WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!!
Raine and Alexander finally got back to the troop house. Raine had a nagging feeling that Alexander didn't tell her everything about those creatures but then she thought, 'Well...I don't plan on coming back here if I get out of this forest in the first place so I don't care'. Immediately they walked through the doors, Arielle ran over to Raine.
She had been informed that Raine followed Alexander out of the troop house. She was concerned that Alexander or other creatures would hurt her. She started inspecting Raine's body and noticed a few scratches here and there and asked, "What happened to you? Did Alex do this?". Hearing his name being mentioned, Alexander scoffed and told Arielle the entire story.
Raine noticed the fear and worry etched on Arielle's face when 'The Shades Of The Night' were mentioned. This further confirmed her doubt that something about those green beings was off. Alexander walked away after asking Arielle to not inform Jesse about it as he didn't want him to worry. Arielle agreed and took Raine to her room to apply some herbs on the scratches which would make them heal quickly.
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Eclipse and Jesse headed back to Eclipse's room to get Raine before going home. Eclipse was so excited to go home, little did she know what awaited her at home. They finally got to the room and pushed the door open. Raine was sitting on the bed holding some crystals in her hands. Eclipse didn't bother to ask her what she was doing and just said, "Raine, let's go home". Although this was what they wanted, they couldn't help but feel a little sad that they were leaving. They couldn't explain why they felt this way and thought that maybe it's because they're leaving a wonderful friend behind. Arielle was nothing but nice and friendly to them since they arrived, unlike the others that treated them like they were invisible or stared at them like science experiments.
"What? You're leaving?", Arielle jumped up from the chair she was sitting on. She didn't want the girls to go. She was already fond of them. Seeing how sad Arielle looked, Eclipse gave her a sad smile and said, "Yes. We have to go. Our family is waiting for us." It was only then that Arielle realized that they had a family back at home. She looked over at Jesse who was leaning on the door with his hands in his pockets and thought, 'Jesse would definitely not let Eclipse go like that. Which means he has a plan to bring her back.' This thought made her happy. She walked over to Raine and gave her a hug, and did same to Eclipse.
After saying goodbye to Arielle, Raine and Eclipse followed Jesse out of the house. Beast who was Jesse's second-in-command was already by the front door waiting for them. When Jesse saw him, he realized that he had a worried expression on his face. Beast walked over to Jesse and said, "Can we talk?". Jesse nodded and walked a short distance away from the girls with Beast. When they were far enough, Beast said, "We have a problem". Jesse frowned and asked what he was talking about.
"The Shades are out there and they're aware of the human girls. It seems that one of them encountered the Shades already." After hearing what Beast said, he knew that they were in for some deep shit. He turned around and looked at Eclipse who was chatting away with Raine. "It can't be Eclipse because she was with me. That means it's Raine that encountered the Shades and she didn't bother to inform us", Jesse said.
"I think we should warn them about the Shades". Jesse agreed with what Beast said and called the girls over to one of the chairs on the porch. They all sat down and Jesse began his investigation. "Raine right?", he asked Eclipse's bestie. "Yes", Raine replied. "How did you meet those Shades?", he asked. Raine turned pale just thinking about those giggling green creatures. She wanted to ask how he knew about it but she knew that it wasn't her place to ask such questions.