Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Page #3

I just lost my damn boat!

You'll lose your pay

if you don't get us out.

You said you'd get us there safely.

You should've turned around.

That's enough!

There's nothing

we can do about that now.

It's a waste of energy.

What have we got?

Some specimen jars,

a map, a little water, no food.

Hard drive's ruined.

Well, pretty much

all the equipment's shot.

Except one of the SAT phones

still works. It's on-line.

Thank God, we can call the police.

Police. The nearest river patrol

is back in Padrang.

The only way to get to us

is over that.

Are you saying we're stuck here?

Maybe not.

We're here.

The valley's completely flooded.

But I got a friend who operates

a boat on the Tokut River.

I can give him a call, and he can

meet us here at Naga Rock.

How far is that?

I don't know.

A two-day hike down the river.

But if we bushwhack,

we cut at least a day off the trek.

Oh, my God.

You wanna go through that?

It's the shortest way.

We could be safely in the Tokut

by nightfall.

So we can continue

with the expedition.

- Yeah. I'll get you to the flower.

- I don't care about that flower...

...just get us to safety.

- It's the same thing.

We can either be on my buddy's boat

in 10 hours, or we can sit here...

...and wait for the river patrol

for days.

Your friend. Is he reliable?

Absolutely.

You better not screw me on this.

Sounds like you're already

screwed, mate.

Pay you two grand.

I need you on this one, John.

Yes, yes, so it seems.

Look, Billy, I'd love to help you out,

but I'm flat out, mate, you know.

Probably squeeze you in for,

say, 5 grand?

You're killing me.

That's mates rates.

Or you could always...

...hike back to Padrang

if you wanna save bucks.

- Up to you, pal.

- Fine. Five.

- Yes!

- But you better be there.

Otherwise, I'll tell your wife

about that little trip to Bangkok.

Wife's long gone, Billy.

Long gone, mate.

All right, people, we're on.

Saddle up.

Stay together. This jungle is all green

all the time, and you will get lost.

It's like doing a StairMaster

in a sauna.

Yeah. I might die of a heat stroke,

but I'll have a nice tight ass.

That's the spirit, Cole.

- You want me to grab that?

- Is that a trick question?

Here, man.

Right between Spike and Woody.

Right between Spike and Woody.

You okay, Sam?

I'm fine.

See, a crisis separates

the real men from the pretenders.

Yeah. Can see that.

What, that?

That's nothing.

I tricked him into taking my bag.

Hey. Mind if I give it a try?

Knock yourself out.

Hey.

I'm sorry about your boat.

Yeah, well...

...it was a piece of sh*t anyway.

Can we go around?

Yeah, we could.

But we'd lose another day.

Let's go.

Sh*t.

Hey. Knock it off.

- Sh*t! What was that?

- What was what?

- Something just moved.

- Please don't say that.

I'm serious. Something moved.

"Something just moved"

as in something's alive?

Sh*t! There it is again.

There's something in here!

There's probably

a million things in here.

He's right. Just keep moving.

Stop it.

I swear to God, if you don't stop it...

Very funny.

Ben?

- Where'd he go?

- Sh*t!

Help me!

Run!

- What the hell was that thing?!

- Anaconda.

- Oh, great!

- There's snakes out here that big?

- Yes, but...

- But what? It swallowed him whole!

Calm down and listen for a second.

I can explain...

No, you calm down and listen!

Ben was eaten by a freaking snake.

- Okay? A freaking snake!

- Cole.

- Oh, God. Oh, my God. I mean...

- Cole.

Oh, my God, did you see that thing?

We don't got a chance against that!

I mean, Mitchell. Mitchell.

Listen to me, man.

I watch the Discovery Channel.

I'm telling you, we got no chance!

We're like mice in an aquarium.

You understand?

I mean, we're gonna die, girl.

We're gonna die!

Cole, calm down. Okay?

- Okay?

- All right, Jack, I'm okay.

Okay. I'll just...

I'm gonna...

I'm gonna sit right here.

I'm sorry. Sorry.

Listen. Anacondas are territorial.

A snake that size

will hunt a huge area.

There won't be another one

for miles.

We gotta get to the boat.

It's not that far.

So if we keep moving

and stick together...

...we should be fine.

- We should be?!

How big do they get?

That was the biggest one I've ever

seen by far. A freak of nature.

The odds of running into another

that size are astronomical.

Yeah, but how do we know

the one that got Ben...

...is not gonna come after us?

It takes them weeks to digest.

Meal like that,

he'll be sleeping it off for a while.

Let's just get to that boat

and get home.

What about the orchid?

You've gotta be kidding me.

It won't bloom

for another seven years.

- This expedition is over, Jack.

- Now, hold on a second, Gail.

- There's a lot of money at stake here.

- I don't care. Ben is dead!

We have lost someone.

As Wexell-Hall's representative,

I am calling this expedition off.

- You don't have the authority.

- Check your contract.

We're in the middle of the jungle.

At this point, your authority

is what we say it is.

Jack, I'm with her.

I gotta get the hell out of here, man.

Look. Ben was my friend, okay?

I got him into this, and no one

feels worse about it than I do.

I don't wanna do

anything stupid.

I just wanna accomplish

what we came here for.

If we turn back now,

Ben's death would be for nothing.

Let's just get back to the boat.

We can regroup

and make our decision then.

Fine.

Jack.

- Maybe Gail's right.

- She's just scared.

Once we get back to the boat,

she'll be okay.

When we get back to the boat,

this expedition is over.

I'm taking these people to safety.

Hey, hey, hey. We had a deal.

Keep your money, doc.

Someone is dead.

We're officially in over our heads.

You said we wouldn't

run into another one of them.

And we probably won't,

but I can't guarantee it.

So I'll get you to the boat...

...and after that we're done.

Well, that answers it.

That answers nothing. I'll just throw

more money at him at the boat.

If he doesn't take it,

I'll offer his friend the same deal.

- Jack. Maybe we should listen...

- lf we don't get to that orchid now...

...all of our work

will have been for nothing.

I need your support, okay? You have

as much riding on this as I do.

Don't let me down.

I saw this special on Animal Planet.

Anacondas are vicious.

They hunt for sport.

Don't even need to see you.

Just use their tongues

to sense body heat...

Shut the hell up.

I knew this guy who knew this guy

who shot documentaries.

He went to the Amazon with this crew,

and they were all eaten by snakes.

Come on, you knew a guy who

knew a guy, that's an urban myth.

I'm sorry about Ben.

I never should've stayed

on the Mendranang.

What do you mean?

Well, I figured he didn't tell the others,

but I thought you knew.

Knew what?

Byron offered me an extra 50 grand

to stay on the river.

I told him it might get rough,

but he wanted to risk it.

Hey. Don't blame him.

It was my call.

I took the money.

I thought I could get us through.

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