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Aaron was only supposed to be in those woods for two 

weeks. He had been in the woods for twenty-two days 

now. He was starting to lose hope. He had no food, 

water, or shelter. 

     Aaron had no idea that this was going to be so hard. 

He realized that actually surviving was different than 

what they taught him in that stupid class. He said to 

himself, "How could I be so arrogant and bull-headed. I 

can't believe I was stupid enough to get myself in this 

mess." 

Three Weeks Earlier

       "How can you even benefit from this?" said Mrs. 

Clark. 

Aaron replied, "If I'm ever in that type of situation, I'll 

know exactly what to do. Would you rather have your 

son 

die?" "Never ask a question you know the answer to. I 

don't like the idea of it what so ever. Your father would 

turn over in his grave if he heard this." Mrs. Clark said. 

Aaron said,"I'm an adult mom, I can make my own 

decisions. All I wanted was your opinion." "Well you've 

got it son, and if you don't like it you can get out of my 

house!" yelled Mrs. Clark. Aaron didn't even hesitate. He 

immediately got up from the dinner table, put on his 

coat, and stormed out of his mother's home. 

     This would be the last time Aaron and his mother 

would speak before the incident. Aaron didn't care if his 

mother liked it or not, he was still going to take the 

survival course in the wilderness for a month. Aaron 

would get on a plane tomorrow to the location of the 

course. At  

this point in the day Aaron was absolutely exhausted so 

he drove straight home and barely made it to his bed to 

fall asleep for the night. 

     The next morning Aaron woke up in a daze then 

looked at his clock and yelled out,"Nine-o-clock!" Aaron 

had over slept and had to make it to the airfield in thirty 

minutes. Aaron thought that there was no way he could 

make it. He still had to pack too! He quick sprung out of 

bed and threw his clothes on, and the rest of his clothes 

in his duffel bag and ran out of his apartment and threw 

himself and his duffel bag into his car. 

     While Aaron still had twenty minutes to get to the 

airfield, he was worried about his car making it there in 

one piece. He had recently purchased an old, beat-up 

1970 Pontiac Firebird. It was a bit of a clunker. Aaron was 

afraid to take the car faster   than thirty miles-per-hour, but he 

did it anyway. Even though his engine sputtered the whole way 

and nearly lost a tire, Aaron made it to the airfield with no 

time to spare. He quick ran out to the hangar where he was 

told to meet the pilot at. 

      Once he got there he saw a burly, bearded man checking 

over a small four-seated plane. Aaron assumed that this was 

the pilot. To his left were two other men sitting on a bench. 

One was wearing a V-neck shirt, shorts, flip flops, and a 

ridiculous amount of gear. "I thought there were only men 

going on this trip." Aaron said to himself. The other man 

sitting on the bench had a trimmed, yet scruffy beard and 

nearly the same clothes Aaron was wearing. He was sitting 

next to his two duffel bags. The pilot approached Aaron and  

 said,"Are you Aaron Clark?" The man said,"Yes I am 

sir." replied Aaron. "I'm Randall, Aaron. Nice to meet 

you. I'm the man who's going to be taking you to that 

camp up north." Aaron said,"Nice to meet you too 

Randall. Do you know when we'll be leaving?" Randall 

said,"In just a few minutes. I'm doing some last minute 

check-overs, but you can have a seat over there next to 

those two gentlemen."             

     Aaron walked over to the bench and sat down in-

between the two men. He said absolutely nothing to the 

two men and within a few minutes it was time to load up 

the plane. Aaron and the man with the trimmed beard 

were loaded up and in the plane within seconds. 

However the other man was a different story. It took a 

literal ten   

minutes to load all of his gear into the plane. After that, 

him and the pilot got in the plane and we were off. 

Aaron couldn't remember any of the plane ride, as he 

had slept the entire time. When the plane landed the 

man that seemed very similar to Aaron got out of the 

plane and opened the door Aaron was leaning on. Aaron, 

still sleeping immediately fell out of the plane. He woke 

up as soon as he hit the ground and asked, ”What did 

you do that for!” The man said nothing and walked 

away. Aaron decided now is not the time for this. 

     Aaron went back into the small plane to get his bag. 

When he did this, Aaron realized he had done something 

horrible. His mind immediately went back to the night 

before and the fight he had with his mother. Aaron 

thought, “If I would've been thinking I would've done so 

many things differently. I would've told her earlier. I 

wouldn't have yelled. Most of all I wouldn't have left her 

house on such horrible terms.” 

     Aaron had so many thoughts on his mind. He 

decided that he needed to clear his mind, so he then 

started to make his way to the check-in and orientation. 

Aaron couldn't remember much of that night because he 

was so tired. 

     The next morning Aaron awoke in a very small shack 

that had only his bed, small wood stove, and an  

even smaller clock. For once, Aaron had not overslept so 

he put his clothes on and was out the door heading to a 

lodge-like building for breakfast. When Aaron was inside 

the building, the amount of people inside overwhelmed 

him. On the other side of the room he saw a large 

counter with a decent amount of food. Aaron walked over 

to it, grabbed a plate, and found a place to sit down. Of 

course, Aaron’s luck landed him sitting next to the man 

who made him fall out of the plane.

     When he realized the man was there, Aaron said, 

“What was the point of pulling me out of the plane?”

          The man said, “I didn't pull you out, you fell out. I

don’t appreciate your tone Aaron.” 

     Aaron said, “I don’t appreciate being pulled out of 

planes but look what happened. Wait, how do you know 

my name?” 

     The man said, “I know a lot about you Aaron. I know 

where you live, I know where your mother lives, and I 

know that you've been driving my stolen car.”

     Aaron said, “What! I didn't steal your car. I bought it 

from an old man in Florida who needed some money for 

retirement.”

     The man replied, “I saw it with my own eyes. Didn't 

your mother ever teach you not to lie?”

     The last thing Aaron wanted to think about right now 

was his situation with his mother. Aaron thought that 

this was the biggest mistake he had made in his entire 

life. The guilt was overwhelming, but Aaron couldn't 

leave. This was important to him. For once in his life, 

Aaron wanted to completely go through with something. 

Believe it or not, the only thing Aaron had completely 

gone through with in his life was a meal.

     Aaron thought, “I’m an adult now. I need to go 

through with this. I need to.”

    Aaron was sick and tired of arguing so he picked up his 

things and went to a different table. Breakfast was now 

over and it was time to start the training.

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