Chapter XIII

                                    

                                          
Byung Ho headed to section A of the caves, and went straight to Shang's cave. As he walked in, he saw Shang sitting on the other side, glaring out at the pack. "Good morning, uncle." He greeted, making Shang quickly turn, confused. "U-uncle...?" He chuckled a bit. "Boy, you must be confused, aren't ya, Byung Ho?" He stood up, and walked toward Byung Ho with open arms. But, to his confusion Byung Ho refused the hug. "No? Alright then son." He said, smiling. Byung Ho stared at him. "You know that isn't the truth, Shang. I am not your son, and I never was." He growled. Shang gasped. "H-how did you... who... w-what?" He looked over to the rock table. "U-uh... you know... I really wanted to be friends you know?" Shang stuttered, and Byung Ho could sense that he was scared. "You are not leader anymore, Shang." Byung Ho stated, looking into Shang's eyes. "W-why though, my boy?" He looked at him, and clearly knew why, but wanted to make sure. "You know the rules, Shang. After Cheol, his oldest child becomes leader of the pack." He said, crossing his arms. "And I know for a fact, that Cheol had a son." He walked toward Shang, frowning. "Cheol had a son?" Shang laughed, nervously. "What rubbish!!"He exclaimed, looking at Byung Ho. "Guards!! Guards!!" He suddenly started yelling, then two big guys bigger than Muta came up behind Byung Ho. "Take him to section H!!!" He yelled. Byung Ho looked at him. "You can't be serious, there is no section H!!" He looked at the two guards, he suddenly became scared. "Oh, yes there is Byung Ho. It is the dungeon section. Take him to section H!!" He ordered, and as he yelled one of the guards picked up Byung Ho, and dragged him off to the dungeon block. 
                          
"Help!!" He yelled, as he was dragged through all sections. Tao looked out the cave, and saw one of Shang's guards dragging Byung Ho. He was shocked. How come the plan hadn't worked? What did Byung Ho say? "Byung Ho!!" He called, quickly walking out the cave as the guard fully passed the cave. Boa and Muta stood behind Tao, looking worried. "Where is that guard taking him?" Boa whispered, covering her mouth slightly. Tao shrugged. "I have no idea." He looked to Muta. "Muta?" He questioned, hoping Muta would know. He also shrugged. "I hope it's not anything bad..." Boa sobbed, walking back into the cave and sat by Thunder crying. Thunder looked up at her, and wined slightly. His big brown eyes looked at her, then he lifted his head to her face. As the tears dribbled down her cheeks, Thunder licked some of them off her face. Boa then reached her arms out, and hugged the big wolf. Tao walked over, and put his hand on Boa's shoulder. "He'll be fine, Boa." He said, not sure himself of what would happen to Byung Ho. Boa cried. She couldn't understand why, but she did. "Why are you even crying, Boa? You called him a devil!" Tao exclaimed. She quickly looked up at him, and frowned. "Shut up, Tao." 
                          
The guard threw Byung Ho into a cave, and put a giant rock over the mouth. As the guard did, he ran over to the mouth. "Hey!! W-what are you doing?!" He yelled, loudly. The only light coming into the cave was the cracks that separated the rock from the mouth of the cave, and the cave was rather small. He wondered if he was going to be fed. He knew very well that the section G people got little amounts of food. His legs collapsed beneath him. Byung Ho moved toward the rock, and put his head to the surface, trying to see if he could hear anything. All he could make out, was the murmur of voices from the outside. The tears running down his muddy face were uncontrollable. A light blonde mop of hair drooped over his face slightly. His eyes stung from the tears, and he knew that crying was going to get him nowhere. He wished that he had Tao with him. At least, then he'd have his friend. It was lonely in the dark, small cave. He heard loud voices, and he backed away from the rock as it started to move. The other guard had another person flung over his shoulder, screaming. He threw the boy across the cave floor, and quickly moved the rock back in front of the cave. Byung Ho immediately crawled over to the boy. "H-Hey... Are you okay?" Byung Ho asked, trying to help the boy up. The boy looked at Byung Ho, although it was hard to see in the dark; Byung Ho could easily make out the boy's features, and could tell that he had also been crying. "What would you care?" The boy sobbed, pushing Byung Ho away. "Well, we are both stuck in here together... so... I thought... I'd help you." Byung Ho looked away slightly. He had a feeling that this boy wanted no relationship, or anything to do with Byung Ho. The boy got up slightly. "Thanks." He mumbled, looking at Byung Ho. "My name is Jian." The boy said, leaning against the cave wall. "I am Byung H-" Byung Ho started to reply. "Wait... you're Shang's son?! Geez, even you can't get away with anything." Jian exclaimed cutting Byung Ho's sentence. "N-No... I am not Shang's son... He lied to me." Byung Ho said, looking to the ground sadly. Jian felt bad, and reached forward touching Byung Ho's shoulder. "I'm sorry..." He apologised. Byung Ho looked to Jian. "No- don't be. My friend was mad, and spread rumours about me... although... Shang is my uncle." Byung Ho sighed, and moved away from Jian. There was a short silence. "You mean, you're Cheol's son?" He questioned. "Believable." Jian chuckled slightly. "Cheol always told me about his lost son... and you do look like Cheol's parents!" He exclaimed. "Man- you even have the mountain tribe signature blonde hair!!" Jian pointed to Byung Ho's mop of light dusty, blonde hair. "Mountain tribe?" Byung Ho questioned. He couldn't believe it, he thought there was only four tribes. Jian nodded. "Yeah, Cheol's fath- I mean you're grandfather was from the mountain tribe." Jian explained, smiling slightly. Byung Ho hadn't realised there were so many tribes, he knew that there was desert, snow and wetland tribes that lived far North and West, but he never thought of a mountain tribe. He was amazed. Jian lay against the wall, and yawned. "I'm going to rest..." He said, rolling to face the cave mouth. Byung Ho needed to get Jian out of here. "Jian..." Byung Ho muttered under his breath, Jian looked back at Byung Ho "What?" He mumbled, grumpily. "We need to get out of here."