Dexter becomes the incidental leader of group of rescuers who have found the group of students in the forest. They have found them, but the task ahead of them is still enormous and complicated. Most of the boys are sick, the main group of rescuers, may arrived in a day or two, the supplies they have brought with them is only good for one day. Their food is now gone, including the medicine for the sick, they need a lot of electrolytes, the boys most of them, are dehydrated. They have suffered from a severe starvation, and needs nutritious food, to regain their strength. In their present condition, they cannot even walk for an hour hike, going down the mountain. Something must be done, or else nothing would change. All of them, will become weak, and no one can help them in the forest, except themselves.
“We will look for food, our food supply is now gone” Dexter told them
The occupants of the camp wake up early that day, it is because it is very cold, and they could not help themselves but to tremble in a freezing cold. They boiled water and prepare coffee to warm their bodies. They also add firewood in bonfire near the camp and place themselves around, it is a big help to them. One thing good, all of them, are feeling ok, because they have taken medicine and eat enough food. Little by little those, who are sick are getting better, and all of them, can now stand up, walk and help themselves. If this will continue, they will be able to start hiking down the mountain, and later out of the forest. They are having constant contact with the main group of rescuers, and they will meet up that day, if everything goes well. What they notice something strange, is the absence of Dexter, which nowhere to be found. They wonder, where he has gone, the whole night? Why
The main group of rescuers are twenty person plus the group of Dexter composed of thirteen person, all in all, they are thirty three person, such big group cannot move fast in a thick forest, taking into consideration, they are carrying provision such as food, water, medicine and tents for night camping, they know well, they will remain in the forest for several nights. Their main problem, all their electronic gadget are running low of charge most especially their radio transceiver. Their solar lamp did not take enough charge, for simple reason, that the sun is not shining brightly for at least, eight hours, most of the time, it is raining and there is no sunshine. One of the strange thing that happened, while they are walking down the forest, their compass, becomes wild, and it is not pointing in one single direction. The cellphones are all useless, there is no signal in the forest, they cannot use the GPS system, they can make a call, to the central command, in the entranc
Dexter falls asleep embracing Shayne while she is sobbing, he wakes up with Shayne in the morning still with tears on her eyes. He can feel the suffering of Shayne, he can feel her fears and bitterness. She cannot blame Shayne for her wild fear, that he will leave her again, without any assurance, when he will come back. He himself, does not know, when he will come back, once he is again out of the forest. His mother forbids him, to do so, she believed Shayne is not human being, but she is some sort of mythical creature living in the forest. It is just, by chance, a group of hikers was get lost in the forest, they need the help of him , so, he was able to come back in the forest, not on his own choice and decision, but by mere luck of chance. Dexter pity Shayne very much, she loves her and she care very much for her. For him, Shayne is everything, she is the meaning of his life, she is
The big news hit the local TV station in the place, with the headline “9 FORESTRY STUDENTS AND THEIR PROFESOR, SAVED AFTER 12 DAYS ORDEAL “This news become the celebrated topic even in the nearby place for the whole week. Featured in video news are the group of students who are narrating what they have experienced in those faithful days, their hardship, their challenges, their ordeal, and the person who save them from certain death “Dexter Enriquez” THE PERSON WHO WAS LOST IN FOREST FOR THREE YEARS AND COME BACK ALIVE”. The topic becomes a never-ending series, one after the other, later, it was focus to Dexter, the strange things he has done in the forest witnessed by the students and rescuers alike, they called him in so many names, DEXTER HERO OF THE FOREST, THE MAN WHO TAME WILD ANIMALS, THE MYSTERIOUS MAN IN THE FOREST, DEXTER THE MASTER OF THE FOREST, and lastly THE MAN WHO CHOICES TO STAY IN THE FOREST. The only problem with all these news stories
Dexter learns to live in the ways how Shayne used to live in the forest. Shayne had mastered the law of nature, because she and nature become one and the same all those time. She is the care taker of the forest, because she is connected to it, through invisible umbilical cord that gives her the energy and power deeply rooted from the nature. She is a force from the nature, that gives life in human form, in a way mysterious no man could have ever understand, all this time. “Who is cleaning the house, I have not seen anyone but it is always clean” Dexter asked Shayne. “She is a very dependable person, whom I have trusted well” her short answer. “Is she also the one w
The people in the area near the entrance of the forest, know well the story of Dexter, a hunter who was lost in the forest, proclaim dead, and suddenly appear in good health after three-years, and now after helping a group of hikers chooses to remain and live in the forest. He become the talks of the community nearby, they cannot understand, why such a person, like Dexter, who have a good carrier, and living prosperous life int the city, decided to remain in the forest and live there alone. Why in heaven’s sake, this man left all the comfort and prosperity of the city, where he was born and grew up.However, Dexter, does not totally make himself secluded in the forest. He communicates with the forest rangers through his two-way radio transceiver, he frequently reported to them, the illegal loggers and hunters. He knows well the hunting season, he knows that a permit, must be secured first before any hunter, is allowed to enter the forest and known hunting ground. If he
“Thank you for coming and helping us” one of the survivors told to Dexter. “I feel obliged in helping, when no one else can come for you” he said “Why they did not come, do they not know we need of help?” “They know, you are in need of help, but this place is hard to reach” “But why you have reach us, and you know where we are?” Dexter knows, it is hard to explain, to this people, that he is already in the forest, when the accident happened, and he saw them falling down. He saw them, losing control of the plane, and when it is losing altitude and possibly if Shayne did not help them, th
After the successful rescue mission, Dexter again returns back to Shayne, as he had promised her, he will not leave her anymore. Shayne was very happy in this development; Dexter has proven to her his willingness to keep his promise and his honesty to her. Imagine, for the second time around, Dexter returns to her, even, he got an opportunity to leave and be with his mother and younger sister. Shayne has proven, that Dexter, is a man of his words and can be trusted, she does make any mistake in loving this man. Even when she falls in love with Dexter, she fighting all odds, no one among her kind is in favor of her decision. It is against in the law of a fairy, to love a mortal man. The spiritual world differs the human world in many ways. It would be totally impossible to unite the two worlds, which is made by the Supreme Being in separate ways. Shayne knows this well, but when she falls in love, she put aside everything for the sake of love. It is true to say “Love conquers a
Certain part of the forest area was spared for destruction, for the meantime, when the team of developer leave the area. However, it is not a permanent success, those people, who have able to purchase and titled the forest reserve, will surely try it again, in some other time, in the future. Now the fight for the preservation of this area, rest in the shoulder of the next generation, they should learn how it should be done, for themselves “We should plan for our future; time is running fast” Shayne told Dexter. “I m happy and contented with you I cannot ask for more” Dexter answered “I know, it, but we cannot set aside the truth in between us, I am spirit th
The subdivision developer chief engineer of the forest sends an emissary to Dexter, telling him, his help, is badly needed, begging him to help them, find a way to solve their problem, the forest spirits are intervening their works, and hampered their operation. If they will not able to find ways to solve their problems, they will not meet the deadline, it will mean a big loss to the company. Their CEO cannot allow this to happen, the blame will fall on them, they will force the men working bellow, to do nasty work, to have result, at all cost or else they will lost their jobs. Dexter talks to Shayne and tell her everything, he wants to weigh out everything. “Did you intervene with their works” Dexter asked Shayne. “No, it is some other spirit of my kin
The five Paranormal students come out of the forest with half bake work, they have encountered the unknown but they have not able to have video tapes about what actually happened and transpired inside the forest during faithful night of their observation. All of their equipment are functioning well, but all of them failed to record anything worthy to support their theory, that extra-ordinary things actually happened, that mythical creatures actually exist and it is not just a fictitious characters in the folk tales. But how they can prove it, in the scientific way acceptable to the academic community, where they belong? They should able to cast all doubts and questions about supernatural phenomena, the reason why they come, to this forest reported to have thrive with extra ordinary stories, but they have failed. The old belief and saying that you can’t take pictures or videos with dwarfs, nymph and fairy, seems true based on their own experience. Possibly it is the reason, why
The mystical story about the bouncing ball of fire, the procession of candles by themselves, and the mystical voice in the forest, turn to be a big story in the place, because the ten young men who become the victim of this phenomena, tell this endlessly and it transpired from the word of mouth from one community, to the next community nearby .To make the story, more interesting they add some more things none existent in the original version, they say, the phenomena of bouncing ball of fire can be always seen near the entrance of the forest every first Friday of the month, and if the observer is lucky enough, he can also witness the parade of the candles in the mountain slopes few kilometers inside the forest, after sunset third night after the last quarter. A big news like this, no matter how strange it may be, will not go on, unnoticed by the reporters who are always looking for anything to report. Some news outfit carry this story, in their news reports, reviving th
Joana makes a frequent call to her brother, informing him about the condition of their mother. Dexter is very thankful that Joana is taking good care of their mother. The doctor attending their mother, was also surprised by the fast recovery of his patient, he expects, in normal rate, the old woman would recuperate in a week time, but here it is now, she doing well beyond his expectation, beyond what medically happened in normal phase of medication. “It is good, your mother is recovering fast than normal” the doctor said to Joana. “Thanks God, we will able to go home early” Joana replied. “You can settle down all your remaining bills and by tomorrow, you can go hom
After the hold dupers was apprehended by the authorities, a thorough tactical investigation, was done, and all of it was focused to the lone forest ranger, who flush out them out of the forest, without a single fire of gun. He only used the spirit of the forest and the wild animals to force those hold dupers and gun for hire, out of the forest. Dexter become headline again in the local newspaper, radio and TV, with following title, DEXTER DONE ANOTHER MIRACLE; THE HERMIT FOREST RANGER DEFEATED 5 DANGEROUS MEN; DEXTER FLUSH OUT FIVE WANTED FROM THE FOREST; DEXTER HAD TAME THE SPIRIT OF THE FOREST. All of these again awaken the meticulous minds of people, who are tired of political news, and violent news that had become the everyday topic of all news outfit. Here it comes a different news portraying a heroic deed of a man in extra-ordinary way, no one has done before.The reporters also had interviewed Alice, who gave them rich materials for their news report, she gave th
The LGU and the local police force had discussed the protocols how they are going to address the problem, and catch the lawless men, who had escape in the forest. They agreed to mobilize three teams, each team composed of ten men, to track and run after hold dupers. Their order is plain and simple, catch those men, dead or alive and bring them out in forest to the fold of law. They should practice extra precaution, all of those men, are killers, they are all armed and dangerous. They were violent and kill without remorse.They coordinate with the forest ranger’s office, to sketch the way and terrain of the area, as well the assignment of each team, covering five square kilometers each, and the rapid deployment of reinforcement once an engagement occurred. They have a good plan, in papers, the only problem, most common, the execution of it, in real life.Before they enter the forest, the forest ranger main office, told them, to wait, for the report of their sole r
Half awake, Dexter walks outside the castle of Shayne contemplating whether he now exist in human flesh or in pure spirit, as what his, dream had induced to his mind a while ago. He is still confused of everything. What he is sure, Shayne is spirit appearing before him in human flesh, so that he can see and touch her. That is how mythological creature exist, that is how Shayne exist. However, it does not change his feeling to Shayne, he still loves her, in spite the truth, that are living in different world. He loves Shayne, that is why he needed Shayne in his life, even it is against all odds. “Do you want to go back to your shelter” it is Shayne. “Yes, I need to report, to our head station” his short answer.&n
The construction of the forest ranger shelter started immediately. Dexter is the one who chooses the site for its construction. He consults Shane for the proper place for the construction. She suggests to put it in the upper part of the forest in the top of the hills, overlooking the mountain ranges in both sides. It gives a good view, a good observation in a larger part of the forest “You have a good choice” remark by the chief forest ranger. “Anyone who will stay here will have a great view of the forest” remark by another. “Anyone who will stay here, will become cut-off from the life outside”&n