Lost by James Warren II

Author:James Warren II
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: dinosaurs, prehistoric, waterfall, pylon, chaka, enik, holly marshall, rick marshall, sleestak, will marshall

Chapter 21

Beneath

After ten minutes or so of trying to get Cha-ka to understand the concept of fishing, or more so, what they needed to fish, Cha-ka was able to find Will and Holly grubs. They were not anything Will or Holly was used to seeing as far as bait went. The grubs were a light beige color with purple specs and resembled caterpillars more than night crawlers, but they worked just as well, if not better. In no time flat, Will and Holly caught the four fish they needed for dinner. The looked very similar to herring with their long silvery bodies. Will wanted to catch more, but he knew his father was very strict about only catching what they could eat. He considered it a huge waste to let food spoil, and there was nowhere to store or keep food fresh. Holly was satisfied because they both caught two each. She did not show him up, but he did not show her up either, besides she was starting to feel ill. She was not sure if she overdid it, or if it was from the night before, but she ached all over and felt incredibly fatigued.

Rick made several trips between the cavern and the wooded area with armfuls of tree branches and tinder. He was thrilled that Will and Holly caught fish and even more thrilled he was going to get to cook the fish over an open fire. The floor of the cavern consisted of striated levels of metamorphic rock and limestone. Rick set up a fire pit one level up from the water, but close enough to the open area so the smoke could escape without asphyxiating them. It would also help keep them warm tonight while they slept without burning anything down.

The sun was nearing the time where it would start its descent. Rick was looking forward to seeing a beautiful sunset. By this time, all their clothes and equipment had completely dried and put away in their respective backpacks. They brought all the food up to the fire pit so Rick could prepare it for their dinner. He was able to fashion some skewers out of tree branches to cook the fish. He pulled out the small pots Jack had packed to boil the soybeans and cook the carrots. Typically, he would eat carrots raw or cooked, but after being in their backpacks with the dirty water from the canyon, he thought it best to boil them a while before eating them. It was not any additional effort because they had to cook the soybeans that way. The only thing left to do was to filet the fish and start a fire. Besides cooking the fish, he needed to boil the water for cleaning up Holly’s wounds. The ocean salt water was a great medium for cleaning out such an injury, but he needed it to be as sterile as possible.

This time around, Rick decided to give Holly morphine. The past two times he cleaned her infected lacerations she had been in excruciating pain, and he wanted to spare her the agony.

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