Hunt for Survival

Wave Effect

Shaurya

I was standing beside the boy whose name I don’t know because he didn’t bother to tell me his, so I didn’t get the chance to tell mine. Should I call him annoying? I shook my head. I had better not call him that or else he would really annoy me to death, though this name suits him.

Shaurya, this is not the time for the nonsense that you are thinking. Firstly, you have to see now which new trouble is getting on you. My inner self said to me. I nodded. I agree with my inner self. This is what I should be doing right now, rather than thinking about what his name is supposed to be.

“Where is my knife?” We heard the same voice. This voice was having some sort of sadness. I couldn’t really explain anything about this. But whatever this is, I think he is looking for what I currently have around my waist. As the footsteps approached my way, the earth started to shake and we were shaking along with it.

“What the hell is this?” Suddenly the tree in front of us started to shake and the footsteps were heavy now and were much closer than I could imagine and within a few seconds a giant was in front of us. When I saw his face, I could say that he was not completely a human, but half human and half bear. His face is like a bear and the body of a human and there is black hair all over his body. We can call him higher evolution of bears.

“Where is my sheath? Where is my knife?” He said and this time when he spoke it became louder than a normal speaker. His voice has more hertz than the speaker as well. I had to put my hand over my ears to protect them.

“I think that he is looking for the weapon which you have.” I looked at him and I got to know that we were both thinking the same thing. But it can only be confirmed if he will take some action. I removed my hand from my ear and was stuck in the place.

But the size of his and the size of the knife is such a huge difference that I am doubting if this knife really belongs to him. The knife must be about the tip of his finger. Is he really the owner?

“Should we leave?” He asked and I wanted to do otherwise right now, but I guess leaving is a much more attractive idea than staying over here. This person is so giant and the knife and the sheath which I have must not be even equal to his finger. Maybe it must be something else and, without any reason, I am taking the stress.

We started to walk away even though I wanted to stay longer until we got dry, but I didn’t think that we should really stay over there and while we were walking, my feet stepped over something and then it was followed by the sound of something getting broken, which was loud enough for us. I didn’t know if it would be reaching that giant’s ear or not. I looked down and saw the twig was beneath my feet.

“What have you done?” He said.

“I stepped over it mistakenly.”

“You have stepped over it mistakenly but the giant over there has heard us and won’t leave us for your mistake.” I looked back and that giant’s eyes were in our way only. I didn’t think that he should have heard that mere sound because his height is too high for the sound to hear us. Could it be that he is sensitive to sounds? It may be possible or else he won't be looking at us as if to eat us alive. Suddenly, the earth started to shake again and that happened because he started to walk and that, too, in our way. Then his eyes fell over my belt. I could tell because his eyes were only on my body and I think that he must have seen that.

“My sheath.” Oh my god!! How come this can be his?

“Don’t just stand over here. Hurry up and run.” That boy said, and I looked at him and he was already on his feet and was running away and I started to run away as well, but his feet were as constant as they were from the start.

“His speed is constant,” I said with all my force.

“I know that. He just needs a few seconds before he reaches us. We don't have large feet like he has.” He said to me and I knew that he was right. His feet are large enough to make him cover long distances for us in a short time, while even if we run like crazy, then also we won't be able to leave him behind.

“We have to run fast,” I said. I want to leave him behind. I don't want to give him what I had just received.

“Do you think that it is in our capacity?” I know that he is right, but what can we do? We have to run or else or our life will end over here only.

“Do we have any other option to follow?” I asked while looking at his back and all I could see was his waist, because his upper body above the waist was above the height of the tree and, due to the trees, which were dense, only his waist was in the view.

“I am seeing a cave right at a short distance. We have to run up to there. Maybe we can be safe over there.” He said, and I saw the cave. I ran towards that with all the energy I was left with. We both entered the cave at the same time.

“Do you really think that he won’t be following us now?”

“I don’t think so, because this is just a temporary place to hide. He can come over here.” That makes sense.

“ Firstly, we were trapped in the deity net and now this giant. What are we supposed to do and where the hell are we?”

“We have to move forward in order to know where we are. I have never heard of this kind of jungle in my life before, so it is kind of hard for me to tell where we are.”

“So you have knowledge about the jungles?”

“I do. I do this because these things create curiousness inside me. Aside from having a career, I am passionate about getting to know people and the surroundings around me.”

"My career. I want to become a gamer or game developer. I wish for it but my mother doesn’t. By the way, I am Shaurya.”

“I am Prashant.”

“Great to see you.”

“I hope that I could say the same, but I don’t think that we are in a great place to greet each other like that.”

“That is also right, but I am still glad to meet you.” I said, even if that makes me look like a fool. We were at the rest and were trying to observe the outside sounds. I heard some movement before, I couldn’t hear those footsteps any longer. I took a sigh of relief.

“Do you think that we can get out of here now?”

"Let's wait for a while."

"How long do we have to wait? I am getting impatient."

“Just be patient. There are ways to get out of something, it is just sometimes it arrives earlier or takes time, but looking at our condition now, I think that we really have a long journey towards the end. We have to pass so many hurdles in order to get away.”

“This sounds like a good game which is filled with so many adventures,” I commented. “This makes me excited.”

“You have already seen the difference between the virtual and reality. There, after losing one time, we get the idea about how to not to make that same mistake again, but here, if one mistake is made it can also cost us heavily.” I know that and I have seen the example of stepping over a twig and making that giant look towards us.

“That was horrific.”

“Indeed.” After that I realized that whatever I said was heard by him. I just thought that I had thought about it. Then, suddenly, the whole cave started to shake.

“What is going on?”

“No idea. Maybe it is an earthquake,” he replied to me. None of us had any idea what was going on, but after a while, everything was cleared when the roof of stone was removed from above us. That giant had taken the roof away from us and threw that roof far away. I couldn’t believe it at first and I bet that my jaw was hitting the ground, but then I realized that it must be a small stone for him just like for us, which can be big for other organisms like ants. And in front of him we must be ants or even smaller than them.

I suddenly felt that I was running. That made me come out of my thoughts. I saw that Prashant was holding my hand and was making me run with him.

"Why are you holding my hand?" I asked him.

“You were again frozen. If I hadn't taken you with me, then you would have died over there.” He is more sensible than me. At the time, I was thinking about something which wasn't important and he could have run away without me but he took me along with him. I have judged him wrong before. He is not that cold-hearted as I had thought. It is just that his mouth is sharp/ I also grabbed my pace and ran for my life.

How are we going to get away from this problem? I have never seen such a giant in any of my games or heard about it. So how are we going to fight against him?

His feet were so close to my ears that it was sending a chill inside me and made me want to run more, but my legs were tired and were begging me to stop. But does it look like I have that option? It doesn’t seem to me. Suddenly, I heard footsteps being stopped. I stopped at the midway and turned around. I saw that the giant was standing a few meters away from me and was looking at something behind me. I was confused for a while before I also turned to see Prashant.

Is he scared of Prashant?

“Don’t look at me like that. He is scared of something else.” I looked behind him and saw the river.

“Is he scared of the river?” He also turned back and saw the river which was flowing.

“I don’t know but I think that is the only case.” I looked back and saw that he was still frozen. What could be the reason that he is not really ascending either of his steps but is rooted deep in the ground?

“This is the chance for us to leave,” I said, and started to run towards the river.

“Wait, we don’t know what could be inside the water that is making him scared.” I stopped in my tracks and looked at him.

“But if we really have the chance to get away, then we should take the chance. Just like I have said before, we don’t know what is waiting for the next moment but we want to get out of here, then we have to take the risk.” I said to him and he was like that he wanted to argue with me over this, but in the end, he also agreed with me. Then we both ran towards the river but suddenly I heard something coming towards it and it state was liquid. I looked at the side and saw a large wave coming towards us.

“So this was what made him scared.” I am sure that this wave is big enough to take that giant away with it as well.

“We have to leave from here.” I heard his voice and turned on my heel, but it was too late for us to run as it took us both away. We were both trapped in the water. If we don’t get out on time, then we will die over here. I am scared of the thought of dying, but I am leaving everything in the hands of God right now. I hold over the knife, because it is more important, because if we are to be safe, then it will surely help in further adventures, but if not, then it will find its new owner.

The waves were so strong that they didn't allow me to help myself in any way. I was stuck badly in there. Now I am still regretting being so excited and visiting the WIC in the first place. After a while of failed tries, I started to grasp for air. I wanted oxygen. I tried to peddle out of the river but it was all in vain. I didn’t want to give up and that is why I tried all over again, but it was all in vain. I saw Prashant and there was a distance between us. Neither of us were able to do anything. Slowly I started to lose my senses. I wasn’t able to think about anything properly but wanted everything to end now. I was tired of trying again, but this wave didn't let me have the fruit of my work. After being tried, I let this wave take me away wherever it wishes to. Without knowing what I will see after I open my eyes again.