Hold My Hand

Chapter 4

"We should hang out" Aonung says to Lo'ak as they're walking out of the pod.

"Why would you want to do that?" Lo'ak asks.
"Because. We should be friends. Come with me and my friends to swim outside the reef" Aounung says.
"I can't. My father would kill me" Lo'ak replies.

Aonung shrugs his shoulders, "I guess I asked the wrong brother."
Before Aonung could walk away, Lo'ak grabs onto his arm, "let's do this."

Aonung smiles and they both walk off.
Tsreiya, Neteyam and Rayena walk out a short while after, seeing Aonung and Lo'ak walking away.

"Lo'ak!" Neteyam calls out.
Lo'ak turns around, "I'll be back bro. Don't worry!"

Neteyam shrugs, "I guess it's best for them to get along."
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Tsireya and Rayena are together when they see Aonung walk to them, looking distressed.

"Aonung. What happened?" Tsireya asks.
"Why do you look guilty? What have you done?" Rayena says.

"It's about Lo'ak" Aonung says.
Tsireya stood up straight away, "what did you do to him?"
"We left him outside the reef" Aonung confesses.

"We? Who's we?" Rayena stands up too.
"Me and my friends" Aonung replies.

Rayena grunts in frustration at him.
"Why do you always do silly things Aonung" Tsireya begins to worry about Lo'ak, "he won't even know how to get back."

Rayena sighs, "I'll go back to get him."
She claps and calls for an ilu, before jumping on and riding off.

Rayena was the only one who could get him back. Because if Aonung goes back, it would cause an argument. And Tsireya has never gone to the reef before.

Tsireya looks to her brother, "you must tell Neteyam."

"Neteyam will kill me" Aonung replies.
"Well good. You keep doing stupid things" Tsireya says and looks the other way, "I hope he's okay" she mutters.
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Once Rayena reaches the reef, she comes to the surface, still on her Ilu.

"Lo'ak!" She calls out.
She gets no response.

She sees an ilu, swim past with a broken fin.

"Oh no, Lo'ak's in trouble" Rayena says to herself.
"Lo'ak!" She shouts again.
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"Um Neteyam" Aonung walks to Neteyam.
"Finally Lo'ak-" Neteyam turns around and sees only Aonung standing there.

"Where's Lo'ak? He left with you I thought he'd be with you" Neteyam stands up.
"About that" Aonung says and clears his throat.
"What did you do to my brother?" Neteyam asks.
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"Lo'ak? Where are you? You can't have gone far" Rayena is still calling out for him. She still has not found him.

She hears someone shout from the distant. A shout of excitement.
"Is that him?" She says to herself before riding to where the sound had come from.
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Neteyam is holding Aonung from the back of his neck, bringing him to Jake.
"Tell him what you just told me!" Neteyam shouts to Aonung and pushes him forward to Jake.

"What's going on? What's happened?" Jake asks.

"I took Lo'ak to the reef sir" Aonung says with his head down.
"Okay" Jake says and gives a pause, and then continues, "so where is he now?"

"We left him there" Aonung replies.
"You did what?" Jake gets angry.
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Rayena sees Lo'ak.
"Lo'ak!" She calls out.

He looks to her and waves, "Rayena, wait there!"
Rayena sees him coming forward, but she realises that the ilu he was on was long gone. So she puts her face underwater to see how he was moving.