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soldiers begin to search
in different directions.  Soon, one soldier comes back, “Search completed. 
Nothing found.”
    Then another solder comes
back with the same information.  And then another one, another one.
    My hearts sinks each time a
soldier says no .
    By the end, I cover my eyes.
I don’t want to watch the soldiers reporting back any more.     
    All the soldiers come back
with the bad news.   There is no evidence of our wrecked spaceship at all.
    “Sorry, Leila,” Auzo hugs me.
    “But they were here.  I left
from here.”
    “You sure this is the right
place?”
    I look around and shake my
head.  I’m not sure.  It’s snowing.  The sky is full of big snowflakes.  It’s
white everywhere.  There is no way I can tell.
    “Maybe the wreckage was on
the other side of the valley?” Auzo looks.
    I open my eyes wide but can
barely see anything on the other side of the valley.   I look down; the rift is
so deep.  My heart beats doubles right away.  Gosh, I didn’t realize it was so
dangerous when I came down during the day.
    Where are they?  Are they
still alive? I raise my head, trying to figure out a spot on the other side of
the valley where they may be. 
    “Auzo, can we check the other
side of the valley?”
    Auzo thinks for a short moment. 
“Sure, we can.  But it will take at least a few hours for us to get there.  It’s
best to do a thorough search on this side of the valley first.”
    “Yeah, I agree. But why
didn’t your guys find anything?  Can they recognize a spaceship?”
    “Heck, oh, yea.  Those ships
always come, carrying girls for sale.”
    “But why didn’t they see
anything?”
    “Beats me.”
    He scratches his head and
thinks hard.  “Maybe we should search again?”
    I shake my head.  “See, the
place is not big.  There is no way your guys would have missed anything.”
    He stares at his soldiers. 
“Did you guys search every square inch?  I want every rock turned.”
    “Yes, commander,” the
soldiers’ answers are loud.
    “Keep searching,” he waves
his hand.  The soldiers begin to poke the ground with their weapons.
    I watch them for a while and
look at Auzo.  He is staring at them, motionless.
    After a long while, he turns
to me, giving me a tiny smile, “You cold?”
    “I’m okay.  You think they’re
going to find something this time?”
    He looks at me for a few
moments and then squeezes out a word from in between his thick lips, “No.”

Chapter Five
    LEILA
    Time goes by.  The horses
purr occasionally.  Two of them scratch the ground with their hooves.
    The snow has stopped.  The
sky is super clean.  A few stars appear. 
    What a peaceful and quiet
night. 
    Are the girls still alive?
    If so, how many?
    I promised to find help for
them.  I did.  But they’re gone. Why?  And where do they go?
    “Auzo?” I murmur.
    “Yes?”
    “Do you think the girls are
still… alive?”
    He looks into my eyes for
long and then whispers, “Sorry, I don’t know.”
    “I’m afraid…” I drop onto his
chest, sobbing.
    After a while, I raise my
head and ask, “Maybe they have been carried away?” “Carried away?  By what?”
    “Huge monsters.  I saw a
white bear as big as a small hill.”
    “Oh, that.  He is a Wunder
Armodiallo.  They protect our holy mountain Worken Dorf and our tribe.”
    “Oh.  I thought he was going
to hurt me.”
    “Never.”
     
    A few moments later, soldiers
begin to come back with the same disappointing information. 
    Gosh, this is going crazy
now.
    Soon, all the soldiers are
back.  They look at their commander in silence.
    Auzo stands before them, his
deep baritone echoing in the valley, “You did your best, brothers.  Thank you!”
    He turns back, holding my
shoulders, “Leila, I understand how you feel.  Unfortunately we can’t find
them.  It doesn’t mean that we’re going to give up.  We will have to go back to
the tribe now.  My soldiers need some rest.  Then tomorrow morning,