Heechul landed on the grounded with a loud thoud. Inside his arms, close to his chest, was Ryeowook. The smaller man unconscious and seeing his chest bleed made Heechul panic. He quickly held Ryeowook properly as he grabbed his handkerchief from inside his pocket. Immediately after that, he pressed on Ryeowook's wound gently, tyring to get the blood to stop flowing. 

'What the hell where you guys doing letting him get stabbed like that?!' Heechul yelled out in frustration. His eyes glaring at Kyuhyun, Siwon, Shindong and Eunhyuk.

'It happened so fast..we-we didn't see..we couldn't react fast enough.' Siwon tried to explained on behalf of everyone.

'And you two.' Heechul looked at both Shindong and Eunhyuk.

'Why are you just hiding behind those bushes when all of these happened?!' He mad mad. No. Furious to be exact. Ryeowook was injured. His Ryeowook and all he could see was red at the moment.'

'It's my fault so don't blame them.' Kyuhyun stepped forward and told the older man.

'We've agreed to let Shindong and Eunhyuk escape if anything happens so that the mission can be continued no matter what the cost.' He continued.

'The safety of our village is top priority which makes finding the flower top priority as well.'

'AND since when the priorities and safety of The Gaia not important??' Heechul snorted at Kyuhyun's words. It was just ridiculous to him.

'Or did you forget that we are your leaders??'

'Always.' Kyuhyun sighed in defeat. He knew arguing any further with the older man won't get no where and pointless.

'Always top priority. You're right.'

'It's my fault that I wasn't quick enough.'

Heechul ignored the three of them as his focused was back on Ryeowook. The bleeding has stopped, much to his relief but he knew Ryeowook was not out of danger yet. He needs to be treated immeditely and he needs to get out of the forest as soon as possible. Heechul eyes wandered around for a few seconds when he suddenly spoke with in an unfamiliar language out of no where, puzzling everyone. It was almost as if he was yelling and commanding at the same time. Kyuhyun just stared at older man, bewildered because he thought that Heechul was mocking him. However, just moments after that they heard footsteps coming from behind them. Alerted, they turned around immediately and saw a few friterbies walking towards them. The friterbies went near Heechul and Ryeowook and Heechul was seen to be telling them something. They nodded as they each placed their small hands on top of Ryeowook's chest. Eunhyuk's eyes went round and he was pretty much sure it was the same for everybody elses' as they saw yellow glows formed from underneath the friterbies palms. They watched in amazement how those yellow glows slowly cover up Ryeowook's wound and they could see how Ryeowook was slowly starting to regain his consciousness. Watching all of these happened before their eyes made them wonder thou.

How did Heechul know those friterbies ?

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'Basically you guys are trapped in something like a cat and mouse game.' Zhoumi uttered calmly. Both Leeteuk and Donghae could feel the fear forming inside their hearts as they were about to told the truth. Something that was hidden far from their knowledge years ago.

'What do you mean?' Leeteuk asked, feeling his inside twisted. He was extremly anxious.

'The problem with your village, specifically you guys; The Gaias...you thought that you knew your enemy but you really don't.'

Leeteuk wished that Zhoumi would just be straight-forward and not beat around the bush so much. But he kept that thought to himself as he didn't want Zhoumi to changed his mind about explaining everything to them. Especially about their brother Heechul. The one that he was certainn by now, that he had misunderstood so much.

'King Rubius..my father...' For a moment Zhoumi looked disturbed uttering the word 'father' but he quickly brushed it off.

'He is a bad man but he's actully not that bad...' Donghae gave him a bewildered look.

'I'm sorry but I just find that hard to believe.' 

'I know you do.' Zhoumi admitted. 'And I don't blame you.'

'That person...he's just so...greedy....'

'..I mean he cares for our people a lot but he..just can't set aside his greedy-self....' Zhoumi looked sad as he said this.

'..All he wants is revenge....same goes for that person....' Leeteuk took an interest on this statement.

'That person??' He immediately asked. Zhoumi nodded knowingly.

'Leeteuk I don't think you quite see picture here.' 

'What you and your people need to worry about the most is not my father but someone else.'

'Someone very powerful and so evil and so so manipulative that he seems like an angel on the outside.'

'Are you...perhaps...talking about The Wise Man...?' Donghae finally asked the thing that was going on inside their minds.

'They're both playing a game and your stuck in between.'

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'Heechul, I need you to do this favor for me my love.'

He remembered his mother's words as it rang many times inside his mind.

He was running.

Desperately.

As fast as he can.

He knew that time was running out.

'Chullie hyung where are we going???'