First meal(1)

After dragging the deer far from the grave.

Everyone sorrounded it and Mrs Taiyo who was now squatting near it.

She took out a rather big nail cutter she had in her left pocket.

"Let me guess, for self defence?" Tony, looking at the small knife that was tucked in-between the nail cutter Mrs Taiyo held in her hand asked.

"Yeah" with a nervous smile, Mrs Taiyo answered, as she stared at the dead deer Infront of her.

She extended her hand, and using her small but rather sharp knife she started skinning the dear that laid on dead leaves.

"Need a hand?, I've seen my father do it before, he often asks me to hold the legs for him" Dan asked as he stared curiously at her teacher, who seemed to have been having trouble skinning alone

As she wiped the sweet off her chocolate face, she looked at him for a second before answering

"I'd appreciate it if you did"

What I'm I even doing, what if it's ends up killing them? What will I do then? then again I can't really watch them sterve. What I'm I going to do about the water? What about that cowboy? What if he comes back? What if he kills another kid? What will I do then? I promised them that I'll bring them back home, I'm really glad that they're all able to act like adults even though deep down they're scared, some even have the strength to lead the other.. Before she could finish her trail of thoughts she was interrupted by Dan who had a confused look on his face

"What was that?"

" I asked what part you need help with" with a more confused look Dan asked.

Finally coming back to reality

"Oh the forearms"

Squatting down Dan held the forearms, while Mrs Taiyo continued skinning.

....

Billie had searched for a log and a small stick, and was now busy trying to make a fire.

"That won't work"

"Why? Are you saying you're stronger than me? Billie asked as he raised his head to look at Alpha who was now standing before him.

"I am, but we're not talking about strength here, haven't you watched those jungle documentaries? You need to add dried leaves on top" Alpha answered with a straight face.

"Seems like you now more than I do, why not do it yourself then?" Dropping the smaller stick, Billie stood up from his earlier sitting position.

"I don't think I can"

"Why, you came to show me how it's done, so you must know how to do it" Billie who looked more and more agitated said.

"I injured my palm back when we were digging"

"I think I can do it" Mercy who had been watching them back and forth said, her voice raced with confidence.

"..." They both looked at her with questionable faces.

Before they even had the opportunity to anything she bent down, picked up the stick, held it between her palms, and with one thrust blue flames ignited around the log that wasn't even dry yet.

"What, how did you do that?" Both of them shouted in unison, which in turn made Mercy's checks turn red.

"I just had a hunch I could do it" with her usual low voice Mercy answered, her legs now drawing the world map, after everyone had gathered to see the blue flames and their maker.

"What's with all this hunches? This isn't even supposed to be possible, then again everything around here is supposed to be impossible" Margret who was among the gathered kids asked.

"Well atleast we now have something to cook the deer with" with a surprised look on his face Tony said.

"Why don't we gather more wood that we can find so that it doesn't go out" Ciru added.

"Can't she make it again?" One of the kids asked.

"Let's not risk it" Alpha said as he picked small sticks that were lying around him.

And so everyone started picking them up.

....

Mrs Taiyo and Dan had now finished skinning the animal and removed all the innards, which Mrs Taiyo proposed to throw away, saying that they couldn't risk eating because they had no idea what the animal had been eating.

After everything was done, they couldn't really cut the deer to smaller chunks, so they ended up only doing it at the joint, leaving them with bigger ones instead.

" Now comes the hard part, lighting a fire" Mrs Taiyo said as she stretched and yawned from all the work.

"Another one?" Billie who had came to check if the meat was ready asked.

"What do you mean another one?" Mrs Taiyo asked with a confused face, behind her was Dan who also had the same expression.

They had wondered why everyone left their side, but they figured it must have been because they were too tired and decided to look for a place to rest.

"Yeah Mercy miraculously made one over their" Billie said pointing at a place beyond the two giant trees.

Mrs Taiyo and Dan were too stunned to speak and so they walked towards the place.

"What about the deer?" Billie asked, but his words fell on deaf years Mrs Taiyo and Dan were now walking faster and faster towards the place.

"How did you do it?"