Two Ghost's Salvation - Section 04
Ghost Hunters - Salvation, #4
Reeks: Ghost Hunters - Salvation
S. H. Marpel
- In
- the
- days
- when
- people
- were
- owned
- by
- the
- land,
- two
- young
- girls
- found
- their
- power
- by
- becoming
- ghosts,
- then
- spirit
- guides.This
- is
- their
- origin-story...Their
- Dad
- had
- to
- raise
- them
- by
- himself,
- as
- Mother
- died
- shortly
- after
- birthing
- them.
- But
- as
- a
- spirit,
- she
- remained
- on
- Earth
- to
- watch
- over
- them.
- Sal
- and
- Jude
- could
- see
- her,
- and
- knew
- their
- Dad
- could
- feel
- her
- presence.The
- King's
- soldiers
- have
- visited
- the
- forest
- and
- found
- their
- hut,
- only
- to
- be
- chased
- away
- by
- a
- specter.These
- three
- make
- improvements
- to
- their
- hut
- to
- make
- it
- harder
- to
- find,
- or
- to
- find
- the
- entrance
- they
- use.
- And
- learn
- to
- leave
- no
- trace
- as
- they
- move
- about
- the
- forest,
- even
- in
- snow.In
- Spring,
- the
- Captain
- and
- his
- troops
- returned,
- forcing
- nearby
- villagers
- to
- make
- a
- crossing
- into
- the
- ravine
- that
- will
- enable
- wagons
- to
- bring
- a
- hunting
- party.Their
- Dad
- starts
- training
- Sal
- and
- Jude
- to
- hide
- themselves
- in
- the
- forest
- as
- they
- hunt
- and
- forage
- for
- food.
- What
- they
- find
- in
- their
- training
- is
- unexpected...Excerpt:When
- the
- morning
- light
- finally
- came,
- the
- overcast
- sky
- matched
- the
- mood
- of
- the
- soldiers.
- The
- captain
- was
- probably
- the
- first
- up,
- and
- got
- busy
- kicking
- and
- rousing
- his
- men
- into
- some
- sort
- of
- action.
- He
- found
- that
- no
- one
- had
- died.
- Several
- were
- burned,
- but
- no
- one
- burned
- badly.Their
- wagons
- had
- been
- destroyed.
- Their
- horses
- could
- probably
- be
- recovered
- from
- the
- peasants
- (who
- weren't
- allowed
- to
- own
- horses.)
- Their
- tents
- might
- be
- able
- to
- be
- salvaged.
- There
- was
- no
- food,
- there
- was
- no
- firewood.The
- captain
- found
- his
- officers
- and
- made
- them
- disentangle
- their
- next
- in
- command,
- who
- had
- to
- find
- their
- juniors,
- and
- so
- on
- down
- the
- line.
- Finally,
- he
- mustered
- them
- all
- together.One
- of
- his
- officers
- took
- a
- small
- group
- of
- men
- into
- the
- nearest
- town
- to
- get
- the
- horses
- rounded
- up
- and
- returned.Another
- officer's
- group
- was
- organized
- to
- get
- the
- tents
- recovered,
- folded
- properly,
- and
- stacked
- for
- transport.A
- third
- officer's
- group
- was
- to
- clean
- the
- grounds
- and
- salvage
- anything
- of
- value.
- The
- trash,
- especially
- any
- bottles,
- were
- to
- be
- buried
- in
- the
- center
- of
- the
- camp.
- On
- top
- of
- this
- spot,
- they
- were
- to
- make
- a
- bonfire
- of
- anything
- too
- damaged
- to
- be
- repaired.The
- captain
- walked
- to
- the
- edge
- of
- the
- ravine
- and
- stared
- out
- into
- it.
- He
- waited
- for
- reports
- from
- his
- officers
- when
- their
- actions
- were
- completed.By
- the
- time
- the
- first
- officer
- and
- their
- horses
- returned,
- the
- other
- actions
- were
- also
- completed.At
- that,
- the
- captain
- had
- the
- men
- lead
- the
- horses
- down
- into
- the
- ravine
- and
- then
- back
- up,
- saddle
- and
- ride
- around
- the
- entire
- encampment.
- Then
- repeated
- this
- many
- times.At
- last
- they
- rode
- off.Later
- that
- day,
- a
- single
- wagon
- arrived,
- with
- a
- small
- handful
- of
- men
- to
- load
- up
- the
- tents
- and
- return
- them
- to
- the
- soldier's
- headquarters.And
- it
- was
- quiet
- on
- the
- land again....
