WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 21 – 30

Chapter 30

I was thinking deep, not realizing our situation, everyone was shivering to death, even Salvador who was avoiding dad was now sharing dad’s big coat with him, dad gave mum the small one.

“What is going on, before it was fire now this” Kira screamed.

“Hey did that flower just move?” Bathny asked.

“Of course flowers move when they respond to the wind” Michael replied.

“Or maybe the flowers are freezing as well” Henry stated.

“Temperature is getting to 6°” Ricky informed us.

“We are gonna die” Kiwi cried out.

“Maybe this is not the right path, I suggest we go back” dad suggested.

“We are not going back, we continue until we get to the other side” Salvador fired.

“I don’t think we can get to the other side” mum screamed.

“If we continue the only other side we will get to is hell, cause we can’t survive that” I pointed at the two sculptures facing each other, the one on the left breaths out A gigantic snow ball, the one on the right will turn it to freeze ball and it will fall down and shatter into tiny pieces, and they start the process all over again.

“Oh my goodness, I think dying by that fire will be better than breaking into tiny pieces” Kiwi complained between shivering teeth.

“Let’s keep going” Salvador screamed.

“If you wanna keep going towards death, be my guest, but I’m not gonna relax and watch you endager these kids cause of your selfishness.” Dad fired at him. He left the coat for him and turn around.

Even though he was cold hut he controlled himself and walked back to us. “Let’s get out of here” he screamed at us, mum smiled in admiration, this woman really didn’t get over this man.

WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 21 – 30

Dad took the lead as we walked back, he was walking as if he was feeling nothing. I guess two years in the military paid off.

“Your dad was in the military” Kira asked, of course I thought aloud, stupid me.

“Yep, he was, he got shot multiple times in Afghanistan, he was brought home for proper surgery, after that he refused to go back” Bathny explained.

“Nope, he wanted to go back but mum held him back, she said she didn’t wanna lose her husband, she almost died when he was in coma” I corrected.

“Yea, so he resigned, and they replaced him with another soldier who just got out from military school who happened to be the best in his class, they call him SS Cobra21” Bathny added.

“That’s my dad” Kiwi blurted out.

“Really, it’s true, you said your dad Is in Afghanistan” Bathny commented.

“But Bathny how did you know about it, we were both just kids then” I asked her.

“Duh, your dad was more like my dad as well, until he left us” she frowned funnily and we laughed. “Also I remember his stories about war and battle and how he used to hate grenades but their commander always make him carry a bag of it” we laughed again.

“Guys are you coming” mum screamed at us and we replied yes. I looked behind to know if Salvador and his men were coming and well, I breathed in a sigh of relief when I saw them coming.

“But then he later became a bad ass” Bathny continued. The story was actually helping in shaking off the cold.

“No wonder why your mum wouldn’t get over him, if I were her, I wouldn’t” Kira blurted out and we laughed.

“So when he resigned, what business did he get into?” Ruby asked.

“Real estate” Bathny answered.

“Cool” they all replied.

“How’s everyone feeling right now?” Dave asked us.

“Shaken up I guess” Henry answered as well kept walking.

“Umh guys, remember when Bathny said the flowers were moving” dad asked.

“Yes” we replied.

“She wasn’t bluffing” He stated.

We all exchanged glances and then ran to him. As we got closer we saw the unbelievable turning to reality.

The beautiful and colorful flowers were weaving themselves as if there was a spider webing them, the weaving was already so thick that it looked like a very thick bush with no way in a way out, we couldn’t even see the entrance, what the h*ll is this.

“We have to cut it” Salvador said from behind.

“Hey look who came along” dad screamed with a mocking smile making us laugh, Salvador rolled his eyes and walked closer to him.

“Can we focus” he fired at dad, dad shrugged.

“How are we gonna cut it?” Dad asked.

“I still have that broken bottle we used in cutting that bridge and the rope that almost killed Kira” Ruby announced.

“I have mine too” Ricky added.

“Well what are you waiting for, start cutting” Salvador screamed at them.

“Bottles, how is bottle gonna cut this thick bush?” Mum asked.

“And how can you enter a jungle without a knife, matchet or sword?” Dad backed up, he signaled mum, she opened the local bags which I assume the villagers used in replacing their backpacks, she brought out a 15 inches fine sword and threw it to dad.

“I love this man” Ruby commented and we laughed. He threw his own bottle back into his backpack and walked back to us, leaving dad and Ricky to do the cutting.

“We will take turns in cutting” dad explained as he started slicing the flowers off.

“You and who?” Salvador asked him.

“Me, this one..” He pointed at Ricky. Jealous man, lol. “You and your men” he replied.

“The name’s Ricky” Ricky corrected him.

“Go to h*ll” dad snapped at him with a light smile.

Mum smiled, she shook her head and screamed at them “boys can we not fight”.

“I love it when she call the boys” Kira commented.

“That’s because they are boys” mum said to her. “Let’s make camp fire, girls gather the fallen flowers and let’s use them as firewoods” she instructed and we obeyed.

“Thank God we’ve passed the freezing side” Kiwi stated as we packed flowers.

I couldn’t help but look up, I have a feeling we will spend the night here cause this flower bush is too thick and much.

“It looks like we won’t make it across tonight” Bathny whispered beside me.

“I’m scared, if we pass the night here, then it’s a day to my birthday, I don’t wanna remain like this for the rest of my life” I complained as tears dropped from my eyes.