Surviving the desert :day 2(the ambush)

They made camp,Jeff suggested that they made fire because it becomes at night in the desert. They agreed that someone should stay awake to keep watch and after a reasonable amount of time,someone should take his or her place. "I'll keep watch. I don't really sleep at night so...",Jack said to them. They agreed and went to sleep. After a few hours,Langford woke up to take his place. "I'm not tired yet. I think I can stay up for a little while",Jack said to him. "If you say so man",Langford replied and went back to sleep. It was past midnight when Jeff woke up to take his place but he still decided to keep watch. It was 4am when Jeff woke up again and told everyone to wake up then said to them,"We need to move when the sun is not up yet. The heat will be less and we can move far but the sad part is we don't even know where to go. "I know where we should go. Before the attack,I was looking at the navigator and we were moving in the northwest direction. Hmmm to be precise,two hundred and ninety degree. From my compass reading,we should be going this way",Jack said to them. They agreed with him and decided to go in that direction.

Before they continued their journey,Jack decided to urinate. As he was urinating,they stood there and watched his back as they waited for him. A snack began to crawl behind him,a cobra to be specific. "Jack,don't move. There is a cobra behind you",Vanessa said to him in a quiet and scared manner. Jack noticed the shadow of the cobra as it crawled behind him. He stood still and continued to watch the cobra. As soon it struck, he turned and caught it by the neck. He threw it into the fire then stepped on its head until it died. Everyone stood there looking amazed as they watch Jack killed the cobra. "What the hell. That was crazy man",Langford said to Jack in a funny tune. "That was nothing. I kill bigger snakes than that for fun. That one was even a baby ", Jack replied without even smiling. He went to pick up his things then said to them,"And what are you waiting for,the sun will be up soon. Let's get moving". They listened to Jack and continued their journey. Jack suggested that Jeff took the lead since he knew a lot about the desert. Jeff agreed and took the lead. "Remove your uniforms and tie them around your waist but you should obviously keep your singlets on. The desert is already hot,we don't want to attract more heat and dehydrate. Don't waste your saliva and whatever you do,try not to get hurt and bleed. And one more thing,no running,just don't do anything that will gut you tired early. We need to also preserve our energy",Jeff said to them as they were walking. Vanessa slowed down in order to walk with jack at the back whiles Langford and Jeff took the lead. "I noticed you didn't sleep last night",Vanessa said to Jack. "Yh,I was not tired",Jack replied. They began to talk and had quit a conversation. Jack developed feelings for Vanessa but was shy to tell her. Jack asked her,"what's about you,why did you join the military?" She looked at Jack,smiled then said to him,"Actually,my dad wanted me to. It sounds like he forced me but he didn't. After all,it seems like I was getting to like it until now. I mean I just got in and I almost died,crazy right?" "Yup,that's understandable ",Jack replied.

They walked a distance away from where they slept and Jack realized something was wrong. He had a strange feeling. "I feel funny. I think someone is watching,I think we are being followed", Jack said to them. They didn't believe then Jeff replied,"what do you mean by someone is watching us. The heat must be messing with your brain man". They forgot about it and continued walking. From a distance they saw fire then walked towards it. "It's still burning. They are not far. I knew we were not alone",Jack said to them. They all looked scared and concerned Jack saw something on the floor and went to the ground to take a closer look. It was a knife. He could also smell tobacco burning in the fire. He picked up the knife,turned to look at his crew then said with a confused look on his face,"Wow,a knife and they had tobacco". "What does that mean"'Vanessa asked. "This can only mean two things. We are eighteen dealing with a group of teenagers that think they are grown enough to survive in the desert or really bad guys. Either ways,we are still not safe. We need to get away from this place as fast as we can",Jack replied. As soon as they were about to continue their journey,they saw a man standing from a distance with a gun in his hand. They he began to walk towards them. They thought he was one and they could handle him soo had no fear. Out of nowhere,these other guys appeared and surrounded them. They were held in a circle till their boss reached them."What do we have here,US military. Boss is go to pay a lot of cask for this",He said to them whiles laughing. Jack and his men became scared. The men pointed guns at the soldiers and told them to drop their weapons. "I have an idea",Langford said to his crew. "What is it",Jeff asked. "They are quit far from us. The feed rinks is they're six. I take three,Vanessa take that one ,Jeff take that one and Jack goes for the leader. I have a grenade in my right hand. When we drop our weapons,I'll omen it then drop it. Before it hits landing,I'll kick it into the air and it will explode. And that will be our distraction",Langford replied. "What if you miss it,we all die",Vanessa asked again. "So be it,we all die", Langford replied.

As soon as they dropped their guns,Langford opened and released the grenade. Before it could hit landing,kicked it into the air and it explodes. Everyone became confused. They picked up their guns and began to shoot. Langford shot the three men facing him and Vanessa and Jeff shot the man facing them each. Jack ran towards their leader facing him and pushed him to the ground. His gun dropped and Jack kicked it away from him. He stood up facing Jack. He tree his hands intending to punch Jack. Jack dodged it and punch him in the ribs,followed by an undercut ,pushing him back. He drew back a bit and gained distance then pulled out a knife. Jack pulled out the knife he took from the floor. "That's my knife",he said to Jack. He threw his hand intending to stab Jack,Jack blocked his hands,stabbed it then stabbed him in his upper chest. His hand became weak then he transferred the knife to his other hand. He tree his hand towards Jack again. Jack grabbed it,turned it till it broke. He dropped the knife. Jack held his head to pull him towards him then stabbed him in the midsection. Pulled the knife out,plod came out of his mouth pouring on Jack's uniform. Jack said to him,"if you want you knife soo bad then have it",then Jack stabbed him in is neck. Took a few steps back then kicked him ,punching him to the ground. On his last breath he said to Jack,"the war is going to reach you soon,"then he died. The rest of the crew stood there looking amazed as they watched Jack.