VANCE'S POVI STOPPED walking for a moment when I felt the beautiful ambiance around at our University. I felt the cool breeze of the evening air. Even though it is summer now the surroundings are cold because of the plants and gigantic trees around. I rolled my eyes around.I was at the far end of the road in the middle of the sports field where the end of that road was the building I was going to. It was dark all around but there were enough street lights for me to see the way to where I was going. The color of the lights added to the beauty of the surroundings.I picked up my cellphone then took pictures of the road and then I put the pictures with the caption, "In these moments when what I see is so beautiful all I think is you... I miss you."Then I walked to the building where I would sleep with Wena's team. I was supposed to be with the documentation team in a building where we would sleep but Wena requested that I come with her where she would sle

VANCE'S POV"WENA! I'm lost!" I shouted into the air, "Wena!"I am still hoping that they are just around and she can hear me."Steven! I'm here!" I hope he noticed I was missing.I shouted and shouted until I got tired and completely lost hope. They were not around and I was completely separated from them.Damn it!I looked at the time on my watch. Four hours have passed but I don’t know if I’m close to the community we should go to or not. I don’t know how many minutes or hours I spent following an indigenous family.I closed my eyes to calm myself down.What should I do now?I remember, before I started moving away from the group earlier I heard we weren’t even halfway there to reach our target community. I mean I'm still far away.  I looked up and looked where I had come from.I have to go back!I looked at the photos I had taken with my camera to have a clue where I had pas

VANCE'S POVI WAS shivering from the cold. I feel like I'm going to get sick.We were able to change our clothes again but we could still get wet because of the splash of water while the light rain falling. We are now sheltered in the large plastic that Steven was carrying.Our bodies were covered by our malong blanket to give us protection from the cold.My eyes fell to our feet. Steven let me wear his shoes even though I didn’t want to.  It's not heavy and it's feels good on the feet. While he was content to be barefoot.With a sigh, I put the light of my flashlight in front of the still strong current of water. From time to time, I looked around to make sure that we didn't have a snake on the boulder where we were.I closed my eyes tightly.Hopefully Steven and I can last longer in this situation. Hopefully our bodies will be able to cope until the water recedes or our rescuers arrive.I took a deep breath.

VANCE'S POVI WAS stunned as I stared at the blazing fire. I am now sitting on the fallen big tree in front of the bonfire.I have also been able to change into new clothes. My eyes fell on my foot wearing slippers. Everything I am wearing now was given to me by the people who saved me earlier."Excuse me," a man approached the bonfire as it reduced the fire there so it wasn't too bright.I noticed the bulge of the gun on his waist. Yes, I am now with the people I have seen with long guns before.I took a deep breath. I couldn’t help but be nervous.  They are the only so -called rebel group here in the province we visited.The man left and a woman came and handed me a mug of coffee. She introduced herself as Yuna."Here, have some coffee first.""Thank you so much," I picked up the mug and I immediately sipped coffee there.I was relieved when I tasted it. My hands felt the heat of the mug as I slowly drank it

VANCE'S POV I GOT up and went to Steven in the kitchen. I smiled when I realized he was making a sandwich for me. "I'm sorry Vance, it's been a while," he motioned for me to sit down at the nearby table. I sat in the high chair and waited while he prepared. I stared at him as he was busy taking care of me. I can’t explain how I feel in the position the two of us are in right now. So much for the picture I dreamed of seeing in the future and now it’s happening. "Can we eat this first?" Steven landed on the plate full of sandwiches. "Later I'll cook a heavy meal for dinner." I tasted it. He did a good job but I made my reaction better so that he would be happy that I liked what he did so much.  I could see he was happy with my reaction. He served me juice and he accompanied me to eat the meal. We ate quietly while just staring as if our eyes were talking. “Thank you Steven,” I said as I read on Steven’s cellphone scr