the way?" I asked, confused.

"We have suffered enough because of them." she answered. "We don't have enough power to defeat them, since our weapons are very primitive."

"As we speak, my sisters are scouting our boundaries in the forest for their base." she added. "It might take a while, but I'm certain that they'll--"

"Sister! Sister!" a tribeswoman called out and ran inside the tent.

"What is it, sister?" An'dira asked her.

"We found the New Order stronghold." the tribeswoman replied.

I was surprised that they had found the stronghold so fast.

"Well, go tell your group, Mika." An'dira told me.

I nodded and I ran outside to look for the others. I only saw Ming Zhu and Hideki by themselves, talking to each other.

"Hey, Ming Zhu, do you know where everyone else is?" I asked them.

"Um, no, I didn't see them." Ming Zhu answered and Hideki shook his head.

"Hey, Mika, what happened?"

I looked to my left and I see Fugiro go up to me.

"Hey Fugiro, I'm looking for the others." I replied.

"Oh, well, let's go look for them then." he said.

"Alright, let's go." I replied.

We started to look for the others, I was wondering where they could be. Since we're friends with the tribe, they could be anywhere.

We were looking around for anyone and we saw Rizosomi shooting arrows at one of the tribe's training dummies. The training dummy was made out of wood. He had gathered the attention of some of the tribeswomen, and they looked so interested with his skills.