65 Guida's Silent Attack

George just had a great hunch for preempting the enemies to take her wife away from him.

" Hmm...they used some ropes and slowly glided down.

"One...two...three, good. He crawled towards the first trespasser near him who first landed. George chopped his palm at the back of the person's neck and left noiselessly unconscious. He then proceeded to joggle the second, leaving the third prowler to bump head on with the second and crashed together on the sharp edges of rocks. He noticed someone slowly slithered down and he guessed it was the woman he has heard outside the boat. Breathless, but he's jaw tight with a little pretense of mercy but its a different story then, his wife and family is too much disturbed.

"Its time to lose trust when it could create a fireball, burning us all."

Sweats were all around him as he buttressed his back on the rocky wall, camouflaged himself from the leafy short trees. The woman covered her face and bent while hiding the rope she had used but George grabbed her neck and choked her mercilessly.

" George..." Its Guida and she lifelessly smiled.

" Where's Edmund!" George threw her on the ground.

" I killed...all of them.

"Those...useless...behind the suffering of my ....parents. That woman...you liked most was the main reason. Crashing me...is not enough, you have raised snakes around and ...will eventually snack her." Then she closed her eyes. George took her handgun and fired her twice. Consequently, he grabbed the four of them in front of the house. The guerillas and soldiers came over and were shocked to the four notable intruders.

" Sir, our schedule." Amado whispered and reminded him.

" We'll not go there for now but kindly call Narciso, Elias and Gador to assist you in burying the four trespassers. Please seek the help of Fr. Matias again.

When George was inside the house, he's calling Albrecht.

" Albrecht...Albrecht" Then Albrecht got out from the fox hole under the cabinet.

" Such a long story. Three men came in and seems looking for something inside your bedroom. Try to see the mess inside. George, it seems two of them looks familiar. I'm not so sure but it seems its Gador and the other one was Elias. They were very mad upon knowing that Magee is not here. They threw her bed, look!"

George sat down on the chair, pressed his head and sighed. But Albrecht drew near him.

"Brother...I discovered something. When you were heading to the smiling skull, I accidentally ran upstairs to get my dagger but when I passed by the open room where the map was hanged, the small bell beside smiling buccaneer rang."

" Ow! really?" Then they went up and brought an oil lamp and closed the door.

" Look!" Albrecht whispered while pointing his finger on a small bell.

" Hmm...it has a connection there in the cave. Maybe we have touched it there that's why it rang here. The journals...there are a lot of things we still need to know.

" Albrecht, look, there are four bells here so this means there are four secret hideouts around." He glanced to Albrecht.

" Why we haven't noticed these bells before. This amused me, hmmm. I knew all those fox holes below but I thought they're just fox holes. Ah, maybe because Baldur was with them when they constructed those. I was busy cooking for them way back." He smiled.

"Albrecht, our treasures?" George looked at him.

" They can't find it. Baldur and I put it in a safely keep." He smiled.

" Good. Can you cook some porridge for her, she'll wake up in a little while and I'll be a dead meat. When she comes, sure to offer her food first before I'll be put into trial. Albrecht, can you please entertain the soldiers and guerillas under the tamarind tree. Just do something to attract their attention while I'll bring your siblings back." Then he tapped his shoulder.

" Copy, brother."

Then George went down to the fox hole and he emerged nearby the smiling skull. In a short while, he opened the rocky door and saw her already awake but was just silent.

" Baldur, Mag, we need to return to the house now." Then George carried her again on her arms and he was thankful that there was never any refusal or outbursts. She was just silent and wrapping around her arms on his shoulder and leaned on her chin beside his neck and left ear.

"Ow? This is impossible? What had happened when I was gone?" He thought smiling while passing through the tunnel and got out to the fox hole inside their bedroom while Baldur assisted him. Its really a unique hole because you have to open not the door of the cabinet, but the left side of its wall. When you're already inside the cabinet, you have to turn left a little, open another small door then stoop down to see the floor with 24x24 inches fox hole. The other side of the room was a plain space. No protrusion. But the secret illusion in the carpentry was perfect because its double walled by 24 inches, between George and Magee's room and the next room before the kitchen.

They reached the house exactly when Albrecht was done entertaining the guerillas and soldiers.

He put her carefully on bed and he apologized. She was just quiet and clasping her hands, so still. Minutes later, Albrecht came in, bringing a bowl of porridge and she quickly sat back straight on her pillow.

She quickly had a spoonful of it then finished the entire porridge with a little salt and lemongrass and when finished, she looked at his husband's wristwatch and spoke.

" Its 2:00 am."

"What did Baldur told you why you didn't scold me." He smiled and took the empty bowl out from her hand.

" He said we have to pray that you'll get back alive." She uttered.

" What else did he say?" George curiously asked.

" There's none. I was so scared. Just imagine I just woke up and that's what he's saying - so seriously." She smiled.

" Hmm....we'll just talk about it tomorrow. Come, you have to use the bathroom, your hair have sands and soil when we passed through the tunnel. I'll carry you there. Come."

Then she moved closer to him and he carried her all the way to the kitchen.

"Wait for a while, I'll check the bathroom first." Then he called Baldur to guard at the back of the bathroom and Albrecht was guarding the frontal area of the main door. Finally, he put some boiled water on a bucket then left it on the doorway and she just pulled it inside.

Then the surrounding got back to its peaceful toll. The earliest bird chirps already, serenading them all as if there were never any harm and the people around are at peace.

Magee ended up calling him and she got out refreshed. He returned Magee on her bed and put the socks on her feet again.

"I'll change the gauze tomorrow I know its itchy now on its wound." George covered her the blanket and she smiled.

"Thank you, George."

" He moved closer on her face and she was prudently looking on his tantalizing eyes seemingly falling on her lips but she'd rather sleep and slid on her cocoon like the speed of light and advancely imagine to see him in the morning. He hanged out on a thin air smiling and shook his head, looked up and put his hands on waist, sighing.

" Hmm...Mag.." He smirked.

" Yes."

" Nothing. Sleep tight.

He got out and told Baldur and Albrecht to sleep. When he was alone guarding, he tried to check some fox holes inside their room and curiously recalled the bells on the map.