SURVIVORS

Chapters 25. Disappear From View

The next morning at breakfast.

"Are we leaving after Dean's breakfast?" ask Widuri.

"Yes. What's up?" dean replied without taking his eyes off his plate.

"I want to go back to the garden and get yams and carrots." Views begging.

"alright. Don't long. My plan is we'll leave sooner" Dean warned.

Widuri patted and quickly finished her meal. Accompanied by Gilang he went to the garden. They picked some yams and wotels for the trip. Widuri also keeps a handful of yam sticks and a few wotels that are still small. He moved the seeds carefully. Unified with previously owned plant seeds.

They began to travel as the sun began to rise. Sunil and Alan carried each one a rabbit in his hand. Dean walked in front carefully while looking at the surroundings. Sometimes he stops and observes first before stepping again. Their path continues to decline. At the back, Gilang did not forget to give a sign as a guide for the next team. Sunil and Alan kept their distance so that Gilang did not fall far from the group.

Dean stopped right in front of the square. He's riveted. 'What's up ahead there the abyss again?' his inner. He saw nothing more after the snow in front of him. Widuri who didn't think Dean stopped walking finally hit him. "Bad. You stopped saying nothing," he grumbled as he rubbed his forehead into Dean's bag.

"What's wrong?" ask Widuri who saw Dean did not take her eyes off the front. Widuri looked towards the front. Just snow and fog. 'Fog?' thought Widuri. Ever since he regained consciousness in this forest, there had not been a look at the fog. Just snow and pine trees.

The team finally stopped there.

"We just make a shelter here," Dean put his luggage down and started looking for dry wood around and lit a fire. The women immediately prepared the food they brought, while the men prepared a resting place.

"I'll check what's behind the fog tomorrow after breakfast. You guys wait here," Dean said his plan. His team members agreed. They basically don't understand how to live in the woods, so trust Dean's decision.

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"Dean, can I come?" ask Widuri who saw Dean and Alan leaving. Because Dean did not react, Widuri added: "See the green leaves behind the snow. Perhaps it was also a garden that was abandoned due to the winter. I want to make sure it's right or not." Widuri gave an excuse. Dean just nodded. The three of them walked cautiously towards the snow-white expanse.

Widuri noticed the green clumps she had seen in the distance earlier. He didn't know whether the plant could be eaten or not.

"You know what plant this is Dean?" ask Widuri who was desperate because she could not know. Dean's approaching.

"It's a berry plant. Be careful with the durin. We won't find any fruit in the winter." Dean said after observing.

"Waahh, what a pity. But maybe I can find the seedlings below," he said enthusiastically.

"Ouch.." Widuri looked at her finger that was pierced by a thorn.

"It's been said carefully, there's a durin." Dean cuek then went the other way seeing Widuri blow her finger.

Widuri threw the berry away with the spear he carried and removed the snow from the ground.

"I found him. Huhahh. It was not in vain to sacrifice a finger," Widuri smiled happily. With a small wood he poked the ground and plucked out the berry saplings. Widuri's looking somewhere else. He found a plant whose leaves were different but equally spiny. The thorny grove was scattered with a spear and then searched for the saplings of the plant at the bottom. Widuri collected 4 berry saplings that morning.

The sun began to rise as the enveloping fog thinned. Dean could finally look in a further direction. Dean finally understood that it was previously the fog that limited his visibility. Dean approached Alan and said something. Alan nodded and immediately turned towards the shelter that was visible in the distance.

Dean walked towards Widuri. "How is. Have you found your treasure?" tanyanya tempt. Widuri immediately turned to look at him with a dislike.

"Hey.. It can be planted and produce fruit later. Isn't the fruit delicious?" Widuri replied fiercely. Dean laughed at his expression.

"Hey, don't get angry easily, get old soon." Dean teased her again.

"I am old. Then why?" Widuri was getting annoyed to see Dean laughing at her.

"Haha.. Alright. Now tell me if I need my help digging up your treasure?" Dean tried to relieve Widuri's irritation, but it made Widuri even more upset.

"What treasure? You keep insinuating me! Just get pissed off." Widuri doesn't care about Dean who still has a smile.

"Eh, where's Alan?" ask Widuri after not seeing Alan near Dean.

"I asked him to call everyone to continue the journey." replied Dean. "We'll just wait here, they'll be here later" Dean added.

"But my bag is still there." Widuri stood up from her squat.

"I've asked Alan to bring it." replied Dean casually. "Now look, what plants do you still want. We may not be able to find him again."

"Oh, fine then." Widuri walked in the other direction and soon shouted in excitement. "Isn't this a leek? Dean. come here." call him.

Dean's approaching. "It just so happens to be an onion?" asked Dean enthusiastically.

"Dean, where are you?" A voice called out to Gilang.

Dean raised his head to be easily seen. "We're here."

"What are you doing?" Gilang wants to know.

"We found an onion plant." The Widuri continued to dig and collect leaves and onion tubers.

"Wahh great." exclaimed Gilang. "Oh yeah, it's your saturi bag." Gilang handed over the bag he was carrying to Widuri.

"Thank you." Widuri wears a bag to her back.

After finding enough foodstuffs, they resumed their journey down the mountain waist. The further away from the open, the deeper into the depths of the forest. The trees are not so close anymore. The sunlight could still penetrate in.

Dean looked at his watch. 'It's 3 o'clock, it's time to stop and prepare the shelter' he thought.

"We'll rest here." Dean decides. Everyone stopped and took off their bags and sat down on the surface of the snow. Exhaustion. After warming up, the men re-prepared the shelter. It's a very heavy job. Every day walk and build a shelter before taking a break.

This afternoon Widuri accompanied the Goddess chapter after they finished preparing the groceries. So it's Nastiti who takes care of cooked dishes. They had already walked to return when Widuri's eyes saw something that interested her.

"Wait here, I want to see the plant for a while" he told Nastiti and walked away before Nastiti said anything.

"Hey, don't go far. Get lost." Nastiti reminded.

"Yes." Yeah." Widuri kept walking.

"Aaaaaaaaaahhh.." The long cry of Widuri that echoed shocked Nastiti even sounded up to the shelter.

"Widuri, where are you? Don't scare me." Shouted Nastiti in fear. Not hearing Widuri's reply, Nastiti panicked even more, but she did not dare to walk towards Widuri disappearing.

"Widuri, I'll call Dean. You wait a minute. Hang in. Yeah." yeah." Nastiti immediately ran to the shelter while shouting..

"Deans.. Dean.. Widuri. disappeared." He arrived at the shelter with a breath of breath. The goddess offered him a glass of water to calm him down.

"Lost how?"

"That scream was Widuri?" ask them to fight.

"You..hear..y yelling?" nastiti asked still with a dashed breath. We went for the chapter. When he came back, he said he wanted to check something and asked me to wait. I didn't let go of the slightest glance when I suddenly yelled and disappeared from my sight."

"Where? Show me." Dean said worriedly.

"We're coming" Gilang and Alan said at the same time.

"No, let Sunil come. You need to finish the last shelter for tonight's rest." Dean picked up his bag, took out an empty bottle from it and filled it with warm water then picked up some cooked food and kept it all in his bag. He snatched Widuri's bag and stepped following Nastiti. Sunil was astonished to see what Dean was doing.

"Why did you bring your bag and the Widuri bag?" ask Sunil. While walking Dean replied:

"People who can suddenly disappear from view with shouts echo, what do you think?" Dean asked back. Sunil shakes his head not knowing.

"here. I'm standing here and Widuri is there. Disappear there, "show Nastiti. Dean nodded and walked cautiously forward.

"Babies.. Widgets.. Did you hear me? Knock something if you can't answer" cried Dean.

"Babies..!"

"Wasuri."

His three friends called. Until Dean saw the small hole gap in front of him and crouched down carefully.

"Widuri, are you inside?" ask Dean again. Faintly Dean heard the voices of people complaining of pain. He's sure it's Widuri. He doesn't know what he is but he's happy. Dean turned to Sunil.

"Help me find a dry twig to make a fire so that it can be a light to see the situation. He's mired in a hole. If you estimate the echo of his voice earlier, it might be quite deep." Dean explained as he gathered wood and dried twigs around him.

Dean tied the little twigs to the larger branch with his own torn shirt. Dean lit the fire with Indra's gas match and handed the match to Sunil. "You're the one holding this match."

"Why?" sunil asked as he followed Dean's steps and carried the dry wood. Dean did not answer.