"Wait a minute, what was that?"
Damien spun around to the mouth of the cave which was been occasionally haunted by the waves of the sea. There was no hard land anymore, whether frozen or not. It was just a helpless mountain stalked by the raging blue ocean.
"Did I just hear Der? Was that Der?"
He had heard a voice in his subconscious mind. Not a faint one but a very loud and familiar one as though the person who had spoken was there with him in the cave.
He looked around him to be sure that he was sane and wasn't missing out on any good details. So it seemed, he was the only one in the cave.
"Der?"
He quizzed again.
"Makes me feel like she is outside there someone. Like drowning in the ocean or something."
"But she didn't sound like she's drowning. She sounded like she was her old self. Her fooking old annoying self."
He grunted in displeasure. He was mad at the wolf. He had every right to be. How could she --
Point in time, he recalled the message which the wolf had telepathed to him. He flipped out the window system and scrolled through till he got to...
"Nether TV pro."
He clicked on and the feature was isolated.
"Bring up the latest activity of the nine girls who are on the jungle island."
[Ping! Nether TV pro searching.]
[Ping! Search results displaying in ---]
He flipped that part away, paying attention to what was supplanted in front of him. The scene of the nine girls.
"Did you just talk about my mother?"
"So what, what would you do about it?"
"Hey... hey... someone tell this one to stop grabbing my pant."
"Who want hell huh?"
"Oh my God, what are you doing? Putting your finger in your butthole?"
"So what....come smell it. You might come back to your senses when you perceive its ---"
"Go away, you pig..."
Damien watched as Jada pursued Evelyn with a pointed finger which had been dug in her butthole. Evenly would run around in circles throwing any girl she found in Jada's way.
The rest of the girls looked exhausted and had bruises all over their faces and bodies. Some of them were seated, panting like they had just been chased by a wild animal. While some were standing, looking like ---
Damien dropped the system. He shook his head. His face which had involuntarily housed a smile repented at once.
"When would these dummies come to their senses? Aren't they grown ups? Shouldn't they know that there is more to life than dwelling on their differences?"
He walked away from where he was and went to sit at the corner of the empty cave, pressing his back to a strangely warm wall of the cave surrounded by a cozy environment.
"I don't know if I should regret or ---"
He was frustrated. To think that he was here struggling to survive and make it possible for them to leave the island, only to see them fighting?!
"If I was there and asked them what the matter was, it might be something so petty."
"Something like who was supposed to speak before whom or who ---"
He didn't want to think about it anymore. If he did, he would only get angrier. And the angrier he got, the madder he would be at the girls. He heaved a heavy sigh to clear out the strange and odd emotions. Even though that didn't work the trick he wanted, at least he felt a little better.
A sudden realization hit him as soon he paved a room for new thoughts.
"But then. What are they doing at this part of the shore of the ocean?"
He thought for a while.
"Oh, it must be. Ayisha. Did she really?"
He made a weird sound in his throat.
"I thought I figured her out already... I guess there is more cards up her sleeve."
"But thinking of this... the girls do have their uniqueness. They might be short-tempered and fight over everything to stake a claim of dominance. Yet they have these strange qualities that pop up momentarily."
He nodded, pushing his cheeks to the side to make a contemptuous contour.
He pushed his body up a bit,
"Girls, I don't think you need to worry about finding me here? I'm not sure if you would even find a way... I bet not. But if it happens that you eventually did, you wouldn't find me here."
He smiled at the thought. At once, the smile grew sour. He heard some clicking and whispering. Loud but melodious. Like a choir of --
He jumped up and rushed to the mouth of the cave.
He saw dolphins jumping to an fro, in a great number.
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