The First Legacies Of Zion: Omaye

Injured!

FAITH

[SYSTEM ALERT: BATTLE: You Have Taken Part In The Slaying Of A Four Eye Spider Cat. You Have Received 30 Exp. You Are Now Level 3, All Stats Increased By 2]

[Congratulations, You Have Gained The Hidden Stat Foresight Due To Your Incredibly Effective Command Of The Battlefield.]

[ANALYSIS: Next Time Try Doing More Than Just Standing Back And Screaming Orders Like Dragon In Its Mating Season.]

All stats increased by two yet she did not feel any different. But that aside she did not really care for a stat gain at the moment. She hurried over to her father’s side with Nathaniel hot on her heels. Esther did not even twitch when they came beside her, but Faith could hear Nathaniel suck in a breath of air in shock. The top part of their father’s right shoulder and a little of his neck had been chewed off by the cat. It was obvious the little bastard was going after his neck before deviating off course, which ended up leaving their father with a gaping wound in his neck and shoulder.

There was so much blood, and it seemed the cat had bit too deep, because Faith could see abrasions on their father’s blood covered bone.

“We need to get out of here.” Nathaniel’s shaking voice broke through the silence.

Faith rolled her eyes at how weak he seemed to be, sometimes she wondered if Nathaniel was the one who was meant to be born a girl, while she and Esther would have done much better in the world as boys. But non the less she agreed with him about moving and she gave Esther enough reasons for that.

“He’s right we have to leave, the previous battle and the smell of blood will probably be attracting more animals or monsters to this place. And it has already been hard enough taking down one tiny cat, I can not imagine us taking on any more.”

Esther's glowing hands did not waver for one bit as she gave Faith an answer with enough sting in it to kill an elephant.

“If you two idiots decide to move him from here, then he would be dead in seconds. My healing magic is not at a high enough level, as I have only been able to stop the bleeding to an extent. With parts of his body missing there’s not much I can do. Moving him will aggravate his wounds, so unless you want him to die then you can carry on with your current train of thought, but if not……. Find another solution and fast, I don’t know how much longer I can hold on for.”

Faith was rather taking aback by how rude she sounded, this entire scenario was not her fault. If any one was to blame, it was both Esther and Nathaniel who thought it would be a good idea to argue out loud about stupid and inconsequential things in the middle of a forest.

She shook her head in exasperation as she turned to Nathaniel to relay some instructions. Faith has always been able to take charge and exercise control over the nineteen-year-old Nathaniel. The twenty-two-year-old Esther how ever was a different matter, and today Faith finally found out why.

And the reason was really funny because, basically they were three sisters torn in between the love of a single brother, a love that Faith absolutely did not give a damn about. Esther would never bow her head to her, because she was jealous……. Seriously. It seemed that with every day that passed, this crazy family of theirs, got even more crazier than expected.

“Nathaniel you need to gather some firewood, its still morning but if we’re going to be here for a while we need to be prepared. Also you need to pick the firewood by canvassing a perimeter, so you can’t go past a fifteen-meter radius around the camp. If you see anything dangerous, run around the perimeter and try to loose it, you can try climbing a tree. But under no circumstances will you lead anything dangerous into this camp. We can’t sit still on our asses, but we also have to be careful.

I will also join you, but my mission is a little different than yours, I have to gather some herbs. If I’m lucky I should be able to identify a few herbs that can bring a body’s temperature down or cause paralysis. That way we can slow or completely eliminate the chance of bleeding. Do you understand.”

Nathaniel gave her an absent nod and trudged into the forest noisily, there was no sense of carefulness and urgency in the way that he walked, but Faith could not hear any sound. In mere moments she lost sight of him, it was almost as if he had become one with the forest and could not be distinguished from the millions of trees around.

Faith shook the weird experience from her mind and wandered into the forest with her father’s bow and arrow leaving Esther behind with a dying man, and defenseless.