Hey guys, this is a very short chapter and it carries on from the last one without bringing Quint, Neyagoru or Onugba back into the story and for that I'm very sorry. I'm heading off for a fortnight as well so I won't be able to publish in that time either. This is continuing with Davin in the forest and despite it's shortness I hope you like it. To the OneTwoPunch your advice and support has helped a lot so far thanks!
Davin ducked and dashed between the trees, roots, branches and the occasional startled animal. He tried to follow the direction that King Abiso's men were moving in but when he ran clear of a brush and skidded to a halt at clearing, Davin felt that he may have drifted off his course. He tried numerous tactics in order to try and triangulate his position. Trees blocked the wind, clouds covered the sun and the leaves above sheltered him from all other noise. Davin declared himself lost.
Another 5 minutes of hopeless geography and Davin decided that maybe he wasn't to be the hero and find Jon. Maybe if he was older, maybe if he knew the landscape, maybe if he was meant to be here in the first place! He could see the outlines of where he had disturbed the leaves and dirt and began following it back. He lost himself in thoughts about his brother. Jon's birthdays, Jon playing with Davin in the streets, the day Jon brought back his first successful hunt, they were all happy memories.
Davin began to get tired and realized he had been walking for far longer than he imagined he would have. Not only that but he was now moving uphill. It wasn't possible. Yet his footprints lead up the hill. Then a thought stuck him. Jon!
"Hang in there Jon, I've found you!" Davin shouted out loud and he flew up hill as fast as his legs would let him. More footprints began to appear.
"The party!" Davin exclaimed, and he found another amount of energy that he threw into moving his legs faster.
They footprints gathered in a large clearing. There were now more footprints than Davin would have assumed would be in the hunting party, but maybe Jon had taken a lot of steps. Davin was further excited by the scraps of food left on the floor.
"This is definitely Jon!" Davin squeeled with delight. The only thing was, where WAS Jon?
"Jon? Jon?" Davin began to call, and suddenly a branch hit him in the head.
Davin looked up slightly confused
And a group of Chimpanzees looked down on him
The foodcount had been taken a short distance from the city, and with everything totaled Cideo was loading up the food once more for the short march back into the safety of the cities walls. But something wasn't right in the air. Cideo could feel it, there was an amount of anxiety among his Apes. It was at this moment one of them thumped onto the ground next to him. He bowed his head and waited for his King
"What is the matter?" Cideo asked.
"There is an Ape moving towards us, an Ape from Láne" he answered
Cideo stopped, these particluar Apes could be tricky to deal with, they relied not on strength as he did, but on the engineerring capabilities of their minds. This trait lead to the Apes of Láne being fearsome in their own right.
"Take the food which you can bear and bring it into the trees, get the others to do the same." Cideo ordered.
Within a minute, the food was with the Chimpanzees up in trees. And from here they watched a very young Ape poke around rather excitedly before hollering for a "Jon", whoever or whatever that might be. Cideo glanced to his left and saw a young male moving on a branch too thin for his weight, and as Cideo suspected, it broke and landed on the Ape's head. It looked up, as they looked down
So guys unfortunately that's it for the next while, I'll get the next chapter up as soon as it's good enough for ye. Review it if ye have any kind of criticism or just like the story, it really does help me. Thanks again guys and sorry about the shortness
