Hello everyone. Here is chapter 2 and I hope that you will enjoy it :)
While Maya was continuing her attempts of getting away from her father, the male South China Tiger and his younger siblings were still continuing their own running away attempt and so far they are succeeding, although, they knew that they must not take any chances.
The oldest of the siblings was 11 years-old and he was caring for his baby brother, who is 6 years-old, and their younger sister, who is 5 years-old, as they continued to slowly walk through the passing forests and mountains in their search of a better life.
The male South China Tiger knew that he has to find a place of solitude for his siblings or else they will die which is the last thing that he wanted to happen and he really hoped that they find a new home soon enough and he also knew that they need to find it quickly.
He carried an bow and an few packs of arrows in case that he and his siblings are about to be attacked by bandits or any other type of criminals that they might come across during their journey and it was a good thing that he carried weapons.
The 11 year-old male Tiger had been training in the arts of archery by his father who was a skilled bowman before he and his family had been captured by the group of unknown bandits that the young boy and his siblings would later escape from.
The three Tiger siblings eventually took a break from their journey and they were lucky enough to be sitting next to a stream which they took the time to drink from since they were really thirsty and they had been dehydrating during their journey.
"Ok, I'll be on the look out for signs of friend or foe" said the 11 year-old male Tiger to his siblings. "Once the coast is clear, we will keep moving, understand?".
"Yes, Banda, me and little Lucy will stay here" said the 6 year-old male tiger as he stood next to his sister. "We hope that you will return, big brother".
"Yeah and also, one more thing, please be safe" said the 5 year-old female tiger as she looked at her oldest brother. "We still need a new home, Banda".
"I know, Lucy, but I need you to look after Lang, now" said Banda as he smiled before gently kissing Lucy's forehead. "We all need to stick together, that way, we will survive".
"Ok, Banda, me and Lang will be waiting for you" said Lucy as she gave a smile of her own that only made Banda's smile grow. "I hope that you will find a friend".
Banda nodded in agreement as he told his younger siblings to stay where they are and he will come back to find them before he eventually started his day-watch duty since he would always take the time to search for anyone that could be a friend or a foe.
He would also take the time to make sure that nobody was following them, although, he knew that he can never be certain on if he or his younger siblings were being followed especially when their would-be stalkers could be good at hiding themselves from them.
Banda took his bow from his back and he held in his right paw while grabbing an arrow with his left paw which he used to put on the string of the bow as he prepared himself for any kind of attacks that might come his way at anytime.
The young Tiger surveyed his surroundings in an attempt to see if the coast was clear or not and he knew that he has to double-check just to make sure that he hasn't missed anything knowing that it could cost him dearly if he didn't double check.
Banda used his ears to see if he can hear any sound of footsteps that could be heading his way and he used his senses to see if he can smell anyone that would try to hurt him or his siblings, but, he found none and he double-checked only to get the same result.
He quickly made his way back to his younger siblings who were happy to see him and he told them that they can go since the coast was clear which made Lucy and Lang happy as they followed their older brother on their now continued journey for salvation.