"Sitting around here isn't going to get us anywhere. Come on lets go" Magnus almost yelled heading into the opposite direction that they had entered the forest from. He didn't have a clue where he was going but just wanted to stay away from all civilisation for a while, until he had fully calmed down.
Ledo stood up, a dark mood still heavily hung over him as he followed Magnus along the path, "Magnus....this isnt going to get us anywhere, we need to get to a town, see if this news..is..is true or not, we cant just wander around here forever," he yelled after him, " Look man, I know it hurts, and I know you're angry, but trust me, I'm going through the same thing...we need to keep our priorities straight" Ledo's voice trailed off slightly as he spoke
"What if it is true? What if they've destroyed Bastok and Horten? Why wouldn't they have destroyed everywhere else. We can only hope that some more people escaped into the forest." He walked forwards a bit and caught a small movement in the trees. He quickly put his hand up in order to silence his friend and companions. He disappeared into the hedges. "Ah...get off me...leave me alone..." He came out holding a small boy up in the air in one hand and a small slingshot in the other. "Why were you spying on us?" Magnus asked, a small hint of anger in his voice. "I wasn't...I swear. I just wanted to see if you were survivors or with...them..." The kid trailed off, a small tear ran down his cheek. Magnus put him down as men emerged, men he recognised from Horten, carrying swords. "Magnus, Ledo it is you. Thank god you're alright. Cid sent us to find you, just before those things came." One of the men said, he looked around at the others, "Interesting I thought you left on your own." Magnus replied, "We did. These people just came on the train with us. They've helped us out alot. What's happened what did those things (the green blob things) do? Is everyone all right or are they all dead" Magnus said indicating the dead man. "No, everyone is fine." He stopped a bit looking at Ledo, "Almost everyone" he wispered in Magnus's ear, "Everyone was evacuated to Bastok, they're all alright. Come you must all be tired, we've got a small camp near here."
"It's nothing, come on lets go see this camp." Although Magnus hadn't shown it he felt sad. Cid had been not only Ledo's dad but also Magnus' friend and his families friend. He had understood what the man had meant when he had said 'Almost everyone' and he knew Ledo would soon enough guess even without hearing it. Magnus wanted to cry, he wanted to let it all out, he wanted to scream and kill, he wanted his father dead, dead forever this time, for real, with no hope of coming back.
Ledo knew what he had meant, he didnt want to believe it, he didnt want to believe any of this. He walked slowly towards the camp, ehad hung low in depression as he kick a small rock from his path. All he had in thi sworld, all he actually cared about, gone in a second, the only person he knew of left that he even slightly gave a damn about was Magnus. Rage bottled up inside of him and he wanted to destroy, he wanted to let loose, but he held back for he might regret his actions later.
Magnus and the man sat together talking away from the campsite, "Tell me exactly what happened" Magnus asked. "Well it's pretty long but if you've got time. Just after you and the others all left Horten by the southern train, it must have been about the time you arrived at that meteor site, Cid ordered an evacuation of the whole town to Baston through the eastern train. While me and the guys were helpping to get everyone out he called upon us and told us to come and find you, here in the forest. While we were leaving we saw the train go by, but Cid was still at the station. Magnus there's no other trains, you had one and the evacuees had the other. We caught sight of you running into the forest, just as we were entering. Our slowest man Leoneo, was caught by those things, he was that dead man. I can only hope that Cid escaped, but those things and that man were heading to Horten with one thing on their minds, Death. We were also told that once we found you to continue South and escape off the island that way, you are to continue North-East to Bastok. I know we will meet again, you should head off soon, I fear that once they've finished with Horten they'll move on to Bastok and than destroy Kalek (this Island), someone needs to stop them. We'll be off soon, I think you may like to take one of our men with you," he indicated one of his men, "Tamuríl Eärfalas, he's a black mage and may provide useful on your travels."
"Listen pal, I know how much you want to see your old man again, but if he didn't get out of Horten there in virtually no chance he's still alive. I'm sorry, if we can get to Bastok maybe we can find out more of what happened, these guys only saw him at the train station as they were leaving. For all we know it could have been someone else, or he could have escaped into the mountains. Bastok is our only chance of finding anything out. If we go back to Horten, we will die." Magnus said it quite bluntly, but he needed to get his point across. "We need to go to Bastok, we'll ask everyone we know, I won't let him be gone. Not for me, not for you, not for anyone." He said it slightly softer this time.