Chapter four Red-eyes vultures

As they were sitting on the fallen coconut tree contemplating what to do next, something was happening behind their back.

Some suggested that they should enter the forest and search for what to eat, while some brought their own opinion of staying here and seeing if there will be any ship in sight. 

And Donald was among those people. He had seen enough and didn't want to encounter another. 

All he wanted was to see his family even if it was for the last time.

After the appearance of the vultures, the forest became quiet again as if nothing happened and it kept their minds at peace.

The dark-skinned man with a protruding belly that Donald saw earlier was also among them. He was not very much uncomfortable with the calm surrounding, unlike the others who are already feeling safe. 

He kept on looking everywhere to see where the danger might come from. This island isn't safe at all.

While the others were busy looking at the ocean, he was busy looking forth and back with a trembling body.

When he looked back at the forest for the sixth time that day, he noticed something suspicious, and with that, he kept his gaze on the forest until he saw the scary scene he was looking for.

As he focused his gaze inside the forest, he saw black birds with red eyes monitoring them while pitching from tree to tree. He stood up remotely and slowly began to walk towards the forest as if he was bewitched.

Frederick was the first person to see the man leaving. He furrowed his brows and stood up to follow the man.

" Hey, dude are you okay?"

He called out when noticed that the dark-skinned man was not slowing down and thereby attracting others' attention to them.

When the dark-skinned man reached an ache between the forest and the dry land, he stopped and picked up some rocky stones.

" Hey, what are you doing? " Frederick asked again as he was so confused and a little frightened by the man's actions. 

The man turned and looked at Frederick when he heard him calling out to him the second time " is Johnson by the way"  was all he said before he concentrated back on what he was doing.

He took the first little rock and stoned it in the forest but nothing happened. He did it the second time, but still, nothing happened, putting others in a completely chaotic state.

"Has those fearsome scenes affected his brain this much?"  The blonde sneered while looking at the black man's weird actions.

' What is he doing ?'

Was the question on everyone's mind while looking at the man. They continued staring at him with wrinkled brows.

When he stoned the rock the last time, the forest trees began to shake again as the vultures began to fly out of their hidden places and now have increased in numbers.

" Everybody run!!!"

He urged the others when he saw the vultures coming towards them with those carnivorous beaks pointed at them and took to his heels. 

At first, the others didn't understand why they were asked to run but when they heard the flapping noises in the forest, they also took to their heels.

The forest they ran into was not an optional choice for them but the only thing to do at this moment. 

When the first vulture saw that the black man has alerted the others and destroyed its plan, it went after him only, leaving its subordinates to handle the rest.

As they were running along the bushy forest filled with mangroves and shrubs, Donald ran towards Bella and held her hand, leading the way. The girl reminded him of his daughter and he knew that if his daughter was here at this crucial moment, he could have done the same thing.

Johnson was frightened when he noticed that the first vulture was going after him only. As he ran, he kept looking back from time to time in fright.

He wanted to increase his speed but his pot belly was delaying his movement, and no matter how fast he tried to run, the vulture kept getting closer and closer.

When the vulture got to where Johnson was, it brought out its beak and was about to dig into his skull but Johnson mistakenly kicked an overgrown root of a tree and fell with his stomach flat on the floor. The big black bird flew past him, digging its beak into the head of the next person in front of him.

Johnson was so hurt when he fell on the ground that he refused to stand up. He remained there for some minutes with his hands on his head in the form of a shield. 

When he finally looked up, he saw the leader vulture struggling to remove its beak from the skull of the person it dug it into. 

He was surprised to see what happened and was as well relieved to see himself alive because he thought he might have been killed by now and he is in the land of the spirit.

With that, he stood up and cleaned off the dust from his clothes, then, did the sign of the cross and stormed off. This time he ran in a different direction other than the direction others took.

Donald on the other hand was running with the others along a different part of the forest. Some even fell while running but struggled to keep up while some has already removed everything that will prevent them from running such as their shoes and suits.

Someone like the blonde wasn't bothered with her clothes, she only wore a plain suit with trousers. The captain and his assistant weren't all dressed up like the others, they only wore their casual clothes with Snickers as if they were already prepared for this.

 The vultures were chasing after them furiously without giving them a chance to take in air.

Donald was at the back of others because the girl couldn't run with the long gown she was wearing making him the last person and the closest person to be killed. He felt frustrated when he saw that the girl wasn't moving fast.

 He wanted to leave her at first after all he was human but the girl kept reminding him of his daughter, Clara. And whenever he looked at her face, Clara's face kept displaying there.

When he looked back and saw the scavengers getting closer to them, he called Fredrick to help them out.

" Hey, Frederick, wait up!!"

 But Frederick pretended not to hear his name, all he aimed for was to survive. He doesn't even care if the others at his back survived or not. He kept on running forward ignoring the call.

The bald-haired man waited to see if Frederick would answer but when he didn't, he slowed down his pace to wait for Donald.

" Don't worry I am gonna help out"  The bald said when they came to where he was. He collected the girl's hand and began to drag her along with Donald. 

As they kept on running for their dear lives, they looked ahead and saw a clear area with a few big rocks here and there and a larger cracked rock in front of the others.

" Quickly, let's hide in that opening of that large rock!!"

Donald shouted to the others hearing from the back. The rock looked slightly like a tiny Mountain but it was a rock.

As they were getting closer to the rock, the bald-haired man was hit in the chest by a branch of a tree he didn't see at first and fell.

''Hell no, why didn't he see the branch?' ….Not now'' Donald asked himself with an unsatisfied expression as he struggled to get the man up.

As the bald-haired man was about to stand with the help of Donald, one of the scavengers that were furious in chasing them; flew down immediately and dug its beak into the bald man's head with much-added force and blood splashed everywhere.

It was as if the vulture have always wanted to do it and had been very patient chasing them, and when it saw the opportunity it took it immediately with speed. 

" Aaaaah!!!"

The girl screamed when she felt the cold blood on her face but before she could make any other movement, she was dragged along by Donald.

" Come on let's go before we die along with him"

The man's face and his death kept replaying in the girl's mind as they ran. She kept looking back from time to time to see if the man could by any chance stand up again but the man continued to lay lifelessly on the floor, not moving.

 The bald hair man looked familiar to the girl but she couldn't exactly point out where she met the man.

Others have already gotten to the rock except for him and Isabella. They kept on running but the vultures were now at their backs and especially now they were in an open area with no tree slowing their speed. 

Just as the vultures were about to dig their beaks into their heads, Donald dived with the girl and they fell inside the opening.

Donald broke his head while protecting the girl from hitting the ground but the girl was not left without an injury. She got some bruises on the hands and legs but it wasn't such a big deal compared with Donald who made the impact with the rocky floor and lost consciousness.  

As they entered, it was as if the opening was waiting for them because as soon as they entered, the opening closed by itself, trapping them in.