The tingling pain on his back, his dampen shirt, and blood oozing out of his wounds, Lancet can feel it all. He looked at his panic-stricken sister, he can’t let her have the same kind of experience as he was having now.
(It is too much a child like her to handle! I must protect her!)
Lancet knew they could never outrun such a monster; however he had no choice but to run back to where they came from. The beast saw his intension and growled deeply. When they ran, it chased them from the back. They arrived beside the cliff and starting to climb.
With incredible speed, the beast lunged itself towards them and knocked them down. Cairo who was already on the side cliff was knocked from the slippery and narrow route, before she could fall all the down, Lancet, with his quick wits, grabbed hold on her hand as tight as he can. The panther slipped after knocking off Cairo, and it fell down deep into the gorge below. It roared pathetically as it fell, and nothing was heard after a few seconds. At last, the children were free from its attacks.
Lancet was very relieved and tried to pull up his sister using all his might, but to no avail. The pain on his back was extreme, searing with immense pain, as if fiery-red hot horse shoes are pressing against his back. Everytime he try pulling up Cairo, he could feel his muscles torn away, tissue by tissue. He fervently hoped that someone would come to their aid which was very unlikely because no one would dare to cross this forest after knowing the village was attacked by bandits.
“ Brother! I don’t want to fall down there! Save me!” Cairo cried.
“Hold on to my hand! Don’t let go!”
He remained this pose for several hours until the goddess of luck abandoned them. All the birds on the sky returned to their nests on the trees all of a sudden, a gust of strong wind suddenly blew, whipping through Lancet’s hair and streaming it out backwards like a horse’s mane; the branches of trees swaying alarmingly heralding an approaching storm. It was significantly the lull before a storm.
Soon the sky became darker and darker until heavy tonnes of rain poured down from the sky. The water flowed down into Lancet and Cairo’s grasps making it frictionless, causing Cairo unable to hold onto Lancet’s hand any longer……
“Brother, I cant make it…” sobbed Cairo
“ You will and you can!”
Finally, her hand slipped off Lancet’s tight grasp. Lancet could feel his heart missed a few beats and blood was drained from his forehead.
“CAIRO!!!! NO!!!! CAIRO
“ARRRRRGH….BRO…THER……”
First his parents now his sister! All his family members were gone! He was now left all alone… alone in this world. These harsh realities nearly crushed him. His tears flowed down and he wailed and wailed. He continuously punched the ground with his fist until it was covered with blood and dirt. He felt helpless and his heart broken into smithereens.
“ ITS MY FAULT! ITS ALL MY FAULT!!! I DID’NT PROTECT CAIRO
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