...Disappearance...

Rodriguez brought a lot of fruits from the jungle.

- Wow, this is the first time I see such fruits.

- Yeah, they are tropical fruits, I'm sure that you will enjoy them.

When the night came, the group set fire and ate that fruit until their stomachs became full.

Aaron laid down immediately:

- I'm so full.

- I think we must sleep, there is nothing for us to do in this darkness.

- Yeah, you are right, Dylan. Let's sleep, I feel tired.

- Yeah, me too.

The group laid down and slept, hoping to wake up later when Rodriguez is in deep sleep.

The night ended, and the sun rose, but they were still sleeping. When the beams of sunlight hit their faces, Aaron was the first one to wake up, he opened his eyes hardly.

- It is already the morning? We ended up sleeping the whole night!.... Sarra.....Sarra, wake up!

Sarra couldn't even open her eyes:

- Leave me alone, I want to sleep more.

- WAKE UP! IT IS ALREADY MORNING, WE LOST THE CHANCE TO GO INSIDE THE TEMPLE THE LAST NIGHT.

At that moment, Sarra opened her eyes widely then she stood up.

- IT IS MORNING?

- Yeah.....

Replied Aaron, then he looked around to wake up the rest.

- Come on, everyone, wake up.....Where is Dylan? Why he isn't here?

- Rodriguez is also missing!

- Did they go somewhere while we were still sleeping?

- Dylan would never leave us behind...

- Yeah, you are right! But where did they go?

Sarra helped Laila and Annie to wake up as well.

They couldn't stand up and their heads hurt so much.

Sarra felt that something was wrong:

- Hey Aaron, I don't think this is normal.

- What do you mean?

- I mean, we were supposed to wake up in the middle of the night, but instead, we slept till the morning without feeling anything. Normally, I would feel someone moving around me, even if I'm asleep, but yesterday, it felt like...like I was drugged.

- You mean that Rodriguez did something to us?

- Probably!

- But how?

- We ate those fruits, don't you remember?

- Yeah, I think you are right! After eating, I felt my head become so heavy and I slept right away.

- What about Dylan? Where is he? Isn't he supposed to be laying with us?

- Dylan is a very smart monster, he was suspecting Rodriguez from the beginning. He was more cautious than us.

- But why would Rodriguez do that to us?

- I don't know, maybe he wanted to only steal us, or maybe he knows something about our mission, but Dylan busted him.

- Dammit, we should have kicked him out the moment we came here.

- It is useless to blame ourselves, Dylan must be in great danger. We don't know what that man is capable of.

Sarra found some footprints on the ground.

- I think we must follow these footprints.

Laila and Annie took some time to wake up.

- Come on, we must hurry up.

Aaron carried his daughter and Sarra helped Laila to walk. They followed the footprints until they arrived in front of the temple.

- Did they go in?

- Yeah, it seems so.

- We must go inside, but we can't bring those two with us. They will hinder our movement.

Laila didn't approve of that plan:

- NO, I WANT TO GO WITH YOU?... I WANT TO HELP IN SAVING DYLAN.

- Laila, we don't know what is waiting for us inside. The only thing you can do to help us is to wait outside with Annie. Please, I and Aaron can protect ourselves, but you can't.

Laila's eyes became full of tears:

- Alright, promise me that you will save him...

- I promise...

Laila carried Annie and backed off while Sarra and Aaron prepared themselves to sneak in.

There was a small door above the stairs. Sarra made herself and Aaron invisible.

- I can use my light speed, and no one will see me.

- I know, but we don't know what will encounter us inside. We must stay invisible, so we can surprise the enemy before he could harm Dylan.

- What if something happened to him, already?

- Dylan is not that weak. He can handle that human. Besides, he is super smart. I'm sure that he is fine.

- I hope that...Let's go.

They climbed to that door, then, before they could enter the temple, Aaron took a last look at his daughter and Laila.

- They are safe, right?

- There are a lot of guards around, don't worry about them.

They finally entered the temple...