Chapter 8,
I try to kick him but he just grabs my other leg too. I scream. With all my strength I try to pull myself up. But the bald guy is too heavy. I close my eyes...ready to make the fall...I don't want to go back! Slowly I count down…3….2…1 I open my eyes and let my hands loosen the grip. He starts screaming too. Before we fall I hear a growl. Raymond!
He catches me in his mouth and takes a run for it. In his Satanic beast form he is faster than the cars of the enemy. I smile relieved. I felt safe. All of a sudden he stops running , spits me out and changes back in his human form. 'You really like to be saved don't you?' He asked sarcastically. I jump up and see why he stopped running. We ended near a cliff. 'I suppose we can't turn back now.' I say dryly. For a moment he smiles and nods. We both look at the soldiers coming our way. 'Well everything is better than going back!' He grabs my arm and pulls me with him into the cliff.
I feel how the cold wind is blowing in my face. It's like a slow motion action you always see in those movies. I see Raymond changing next to me. I steer myself his way and climb on his back. With this awful noise of scratching bones against the wall he tries to cling himself. 'That was close.' I whisper when he starts to climb back up. But before he can go any further shots are fired our way. I look up and see the soldiers shooting. 'Run!' I yell and jump off him making a back flip along the way. Raymond cries as if he is calling my name. The last thing I see is him getting a pointy tail and throwing rocks towards the soldiers, before I plunge into the cold water of the small river.
I swim up as fast as I can so I can breathe. I don't see Raymond anymore and I feel how the river is pulling me. On the side I see a branch and try to grab it. But the flow is too strong. What I didn't see was the rock in the middle of the flow. Shit! I try to use my strength to steer myself to another side. Instead, I hit the rock, disappear under water again, come back up and hit another rock. I don't feel any pain at this moment because my adrenaline is too high.
When I look up I see the end of the river, I prepare myself for the fall, hold my breath and close my eyes as tight as I can. The fall didn't last long…because at this very moment I am hanging on a branch. I see blood gusting out from a wound in my arm and I feel a sting in my back. Probably I am more hurt then I thought. I pull myself up and sit on the branch. I rip a piece of my shirt and use it as bandage for my arm. Where is Raymond when I need him…? I look around to find a way up, but there is none. So… I have to go down…again. I sigh before I jump back in the cold water, only to be pulled back into the flow again.
After falling like 2 more times and hitting several rocks and branches I finally plunge into warm water. When I come up for air again I sigh relieved. This is the end of my waterfall adventure. I swim to the side and lie down to catch my breath. 'So here you are!' I jump up and see Raymond pant while standing like a wild dog between two trees. 'Of course where else?' I say. 'Well little miss sunshine you could've been dead several times.' he answers angrily. 'Well I am not, just a bit wounded, that's all.' I try to look like a badass but I know I'm not. 'Come on we have to move they'll be here any second.' He disappears between the trees and before I follow him I roll my eyes. Stupid macho dude.
Tired as I am we keep moving into the jungle. It was difficult because everything looked so much alike. After several hours Raymond helps me into a big tree and I lay my head thankfully against the tree bark. 'So what did I miss?' I mumble. Raymond looks at me from another branch. 'Well I threw several rocks with my tail against the cars….and crushed some heads and after a while I ran' He made it sound so easy but I know better. 'So how's the water?' He asks. 'Bumpy' we both giggle a bit. Slowly I fall asleep.
'Constantine' Raymond whispers and put his finger against his lips. I feel wide awake and look down. I see a group of soldiers looking around. I look up and see we can climb higher if we are careful enough. I point above me and he nods. With my jaw squeezing each other, I use the leftover strength I have, to climb up as silent as possible. I am glad we had gymnastics and I feel how my brain is working to get me at the top. Raymond, however, wasn't that good in gymnastics so he just climbs like a monkey. 'What was that' I hear someone say loudly. We both stop climbing and look down. The soldiers look up and we feel like we're busted. 'I think a monkey…we're in a jungle remember? Beasts and creatures everywhere don't be so paranoid' someone else says. I see the relieve in Raymond's eyes and we both climb further. We waited 3 hours, okay it felt like 3 hours, before we climbed down again and run away.
When we finally take a break we have to hide again. We see another group but this time with dogs. I see Raymond calculating. What do we have to do now? Dogs are always tricky…they can smell our fear or hear us coming whenever we want to attack. Think Constantine, Think! 'If I take the left side I think you will have enough space to change' I suggest. He sighs. 'I am very tired…' I nod. This means he already used too much. 'We can just kick their butts?' He grins. 'I think that's better!' we crawl away from each other and I grab a small rock. Before I can throw the rock someone grabs my painful arm and pulls me up. I try my hardest to keep myself quiet. When I follow the long arm I see it's attached on Danny….Dangerous Danny...I let the rock go, use his arm like a rope, turn myself into it and with as much force and weight I spin out of it. I hear a painful yell before I land on the ground. The soldiers look at me and point their guns. 'Hands up!' They scream. But before I can say anything Raymond appears behind them and cracks their neck before they even realize. All of a sudden someone comes jumping from behind me and attacks him. He defends himself but they both tumble on the ground and roll, fighting, away.
Danny appears behind me and he hits me in the back. As fast as possible I scribble up, grab a sharp rock, and fight him off. 'Piss off Danny, we are not enemies!' I yell when he holds my purple locks in his hand. He hits me on my nose and kicks me in my belly. I let the rock fall and try not to scream. 'I know but if I don't do this I am a bad soldier,' He says and throws me against a big tree. A branch pierces through my belly and this time I scream louder than ever. I look at him with the angriest face I can make while pulling myself off the branch. 'You sucker!' I pant. 'Why don't you let Jim have some fun too, asshole' I dare him. Danny is a schizophrenic dude with 2 gifts. When he is Danny he is strong and elastic. When he is Jim he can spit sour and has a long tongue. Danny looks confused but then laughs. 'Here is JIMMY!' He yells powerful. 'So you're into this shit too?' I ask him while catching some breath. Jim smiles and I can see that he is thinking. 'Of course not…Danny is just a scared little boy.' He says. When he is Jim he has a strong southern accent. When he is Danny he sounds like a posh Englishman. 'Well can't you just talk to Danny and reason him before I have to kill both of you.' He laughs. 'Even if I did…You can't handle us.' I see his calculating look and I don't like it…I actually feel like I have to kill him already. 'But before I let you continue playing with Danny I suppose I have to tell…' He can't finish his sentence because Danny is already back. He grabs me like I weigh nothing and throws me against another three. I feel so incredibly weak right now. With big steps he comes closer. C'mon brain don't let me down now! Before he can pick me up I kick him against his kneecap of his left leg. Then I crawl as fast as possible away and kick him in his face. I scribble up, grab his hair and hit him 3 times on his nose. 'OKAY PLEASE' Danny cries and I let him fall on the ground. 'Why should I stop?' I pant. 'I-I have information.' He says. I narrow my eyes. 'What information?' I bitch slap him, grab his hand and slowly turn it the other way. 'GIFT HAS MOVED!' 'Where?' I ask calmly without stopping. 'EGYPT PLEASE STOP!' He cries some more. 'Aha!, where in Egypt?' 'I DON'T KNOW PLEASE I NEED THIS HAND!' I roll my eyes and break it. 'That's for the branch asshole!' I kick him knock-out and take a run, searching for Raymond.
It's been days and I still haven't found him. I live on berries and snakes and try to tend my wounds by using the water I find. I feel alone and disoriented but I keep going. The trees are my bed at night, the water is my bath and I feel like Katniss…you know from the hunger games? Right… too much fantasy I know…
I don't know how long I have been wandering in this jungle but finally I find the border. I look like crap and I know that. Dark circles, skinnier than before, dried up lips and my purple hair changed color because I can't wash it with normal shampoo. The wounds also slowly got infected but if I was lucky maybe it still could be saved...
A car dooms up out of nowhere and I see a dark man behind the steering wheel. With the sight of those big guns I don't think they are here to help…