The sudden searing pain jolted him awake. He opened his eyes forcefully. The blinding sunlight made him shut them again. " I think he woke up" he heard a voice. " I can see that", another, deeper voice replied," Hold him down while put this on him," it continued. He felt something cold on his body followed by intense tear jerking pain. He almost screamed again but grit his teeth instead. His body jerked and forced his eyes to open and look.
He tried to sit up but sudden pain pain gripped his chest and he fell back into the ground groaning in pain. " That wasn't a good idea," said the deep voice, " Thia hold him down I have to redo it all over again nkt,"! it continued sounding annoyed. Young, strong hands gripped his shoulders and forced him down. He looked up, a child, no, a teen. This was 'Thia'. Hot pain rushed through his entire body and for a moment, he passed out.
Voices, as if in argument, slowly drifted into his mind as he gradually woke up. He opened his eyes and tilted his head towards the voices. They went silent. The one known as Thia came up close to him. "He's awake again Kim, " Thia said looking at Alvin. The other, called Kim, also came closer and looked at him. " Well, since you're awake here's food and some warm water ," Kim said placing food in a flask and a thermos in front of Alvin. " Let's go Thia, " he concluded as he turned and walked away." Wait, we can't just leave him like that Kim," Thia protested walking towards Kim.
"Like what huh, "? Kim asked, " Haven't we done enough already? I mean we cleaned him up as well as fixed up everything else what more do you want,"? he continued slightly angry. He was irritated. This wasn't Thia's fault. They just had to meet the day's quota and maybe... just maybe Shiru will not find something to attack him with. The morning was already spent and the afternoon was in its second hour and they hadn't hunted anything, this is what made Kim irritated.
The priest, who had been placed in a sitting positon inside the damaged Baobab tree, calmly looked at the two boys. They are best friends, he thought. Loudly he said, " Why don't we have lunch first and talk it out," he said looking at the food flask. He just realized he hadn't eaten in days, he was hungry very hungry. Both boys looked at each other. Kim begins to walk away but Thia grabs him, " Let's have some food first..." Kim pulls away from him. "You do that , I'll go hunting," he said stiffly, turning away from them. Thia looked at Kim's back for a moment then says, " Come on Kim its just lunch we'll finish and hunt in no time," cheerfully. Kim turned his head and side eyed Thia, " You eat I 'll do that later", he said. His voice sounded like a warning, a tone he rarely used anymore but one of finality. He walks away.
Thia, slightly surprised and a bit disappointed, turned to the priest and said, " Well, let's eat shall we"?