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Short Story Chapter 2

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"How are things looking on that side?" The tall, burly man asked, seemingly desperate. "Not good, master. The landslide is too severe, we can't push forward any further." A man answered. The rain keeps on pouring, mocking them as they try to search for survivors amidst the sudden squall. "Damn!" He screamed, punching one of the nearby trees. "Is there really nothing we can do?" "I'm afraid not, master, if we go any further we might end up dying ourselves." The one called "master" grinds his teeth begrudgingly. He was often called to help settle disputes and fights, and he has often feel proud to be a "peacekeeper", as people often say to him. But now, against the flurry of nature, he can only stand there helplessly as he knows that …show more content…

"Mam! Hold on, we're going to save you!" He shouts. "No! It's too late! I beg of you, take him!" The woman said, showing a baby that is in her cradle. "Stay calm! We're going to save both of you!" He shouted, although he knows it's probably too late; the foundation of the house is already getting swept away, only seconds are left before the both of them are completely gone. "Master..." She said while crying, knowing the end is nigh. "Please..." As she stands and runs towards him. "NO!" He can only shout as the house as swept away, but not before she does one final, desperate act: she threw the baby she was holding towards the master, and then resigns to her fate as she is swept along with the building she once stayed in. The master, seeing this happens before his very eyes, can only watch as she sinks under the flood. "No," he thought. "There's one more thing I have to do!" He run towards the riverbed, diving forward, catching the baby moments before he falls to the river. His clothes now dirty with mud, and he can only kneel as he holds in his arms a baby; The sole survivor of maybe his while family. The master is lost in a trance for a bit, before being forcefully shaken by Mark. "Master! We have to go, NOW!" Mark shouted in front of him. He then snaps, returning to reality, and he stands up, still holding the baby in his arms. He and Mark then runs back towards the cliff where they came from. As he started running, he noticed a rumbling from the mountains,

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