Ben swallowed nervously moving backwords underneath the tree roots looking out at the dridder "um i'm still not coming out,your probably just gonna get me when i come out,question me to see i there anymore humans around here then once you find out that i don't know anything you'll drain me of every drop of my blood"he says remaining still in his position looking out cautiously at the dridder a scared of what she could do to him.

Niklas quickly put on the sandals and ran after Brent. As he arived at the scene, he looked at the tire tracks from the sudden stop of Doug's car. "what major slide and that screech could be heard for miles...come to think of it, then we better get out of here, some pred might have heard it" He said and moved over to the cardoor. "i'm niklas by the way and that's Brent" Niklas said and pointed at Brent

“Yeah…I’m fine…” Doug said, still somewhat dazed by the sudden change. He looked about at the immense forest, wondering just how he got there. Even if he didn’t think it was a hallucination, his mind rebelled at the impossibility of it all. After a moment, he shook his head and rubbed his eyes, but the forest stubbornly persisted.

“Good to meet you Brent and Niklas. I'm Doug. Do you know...Wait, what?” Doug said, only half hearing what Niklas said. “Preds? What do you mean preds? Just where the hell am I?”

"He means Felarya, Doug, the only place where random dimensional telerporting and giant trees the size of skyscrapers is possible. If you don't know what Felarya is, it's a place where giants eat you. If you do, my bad, I apologize. Anyway, we gotta come up with something! I don't wanna end up as lunch!"

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The dridder groaned at what Ben, saying, "Look, if I wanted to do that, I'd just grab you really tightly and say in a threatening voice, 'You better tell me where the other humans are, or I'll suck you're blood dry' or something like that. Besides, from what I'm seeing, you're wearing pajamas, so I seriously doubt you know anything."

She sighed for a moment before she continued. "Look, I know you must be terrified of me, but I don't to hurt you OR eat your OR drink you for that matter. I want to help you, but I can't do that if you won't let me." She then postioned her hand beside where he was hiding so that he could easily climb into it. "Please...just trust me."

Ben reached out towards the dridder's hand considering it for a moment before pulling he hand away,ben then moved backwards further away from the dridder "i don't believe you i have no reason to trust you,for all i know this could be some kind of dridder trick and when i get out there you'll suck me dry,i'm not stupid you know"he says sternly looking out from under the roots at the dridder "so if you don't mind i would rather take my chances underneath this tree"

Doug stared at Brent, wondering if he was pulling his leg or just being foolish. “Felarya? That’s impossible. It’s a work of fiction,” Doug said after a moment. “This is probably the amazon or some place like that. We should…” Doug trailed off as he noted a large shadow moving across the ground in front of them. Rattled, he turned his gaze upward slowly.

There, high above in the branches was a creature that Doug would have thought to be impossible. It looked like a massive spider, covered in a glossy black exoskeleton. However rather than the spider’s head, there was the torso, upper body, and head of a beautiful woman, equally large. She had dark blue skin, and jet black hair. She was climbing through the tree branches. Doug held his breath as the giant spider human hybrid passed them by, not bothering to glance at the ground.

“Brent, I apologize. Get in the car, we’re getting out of here,” Doug said as the dridder passed them by. Dour got back into the driver’s seat of the vehicle.

"let's get out of here before we get some hungry guests to feed...WITH YOURSELF" Niklas growled, while getting in the car "do you guys know where negav is or where in felarya we are?" He asked and sighed. "i have no sense of direction. If i don't have a map, i can even get lost in my own neighborhood"


(seriously i really can get lost in my own neighborhood )

"No, I don't." Brent said, quickly getting into the car and buckling the seat belt. "What I do know is that if we don't get out of here now, we're gonna be lunch. And don't worry about it, Doug. I do NOT blame for having first doubts."

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The dridder's brow furrowed, pulling back her hand as she stood up, saying, "You know what? Screw it. I'm not helping someone who doesn't want help. You want to stay here and most likely get eaten, fine." She then began to walk away, looking back one more time saying, "But don't blame me if you DO get eaten!! And your hiding place SUCKS, by the way!!"

Ben sighed relaxing now that the dridder had gone he couldn't help wonder if he was wrong and maybe te dridder did want to help him but ben figured it was too late by now as the dridder was gone he lay still moving a little out from the under the root resing his head on the grass it was late when he'd been taken and so ben ell asleep unawere wether ther was any dangers about him at all.

Doug started up the engine again, as Brent and Niklas got into the car. The engine revved, and Doug put it into four wheel drive. He quickly drove away from the river, keenly aware of the potential for mermaid inhabitants. The suburban made some noise as they drove, but Doug thought the added speed was well worth it.

“No, I have no idea where we are, I didn’t recognize that river,” Doug said as he focused on his driving. “So our first order of business is to find some landmark we can use to get our bearings.” Doug checked the compass built into the rear view mirror, but being suddenly shifted onto a new world threw it off, and it read that it was calibrating.

Doug gasped slightly as he saw something else in the mirror. The shadow had returned on the ground behind them. And it was slowly getting nearer to them. Doug angled one of the car’s side mirrors up, and saw the same dridder from before stalking them. “Oh hell,” Doug murmured. “Hold on everyone!” Doug slammed the gas, and the suburban shot forward, tearing over the rough forest floor. Behind them in the trees, the dridder looked annoyed. She dropped to the ground behind them and started chasing them.

"WOOOOAAAAHHHH!!!" Brent yelled as Doug floored it. He looked behind to see the dridder pursuing them. "Well, ain't this gonna be fun?" he said with a bit of sarcasm, pretty sure that they were most likely doomed to be lunch.

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Meanwhile, the dridder from before was muttering under her breath about how stupid the human she met before was, and how easy it'd be for him to be turned into lunch. 'Odd human, though. Wonder if I'll wonder into any more of 'em.' she thought to herself as she continued on her way.

Niklas was searching every crack of the car, that he could get his hand into. "Dammit Doug, don't you have something we can defend ourself with? i really DON'T feel like becoming luch" He said in panic as the dridder was closing in.

“Not unless you’d want to try beating senseless her with a tire iron!” Doug shouted back. “Now quit- hold on!” Doug suddenly veered the car to the left. The sudden turn caught the dridder off guard, and she stumbled a moment. She quickly righted herself and continued the chase.

Ahead, on the suburban’s new path, was one of the massive trees. It had fallen over some time in the past and lay upon the ground. One end of it was slightly propped up by the stubs of it’s thick, broken branches. Doug aimed straight for the massive fallen tree, and drove under it. He slammed the brakes, coming to a stop right underneat the middle of the gigantic trunk, in between a few of the branch stubs. The dridder behind them shouted something, and kneeled to peer under the tree trunk. She tried to reach a hand in underneath the tree after them, but couldn’t squeeze it far enough to reach them.

“Five minutes on a new world, and I’m already staring death in the face…” Doug murmured. “I think I recognized that dridder…”

"Mmmmhmm. You don't say. Odd considering we've never been here before." Brent replied as the dridder attempted to grab them. "Well, since we're here, I'm gonna grab myself a Coke." He took his backpack off of his pack, which he hadn't done before due to the situtation, and pulled out a can marked 'Coco-Cola' along with two more. "You guys want one?" he asked.

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As the dridder went on her way, she noticed another one reaching for something. Obviously recognizing her, she said, "Oh, what's up? Trying to catch something?"

Ben got to his feet yawning and stretching out he could still see the river next to him,that was a good sign,it meant that nothing had found him,ben smiled moving over to the rive he bent down by the water perhaps what he had seen was nothing but a dream,smiling ben placed cupped hands in the water and used them to wash his face over and over again.