The Lost Ones Book 2: Welcome Home

Chapter 23

Jordan laughed watching Sqaishey take off down the hill. "You think you can walk Mitch?"

"I've been able to do this the whole time." Mitch stood up and blankly stared at the others.

Jordan chuckled. "Then come on. No more free rides."

"He doesn't just do it when I'm hurt." Mitch groaned. "This is normal dude."

"Sure, but he's not here now so off we go." Jordan waved it off and headed down the hill.

Mitch groaned again and followed, Tyler trailing behind.

Sqaishey was trying to keep ahead of Jerome.

Jerome was running as fast as he could, nearly tripping over his feet as he ran down the fairly steep hill.

Sqaishey giggled as she panted running after him.

Jerome was the first to reach the bottom of the hill, tumbling to the ground when he forgot to slow down once he hit the flat ground.

Sqaishey squealed as she tripped over him, landing on top of him.

Jerome grunted and sprawled out on the ground, his chest quickly rising up and down. Mitch was the next to reach the ground the hill, noticing the small pile on the ground and flopping onto Jerome's stomach. Jerome let out a startled yelp with a slight hint of pain.

Sqaishey looked over and laughed.

"You know what..." Jerome rolled his eyes in defeat and stayed where he was.

Tyler eventually reached the bottom, bursting out into laughter when he saw the others.

Jordan chuckled. "Guys... We gotta keep going."

"Yeah, now please get off of me..." Jerome grunted.

Jordan offered Mitch a hand to help him up.

Sqaishey got up still giggling.

Mitch took Jordan's hand and stood up, wincing at a slight hint of pain in his chest but shaking it off. He turned around and helped Jerome up.

Jordan nodded once they were both up and headed off again, Sqaishey following behind him.

Everyone else followed, making their way up and down the rolling hills.

Jerry had fallen asleep on Jordan's side, happily snoozing while they walked.

Eventually the hills had stopped and the terrain began to form into a dense, roofed forest. The sky became invisible and the ground dark and dreary, it was hard to even walk around the thick-trunked trees.

Jordan grunted as another branch smacked his forehead, giving a sigh of agitating. "These branches are getting annoying..."

"You're one to talk." Jerome rolled his eyes. Being the tallest of the group, he was pretty much hunched over in an attempt to avoid even some of the highest tree branches.

Sqaishey glanced at them. "Are you guys doing okay?" She asked a bit concerned, able to dodge the branches easier than them.

"Just getting hit in the face by trees." Jerome joked, knocking the top of his head on yet another branch and causing leaves to shake off onto the ground.

She gave a small laugh. "Yeah, the branches are pretty low here."

Mitch nodded and waved his arm out in front of him, knocking the branches to the ground. Jerome got out his fairly beat up axe, the handle being ripped in two from Kala, and did the same.

Jordan trailed after them, watching Mitch a bit concerned. "You sure you should be doing that, Mitch?"

"They're just trees." Mitch scoffed, continuing to break the branches.