TERROR

6. TERROR

" Argh! Already morning? " John said angrily while still half asleep. He looked at his watch and it showed it was 0800. " We gotta start preparing ourselves for the day mates, " Jamestone said as he rose up from his bed. Bruce got up too. He was well now. He had regained his strength thanks to Kyle. He shot out from his bed and headed to the small refrigerator that was nearby and took out a can of soda. He gulped without stopping from the beginning to the end. Feeling refreshed, he got out of the plane and gazed at the beautiful morning view of the forest. " Wonderful! "he thought. Within minutes the rest of the guys were out of the plane. They skipped breakfast hence headed to work...

0945hrs , Biroon swamp, Congo forest :

The five men passed by the swamp and saw the dead body of the puma that Bruce killed yesterday. It was already decaying and smelly as worms and flies surrounded it. " We better be careful starting now, " Jamestone urged. He took a compass out of hip pocket then suspended it freely from its palm. The pointer indicated north. " Then north it is, " said Jamestone. They all went north. The path now was fairly good. It didn't have a slippery road and there weren't any tall grass. But the place had something new now. The surrounding air was completely dense. " The air's really dense. I guess there might have been corpses lying around in here, " Kyle said. " Where exactly are we? " Ken asked. Jamestone reached for his map in his bag pack and examined it for sometime then said, "We're in Dimbuni caves. " Well, we don't see the caves, " shouted Kyle. "Come on! Stop yanking and let's get moving, " said John angrily.

The journey became steep and steep since they now realized that they were going upland now. Kyle reached out a bottle of water from his hip pocket , opened it and thrust the running water into his guts. Letting every sip rehydrate every part of his tract. They continued heading up until they saw something shocking. On their way up, there was a baobab tree. It had an entrance at its trunk more like a cave we can say. On its branches there were human skulls hung up by strings. " Holly ***!" exclaimed Ken. " We've cross another man's territory, " Bruce said. They immediately reached out for their guns ( colt automatic )and went pace to pace, keeping eye on each others' backs. They then head footsteps running downwards towards them. They quickly headed to the nearby bushes and hid. It was a half Tonne warthog that came down aimlessly with a spear stuck in his back. 'whack !' another spear landed on its neck. The helpless animal dropped on its head and laid there still. Three very black, short men covered in red ochre around there eyes shot up and headed to the animal. One had a rock on his right hand and immediately struck the warthog's head with it. That was the end of it....

1027hrs, Biroon swamp :

The beast arrived sniffing any traces of blood. It came to a stop when it saw the dead body of the lying puma, came closer and instantly caught hold of the animal. It licked it then satisfied with it, it started feasting without caring on the maggots that were there. Within half an hour it was already done with its morning meal. Though he had just ate one now, it wasn't satisfied. It needed more. It gave a out a roar of anger. It remained standing up for a while gazing at its surroundings, scratched its spiky back with his long sharp razor claws then suddenly saw footsteps.. ROAR! It shouted. It knew that someone had passed by seeing the looks on the fresh prints. It started following the trails hoping to find its afternoon meal course.

Dimbuni caves, 1053 :

The men couldn't believe what they just saw. Not only did the men kill their prey but also ate it raw. Seeing the action undertaken made them really sick. One of the short man among the three shouted in a language that they couldn't understand and immediately all of them replied in shouts and ran away, satisfied with their meal. " That was ***sick! "Ken said. " Come on. Let's move, " urged Jamestone. They replaced their guns in their pockets then headed up. "Finally .Half way there, "John said. By bad luck the clouds turned dark grey showing that a heavy rain was coming. "Come on! We gotta find a spot to shield ourselves, "Kyle yelled. There was a cave a few minutes in front of them. It was made up of gravel and Banana leaves. They quickly marched inside it as rain poured down on their faces.

It was totally dark. " I got a feeling that we ain't alone, "declared Bruce. "Kyle ,take out your flashlight and switch it on, " he continued. Kyle took out his flashlight and switched it on to find out two women in soldier uniforms inside the Cave too and immediately started screaming. " Hey! Shush. "John said. "Who are you? I mean, what are you doing in here? "he continued....Few metres out of the cave they were in a bear passed by. Showered by the torrential rain, came running in the cave they were hiding. " A BEAR IS COMING IN!...." one of them shouted.