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Chapter 4 - the first dream

After I wake her up we started walking.

After an hour I was able to see a bridge from far of. We could find a city if we follow the road and if the roads aren't blocked off.

So we walked for longer, even though it looked pretty close it took us four hours to come close enough so that I can see something far ahead from the woods.

"Is that a patrol pump?" I mumbled.

"Yes it is." I shouted as I ran towards it, there was a four wheeler truck there.

'I'll need the keys though.'

I walked in the main building of the patrol pump, it was very small. There was trash all over the place and on one corner there was a desk. I searched the desk and found some car keys.

I tested them, they are the keys of the truck.

'Now the only things we will need are those boxes and transparent plastic.'

I started searching for plastic and boxes on those piled trash.

"So, uhh...." I haven't asked her name yet, nor did I introduced myself.

"uhh... So, I should have asked this before but, uhh, what is, ahh, your name?" I asked.

''It's Angelica, Angelica Aliot.'' she answered.

"I see. you can call me Jakub." I replied while searching.

''Will you mind, if I ask something, Angel?'' I asked.

she replied with her lifeless voice ''No.''

"What happened to your parents?" I asked.

She paused for a second then answered with that emotion less, calm familiar voice of her "They died when I was 5 or 4 years. We were on a public buss, when some scary people barged in. They had guns. They pointed a gun at the driver and said that if he stopped the buss he is dead. At a four way crossing a truck collided with the buss, and some spikes came in the buss and went right through several people including one of those scary guys. Another car collided with the buss and the buss was spinning, the bus went on a train line and a train came, the train crushed one of those scary guys and halved the buss. As this was happening, my parents were holding me tight, but then, a eye blinding flash happened, and when I can see aga–' "STOP!" I shouted "you don't have to recall those memories!"

'' But I see this every day in my dreams.'' she said as calmly as she talks. "Considering your age, you must have been thinking about those always. That's why you see dreams of those. You must not think about that incident ever again, okay!?" I said with concern for her though the voice that came out was of anger.

she answered "Okay.''

At this point I had found those boxes and plastic and everything was ready. I got forty litres of fuel too. This truck must had a fuel capacity of fifty litre.

So now then let's catch our food. After two hours of fishing, all that I had got was just forty mutated non edible fish. We ate some of the crops for launch.

After making a cushion to sleep on at the petrol pump, I went right back to fishing.

When time of dinner came, I had caught seven edible fish and a hundred or so mutated fish. After angel went to sleep, I was standing at front of the patrol pump.

I can't use the scales any longer. They don't have the scent of that crocodile anymore.

My arm too hadn't healed yet. though with these swords it should be a piece of cake.

the jungle is so dark that it's only black. I could hear growls. though, I could say there weren't many near us.

after a minute or so something attacked from the shadows.

I leaped towards right and when I was going to attack it, another one attacked and they started attacking in a symphony, not letting me counter.

It's a pack of mutated wolves. It seems like their intelligence is higher than normal wolves. They are attacking continuously so that I can't attack.

It's a full proof plane only if, I just keep dodging, so I couldn't keep dodging forever.

after another dodge I used my sword to block the next attack when that wolve's paws touched the blade it went right through cutting it's body in half from it's arm to it's neck, killing it, immediately.

Another wolve attacked immediately and I was able to cut it's head of.

The others stopped for a moment to think. One of them tried to go towards the patrol pump sneakily, I was able to spot it, when it was half way there. I stopped it by cutting it in half.

then another one attacked me, I moved my hand in such a way that it cut it's paws first and then it's head. Another one tried attacking me I tried to attack it back but another one saved it and another one attacked me from behind. I just spinned once to cut it in half with the blade.

Immediately after that, another one attacked me not being ready I just leaped towards another one near me, and with one slice I cut it into half.

Afterwards I looked around, only five of them are left.

the first one trying to attack me was saved by another one, but I was able to cut it's leg of, and afterwards it's head. then another one attacked me, it perfectly coordinated it's attack and so I wasn't able to attack it in any way, but I saved myself from any injuries, though I fell on my back.

thinking I won't be able to harm them another one attacked me. I cut it in half by my sword and other two attacked. With some slick hand movements I was able to cut their paws and afterwards their heads before they could even touch me.

On the other hand the last one was able to sneakily get in the petrol pump and was getting ready to attack Angel.

I threw the sword followed by the spear, followed by the axe without thinking once.

the sword cut it as much as to make it flinch, the axe broke several of it's bones and the spear pierced it, nailing it on a wall.

I ran with the other sword on hand before it could recover and cut it into pieces.

well there shouldn't be anything coming to hunt us anymore. It should be their territory and no other predator should be living here. I should sleep for now who knows when I'll get to sleep again.

But before that, I should clean this mess, she already had a hell of a nightmare, now I didn't want to give her another reason to see a nightmare.

Now that I thought about it, she always looked so dead, I couldn't see any life in her eyes. As if she was already dead from inside just like her.

it took me thirty minutes to clean everything up, if something was going to attack, it should have attacked by now.

I slept near her holding her hands, hoping she will have a good dream, not a nightmare. her first dream in these four years.