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=Odysseus lost in Thailand-Pursued by Iraq soldiers-Meets a fisherman-Odysseus escapes on a boat. =

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 Odysseus slowly going deeper into water could not force himself to swim. He opens his eyes only to see the light get farther away he looks down not seeing an end to the dark abyss. He sees the fish scattering away from the explosion. The seas push Odysseus away from the fire as he come closer to death. Almost running out of breath his eyes slowly close. He sees his home and his family standing outside. =====

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 Odysseus wakes up only to find himself in a bed. Coughing he still had the taste of the salty water. Trying to remember what had happened he recalls drowning. Thinking he was dead someone must have saved him. He looks around he only sees a used candle on a table next to the bed. Trying to get up he feels the pain from his bruised and tired muscles. He feels the sharp pain from his left side. He was cut from the debris and as the pain get stronger Odysseus lays back down on his bed. Trying to calm himself e closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. When the pain stopped he decides to inspect the cut while laying down. He reaches behind his back to feel there was a bandage on the cut. Someone must have been near the debris to have had been able to help him. Still in bed he looks around to see that it was raining outside. He apparently was in a cottage, looking around again he sees a map. The map had a different text that Odysseus could not read it was a local map that had the cottage circled. He was near the sea and looking next to the map he sees a world map. Who ever saved Odysseus knew that he was not from the country. Laying in bed he starts to think of a way to leave as soon as possible so he can return home. Trying to find an airport he was not able to find it becuase he was exasted and tired. Wondering if he would be able to meet the stranger he tries to rest for tomorrow he would have to leave because he has no time to lose. Thinking of his family made him feel lonely since he was too far away and unable to even contact them. Trying to fall asleep he manages to get some rest. Waking up from nightmares of his family he eventually falls into a deep sleep. =====

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 Morning comes and Odysseus gets up. Like a dog waking up with a tremendous amount of energy as its about to play, even so does Odysseus get up feeling a burst of energy. His cuts healed completely he no longer feels pain as he moves. Odysseus rises from the bed and takes a closer look at the map. He was in a coastal region near the south of what appeared to be Thailand. Coming out of the cottage Odysseus is blinded by the shining sun. He was planning on leaving the cottage with a note to his savior saying thank you even though he may not know English. Heading away from the coast he finds a city. Looking around he finds some obvious tourist and follows them to their hotel. He knew that if they talked English they must know where to find at least a map in English. Going into the hotel he sees advertises in English that had maps. Having nothing other than maps Odysseus had to find some way of earning money to leave on an airplane or at least a boat. Odysseus wanders around the town, while at the same time some Iraq soldiers who had just arrived looking for the escaped Odysseus, they pursue him watching him from the shadows. There were two of them. Both having no past they were raised to be hunters and trained in both long range and close range combat. They watched Odysseus and split up. One of the soldiers goes to the rooftop of a building taking out a sniper rifle to kill Odysseus in case his partner was unable to kill him. =====

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The other soldier is told by his partner to wait behind a building to attack Odysseus. Taking out his knife, Odysseus draws closer. Getting ready the sniper sees Odysseus and gets ready to fire. Odysseus sees the shadow of a man and becomes cautious as he passes by quickly as he sees the soldier moving to attack he knocks the weapon out of his hand and punches him on the floor the soldier smiles and a sniper is fired, but as Odysseus looks for the sound he sees it was being aimed upward and the sniper falls down the building crashing on the concrete below. Not paying attention the other soldier starts to choke Odysseus. Dragging him away the soldier pulls out a gun. Before he could aim it at his head he is shot in the leg by the man who threw the sniper of the building. Odysseus takes the gun from the soldier and kills him with a shot before he could strike back. Trying to catch his breath he meets the person who had saved him twice. He was a fisherman of middle age who had learned some English and had been near the explosion when Odysseus was drowning. =====

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Odysseus told him of his journey back at the cottage. The fisherman gathered some food and allowed him to take his boat. Having just met him Odysseus was thankful. Before leaving the fisherman told him to watch out for monsoons because they were strong enough to sink the ship and he would not be there to help. Not knowing where he would end up Odysseus knew he could not stay for they had followed him this far. He hoped he would lose them by leaving as soon as possible. Setting out to see the fisherman gave him a compass, along with some food. Odysseus had brought himself the gun from the soldier, the map, and some money he had taken from the soldier in case he would need to use it. Heading into the see Odysseus sees the clouds ahead dark and dangerous. He could not stay in Thailand any longer because of his encounter with the soldiers. Having left Thailand he uses a spyglass he found on the ship to see how far he was from Thailand. Looking closely he sees smoke coming from the cottage and he fears that more soldiers have arrived looking for him. He remembers how the fisherman freely let him have the ship and wonders if he may have used himself as bait to lure them away from Odysseus. Far from Thailand the storm pushes him in all directions leaving Odysseus lost again. ===== 