Chapter 49: Is this the End?
Isla suddenly felt a sharp pain in her foot, and a little painful cry escaped while falling, thinking she had messed up only for a second as Ava prevented her sister from falling on the ground by grabbing her. Still, one of the soldiers had heard the sound of a high-pitched cry that was very low.
The soldier looked at his colleague next to him, who was also with him at the time and said in a bit suspicious voice.
"Hey, did you not hear the sound just now? It was low, but I heard it just not."
His colleague, hearing his words, looked at him and said in an annoyed voice that he didn't hear anything and they should be having fun right now, but now they had to be on guard duty in this small place where he doesn't think someone is a threat to them, thinking to himself.
'It's all because of their bad luck; they had to be assigned to a mission where the infamous demon is the leader.'
Still, he wouldn't complain, knowing for disobeying the order of the superior what punishment he would get, and knowing who is the one giving the sentence, he wouldn't dare to complain and follow the order without any complaints. Still, he can release some stress on the retard next to him who is hearing things.
"What the fuck are you talking about? I didn't hear anything. You are having a daydream."
The soldier hearing his colleague say that he is having a daydream felt a little pissed, as he was also tired from guarding all night long somewhere in this broken-down city, but he was sure he heard something as he replied to his colleague in the same annoyed tone.
"Hey, what the fuck did you know? I definitely heard some voice over there" while pointing his finger at the location next to where May's tent was set up.
The colleague looked in the direction where he was pointing, but he didn't see anything there, so he responded in a pissed tone.
"I must be a cat or something. Do not disturb me; I am going to sleep. I am tired right now."
Ava, upon realizing that Isla had made a faint sound, didn't take any risks and immediately hid below the truck with her sister. There is so much space below, so it's very easy for them to hide underneath while lying. She also didn't forget to cover the mouth of the Isla to make sure she didn't make any noises from the pain.
Both of them hide below the truck while Ava is contemplating how to get out of this situation; ultimately, she decides.
'We just have to wait here until they find a chance to hide in the truck.'
She also hoped that someone else wouldn't have heard the little cry escaping from her sister's mouth; she wasn't blaming her sister for this instead, she blamed herself in her mind.
'I should be the one who should be on guard, keeping an eye on things.' She felt a little obligated to take care of her cheerful sister, and out of the excitement of reaching the truck'
she didn't focus much and failed to notice the sharp rock lying on the ground at the back of the truck. It was small, but she should have been careful.'
She didn't brood much over it and decided she just had to wait until the soldiers started having breakfast and then carefully hid inside the truck without getting caught however, she knew it would be much harder doing it in the sunlight as sunset was going to happen in a few hours.
As for why she didn't decide to start her plan at night, she feared that if the soldier shot them at night, they wouldn't be able to clearly see them, so the safest option for them was to do it in the early morning when at least the soldier would be able to see them a little bit.
In case they get caught seeing that they were children, not adults she wouldn't have to worry about getting shot down by them, so she made many hypotheses before actually implementing the plan That is why early morning before sunrise is the best time for them.
But one thing still bothered the colleague, even though he see nothing where the retard is pointing, still, the area he was looking at is right next to the demoness tent where the supply truck is located.
Nevertheless, he wasn't going to look even if there was some small bird or small animal. He is tired right now, as he continued in the same annoyed voice suggesting the one who heard the voice should go and check.
"If you are hearing something, go and check it out. I'm going to change my shift and replace the fucker who is sleeping peacefully in the tent, so fuck off now."
The soldier hearing his words didn't like his attitude and how he was telling him to fuck off and said in response.
"Okay, I would go, but remember that if I found something important, I would be the only one who gets to take all the credit."
Although he didn't think he would actually find something other than some animal, he still wanted to ruin this fucker sleep and why he was going because he was very scared of the leader, which is why he didn't miss anything because of his carelessness.
They had already completed their mission of killing a criminal who was hiding in this city; they were ordered to find them in this Tier 3 city according to their Eastern Army, so he didn't want to make a mistake at the end when the mission had been completed so smoothly because of his own laziness.
The colleague hearing his word he would be one to take all the credit felt a bit apprehensive as he decided to follow him because if they were out of luck, if they really found something that would attract the leader's attention, I would definitely help him in his promotion in rank, so she shamelessly changed his mind and said.
"Okay, brother, we will go together and find the thing that's causing the noises that you were talking about earlier." As he started to walk ahead of him without waiting for his response.
The soldier hearing his colleague's words just wanted to punch the fucker down for playing around with him like that, but he quickly followed after without taking the lead hoping to find a snake that would bite this shameless fucker down that would be pretty enjoyable to him.
They both reached the truck and began to check inside first because this is where the food and some space firearms were located if someone really broke inside the truck, as there is only a cloth in between there is no gate at the back of the small truck to block the invader.
They prayed it wasn't a human intruder, knowing they would face severe punishment for failing to detect someone attempting to steal supplies from the truck. They would also feel humiliated because they had to guard all night and still couldn't detect an intruder.
Thankfully they couldn't find anything inside the truck, and no supplies were missing, thinking it should be some cat or other small animal that made the sound.
Ava and Isla, who had seen the soldier walking inside the truck, kept quiet without even moving or making any sound even by mistake, they hoped these soldiers would get out of there fast, and if more soldiers came here, they knew they would definitely get caught.
Two officers walked outside of the truck feeling relieved that they didn't find anything. Still, they looked around the area, hoping to find the cause of the noise.
They started to walk back to their tent to rest as they were feeling very sleepy right now suddenly the rude colleague of the soldier stopped in track looked toward the soldier and said in an annoyed voice.
"You think it is okay to check inside the truck and the area around it, but why haven't we checked below the truck? Someone can easily hide underneath it. Are you dumb?" he had also forgotten about but wouldn't forget the chance to blame the soldier next to him.
The soldier hearing the word didn't say anything in return for his insult, as he also thinks they are dumb not to check below the truck thinking.
'It must be because I am tired right now; I didn't check there.'
Ava and Isal, seeing the soldier had walked away from the truck; they should be around 50 meters away from their position, so they didn't hear their conversation about checking below the truck.
They both released a sign of relief, thinking they had escaped the current predicament.
Now they just had to find an opportunity to sneak inside and hide themselves well inside, but they saw from underneath the truck that the two soldiers were coming toward the truck once again.
Ava, seeing this, felt they were very unlucky today, but she still hoped they must have left something inside the truck as they both kept quiet, hiding underneath the truck without making any sound.
As the soldiers came closer to the truck, their heartbeat increased, and they were also covered in sweat. Even though the temperature was not hot however due to the tension building and everything they had done until now, they sweated a lot. Still, they hoped the soldiers were not coming for them.
The two officers walked leisurely and arrived at the truck once again in less than a minute; they didn't do anything, and one of the soldiers looked below the truck, and what he saw underneath the truck shocked him completely.
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