Anaconda: The hunt for the blood orchid

Chapter Eight

Bill held my hand gently as we cut through the bush, when all of a sudden we heard an explosion. We looked to the right and saw the smoke. We ran in that direction quickly in hopes to see if anyone survived. As soon as we got there, the wreckage consisted of a boat that I recognized all too well. Livingston's boat had crashed into the rocks

"No, NO, no come one man!", Cole screamed

" what the hell happened?" Mitchell asked

"Livingston", Tran and I called out but got no answer

" here we go, he got drunk and fell off the Bloody boat", Jack snapped throwing the rest of the broken bottle on the ground that shattered

"YOUR FRIEND! YOUR FRIEND! Now what we goin do now", Cole screamed at Bill

"Search the wreckage find anything of use, and hope to god there's a phone", Bill instructed

In the wreckage, we found couple flashlights, a gas container, an a map. Cole tried getting a signal on the radio but nothing happened.
I found a first aid kit but it was drenched in water, only a few gauze and wraps were safe!

"No phone?" Bill asked as we finished scavenge for anything of use

"No", everyone answered

" what have we got?" Jack asked Sam

" just a couple flashlights and a first aid kit", she said

" couldn't get a signal on the radio", Cole told him. That's when Bill and I noticed Tran sitting on the river bank. So, we went over as the rest followed.

" what's going on?", Cole asked then made a disgusted face as soon as his eyes landed on the spoiled fish

"Is that what I think it is?" I asked softly to Tran

"Yeah, Lopaks", he answered

"Who?" Cole asked

"Local tribe. Descended from headhunters".

" what?", Cole asked again

" been in this region for thousands of years", Tran continued saying

"Headhunters?", Cole asked again

"There's still some villages around here".

"Yeah and this must be one of their fishing spots", Bill finished for him

"Hold no excuse me. Did you say headhunters?", Cole asked and Tran smiled at him

" there haven't been practicing headhunters in Borneo for a century", Tran told him

" just because they ain't practicing don't mean they don't remember how", Cole once again starts freaking out. Seriously an I thought my anxiety was worse

" they must be along this branch of the river. If we can find their village maybe they can lend us a boat", Tran said patting my shoulder lightly before leading us in the headhunters direction

" wait a minute, we're just gonna walk towards the headhunters, not away?" Cole asked but me being myself just ignored his bantering, so that my anxiety wouldn't start

"Yeah", Bill said pulling me along with him

We started to move again as Tran led us to find the village. When Bill cut through a bush, a branch broke and Livingston's body fell from the tree. He was hanging upside down and was covered in mud an what looked to be saliva. Everyone screamed!