[Slig75]

didn't take me that long to do this chapter
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Chapter 5
Hallucinations

Since the disappearance of radiation in the underground sea, life had been slowly growing back. Small rivers were once again flowing through small woods. Admeet knew that if he headed towards patches of green on the horizon, he would find water and possibly food.

Admeet inspected the shotgun but realised that the cartridges were gone. He cocked the shotgun and nothing came out. He then threw the shotgun on the ground and walked over to Solister who was slowly gaining consciousness. “You okay” he said calmly. She slowly got up on her feet. “Yeah” she replied, “a little bit shaky, but I’ll do fine”. “We need to go towards that patch of green on the horizon” said Admeet, “We can probably find water from there”. “Okay, but what about him” said Solister pointing towards Zaypher. “We’ll shackle him” replied Admeet, “if we take those shackles off of you, I will shackle him”. Admeet walked over to Zaypher and knelt down beside him. He put his hand in one of Zaypher’s Leather pockets strapped onto his legs. “I thought you would do this” said Zaypher wearily, “You would be the hero...” “Shut up” said Admeet angrily picking out a key from one of Zaypher’s pockets. However, as he got up, he swore he could see a red Slig eyeing him in the distance. Admeet ignored this and turned around, but curiosity got the better of him. He turned around again but this time, the red Slig was gone. Zaypher chuckled quietly. “You never know what’s out there Admeet” said Zaypher. Admeet walked back to Solister and unshackled her. Then Admeet shackled Zaypher by the hands and vigorously brought him up on his feet. The trio started walking towards the patch of green.

As the green got closer by the minute, Solister was starting to struggle. Admeet was close to her side and Zaypher was by Admeet being held by the shackles. However, as Admeet looked over Solister’s head, he could see the red Slig again by a small lone tree. When Admeet went past a large boulder, the red Slig had vanished again. Admeet thought that he was having hallucinations, possibly due to how thirsty he was. He however ignored this again and carried on. By 10 minutes, Solister couldn’t keep herself up. Admeet had to help her up sometimes. But soon, they reached the edge of a small wood. They knew that there was a river flowing through it due to the noise it was making. They ran towards the river and sat down to drink. “I think we’d better set up camp here” said Admeet looking around the patch of woodland, “it’s getting late and we need to be up on our feet in the morning if we are to survive”. He found an overhanging boulder covered in moss and firmly attached to some rock, this would be a suitable shelter. Admeet unshackled one of Zaypher’s hands but then wrapped the shackle round a thin, but tall tree. He shackled both ends together so that Zaypher couldn’t escape. “You get some rest” said Admeet to Solister, “I’ll keep a look out”. “Ok” said Solister and she laid herself under the boulder and started to fall asleep. Admeet sat down and had his back against a tree. “They will be looking for you” said Zaypher trying to sit down. Admeet paid no attention to this and prepared for the long night ahead.