The journey

Episode 3

• Rose watched as the bus sped past various cars. Trees look like they were moving with the bus. She inhale sharply saying to herself “ this journey is going to be a great one but don’t know why my mind is unsettled. Mr Court adjustment himself as he buried himself into the book in his hands. The other students were busy chatting. Rose watched as Jeff played with the rest of her friends,She did not want to join in the chatting,she knew Jeff will pick on her. She wonder why she was so unlucky when it comes to love. She remember the first guy she dated,how she did not know the guy dated her on a bet he had with his friends,after he had prove to his friends he can date the most intelligent in school, He broke up with her.Jeff looked up and saw the welcome sign ” welcome to the Dark “. He motioned to his friends to see,they all looked up trying to grab the name..why is this place called the Dark? Linda asked. It is called the dark because of its beauty. Long ago,Nobody know this land exist and nobody know about the people who stays there. Some scientist discovers this place and name it Dark,which means undeveloped, raw and the rest. That is why I brought you here to see the raw picture of nature, the hills,mountains,valley,waterfall and the rest. You will enjoy your stay,I promise..Mr Court smiled to himself.. This really sound interesting.. Jeff chipped in .They got to a part leading to the Dark..is anyone GPS still working? It looked like I lost the signal. Mr court asked the students. They all checked their phones and notice no signal. Mary answered I have no connection. All the other students also complained about it..look I think that man over there looks like a watchman, let ask him the road since all our phones have no connection.. Austin suggested.
• Sound like a good idea Mr Court asked the driver to move closer to the man,as they moved closer they notice the apparel of the man and how strange he looked,the mark on his face and the fierce look he gave.
• Hello,we are going into the village .we lost our signal and don’t know the way.
• The man looked at them surprised written all over him. He looked at Mr court and smiled. The road to the Dark not far,just take the right and move straight up you will see the land..Mr court looked at the driver confused.
• Thanks so much and do have a lovely day. The driver ignite the machine and they moved towards the direction given by the strange man.
• Sir! Don’t you think something is not right about the man.
• Rose has started again with her suspicious mindset,the man is probably surprised to see strangers .
• Yes you could be right. Mr Court commended Frank.
• Ten minutes into the journey. They heard a loud bang and the vehicle came to a stop. what was that? Mr court asked .I don’t know let me go check. The driver came out of the vehicle to see what was wrong. I think we have a big problem here right now! Everyone came down from the vehicle to see what was wrong. They saw the the two front tires out from the body of the vehicle. This couldn’t have happened. This vehicle was in good condition when we left for this journey,I even went to the mechanic..The driver explained to Mr court.
• What do we do now? we only have one spare tire.
• Let me walk back to that man that gave us the direction , maybe he knows who can fix this. The driver suggested.
• Are you sure you can locate the man.
• Yes I can, the road is straight forward and easy to walk
• Alright don’t be late, it is almost evening. The driver went into the vehicle,picked his phone and went in search of the stranger.
• Everyone please move into the bus, let wait for the driver.