C19 Chapter 20

(RED's POV)

"Shhhh! Don't make noise! They might wake up," Lath said.

"It's all because of Lex, teasing me! You annoying monkey!" Myera complained.

I slowly opened my eyes as I woke up to the noise.

I noticed I was lying in bed, and when I sat up, Lath helped me.

Looking around, I saw Blue and Yellow sleeping.

"Are you okay, Red? What hurts? Tell me," Myera asked.

"Yeah, do you want us to call a healer?" Aphro suggested.

"Hey!!! You want to call a healer when I'm the healer here!" Hera protested.

Aphro rolled her eyes. "You don't look like one, Hera!"

"I know because I'm too gorgeous to be a healer," Hera retorted.

Aphro fumed with anger.

I chuckled and they looked at me.

"What? Why? Is there something on my face?" I asked, smiling.

"Ever since you entered Mount Yuego, this is the first time we've seen you smile and laugh," Myera marveled.

"That's right!!!" they agreed.

I sighed.

"Don't mind me, how long have we been asleep?" I asked.

"Almost 2 days."

I glanced at the door when Luhence entered and leaned against the wall.

I furrowed my brow, remembering why we were here.

What they did to us, experiencing my own fire.

I looked at my hand, releasing my fire.

Why do I need to get hurt in my own fire? Remembering the situation with Blue and Yellow, I got annoyed!

So I threw my fire at the wall, causing it to explode. It wasn't strong, and I covered myself with a blanket.

I'm annoyed with myself!!!

"R-red??" I heard them call me.

"Leave me alone," I said in a cold tone.

I felt them retreat at my words.

"But, Red?"

"Just get out," I said.

"O-okay, just call us if you need anything," I heard Lex say.

And one by one, I heard their footsteps leaving, but I still felt Luhence's presence.

I sat up to apologize to him.

When I looked, the door was already closed.

I just laid down again while staring at the ceiling.

I was like that for hours, lost in thought. Wait, I remembered something.

I remember when I used the healing gates, I felt someone hug us.

Maybe it was just my imagination...

I looked down at the foot of the bed and was surprised by what I saw.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

AAAAAAAHHHH! I screamed and jumped out of bed.

Waaaaaah! Please someone help me!

There are so many, so many snakes surrounding my bed.

I heard their hisses and rushed into the room.

When a snake jumped onto my bed, I ran to the door, not caring who I hugged, as long as they kept me away from the snake.

"WAAAAAAHHH! GET THEM OFF!! GET THEM OFF!!! GET THEM OFF!!!" I screamed as a snake landed on my leg.

I didn't care if I looked like a gecko clinging here, as long as he kept me away from the snakes.

"Red, are you okay?" Werence asked.

"Calm down," he said.

"Uhmmm."

They stopped their yieeee when we heard Yellow groan, so we looked in his direction.

He was surrounded by snakes, with some on the bed.

We approached, with me behind Werence because he was at the back. I noticed the three siblings, Luhence included, weren't here.

"How can we get close? Those are all snakes," Hera said.

"What can we do?" Lath asked.

"Don't touch them," I said, making them look at me. I was still holding onto Werence's clothes, but luckily, he didn't complain.

"Don't touch them, they're not ordinary snakes. Don't touch them if you don't want to see your worst nightmare," I warned.

So they backed off.

"Just wake up Yellow, so the snakes will disappear before the room fills with different kinds of animals," I said.

And I squeezed closer to Werence when another animal appeared.

Many black bats flew out from somewhere and circled around.

Waaaaahhh! I'm really scared of animals.

"Waaaaaahhhh! Bats!!!" I screamed as one almost came near me, but Werence pulled me close and hid me in his chest.

He's tall.

"Wake up Yellow. I don't want to see a lot of lizards here," I said.

I felt Werence rubbing my back.

"Calm down," he said.

"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk," I heard a voice.

I looked and saw Blue grinning.

He's awake, playing with the bat.

"Wake up, Blue!!!! Wake up Yellow," I said.

"I don't want to... looks like you're enjoying it," Blue smirked, playing with the bat.

"Blue, come on! You know I hate animals," I said.

"Fine, fine, fine, mom. You guys go away," Blue said, so we stepped back away from Yellow.

While Blue stood up and approached Yellow, he removed the snakes one by one from Yellow's side.

We were surprised when we saw Blue's different illusions.

My eyes widened when I saw one illusion catch my attention.

I saw that we were already dead, and Blue was the one responsible.

I stared at Blue.

He had his eyes closed, enduring the illusion.

So that's Blue's worst nightmare, killing us.

Blue removed the snakes, and he whispered to the sleeping Yellow.

Gradually, Yellow opened his eyes.

So we could finally breathe easy, and their attention turned to me.

"Why are you looking at us like that?" I asked, wrinkling my nose.

Their eyes widened, and I backed away from Werence, realizing I was still hugging him.

"What happened?" Hera asked.

"It seems like you're deep in thought, Yellow," Lath said.

"Is there a problem?" Hera asked.

"It looks like a bad omen again today, huh?" Blue said.

"Based on what came out in the room, the Illusion snake and the dark bat came out, it's a bad omen," I said.

Yellow nodded.

"Get out," Blue said seriously.

So Lath and Hera had no choice but to leave. We sat beside Yellow on the bed.

"Tell us, Yellow, so we can prepare," I said.

Yellow sighed and looked at us.

"We'll have a hard time getting through this, but it's better to be prepared," he began.

Yellow glanced at the window.

"He, they, she, or anyone near us... will die."

No!! Everyone near us... w-will die.

"What are we going to do? They'll die. I can't handle that, Blue, Red," Yellow said.

The three of us sighed simultaneously.

"I have a solution," Blue said, and we looked at him.

"We need to scare them so they won't befriend us and stay away from us," Blue said.

I knew it...

We've always been feared and avoided, and now this...

"What's the plan then?" I asked.

"We still have time," Yellow said.

"I'll tell you next time. Yellow, tell us when we need it," Blue said, and Yellow nodded.

Knock knock

"Red, Blue, Yellow, the food is ready," Aphro shouted.

"We'll follow," I shouted back.

And Aphro left.

"Do we need to distance ourselves from them?" I asked.

"Not yet, but maybe giving them the cold treatment will do," Yellow said.

We stood up and went downstairs to find them already eating.

I scooped some food for myself, and also for Blue and Yellow.

When Blue teleported away.

Where did you go???

After I finished scooping, I took my food upstairs to my room to eat.

They're probably wondering about our behavior.