...Back To The Mission ...

Laila was very happy after Dylan's love confession. She was ready to let him go, but it appeared that he wanted her as well. His hug and soft touches relieved her from her worries. She could finally feel happy.

Dylan grabbed her face gently. He kissed her from her swollen eyes, then from her red lips.

- Now that we solve the misunderstanding and became a real couple, what should we do next?

She panicked right away after hearing that:

- WHAT....WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

- I mean we should look for Sarra and Annie, right? Were you hoping for something else?

- No...absolutely not....we...we must find them.

Dylan tried to hide his laughter. He couldn't stop teasing her to see her cute reaction. As for Laila, she went ahead first, to avoid being more embarrassed.

- Let's go, we must treat your wound.

- WAIT FOR ME!

When they were about to leave, Laila grabbed Dylan from his hand, which surprised him so much. She has never initiated to do anything of this sort with him.

- Can...Can I hold your hand?

At that moment, He pulled her to him and kissed her on her cheek.

- Of course, you can. You can do anything you want. I will be your obedient monster.

At that moment Sarra appeared in front of them.

- So, you were fooling around while I was worried sick about you.

Laila pushed Dylan away and run toward her:

- SARRA!... ARE YOU OKAY?

Sarra looked at Laila while being angry:

- OF COURSE, I'M OKAY, I'M A STRONG WITCH, YOU KNOW! DO YOU THINK, THAT LITTLE GIRL, COULD HURT ME? HOW COULD YOU DO SUCH A THING? I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

- But I wanted to help you.

- If you wanted us to be friends, don't ever do that again. Help me only when I ask for it, am I clear?

- F...Fine.

Dylan put his hand around Laila while smiling:

- Don't go hard on her, I already scolded her.

- You did?

Laila's body shivered when she remembered Dylan's angry face:

- Yeah, he did. He was pretty scary, moments ago... I got it already, I won't do it anymore. I promise.....By the way, where is Annie?

- I found a cave nearby, let's go there. She is waiting for us.

- We must treat Dylan's wound as fast as possible.

- Is it that bad?

- Yeah, it is pretty deep, we must hurry.

- Do you think that Mei is still looking for us?

- Yeah, she won't stop until she finds the witch.

- Why do you think that?

- If a hunter finds a witch, he must chase after her, even to the other side of the world. That's their Law.

- That sounds bad!

- She will chase after you, Laila. Are you ready for that?

- ME?

- Yeah, you. That's the consequence of your reckless decision.

Laila felt terrified:

- I...I didn't know

- Don't worry, when I see her face the next time, I will clear the misunderstanding. I'm a witch and I'm proud of it.

Sarra took Dylan and Laila to the cave where Annie was sitting waiting for them.

- UNCLE! WHAT DID HAPPEN TO YOU?

- I'm fine, Annie. Don't worry. It is a small scratch.

Sarra used her magic to sew his wound, then she put a bandage on it.

- Thank god nothing major happened.

- If Aaron was with us, nothing from this would have happened.

- Yeah, I agree. I hope we can find him soon.

After eating some food, Dylan took out all the information he gathered about the symbols on the Great Wall.

- We wasted enough time. We must search for the new clue and leave this place as fast as we can.

- Are these the information that you gathered?

- Yes, this is all the symbols we found, their numbers, and their positions on the wall. They must be engraved there for a purpose.

- Is there anything special about their positions?

Asked Sarra while taking a look as well.

- Let me see...The wind and the earth symbols were engraved only on the right side while the water symbol was on the left. I think we can start with this.

- Is there any other information?

Dylan drew a part of the Great Wall then he put some symbols on their assumed places.

- Look, Wind and earth symbols were put as pairs and each pair faces a water symbol from the other side.

- Maybe we must move or push them.

- No, it won't be that easy.

- The diamonds that we found in the Taj Mahal, shouldn't we use them somehow to find the new clue?

- Probably, But where should we put them? I didn't notice any specific place to put them.

- I think we must go back to the wall and check it again in case we missed something.

Dylan suddenly laid down while putting his head in Laila's lap:

- I agree. Let's rest for a bit. It has been a tiring night. We will go back there in the morning...

Sarra rolled her eyes, then she lay beside Annie.

- I hope you won't forget that there is a child here.

Laila couldn't feel more embarrassed, she wanted so badly to toss Dylan away, but he was already sleeping.

She sighed, but then she smiled.

" Do I have a chance to be happy?"