The sun was high in the sky. It beat down on the group below.
They had been traveling for three weeks already!
A week later they finally reached Greece.
They searched carefully for Carina.
About half an hour later Cassim spoke up.
"I think we should split up. Eden, Genie, Dandhi, you go north. Wahid, Carpet, you go south. Sadira, Abu, you go east. Iago and I will go west."
Genie gave them walkie-talkies.
"If you find her let us know."
They all set off in the direction assigned to them.
Wahid and Carpet had been searching for almost two hours! Wahid sat down on the edge of a fountain.
"It's no use, Carpet. I don't think we're going to find her."
Carpet tapped his shoulder.
"What is it?"
Carpet pointed over to the right. Wahid looked over and gasped quietly.
"Way to go, Carpet. Come on, we gotta make sure she doesn't leave."
Wahid got on Carpet, and flew towards Carina.
"Carina! Carina!"
Carina stopped and looked over.
Carpet stopped in front of her, and Wahid got off.
"How do you know my name?"
"Long story. A friend of mine knows you and wants to see you. Would you find going with us to the city square to wait for him and all my other friends?"
"Sure."
They got on Carpet and flew to the city square.
Wahid then took out his walkie-talkie and turned it on. He contacted Genie.
"Genie, this is Wahid. Can you hear me?"
"I hear ya loud and clear. What's up?"
"We found her. We're in the city square. I'll contact Sadira. You contact Iago."
"Okay."
Wahid contacted Sadira and told her where he and Carpet were and that they found Carina.
They waited for about two hours when Sadria, Abu, Genie, Eden, and Dandhi came into sight.
"Hey, guys. Where's Iago?"
"I couldn't contact him."
"What do you mean?"
"I got only static."
"Uh oh."
Wahid took out his walkie-talkie and turned it on.
"Iago, it's Wahid. Can you hear me?"
There was no answer.
"Iago, can you hear me?"
There was still no answer.
Wahid tried four more times with the same result! His nerve broke, as did Genie, Eden, Dandhi, Abu, Carpet, and Sadria's.
"Cassim, come in if you can hear me!" he shouted into the walkie-talkie.
"Cassim?"
"Oops."
"Must I be reminded of my husband not long before our anniversary."
The others nearly sighed in relief that she hadn't figured it out.
"We better go find him, come on."
They all went to look for him and Iago.
They had been going about an hour and a half when Iago came flying at them!
"Iago!"
"Boy am I glad to see you! Come quick!"
Iago stopped when he saw Carina.
"Oh, Cassim's gonna kill me!"
"Why?"
"I dropped the walkie-talkie, and it broke."
"Lets worry about that later. Where's Cassim?"
"Follow me."
A Straight Yet Confusing Life by Cassim fan