CHAPTER TWO: Decision
"So let me get this straight" Dax said as he walked around "you want us to risk our lives, go to S.T.O.R.M headquarters' bowels and save kids that we don't even know?"
"Yes" Jinja said steadily to sound determined but ended up sounding crazy "What if one of us was kidnapped and the others knew that he was being tortured. Whoever wouldn't go and save them, raise your hand"
No hands were raised.
"But they are strangers" Bren argued
"Where is the difference?" Beyal supported Jinja "They are human beings like you and me and deserve to live"
A few moments of silence followed when Chase spoke up:
"I'm with Jinja and Beyal" he said, his heroic nature taking the best of him
"I can't believe what you dingoes are making me do" Dax said
"I hate when you leave me alone with no choice" Bren murmured
"So where do you think they keep the kidnapped kids?" Chase asked
Jinja thought about it for a while "When I helped Casper the night we found him I noticed he had some scars and bruises. There were some fresh ones but most of them were old and his fitness wasn't the best as well"
"…that means that he wouldn't be able to walk that much. So the headquarters must be close" Beyal finished
"But you told us that he knew the forest very well. Don't you think he could easily survive in there for weeks?" Dax asked
"I doubt it" the girl answered "you should've seen him rolling on the grass. It was like he hadn't seen the sunlight for years. In fact, I bet he had just escaped when we found him."
Everyone looked at her. A theory based on her senses; one that none could question.
Chase broke the silence: "So we camp here for the night and leave tomorrow morning?"
Everyone agreed and started preparing dinner.
