PROLONGATION
As soon as we ran through the doorway, we were blinded by the light and as soon as our eyes adjusted to the brightness of the surroundings, we were greeted by the sea breeze. We were inside a cave this whole time and it looks like we are in a deserted island, nothing but the ocean to surround us.
"Where the heck are we?" Pinty asked in frustration as she suddenly collapsed to the ground. We were so lost and didn't know what to do.
I held on tight to the machete I was holding and faced all of them.
"What ever happens, we stick together" I firmly said. Their eyes intently stared at me.
Hypo stepped forward with an earnest look. "No matter what"
"No matter where" Marille continued as she held on tight to the strap of the backpack she was wearing.
"And no matter how, we will get through this and find our way out of this situation" Danny ended. We gave each other a tight hug to show how we are eager to find a way out of the situation we are in.
"So what now?" Jane asked all of a sudden
We stood there silently and Hypo broke the silence when she asked us as to what we can remember before we were in this state.
"We'll talk about it later, let's gather some things that we would need for a temporary place to camp and consume first" Haily suggested and we all agreed to it.
I looked at the spot we are in and came up with a plan. "Let us divide the tasks first, we need a safe place we could spend the night first, gather food and fire woods and lastly, roam the island" I said
"Danny and I can gather some food and put it inside the bags" Marille suggested then followed by West and Jane volunteering to look for a place to spend the night.
"I would like to roam the are" I stated then they looked at me with worry. I know no one would willingly volunteer since it can be risky since we don't know what this island has in store for us.
"I'll go with you" Pinty volunteered and stood beside me. "We can't let you wander off on your own" She said as she gives off the smile we know that is comforting.
"Then that's settled, I'll go gather some firewoods with Hypo and we should meet up here as soon as we settled with what we have, information and necessities" Haily stated and so we parted our ways.
I advised them to not make any risky decisions and if they ever encountered something suspicious, I suggest they withdraw from their task immediately and return to the meeting place for safety.
"I think it's best if we go to a higher ground to have a better understanding of the island" Pinty suggested to which I agreed to.
The girls went ahead and so we ought to find the highest point of the place before it gets dark.
We looked for the highest place that would likely be easy to reach and analyze the place and then I saw the only thing that is high enough was a tree.
We went inside the woods to go near the tree that was probably 30-40 meters away from our spot. Before leaving, I decided to leave a mark in the spot we are in just to make sure and did leave a trail that only I would notice.
Pinty led the way as I followed her from behind. The only thing we have was the machete I got from the cave we came from. The place we were standing from a moment ago was a clear space so I think it would likely be visible from where the tree stands.
"You know how to climb trees, right?" I asked which she then gave a nid as an answer. Good thing that the tree had lots of branches and the trunk wasn't that slippery to hold on to,which made our way to the top of the tree quite easy.
"Becareful, we won't die from the fall from here but we would surely get a broken bone from it" I jokingly informed her
I stood at the spot where I would be able to see the place we were once at and Pinty was behind me. "We need to know as much details as possible" I told her. "I know, good thing you have a good memory retention" she replied.
I scanned the place and from the spot we are in, I can almost see everything aside from the other side of the ocean. Seems like we're nowhere near any other islands.
I heaved out a deep sigh and tried to store the imagery of the island as much as possible in my head. The shore had a wide spread of sands in its area then followed by the cave we came out off. Just a few steps would be entering the forest we went through; filled with random trees and probably deadly animals as well.
I was about to ask Pinty to go back down when I saw her intently looking at a certain spot. I tried to look at where she was looking at and then I saw Haily and Hypo gathering dried branches of trees probably 20 meters ahead of us. But what caught my attention was a figure in black almost 10-15 meters away from them with a shiny object at its possession.
A blade!
"Hurry! We have to get those two without making a scene!" I said with a stern voice
We hurried back down and pinty got off the tree first, I was about to jump when my foot slipped and I ended up crashing on the ground. Pinty hurried to my aid and checked if I was alright.
"I'm fine, no scratch or anything, now let's go save those two!"