Chapter 2 An Accident

After a night in the helicopter, Ceres woke up with all of her limbs tied.

Mister, what's happening?

Oh, girl we kidnapped you. Don't worry, we won't harm you. We just need you in exchange for an important thing that our boss's needed. The one who drives replied.

I see, will my parents be worried?

I think our boss, already told them about you. So you don't need to worry. The other guy comforted her.

Where are we going?

We will bring you to our hideout, it's safe in there. Come on, cheer up! Don't be scared, our boss is a kind man okay? His child is very sick, he just needs to have the serum that your father had won. Hoping that it could cure his child. The one who pilots the chopper answered.

Oh, okay.

Ceres felt that those two guys were actually good people. The way they talk, the way they console her, and their gestures towards her say so too.

Along the way, they were just talking... Sharing stories and everything. The other guy even showed her some pictures, photos of his wife and daughter. Ceres, on the other hand, became even more open.

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After an hour, the pilot talked.

We are now approaching the Jungle of Artemis. You two kids behave yourselves, okay?

You are the kid! The other guy said while Ceres just nodded her head.

As they were approaching, the other guy noticed that Ceres was actually having a hard time viewing the different sceneries outside the window so he slowly carried her up to enjoy watching.

Beautiful, is that an elephant? Wow, it is my first time seeing them freely running outside a big cage.

Oh that thing, what is that uncle? Ceres asked when she saw a weird animal chasing a lion.

That one is a mutated animal, called Electric-Qilin. They are very fast and have an innate ability of electricity like electric eels. The other guy replied.

Oh, how about that weird-looking huge bird flying?

That is a Roc, a mutated bird.

Do they actually have bleeding eyes? Was it injured? Oh, why it seems like it's slowly getting bigger? She asked.

No! Sebas, that Roc is injured and will bump into the helicopter! The guy suddenly shouted.

Booooooooooooooom!

It was already too late though... Before the pilot could actually make a move, the Roc already hit them.

The other guy protected Ceres, as the helicopter was descending. He tightly embraced her while eyes were closed.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaam!

After a short while, another noise was heard.

The outer part of the helicopter was smashed. Even the inner part was shattered, it was a miracle that Ceres only have few scratches all over her body.

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After a moment, a spark formed near the fuel tank. Though it didn't explode due to the impact, it cracked including the fuel container.

The spark became a small fire and slowly moving towards the pilot's body. It was thanks to the water vessel that was also damaged that the fire was not advancing too fast, yet it's not enough to fully stop it.

The man couldn't even move a finger and even having a hard time breathing. Then suddenly...

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

A scream was heard. The pilot's body was slowly burning. The pain, suffering, torture, torment, and agony, all of those were felt by him at the same time. He was literally burning alive. And for that reason, Ceres woke up.

All kinds of emotions were flooding inside her, she was watching a person being burnt alive literally.

But what could she do? She was just a young girl that had a very small body frame, she couldn't even carry her bag at school without any help.

Ceres didn't have any other choice but to keep eyeing on what was happening to the pilot, his distance was not too far from her.

With some blood and sweat mixed flowing on her eyes, she was not able to close it so she might as well just observe and could only start crying.

After a couple of minutes, the man stopped moving. It seemed like he already accepted his fate and just died.