Chapter 8

They slowly walked around to the bushes where they could hear faint rustles. After that they suddenly ran fast there and almost jumped at the same time to corner their target. But instead of the wild boar coming to them, they saw something else. It is not an animal. It is a human being. Siegfried and Venom were both stunned. The two of them even looked at each other.

"D-Don't! Don't kill me!" terrified language of the child.

It trembles greatly and is folded to the ground. It is very thin, dirty and has many scars. He was a boy and was wearing a torn white shirt and blue shorts. They quickly hid their guns so that the child would not be afraid of them. Venom stepped closer to the boy but he forced himself to back away and he trembled more with fear. It looked at their guns strapped to their waists. Venom let out a deep sigh as he stared at the poor boy.

"Do not be afraid, we will not hurt you. We just misled you. We will help you." Venom's calm language.

He slowly held out his right hand. He smiled friendly here and it looked at him intently. The child's face is full of fear and doubt. Siegfried remained silent but also focused his full attention on the child.

"A-Aren't you with those m-men?" afraid of this question.

Venom frowned at the child after hearing what he said. He looked at Siegfried and seemed to be thinking only one thing. Then they looked at the child again.

"We are law enforcers. Who are the men you are talking about?" he asked gently.

He forced himself to be casual. The child calmed down a bit but his body still trembled. His heart was so moved by its appearance. At this young age he had experienced cruelty and that was not right.

"T-They are evil ... They are the... They are the ..." it could not continue anything to be said.

Instead, he started to cry and he couldn't stop it... Venom finally approached the child and just picked it up. He hugged him lightly and caressed his back. Whoever did this, he will make sure to pay!

"That's enough... We'll help you. We're not bad." he stroked the child's back again.

He could feel the trembling of his body and the intense fear that lingered all over his body. It was traumatize. He looked at the large stripes that marked its body. There are many of them, especially in the back. He could not be mistaken, that was a mark of whip. Suddenly rage registers in his will. Who the hell did that?! Very ruthless. He sighed deeply. There is a good chance that this child will be the answer to their mission. He estimated that he was only nine or ten years old. Siegfried was also shaken after he looked at the bruises on the child's body. It clenched its fists tightly. They slowly walked toward the community from which they came. They are both just quiet.

Everyone looked at them when they saw the child he was carrying. He walked quickly to the hut they were occupying. He laid the child on the pallet and looked at it carefully. It was looking at him. Siegfried is currently talking to Rock, explaining the details about the child.

"Take off your top clothes first, I'll treat your wounds and bruises. I'm a Doctor, so don't be afraid of me, okay?"

As he says that he pulls out his belongings. The child turned pale when he saw a few pieces of syringe.

"Are you going to stab me?!" fear of its language.

He smiled at it and shook softly.

"Of course not. You don't need that. Are you hungry, huh?"

The child only nodded in response to him.

"Okay... I will wash you and I will clean your body. Then I will treat your wounds. And then I will feed you. It will be a bit painful for you to clean your wounds. But you are brave, aren't you?" he smiled at it and he softened his voice so that the child would not miss him.

The boy just nodded again at what he said. It is bent over and looks very deep in thought. Its body still trembles slightly. Deep trauma left in its body due to what happened here. He has already begun to cleanse its body. He was careful when it came to his wounds and bruises because he did not want to hurt the child as much as possible. After he cleaned its body he began to apply medicine to its wounds and lashes on the back. He was impressed because it only made him grin. It does not move and there is not even a complaint. This child is really brave... But even so, he is still a child. More than the warts marked this fear. That will not just disappear. It was worse than the scars of the wound.

It was as if he suddenly saw himself here before, not just him.. But also his comrades. They soon realized the brutality of war. They spent most of their lives, circling there. He finished cleaning and treating it.

"You stay here, I'll just get some clean clothes that you can wear and your food." His language.

Before he finally left, he simply messed up the child's hair.

"Y-Yes..." was his polite answer.

Its voice was still slightly trembling. He came out and Rock immediately approached the him. Recently he was carrying the baby again but when Rock saw him and Siegfried he immediately gave the child to a woman next to him. It is fed. He lost his thought when Rock spoke.

"How is the child?" it asked him.

He looked at Rock's face and then he sighed.

"His scars and bruises on his body are okay. I have treated him. It's just that he is not completely okay. The trauma he suffered is severe. Until now, his body is still shaking. I will bring him something to eat, I know he is very hungry. Join him inside first. He is obviously scared alone. He might think of running then or leaving." He said.

"I understand." its economical answer.

It entered the hut and he left to get the food the child needed. Siegfried accompanied him. Like him, he felt sorry for the child they found in the thicket. He immediately returned and found Rock talking to the boy.

"Are you afraid of me?" Rock asked the boy politely.

He just nodded and just stared at Rock's face.

"You don't have to be afraid because I'm not your enemy. But what should scare me is who did that to you." Rock spoke softly but emphatically.

The child stared at it and looked at its face carefully. His lips parted but no words came out. Tears welled up in his eyes.

"Ehem!" Venom whispered to the two.

He smiled at them as they looked at him. He set aside the food he was carrying. Grilled chicken thighs, pork stew, rice and fried fish. He also brought it fruit for dessert. Ripe mango.

"Before you eat, change your clothes. Here, I borrow what you can wear." His language to the child.

"Thank you very much." was his polite answer.

Its voice is still a bit trembling. He helped him get dressed and he could see that he was frowning when his wounds and bruises were lightly on his body. After getting dressed, they immediately told the child to eat it. It stared at their faces for a moment before finally eating. Siegfried also came, it was just quiet and watching. They could see that the child was very hungry. It looks so heart-breaking. It almost chokes on the speed of the food and the size of the mouthful.

"Take it easy, you might choke. No one will grab your food." Siegfried notes here.

He then handed the child water to drink immediately. When he finished eating, Siegfried immediately put away his food. It came out, Rock and him was left with the child. The child looked at them and played with his fingers. Obviously it had something to say to them. It bends slowly and sighs a few times. They are waiting for it to speak. they can't ask it because it will definitely be scared.

"C-Can you help my companions?" suddenly its language.

They looked at the boy's face in amazement after hearing what he had to say.

"Comrades? Why, what happened to them?" Venom spoke.

The child looked at his face in tears.

"Because the men with guns took us there on the road when we were dragging. Then, then... They took us to the big car, smoked us and we suddenly fell asleep. After that, when we woke up we were already on the mountain. There is a big house that is old and a large plantation of what... Large green plants. They forced us to work there. W-When we make mistakes, we are punished and not fed. They said, they took us because no one seemed to be looking for us because we did not have parents and then we did not have any use in society. They said it would be better for them to take advantage of us than for us to just wander the streets." Long story of the child.

Intense anger registered on their faces at the moment. Their lives are almost no different from street children. Because they were raised to be soldiers in the great war then. They had no choice but to be armed in war because that was their purpose so they were revived. They did not have to choose their own path of opportunity during the great war.

"Can you draw the place you say?" Venom asked.

The child was a little hesitant to look at his face.

"Eh... I'm not good at drawing. B-But I can take you to that place. Case, it's vague that we will enter it. The number of guards around the plantation is over. They have guns. People who live there are scary." its fearful language.

He smiled sparingly at the child.

"Can you take us to the place you say? We don't have to come, we just look at the place. Then, we will call our friends to ask for help so that we can save the children with you who they took... That is if you are ready?" he asked.

Rock listens carefully to them. It did not engage in their conversation.

"I-I can, I need to get my sister back there." The child's brave answer even though the trembling was obvious in his voice.

"Tomorrow too, we'll go. Wait, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Venom Montecristo, just call me brother Venom. You?" he said.

"D-Densel Mendoza..."

Rock also introduced himself here. After that, they put the child to sleep to rest. The next day Venom, Rock, Siegfried and of course Densel who served as their tour guide immediately left. Behind the mountain is the large orchard that the child says. It was hidden because the mountain served as a barrier to see the place. The plants there... Marijuana and Opium Poppy. Illegal plants. Through binoculars, they could clearly see the children in the plantation being forced to work in the vast land. Rock whistled when they saw a man in white amber come out. It is quite old and obese. When he confronted on Rock's direction he simply took a picture of it with the camera they were carrying. They also photographed every corner of the garden. They even went around and it was no joke the extent then.