21 Another Foggy and Breezy Nigh

The owls' nocturnal sighs were like growling of tigers while the breeze from the sea transported by the wind to their cozy place through the cottony fogs rolled over the dim-lighted mountain top of Kabang.

" Magee, are you comfortable with your blankets?"

" Yeah, but still its too cold. I'm also distracted by the night's cranky noises outside, its so creepy. I can't imagine my brothers lived here for quite a long time. I, I loved to stay here because there's that war outside though I would want to fight too. We're just thankful we haven't seen any killer snakes around, huh."

" Ehem...don't think too much on that, snakes stay on bushes and in big trees."

" Awoooooo!" One slaying dog was just nearby.

" Oh God...what are these animals doing nearby."

" Grrr.....I have to go down I guess, there are blankets inside your brothers' room and I may use them. I've got three blankets already on me but still I'm trembling, grrr."

" Seriously, I wanted to share with you all these stuffs, but still it wouldn't be enough either, grrrr. Why our sound is grrrr, haha...it seems we're angry, my goodness. I was just following your roar, like a lion - grrrr!"

" And they both laughed.

" Ow, where are you going? don't leave me here."

" You can't go down its too cold, the fogs even stays inside this house at nightime. Hmm, wait, I'll wear you your socks, grrrr!"

" You grrrr again, haha. You naughty girl. Well, its here, you show your feet, quick."

When she showed her feet, George wore her the socks and he offered his hand for her to hold so that she can go along with him downstairs.

" Whew! now, its doubly slippery compared last night, careful, grrr."

" You used that sound again, haha." Magee jokily commented.

" Haha...keep quiet, shhh. Wait here. I'm going to take them out. Don't move." But she really went inside with him and even closed the door.

" Why you closed the door?

" Shh...listen." Then George immediately blew the candle and they were silently listening to the growls upstairs, it seems that there were two wild beasts rumbling in their room. Magee stayed too close to him and he whispered in a very low tone on her ear.

" Don't move, calm down" As he held tightly her hands and put them on his face so t warm them at the same time.

" The beasts moved downstairs and proceeded to the kitchen but upon reaching underneath the table, where the green anaconda's blood was still stinky, the first beast ran going back upstairs and the other followed in rage. Magee was sweating and tightly pressed his hands, she was even chilling so badly.

" Shh.....they're gone." He whispered softly on her ear.

" Not yet, we haven't heard them jumped outside the balcony, did you?"

" No. But I need to close the door upstairs so that they can't come back. We'll just stay around, besides, its a little warmer here."

" Don't move." She sobbed.

" Did you bring your dagger?"

" No, its still in my bag."

" But George insisted to go out and fight with the beasts.

" Hmm...don't move, donnn't." She almost choke him as she pulled him back slowly to sit down.

" Oh my...okay...calm down. I'm not moving, I'm not." He bowed his head and pretended to fall to sleep. He noticed her moving too close to him and even clasped his right hand with her hands and leaned her head on his right shoulder. He still pretended to have slept. After almost an hour, he has heard a loud sound leaving the room upstairs and going out to the balcony as it jumped. He never heard if the second one so he presumed it was still in their room. Another two hours had passed, the other one left also jumped out in madness. He inhaled forcibly and put her on bed behind them. But her hand still holds him but he removed them and covered her with a blanket. He almost forgot and gently put off the socks.

"She's got the intuition. I almost decided to leave her there because I'll get the blankets but she really accompany me down here. When she told me she never heard them jumping yet out of the balcony - she's true. Hours after before the two beasts finally jumped out and when she pulled me back with just a hand and I sat back, haha! No one has done it yet, hmm." He was looking at her impressively.

" Thank you for protecting me tonight."

He just sat down and kept holding her hand since he can't light a candle.

Seconds after, he stood up and heard such hissing sound from above that's slowly going down.

" What....is that the green anaconda's partner and planning for revenge? No, not this time...she's deeply sleeping, not this time. The bolo is up there and I can't even get it." He thought while opening the door a little to see the hissing sound, though he had only seen the tail part. He assumed its the male.

" What a maze! I thought last night was the largest but this one's the worst, huh!"

He locked the door again and turned his head and glanced to her. Still with his composure and tried to silently touch under the bed, thinking he can squeeze a little hope in finding out any machete, bolo or what. But the hissing sound continued till it stopped beside their door, the tail waggled so heavily and lashed it to their door. He felt disgusted of having no weapon at hand. Magee was awakened by the noise on the door so she covered her mouth and moved backward. Enveloped byvtension but she tried to open the window beside her but two of the wild dogs were just nearby while their eyes were ravenously craving. Magee immediately closed the window and motioned closer to George who was then busy finding for any tool he could use.

" Geor...George, the beasts were outside looking at us here. I'm terribly scared."

In a split second he thought of using a small wire he could use to slit a little his arm and could attract the dogs of his blood while he'll instantly close the door tightly so that the dogs will find a way to get back inside the house and will surely meet the vengeful snake. Magee was beside the door and still putting so many things to block it when George slit a little of his arm, put it on a piece of blanket and threw it towards the dog. Off they go and crashed to get back to the balcony as these beasts climb the coconut tree beside the house and flew like bats inside the balcony. While hearing all these Magee was overly scared while George waited for the beasts to go down. Then it happened. While the snake kept on smashing the debilitated wooden wall, one of the dogs rapaciously flew at the back neckpart of the snake and the other on its belly. The incredible triad match lasted for an hour - then silence followed. Magee seemed bathing with her sweats despite the cold night and George almost lose all of his energy in covering more wooden piles, old cabinets and sacks of books on the door. At 1300 hrs, in the face of tension, certain footsteps moved nearer toward the house and there seems to have tinkling and jingling sound they both heard. George drew near her and forced her to hide under the bed and whispered.

" Whatever happens, don't move, don't follow me supposed I'm taken. If everyone has left, wait for an hour. At dawn you escape, take all the pics up there, journals, and climb as far as you could go up and bring some ropes. Go to station one tell no one, except for Albrecht and Baldur only. Move, lay down under and I'll bury you with these sacks, faster."

" But George..." She sobbed.

" Faster! Endure all these, you can."

Then she started to crawl and lay down under the bed as he speedily covered her with bodega objects.

He was about to get out of the room and brought a piece of wood when a familiar sound rebounded in all corners.

" Madeillene I missed you crazy and every day is like a century!"

Without any muddling thoughts she shouted with loose voice.

" Albrecht!"

" Yes, its me, open the door I successfully delivered the chicken!"

Magee has heard of his brother's voice do she's struggling from the pile of objects and George helped her out too.

" Albrecht, just come at the back part, in front your window, faster!"

" Hey, I'm here, what happened? open the window now and this worry me ha, quickly! where's my sister?"

When the window was opened he immediately looked for Magee who was then sitting on bed and full of dusts and cobwebs while George had some fresh blood which continuously flowed from the slit of his arm and he's still pressing it, trying to control the blood flow.

" Why? what happened to both of you? did you fight? ha? does it reach thus point? you're both scary!"

" Shhh...help us remove these objects that are obstructing the door then open it. Did you bring a rifle. Prepare it. Don't talk too much now, we're really, really tired."

" Okay! this makes me crazy." Then after he successfully unblock the doorway, he opened it and could not see anything but a black object thwarting in front of him. All's black.

He backed off.

" George, what is this? Tell me."