THE CITY OF PANDORA

chapter 11

Zawadi placed the now unconscious Chaka down under a tree.He had to find the green light to help boost his friends health.He found one but Chaka had to press it himself for it to work.So he came back hurriedly.

"Shandra!" Chaka called with a weak voice.Zawadi didn't say a word he just picked him up,and placed him on his should.They staggered to the place and when they were there,he took Chaka's leg out and pressed it on the button.He was relieved immediately.

"Where are we." Chaka asked as he looked around like someone who had just resurrected from the dead.

Zawadi kept on touching him,he didn't believe his friend was not bleeding anymore.

"Are you really okay,"he said as he kept touching his arms and rechecking the leg that was initially bleeding.His friend was fine,he had no sign of injury anywhere.

Chaka was irritated by Zawadi's behaviour of touching him.He stepped back in anger.

"Where are we?"

"Where is Shandra?"

Zawadi saw the temper his friend now had ,he took a map out of his bag.

"Uhmmmmm,according to the map we are in the sacred temple forest.About Shandra i don't even know who she is so i definitely can't tell where she is.I found you lying on the ground bleeding out with the giant dragon threatening to kill you.You told me to use the magic dust and i did,that's why we are here."

T'chala held his head as if he now remembered everything.

"Ooh my,thank you for saving my life.I nkw remember myself lying on the ground helplessly.A lot of people trampled over me as they ran for safety.

But how did Shandra leave,"he said as he held his head.

"I don't think this place is safe for us either,"Zawadi said as he looked around keenly.

"And by the way i managed to carry your sword ,here it is,"he said as he struggled to lift the heavy weapon.

Chaka walked a few steps closer to him.He took his sword from his friends hands and lifted it in the air with so much is.He looked at it and smiled.

He put it in the sword holder that he was now carrying on his back,he then pressed his bracelet to study his stats.

He found out he had xp+2000 gold coins and 400 hundred points that he distributed to his attributes.

Below the task their was the name of the place they were which was the temple forest.And below the location were his new tasks.

New task added

kill the spy raven

Find a path to the temple

He closed the screen and followed zawadi who was now walking through the thick forest.Now and then they had to jump over tree trunks and cut through tree branches.There was a weird silence.It almost felt like it was tangible.Some places were really dark and the two were really afraid.All this time Shandra had been peeping through the leaves.She clenched her fists and clumped her teeth in great anger.She remember how she had pretended to be pressed.That is the time she used to summon the giant dinasour.Her mission was to kill Chaka.The thought of him still breathing,affected,chocked,irritated her.She was consumed with so much hatred and rage.

" That's is just the beginning warrior.You will not resist my temptation and like a fly,you will stick in my web.I will be there watching you.I can't wait to see the fear in your eyes as you finally see the monster in me.Bit by bit ,i will enjoy you like a spider enjoys a fly.

I will kill you Chaka its just a matter of time,"she whispered and left.

Zawadi and Chaka walked for a while .They kept following the map.They suddenly heard a sound,like the sound of of roaring waters passing through rocks.For a minute they were scared but then they remembered they were tired and thirsty.They hurriedly found their way through the unprunned tree branches.

Chaka saw on raven spy and killed it

4/60 raven spies dead.

The sound came closer and closer. They cut through the bushes until they were standing infront of a beautiful scennery of nature.Before them was a marvelous waterfall almost 10 feet high.The water that fell below formed a stream that flowed down the valley.Some birds were singing happily in their nests while others were flying over the waterfall.The place was open one could see the sun setting.The ground was green with beautiful young grass.

The air smelled different,it was fresh and refreshing.

"I think we should camp here for a while,"Chaka suggested.

"I conquer with you,besides this is the best places for you to teach me how to fight."

"You are right,i need to teach you some combo."

The two cut tree branches.They used the leaves to make a tent that would serve as their shelter.They then agreed to go find food before sun set.

Zawadi was to find fruits or herbs while Chaka was to go hunt.They parted to opposite direction.Chaka took his a bag full of arrows and a bow while Zawadi took his blade.After a while Zawadi camse back with a bag full of wild berries,quavas and mangoes.He placed them in the tent and sat besides the stream watching the water flow down the stream.

He heard chuckles of dry leaves.He was scared for a minute.He hurried to the tent and took his blade.He then tiptoed to the direction he heard the sound.His heart was pounding in his chest.Then he saw Chaka walking out of the bush laughing with a fat brown deer on his shoulder

"I can't believe you can be this scared,"he said as he continued laughing.

"How can you kill an animal with that blade,"he put the deer down and continued laughing even louder as he clapped his hands.

Zawadi was embarrassed,he didn't say even a single word.Chaka was left out still laughing.He took zawadi's blade that was now lying on the grass and used it to skin the animal.He then collected a bunch of dry firewood from the forest.By this time the blue summer sky had transformed into a sea of bkackness.The. sun was now swallowed by the rapidly falling night and the sky got freckled by shimmering stars and the bright moon.The night was beautiful.Chaka lit a fire and they stayed out there roasting the meat as they watched the stars.

"You called Shandra when you woke up,who is she?"Zawadi asked.

Chaka kept quiet.He took a wood from the fire and started to play with its flames.

"Is there something i should know because you are acting a little weird now."

Chaka wished that Zawadi would just leave the story alone.

When zawadi noticed he would not be answered,he changed the topic.

"Hey buddy do you remember the swahili king.I have never had such a night before,"he said as he took a bite of the roasted meat.

"Yeah,he is just on another level.When i was leaving the party i saw him with the three dancers in one of the tents.I wonder how he managed to handle them with his big stomach,"he said as he stood and laughed.Zawadi was now sitting on the grass laughing.They both laughed till their stomachs hurt.

"But i enjoyed myself,"Zawadi said as he wiped tears that were now rolling down his cheeks due to excess laughter.

They ate the meat till they were full .They then washed the wild berries and ate them too.Zawadi had already spread a couple of leaves in the tent that would act as a matress they then laid down and slept.

After a long but sweet night of sleep.

Sounds of birds singing,water flowing downstream and the sound of trees moving with the wind made a unick peaceful rhythm.

Chaka woke up,he was suprise Zawadi was not lying next to him.He got outside the tent yawning.It was a little bit chilly outside but the sun was getting a little hotter now.Zawadi had his sword,he was trying to do some combo beside the stream.

Chaka just stood there for a while watching his friend try to do some combos.

"Add more energy to the attack."

Zawadi turned wiping the sweat that was now dripping from his face.

"How long have you been standing there?"he asked.

"Just enough to see what i wanted to see.Let me make two stick weapons first that you will begin your training with.

He took the sword and went into the forest .He came back after a while with two sharp pointed sticks.

"This is how you hold the stick,put one foot in front and one foot behind.Be steady.Don't look at the size of your opponent.Go for his weakest point.Always protect your chest area and your legs.This are the places that the enemy always target.Today,i want you to focus less in attacking me and more in protecting yourself."

Zawadi noded in response then stoodvin attention like he had been adviced.Chaka quickly grabbed his stick and targetted zawadi's chest area.Zawadi tried to dodge but Chaka was an expert in this particular he managed to point the stick at his friends heart.

"Always protect yourself first and have confidence in yourself.Now take a break and come back after 10mins."

Zawadi took a break ,ate his wild berries drank water and came back.

All this while Chaka was in deep thoughts.He was obsessed with the witch.Longing to see her smile again.The thought of her touch drove him crazy.He watched the birds that were dancing happily above him and wished he had wings.If he did,he would fly to the light that would soon become his darkness.He would be dinner,served hot for the witch.He had everything to loose but too bad he didn't have the slightest idea.She had it all figured out,the way to get him to her web.

The rest of the day they spent training.And so was the rest of the week.After two weeks they had to continue with their journey.

Shandra on the other side had a plan worked out.It was just a matter of time