Brisbane Forest:

It was 12:00 at midnight and Chilli was wandering in the forest. Her fur was messy and was covered in dirt from head-to-toe with the broken cardiac wirings and the IV tube still stuck to her body and the hospital bracelet still on her wrist. She also was missing a tip of her left ear similar to Grandpa Bob. She had dark circles around her eyes and was picking at the stitches on her chest. The corners of her lips were red and the inside of her mouth was red and inflamed and her tongue had red ulcers.

She felt her stomach rumbling from hunger. She looks around to find something to eat and spots a monitor lizard. She starts licking her lips as she gets ready to pounce at the lizard. She crouches down and puts both her hands on the ground as she crawls to her prey. She starts to run on all fours chasing her prey. She then pounces on top of the lizard and grabs it with both her hands. She gets up on her feet with the lizard in her hands. Then she opens her red inflamed mouth and begins to swallow the lizard whole. She slurps up the tail and swallows it. Chilli then takes a deep breath and begins to cough. She looks down at her stomach as she could feel her prey squirming inside her. She holds on to her belly and decides to rest herself against the tree. She lays against the tree slips down onto her back as she looks at the stars in the sky.


Flashback:

Young Chilli was walking in the creek. She begins to hop on from one rock to the other. She crouches down to take a look at some tadpoles when all of a sudden she felt something bit her on the left side of her neck. She slaps her neck to get whatever just bit her. She then looks down hand only to find nothing. "Chilli!" Chilli's Mother yelled calling for her daughter. "Coming Mum!" Young Chilli responded. She then stands up and to run back to her family.

End of Flashback:


Chilli was still laying on her back as she looks at all the stars in the night sky. Her stomach rumbling as the digestion process starts. She turns to her side and rubs her belly. She then feels some discomfort as her prey squirms rapidly inside her. It begins to claw within her stomach walls. She then turns to lay on her back again and continues to rub her belly. She lets out a loud burp before falling asleep.


Next Morning:

Chilli wakes up as the sun rises up. She sits up and yawns as she stretches her arms out. She stands up on her feet and scratches her side and starts to feel hungry.

Chilli then sees a river and decides to hunt for some food to eat. She picks up a long stick off the ground and hand-makes a spear to use in order to hunt for some fish as a survival method she learned from her father. She walks near the river sees some large fish swimming she rises her handmade spear getting ready to aim it at her prey. She then throws the spear at one of the large fish stabbing it. She then steps in the river and grabs the spear with the fish stuck to it. She pulls fish from the spear and swallows it whole. Then she dips both her hand in the river and takes a sip of water then walks away from the river to continue her journey.


Several Hours Later:

The sun was blazing hot and Chilli was very tired and exhausted from walking. Her fur drenched in her own sweat, Her ankles were swollen and was covered in blisters all over her back as well as bug bites. She starts to feel lightheaded and falls on her knees and bends over. She struggles to catch her breath and begins to cough uncontrollably. Her stomach rumbles as she starts to feel the urge to vomit. She starts throwing up the breakfast she ate earlier. She continues to vomit some more before sitting up and gripping her stomach as she was in excruciating pain. It was the worst stomach ache she had ever felt in her entire life.

She decided to crawls up toward a tree and lays her back onto the tree as she was in pure agony to continue her journey back home.


Later That Day:

A Dingo couple were hiking in Brisbane forest. They both had backpacks and the male dingo was hold a hiking stick. "Man, It's so bloody hot out here." The male Dingo said wiping the sweat off his face. "Yeah, but at least we packed up some ice cold water to help get us hydrated." The Female Dingo said as she grabbed the stainless steel water bottle from her backpack. "Thank goodness you carrying that around." The Male Dingo responded. "Well, of course I would. I wouldn't want to have another heat stroke like the one I had last year." The Female Dingo pointed out as she gives the stainless steel bottle to her husband. "Yeah, you gave me quite a scare." The Male Dingo said recalling how his wife experienced a severe heat stroke the last time they were hiking together.

"Yeah, the doctor said it was a miracle that I survived my body temperature was through to roof that day."

"Yeah, I think it was like above 100."

"No, It was way more than 100."

"104?"

"Yeah, Pretty much."

The Dingo couple continues their hike. They soon were close to where Chilli was still laying against the tree struggling to breathe. "Honey, Look." The Female Dingo said as she stops her grab her husband's attention as she notices a red heeler laying against a tree all by herself.

"Oh My." The male Dingo said in shock as he sees the red heeler who was seemed to be in a health crisis. The Female Dingo walks up to Chilli kneeling down to her level. She puts her two fingers on Chilli's wrist to check for a pulse. "I got a pulse."

"Hey, Can you hear me mate? Can you tell me your name?" The female dingo said holding Chilli's face as she could barely open her eyes and still struggling to catch her breath and her body temperature was through the roof. "I think she could having a heat stroke. But this one a lot worse than the one I previously had."

"Honey, Can you give me the water bottle?"

The male dingo hands over the water bottle to his wife and pours the ice cold water all over Chilli as she groans. "Okay, I think that should help her cool down a bit." The female dingo said holding Chilli's hand as her husband grabs his smartphone to call an ambulance.


The Heeler Household:

Brandy was washing some dishes in the sink while Bluey and Bingo were drawing some pictures of their mother on the kitchen table. "So, Are you guys excited for your father coming home tomorrow?" Brandy said to both her nieces. "Yeah, I'm really excited!" Bluey said to her aunt. "Me too I miss him so much and I miss Mum." Bingo responded. "Yeah, I know but we'll come visit her tomorrow. I just hope the doctors are keeping her safe and not having to be too rough with her. I may have hired an attorney."

"Ring, Ring"

Brandy grabs her smartphone from the counter as she hears it ringing. "Hello?...Yes, I'm her Sister?...What!?...No It Can't Be True!?..."

"Aunt Brandy is there something wrong?" Bluey said

"..."

"Aunt Brandy?"

Brandy then drops her smart phone as she wasn't responding to Bluey's question.

"We need to go to the hospital right now." Brandy as she turns to head around to her nieces

Bluey and Bingo quietly look at each other.

End of Chapter 5