"Hey!! Why's your thumb bleeding so furiously?" asked Suzume, concerned. "Oh, I don't know... Probably some tribe stabbed it or something..." replied Yuuma.
"Hey guys!! Look here!! It's a cute lion cub!!!" screamed Shikito, who had already started to pat the cub. "Stay away from it DUMMY! It's still a lion!!" argued Suzume. Yuuma went towards the cub and took it in his lap.
"Ayy give it to me!!" said Shikito, snatching the cub from Yuuma's hands. The cub mewled sharply, scratching Shikito's hand. "ARGHAAHHA!!!! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!?!" screamed Shikito.
Yuuma patted the cub one last time and let it slip back into the undergrowth...
"Do you realise that its parents might follow the trail of its scent to find it and bump upon us because you both touched it?!" said Suzume, angrily.
"Well.... Let's head out of here now..." spoke Yuuma, voice low. The three moved on, deeper into the forest, back into the struggle to survive. Yuuma, being seriously injured, used a sturdy branch to walk.
Shikito glanced at the loosened plaster on Yuuma's broken arm. "Hey… Yuuma," his voice dropped, "that thing's coming off."
"Oh... yes... I didn't notice." replied Yuuma, voice still low. Yuuma tightened his plaster, exchanging glances with Shikito and Suzume.
"HEY STOP!!" screamed a distant unknown voice from behind... The three got alerted.
"I-Is this some other tribal group who speaks our language?! What do you think?? Hehe." joked Shikito, nervously. "We are not the only survivors here dummy!" argued Suzume... Yuuma, ignoring Suzume and Shikito started to move towards the direction of voice..."
Suzume and Shikito followed Yuuma, who's considerably ahead of them. The foggy environment made it more difficult to locate the person...
"I'm here.... hahahaha" the soft voice echoed again, followed by a tiny giggle.
"I-It doesn't feel right...." said Suzume, frightened... "My name's Akari.... You can come to me children... I'll take good.... care of you... hahahaha" the creepy soft voice echoed, loudly.
Yuuma, taking a step back, grits his teeth, "W-WHY ARE YOU HIDING IN THE FOG?! COME OUT!! SHOW US WHO ARE YOU!!"
"As you wish, my child..." the voice echoes from the fog, followed by slithering... and finally appearing out of the fog
"Wh-Wha-t?!" Shikito froze... "This... T-This isn't real...." Suzume stammered, tears gushing out in fear.... Yuuma stood frozen, a little ahead of the other two...
It was a large snake of the size of Titanoboa, mouth wide open. Below the face of the snake was a veiny face of a woman, accompanied by little hands with sharp claws on the sides.
The snake hissed loudly, the bloodied eyes of the woman glaring at the three children... "It's going to be a feast tonight", proclaimed the woman, laughing loudly. The snake hissed loudly, drooling. The lady's face shifted from below and emerged out from the snake's mouth. Her face was brown, veiny, mouth filled with hundreds of fangs...
"You three killed my children... You'll pay... VAER'KAA TOL'DRAESH... Hahahahaha" roared the monster...
And for the first time since waking up, the three realised, this was not a fight they were meant to survive...