Ophidia

CHAPTER FOURTEEN (New friends.)

    When Benga reached outside the temple, Jenka wasn't able to hear them . He was carrying Wolani

in his hands and when he tried to enter the temple, he failed. "I don't understand....the door is wide

open." He thought. Then he put Wolani aside, took a few steps back and charged at the door, Jenka

heard him grunting and rushed to the door.

    After  Benga charged he ended up running through the entrance and falling over. Jenka giggled

a bit. "Hey, why wasn't I able to enter the temple?" He asked whilst getting up.

    "I have no idea what you're talking about." She replied

    "I was standing at the entrance and the door was wide open, but I wasn't able to enter, what's going

on Jenka?"

    "Where's Wolani?"

    "Ohh yeah that's right." He then walked outside and picked her up. He walked back in and laid her on

one of the beds. Jenka looked very relieved. Not only because of Wolani but also because she managed

to get Benga to stop asking her about the entrance and why he couldn't enter.

    "Did you manage to collect the elixir?"

    "Yes and Mume was greeting you."

    "Ohh Thank you and how is he doing?"

    "He's doing fine....and you'll never believe what I came across on my way here."

    "Really what?" She askes with an enthusiastic look on her face.

    "So ....as I was riding to the temple, I saw this row boat and in it was a girl covered in blood with

serious injuries all over her body. But she was still breathing."

    "So you just left her?"

    "No I carried her to the carriage she's in the carriage right now."

    "Benga?!"

    "Yeah?"

    "Bring her in here!"

    "Okay."

    "Why didn't you start with that?! She might die you know." Benga walked out of the temple to

retrieve her. When he checked the back of the carriage, he found her barely standing upright with her

spear aimed at him.

    "Who are you? And what do you want with me?"

    "Calm down....I'm Benga and I just want to help you out. See there's a healer in that temple who

can help you out."

    "I don't need your help...where are my things?" She said ready to collapse.

    "Just relax.....you don't look so good....you need to get some rest."

    "I said...where...is my stuff?"

    "It's right there, right behind you." Benga said while pointing at it.

    "Good now-" she passed out again,Benga caught her in the knick of time and carried her in his

arms. He walked into the temple and set her on a bed next to Wolani's.

    "What took you so long?" Jenka questioned him

    "Well she woke up and tried to attack me....but I don't think she had the strength to. So she

collapsed into my arms and I brought her here."

    "Ohh okay, just watch over her while I get the stuff for treatment. She looks pretty banged up."

She entered the room where she kept the bandages. "Wait what did I come in here to do again?" She

asked herself. Then she walked back to Benga empty handed.

    "Did you manage to find the material?" Benga asked her.

    "Ohh that's right." Then she walked back to the room to retrieve the bandages. She also carried

some venom incase her patient had any open wounds.

    "Where did you find her?" She asked.

    "In the Black forest."

    "Black forest? I wonder what she was doing there."                                                                                                       "She was passing out."                                                                                                                                                       "No I mean before she passed out."

    "Ohh she had a piece of paper in her hand but it was drenched in blood, so I wasn't able to see what

was on it."

    "Maybe she's looking for someone." She bandaged her broken hand, cleaned the blood off her body

and covered her up.

    The next morning Jenka woke up early to check on her patients. Wolani was sleeping, but the other

girl was awake.

    "Morning." Jenka said with a smile on her face. "How are you feeling?"

    "Okay....who are you and what do you want with me?" She asked. She wanted to defend herself

against Jenka, but she took a good look at her and thought"how in Ophidia could she possibly be

dangerous? "

    "I'm Jenka, you were pretty beaten up there, so I decided to help you and you are?"

    "My name is Nima, but why did you help me? Were you planning on stealing from me?"

    "There's no way in Ophidia that I would ever do such a thing....I'm a healer so that's just what I

do." Nima just looked at her in confusion. "If you don't mind my asking....what happened to you?"

    "What do you mean?"

    "Well my friend Benga found you in the Black forest and you were covered in blood with a broken

hand."

    "Ohh I was in a fight with a Slitherane."

    "Oh my goodness, why?"

    "I don't want to talk about that right now." She said as her eyes became watery and she

grabbed her knees, assuming the foetal position.

    "That's okay...I completely understand." She felt sorry for her. She didn't know what happened

to her, but she knew it was really bad.

    "I should have escaped by now, but some thing told me that I shouldn't."

    "Don't worry about us" she said. "We mean well, I assure you."

    "Ohh I see you're up." Benga said." Yesterday you tried to skewer me." He said while laughing.

    "You must be a mighty warrior."

    "Sorry about that." She said while blushing.

    "No that's okay, I'm quite tough, there's no way I'd let you beat me." He said while smiling

    "Is that a challenge?" She said almost smiling

    "That's if you can take it."

    "You're on." Then Jenka and Benga laughed in unison.

    "So what brought you to the black forest?" Jenka asked Nima.

    "I was actually headed for Skalia, my boat probably drifted away when I passed out."

    "Ohh and what were you planning on doing in Skalia?"

    "I'm looking for Jackandi."