Here is Chapter 3 Hope you like it^^
Chapter 3
Slowly my stomach became noticeable. I had been thirsty for a while. How long it was ago that I eaten anything? I did not know it. I wondered if I could get out of this tent at all. My chronological overview could I forget, it has already passed away with my arrival in the desert. I imagined that I am in a waiting room from the dentist. Always on the go, but very afraid of it. The feeling was right now.
After endless long hours, someone came back into the tent. This time it was the guy with the knives. Just as I wanted to ask him something, he already pulled one of his knives. I pinched my eyes in the expectation that he was going to take me out. Luckily I was wrong. He cut through the handcuffs. Apparently, I was classified as harmless. I rubbed my wrists, the rope had rubbed quite nicely, I had tried to keep friction as low as possible.
And once again I was touched, without I was prepared. He took my hand and helped me to get up. I had already panicked that he handed me a hand, wherever he went, but he only asked me to advance. He told me where to go. I followed his instructions with no great respite. I tried to take a closer look at the robber's cave, now that I was outside. Who knows when I will be brought back to the tent? The robber's cave was very much in turmoil; tents were scattered everywhere, some of them had already collapsed. Besides, there were here and there fragments of sculptures, which were meant to represent a deity or something like that. I wanted to stop more often, to look at the ruins more closely, but the knife type drove me to a hurry, with a harsh tone he led me to a table. The other robbers were already there and were already expecting us.
A huge big hole would now be optimal, so right under me. Is that too much? As it seemed, it was not. The situation seemed to me like a police officer, there are always two officials present. (In this case it was seven) The mood is always depressed. It was the same now. At least from my point of view. The robbers seemed to be more amused to watch me. Of course, they could also decide my future fate. I did not like the idea.
"We decided to keep you here for the time being" Shun broke my thoughts. I did not know if I should be afraid or happy."You only stay until our leader Saluk is here again." Without it, the memory of the meeting in the museum came back to my mind. I wanted to address them first but let it remain. I myself could not believe the whole story, why should they?
"What were you looking for in the desert? With your little kit?" One of the triplets asked me. If only I knew that myself. That comes from skip the school. "I don´t know " I replied truthfully. I squinted my eyes and wondered what I could say without telleing to much about me. "What about your wound?" The thicker asked me, I just wanted to say something, Shun intervened. "It looks better already." The thicker was satisfied with his answer. "Why did you helped me?" I blurted out. "In the desert it is a simple rule to help others," said the knife type. "In addition, there is the law to help weaker" added the thicker. Ah okay I was classified as weak. Good Good. "If Saluk has no use for you, we will sell you as a slave," the triplets chorused. Either way I was delivered.
"You can move freely here, because you can not escape from here", said the fat one . The others nodded approvingly. I thought it better not to say that I know the magic words "sesame open up", then I would be bound again.
It was like everything was said. I wanted to ask a few more questions, but some of the robbers went away. I was not so interesting anymore. Only the guy with the knives and Shun stayed with me. It was quite unpleasant to me. But that did not bother them.
"The tent where you are is your sleeping place, you should know," Shun said he stood up as he said that. The type of knife also made institutions stand up. After all, I was alone at the table.
In front of me was a pot of water, a cup also stood not far from me. I drank something quickly. Then I stood up, but still gave me a few grapes from the table and disappeared into my I had noticed the way. Somehow I was relieved that they ignored me. So I avoid further stammering. But without talking to anyone is also stupid. So I left my sleeping place. Let's see what you can discover in a robber's cave.
Since we were straight there was apparently a kind of common room. I recognized the image of Cassim, which Saluk had torn in the film with his claws. I raised the picture and saw a wooden box between the stone wall. I took a chair to get it better. I had it. Curiously, I opened it. There was a medallion in it. What Cassim had worn on his cloak. This was the hand of Midas. As far as I remembered, there was a secret passage in this cave. I try to find him afterwards. I put the medallion in my pocket. I wondered if there is a connection between the King Midas and this robber cave. After all, you can find this sign everywhere. Also on some statues I had seen the symbol.
I looked around, then I saw the fat guy. He sat in a corner and counted his gold. He had not noticed me. I approached him slowly and put my hand on his shoulder "What is your name?" I asked him. He was surprised and he dropped his gold. "You messed me now," he grumbled at me. "I'm sorry, I'll help you count when you want." "And then you take my gold away! So I'd rather go on alone." I thought, quite distrustfully. But you had to be as a robber. "I would not take anything away from you! Still, I want to know what you're called?" While I said that, I folded my arms in front of my chest. He looked at me a little bit, then finally gave me his name. "My name is Hakim." I did not want to know either. "I'll go away Hakim." "Wait" he sayed, before I turned around. He looked at me embarrassed, "Maybe you can help me count ... I'm not so good in counting."
I smiled and sat down next to Hakim. "But keep your fingers in view," he admonished me, I just nodded and counted his gold pieces.
He was very pleased when I called him the sum.
Then i got up to explore the cave again.
I think I now have some goals here. My first goal here is to reveal the secret of Midas and the Thief Cave and hopefully find a way out of here. My second goal is to find the names of the other thieves just to know who I am dealing with. The third goal is to find out why I am here. It must have some reason why I am here. An inner voice whispered to me, which Saluk knows the answer, but meeting Saluk was a truly nightmare for me.
As I realized my goals, I made the effort to get the names of the remaining robbers, which seemed to me to be the simplest goal so far. So I searched the cave for the robbers. After a short time I had also found the names. The type of knife was called Genghis. The largest of the triplets was Pierre, the second largest was Narid and the smallest Fazul. The guy with the rope was Akam. A goal chopped off. Only two left.
However, finding a link between Midas and the cave was harder than imagined. Just because of that I could not read the characters. I wandered through the cave without any purpose, until I came to a place that seemed very familiar to me. This was Cassim's secret place, which could only be reached with the medallion. I took it out of my pocket. I found the indentation for the medallion quickly and wanted to insert it, as a hand placed on my shoulder. Frightened, I turned around. Akam stood behind me. He looked at me suspiciously. "What are you doing?" "I just looked at the characters!" He pushed me against the wall. "If you think you can get out of here, you're wrong! You can move freely, but we always keep an eye on you. As soon as Saluk is back and he has no use for you, you come to the slave market. The prices for slaves are good right now. "He pushed me to the side and disappeared just as quietly as he had come. I remained sitting on the ground for some time. I suddenly felt terrible. I did not want to end up being a slave. But meeting Saluk was also no rosy prospect. "I think the secret tunnel remains my emergency plan," I whispered to myself. Then with still trembling knees I get up and go back into my tent. I needed some rest now.