159 Grace Beyond Measure

When the perfectly cooked viand was sent to them after 7 hours, considering its gentle travel and processing, it finally reached to the craving sick people in station one like no one can ever imagine. Due to extreme exhaustion of George and Amado, they're flat on a bamboo bed inside the tunnel so its Baldur, Henry and Isagani have traveled to forward the viand to station one.

When they stepped on their feet at station one, a big pot of rice was already prepared by some elders and no one started eating but they all gathered at the table. Even if they were chilling in pain but someone has prayed, crying.

" God the Father, we have offered our lives unto you...with or without this food before us, we are with you in peace. But you allow us to stay and lift our spirits to look up more in your mighty name, again and again, that you are really a great provider, a loving God and our saviour. You sent us people to realize that this war isn't just war at all but a haven of knowing the love of our selfless brethren. God the Father, before this food of our hungry bodies, we thank you enough and bless those who prepared this bounty food that will fuel our mind and body to stay kind and calm despite this war. We thank this place even more for the shelter and the people behind for helping us. Amen." Then they all started the early dinner.

There were blasts in the barracks, nearby. However, the sick didn't stop from enjoying their sumptuous meal.

"Boom! boom! boom! boom! it echoed in the cave like no one can ever imagine.

" What happened to them out there? It continued even after an hour?" Henry commented.

" Let's find it out." Baldur replied.

" But how?"

" You stay here first with Isagani, I'll go out and move to their barracks a little. There's maybe a grandeur plan they're preparing for, so, much better we'll look at it as an alarm to our team. Whoever their target is our priority." It was enough when Baldur left to crawl nearby the enemy's place, Henry and Isagani were anxious.

Minutes later and it was twilight when series of blasts again echoed in the place.

" Oh my...there were dead bodies on the barracks' ground and were mostly delivered from nowhere. It seemed there were encounters elsewhere and it became a dropping zone of cadavers. In the height of creeping on top of the hill, Baldur moved aback but his movement created a little sound that attracted the army dogs so he decided to run as fast as he can but not towards the Mabolo tree, station one. Instead,