Sound of the ancient drum - Chapter 05.

Sound of the ancient drum - Chapter 05.

“Nhh… what happened?” Typhoon tried to move but something heavy pressed him to the ground. Reached out his arm and painfully crawled along. Beneath him the thing had smell of blood and something warm flew at the tiger. At least with a strong kick he escaped himself from under the corpse. By the view he stunned.

The field that used to be green now bathed in blood. Corpses were everywhere, mostly marsupial wolves those were cut into pieces by the raving nagas.

“My brothers…” moaned Typhoon then grabbed his side. Just now he realized the opened wound on his body that almost killed him “How it happened?” looked around and felt the mourning slowly covers his mind “How it could be those serpents defeated us?”

Gently touched some bodies then stopped “Wait… where they are?” in the distance ominous smog raised. “The village!” made some steps but collapsed in pain “Not give up now! I hurry need to help!” stood up again and started running to his village fast, faster than the wind.

In his mind he prayed for the ancients of the earth and sky to not be late. Typhoon rushed through the forest and stopped on the top of a hill to catch some breath. The far wind blew sound of screams and yells to him.

“No…” Moaned the tiger “Oh no!” as fast as he could rushed down the hill into the village, but unfortunately he late.

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Everything destroyed. The nagas burned up the huts and took away every precious thing. They butchered all villagers, even elders and females.

“It… it can’t be…” Typhoon trembled in shock “River. River where are you?” called his beloved as he ran to his home. He could see the villagers tried to fight against the lizards, but it was impossible.

Near his hut’s ruins Typhoon noticed a motionless body.

“River!” ran there and knelt next to his wife “Oh no… River” took the female into his arms who softly moaned.

“Ty…phoon” whispered River.

“I’m here. Everything is alright” hugged her the tiger.

“There was… too many. We couldn’t… hold them back.” shivered the female.

“The children? Where are the children?” asked Typhoon worrying “I didn’t see any small body in the village. Where they are?”

River’s body trembled in suffer “The nagas. They took them… away. I heard… their scream.”

The wolf stunned for her words. The he felt his beloved’s body slackened in his arms.

“The children… save… them…” whispered River, her eyes widened and her body stiffened.

“River… NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” yelled Typhoon mournful, tightly hugged his wife’s body. The mourn he lost everything made an indescribable pain in his heart. His plaintive cry sounded so far in the forest, the howl of the last wolf.


To be continued...