Only Ones Who Know

iii.

THE JUNGLE.

The first thing [Name] felt is her heart somehow dropping to her stomach. The wind is so loud and is harshly slapping her across her face, with her mouth open as a scream echoed out in the open.

She's falling.

Oh God, she's falling down, and fast.

"Help!"

She thought she's dead--slammed across the ground like a pancake. But within a heartbeat, her feet is planted firmly on the ground, and the ground almost broke at the sheer impact. For some reason, she didn't sway nor fall on her ass, and instead she landed in an almost crouched position with her legs bent and her hands held out in front of her in steadying manner.

Panting heavily, her eyes slowly roamed the new environment, the unfamiliarity and heat clinging unto her skin and core like a snake. There was so much green, so much insects and strange noises she does not even want to know what.

"What...the...fu--"

"Ahh!" A familiar scream echoed just above her, and [Name] watched confused as something akin to the size of an ant started getting bigger from across the sky.

Is that...?

"EL!" She screamed along with the falling girl as El fell on a large leaf, bouncing off into the ground with her hands shielding her face.

"El!" She stumbled towards the fallen and panting girl, who remained unmoving on the ground. The ground was somewhat wet, and there were things crawling along the ground that she definitely did not want anywhere near her.

"[Name]...?" El's raspy voice reached her ears, and [Name] released a light and shocked laugh as she helped the girl up.

"Oh my God...I thought you were dead!" The two chorused, before pulling each other into a relieved embrace. The two immediately pulled away though as they heard two pairs of screams and screeching coming from the sky. El and [Name] watched as the tiny forms of Will and Dustin started getting bigger, until Dustin got caught in a branch whilst Will continued falling in front of them.

"Mother of God!"

"Will!"

"Dustin!"

The two headed towards Will, who is loudly panting as he tried to slap away the little branches that clung on his clothes and hair. They could hear him gagging as he frantically cleaned himself off of insects and dirt.

When El figured that he's fine, she glanced up at Dustin, who is still hanging and frantically screeching, "help me!" His body is swaying side to side as he flailed his arms around, causing the branch he's hanging from to creak, with pieces of it snapping in half.

"I'll catch you!" El shouted, putting her arms up with a smile, but Dustin screamed louder.

"Absolutely not!"

[Name] meanwhile is helping Will pick off the leaves and sticks stuck in his clothes and hair. Her eyes almost popped out of their sockets upon seeing Will's different clothing, "what the--"

With all the ruckus, the four didn't notice Mike and Lucas screaming as they too realized they're falling. The only difference is that they managed to grab ahold of each other mid-air, and are still struggling to grasp each other's arm so they won't fly off.

By mere coincidence, Dustin fell the same time that Lucas and Mike did, and somehow also in the same manner. Dustin fell on El, who released a grunt while Mike fell on Lucas, who screamed in pain.