Book+6

The warmth of the desert was to much to bare. Odysseus awoke from his deep sleep. He sat up holding his head and asked himself, "Where am i?" He looked around to see only desert and cacti. He realized that he was in some extreme heat and knew that he was becoming weaker and weaker with the sun beating down on him. He needed water and shade, fast. Odysseus knew he had to act quickly. He thought back to his favorite episode of Man Vs Wild and remembered how Bear Grylls used the cactus' main water supply to drink. After planning what he was about to do, he went into action, not moving to fast so that he could conserve energy. He walked over to the biggest cactus he could find. He took out his pocket knife and like he was doing a major surgury, he carefully cut open the cactus. As the water began to seep out he caught it with his hands and drank and rinsed his face and hands off with it. After getting hydrated he started his long search for any means of civilization. After what seemed like hours of searching, he came to a small stream. Odysseus had a little water and proceeded to follow the source of water knowing that it would take him somewhere with food, shelter, and maybe people. He soon felt a small breeze and looked up into the sky. the sun was fading fast and there was no sign of anything that could help him so he decided to stay the night. Not far from the stream was a small shrub. He figured it would give him at least a little protection, for he didn't know where he was or what was to come lingering out at night. All went well through the long cold night. He once again woke up to the hot air and started walking. After a short while he saw a rainforest in the distance. Excited, he ran to the forestation as fast as he could and jumped into the first pond he came to. he soon would find out what a scary place the rainforest could be. Odysseus began exploring the huge place and found a small cave that he thought would be a prime spot to set up a small camp. He soon starrted a new fire and was sound asleep in a matter of minutes. Odysseus had weird dreams that night. He dreamed of what was happening to his squad, he dreamt about how his family was and how he was going to get home. Suddenly he awoke ina fright to sounds just outside the cave. He put his shoes on and investigated. Outside of the cave he was startled by a small child that looked about 12. Odysseus said, "Do you know where a town is?" The boy didnt answer so Odysseus repeated himself. "Excuse me young man, do you know where the nearest town is?" The boy looked at him and replied, "My name is Quinton, mate, whats yours?" Odysseus gave the boy a confused look and slowly answered, "I'm Odysseus, where are we and wheres the nearest town?" ** "Were in Australia mate," Quinton said. Odysseus sat down on a fallen tree and said, "Can you take me to the nearest town, Quinton?" The boy had a very intense look on his face and sad quietly, "Dont move and dont make a sound." Just as Odysseus was about to ask why, a giant dingo jumped out from the shadows behind him! Quinton quickly dove on the savage beast and pulled out his knife and wounded the dog. As Odysseus watched in amazement, he heard Quinton say, "Are you just going to stand there, or are you going to get this thing off me?" Odysseus then jumped up and kicked the beast off of Quinton and it limped into the forest. Quinton stood up, brushing himself off and said, "Thanks mate." Finally, they started walking to Quintons town. On the way to the town Quinton asked Odysseus about a squad of soldiers in another country. Odysseus asked for more info and then said he had to get there. After a long sleepless nightin his town, Quinton led Odysseus to the Main city and like a ninja, Odysseus got onto the next plane out. He was hiding in the baggage area for most of the flight when suddenly he heard some comotion above him. There was a hijacker on the plane! All of the sudden he felt woozy and smelled a rancid smel and was instantly knocked out. He had no idea what was in store for him.
 * LOST IN THE OUTBACK- TRAVELING TO THE RAINFOREST- GET SOME HEP FROM A BOY- GETS CLUES TO WHERE HIS SQUAD IS