I lined my lips straight, "Take him to the hospital before I rip your head off."

The man quickly grabbed the boy off my shoulders and turned around to command the warriors in training. A few of them got into the vehicle nearby and they began driving out of the forest while the rest of them remained surrounded around me.

Whispers began to rise between them.

The ones that had gotten a sight of the boy and the wound on his neck were gossiping among themselves. I could hear it all.

"Did you see ...