The pain of Ray

By the time we reached back, it was almost dark. I could hear the sounds of owls and birds whispering, like they were chanting a spell.

Elian took me to a cave which was Ray and Sarah's hiding spot for now. It was between all these trees, hard to find in one glimpse.

As soon as we reached near the cave, we heard a voice, a screaming voice, like someone was really furious. I ran to see what was wrong, Elian followed.

Inside the cave, I could see back of a guy sitting with hands on his knees and his head tucked inside. It seemed as if he was weeping.

"Ray..." Elian ran and sat beside him and Ray hugged him, whimpering.

Ray was hurt, I could tell by the pool of blood spilled on the ground. I tried to find the wound but it was dark and all I could see was Ray's pain, his whimper.

"I think he got hurt," I told Elian, slowly lifting Ray's hand from his knee. Elian helped me to do so but Ray won't leave the wounded space.

Whenever we tried to lift his hand, Ray would hold tighter making sobbing sounds.

Elian held him in his arm, I could see how uncomfortable it was for even Elian to watch Ray in so much discomfort.

Tears dripped down the cold hearted Elain's eyes. By seeing Ray in that condition, even I couldn't stop my self from tearing down.

"Remember the time, me you and Troy were stuck on the Ferris wheel" Elian whispered in Ray's ear.

I tried to understand why Elian would say that in such a sad circumstance

Elian sniffled and then continued, "You were the bravest of us all, you knew we would be safe and.." he lifted Ray's head a little"we were safe"

I gave Ray a glance and got really surprised when I saw him calming down. I saw Ray even trying to smile which didn't work that much. Elian kept talking about silly things he and Ray did which made me realize they were like brothers from ever since they were kids. As the situation got a little less sobered, I picked up Ray's hand from his knee.

Blood dripped down like water from his knee. But if I reacted over the blood, it would have made him feel even more frightened than he was at that time, so I tried to control my emotions.

"We'll need something to tie the wound or else blood won't stop"

Elian took his belt out from his jeans and tied it on Ray's wound. Ray screamed as Elian tightened the belt to stop the leakage of blood.

After he calmed down, Ray said in a sobbing voice"Sarah"

I realized Sarah wasn't there and so did Elian.

Elian asked, "Where is she?"

Ray started tearing up even more than before

"They took her"

I couldn't believe my ears" Who?" I said, "Who took her?"

"The people of the company" Elian replied although I expected a reply from Ray.