You are naked

"You are naked!" Clara Screamed unsure whether it was an actual human or not. She then moved forward to see him clearly. Clara came to know that it was just a boy sleeping in the nude. 

Another thing caught her attention. It was that slimy transparent oil that  drools over his skin. And it looked thick and slippery just as a legendary creature with mucus all over its body. Benjamin lied on the ground panting.

Clara stood there deciding what to do with him. ' He is naked. If I take him to our tent, my father will finally believe that I am pregnant. Staying here with him is also dangerous. He is a boy and nak*d who knows what might happen.'  

'Who knows? Maybe the green beast might attack him too.' Clara couldn't think straight; it must have been her previous encounter with the monster. ' Should I take him to the tent?' She realized that she was almost close to their tent, she even heard her mother speaking. 

She attempted to leave then returned to him again. 

"I have to help him" 

 If she was to do that, then it means she had to help him get up and also help him walk as well.

Not that Clara didn't want to help him, but rather she was concerned about the mess her Help would create. Although her father thought she was a naughty girl and if she was to bring him along then it would mean all that her father had been thinking about her would be true. That she was a bad girl.

Clara stopped after Benjamin's skin glimmered because of the moon's direct rays making Clara wanting to see more of his body. 

Starting from his legs, she then looked at his knees, moving on, her gaze proceeded upwards then straight at his thighs then eventually straight up to his groins…

"Shit" The boy had turned around making her see his butt instead of the front.

"I'll try that again" Clara then went to stand on the other side of the road. Thankfully if it weren't for the leaves, she would have seen Benjamin Reed's *everything… clearly.

Since Clara didn't see what she wanted, she decided to know how his face looked ;He was a very nice looking guy almost at the same age as her, his face had this strong aura that would easily get people's attention but not her. His face was straight and slim however Clara couldn't see the entire face because his amazing brown hair had covered half of his face.

Unsatisfied, she went in to review his whole face. However the moment she touched him suddenly his eyes started flickering, at first Benjamin only saw darkness and as he blinked a few times it got blurry then light. The first first thing he recalled waking up was "Vanessa". He sat up feeling absolutely weak. "Vanessa where am I?'' Benjamin saw the sight of an unfamiliar world.

Clara retraced his step with her checks red staring at his abdomen. "I don't know" 

"Okay" He replied plainly. ' She isn't Vanessa, then who is she?' He wondered.

"I am Clara" Benjamin heard her pronouncing something but didn't care. He was going to forget it anyway after he had found where Vanessa was.

He looked around trying to figure out where he was. His vision told him he was no longer in the ocean but rather in a new environment, a new scenery where only trees and bushes surrounded him.

The cold breeze of the wind blushed in his skin making him realize what he was wearing. Nothing. 

"I'm naked!" He screamed.

Clara was reactant in what to say or not say in situations like this. So she just stood there and didn't say anything.

"I am naked!!" Benjamin stared at the girl in front of him, very nice looking and blonde but he didn't care, he was just having this awkward feeling in his stomach. "Look away!" He told her. Right after she turned around, he quickly covered his privates and stood just almost in front of her with his butt facing her. "You can turn"

"Oh my goodness you are naked" She screamed those phrases again, turning around. ' Why do I keep on seeing his butt?' Clara cursed herself.

She stared closely at him ;The boy appeared to be around her age years old with a lean, muscular build. . He stared back at him with his deep piercing eyes, seeming to see right through Clara. He wore nothing but the sticky liquid covering his skin, giving him a wild, otherworldly vibe. "Get me some clothes!" Benjamin demanded.

Clara awkwardly covered her eyes with her hands "I will try to look for some clothes for you," Clara said, still averting her eyes from him. "Just wait here."

Benjamin watched her while she left, almost looking like someone he had known. 

 Clara on the other side didn't know how she was going to find him some clothes. She had come this close to their tent but she had to lay low and help that creep. She saw Ricky's clothes hanging near the campfire.

"This is stupid" She removed her shoes and started walking slowly towards the tent. She was just about to pass, then a voice from the tent interrupted her. "Stop!" She turned around hoping to not see her father. "Stop, don't eat all of it, it's my pizza"  The voice came out again. 

"Huh" 

Her heart settled down. 

Finally she reached the place where the fire used to burn. She immediately pulled the two clothes, a T-shirt and a pair of shorts. She also spotted a towel. But it was just hanging directly near the tent. 

"This will do for now" She hurried back not wanting any more trouble.

"That was fast," Benjamin whispered but she never heard. 

"Use this to clean off the sticky stuff on your skin," she said, handing him the nasty rag she found on her way. "And put on these clothes."

Benjamin took the clothes and went inside the bushes. The T-shirt was so tight almost revealing some of his stomach. The shorts weren't that bad though so he slipped into them.

Once he was done, he tied some of the rug on his aching leg after that he headed back.

When he reached her, he noticed some bite marks on Clara's neck but decided not to tell her. At least after he finds some answers.

Clara had spotted an abundant tent a few meters away from her father's and was reluctant whether to take him there or not. After all she had done her best. 

Benjamin awkwardly came to stand beside her in a  'what next?' kind of way. 

That was enough to convince Clara of moving with him. 

She took Benjamin in that red abundant  tent. Benjamin began to feel strange whilst they entered. It was as if he had been there before. He oddly looked around the entire tent. It was cozy and warm but something else was troubling him. 

Thousands of questions were in his head needing to be answered. He wanted to ask someone but nobody was around except for the girl right in front of him. And she seemed like she had her own questions to ask looking at the way she kept on staring.  Benjamin wanted to ask her how she was able to find him in the first place But his lips felt heavy every time he tried to talk.

Eventually, he was able to master some courage to utter something. "So?" 

Clara had been sitting there in doubt planning on how she was going to talk to him after that awkward moment. She sat there looking at Him. 'What was he doing in the middle of nowhere, naked and covered in some weird, slimy liquid?' She started cooking up some questions to ask him.

Then all of a sudden Benjamin brought himself in trouble by asking her first. "How did it happen?"

Clara smiled in his heart before answering.

"We came to this jungle for a picnic. It was me, my brother and my parents. They threw me out…." She stopped. 

"Hold on! Why did they throw you out." Benjamin asked, trying to find answers on his own. That way he would be able to grasp the idea about the whole situation and in turn it would help him avoid further questions. Because of the way Clara kept staring at him.

"My little brother played pranks on me and when I reported to my family, none of them believed me and I overreacted then I got sacked…." She went on and explained in detail everything that led her outside the tents. Leaving the event that happened between her and the monster out.

Benjamin was sitting there unsatisfied. ' This doesn't answer my question!' His enquiry didn't go as he had planned. It wasn't long then he came up with a plan. 'She talks to much'

"Why was I naked!" He hurried to ask. ' Maybe she might have known something. This way I don't have to wait until she tells me all her first dating experience' He wanted her to talk about the part that led him naked. So that he would know what to do. There was no way he was going to stay and not find some answers.

She laughed after hearing that "naked" part but looking at the straight face of Benjamin she answered.

" Because I overreacted, my parents punished me by fetching 50 logs of some firewood. Then I witnessed a strange sight up in the skies. It was a creature with green skin with a creepy face jumping from tree to tree.."

Benjamin interrupted. " A green monster?"

" Yes, he had scales as if he came from the ocean. Scales adorned his skin and it was 6 feet tall…." Clara went on to explain it in detail creating a picture in Benjamin Reed's mind. 'This can't be, there's no way The Trigon? There is no way it could come to this place of the jungle. Wasn't that Trigon trapped inside a sword?' Benjamin quickly stopped thinking about it. 

She continued, "He kidnapped me." Benjamin's heart skipped a beat.

"How did you survive?" It escaped his lips before knowing.

" The green monster was about to attack our tent and I was already outside so I screamed and got his attention. Irritated about my interruption, he took me away." Clara then narrated how the beast swept her off her feet to the deep jungle in a show don't tell manner creating pictures in his mind. She also told him how the beast roared in her face as if it was trying to communicate with her. And how the monster almost bit her neck and miraculously fled away without eating her up, not to mention the strange sounds the monster made before dashing through the woods.

She ended her story at how she discovered Benjamin lying there naked.

'She is not thinking I should share my story is she? Benjamin Reeds realized that all her narration answered most of his questions but not all of it. And she was looking at him in a way indicating it was left with him to share his story.

He decided to keep the conversation going "Also what was the first thing I said after I woke up?" Benjamin was just hoping she would say no so that he could ask her more about it but sadly she answered.

"Vanessa. You called me Vanessa. Who is she" 

'Vanessa??" 

Why did that name sound so familiar to him? He wondered about it.

"So?" Said Clara. "How did you end up with that slimy stuff?" Clara asked him the second time .

" I…" He paused. There was nothing he could say. He tried to recall the events but everything was Black in his mind. It was just nothing. 

Clara continued to glare at him. It had been four minutes after she had asked him but he was just sitting there like a jerk without uttering a word.

And that got her angry and at the same time curious. 'What in the world made a teenager like him end up naked in the jungle?' She noticed his good looks. 'Maybe he came to the jungle with his girlfriend and when he was naked with her the other night the green monster Interrupted and he ended up here.' Her mind told her the most idiot of excuses. ' Naa he is just a crazy weirdo' She concluded. All that her brain told her was just silly things. She just needed him to speak.

Thinking about it, she realized that Benjamin had taken the other side of the tent leaving only the bed for her. 'So he is playing gentle' Clara wasn't a fool. She wouldn't just sleep alone with a boy without knowing anything about him. 

'What if he was a pervert just like that monster…. Wait a second, he is not the beast is he?' Clara thought but soon that idea slipped her mind. She had been taken without her will by that green creature and just as she was about to get killed the monster ran away. This can't be a coincidence. She lay there deep in thought until eventually she dozed off.

Benjamin was ecstatic finally after he watched the girl sleep. 

Clara's questioning was very hard for him to answer. She had asked him about how he got there and he had no idea how hard it got for him to answer. 

Wondering about it, Benjamin stayed by the other side of the tent trying to piece everything together. When he got a bit settled he stood up. 'I will not sleep until I can trust her." Before he knew about it he was sleeping already.

******

[ 11: 23… SANDIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT ]

A man with curly brown hair and perfect green hazel eyes was walking from the distance talking on his phone.

[Reporting live from the A****n Jungle Chief. Concerning the strange creature..]

"Okay" He said ”Any progress?" 

[Yes sir, we were able to track the creature to this current position but unfortunately our drone network doesn't work at this part of the jungle so we couldn't trace his every step]

"Okay I will send you reinforcement. Will that do?"

[ Yes sir.]

"Where are you standing right now? Your raider is off"

[ Currently, I  am  standing  near  a campsite  and  I  just  saw  a  very strange  thing. It's a very transparent sticky liquid and it smells like some kind of egg. Do you want me to interrogate the civilians around?]

"Negative, Bring me some samples instead. Remember that :The civilians must know nothing about your presence because it will create panic and fear. And that will only cause the government another special gas. Do you understand." 

[ Yes sir, what do you suggest we do ?]

" Wait for my signal, you will receive reinforcements by tomorrow until then you and your men should find somewhere far away and rest."

The other end couldn't hear his Chief quite well because of the sudden noise at the Police. 

[Chief! Chief! I can't hear you currently]

"I will hang up for now, there is a sudden noise interrupting my voice. Will call you later" He hung up. Then headed to the front desk.

**

Mr Smith had seen an actual siren stabbing a man when he was on his trip. When he got to the city, everybody he had told only laughed at him. He decided to come tell the police.

"So Mr Smith you are telling me you saw an actual Siren stabbing a man on an island called Death shores? The police cackled together with the rest of the police at the desk. "Am sorry, are you high right now?" A female officer asked in disbelief.

"What! No. Of course I am not high, Am telling the truth, I know what I saw and I tell you, I saw an actual Siren stabbing that man." Mr Smith spat.

[  Mr Smith, this  is  a  very serious  issue  you  are  trying  to  raise  here and as far as I'm concerned we don't deal with paranormal activities so just get lost.] The detective dragged him towards the door.

The brown hairy man was just standing there looking at the entire thing unfold.

"I think I know what you are saying" He finally pitched in, Catching everyone's attention.

"What?? you believe me" He turned to the man's direction.

"Yes I believe you, I own the Paranormal Research Labs and I am also the chief for the Secret Advanced Investigation unit. So trust me I do" 

Everybody present at the room was shocked 'It can be, the famous rich scientist, Damian!! He was currently here to remove one of his men named Uria from the cell."

"Sir Damian!!"  The Female officer who mocked Smith seconds ago said excitedly "I am a fan… " 

"Stop!" Sir Damian snapped. 

After that he pretended as if she didn't exist. "This is my card, call me when you get home." He handed him his details before making it outside the door

***

[, 7:30 AM] A****N JUNGLE….

The yellow sun rose over the horizon sending rays of light awakening the jungle slowly and efficiently. Then some of the light rays brightened the tent dragging Clara out of her sleep.

When Clara woke up, the first thing she thought about was: "mom! Dad!" She quickly jumped off the bed. "They  must have been worried sick about me last night."

She  had  to  tell  them  nothing  had happened  to her. She had  received all the chances  yesterday but she sacrificed it all saving that boy. ' Speaking of that boy, where is he?' She looked around but didn't find Benjamin.  He wasn't important at that moment, all she was thinking about was finding her parents.  She would find him later after she had spoken to her parents. 

And that was her only mistake..

Clara rushed outside the tents racing with her small legs. It wasn't far after she reached their tent. 

The camp was eerily silent and for some reason it looked deserted. 'Did they leave?' She then proceeded to find Ricky sleeping in the tent like crazy. Probably he might be dreaming about flying. Clara immediately slapped Ricky, bringing him back from the dream world.

"Gush that hurts, why are you waking me up this early?" Ricky screamed.

Clara gave Ricky a disturbed look before answering. "I can't find mom and dad" 

"What do you mean you can't find mom and dad? They were just here… "He looked around. "Oh"

"Yes dummy, I can't find them. I have searched throughout the campsite but  didn't find them." She was pacing back and forth.

"Maybe they are dead right now,"