I didn't die!

I was definitely sure I was going to die. My energy was completely drained and I felt as though someone was slowly sucking my life . Despite all the pain I was still aware of my surroundings. I was drifting slowly in the water and for some reason I was not sinking.

Suddenly the water started flowing fast , exerting lot of pressure from behind. I realised I was being pushed staight into the waterfall in front of me.I closed my eyes tight . My life flashed in front of my eyes and I had lost all hope. That was when I felt two hands grab my arms and pull me out of the water.

"Hey Rach..Rach?? Open your eyes ! OPEN!" I heard Isaac shout. I couldn't . Each cell in my body felt dead , but somehow I managed to lift my eyelids. Everything was blurry. It took me a minute to see clearly. " Here . Eat this." Isaac said handing me over a nut bar. Wait . How did he get a nutbar? After eating the nutbar I felt slightly better. When I tried to get up , my chest pained like hell. I felt water rushing out from my lungs. After a lot of coughing , I managed spit the water out. Too bad I spit the nutbar along with the water. I realised the boys watching me would feel disgusted so I turned the other side.

" Rach? Are you ok " Isaac asked . I could sense the worry in his voice. " Yeah. I'm fine . You guys alright?" I asked. Before he could answer me we heard a strange noise and I could make out it was not coming from far. " Isaac we need to go. It's getting dark and we aren't even close to the hill." I said. Just when he was about to reply , he saw the blood oozing from my shirt. " Rach! What is it? Why is blood dripping from your shirt?" He asked stepping closer to me. Before I could reply he slightly lifted my shirt to see the wound. "What happened? Didn't I bandage it? How did a twig ...?" I didn't let him complete. " It's nothing . Really . Nothing. We have to get our of here. Now! There's something coming" I said. " But your hurt." he replied. " Just pull it out!" I said. I could see the expression on his face change. " DO IT! or I'll do it . Fast . " I repeated bringing my hand closer to the twig to pull it out. Immediately he stopped me and made me sit down ." On three." he said counting one , two and three. With one tug he pulled it out. I screamed in pain. Without waiting anytime he quickly bandaged the wound again and did his best to stop the bleeding. Later he gave me a tablet and told me to swallow it. After thirty minutes all my pain vanished so I realised it would have been a pain killer.

Meanwhile Camlin had been silently watching all the commotion without knowing how to help. He looked the same age as us. He had a much more stronger , muscular body than Isaac.And definitely a better haircut.

Hey! You ok? " I asked him." Clearly better that you . Thanks for saving my life." He said smiling." Oh, it was nothing. Plus we'll have to do that a lot here." I said immediately turning my face towards Isaac." Isaac did you tell him? I mean show him?The letter.." I asked him. " Yes ." he replied without seeing me. He seemed to be busy. God knows what he was doing. After sometime he shouted " I'm ready" . I suddenly remembered what we had to do. We still had a long way to the hill and thinking about the monsters we would face there gave me shivers. I slowly got up. My body still ached from the happenings of the morning. I mustered up all my strength, still my feet were wobbly. Camlin , who was standing near me saw my feet shaking." You can take my support." he said offering his hand. " Thankyou " I replied taking his hand. Slowly , the three of us walked through the dense forest knowing we would face much more menacing creatures than what we saw in the morning.We were walking towards death.