(5 days after the visit to the black forest)
6:08pm
At the base of forest
"Why is master zan not back yet?" Billy asked
Lily was checking the spiritual plant that was still in a good condition.
A rare herbal tea leaf plant class A . Its leaf makes herbal tea good for elderly people to have good circulation of blood and air in the lungs it also can be used by women during there early pregnancy for there child to be protected from sudden miscarriage.
In the world where reproduction is still a big problem and miscarriage due to strong environmental effects causes loss in population. This plant is a treasure.
Because a child can be possible after the mother has crossed her first hundreds of life only then she can conceive a baby but the span of reproduction is only 20-30 years after which the mother cannot conceive another child. This spiritual plant is also given another name love making which can increase there reproduction time 40-50 years but these plants are little unhealthy for a person who's it was first time to get in contact with this kind of plant cause it can lead them to a very misfortune incident because these spiritual plants spray aphrodisiacs liquid to attack foreign objects without warnings. But lily has full knowledge about such plants so handling a wild spiritual herbal tea leaf plant grade A was no hurdle. She had covered the parts that attacks with it's Aphrodite liquid and set it inside the transparent glass that had small space for air to pass .
She again scanned at the spiritual plant to look if it was in full shape then she put it inside the car. When she come back to there camping spot both billy and Tyler were talking. As she sat on a big stone and took a stick with it a cooked fish was stuck mixed with some seasonings powder and salt sprayed on it. She put the fish stick beside the fire pit and heated it .
"Senior is master zan okey?" Tyler asked as he was peeling the scales off from the fish
"What if he is in danger?" Billy said worryingly
"He will be okey" she said turning the other side of fish to heat up
"But it's been five days and he is not back yet?" Asked billy
"Shouldn't we go and check at least to confirm if he is okey" said Tyler
"I am sure he is just roaming around with lots fun while making us do hard work!" She said while biting in the hot fish she really miss her home cook meal since she has came to this forest she has been chewing these raw fishes or those thick meats of monster that doesn't taste good unless they were cooked by chef .
"How can you say that without looking for master zan?" Said billy
"Because if it was dangerous he would be the first person to flee with his tail without looking back" she said while crushing the fish bones in her mouth
"Huh?" Both Tyler and billy were confused
"If he can be as good at fighting then he could be as good at running if the situation were to be either do or die" she spit out the bones from her mouth.
"Are you saying master zan is coward?" Billy asked
"No but you should call him very calculative " she said
"How?" They both had this question on there mouth " we have never seen master zan run during the fightings"
"Because you never saw him doing that but I witnessed" she looked at the bite marks on the fish where she ate before "I witnessed him calculating the loss and gain of fights" she added looking at both of them.
She smirked because she herself couldn't believe it. Sometime ago when she was still following the young Ashton in there first battle with space thieves and that unlucky day when they were still in the middle of fight with space pilates. she just witnessed how the young ashton retreated them back without explaining anything and how mad she was at him but she stayed silent until she finally found out the reason for Ashton retreating them back because there enemy had already called for reinforcement space ships with lots of loaded weapons. They would have really lost not just fight but lives too if not retreating on time. She thanked god at that time that Ashton was the one leading them if it was her probably she would have lost many of her members during that unfair fight. After that she went to ash and apologized him properly but to her surprise Ashton never took her actions to his heart and also was the one to take step to first come and explain to her . Finally she couldn't hold back from asking him
'if you knew we were going to lose than surely you must have other planes that could have won that battle right?'
she thought if he gave her an excuse of not believing his abilities and not wanting to gamble his team members life like cowards then she will leave him because she can't stay if he was a real pathetic coward but to her surprise his answer shocked her more than when she found the news of her parents divorce.
' I will never fight even if I am 99% sure I can win the battle' he smiled at her ' because even for 1% I don't want to risk my family member'
She thought he left Battle because he was not sure about his ability as a leader but for a family member for her then she quickly asked ' what if it was only you!'
He smiled at her ' Ashton is included in family too' telling her that he will not gamble on his life too. He walked pass by her ' I will never risk him too' he left room with his last sentence 'take care and come back when you feel like'
After that she had been following Ashton and they also won the battle with space pilates from whom they retreated before and fought many others battle that had one last conclusion as 'victory'.
"He is 100+ % okey so relax" she said pouring black paper powder on fish.
"Then why is he not returning?" Billy asked
"Yes didn't he said he was in hurry to leave forest" Tyler said agreeing billy
"He must have found something unique that is grabbing his interest nom nom" she said eating fish
" Maybe " billy said while tapping on his chin
"That should do it" Tyler said
"He will come back soon don't worry"
Lily said while finishing eating fish and threw the stick on the ground.
"Okey boys clean up before sleeping" she said then laid on sleeping blankets. She was slowly sleeping but suddenly felt something on the ground and quickly sat up.
"Am I the only one feeling the vibrations?" She asked looking at billy and Tyler who were cleaning after eating.
Tyler laid down on the ground but he didn't feel anything "there is nothing wrong" he said looking at lily.
"Maybe there was a sudden earthquake?" Billy said .
Tyler also nodded at his guess but lily's strong senses told it was no ordinary earthquake like a sudden crack on ground very far from the place they were.
She was going to ignore but then she recalled
'it's really been 5 days I hope he is doing okey and like his words he will always put his life first in any dangerous situations'
She closed her eyes not knowing what tomorrow waits for them.
...To be continue