The shed have a fireplace, thankfully. Near it was an axe that Hunter carried out to get wood. Alex stood as sentry on the entrance of the shed with Hunter's staff. The shed was nicely elevated from the swamp water. Drew is still on his bed recovering, facing the ceiling. It was very quiet in the shed, the only noises being the wood floor creaking every step Alex takes.
Outside the shed, Hunter walks through a fog, dark enough that it might be night time. A few insects make sounds, but movement on water was also heard. It wasn't Hunter's, since he is walking on solid dirt.
BANG!
Alex jumped over a fence post at the edge of the fog and disappeared from Drew's view at the door. He ran through the fog and swamp, dragging his staff in hand behind him and rainbow of clothing strips flying through the air. That sound can be heard by anyone, and he has to find Hunter quickly. More damp trees appeared from the fog, where Alex poled up into and hid.
Hunter is running away from whatever made that noise, with his axe carried on his shoulder. He sprints over to a log bridging over a trench. The log broke and he drops down. A splash was made in a puddle and Hunter got covered in mud. He got up and ran through the small crevice. The muddy water made it difficult to determine how deep Hunter's feet will go for each step, but large tree roots help him pick himself up. He still hang on to the axe.
These trees are large. Alex jumps from tree to tree. He is doing quite well navigating through the branches wielding what's suppose to be a pointed staff twice his size. He made a leap to a vine with a swing. Alex then dropped off because the vine snapped and there was a loud noise. He rolled on the ground and got up to hide behind a tree.
Drew is still in the shed being useless for this chapter.
Alex probably haven't realized that his rainbow outfit is making him an easy target to this marksman. Hunter managed to find a way up out the muddy trench. He can't help but feel lost after getting stuck in the trench. Until he heard a far distant noise that made him run in the direction of the noise. Alex hears footsteps on the dirt close by. He stood very still with both hands on the staff, vertical as the tree behind him. Until he is sure, he will stand still. When he is sure, he lunged with his staff out at his pursuer.
Alex has engaged in combat with a human adult wearing a bandana and fur coat, wielding a metal tubed weapon with a wooden bottom. The human ducked from Alex's lunge and dropped his weapon to pull out a sword. For every move Alex makes, the human blocked. They trade blows before the human shoulder charged Alex off balance. Alex fell on the floor and the human quickly charged in to thrust. Hunter stepped in with a winded axe that the human just now noticed from the fog.
Hunter pulls out the axe from the humen's chest. Alex took a moment to recover from the moment that happened a moment ago. Hunter rested the axe on his shoulder, and then realized that Drew is back at the shed unguarded.
"Oh god!"he cried, running into the fog and returning back to Alex because he is lost and it's irresponsible to leave both children behind.
Alex only looked slightly patronized by this tidbit of information about Hunter. They decided to go search for the shed together. Hopefully, Drew didn't leave his bed.