That's when she saw the black fog coming towards her she instantly ran trying to get away from it when all of a sudden she saw a bunch of trees forming a barrier she made herself get into it then watched the black fog try to get to her before it decided to leave.
Falling to her knees Melinda began to cry her sobs shaking her body "Why am I so afraid, I'm a Slayer Vampire Hybrid for fucks sake I shouldn't be scared of a jungle."
After a bit her sobs died down but she just curled into a ball and fell to sleep too tired, too emotionally drained to move.
Her sleep was not peaceful in fact it was far from it as her fear of the jungle came to her ten folds in her dreams. When she woke it was night and she was still shaking from her fear not being able to hide it any longer she got up and retrieved her crossbow then began making her way back to camp but not before the whispers came back but this time she did hear what they were saying "In the Jungle you shall wait until the dice reads five or eight."
This made her stop and look all around her trying to find the source of the whispers but she didn't find the source just a very hungry looking Polar Bear looking at her raising her crossbow she shot it but did not hit where she wanted "Fuck." Her hands where still shaking and they were making her miss her intended target. The Polar Bear began running towards her now when she hit the ground she noticed it was limp above her.
Pushing it off her she looked at the small cuts she got from the fall then noticed one of her bolts that was in her hand had blood on it, looking at the Polar Bear she saw where the bolt went into its heart.
The smell of blood from the Polar Bear made her feed off it giving her energy she needed, after draining it completely dry she pulled all the bolts out and put them back in her bag for them.
Picking it up she made her way back to camp unnoticed she went into her 'home' and began taking the fur off the polar bear and cutting up the meat. No ever noticed she was back so she just continued what she was doing after cutting all the meat of the bones and placing it on a piece of fur she began cutting the rest of the fur and began making something out of it.
She next ripped some of the Polar Bears teeth out and began making another weapon leaving one tooth for a necklace she soon made after the weapon which looked similar to a mace.
Once she had finished everything she had wanted to took the meat to a place no one would see her as they hadn't noticed her yet then she began cooking the meet on sticks with pieces of fruit in between to make kebabs she made enough for everyone to have at least five kebabs each.
After she had done some she had a brake and dug into her bag for a fag, when her hand grabbed a packet she got her lighter and instantly lit one up then placed it to her mouth then sighed, looking in her bag while smoking she noticed something was broken. Grabbing it out of her bag she cursed when it cut her hand.
Taking each piece out she found out that the object that was broken was a hand mirror she got the pieces then buried them in the ground after looking into the shattered pieces which reflected her face. At times she would call it a curse that she could still see into mirrors as it showed her what she had become but she also thanked whoever let her see her reflection as she could change her appearance to become someone else.
She wasn't far enough from everyone as Hurley came upon her after smelling the nice aroma from the food she was making, she motioned for him to sit next to her and she passed him a stick "Put some meat and fruit on it then put it on the fire, the quicker I've got them done the quicker everyone can dig in."
Hurley was happy to help and Melinda found herself having fun talking to Hurley "Sorry about the things I said yesterday."
"It's alright dude I mean I know what you mean." Melinda looked at him curiously and that's when he began explaining about cursed numbers at the end of his story he looked at Melinda expecting her to laugh "You're not laughing."
"No I'm not and I wouldn't as I believe curses to be real Hurley so your secret is safe with me." Looking at the finished kebabs she gave him a bag made out of fur to hold them in then grabbed her own, on their way back to the beach she explained to him what the meat was and he seemed impressed that she had not only killed a Polar Bear but had made bags out of its fur so people could gather food better.
Just before they got to the beach she told him "I've made something else out of the fur for Claire as well." Hurley looked at her "A blanket for the baby when it comes into the world as well as baby carrier for her, I won't give them to her until I've finished them completely though."
When they appeared on the beach Jack came up to her "Where have you been?"
Hurley talked for her then "She killed a Polar Bear dude and made kebabs out of it for everyone as well as these two bags so people can get food better."
Jack looked at her and knew that wasn't why she had took so long in the jungle and noticed some fear in her eyes when he asked her "What else happened?"
Knowing Hurley wouldn't think her crazy she told them both "I saw someone from my past who had caused some of my fear for the jungle, I also heard whispers." The way Jack looked at her when she said that made her realize he had something similar happen to him.
Hurley seeing Melinda wanted a change of subject said "You want a kebab dude."
Melinda smiled at Hurley then told him "Lets gather everyone together so we can give them food." Looking at Jack she said "I will tell you everything later."
Jack nodded then followed them to where everyone was but did not expect Melinda to whistle as he was close to her it hurt his ears "Okay everyone I'm sorry about yesterday. When I was in the jungle I was attacked by a Polar Bear and I was the victor so I made bags out of its fur so we all can gather food better then I gathered some fruit and began making kebabs for everyone when Hurley found me he helped me make them. I made enough so everyone can have four each at least."
She noticed Kate glaring at her and then noticed John walk into camp with a boar when she began handing the kebabs out to people who seemed to be very hungry.
The last person she gave kebabs to was Jack who she then told about what happened in the jungle everything except what the whispers actually said. When they held the memorial service Melinda looked on with a passive face.
When she went to sleep that night she still had the nightmares.
