another few feet. I
feel my entire weight trusted to his massive hand and powerful
grip.
It terrifies
and comforts me at the same time. I take the opportunity to flex my
other hand and get some more blood flowing. I grab hold of the vine again and he nods at me so
I know to take my full weight again. The things below have given up
leaping either through exhaustion or their lack of success. But
they are still shrieking and that sound pierces my ear drums and
sends shivers down my spine every time.
‘ I can see
the top.’ Kolt says without even so much of a strain. He quickens
his pace and l eaps up the rock face. He
suddenly swings his legs over his head to one side and heaves with
all of his might over the top. I panic for just a split second,
wondering if he’ll even come back for me.
His ghastly mask appears over the side,
directly above my vine. He holds out his hands for mine but both of
us know that I can’t reach him. My red face, covered in veins and
visibly strained, gives that fact away. He disappears again but I
feel the vine begin to move ever so slowly. I can feel his strength
and power heave me over the top.
I see his
grey boots first and dare to look up to him. He has planted his
legs under some jagged rocks and has his feet spread wide to take
the weight. He holds out a free hand and I swing for it with the
last of my pathetic energy. The feeling of his pale white, cool and
huge palm comforts me instantly and I finally
allo w my battered muscles to
relax.
He heaves me
one last time and throws me over the top. I can’t even stand. I hit
the bare stone like a bag of bricks and pant repeatedly for breath.
He reaches under his brown leather apron and reapplies his leather
gloves of the same color. He reaches down
at the wet rock below and runs his covered finger tips over the
surface of the green colored rock.
‘This.’ He splashes me with it. ‘You can
drink.’ He nods at me as the redness fades at last from my strained
face. I don’t hesitate to start slurping the cool and tasty water
from the surface of the rock below my hands. It tastes milky with
all of the calcium from the rock itself. I drink until my heart is
content and my tired muscles satisfied.
I roll over
and allow the gentle stream of satisfying water drench my hair and
drain behind my armor. It instantly cools
my shattered back and I breathe a gentle sigh of comfort. I open my
eyes to see the sky for the first time since entering the packed
jungle.
The sky is blue and pale, a welcome sight,
and the sun is warm but gentle after the desert. The rock face we
climbed opened up onto a raised plateau and I can finally see the
path ahead.
The jungle
stretches for miles and miles. Right up to the crest of the
horizon. I can finally see the beasts that roam the land. I can
just about see their heads above the canopy of trees below. They
are fearsome, enormous, and snarling. They don’t see us. They are
still too far away. The sounds of their stomping has become natural
and I have all but drowned it out. But the sound of landing jets
and the sight of a dark ship hovering in the sky, bearing a logo I
instantly recognize, instantly fills me
once again with fear.
Chapter 5
Discovered
My stolen rig
must have been embedded with a tracking device. Figures. The ship
passes right on by, flying low above the forest and making a b-line
for the crash site of the rig. There is no doubt in my mind that
they will be heading our way.
We weren’t
careful about covering our trail s
either. Why would we
be? I never thought they would be coming
for us. It will be easy for them to pick it up when I think more
about it. I left my bag at the beach. That was stupid. We killed
that snake to eat and it bled out all over the place. I know the
sand will cover it over but there will still be a signature for
them to track.
The thoughts
are racing through my mind but I still haven’t moved from the
streaming water atop this rocky outcrop. Kolt remains
feel my entire weight trusted to his massive hand and powerful
grip.
It terrifies
and comforts me at the same time. I take the opportunity to flex my
other hand and get some more blood flowing. I grab hold of the vine again and he nods at me so
I know to take my full weight again. The things below have given up
leaping either through exhaustion or their lack of success. But
they are still shrieking and that sound pierces my ear drums and
sends shivers down my spine every time.
‘ I can see
the top.’ Kolt says without even so much of a strain. He quickens
his pace and l eaps up the rock face. He
suddenly swings his legs over his head to one side and heaves with
all of his might over the top. I panic for just a split second,
wondering if he’ll even come back for me.
His ghastly mask appears over the side,
directly above my vine. He holds out his hands for mine but both of
us know that I can’t reach him. My red face, covered in veins and
visibly strained, gives that fact away. He disappears again but I
feel the vine begin to move ever so slowly. I can feel his strength
and power heave me over the top.
I see his
grey boots first and dare to look up to him. He has planted his
legs under some jagged rocks and has his feet spread wide to take
the weight. He holds out a free hand and I swing for it with the
last of my pathetic energy. The feeling of his pale white, cool and
huge palm comforts me instantly and I finally
allo w my battered muscles to
relax.
He heaves me
one last time and throws me over the top. I can’t even stand. I hit
the bare stone like a bag of bricks and pant repeatedly for breath.
He reaches under his brown leather apron and reapplies his leather
gloves of the same color. He reaches down
at the wet rock below and runs his covered finger tips over the
surface of the green colored rock.
‘This.’ He splashes me with it. ‘You can
drink.’ He nods at me as the redness fades at last from my strained
face. I don’t hesitate to start slurping the cool and tasty water
from the surface of the rock below my hands. It tastes milky with
all of the calcium from the rock itself. I drink until my heart is
content and my tired muscles satisfied.
I roll over
and allow the gentle stream of satisfying water drench my hair and
drain behind my armor. It instantly cools
my shattered back and I breathe a gentle sigh of comfort. I open my
eyes to see the sky for the first time since entering the packed
jungle.
The sky is blue and pale, a welcome sight,
and the sun is warm but gentle after the desert. The rock face we
climbed opened up onto a raised plateau and I can finally see the
path ahead.
The jungle
stretches for miles and miles. Right up to the crest of the
horizon. I can finally see the beasts that roam the land. I can
just about see their heads above the canopy of trees below. They
are fearsome, enormous, and snarling. They don’t see us. They are
still too far away. The sounds of their stomping has become natural
and I have all but drowned it out. But the sound of landing jets
and the sight of a dark ship hovering in the sky, bearing a logo I
instantly recognize, instantly fills me
once again with fear.
Chapter 5
Discovered
My stolen rig
must have been embedded with a tracking device. Figures. The ship
passes right on by, flying low above the forest and making a b-line
for the crash site of the rig. There is no doubt in my mind that
they will be heading our way.
We weren’t
careful about covering our trail s
either. Why would we
be? I never thought they would be coming
for us. It will be easy for them to pick it up when I think more
about it. I left my bag at the beach. That was stupid. We killed
that snake to eat and it bled out all over the place. I know the
sand will cover it over but there will still be a signature for
them to track.
The thoughts
are racing through my mind but I still haven’t moved from the
streaming water atop this rocky outcrop. Kolt remains
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