The Contingent Love

~~~ JACKSON POV ~~~

My heart racing and my breathe escaping from my lungs forcefully, I kept on running back towards the camp as a ferocious beast was on my tail to extinguish my life. I had no clear view of the face of the beast but I kept on running for my dear life. suddenly on the race I had no sound from the thick forest and no more noise, no trace of the beast. Probably it has lost track of me and after a long chase gave up on me and on having me as his meal. but little did I know that I was in Oblivion. Suddenly I started hearing the sound of the dry leaves rustling and the sound kept coming closer and closer to me. I started walking with my face still facing forward trying to survey what was chasing me but I saw nothing. Unknowingly I hit my leg to a dry log which was laid bare on the foot path of the forest and which caused me to collapse on the floor. As soon as I fell on the ground,I saw a black and mickle beast looking like an animal in the shadows. It was four legged and furry. Suddenly it made a loud cry facing the sky and then it started coming walking towards me and all of a sudden it increased in pace. I Was on the ground trying to get off the floor but it seemed impossible due to the pain that came with my hurting leg. I was crawling backwards and surfing the ground and environment for a weapon to at least defend myself with. Before I knew it the beast was running towards me now more fiercely and it seemed I was juxtaposed with life and death. I managed to stand up from the ground seeing danger coming directly at me. On standing up I started running still limping and i heard the beast coming at me and with a fearful sound it made. I knew it was closer and on turning to see where it was and how far it reaching seeing I was very closer to the camp. On turning I was met when the the beast bounced on me and it's saliva was all over. It got hold of my shirt an tore it to shred, tears dripping down my face and my heart skipping numerous beats I tried fighting back and I was waiting for help hopefully someone among my squad would come to my aid. Now the beast being on top of me gave me the chance to have a clearer and vividly look of it. I thought it was a beast but I was wrong. I can't really comprehend what it is because it's looking like am animal, I thought I was a hyena but no this isn't an hyena. I knew what it was but forgot what it was called. My friends came out of the tent and I saw flashes of Torchlight radiating towards my direction so i knew help was nigh. On seeing that help was close the beast wailed a loud cry and then bit me on my right arm and it ran away leaving me subconscious. My eyes kept rolling and trying to close but I tried to keep it open so I can get help but the pain of the bite was strong and vicious and it seemed some kind of poison came with it....

I think I should take a recap and take a walk back the memory lane so we would know how I got to this point and what brought me to a forest. Or better still i think an introduction would be more relevant at first.

My name is Jackson McDonald and I am eighteen years old and would nineteen in the next ten days. My Dad is a cop and I lost my mom right when I was given birth to. I have no visible clue of how she looks but I just know from pictures I see of her given Me by my Dad. He basically keeps talking about how and how nice a woman she was and that I am just a lot like her. Now I think that's a lot of my biography now back to the scary scene. It is a weekend and I went on camping with my friends just to have a little bit of fun. I went together with my best friends ( Ashley, Hudson and Henry) and Hudson came along with his brother who came along with his girlfriend. Henry on the other hand invites the girl he really liked but was unable to express how he feels about. Oops don't get me wrong I also am really in love with my Cinderella but just like Henry am shy and ashamed of how to tell her. How would she react when I tell her? And stuffs like that clouded my thinking and so I was looking for the right way to create a perfect momentum. Ashley comes along with her friend Kimberly. Aha Kimberly Is actually the girl am really mad about but couldn't approach but planned to talk to her and tell her how I feel but I think that would happen when I turn nineteen cause at this point I have no audacity. Enough of the intro-intro crap and back to the camping.

" So Henry when are you going to tell Clara about your feelings for her. Eish you are such a scaredy pants." I said to Henry who came to my tent telling me about how Clara looked today.

" Huh? You are the least and wrong person to call me a scaredy pants. Anyways I think I am going to tell her how I feel about her tonight no matter what. The worst she could say to me after I tell her is either she says yes to me or tell me she is not interested and I would feel better that way" said Henry who is seeming really serious about really telling Clara about his feeling of love towards. Anyways that would be nice if it really happens today and he doesn't runaway as he usually does at the last minute. I walked up to him and tapped him on his shoulder jovially with a smile on my face.

" That would be nice but I just hope you don't runaway this time like you always do at the last minute scaredy pants." I said and burst into laughter hurting my ribs. He gives me a punch jokingly I must still hurts though.