Into The Jungle

Chapter 3

They went a few kilometers, the car started to slow down and started to develop a drag. Ricky brought it to a stop to inspect the tires.

'Why are you stopping now?' Rhea enquired'

It looks like one of the tires may have a puncture', saying this he slowly got down surveying the foliage for any activity, and went around the car to identify the tire which was causing the drag, he saw the rear tire on the right side had less air in it.

He started to unload the spare tire and the jack from the back of the car. From the periphery of his vision, he saw something move on his left when he looked in the direction he could see some leaves moving but did not see any animal. 

He immediately ran back to the car and locked himself in, Rhea looked at him in surprise, she was fixing her make up when she heard the door open and Ricky looked pale.

'what happened?' She asked.

'there could be a dangerous animal on our left, I saw some leaves shake'

She looked towards her left, the leaves had stopped moving by then.

Rhea got out of the vehicle and went in the direction where Ricky had earlier pointed out, Ricky chased after her

'Rhea don't go there it could be harmful, get back in the car' Ricky shouted

'My dad was a forest officer here for more than a decade, since his retirement he has been keeping a track of this place for the past five years, he says no human being has been harmed in this area for the past 30 years' Rhea said calmly while moving toward the foliage Just as she stepped near the bushes, a small deer jumped from it and ran away into the deeper woods

'Oh my god, that was scary' she said mocking at Ricky, who ignored her sarcasm and was relieved seeing his fears were not true

'Ok, I will get the tire fixed, and let's go' saying this Ricky went back to the car.