"You guys nearly killed us"
A voice said from inside the dust cloud, then the dust settled. They were three Identical men, they had long hair but one held his up, the other let his down and the third had his pasted to his head.
They wore shirts which said tic tac toe. The one who wore his hair up, shirt said tic. The one who had his hair down running free wore a shirt that said tac and the last one wore toe.
Tic bent down and caressed the dead camel.
"They killed .…our ride"
Tic and toe said each picking two words.
"We should... make them... carry us? "
The did the same thing again, but this time. Toe started and Tac ended it. Each speaking two words.
" You... don't... agree"
Toe said you, tic said don't and tac said agree. Tic and Toe looked at Tac.
Ryan and the others watched as the discussed.
Their voices were identical, if there weren't standing apart, Ryan and the other wouldn't have noticed them finishing each other's sentences.
Suddenly, Codin charged at Ryan and threw a punch. Toe stopped it and the wind which accompanied it, passed by carrying a huge portion of the sand with it. Atta and Helton shielded their eyes with their arms.
"Why... did you...save him?"
Tic tac toe said respectively, starting with Tac and ending with Toe.
"They are... our ride... remember?"
They said starting with Toe and ending with Tac.
Toe twisted his fist, which was still in his hand. Codin leaned in the direction his arm was twisting towards. He threw a left hook in effort to make Toe let him go. He rather caught his other fist and headbutted him in the chest. Codin fell on his knees and Toe waited for him to get up.
The moment he got up, stamped Toe in the chest with both legs, before he was able to deliver another headbutt. He fell on the ground freeing his hands. Ryan and the others stood there watching.
Codin rolled on his back and stood up the moment he hit the ground. He stood there looking at Toe.
"You are... having all.... the fun."
Tac started and Toe ended.
Tic ran and jumped at Codin with a stamp, he tilted and watched Tic pass by. He turned and simultaneously Toe and Tac kicked him in the chest. He stumbled into Tic who was waiting behind him. He kicked him back to Toe and Tac who initiated a relay. Like a game of professional table tennis, Toe and Tac punch passed Codin. Tic joined them, he punched him below the ribs from the back.
All the while, Ryan and the others watched. At least Ryan did, Atta and Helton did not see anything. Helton could tell where they were but he couldn't see them. Atta only heard sounds and saw dust. She saw them if only they stopped fighting. Ryan watched the whole thing, he looked up grand saw the drones were still hovering.
Meanwhile, Shoto was fighting his caretakers to leave the infirmary. He had been falling off his bed and slithering out of his room like a snake.
"I understand you, I hate hospitals too (whispering). I'll heal you and you'll be on your way."
A woman in a mint green robe said. She help Shoto get back on the hospital bed. She undid Shoto's robe and covered her palm with flames. Her flames blue with a greenish yellow base. The moment Shoto saw the flames he scaled up.
" Wow, fire dragon, this is my first time seeing your kind. Relax, I won't burn you. Well, I will burn you but it won't hurt."
The woman said and Shoto retracted his scales.
"Sorry, it took me this long to attend to you. This hospital is something new Eternity is starting. A lot of people are hurt. "
She saw the look on Shoto's face and knew she had to explain herself.
"Hospital is what we are calling this place of healing. I am lilium"
She said and waited for Shoto to do same. After seconds of silence, she rubbed Shoto's body with the flames. After awhile he was feeling better. Shoto sat up on the bed, he put on his robe which was on the bed. He turned at sat a the edge of the bed.
"You can't go just yet, you may feel fine but you are not. You need to rest a little, at least a day."
Lilium said as she lifted his legs and placed them back on the bed.
"A day, by then the games will be over"
Shoto said as lilium made him comfortable.
"Yes at least. I don't know what's so special about this games. Year after year people get hurt really badly, some even die but they do the whole thing the next year. Adventurers are just damb, no offense."
Lilium said with anger in her voice, tear clouds formed in her eyes.
"Excuse me"
Lilium said and walked out of there as quickly as she could. The moment she got out, a stream of tears flowed down her face.
"She is crying again.. She should just quit if seeing ill people is too much for her. She cries at least once a day, that is too much."
A nurse said looking at Lilium
"She lost her husband six months ago, she did everything she can to save him. I heard she is from Isis, but traveled the world in search of a cure for her husband's disease."
Another nurse said, also looking at Lilium.
Lilium wipe her tears and looked around, checking if anyone noticed her. She then entered another patient's room.