Brick sat up quickly, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. He was expecting the chief and his mind was racing. The three of them hadn't talked about what they would do once the chief came to his dump site. He looked at Sylvio and Harley and they both looked back at him and each other knowing full well what the other was thinking. No one knew what to do once they had the chief in his spot.
Suddenly Brick heard a familiar voice from the bottom of the tree. "I thought I'd receive a warmer welcome.”
"Humphrey!" Brick smiled in relief, as the hunchback climbed into the tree with the three idiots.
"How did you find us?" asked Sylvio with fear in his voice.
Harley looked like he was ready to attack Humphrey. "We can't trust him!"
"Please don't hurt me. I have some information that may actually help you," replied Humphrey.
"When the Russians came for me, I thought they were finally coming to my rescue and taking me out of this jungle. I thought I could finally go back to England with my family and enjoy some tea and crumpets. But they told me that wasn't going to happen and that I would have to help them out or they'd kill me."
Brick was confused. "Why would the Russians, of all people, rescue you and take you home to England? That doesn't make sense. What's your connection to them?"
Humphrey ignored him. "It's a long story but the Russians are on the tribe's side and they'll do anything the chief asks them to." Then he looked Brick right in the eye and said quietly, "The chief knows you're after the gold so he's asked for reinforcements to protect it." All of a sudden Humphrey's mood lightened. "But get this...it's an entire cave of gold!"
Sylvio and Harley started drooling almost immediately.
Humphrey continued, "I don't know exactly where the cave is located. Only the chief knows and he will take the army of protectors there as soon as they arrive. Oh, there is the minor detail I forgot to mention, Brick. Heh heh."
"What is it?" asked Brick.
"Well, the chief told the Russians you killed his wife so now there's a reward for your head."
Brick, frustrated at the direction this day was going in, remained silent. No one said a word for a few minutes.
Then Humphrey broke the silence. "Well, I best be on my way. I told the chief I was going out to take a dump. I don't want him to send the Russians out looking for me."
"WHAT? You're working for them now?!" yelled Brick.
"No, I'm not working for them. My loyalty is still with you. I just don't want them to kill me. They wanted me to give them some information about you but I said I didn't know much. Meet me at this spot same time tomorrow and I'll tell you what I find out, if anything." And with that, Humphrey jumped down from the tree and ran off.
"We must kill him." Sylvio said in a low, determined voice. "We can't trust him anymore."
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