WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 21 – 30
GIFT OKORIE??
CHAPTER 23
I never believed in curses and jinx but right now, I think I’ll literally do anything to get out of this curse, condamed and jinxed jungle.
“What the h*ll happened?” Ricky asked us as we dropped Henry on the cold floor.
We were all panting out of panic and tiredness so he decided to let us breathe for a while. We sat down, the rest sat on their beds while Marichuiy and I sat on the floor beside Henry and Bathny.
WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 21 – 30
When we finally caught our breaths, Ricky asked again. “What in God’s name happened out there?”
Salvador was still in his tent, while his men were still fast asleep on their sleeping beds.
“We don’t know, we were playing in the waterfall and next thing, this happened” Michael replied as he buried his face in his hands.
Ricky bent down and touched Henry And Bathny.
“Their bodies are warm” he stated as he felt their temperature.
“Warm?” Marichuiy asked.
“Weird, They were literally hot like iron” I added.
“But how did this happened, they were only swimming, what the h*ll was in that water?” Kira asked a question which no one had the answer to.
“I saw three dragons on the cliff while we were running back in here, they had red eyes” I broke the freezing silence.
“What!” Everyone exclaimed in fear.
“I knew this was a suicide mission from the beginning” Kira whined.
“Gush, where did they come from?” Kiwi asked in fear. Marichuiy hasn’t said anything since, she’s pretty much shaken, she was just staring at her best friend, I held her hand and caressed it a little, trying to assure her that everything will be fine, she sighed and smiled a little.
“Those dragons were probably the ones that were defeated by the emperor’s dark wizards, both the three dragons and their dragon lords were slain after they were turned evil and fought the dragon king” We all turned when we heard Salvador’s voice.
“Please who understood what he said?” Kira whispered to us.
“I think what he’s saying is that what you guys saw were spirit dragons” Ricky stated.
“Oh my God” Kira exclaimed and ran behind Michael.
“You say what now” Marichuiy asked in astonishment.
“Oh no, we are gonna die” Kiwi cried, I wanted to go hug her but I was still holding Marichuiy’s hand in comfort.
Ruby bit me to it.
“Oh my gush look, they are waking up” Ricky pointed at Henry and Bathny.
Bathny flickered her eyes open but she blinked three times before realizing where she was, she tried standing up but she winced in pain, Marichuiy had to help her.
Henry sneezed a little, he sat up weakly, he looked around for a while and then touched his head and winced a little in pain.
“Bathny, are you ok?” Kiwi screamed and launched on Bathny in a hug. Bathny smiled and nodded a bit.
“Yea, I’m fine” she replied.
“What the h*ll happened, I feel so cold” Henry asked as he robbed his body, Bathny did the same.
“Weird huh, a moment ago, you two were literally boiling alive, now you are cold” Marichuiy chuckled out in surprise as she gave each of them a blanket.
“So what happened to us?” Bathny asked.
“You two were playing in the water, you deep yourselves in the water twice but didn’t come up the second time, when we reached in and dragged you up, you two were boiling hot, dark hot smoke oozing out of your bodies” I explains to them and they stared at me in total shock.
“Also, David said he saw three dragons with red eyes staring down at us” Kira added.
“I think those dragons did this to you guys” Kira stated.
“Or maybe the waterfall has dark magic.” Kiwi argued.
“It was the dragon spirits alright.” Salvador snapped, he kicked Jonny, Jonny sprang up and tapped the black guy whom I still don’t know his name, he too woke up, I can’t believe they didn’t wake up all this while, gush they are really deep sleepers.
“Well what matters is that we are all ok, and no one is going back to that……” Ricky started saying but then he stopped, he raised his head up a little, he held his right ear and then became silent, as if he was listening to something.
“What Is it?” Michael asked him.
“Ssshhh” Ricky whispered. “Did you guys hear that?” He asked us.
“Hear what?” I asked him.
“Oh my gush you are freaking us out” Kiwi cried. But what Ricky said wasn’t as scary as how Marichuiy sprang up from where she was sitting, she looked towards the entrance of the cave which leads to the waterfall, she took a step back and whispered. “Pick up your backpacks and pack anything you can”
“Goodness, girl why the hell are you being weird right now, what is going on?” Kira asked her as she and Michale hurriedly packed their stuff.
Kiwi and Ruby pack theirs, Bathny and I packed ours, I helped Marichuiy with hers but she didn’t take her eyes off the entrance as we were packing up.
“What is it” I whispered to her.
“The dragons are here” she whispered back and I felt my breathe seize for a moment. Whaaaaaaaaat!!!!!
WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 21 – 30
MARICHUIY’S POV
As Ricky was talking, I heard footsteps coming from the entrance followed by a groal of an animal or so I thought. I think Ricky heard it too cause he stopped talking and listened keenly. And then I heard the same voice I heard at the fruit plantation last night. “Three days to your birthday, I already told you, you won’t make it on time” the voice whispered.
I sprang up and took a step back.
“Pick up your backpacks and pack anything you can” I whispered to them and they started packing while they throw questionsat me.
As David and I were packing my stuff, he asked. “What is it?”
“The dragons are here” I replied and he went rigid in fear, I really shouldn’t have dragged them into this.
Everyone’s bag was already packed including Salvador’s, I Began to wonder why the dragon hasn’t started chasing us yet.
“What will happen to me if I didn’t get to the temple before my birthday?” I asked the voice, everyone turned to me, wondering why I asked the question they don’t have answer to, then it dawned on me, I was the only one hearing the voice but not the only one hearing the footsteps approaching. They were already panicking as the footsteps gets closer.
“You will be cursed forever” the voice creaked out and laughed evily, I hate that laugh, it’s very annoying. “But if you want to be free, come with me to the temple, give me a strand of your hair, I’ll fix you without waking up the dragon king” he stated.
The dragons finally walked in fully and they were white beautiful men riding on each of them. The dragon lords perhaps.
They were all wearing dark robes, they were all so beautiful, their eyes, brown and glassy but I’ll definitely know evil when I see one, and standing right in front of us are three evil beautiful men riding on three cursed dragons from 17 century.
“So what do you say, do you accept my offer?” The voice asked, I looked at each of them to know who spoke but to my shock, non of them were moving their mouths.
“Oh my God, who are they?” Kiwi cried out. Everyone stepped back except me.
“What’s in it for you, what will be your gain?”I asked.
“It’s simple, I want the temple, I Want to take over the temple” he replied.
“But you are dead” I said.
“Marichuiy who the h*ll are you talking to?” David whispered to me but I didn’t reply, I stared at the dragon lords.
“Deal or not?” The voice asked.
“Never” I blurted out. The dragons lords smirked evily, the dragons whimpered, they raised their heads up and I didn’t need to be told that fire will come next.
“Ruuuuuuuun” I heard Ruby scream out loud, we all took to our heals running deeper into the caves as the dragons shot fire at us while chasing us.
“Who the he.ll were you talking to?” David screamed at me.
“The dragon lords, they were making me an offer but I didn’t like it” I screamed back.
Salvador was leading the way, he entered into another cave and everyone followed him, but as David and I were about to run in, one of the dragons flew faster and blocked us, he was about to shoot fire at us but we heard a gunshot, the dragon screamed and vanished into thin air, we turned back and saw Jonny holding a gun, we smiled in appreciation.
“Go go go” he screamed at us when the dragon reappeared by the left wall, we quickly ran into the cave.Jonny shot at the mud wall three times, it collapsed, blocking the dragons from entering into the cave.
“Thanks Jonny but you do know that those dragons are spirits?” David asked him, lol, stup*d boy.
“Yes, but that will hold them off for a while.” Jonny replied.
David shrugged and we continued running to meet up with the rest.
WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 21 – 30
We finally got out of the cave into open enviroment.
“Oh, thank God” Kiwi screamed as we ran to a tree.
It was almost sun rise, I could see the round ball gracefully rising from the east.
“Wow” Michael cooed as we stared at the rising sun.
“It’s so beautiful” Kira added.
“I’ve never seen anything like it” Salvador confessed as he stared softly at the sun.
WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 21 – 30
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