CHAPTER 4 : YOU MISS IT

(The inner of their secrets was distorted by dark marker and white paint marker.)

"Today ... I have felt the sun in my eyes, and seen it's round shape was exciting." The common ground that was stepped by both individuals was getting soft as they woke up.

"So ... Should we get out of this pool of filth? ... Hey! Jason, shouldn't we clean ourselves before entering the other world in case they notice us?" they both crawl on all fours gasping for air.

"Listen, I heard that it's almost over, I think by now everyone should be at the other world." they both got up in their feet.

"What should we do ... If we go back they would put as with the others, and if we stay in this world we will get hunt by either an organizer or a hunter ... Man and I can't stand another hour hiding myself under dirt or anything else." Jason started to take off his clothes.

"Dilan in case anyone asks we were attacked by a hunter you got that." Dilan looked down at his dirty hands and then spoke gentle.

"I miss Frank, he was there and we ... We couldn't, we ... I don't think we could have been able to pull it this far without his help."

"Stop talking about him, he's not going to be proud of you if you just give up, it wasn't Frank's fault, it was our fault that he and Allison went that far with their hatred, we should had kept quiet, now we don't have our counselor Frank, and I don't have a clue where Allison took off."

Their eyes went wide as they realized that their voice was attracting something that they did not realized earlier ... It was an animal soul, the soul of a Wolf, it appeared that they were not afraid of it by getting bit, but they knew why it was dangerous to be around such a fearful beast even when they were alive. And so they ... remembered why hunters were created in the first place, to insure that the soul of an animal would not harm living people. In this case they understood something as clear as water, wherever there is an animal soul, there will be a hunter of souls, it's a dirty duty.

"Jason! ... Have you seen the eyes of that enormous wolf? So far he could attack a hunter of first squat with brake powers, but what if he attacks the leader hunter of the squats that hunts hunters with sharp powers, in the worst situation he could even attack the sage hunter that hunts angles."

"Stop! don't loose your nerves, you are making a big deal, all we have to do it's get out of here before that hunter gets here." Dilan slowly walk backwards as Jason distracted the wolf.

"Now run." they both ran like crazy as they realized that the wolf was following them with a greater speed, it was almost flat ground, but getting to a place where people alive were not located was hard to avoid. It was almost like a forest, it was just a place like any other where the trees are making a beautiful landscape, unfortunately they were too late to get back to the other world and it was almost impossible to stay in one place more than a day.

The wind brought the sound of fear.

"Darling I think there's a ghost in this park, I think I heard something, it was like an outcry for help." She placed her hands on her shoulders making a cross as her husband hug her.

"I should had known you were going to react like this, well, are we going to have this picnic or not, I told you when we were home that we are too old to be having picnics at this time of the day, it's almost getting dark now, I think that's why you are so scared."

the wolf stopped chasing Dilan and Jason and targeted the married couple, Jason did not know what to do and Dilan was shocked for knowing that he was not attacked after being so close to it, the wolf speed was greater than a living tiger with angry legs, in fact, a soul of pure sin can move ten time easier than a human soul, the wolf was in mid-jump as a brighter soul stood between the wolf and the married couple.

Jason approached careful and realized that a soul with the lest secrets could not be attacked by a natural animal soul, it was a rule that if a soul it's pure and bright, than having an animal it's more likely to be friendly than enemy, it's purity measures it's power. Dilan was closer than Jason so he spoke first.

"What are you doing little girl? What's your name?" Dilan voice was trembling.

"My name is Reina, and I will take care of the wolf, now go before he gets mad again." Jason and Dilan did not though about it twice, they knew that she might appeared to be a little girl, but her knowledge was collected throughout at least two generations old, it was clear that she was from another time by the look of her clothes.

"Run Dilan, do as she says, Jason took off running and Dilan stood still as he gasped for air, it was a dangerous risk to be around a soul of an animal, but it was more dangerous to be around a soul of purity, it was clear that finding a pure soul was like finding a piece of gold. Dilan took off running in the opposite direction of Jason. Reina got close to the wolf and then softly touched his ears, and as the wolf got friendly she took the advantage to get far from the married couple.

"Come here boy, come here." Her voice was friendly and childish. The wolf followed her as she traveled around the forest, but then she heard the married couple scream, she hurried to approach to them, but the wolf wasn't moving, she called the wolf, but the wolf stood still and looked back at her like a scared puppy, she fear too, and then the wolf looked at her eyes and struggled to communicate to the girl that something was wrong, she finally arrived to the same spot where the married couple were, but there was nothing. It was a super intense fear, she fear more than ever, she hurried to get back and find the soul of the wolf, but as she saw the wolf, the time in her small little world stopped for a moment, as she saw the wolf lying in the ground looking pretty dead, but there was not blood, it was just the soul of an animal that looked like it was sleeping. "Perhaps the wolf finally found peace." her thoughts gave her sadness, she notice that the weather changed, that meant a lot to her, it gave her the answers that she expected, the snowdrops were the seconds of her small little world that now filled sadness.

"Too bad you weren't here to see him crying like a cat." the consonants told her that what was behind her was a hunter. And so she turned, but she was wrong, she saw ... two of them as her eyes went wild.

"Huhh ... What should we do with her?" Reina took a few steps back.

"Don't get too excited about it Neo, she is mine." the eyes of the other were calm and confident.

"What did you do to the poor animal?" Neo looked at the other with respect, but was ask to remain silent.

"We ... Did ... Nothing ... !? Mmm ..." Neo was impatiently and could not control himself, he wanted to talk but was only allow to do so when the captain gives him the look.

"Little girl, you ... Are lucky, this wolf was attacked by a demon, and if Neo had fought it alone, he could have been defeated by that powerful demon. In fact, I found out that the marathon it's ... over, it seems to me that we have a bit of a trouble here, you're suppose to be with your kind but ... you are not, we took a sort break and that's why we were not in this world for a while, just to give you enough time to do your thing, but now, your soul ... belongs ... to me." Neo was so please when the captain gave him the look with a smile, he was now allowed to talk.

"Too ... bad." he hold his forehead with his palm and smile as the pause took place.

"You didn't see the battle, did you?! It was less than a minute, captain took care of that demon very fast, a demon, a real one, the one that gives you nightmares, they aren't myth, and they really are tough to take down, they are indead just ... evil. You want to know why my captain is so powerful than regular hunters, No? then ... I'll tell you." Neo approached to Reina and the captain spoke again.

"! Neo, don't tell her ... Well ... If I let you tell her, then you better not to get in my way again when I want to talk or slow me down when moving." Reina stood still while Neo smiled with so much joy nd excitement as the snowdrops seemed to had frozen the panic attack of Reina.

"It's a deal ... Our captain is so powerful ... because ... He's the first hunter ever created ... He's job is to vanish the most powerful souls, he hunted every single dinosaur soul from the beginning of times, that should be enough to scare you, it even scares me!" Reina took off running and she felt tears out of her tiny soul but no she wasn't crying, it was only the picture in her mind telling her that she was crying when she really wan't. As Neo got in front of her in just a super dash and stopped her running, but she bump into him. Neo grabbed her and she agonized.

Time of closing the gates had come ... Aitor was the first one in the line of the five counselors. He was worried about Frost, about Murie, and about Reina, the gates were closed by the two first counselors and the third and four counselors were asked to help the five organizers set up all the people for a formal speech. After everybody was gathered, Aitor did not waste time and started to look for Frost until he found Murie instead.

"Have you seen Frost? He was suppose to be back by now." both looked at each other in panic.

"No I haven't seen him since the marathon started." Murie felt trouble on the way.

"Ok this is what we are gonna do ... You look in that direction and I'll look in that direction."Suddenly Frost appeared between them and smile with excitement.

"HAHA ... Guys I was looking for you everywhere. I was in trouble but I finally made it, I was scared, but I told myself that in this world there's not reason for me to waste my eternity. HAHA, but I finally made it." Aitor and Murie felt glad and almost sweat.
Aitor spoke breathing heavily.

"I'm glad ... I was a bit scared too, I though you weren't going to make it, but I was wrong. Well let's go." Murie and Aitor started walking away.

"Wait ... Haven't you forgotten Reina? I mean ... She was with you guys wasn't she?" the pressure filled Forst soul. Aitor smiled and replied proudly.

"Naaa, she's probably doing something with the other teams, there's no need to worry about her, she's more capable of surviving than you do." Frost looked away as Aitor and Murie continued walking.

"If you say so."

To be continued...