Arnold POV
The jungle's heat was intolerable and the mosquitos alone didn't make the walk any easier, but I knew I couldn't slow down. She depended on me to get there on time. My mother's words kept repeating in my head over and over again. She's in danger....you must go to her now...You are Yeh cocone den...and the fire is now within you. The historian lady mentioned the warrior was Yen cocone den and it meant....the son of fire. But what did my mother meant when she said...the fire is now within you.

Jones was walking fast ahead of me cutting off the large plats that stood in our way. I couldn't help to think if perhaps Jones knew something about the son of fire legend or about the eye of the forest... should I ask him? Could he be trusted?

"Umm..Jones, do you speak or understand dialect language?" I asked.

Jones was quiet, for a minute I thought he didn't heard me. As I was about to ask him again he spoke. "What do you need to know exactly?"

"What do you know about Yeh cocone den?" I asked.

"Mmm...where did you heard that name?" He asked as he continued cutting the plants in our path.

"So you know it's a name?" I told him, apparently he knows the meaning.

"Look Philip, if you want me to help you with your questions, you need to just come out and say the truth or I won't help you. Now where did you heard that name?"

Should I tell him about the vision I had with my mother, no, that's too personal... "Someone once told me about it and I was wondering what you knew about the subject?"

Jones was silent again, I didn't know if he was thinking or if he just didn't know...then he said.
"The legend says, Yeh cocone den was a warrior who gave his life for his people the green-eyes and the all seeing eagle was his spiritual guide."

I was quiet pondering about what he had said.
"How much exactly do you know about the legend?" I asked

"Only what I heard over the years. Apparently, the son of fire will be born again and will  be guided by the great spiritual eagle to return the peace and prosperity once lost to the green-eyes lands."

"In that case, you must know about the eye of the forest" I asked intrigued.

Jones stopped walking and stared at me with a serious look. Even with his old dirty glasses, I could still see the seriousness in his eyes.

"Yes....I know about it. Now you tell me, how come you know the forest so well, ugh, if you never been here before? And how is it possible for you to know your friends location?"

I felt like I owe him the truth. After all, he did help me regain my strength and in a way save my life. He mention he saw the eagle next to me when he found me....maybe he saw a lot more and his not telling me about it.

"It's complicated for me to tell you how I know the forest but..."

Jones continued walking looking straight forward and said. "You have the trapiche rock."

My eyes widened in shock, he definitely knew more about my situation...how much more did he knew?  "What!? Why do you think...."

"Look Philip is obvious, my tiring eyes don't lie and what I saw yesterday when I found you...said it all and....oooh.." Jones felt on an ant pile. "shoot...no,no,no!" he was brushing off the ants from his clothes.

Arnold laughed... "Are you okay there Jones?"

"I could be better....let's keep on going."

"So...you know...who I am?" maybe he knew I was the chosen one and that I had the eye of the forest.

Jones used an old rag to wipe the sweat of his face. "Like you said....You're not a kid." replied Jones smiling. His answers left me with only more questions, I wanted to seat back with him and just ask and ask....Every-time he spoke he left me wondering, who was he really.

"You know how to use the whip?" Jones ask me.

"Ugh....I guess so I never gave it much thought, I just started using it."

"Are you good at it?" He asked with smirked

"I think so, it's working well for me so far."

"You know that's an old vintage whip right there, I haven't seen a whip like that in a long time."

"You know how to use a whip?" I Asked

"No, I had a friend that knew how to use it. How come you own one?"

"Mmm...it was my father's. I wanted to have something of his and it just grew on me, I guess."

"It grew on you? Well it fits you... Now which way?" Jones Asked

At that moment I felt a very strong connection to Helga, I could feel time running out.
I looked up at the sky and saw the eagle following me, I didn't know if Jones had noticed it or if he could even see it, but at that moment I concentrated on one thing, to find them.

"Jones we have to hurry! This way, there's not enough time!" *

The strong winds were picking up as Arnold and Jones continue to run up a hill fighting against the strong winds that kept punching them back. He felt exhausted but he knew he couldn't stop running, he had to find them fast.

Helga POV
I could see the terror is Jorge's eyes as he yelled. "Helga ran! Don't worry about me!"
I couldn't just get away knowing he was going to be killed, besides if something should happen to Jorge I would be left completely alone in a foreign jungle, what would happen to me then? My heart screamed for my beloved as I felt someone searching me, feeling his hands on me twisted my insides in anger and repulsed. I wanted to fight to defend myself like my dearest lover taught me, but it was pointless with a gun being pointed at Jorge's head, it was over. My lips whispered his name one more time, before my eyes shut in despair. *

The call from up in the sky was high and piercing, everyone look up scare to see what it was.

Suddenly, out of nowhere a large grey eagle rapidly descendent on the man's head and began attacking him with it's large talons. AAAAAH!!! GET IT OFF!!" Cried the man in pain releasing Helga from his grip.

Distracted by the scene, the man who was pointing the gun to Jorge's head, felt a strong whip lashed to his hand "AAAH! !" in a split second it snatched the weapon away from his fingers. The man looked back to see who it was, to find a foot coming straight at him. Boom!!! Knocking him out cold.

When the others saw the eagle attacking, they run terrified screaming. "IT'S THE GREEN-EYE CURSED!!!"

The eagle flew up releasing the man with deep scratches on his back and head. As the man stood up disoriented Arnold punched him in the face and said "That's for touching her!!" The man fell flat on the ground.

"ARNOLD!!" Yelled Helga with tears in her eyes as she run towards him and jumped on his body wrapping her arms around his neck pressing her yearning lips in his. He wrapped his arms on her waist and lifted her body up, pressing her even tighter against him. The soft warmth of each other's mouth, heated their hearts and melted the fear away.

Jones finally arrived drain from the rushed, to find Arnold kissing Helga endlessly.
"Hmm...what did I miss?" Asked Jones feeling awkward for what he was witnessing.

"You miss a lot...hi, by the way I'm Jorge."
Said Jorge as he extended his healthy arm to shake his hand.

"Jones" he responded introducing himself "Let me take a look at your arm Jorge, what happen?"

He asked seeing the injury Jorge had on his left arm.

"It was a bullet, we were being pursued by La Sombra man and I was hit in the arm, it hurts like hell."

"You say La Sombra man did this?" Jones took a good look at the wound "Tuviste suerte muchacho, it's only a scratch."

Jorge sighed "Really, it felt like it went deep inside the bone and you speak Spanish!?"

"Si and stop complaining, the scratch is not that deep, you just need to wash it off and apply a medicated herb paste and you'll be fine."

"Es usted un Doctor?" Jorge asked.

"Why do you think I'm a Doctor...just because I know about superficial wounds!"

"I was just wondering...you don't look like from San Lorenzo." Jorge implied.

"I'm not!...Thank God!" Said Jones as he was walking towards Arnold.

"Oh...okkaaay." Jorge stood there confuse by what Jones had said.

"I don't want to impose, but we better move." Jones told Arnold. "I'm Jones...you're very lucky to be alive young lady, for a minute I thought your boyfriend had fantasize about you."

Jorge heard some man talking from afar.
"I think more men are coming!"

"This way!!" Said Arnold as he grabbed Helga's hand.

La sombra man where catching up to them,
Arnold, Helga, Jorge and Jones continued to ran up the hill, over rocks and slippery vegetation. "I need air...I feel dizzy!" Said Helga gasping for oxygen, dragging her tiring feet on the ground  as she was trying to breathe the hot humid air.

"We can't stop Helga! You need to be strong, just a bit further!" Said Arnold holding her hand tight.

Reaching almost the other side of the hill they jumped over a large log, stepping on unsteady soil, in an instant the ground loosen causing them to slide down a muddy cliff a couple of feet below...

AAAAAAAAAH!!!!! They screamed.

Jorge and Jones slipped right after them, sliding fast on the mud behind them. As soon as Arnold and Helga landed underneath some palm bushes. He saw Jones and Jorge coming down fast, he swiftly climbed on top of Helga protecting her body from the impact.

HUUUUUUUFFF!!!!!!!!! Jorge and Jones slammed against Arnold's body, landing almost on top of them.

"Arnold are you okay?" Asked Helga seeing Arnold trying to breathe on top of her.

"I'm fine love....this reminded me why I didn't chose football in middle school."

"You shouldn't have done that Football Head, I can take a hit you know."

"Shhhhhh....stay low and quiet they're coming." Jones whispered.

La sombra man scouted the area, on top of the cliff searching for them.
"I think they went that way!" Said one of the them.

"We shouldn't have scarer when we saw the eagle pendejos, the boss won't be happy ....now we lost them." Said another.

"Shut up!!! I know they went this way, I shot one of them, so they shouldn't be far!"

The five man ran in an opposite direction continuing their search. Arnold, Helga, Jorge and Jones manage to slip out of that area undetected.

Jones looked at them and said "I know a safe place with water to wash off and rest, we have to hurry to get there fast before someone sees us and don't make any noise."

Tired and thirsty, they continued to walk as much as they could, in till they reached a small waterhole surrounded by rocks, palms and exotic flowers with a beautiful small cascade.

Jorge and Jones went to wash off the mud from their clothing while Helga sat by the waterhole's edge trying to catch her breath. Arnold saw her a little pale and sat next to her.

"How are you feeling Helga?"

"I'm fine Football head just dizzy and a bit nauseous from the hot humidity."

"You're Nauseous!?" Asked Arnold alarmed.

"Yeah sooo..." Helga raised her eyebrow directing a serious stared at Arnold.

He scratched the back of his neck sliding closer to her and whispered "About that Hmm...how, have you been feeling with, you know..."

"Arnold don't worry about that...I already told you, besides there's no way I could be preggg.... well that word, I feel fine." She responded with a soft smile on her face. "What I want to know is what happen to you? I been worried sick, I couldn't think clearly just imagining I had lost you in the river forever." Her eyes began to water "I was about to..."

Arnold pressed his lips on hers while touching her chin softly and said "Try not to think about that...I survived and that's all that matters. How did you made it out of the river?"

"Jorge saved my life...I don't know exactly how he found me, the last thing I remember was seeing you drowned...I tried to swim up to you but the currents kept pulling me away....I was smashed against some rocks and I think I passed out. Next thing I remembered I was hearing your voice saying, Don't give up and that you loved me...that's when I felt your kiss and...."

Jorge walked up to Arnold "Hey Arnold thank you for saving my life back there."

Arnold stood up "No thank you, for saving Helga....I'm very grateful for everything you did for her...you're a true friend." Said Arnold placing his hand on his shoulder.

"I just did what was right...How do you know I saved her?"

"Helga just told me and... I was also able to see you in a vision I had, that's how I was able to found you and Helga."

"Really you saw me....then you probably know I had to do CPR on her...she wasn't breathing when I found her and....for some reason....I don't know....I mean, I can see why she would...."

Helga quickly stood up. "Yes thank you Jorge for everything you did for me." Said Helga staring in to his eyes. "How's your arm?" She asked.

Jorge smiled shyly at Helga "Jones said it was just a scratch, that it wasn't deep...I just need light treatment and I should be okay."

"He does know about herb remedies?" Said Arnold.

"For a moment I thought he was a Doctor, but he said he wasn't. Where did you met him Arnold?...Can we trust him? His kind of weird." Jorge whispered that last statement.

"Yeah his weird but he saved my life...and so far he seems trustworthy...You said you did CPR on Helga! You mean she wasn't breathing at all!?"

"No she wasn't...I found her at the bottom of the river. I was able to pull her out but, for a moment I thought she wasn't going to make it....so I had to give her mouth to mouth oxygen  in till she started breathing again."

Arnold wrapped his arms around her "My God I almost lost you!"

"I'm fine Football head...just don't squeeze me to hard."

"Oh, sorry love." he turned to face Jorge "If you ever need anything Jorge just ask"

Jones stepped in "I do need to ask for something."

"Yeah Jones what is it?" Asked Arnold

"I don't know about any of you, but I'm starving. There's a river closed by, I need someone to come with me to get some fish"

"I'll go with you." Jorge volunteered.

"Alright let's go." Said Jones.

"How long are you going to take? Remember we're in hiding." Arnold reminded him.

"What's the plan after this?" Jones asked.

"Give me some time to clear my mind and will talk about it once you two get back." Said Arnold.

"Fair enough...come on Jorge the river is around three miles from here, we better get going."

Arnold kept his eyes on them in till they disappeared in to the vegetation.

As he turned to look back at Helga, she had vanished.

Author Notes:
I was not expecting this chapter to end like this...really.

This chapter cover a lot from Arnold POV we got to see what he was thinking about Jones as he was asking him the questions about the green-eye legend and Jones seems to know more then what he saying. How much more is the question.

Also Arnold was able to save Jorge and Helga, I just loved how Helga jumped in to Arnold's arms and their kiss wow and what about Jorge LOL he got nervous their for a moment.

So what do you think? And where is Helga?
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Till next chapter.