Ophidia

CHAPTER TWENTY NINE (What do we do now?)

    They all just starred at him,covered in dried up blood,panting with a piece of paper in one hand and

a sword in the other. He was sweating and out of breath so he wasn't talking. Jenka grew tired of

waiting for him to catch his breath so she looked around the room and finally broke the silence.

    "You're covered in blood." She said to him. "What happened?"

    "And where is Mupo?" Wolani added.

    "Ssshhh." He said. "Let me think!" Benga then walked into the hut.

    "Jack you saw me but you didn't stop running, why?"

    "Ssshhh!" He then looked at the sword in his hand and the little sparks forming an arrow. "Ohh

yeah I remember, Mupo was captured."

    "Really? By who?" Wolani asked.

    "By the huntress." He replied.

    "And he left his sword?"

    "Yes I'm sure she knocked it out of his hand, she's fond of doing that."

    "Well do you know where she took him?"

    "I have a hunch that his sword will lead me to him." Nima then walked in and sat on the floor next

to Wolani and Jenka.

    "How was the fight?" She asked Jackandi.

    "What fight?" Jenka asked.

    "With the bounty huntress."

    "Bounty huntress?" Jack and Jenka said in unison.

    "Nevermind that." Wolani said. "Where is Mupo?"

    "He was captured." Benga said.

    "I know that....I mean where exactly?"

    "He's been captured?" Nima asked. "By who?"

    "The huntress." Wolani said." Now how did you say we find Mupo?"

    "With his sword." Jackandi responded.

    "How?" He then showed her the blade of the sword and how the arrow was pointing towards one

direction. Then the sword started moving upwards on it's own.

    "So he's in the sky?" Benga said.

    "Don't be silly Benga." Wolani said to him. "It's probably losing him, so we need to move fast. But I

have to stay here with my mother." She said while holding her head.

    "I still have a slitherane problem." Nima said. "I'm only left with one month."

    "So immediately we get him back, we may travel to Gloydius to sort your issue."

    "We need to go there now."

    "But without Mupo how are you going to stop them?"

    "Jackandi killed a slitherane on slitheran and walked away alive. This shouldn't be a problem for

him."

    "It shouldn't." Jackandi said. "But I need Mupo to retrieve that fruit for us. If he dies then we

might have to spend another thousand years waiting and I'm not going through with that. Our priority

is Mupo." Nima then waved her hands in exasperation.

    "Okay fine....then let's go now."

    "We need a plan first."

    "I have a plan...attack!" Jackandi said.

    "So the three of should follow the sword to find Mupo. Jenka and I have to stay here."

    "Okay guys let's go!" Jackandi said. "Before I forget."

    "Right!" Nima and Benga said. They then left the hut and headed for the ship.

Wolani and Jenka sat down again " are you sure you don't want to go and help rescue him?" Jenka

asked her. Her face showed that she did regret remaining at the hut. But she'd regret it even more if

she left her mother behind again.

    "No I don't."

    "Okay then."

    "How is she doing?"

    "Pretty well actually.....she's a quite the fighter. I wouldn't be surprised if she recovers even within

a week." Wolani felt much better after she said that. Her mother started moving her hand. Wolani

quickly rushed to her side with Jenka following suit.

    "Is she waking up?" Wolani asked her.

    "She shouldn't be....the medicine takes atleast a day to kick in. Even if she-" her eyes then

widened in shock.

    "She? She what? Say something!" Wolani said while holding and shaking Jenka. Jenka then held

Wolani's arms to stop her and she laid Wolani's hand onto her mother's.

    "My child." She said to Wolani while struggling to talk. "I have missed seeing that beautiful face of

yours." Wolani's eyes started watering up and before she knew it she started crying.

    "Take it easy Mama, you can just rest for now....no need to talk, knowing that you're recovering is

all that matters." She said while trying to hold it together. Her mother then closed her eyes and let go

of her hand. Wolani started crying even more. "Please....please don't go Mama!" She sobbed with her

head facing downwards. Jenka then grabbed her hand.

    "You've got it all wrong Wolani." She said with a concerned look yet still happy. Wolani started

lifting her head to look at Jenka and wondered why she was smiling. " She's not leaving you." She then

moved her hand to her mother's chest. "She is better than ever." Wolani sniffled and she felt the

beating of her mother's heart.

    "Huh?"

    "Sorry if I scared you....I was just shocked when I discovered that she was fighting the poison on

her own." Wolani sniffled.

    "Huh?"

    "Remember when I said that the medicine takes a day to kick in?" She sniffled again.

    "Yeah."

    "Well I thought the medicine had miraculously started working early, but it didn't. She's fighting

the poison on her own. It's like she concocted an anti poison in her body....amazing! It still baffles me

as to why she wasn't fighting it earlier" She then looked at Wolani and wiped her tears away. "Don't

you worry, she's not going anywhere anytime soon." Wolani's face changed from sour and confused to

happy and confused, with tears of joy to top it off.

    Her brother walked in and found Jenka wiping his sister's tears away. His face saddened and he

walked towards them and sat next to Wolani. "Is she?"

    "No no she's not." She assured him while putting her hand on his shoulder. "She's a fighter....she's

healing quickly, we're just happy that's all. These....these are tears of happiness."

    "Really?" He said as his eyes started to fill with water.

    "Really." She responded and then  he then embraced her, held his mother's hand, looked towards the roof and cracked a

smile.