Chapter 2 Attacked by Ants

• After a while, the Bell 412 that they ride has reached their destination. They parachute down and prepare to enter the world's lungs with mood swings. Nick leads the way up ahead. A pair of bright brown eyes swept the place away. Nothing significant, they continued to walk through the kapok and rubber trees and the weeds growing wild under their feet. Turns out the forest wasn't as scary as they thought.
• Almost half the time passed through the region, the community decided to take a short break to recuperate. They found some big, curbbly rock, like it was a good place to lay on. Lutfi, Joe, and Sanskar rest on the rock, while Steve and Gaffin focus on watching orchids that are covered with blue morpho butterflies. As if bewitched, the two of them didn't even blink an eye.
• "It's so amazing!" Says Gaffin. Youvee heard only a quick glance, he was busy gulping down the apple drink under the tree. Nick, Yodas, and Mehmet, their eyes are constantly on patrol.
• "Stop your disgusting hands. Don't you remember your girlfriend at home?" Joe asked, repulsed by the soft, comical touch on the nape.
• "I didn't do anything. Why are you glaring at me?" Lutfi tried to defend himself because he did not accept being accused.
• "Hm ... Sanskar, your jokes are not funny. Do you think I'm crazy?" Back, Joe asked, trying to hold a grudge on the tip of his nose. Sanskar leans over to Joe, then extends his arms. Silent Joe with a confused expression, he felt a tingling pat on the back of his neck.
• "If you didn't do it, then who did?" Joe said in a trembling voice. His face turned as pale as a corpse when he noticed the wrong expressions of his two seated companions. Joe mustered up the courage to look back when he realized that Lutfi and Sanskar were slowly getting up and moving away from him.
• "Argh!" Joe's voice instantly startled a group of birds relaxing in the trees. Something crawled to the ground.
• "Hey!" He quickly hit it using a stick. Nick and everyone else were shocked to quickly help the poor man to his feet.
• "Damn it!" Joe cursed as he stepped on a centipede the size of an adult's toe. The centipede just fainted. Lutfi is not a person who kills animals.
• "Joe, are you okay?" asked Nick.
• "No, I was just in shock." The man wiped the sweat off his temple, trying to neutralize his breathless breath.
• "Nick, we should just keep going!" Yodas suggests, he rubbed his thinly trimmed beard.
• "Yeah, I don't think this place is safe to rest in." Sanskar chimed in.
• "Okay. Stay alert and careful because we do not know what danger is waiting for us." Nick continued on his way, followed by the rest of the crew.
• As night fell, they were still walking with flashlights as illuminators. Nocturnal animal sounds harmonize. The loud sound of birds broke the silence of the forest sky. What an unusual atmosphere. They were still tracing their way through the skin-piercing cold, various small poisonous creatures such as scorpions and king cobras they had passed. They were exhausted, fighting venomous animals without killing was exhausting. Nick calls all the members to stop. They had to stay healthy until they returned to the city. They agreed to build a tent and fill their empty stomachs since entering the forest.
• When they finish eating, they swap stories about each other's characters. They also ridiculed Steve for not having a wife even getting rejected by girls all over South America. Offended, Steve chose to be quiet and put on a sour smile. Only Nick and Mehmet would never say such hurtful words. Steve was well aware of what his flaws were. He's not as rich and handsome as his friends. That's why, at the age of 30, he can't find a mate.
• Besides, he wan't the type to pick girls careless. He has special criteria that have never been found in girls around him. Getting bored and sleepy, they entered the tent. Steve had asked Mehmet to be his bunk mate because he didn't mind, the tall man agreed. The young man holding the prayer beads understood what Steve was feeling. It was not pleasant to be mocked in the community. Mehmet only hopes that they will be better able to keep each other in their senses.
• While everyone is asleep, Nick's outside just in case, just to make sure the place where they live is safe. Engrossed in a bonfire, his sense of hearing suddenly caught a suspicious sound from behind. He got up and walked slowly. There's movement behind these lush bushes. Nick took the wood just in case. Slowly but surely, he parted the swaying grass. And suddenly ....
• Pluk!
• A guava landed perfectly on Nick's handsome face. He wiped his face which had turned pink. A smile appeared when he saw who did it. It turned out to be just a pair of monkeys. The monkeys ran while grumbling. They seem pretty upset with Nick. Couldn't resist throwing stones in Nick's face.
• For a time the owner of the dimple sank into a mind that was either and completely unaware that something was approaching. Nick jingled when suddenly his shoulder was patted from behind. Spontaneously, the wood still in the swing was in the hands of the target.
• "Au! Why did you hit me?" Nick rolled his eyeball while dropping the wood in his hand.
• "Why do you surprise me, Youvee?" Nick answered a question with a question.
• "I want to pee and see you here. Well, I can't take it anymore." Youvee ran forward, then with all the fun to throw something that pressed the bladder. Nick turned around and was going back to his tent. However, suddenly Youvee cried out really loud. Immediately, Nick ran up and asked what had happened.
• "Help me!" The slant-eyed man kept shouting. Nick is glued to ants that are rubbing against Youvee's body. Not only that, the huge black animal is highly toxic and can endanger a person's life if it is not treated quickly. Panicked, Jess' husband took off his jacket and burnt the end.
• After that, it was clamped onto Youvee's body until the ants disappeared. Youvee feels like thousands of needles stabbed, the hot sensation soon spreads until his white skin turns red. Seeing Youvee in pain, Nick rushed to take him to the tent. The young Chinese man kept groaning in pain until it brought out Lutfi--his tent companion.
• "What's wrong with you?" Lutfi checked his eyes several times to see the condition of his roommate's poor body. Right away, Nick is coming to bring a basin of warm water. With his faithfully compressing Youvee's body.
• "Nick, what's wrong with Youvee?" Lutfi urges them with questions.
• "Attacked by a bunch of ants." Nick answered.
• "How come?"
• "Earlier, he pooped under the old tree."
• "Oh, due peeing carelessly." Nick glared, Lutfi's mouth added Youvee's roaring louder.
• "Rest, recover quickly." Nick covered Youvee's body with a cold blanket and then excused himself for rest. Disturbed Lutfi quickly covered his ear holes. How else would he be able to sleep.