Chapter 5: overhearing

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Chapter 5

Overhearing

 

 

 

 

 

 

     I woke suddenly soon after. It was the dead of night and all that could be heard was the crickets and silence. I wasn’t tired much anymore, although everyone else was sleeping still. I noticed that Bruce wasn’t in his bed. I had come to trust him slightly more by then, and I was worried as to why he had gone.

     I decided to go for a walk to see if I could find him, only to make sure he was ok. I walked on and sniffed him out. I found with some ways out into the forest. He was standing in a clearing. I was facing his back because he was facing the opposite direction. He had one arm raised to his ear too.

     I was behind a bush and stepped out to walk up to him. “No, it’s ok.” I heard him say. I jumped back into the bushes and hid silently. “Hold on,” he said and turned around and looked in my direction. He didn’t see me though. Then he turned back around.

     “No, I just thought I heard something is all. Don’t worry about it, there’s nothing there.” he said. Who was he talking to? “Yeah, yeah, no. I’m serious! Why are you giving me such a hard time on this? I don’t wanna argue dude. I know that’s what I saw. Yes, all of’em. Alright. Nothing came up on the Internet? So the value would be excellent then? Really? That high? Now is that millions for just a month of shows? A billion! Wow.” he babbled on. He kept talking. Was he going crazy and talking to himself or something? “Good, alright, listen: bring all the supplies as plan to bring me home. But also bring the choppers attachment nets, the big ones. Bring the cages, no, yes, the human sized ones. They are some big animals. That’d be good too, food and water. Send with the choppers the biking crews. No, I mean the specially trained protected ones. They could get dangerous, I don’t know. Ok, and one last thing, bring the guns. No you idiot! The tranquilizer guns! Were not gonna kill them! Good. Be here noon got it? No one knows yet. And this call never happened besides in the crew, got it? Good. This’ll be a real hunt boy, be ready. Alright, bye.” He finished, then put his arm back down and laughed slightly to himself.

     I still wasn’t sure what he was talking about, but it didn’t sound good. Cages, nets, guns, and a crew? Maybe he was to hunt while he was here. I didn’t know. I was very suspicious then.

     I quietly walked back and unnoticeably slipped back into the cool leaf bed I had made for myself. I fell asleep quick after that, but Bruce’s words rattled in my head like and angry relentless snake. I could not help but to be curious and wonder what Bruce was going to do.