From haze like consciousness, Roger awaken to sound of bird chirping and insects ringing.
His mind that like ship on sea during thunderstorms become much clearer as the sound of jungle inhabitants become clear and clearer.
" where am I?" He ask himself as he realized that he is no longer in a concrete block that called church.
Roger look left and right, up and down. To his left there is trees and to his right there also tree.
Up upon his head there is sun light penetrate edge of tree canopy into his face while down below his bottom, the soil and grass wet with morning dew.
Realization hit him harder than Mike Tyson hit his enemy during his prime years. He is inside the forest!
"No wonder the air smells so fresh!" He talk to himself as he enjoyed the fresh air.
Growl~ Growl- Growll~
Roger stomach interrupt him from enjoying the fresh air with loud growling as if saying it hungry and need food and if not giving so it will start 'peaceful protest'.
When he hear his stomach rumbling, only than that he started to think about food and what to eat.
"What should I eat? should I order out or cook the instant noodles inside the cupboard?" he ponder what will be his breakfast.
"Meh, I should just order out, cooking is too hassle" Roger decided.
He than begin to search for his smart phone at his side, but what he saw is only grass and no smart phone was found.
"Fuck! I forgot that right now I are inside a forest, wait... forest.. forest.. dammit!" He shouted and stand up so fast that he got light headed.
He stand up so fast because he is scared, inside the forest there is only two being, the prey and predator.
He was sure as hell he is no predator and in this thick forest the existence of tiger, wolf and bear is no fairy tale that hard to see like inside big city.
Looking left and right, he is in cautious state even sound of twigs breaking will set him running faster than Usain Bolt can achieve during his whole life, that how scare he is.
' Waiting here will results in nothing!' he say to himself and decide to walk forward to find people or at least water source is good enough for him to survive for a while.
While walking in order to find someone or source of water he saw a long branch suitable to make a walking stick.
He pick up branch and trying to snap of the excess woods to make it shape more like stick than a branch that just fallen from it original body.
In was not sure either he still in shock about all the experience that he face just few moments ago or his brain slowing down to protect him from becoming insane person, he feels that his thinking is slow as old man riding a scooter in the middle of road causing traffic jams.
It because only when he pick up the branch to make a walking stick that he realize his hand was not originally his and not only that, this whole body is not his!
Even without looking at mirror he know how fat he is and no way in hell that he will be wearing clothing make from animals skin like some kind of savage people.
But the fact prove that he is indeed wearing clothing make from animals skin and not only that, he is skinny as beanpoles.
All his fat was gone! but to where he did not know nor did he know from where this savage clothing come from.
"Sigh... what use thinking about it now, water and food come first, less I become hungry ghost wondering inside the woods" he sighs hopelessly but keep moving foward searching for important necessities to survive.
Walk and walking he is, randomly inside the forest. He walks in random directions as he did not know where is the east nor where is the north, but he is not stupid enough to walk in circles as he left directions mark each 3 tree he passed by.
clack!
The sound of stone hitting the tree and left a mark signaling Roger passed by.
"So hungry.. so thirsty... water.. water.. water" mumble a young man in animals skin clothing as he walk with his makeshift walking stick.
1 hour passed by he continue walking.
"water.. water" he mumble again but this time he already forgot about food as thirst for water winning over hunger for food.
It all because human body can survive even if not eating for a few weeks but without water most human will die after 3 to 4 days.
four hours passed by from the moment he make the walking stick, his lips cracked like dry land without vitality, his tongsil also hurting as no water coming in but water keep coming out from his pores in form of sweats.
Walking inside the forest for fours hours with empty stomach and lack of water started to taking tolls on his body.
sploosh~ Splash~ shuuuushhh~
He did not know either it was his mind playing trick on him like wonderer on desert finding a oasis and later find out it just an illusion or it really sound of water from nearby river or waterfall.
Either way he still need to move towards the sound as he feels he will die if he not drinking any water soon.
' Please let it be water! please!.. please let it be the the real sound of river!' he pray in his mind as even speaking is too much of hurt for his dry throat.
Splash~ Shusshss~ Splosh~
As he walking towards the sound that he think is source of water, the sound of water splashing, flowing and sloshing about becoming much clear and clearer.
" Water!" he shouted ignoring the pain on his throat as what he find infornt him delights him so much that for a while his sense of pain become numb.
Infront him, water flowing from clift of mountain that towering so hight that he did not see the peak because it covering in cloud making it beautiful scenery of a waterfall.
Not that Roger care about beauty of the waterfall nor the majestic of the mountain because in his mind there is not even thought of beautiful things only water!
tek-tap-tek-tap~ Roger running towards the waterfall with abandonment, he even throw his walking stick aside as he desperate for water.
Glup~ Glup~ Glup~ Glup~
"Ah.. water Glup~ so Glup~ delicious Glup~ Glup~" he cry out with pleasure while drinking water.
Roger did not even thinking of heating the water to kill the parasite and bacteria first as the thirst clouded his judgment.
"ah.. so full" he say with wide smile on his face while laying on his back and his bulging stomach full of water facing the sky.
"There is no greater delight than for a man that thirst get water to drink and for hungry man get full stomach of food" he quote someone from internet that he forgets who the name is to elevate his happiness while simultaneously to acting like fine gentleman.
"hmm" His stomach full of water and his eyelids become more heavy marked few seconds more before he falls a sleep because of exhaustion from walking inside jungle without stopping.
His guard is down because on the way to find water he did not see any beast nor man just some random species of birds and boar he know not the name.
His eyelids become much heavier as time passed, he prepared to sleep on wet river bank ignoring if he could get sick from laying on cold and moist place.
As he about to fall into sweet slumber that his body much deserves, there is pair of eyes that keep watching him ontop the tree not far from him.
The creatures have giant cat like body with spots all over it body, this creature have been stalking Roger more than 2 hours.
It have patience like saints, waiting for it enemy to really let their guard down and stike with 100% Chance of victory.
As cat like figure waiting patiently, it saw it's prey started to fall asleep, it than let out human like smile signals it happiness as it stomach will get full today.
ZzzZzzZzzZzzZz~
Its prey sound asleep, it begin to jump down from tree silently. With each paw slowly walking forward to minimize any sound its make.
Close and closer it get toward it dinner, it no longer give any attention to other thing but it food.
The skinny teenage only wearing clothes make from animals hide and cover only his bellow shoulder until knee and left the his neck exposed.
For this giant cat like creature, it is like blessing deliver from sky as it make much easier to bite it prey on neck and putting him into eternal slumber.
It mouth getting closer to his neck, it eyes become red, it excitement go through roof. It no longer can hold back, it sage like patient gone it bite with force towards its prey neck.
Bam!
Before its teeth can deflower the white neck, it head was stabbed by bone spear! piercing from side to side, it head become a kebab! Leopard head kebab!
tik~ tik~ tik~
Saliva mixing with blood dripping bit by bit on Roger face, make his sleeping face frown and his eyes lids open.
When he open his eyes he was shocked to find a big leopard open it mouth and almost bite him.
"Holy Shit!!!" He scream and rolling over to the side in order to dodge the leopard.
His heart beats so fast and he is in too much of shocked to realize that the leopard already dead and a bone spear piercing its head.
" huff huff huff" Roger inhaler and exhale loudly after dodging the leopard with speed that he never know he possess.
Roger than look at leopard and realize that it already dead by bone spear through it head, and the one who weild the spear is a middle aged man with muscular body that towering 2.5 meters with animals skin as clothes material.
Looking at how Roger was, he scolded him "You should know better than to sleep in open space like this!"
"You almost die!"