Chapter 4 New Life...

The next day...

It was already around 7 AM when she woke up... Some parts of her body were still aching, she even felt hunger. The last time that she took a meal was yesterday, two hours before the accident...

As a growing child, she needs to not skip a meal to get nourished. What happened yesterday was so intense to the point that she wasn't able to check the entire place thoroughly or had time to even ponder for a bit.

When she reached the cave, she became complacent when she saw that everything was fine she just fell asleep.

After going back to her senses, she stood up and slowly walked outside. It was weird though that she couldn't hear any birds or even crickets that were making any sound.

Well, due to what happened yesterday, every creature near the area was frightened and chose to move away.

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As she was walking, looking for something to eat, she saw an apple tree. It was not that big, yet she could see some ripe fruits on it.

She slowly climbed on, though it was hard in the first few steps, she realized a trick to do it just fine.

In every step, she would look for a bulge that was made of a severed branch and would move his feet one at a time as she slowly pacing up.

Yahoo! Finally, I will be able to eat now.

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After a moment she managed to pick some fruits, ate them happily while still on the tree enjoying the view of nature.

After filling her tummy, she relaxed a bit.

Oh, is that where the helicopter crashed? I will go there later and scan the area.

She was satisfied now that she was full, so she once again was to do the move of slowly going down. It was funny though, she felt that it was actually harder to go down rather than climbing up.

Perseverance is the key! After a short while... Voila! she made it.

With some apples that she dropped while still on the tree, she went back to her cave where she left the apples and forwarded outside once again to probe the area.

As she was walking, she saw a big rock not too far from the cave. This rock was actually at the bottom of a hill, what amazed her was the water coming out from a small hole in the middle part of it.

The flowing water was very clear, so she tried to drink some.

Is this what they call water spring? I thought the water should be coming from the underground? Hmmm, Oh! Maybe it's coming from this hill?... No time to waste, I still have a lot of things to do.

Although she was only nine years old, she was smart and loved to watch survival and wildlife-themed films, so she wasn't that ignorant at all. Adding what she experienced yesterday, it made her mature a little bit...

What were always featured on those films that she watched are the regular animals that all are aware of, they seldomly shoot mutated ones due to the fact that they are very dangerous and most of the time, aggressive.

She went back for a moment, took the jacket that she used yesterday, washed it properly and placed it on top of a small rock nearby.

Though she couldn't do it better like what their family workers do, Ceres was most of the time being curious about all things around her so she always checked them while they were doing their job.

Even without some laundry soap, it should be fine. I did everything as I had observed from others.

After the jacket was set, she then advanced to the place where the helicopter crashed. The entire place was actually destroyed by the impact and fire. Everything almost turned into ashes.

She didn't lose hope... Still searched for anything that could still be useful and examined the area properly.

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After a short while, she recovered two army bags, a canister, some flat metals and metal-sheets that were still fine somehow, and some grilled meat...

Yeah, bird's meat from the big Roc that hit the chopper yesterday. The bags were made of super high-quality fireproof materials, though that was the case...