short story by Chery V.-Dropped Off on a Desert Island

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DROPPED OFF ON A DESERTED ISLAND
CHAPTER I
This guy with long, blond hair and blue eyes is wearing fatigues while walking, aimlessly, through some brush near a forest. There were mountains near the forest, so dry, that they were sending dust through the hot air, creating a dust storm.
He’s lost on a deserted island being he has no idea of where’s he’s heading. The lands seemed so strange to him because he didn’t know his way around the island.
The way to find a place to be rescued on the island became very hard for him, since, he’s on strange land. He didn’t have any sense of where he is being he didn’t have a compass along with him on his hunting trip.
As the dust flew through the air, it seemed to blind him as it whipped at his face. This made the going for him, almost, impossible, being that the dust seemed to be trying to crush him down to the sandy ground.
He, barely, could make out to where he’s heading. His first day on which he, originally, planned to hunt down some deer isn’t turning like he wanted it to be. How on earth would he be able to hunt if this blinding storm continued?
He has this blue backpack on his right shoulder, hanging from his camouflage jacket, and, almost, reaching down to his camouflage pants. Inside his backpack were, only, enough food and water to last a few days and nights as he has planned to, only, spend a weekend on some country land on some island with which he isn’t familiar.
He’s starting to get very thirsty, so thirsty, and his throat is so parched, that he, badly, needed some water to quench his thirst, but he couldn’t figure out why he isn’t, in least, hungry being to him, it seemed like it has been so long, since, he’s put any food into his stomach. And he is close to fainting from lack of food.
Therefore, he stopped by a large tree, which happened to be a willow tree. And there isn’t another tree which seemed to be miles and miles to him. This willow tree didn’t’ seem to feel too cozy to him either.
What he doesn’t know is that because some years ago, some guy had died by that very tree. This body, he seems to be eyeing, appears to be dead, but yet is very much alive because that body is, only, resting for the time being.
And that guy’s body, still, in form, and that body, still, has the same clothes on which it had on right when it died. That body has on some cutoff jeans and a yellow tea shirt.
However, its skin never had gone away from its body.
Therefore, he sat down by the tree, anyways, jus because he thought, this tree is a good place to be to block the dust storm, so, that he could have a chance to wipe all the dust from his face and out of his eyes. His clothes were also covered with dust from the storm.
However, the dust seemed to have a mind of its’ own, and it, only, is because that body on the other side of the tree, gave the dust, its own mind. So, the dust jus continued to blow at his face as the wind through the body’s power is flying around the tree with great speed.
Therefore, he had to crouch to the ground, where there was a pile of what appeared to be mud, being there happens to be some shade near the willow tree? While he’s lying on his stomach to help stop all the dust from blowing at his face, he eased the backpack off his shoulder, and set it on the ground.
At this time, he felt like the world is closing in on him, and he needed some rest real bad, being he has been walking for a long time. He has been moving through some brush, and then, coming to some dry ground, which appeared to be like a sandy beach, being it was so dry from the hot sun, having beaten on it for a long time.
The tree, underneath of which he’s lying, seemed to be so remote on what seemed like strange land to him. He wondered how a tree could survive on dry ground and in an area, where it, hardly, ever rained. Whenever it did happen to rain, after the rains, the hot sun, quickly, would dry out the ground in no time at all.
Therefore, the tree had to be the kind, which really didn’t need much water to survive on dry ground. Whenever it did rain, the rains came down so hard, that whatever the tree could suck up after a storm must be enough to keep the tree very much alive until the next rain came through the land.
And as he lay on the bare ground underneath the willow tree, his stomach started growling, very loudly. Therefore, he decided, that his stomach was letting him, know; he needed some food and some water from his water jug if he is going to be able to make it until he can get rescued.
If he’s going to be able to go hunting, he would have to try to find, somewhere, where he would end up finding some grassy area. If he ever could find some grass, hopefully, he would be able to hunt down at least one deer in the next few hours before dusk came around.
He would have to eat enough, so, he wouldn’t get hungry for a few hours if he ever found an area at which to go hunting. Therefore, he drank some water from the water jug, and had one of the cans of food, which he brought with him on his hunting trip along with some coffee from his thermos.
So, his thirst got satisfied, and, also, he didn’t have to worry about being hungry for a few hours.
Being his eyes felt heavy and sleepy, he needed a nap at this point of his hunting trip. But he didn’t know how he could get one with that body, which he thought was dead, lying underneath the tree.
However, he tried to get it out of mind which is difficult for him to do right now. So, he decided to give it a try to take a nap; he took a portable alarm out of his backpack.
Then, he set the alarm clock near his side on stable ground near his side; he fell asleep for about an hour.
About an hour later, he awoke from a fitful sleep after having a nightmare about that body, chasing him around the island. So, when heard the alarm clock go off, he got scared him out of his sleep. But he tried to calm down, and then, he slowly pushed himself up onto his knees.
After having a strong cup of coffee from his thermos from his backpack, he felt, fully, awake, and the dust storm had receded. So, he made sure, everything is packed in his backpack.
Then, he got up onto his feet, ignoring that body underneath the tree which is getting stirred out of its’ sleep.
He started walking, again, being he has found a compass, lying underneath the willow tree.
As he walked through the deserted island, on his way, he, as he looked at the compass, it made him, realize, that he has long passed the area of land where he planned to do some deer hunting. Therefore, he headed in another direction as he realized, to where he’s heading.
He walked at an even pace as the ground seemed to be staring up at him in a way, which it didn’t seem to cool to the guy; with the hot sun beating on the ground. The ground seemed to be glaring up at him as he reached dry land, which seemed to feel so hot and piercing to his feet, which was not a good feeling to him.
And the ground is acting strange because that body, he’s seen underneath that willow tree, is running towards him, although, he’s not aware of this.
Since, he could smell rain on its’ way, he took his poncho out of his backpack, and pulled the poncho over his head while adjusting the straps on the sides of the poncho, just in case it did rain on his way to a forest, where he would be able to find plenty of deer to shoot down.
The sun is right above him, and it appeared very spooky-looking and a bluish color which meant, that dead body jus placed a spell on him. So, this spell caused the winds to blow, very strongly, and tried to sweep him into the hot air. So, he felt like a bad storm could be on its way through the island.
Then, the winds caught a hold of him, and before he realized what is happening to him, he’s, actually, being swept off his feet. And he’s caught in the middle of the strong wind which is spinning around him. So, this made him, start screaming bloody murder.
Then, this wind dropped him into a big puddle of water, only, a few feet from the ground, which stopped him from being hurt bad. This is, although, he’s in a state of shock and can’t move. But it didn’t stay with him; he came out of it, and felt quite wet.
He got up, and brushed the water off him, and started walking again. However the skies were giving him, an odd feeling like they were trying to form into funnels in the skies. Also, to him, it appeared like some funnels were stretching down to the land like if the clouds were trying to reach down to the ground, on which he’s walking..
His mind is in deep concentration, trying to find some place amongst the green grass, which didn’t appear pleasant-looking because he’s seeing a ghostly figure in fatigues, wandering around.
PROLOGUE
The grassy area could be where one might come across a wooden tree house if a person is on the hard lookout for one. A small tree house, also, might have been used for some person or persons to have used at one time or another during an unusually hot day or night to cool off some.
Also, a tree house could be a good place where person (s) could have protection from the hot sun, when the heat of the sun is too much to bear, or to live in until the person(s) were able to discover a river.
In addition, at a river, person(s) would have a good chance of getting rescued by either boat or helicopter instead of having to fight hard for survival, and hoping to stay alive during all that time with, only, a remote chance of being rescued.
He kept walking in the hot sun with very little water in his body for what seemed to be like an hour to him. And by that time, he’s starting to feel too hot to continue walking in the hot sun.
Therefore, he has to stop by some shade, and to have some water from his water jug which water seemed very refreshing to him.
Jus as he happened to approach a deep ditch amongst some burnt grass, he jus happened to notice the skies, becoming even darker like night, although, it is, only, the afternoon.
And the dead body following him is jealous of his survival, so, it’s bringing on all this darkness around him. These dark-bluish clouds seemed to be moving in his direction along with the dead body which is trying to bring him to death.
He stumbled into this ditch, falling very hard, and jus about injuring himself. However, he tried to dismiss how his body is hurting inside from this spell from the dead body.
And he placed his backpack over his head along with a blue plastic blanket; so, hopefully, he wouldn’t end up, getting injured from the large hail. This large hail is, actually, coming down on him like golf balls, trying to push him into the ditch, so, he can’t ever get out of it.
But he jus kept praying for his survival which praying, actually, made the dead body, turn into a vampire, and explode into pieces. Then, he isn’t aware of this, happening, jus because the large hail stops coming down on him.
These heavy rains which seemed to jus sweep by him, where followed by a huge, grayish cloud which swallowed up the vampire into it, and made a sound like a train, going by him.
Then, it all let up, and he let out a sigh of relief being that it is somewhat of a miracle, that he hasn’t gotten hurt by the golf size hail and that grayish tornado cloud which had seemed to come down from the skies.
And this cloud has not swept him out of the ditch and into the hot air. He could have been injured badly if he had been sucked up into that cloud.
Because the cloud had sucked up the vampire, so fast, that it’s gone for good, he didn’t have the risk anymore of being dropped out of a tornado cloud. And he’s lucky, that this tornado cloud didn’t paralyze him being he could have been killed, instantly, from its great force. Also, it could have crushed him to pieces.
CHAPTER II
However he’s afraid to move out of the ditch being he’s feeling quite spooky because of the vampire spell, still, being on him. He’s feeling as something in the skies or on the ground, nearby, is going to close in on him, and possibly, suffocate him to death or crush him to death to the ground.
All he could do is hope that another grayish funnel wouldn’t come down from the overcast skies. If a funnel started carrying him around the low land, it could end up dropping him off in a spot where he wouldn’t be able to get back to safe land.
Then, if he isn’t able to get the grassy land, for one reason or another, through another vampire haunting him, he wouldn’t be able to hunt down some deer. Therefore, he would be out of luck and have no venison to eat.
All he could do was jus hope, that another vampire wouldn’t turn up on this deserted island because many people have died fighting for survival in this island.
Therefore, he jus lay in the ditch for about a half hour, just until the overcast skies covered with bluish threatening clouds, yet, passed over him, especially, over the mountains.
A half hour later, the sun finally came out from behind some clouds,
which were not black or bluish in color, but higher in the skies and of a whitish, gray color.
As he moved out of the ditch, jus then, he realized that, even though, he had a waterproof blanket over him the whole time, the storm and tornado were going through the area, that he had gotten a little wet, where he had his backpack over his head.
Therefore, he jus felt very lucky, that huge grayish cloud had not sucked him up from the ditch, and that didn’t happen, jus because he was on very low land, and a tornado usually travels jus above ditches and low land areas.
Feeling parched in his throat and very thirsty, he just found something right near the ditch, which he had been lying near during the storm and tornado. Then, what he found was a little wooden house, which the grayish cloud had sucked up from higher ground.
BACKFLASH
During the tornado storm, this funnel cloud had carried over to the ditch, this little wooden house, and whatever was inside it. The house contained a bunch of big colorful towels and some clothes. Also, along with this stuff, it had carried some little refrigerator full of imperishable foods and a lot of canned goods in a small wooden cupboard near the refrigerator.
Inside the refrigerator, there, also, were some blocks of cheese, loaves of bread, and also, inside the house, there even were a couple cots with bedding lying on them, so neatly.
The tornado hadn’t even touched the inside of the wooden house, partly, because the house, complete with a wooden door and open windows, had been securely built by trained hands.
This guardian angel had been at his side all the time during the storm and tornado, and had protected his well being. Also, this guardian angel had made this wooden house, land right near the ditch, so, he would be able to survive all the time, he has been planning to be where he’s right close to the area where there were a lot of trees on the land where he has been planning to do some deer hunting.
Therefore, he has known that the Lord has been protecting him, the whole time in which has been walking around, aimlessly, looking for a forest where deer were numerous.
Although, it had rained in torrents during the heavy storm and tornado, as he entered the wooden house, he couldn’t find any water on its floor. Also, he’s surprised to find some food and gator aid along with a jog or two of water in the refrigerator.
Jus as he happened to check his compass, he realized, that the compass also showed the day, time, and month as well as the location along with the direction, and time. Also, it showed that he has been on the land near the mountains about two months, already.
In having been led to the wooden house, complete with the refrigerator full of food and water, he knew, this is jus one of the Lord’s ways of protecting his survival being that his supply of good and water in his backpack is used up.
As he found all this food and water in the refrigerator, he grabbed a can of food, some water from the jug, and a bottle of Gator Aid. Then, he walked over to a little wooden table where there, also, were some wooden chairs around the table.
BACKFLASH
Everything inside the wooden house along with the way, the house had been carved, and securely, put together, anyone, who must have put this house together, must have a mind of a genius. And, also, all responsible for this house must have a good sense of how to put a house together out of wood, and keep other necessities in good supply.
Whether anyone, who had put this wooden house together, still, was alive, probably, would never be found out, that the tornado storm had moved the house to a different location.
This is being that if anyone, still, is alive, that none of them, probably, would be able to survive on this dry, hot land near the mountains being that their house has been moved from its original location.
And that this wooden house and its contents, especially, the refrigerator, probably, has been all they had to keep themselves, alive.
A tornado, probably, had hit the area where they all been trying to survive all of earth’s disasters. And any of them who had been alive, probably, is dead by now in having been killed by the tornado and severe storm.
He has, miraculously, survived, being that all the time during the storm and tornado, that his guardian angel has been by his side for his protection from all of earth’s disasters which could occur on any land near mountains.
Two months later, he spent most of his time out in the woods nearby, trying to hunt for deer, every day, and at least, succeeded in finding, at least, one deer.
When it, usually, came near the time in which he, usually, ate his dinner, after depending on canned food or any egg which he hunted down during the early morning as he came across the shore where there is a river, there he would find some eggs right near or on the shore.
In addition, every morning, he spent a little time before hunting to grab his water jug, and draw water from the river over at where he has been staying for some time in that wooden house. He, always, brought enough water with him along with canned food, and whatever Gator Aid is left in the refrigerator.
He wouldn’t walk for too long in that tough heat, usually, a few miles from the wooden house where he would end up, finding, at least, a deer, a day or during early evening.
Although, it, always, is a big job to drag deer back to the wooden house, there, he would cook part of a deer which he would be eating that evening.
One deer, usually, lasted him for, at least, one day and evening being that he would be so hungry. By the time, he arrived back at the house; he would have a tremendous appetite, and be able to eat a half a deer at one sitting.
He, finally, got tired of being away from his loved ones, his family. Also, he realized that he has been gone for a long time in hunting down deer, and getting eggs off the shoreline, regularly. However, he hasn’t thought about, actually, being rescued until now.
This is being that he, actually, has gotten carried away with hunting deer, and also, has some carcasses to bring back home for proof of jus how he has been deer hunting, which deer, he has shot down during all that time, he has been gone on strange land.
BACKFLASH
He, originally, had gotten over to the island, where he had been for some time, through having traveled on the river from his homeland on a boat. And when he had arrived at the shore, he had gotten out of his boat, and jus left it there, tied to a wooden post.
On that day, that the big storm and tornado had occurred, although, during other times, he had been on the island, there had been other storms without tornadoes, while he had been trying to find a place for shelter, he had happened to find that ditch to protect him from the approaching storm.
After he had stayed in that ditch during the tornado storm, it had been, then, that he had realized, that it had been time to look for his boat; he hadn’t known jus where his boat was.
He had to make sure that it had been safe after that bad storm had hit that area around the mountains. Jus then, he had happened to find the river after having realized, that the wooden house, miraculously, had been dumped right near him in the area where he had been trying to protect himself from the tornado storm through lying in that ditch.
Only then, he had noticed that his boat had been gone; and there had been no other way to get back to homeland.
Somehow, he had been so absorbed in hunting, every day and evening, that he had forgotten, that he had found an orange flyer in that wooden house along with all the other things, he had found inside that house.
Therefore, as he finished his dinner, and made sure, he has everything packed in his backpack, he walked through the wooden house again. And he searched it, very thoroughly, and happened to find unusual things inside it.
He found some gold, stashed away underneath the cot, left there by some women, who had stayed at the wooden house until the tornado storm wiped out the whole bunch of women out of the place. Also, this tornado storm had sent all of them flying to the river where they all drowned, and met their fate.
Therefore, he looked around, some more, and actually, found a bag of cat food, he could take home for his cats. So then, after he got the gold, cat food, and jewelry together, he found a suitcase; therefore, he stashed the items away inside the suitcase.
As he walked out of the wooden house, he set the suitcase and his backpack down. Then, he got out the orange flare, and waved it back and forth, hoping that someone would spot him, waving the flare. He kept on waving the flare for what seemed like some time, however, it has been, only, a half an hour.
Then, suddenly, he happened to overhear a roar of a helicopter in the area, and then, waved the orange flare some more until the rescue helicopter is right above him.
And as the guys in the helicopter spotted the flare, one of them started lowering a rope ladder which, finally, hit the ground near where he’s standing holding the flare.
His eyes were lit up, and he’s very excited inside, jus in knowing, that he, finally, is getting off that deserted island in one piece. He, no longer, felt helpless on strange land.
However the rope ladder didn’t work out being he couldn’t hold onto his stuff and onto the ladder at the same time. So, then, the next guy in the helicopter drew up the rope ladder, and then, dropped down a special seat, hanging from a rope.
As it hit the ground, the guy with the flare, grabbed his suitcase and backpack and placed them inside the seat. After doing so, he got into the seat, himself.
The rope ladder did not work out, being he could not hold onto his stuff and onto the ladder at the same time.
So, then, the next guy in the helicopter lowered a seat, hanging from a rope. As the seat hit the ground near the guy on the ground, he set his suitcase and backpack inside the seat.
Then, he got into the seat while, finally, feeling relieved of the feeling of meeting his fate on the deserted island where he had been hunting deer down for about a six months’ time.
As he, finally, reached the rescue helicopter with tears running down his face in a realm of happiness, he sighed as one of the rescue guys in the helicopter, grabbed all the stuff out of the rope seat, and helped the deserted into the helicopter.
After he got himself, comfortable, inside the helicopter, it took off, taking him to the nearest hospital nearby. And paramedics were ready with a wheelchair as the, once, deserted guy reached the ground in the helicopter.
As he got out of it, he sat in a wheelchair, and then, got wheeled into the emergency room where he got checked out, thoroughly.
And a doctor found him to be suffering from lack of water and was hydrated with fluids through an IV for several hours, overnight. Also, he was put under observation to make sure, he hadn’t suffered any heat strokes while he had been on the deserted island.
After being on an IV for several hours into the early morning, the doctor checked him over, once more. And that doctor hasn’t found any signs of heat stroke in the guy at any time during the night or even in the morning. And in finding that out, is like a miracle to the guy and his family too.
His family, finally, has been contacted, his wife and three children, who picked him up over at the hospital upon the guys’ discharge. However, all of his family was glad to be back together with him again, and he is very glad and happy to have survived on that deserted island and being with his family again.
Moreover, while the whole family is on their way home, the guy, who had been on that deserted island for some time, finally, realized that he hadn’t been on that boat by himself in going over to that deserted island to do some hunting.
His wife, actually, had dropped him off there, knowing all the time, that it was a deserted island. Also, she had been aware that he, always, had been bound to get lost on that island, although, it has been a good place for him to do some hunting.
What he hadn’t known, was that it had been a deserted island for some time until he had arrived there. His family had left him there, trying to get rid of him for awhile in, still, knowing, that he might not make it back home, safely, from his hunting trip.
And all of this, his wife, actually, admitted to him, who at the time, turned speechless about the whole situation, when he told her, he, almost, got sucked away by a tornado and bad storm on the deserted island while being there all by himself.
So, then, she, still, didn’t show any sorrow for him, about him, almost, getting killed by a tornado storm at that one time, although, there had been other storms, he had been caught in while being gone all those six months on a deserted island.
Moreover, he told her, he found it, very hard to survive all during those six months, barely, getting enough food and water. And that he jus had been lucky to find this wooden house full of food and water, that one time after a tornado storm hit the island.
The reason, he had lived through all that hot weather and earth’s disasters over at the island, was because the Lord had sent to him, a guardian angel, which had protected him from all harm, and kept him, fed, and hydrated with water all that time, he had been stranded on that deserted island.
So, then, in feeling frustrated, that his wife had done such a bad thing to him, and had made it hard for him to survive on that deserted island, he, finally, decided that very evening to leave. So, he packed up all his things, and then, he left his wife and family, taking the gold and jewelry, found on that deserted island, with him.
With all the gold and jewelry, he turned it all in at a bank in the city to get all that cash from these things, so, he could pay rent to live at an apartment. He drove there in a tan Cadillac which he bought the very next morning after spending a night at a motel nearby in being all by himself.
His brother turned out to be very excited, though, for him to show up at his apartment, and, gladly, took him in that very morning.
It had been his wife and children, who had treated him so bad, all the time; he had been gone on that deserted island. This is because they had made him, sweat it all out during all this time in hunting down deer, every day and evening, for food to keep him alive. His wife, mainly, had been the one, who had made it hard for him to survive all the disasters of the island.
And that tornado storm which could have killed him, hadn’t he found that ditch in the dry grass jus in time before the tornado storm came about around him.