The next morning, they all joined Helen to the woods. Trevor couldn't join because he had to let his wound heal. He was surprised when Expresso, who said he might not be going with them, set off to the woods with the others, and Trevor was just left with the company of the lady and Glowie.
The woods, when they reached, brought back gloomy memories to them, but they had to wane it off and look towards the positive.
The woods was filled with chirps of birds today, and the aromatic saps from the pine trees filled the air. That was one of the things that lightened up their minds.
Helen took them to a point they didn't know existed in the woods. It was an array of trees forming a pavilion, which led to a place filled with mostly shrubs with purple leaves.
"This is where I normally meet them," Helen said.
"Tell them we would love to see them," Marie said.
"I hope they allow you see," Helen said.
Helen turned to the shrubs and sang a beautiful poem and she began to giggle, turning around and talking to beings that every other person couldn't see.
"They came out," she said, giggling.
"I don't see anyone," Kahil said.
"This girl is insane," Expresso said.
"Don't say that. You're only blind to things like this because you don't want to believe in their existence," Launa said to him.
"But I believe they exist, why can't I see them?" Marie asked.
"It lies on your purpose of seeing them. Is it to satisfy your curiosity or just to relate cheerfully with them?" Launa said.
Marie kept shut, cause she couldn't explain why she wanted to see them.
Helen, on the other hand, kept giggling and turning around. Then she stopped and positioned her ears like something was speaking into her ears. She stayed in that position for a while, and when she returned to her normal position, she looked up at them.
"Varune says she saw some men in black tarrying around the woods last night."
"Ask her what they looked like," Fern said.
"They were in shabby black outfits," Helen said.
"Should be one of the men from the Hunds clan. They're with our serum and it itches me," Fern said.
"Wait," Helen said and returned to that listening position again. She returned. "Varune has offered to take us to a place where we could see them."
"That would be too dangerous for us. We've got no weapons, as you can see," Six said.
"Doesn't mean we can't scratch their eyes out," Itsuki said.
"You did it the other time doesn't mean you'd always be lucky," Six said.
"Is there a way we could get our serum without having to fight them?" Launa asked.
"Well ehm...Varune says we should come," Helen said and began to walk back towards the direction they came.
"Hope he knows where he's taking us though," Expresso murmured.
They walked within the woods, going through places they had never seen before, until they came out to a wavy lake, having canoes floating melodiously.
They all stopped at the mouth of the river.
"Where, really, is your friend taking us to?" Expresso asked.
"To get what you lost of course," Helen said.
"How sure are we this isn't a second doom plan? After what Jona had done to us I find it hard to trust anyone I don't know anymore," Six said.
"Do you want your serum back or not?" Helen said.
"If all these would lead us to getting the serum back, then I don't mind," Fern said.
They got into one of the canoes and paddled their way through the lake, going across bushes and seaweeds. They got to the end of the lake and what followed were tall grasses. They traversed that area, walked on dry land, tarred road, until they finally entered a very busy street.
They were surprised at where they were, but they kept going nevertheless until they got to a place called THE WINSTON EXCHANGE BANK. They got in and saw a lot of people in there holding sacks, backpacks, and hand bags. According to what people in the street had told them before they got to the bank, that was where things of value were exchanged for reasonable amounts of dollars.
"Now everything is beginning to make sense," Kahil said.
"We should search for those guys here, I'm sure they are here," Fern said.
"We could ask questions though, and we need to be fast before they exchange the serum," Marie said.
They approached an elderly woman in one of the counters. She seemed frail and slow. They asked her if anyone had come to her to do an exchange for the wolf serum. The woman seemed to be familiar with the serum, and she refered them to a particular exchange room upstairs.