THE MARKET SQUARE

He was awoken by the rustling sounds made by the bush accompanied by voices which seemed to be a little bit far away. He looked around the bush and realized he had fallen asleep while resting under the tree with Arturo who was still fast asleep on his shoulder.

It was almost Dawn and he could see the whole place a bit clearly. He still felt the pain from the gunshot wound he had sustained on his left arm. He groaned as he looked at Arturo who was sleeping exhaustively with only his white singlet on.

The voices came closer and closer and he woke up Arturo hastily.

"Wake up, we need to move" He said to the little boy who was still wiping his eyes with his palm.

"We need to move!" He ordered as he shook the boy vehemently.

"I'm.. I'm.. so tired" Arturo cried with his innocent brown eyes staring at him

"Can't you hear the voices? They're coming for us!" Eden said to him as he stood up from the ground

"I.. I can't hear voices" Arturo said as he looked around the whole place in sur