Why in the world would he go back to the boat? Does he know I am here? As Darnell though this, she panicked and tried to move away from the oarsman. When she looked for a last time, she saw the oarsman dragging a body out of the boat leaving a trail of red liquid. Darnell realized that the men were all dead and she had to leave.
While she tried leaving, she stepped onto a stick which made a loud crack. She hustled to the closest tree and peered around the side of it. She saw the oarsman with a pistol. Her breathing became heavy and her heart began to pound. Thump-thump, thump-thump. Thump-thump, thump-thump. Darnell did not move a muscle as she started to think of a plan to escape the oarsman. Minutes later, she heard the footsteps of the oarsman coming closer to her as she conceived a plan. The plan was to attack the oarsman with a large stick when he was not looking. She started …show more content…
Afraid of what it could be, she stopped once in awhile debating if she should go any closer to it. Once she convinced herself that the pile was not scary, she headed over to the strange pile attentively, listening for the footsteps of the oarsman. Once she was about four meters away from the smelly pile, she panicked. There were bones, animals, and dead men all in a bloody pile. In fear, she took a step backwards onto a stick. Oh, no! I need to hide, Darnell thought as she ran around the pile. Her eyes moved down as she looked at her hands. They were shaking fiercely when she saw a human head. She screamed as she covered her mouth, knowing what she had done. She fell silent as she listened for the footsteps of the oarsman. In the distance, she heard a faint but painful screech. She nervously glanced around the pile of dead humans and animals. She look around but saw nothing, so she scurried away from the pile. When running away from the pile, she heard a man yelling, “Help! Please!