The CURSE: Deadly Games

● EIGHTEEN ●

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Eleanor, with her body back to being human, was covered in clothes and scratches that covered almost her entire body and was scrambling the contents of her suitcase which was accidentally left behind when entering Wideon City. He tried to find wound medicine as first aid for incisions in his body and Baylor.

He patted Baylor's cheek trying to wake him who was still weakly sprawled with wounds even more than Eleanor.

"Baylor's...." With a voice as eager as he continues to call his friend who is always with him and his struggle.

He held Baylor's head and kept patting him gently, waking him up with a crystal clear liquid that fell from his eye pellets over Baylor's cheeks.

"Ele?" ask Baylor who just woke up. He had difficulty opening his eyes surrounded with scratches that made him very sad.

"Baylor!! Hikss .. hikss ... hicks...."

His mouth was unmoved reciting words other than the sobbing that greeted Baylor's consciousness.

"Sstt, why are you crying? We're alive, Ele. Never mind," said Baylor.

"I'm sorry, Lor. We should never have come here" Eleanor said.

"No, not Ele. We need to find the book soon, Ele," Baylor said.

Just as Baylor said so, suddenly his head that was on Eleanor's thigh suddenly hit the ground. Eleanor's body disappeared again! This time half of his face disappeared, twinkling.

"Ele," Baylor said, trying to sit his still weak body. "It's okay, soon you're free, trust me," she kept stroking her hair that didn't go away and calmed her down.

Baylor stood up and limped, and he tidied up the things in Eleanor's broken suitcase and closed it. Lifting up her suitcase and starting to walk towards the car she left with Eleanor who was still half missing.

Baylor looked at the back of Eleanor's body walking with her lesion. The sadness that Eleanor always suffered was also felt by Baylor, even for her injustice was more painful than the wounds she got today.

***

Baylor who had tried to repair the car engine finally gave up. He walked over to Eleanor, who was sitting in the car.

"I can't fix it, Ele. How donk this. We don't have to go home" Baylor said, his face looking gloomy because he couldn't fix his car engine.

"Yahhhh, what about donk, Lor. Our supplies are running low, no," said Eleanor.

The atmosphere became silent instantly, no one started the conversation anymore. The day sun began to dim, but the heat remained stinging. The leaves of the shady trees continued to fall. Birds flew past those who just sat pensively staring blankly around them.

"Lor, it seems like from the beginning I was destined to suffer. Because of me, now we are almost dead" Eleanor said breaking the silence.

"Don't be pessimistic, Ele. I just know that as long as we go through it together we can. We have to be sure!" baylor.

"Alright then, Lor. But you have to promise me that you'll leave me alone when we're in danger. I don't want to put you at risk" said Eleanor, she became convinced and believed Baylor's words but still she didn't want her best friend to risk her life for her.

They went back into silence contemplating their fate in front of him. Shortly after, the sound of the alarm again broke the silence. The alarm from Eleanor's mobile phone reminded her of her suffering, which will begin in less than 5 minutes.

"Dhaa!! Lor, I have an idea!" eleanor suddenly.

I don't know what Eleanor whispered to Baylor, but made them immediately pack into the car. Baylor also sat in the driver's seat and got ready to drive his car.

At exactly 5, as usual Eleanor turned back into a ferocious monster. He used it to push his car that broke down until the car engine was revived.

However, with a monster body, Eleanor was unable to get into the small car. He pushed it further and again with such ease, so lightly even for his body it was only as light as a feather. Just this time he found personal pleasure behind his monster body.

He laughed out loud playing the car, pushing hard, pulling back, and occasionally lifting it low. But the tense face was locked behind the pleasure of Eleanor, Baylor was so scared when she played like that. He could only hold tight so he wouldn't fall and roll around in the car that felt light to Eleanor.

But the fun disappears again in 15 minutes. He could not lift the car in his human body. Now they focus on one goal, books. They rushed to find the nearest airport to fly to their hometown. The city of Delson is not a city that can be reached only by car from their current location.

Both bought plane tickets and left their cars at the airport vehicle. The fastest ticket they can buy is early morning, so they spend the night in that cool sprawling airport.

In an airplane Baylor sleeps, he and Eleanor have gone through the most exhausting days of their lives. However, perhaps the following days were even more difficult than this, which normal people never imagined and did not dare to imagine people who would experience it.

Unlike Baylor, Eleanor just closed her eyes. But his mind continued to drift toward death. It was as if he was preparing his soul to wade through the vastness of heaven, near his mother who had long departed from him. He was seen continuing to bite his lower lip until there were not too many blood spots, which he did not even realize because of the anxiety that revolved in his brain.

***

Arriving in the city of Delson....

"Hoaaaaa, that's beautiful. It's been a long time since I've been here." Baylor's hand stretched wide in front of the airport gate.

The city of Delson is much more beautiful than other cities. The mountains still seem to be unmoistened. Even green trees are always visible at every step of the way. Undeniably, both of them longed and were amazed when they returned to their hometown.

"Come on!" take Baylor with his hands waving to come to Eleanor.

Eleanor simply nodded her head and smiled naturally in her innocent face.

Eleanor typed 'lists of libraries in the city of Delson' in a search site.

"Woww," Baylor's mouth rounded slowly unexpectedly the list that long. "When is this way?"

If there are almost 20 libraries in the city of Delson including remote areas. Not sure if it is a lot or not, but only this first time there are humans have to pacing throughout the library.

"Yooooo!!!" Baylor shouted so loudly that he was glimpsed strangely by others. It was a form of stress release and struggle until this moment.

The two began walking out of the airport and looking for a taxi. Then go to the nearest library.