Chapitre 8: Chapter Seven

"Sound the Alarm!" shouted someone nearby. There was an uproar a few caves away from the village. The guards were on alert. The alarm went off, the natives were all arming themselves now. It was customary, that at the sound of the alarm, everyone would have armed themselves and prepared for battle. They were all equipped and ready. No one was unaware or untrained for the battlefield here. Everyone had special capabilities and was deadly in their ways. Venomma and Atohmma usually protected the elders and the babies. It was their duty to the community and their world. They were ready. "Into the taverns!" Atohmma shouted as Venomma guided them towards it, saying "hurry!" Without a clue they moved along in panic, not knowing what was happening or why the alert was taking place. Atohmma knew she should have been expecting the unexpected any moment, after speaking to the intruder that day. But she took it for granted. She remembered at that point and reminded herself, to take it seriously and make the necessary preparations before the Wolf Festival. As she and Venomma managed to have them all safe inside the taverns, they secured it and went outside to be on the lookout. Two guards came their way now, they were there to reinforce the security of the elders and babies. Everyone else was on alert. Atohmma asked one of them, what was happening. He said, "the entire perimeter was surrounded by the giant spiders and not just the blue ones, the black ones" Atohmma was unaware of giant black spiders, and assumed something must have provoked them out of their secret abodes. Venomma presumed it was the weather and the heat, that must have made them exit their spaces, because of the discomfort. Atohmma agreed that it was possible.