Chapter 2

It hurts... my whole body hurts so much. Sean! Hang in there. But why can’t I move my body?

Lisa slowly opened her eyes and tried to remember what had happened. Her head was aching and spinning. She was lying on the floor of a cold and dirty house. But why was that? Didn’t she fall into the abyss? Was this heaven? While observing the ceiling of the house, she tried to rise to her feet.

“Sean... ouch,” she winced in pain.

Then, someone’s voice spoke to her, and that person was right beside her.

“You’re awake,” he said.

Lisa was surprised. She immediately turned her head to look for the source of the voice. In the night’s dimness, she saw the figure of a shirtless man leaning against the dirty wall of the house. He seemed to hold his injured arm. Deep red blood stains covered almost his entire left arm.

“Who are you? Where is this? Where’s my brother?” Lisa asked in confusion and fear.

“We’re at the bottom of a ravine, or rather, we’re inside an empty house at the bottom of a ravine. I don’t see anyone but you, and as for who I am? I’m just an adventurer, that’s all I can tell you,” he replied.

“Then why am I in this house? Ouch.” Lisa grimaced in pain for the umpteenth time as she tried to move her left arm a few centimeters in the other direction.

“I found you lying unconscious with injuries on your legs and arms. It’s fortunate that you don’t seem to have a concussion, as I see your head is unharmed and not bleeding,” the stranger replied. Lisa had to admit he had impressive abdominal muscles, even in the night’s dimness.

“Thanks in advance, but why are you here too?” Lisa asked curiously.

“I fell off the cliff over there, a different fall point from where you were walking down the cliff,” he answered.

“Then, did you see a brown wolf that fell with me? Was it hurt too?” Lisa asked curiously.

“Sorry, I didn’t see any wolf that fell with you. If I did, it would have run away. I only found you alone.”

Lisa thought quite hard because she clearly remembered that her body was pushed down the cliff along with a brown wolf. But why was she the only one found at the bottom of the cliff? Where was the wolf?

“Do you have anything else to ask?” he asked while holding his injured arm.

“Please help me find my brother. Please! A wolf is threatening his life,” Lisa pleaded frantically.

“How do we find your brother? While we’re trapped in this old house. We just have to wait for reinforcements to arrive.” Then he leaned his body against the wall and let out a long sigh.

“What if the wolf eats or hurts him?” Lisa asked frantically.

“The wolf won’t eat him. It will only hurt or kill him.”

“What! I will not let my brother get killed. And how can you be sure that the wolf won’t eat or hurt him? While running in the middle of the forest, we saw a human body divided into several parts, and it was in a terrible condition.”

“Then how are you going to help him? You’re injured. Get some rest tonight. Tomorrow I’ll look for a way out of here.”

“Do you think there is a way out of this forest or from inside this ravine?” Lisa asked curiously, her eyes looking at him with an investigating gaze.

“There must be. We just don’t know it yet. Oh, we’ve been talking without knowing each other’s names. My name is Scott. What’s yours?” he asked. He has beautiful blue eyes.

“My name is Lisa. Umm, is your wound still bleeding?” Lisa asked.

“The bleeding has stopped. It’s just that my body still hurts.”

“It’s the same with my arm and body. It hurts a lot when I move it. How will reinforcements know if someone is trapped under a cliff?” Lisa asked.

“Won’t your family members try to find you? They’re our only hope. We’d better get some rest to recuperate and gather our strength. Good night, Lisa. If you need anything, wake me up.”

“Thank you, Scott. Have a good rest.”

Lisa watched him. He fell asleep quickly while one arm held the other injured arm and his breathing sounded heavy. Then, she turned her head and stared at the ceiling of the old house while wondering what would happen to her brother. She hoped for a miracle that would allow Sean to escape the wolf and be out of danger.

Meanwhile, when Lisa fell off the cliff. Sean tried to reach for her hand, but it was too late. She fell into the ravine along with a brown wolf. At that moment, from the front, the white wolf jumped toward him and tried to attack him.

Sean fell to the ground and the white wolf’s two front legs held Sean’s body lying on the ground, then when the wolf was about to bite him, there were several gunshots from the direction of the forest near the place where Sean was attacked by the white wolf.

The white wolf seemed surprised to hear the gunshots coming from the direction of the forest. It turned its face away and tried to observe the situation behind it. Just then, a large group of police and rescue teams arrived, fully armed and carrying other safety equipment.

They came forward and tried to free Sean from the wolf’s grip while firing several bullets into the air, trying to scare the white wolf in front of them. Then, some people brought flaming torches closer to the white wolf to scare it.

All the efforts were successful. Seeing many armed people and flaming torches directed at it made the white wolf scared and kept its feet and sharp nails away from Sean’s body lying on the ground. It ran away quickly, leaving them all behind. After the white wolf left, several rescuers immediately approached Sean and helped him stand up and treat his wounds.

Then, from the direction of the forest, a man ran while calling Sean and Lisa’s names. Sean turned around and yelled, “Dad, I’m here. Hurry and help Lisa.”

After Lisa and Sean’s father arrived and stood in front of Sean, breathless and panicked, he asked, “Sean, are you okay? Where’s your sister?”

“Dad, she fell into the ravine. Please help her!” Sean pleaded.

He grew increasingly panicked, so he asked the police and other rescuers to help him search for Lisa at the bottom of the ravine. Without waiting long, that night they immediately rushed down the cliff leading to the bottom of the cliff while calling Lisa’s name. However, the ravine was so deep and covered in thick fog, the rescuers and police had never been down it. No one knew exactly how deep it was and what was inside.

“Lisa, Lisa,” they yelled.