Quickly, away from the space craft

Josh wanted to put as much distance between him and the downed craft as possible. He just had to be careful where he put his hands as many of the vines he had to push out of the way had some sort of nasty, biting, alien creature on them. It had not taken him long to pick up the first bite ? an angry looking red lizard with needle sharp teeth had not let go. He had had to snap its neck, wait for the muscles in its jaw to go loose and then pry it off.

The trek through the jungle was more intense than any of the training the Blue Space Company had put him through. That training had been pretty tough. Josh was one of five guys who had passed out of over two hundred who had applied for the lucrative position as a space craft mechanic for the infamous trading company.

It came has no surprise to Josh when he started to feel light headed. In temperatures as high as this he knew he should be drinking water often. He had had none. It seemed unlikely he would be lucky enough to stumble onto a river of a stream. He would have to consider trying to extract something to drink from one of the alien plants.

Josh swept his hands through his hair, pushing blonde locks from his sweaty brow and turned to one of the greener, thicker, vines that twisted around the plump trees which had become increasingly common over the last few hours.

The vine ripped away with surprising ease. It also proved easy to peel the green skin of the plant open and reveal the wet, fleshy insides. Josh lifted the split vine to his lips and let the liquid dribble into his mouth. Perhaps he was due some luck after all.

... "that was brave," said a voice from above just as Josh felt his knees go weak.