2 days have been passed since the events of the previous chapter...
The group began to have much less food than before, and that was a big problem for the survival. Sayaka, Kyoko, Mami, and Charlotte made some explorations for find some food like fruits for example. Madoka was still with Homura -who didn't wake up yet-, but the issue is that Madoka didn't eat anything in these days, and that made Sayaka worried.
When Sayaka and Madoka had a moment alone, in the cave...
"Madoka... You need to eat." Sayaka said.
"I'm fine, Sayaka-chan..." Madoka murmured.
"Are you kidding me? I know you're taking care of Homura, but this..."
"I don't need to eat..."
"Madoka, don't behave like an anorexic, please... It's enough that Homura is badly wounded!"
"It's my fault that Homura jumped out... If I didn't get closer to Mami-san, she'd be still alive..."
Sayaka was in silence for a moment, and then she said "Do you like her...?"
Madoka got shocked and looked at Sayaka with a surprised face.
"Sorry, I shouldn't be asking you that in these moments..." Sayaka said and got out of the cave, leaving Madoka alone with Homura.
Madoka was staring at Homura for a long time, then she could feel something in her heart... it was beating fast.
"Maybe, she's... ah..."
Madoka, suddenly, had some trouble of breathing... She tried to breath and call for help, but it was useless, because she didn't have enough air in her lungs in that moment...
Madoka, slowly, fell down to the floor, next to Homura's body. Madoka was watching her face while she was losing her eyesight... until she closed her eyes and lost consciousness...
Sayaka was searching for Kyoko in the coast, and found her sitting in some rocks, watching the ocean. Sayaka sat next to her.
"Are you okay...?" Sayaka said.
"We can't approach to the road of the excursion, Homura tried to kill herself, and we're running out of food..." Kyoko said "Of course I'm not okay..."
"Kyoko..."
"Sorry to say that... I couldn't stand this situation..."
"I understand... So, we're done here?"
"Not yet... if we still have hope. One day, in a videogame, I had only a few health points and my enemy was attacking me, and I still attacked him evading his gunshots... and after a few minutes, I won the game... I almost lost that combat."
"Is this like a lesson for real life?"
"Probably."
They were in silence for a while...
"So, how's Madoka?" Kyoko asked.
"Worse than expected... she doesn't want to eat..." Sayaka said.
"Well, at least you've tried..."
"We could cheer her up." Sayaka suggested.
"Good idea, though let's be careful..."
Kyoko and Sayaka got up, and they began to walk to the cave, and in their way they found Mami and Charlotte together, grabbing some wood.
"Hey gals, nice to see you!" Mami smiled and Charlotte too.
"Hello, are you going back to the cave?" Sayaka asked.
"Yes, we've got more wood than I've expected. It's good for the cold nights."
"Well done, let's go." Kyoko said.
When they finally arrived to the cave, Mami and Charlotte dropped the wood in the wall. And suddenly, all of them saw two bodies in the floor.
Madoka and Homura.
"Oh, my God!" Sayaka ran to Madoka and tried to reanimate her "Wake up, Madoka! Wake up!"
"Oh... no..." Mami murmured, scared about Madoka.
"She's still alive..." Sayaka checked her heart beatings "But... I don't see any wounds..."
"Maybe she has lost the consciousness." Kyoko said.
"All of that..." Mami murmured "All of this... it's my fault..." And Mami began of crying.
"Mami, you can't blame yourself..." Sayaka tried to cheer her up.
"OF COURSE I CAN!" Mami shouted, crying "I TRIED TO KISS HER, HOMURA SAW THAT AND COMMITTED SUICIDE, AND MADOKA'S DEPRESSED...!"
"Eh, EH! Easy, easy, okay?" Kyoko exclaimed.
Suddenly, they heard a little noise, from the cave...
"What is it...?" Charlotte said, a bit scared.
"Silence..." Kyoko said, and all of them kept on silence to focus in listening the sound.
After a few seconds, the noise sounded again.
"I recognize it...!" Kyoko looked at the direction where she heard the sound...
She looked at her mobile phone, with the light of its screen on.
"IT WORKS!" Kyoko exclaimed "FINALLY IT WORKS!"
"Good, you can call for help!" Sayaka suggested.
"That's what I'm going to do. Everybody in silence, please."
Kyoko pressed the emergency number in her mobile, she put that in her ear, waiting for any answer.
"This is emergency number, what's your problem, miss...?"
"Hello, me and my friends were in a excursion to the mountains three days ago and we're victims of an earthquake and we're trying to survive. Can you send someone to help us?"
"Okay, what's your name?"
"My name is Kyoko Sakura, and I..."
"Sakura...? Wait a moment, please!"
Suddenly, an "elevator music" began to sound in the mobile.
"What's the matter, Kyoko?" Sayaka asked.
"I almost forgot..." Kyoko almost laughed "My mother is a leader of a rescue squad; the operator probably is telling her that I'm here..."
"Miss Sakura?" The operator called.
"Yes? I'm here." Kyoko said.
"We tracked your call, and I've sent a rescue squad. A helicopter is coming to your position. It will arrive in a couple of hours."
"Thank you very much!" Kyoko exclaimed happily "I..."
Some words in the screen of the mobile interrupted Kyoko's words:
"Empty battery."
"Well... What's going to happen next?" Sayaka asked.
"They'll rescue us in two hours!" Kyoko shouted happily "YAAY!"
"Good thing that you called now... If you waited for a few minutes, the battery would be out before of calling."
"Yes, but..." Charlotte pointed at Madoka and Homura.
"Oh... Yes... We have to take care of them..."
"Sayaka and I will do it." Kyoko said "Mami and Charlotte could go outside to relax a bit."
"Yes, c'mon, Mami." Charlotte picked Mami's hand and went out side with her.
Mami and Charlotte went and sat to the shore of the lake. Charlotte could see sadness in Mami's face crying...
"Mami..." Charlotte said.
"It's all my fault..." Mami murmured, crying.
"No, Mami, for course not..." Charlotte hugged her "You needed someone, you were out of mind... You didn't know what was the correct thing to do."
"I know, but..." Mami hugged Charlotte tightly "It's hard, I feel guilty for Madoka and Homura... I feel like I'm responsible for what I've done..."
"Don't say that, Mami, you'll see that they'll be okay." Charlotte put her head in Mami's shoulder.
There was a silence then... Mami thought in these words and decided to give it another chance of hope for her mental health.
"Okay, Charlotte, I'll trust you." She said.