Chapter 16
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"Waaahhhhhhh!!!" Ems screams as they get surrounded by bunch of frogs.
"Please calm down." Johnny said as he tries to calm Ems.
"I can't.. I am so sorry.. Why there are so many of them?? I CANTTTT!!!!" Ems responded in between catching her breath and screaming.
All four of them are surrounded by bunches of frogs as they stand near a shallow water pool.
They just came from the river and headed to the other side of the island that the previous group haven't explored yet from yesterday.
Luckily they found fruit bearing trees like mangoes, wild papayas and guavas.
Ems and everyone felt so excited as they run to one of the mango trees, without realizing the shallow water pool beside it where the jumping creatures are residing.
"Why you didn't tell me about these creatures???" Ems said to Johnny.
"I swear. We did not see those yesterday. They are not in the river at all. " Johnny said feeling apologetic for some reason.
Ems felt a little guilty with the way she acted.
She immediately change her tone of voice.
"I am sorry. But how are we going to get rid of all of those?" Ems said looking up, because she can't even stand looking at it.
"I am scared too, Hyung" Lucas said whose standing behind everyone. At first he tried to return to where they came from, but when he's about to step back he noticed that they are being surrounded.
The creatures seems to be coming from all directions.
Doyoung saw the big branches of the nearby mango tree. He point it to Johnny.
"Let's climb to those branches first. I can't think straight when they are so near me." Doyoung said.
Johnny immediately help Ems by lifting her to one of the branches that is not too high.
Lucas and Doyoung helped each other. Lucas climb up first while Doyoung is supporting him then he pulled Doyoung up.
Johnny lift himself up to the same branch where Ems is and they sat beside each other.
"What are we going to do now? Should we just wait for all of that creatures to go away?" Lucas asked after a long silence have passed.
"I don't think that will happen anytime soon. Look over there." Johnny said while pointing on the swamp near by.
"We have to face our fear guys." Johnny said looking at Doyoung and Lucas.
"What about me? I can't.. I'm sorry.." Ems whose about to cry.
Johnny is about to say something when they hear footsteps coming.
"Johnny!! Doyoung!! Lucas!! Where are you guys?!"
It's Taeyong and his group!
They felt relieve knowing that they'll have someone.
"Taeyong-ah!! We're here!!" Doyoung responded.
Ems is about to give them warning, especially for Ann. But it was too late Taeyong and the rest of his group already cameout from the bushes.
Ann tried to run to Ems direction to check on her friend, but she stopped midway with a frightened look on her face.
"WaaaaahhhhhhHHHHHHHH!!!" Ann screamed the same way like Ems.
She run back to Jaehyun and out of fear she cling on to him.
Jaehyun hugged her from her waist and lift her up like a princess.
"Calm down. I got you." He said to Ann whose shaking from fear and shock.
She wrapped around her both arms to Jaehyun's shoulder.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" Taeyong was laughing.
"Is this the reason all of you guys are up there?" He asked in between laughs.
"Yah! Yah! Yah! It's not funny!! They are gross.!!" Doyoung responded.
"Okay! If you say so.." Taeyong said while trying to hold his laughter.
Then Ann who is still being carried by Jaehyun spoke. "I am sorry, but I don't think I can ask you to put me down."
"It's okay." Jaehyun just smiled while still holding her waist.
Ann who already recovered from the shock can still feel her heart beats fast. She knows it's because she is being held by this man. She decided to divert his attention to Ems.
"We were so worried when we heard you scream." She said while raising her eyebrow.
"Really? You'll give me that look while still holding on to him?" Ems said while laughing.
"I agree.. You are not in the position to complain. Even your scream earlier is way louder." Jeno said who appears from behind Jaehyun, but what surprised Ann is that his carrying Jaemin on his back.
"He. He. He. I am scared too." Jaemin said while smiling.
They all laughed at each other because of their current situation.
After a moment full of laughter...
"Did you guys find food supply?" Taeyong asked.
"Here." Johnny said while pointing on the fruits hanging from tree they are resting on.
"Wow. Are those mangoes?" Jeno said while piggy backing Jaemin.
"Okay. Then we should get some first before we come down." Johnny said as he stands up.
"Be careful." Ems said.
Taeyong also helped in picking fruits. He catches the fruits that Johnny throws at him.
"We should get those papayas." Ann said to Jaehyun pointing on the papaya tree near by.
"Are those edibles?" Jaehyun asked.
"Yes. Those are tropical fruits. The fruits are small because those are wild papayas." Ann explained.
"Okay." He carried Ann near the tree which is not too high.
Ann picks the fruits and put it in between her legs and stomach, as Jaehyun continue to carry her.
"You guys can pick those fruits from the tree over there." Ems said to Jaemin and Jeno while pointing on the guava trees.
"Okay!! Noona!!" Jaemin said while patting Jeno's shoulder like his mounted on a horse.
"Yah! Yah! Yah!" Jeno complains while still smiling.
Lucas and Doyoung just stayed where they are and just waited for the others to finish.
As they collect fruits. The creatures starts to go away little by little.
There were just few who stayed who seems to be watching the beautiful visitors in front of them..
"Alright! You guys can go down now." Taeyong said.
"We need to go and get our water supply, then we can all go back to the base." Johnny said.
But, Ems look down and see few frogs still jumping around...
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