Gone Forever by Brielle Kin (e ink manga reader .TXT) 📕

learned out later that it was the poison. I closed my eyes and lied back down one the floor. The longer my father sucked, the more the pain decreased. After what I thought to be five minutes, my father pulled his head up and didn’t go back down.
“Kate, you’re all fixed up. Now go inside and have mother put ointment on the wound.” Father said lifting me up to my feet.
“Thanks father!” I said giving him a hug.
“You’re welcome!” he said giving me a hug back.

“Okay Kate,” Jake said bringing me back to reality, “I’m done sucking out the poison. It’s your turn now.”
“Oh, okay.” I said looking at what he did. “Good job. It looks like you got all the poison. Now we need to clean the wound with water. You by chance don’t have water in that backpack do you?”
“Here Kate,” Jake said handing me his back. “Just look for yourself. You find everything you need in here.”
“Oh Jake, thanks!” I said taking the pack from his hands. I looked inside the pack and there were a lot of stuff inside. Stuff like medicine, food, survival supplies, and a lot more. I found a water bottle and a napkin in the pack too. This would help me clean the wound. I dripped some water on the napkin and then dropped some on the wound. I had a half a bottle of water left so I decided to give the remaining to Jake. He could wash his mouth out because there was a possibility that he could have poison in it. Besides, he was over there wiping his mouth with his hands. I handed the bottle to Jake who took it without hesitation. I then wiped the watered napkin on Austin’s leg. Hopefully doing so would clean the top so it wouldn’t bring infection. I’ve watched my mother do it to me when I got bit by a snake. After I finished wiping the wound clean, I looked over at Jake who was still cleaning his mouth. He looked so funny. He would drink some water and then spit it out while wiping his tongue on his hand. I giggled quietly so he couldn’t hear me. After watching Jake for a couple minutes, I noticed Austin stirring. I quickly finished putting medication on the wound that I found in Jake’s backpack. Jake came over and asked me if it was okay if he could go back into the woods to get something. It was more like telling me that he was going to go into the woods than asking me. I let him go and returned to my work on Austin’s leg. I just finished putting a white bandage when I heard something stir behind me. Thinking it was another so called mutation, I grabbed the spear that Austin had used earlier and pointed it at the spot where the noise came from. I didn’t really know how to throw a spear but some kind of weapon was better than no weapon. Something started moving in the bushes again. I was ready. Spear in my hand and a bucket load of determination and fear. Just then Jake came breaking through the bushes. He stopped right in his tracks when he saw me. He just looked at me with a puzzled expression. Here I was, never holding a spear before, aiming it at him ready to kill.
“Okay Kate, you can put that thing down now.” Jake said making his way over to me.
“Sorry Jake. I thought you were a mutt.” I said putting the spear down.
“That I can see. Well, at least you picked up something that would have killed me better than a knife.” Jake said with a smile. “Do you even know how to use a spear?”
“Hey, don’t go dissing on my knife. It’s very special to me. And no, I don’t know how to use a spear or any other kind of weapon.”
“Well, at least you’re willing to try.” Jake said with a smile. “Are you done nursing Austin back to health?”
“Hahaha, very funny!” I said pretending to laugh. “And yes, I did finish.”
“By the way, I think this is yours.” Jake said handing me something. I looked at what he had in his hand. It was sharp and shiny. The closer I looked at it the more I could tell what it was. It was my knife! Jake went back to get my knife!
“Oh Jake! Thank you so much!” I said taking the knife out of his hands.
“You’re welcome! I kind of figured it was special to you when you were freaking out because you couldn’t find it.” Jake said.
“Yes, thanks so much! It means so much to me!” I said smiling at him. “Well, I’m done nursing Austin. Do you want to go finish our breakfast?”
“Well, I already finished mine but I’m still hungry. I could use another muffin.” Jake said heading to where our seats where.
I laughed and then said, “Yeah, me too! How long until Austin comes back to consciousness?”
“Oh, it shouldn’t be long. If he was moving when you were finishing him up, then he should be conscience within a few minutes.” Jake said sitting down on his log.
“Okay.” I said sitting back down on my log. “So, how did you come across Sten?”
“My sister and I came across it when we were searching for help,” Jake started so say.
“It was about two years ago. Our home got bombed which killed most of the people in the town including my parents. My sister and I were sent out of town to get baby supplies from our Aunt because our mother was having a baby. At the time, we gave them all to her because we had no room in our house. We were half way there when we heard a big explosion behind us. We turned around quickly to where the noise came from. All we could see was smoke rising about the trees. I turned and looked at my sister who was now white as a ghost. Her eyes where focused on the smoke. Whatever just happened was unexpected. We just stood there motionless waiting, watching, wondering what just happened. After the smoke cleared, we headed back down to where the explosion was. When we got back down to our town, I couldn’t believe what I saw. Everything was destroyed. From houses to trees to flowers to shops. Walking through the streets was different because there was hardly anything to see. I looked over at my sister who was now crying. I ran to where our house used to stand. I couldn’t bear to go stand on the ruins because of thought that people where dead under where I stood. I just stood there at the entrance hoping that our parents made it out. By the looks of things, it would be very hard to get away. The thought of my parents dead blurred my memory from thinking clearly. My sister was now besides me. She wasn’t standing though. She was on her knees rocking back and forth. I look down at the ground where the ruins of our house stood. Everything was covered in black. Then, something moving in the ashes nearby caught my eye. I just stared at the moving pile of ashes wondering at what it was. Nothing could have survived this explosion. So there couldn’t be anything alive underneath that pile. I knelt down besides my sister and gave her a hug. She seemed to feel more relax after I gave her that hug. Then I heard a moan. To be honest, it made me jump. I stood up immediately after I heard that moan. It seemed like the moan was coming from the pile of ashes I saw move earlier. I slowly made my way over to the pile. Then a black hand popped out of the ashes. I jumped back in surprise. Then it dawned on me. Someone was trapped in that pile, alive! I rushed over to the hand and started digging. I didn’t know who I was digging up but the thought of there being someone alive made me dig faster. I dug and dug until I came across a head. The head was black from the ashes but I recognized it immediately. It was my mother! She opened her eyes and just stared at me. I just started back at her. My sister must have finally realized what was going on because she was standing right beside me with her hand covering her mouth. My mother was still starting at us when I looked back at her. Tears started to accumulate in her eyes. She just looked at us and tried to smile. Even with the smile I could see the pain in her eyes. She looked so fragile and so pale. My sister was now bending down besides our mother grabbing her hand. My mother’s lips started to move. I could tell she was trying to say something. Her voice was so quiet. Almost like a whisper. I couldn’t hear her so I leaned in closer. My ear was touching her lips. She then whispered again. All I could hear was “I love you guys. Get help.” I raised my head and just looked at her. I nodded and then stood up. I told my sister that we had to go but she wouldn’t let go of our mother’s hand. I finally had to pull her by her arm to get her to let go. She stood up to follow but before she followed me, she bent back down and gave our mother a kiss on the check. She then ran to me. I was already out of the house and on the street. I turned back around to get one last glance at my mother. I could still see her head but she wasn’t moving. From where I stood, I could see that her eyes where shut and the pile of ashes on top of her stopped moving. She wasn’t breathing so that meant she was dead. My mother was dead just like everyone else in this town. I looked over at my sister who was holding something up to her lips. She just turned at started at me back. She then dropped her hand and showed me what was inside. It was a necklace. I remember our mother wearing it before we left her. My mother had given it to my sister before we left. I grabbed my sister’s arm and started running to these woods. I had to get out of that dead place. We were about fifteen minutes away from here when the President Cove found us. He’s the president of Sten. He took us to Sten and cared for us. Raised us up like we were his kids.”
“Oh, I’m so sorry to hear that,” I said after Jake was done. Now I felt really embarrassed that I asked. “Austin said you have had a rough life but I seriously didn’t think it was that rough. I’m really sorry I asked about your personal life. I’m really sorry Jake.”
“No no. It’s fine. Actually, I’m glad I told someone. The only people I’ve told this too are to President Cove and Austin. Besides them, I haven’t told anyone else. Now you know.” Jake said grabbing another bottle of water. “I only share personal information to people I trust.”
“So you’re saying you trust me?” I asked with a smile. “For all you know, I could kill you with my mad spear throwing skills.”
Jake laughed and then said, “Yeah, I’m sure you could. But I’ve got to warn you, I’m pretty fast when it comes to battles. I could kill