WAILING DREAD

Chapter 3

"Feeling depressed and down he suddenly heard a word that lifted up his spirit off the ground".

"why don't I teach you to fight"

'ehh..'

"its better to know how to protect yourself from danger than for someone to follow you about everywhere to protect you from them or you don't want to?".

"Zayn Chauder ready to learn sir"He stood up and gave a bow to him.

"I guess that's a yes".

Zayn's heart was beating ceaselessly feeling excited. power, strength, skill these are the things he needed most after the pain and suffering he went through, he actually know their worth more than anything. if only he had them he wouldn't have lost his family he wouldn't have lost his village he wouldn't have walked for up to a week in hunger he wouldn't have been bullied and nearly killed.

In this world of cruelty, despair and savagery. strength is the key to survival and he needs it more than anything.

Still deep in his thoughts he didn't notice the young waitress approach which startled him a little.

''The place is ready sir''. she said

''Okay let's see what we can do for you little friend''. He stood up, Picked up the little girl and carried her to the back room

The room was small and narrow mostly because of how packed it was. In the room you could see a wooden table in the middle, alot of barrel of drinks at each side of the room and Lousy furnitures around the left corner

''Place her on the table''

the waitress checks behind her closed then locked the door

''What you are about to see you have to promise it will never leave this room'' then looks at zayn for confirmation which he gave a honest nod as he placed the girl on the table but still stood there wearily.

Sensing his hesitation Dirius immediately knew what he was worried about and consold him

''Don't worry we wouldn't harm her in any way or better yet if we wanted to harm her you couldn't even do anything about it''.

Seeing his reasoning his intensity of becoming stronger grew. right now he can't do anything, can't protect the one he wanted to protect, can't fight for what is right or wrong, he doesn't even have his own say, he just roll around the punches.

Dirius seeing the boy spirit go down even more tries to make remedy of the situation

''I was just joking no need to take it to heart and we are just trying to help her''.

''Why can't he wait outside''.the waitress scuffed.

''Well the girl needs someone by her side when she up and better, I mean would you like to wakeup and see complete strangers by your side''

'Uhhhhh'. the waitress shakes her head and sighs 'there no talking to this guy'.

''Zayn why don't we sit over there and give room to Lisa as she does her thing''. gussasing to the chairs at the corner of the room

Lisa(the waitress) walked to the side of the table and place her hand gently on the body of the child, closed her eyes then started whispering some words in a language they both don't understand.

''The girl has alot of internal injuries nothing too severe but still too bad for a girl her age''. she said opening her eyes

''you can heal her right''.

''Yes, but I still don't feel it's right doing it in front of him''.

''It's fine don't worry about him, don't forget he's family''.

Lisa looked at dirius with mockery but still a little amused by his childishness then she looked back at the girl seriousness replaced in the eyes this time instead of closing her eyes she kept them open and placed her hands on the chest of the girl

A dull green aura emitted from her hands and flowed to the body of the girl while she was whispering some chants.

After sometime the girl fingers shifted a little which brought relief in Zayn heart slowly eyeslids began to move until they where wide open though she was still breathing roughly she looked at the person in front of her that had her hands on her chest in confusion then looked around to see two people sitting at the corner.

she saw the uncle that saved her from those horrible monsters in her village thinking back at this she just remembered what had happened. how the monster caused chaos in the village, how a giant rock fell from the sky and killed her mom right in front of her, how her dad who had gone ahead to find a route of escape for them was easily dissected by a beast, how she would no longer see her bestfriend kiki any more.

before she knew it her eyes were already tearing up and she started to cry.

''MAMA.. PAPA.. MAMA.. PAPA..''.

Zayn was a little startled by the sudden outburst even though it was to be expected rushed to her side to calm her down while Lisa seeing that all the internal injuries were gone, immediately evacuated her side she was never too fond of kids especially the crying ones

''Okay I've done my part I think it's time for me to go''

'' You should be happy with what you've done look''.

he said gesturing to look at the little boy hugging the girls trying to make her stop crying, remembering his own passed then gave a bitter smile.

''this brings back memories doesn't it''.

''yes bitter memories that is''. Lisa said but still had a little smile. interrupting their train they could hear a small growl from the girl.

''am no genius but I think the little lady might be hungry''. ''so what are you looking around for, get that girl something to eat, I mean you are the waitress?''

she looked at him seeming a little angry cause she just used up alot of energy to heal the girl without receiving any reward or praise and now she just going to be used for more jobs. 'like a work horse'.

"fine" annoyed as she walked out till she felt a grip on her hand which made her give a sharp turn to rebuke him for holding her but was met by his mesmerising eyes.

still holding her and looking into her eyes he said in a soft voice ''Thank you '' which flustered her and her cheeks turned slightly red

''I... I... I'll go get the food'' she replied with a voice clearly clustered, as she leaves his grip and exit the room.

' that's done so what am I going to do with these two'. Going back to take his sit until he heard a big rustle up front ''what now''. ''can't a guy get some rest around here ''