River de la Cola

Our tribe discovered something odd near one of the rural villages in the forest. Tom set off at around ██:██, ██/██/████ to try and find another fly swarm. He told he would be gone for about █ hours. As the sun set the tribe announced there had been no sign of Tom's return. Fear sparked out of the local crocodiles, what could have happened? The old Timothy spoke up, claiming Tom had spoken to him just before he went on his journey. Tom spoke of a strange feeling he had experienced prior to the expedition, an urge, to head somewhere. Tom proclaimed he must head into the unknown regions. They are dangerous to say the least. Timothy knew he could not stop him. He gave him enough food for at least █ days,a flashlight to endure the darkness if the unexpected happened, and good luck. Knowing this the tribe could be assured that Tom is fine, still trying to find his way back. Everyone followed normal procedures, and went to sleep.

In the early morning of ██/██/████ the tribe had to once again announce a gathering. It has been several days and still we have found no trace of Tom. A voluntary expeditionary force emerged, consisting of 5 of the toughest crocodiles in the tribe. They received enough food for several weeks, a flashlight for each of them, tents, weapons and a gopro which we stole from the town of ████████. With everyone in favor of the team heading out into the unknown regions, they began their expedition.

All of us were able to watch. The gopro attached to one of the crocodiles head was transmitting the happenings of the expeditioning to our tribe. It only took them ██ minutes before they found a strange anomaly. It appeared to be a river, not like the ones we have back at home, but a really dirty one, or at least that's how it could have been described. Charlie, the bravest of the bunch decided to jump in. The other 4 tried to halt him but to no avail. The splash was followed by screaming, as the water was extremely cold. Charlie got out as quickly as possible. They quickly put a blanket over him. Jamila, our trusted scientist pulled a thermometer out of her bag. As she examined the waters temperatures she found it to be an astonishing -██°C. That was not the only thing she discovered. She examined the water further and found the water was not dirty at all, but rather it being an instance of cola™.

Despite the added heat, Charlie still felt cold and had the shivers. It seemed almost as the cola was freezing him from the inside. Sasha, one of our smartest crocodiles glanced up the river in disbelieve. The others, unaware of what she had seen asked her what was wrong. In a startled voice she said "T- t- Tom-m!...". The others looked up the river as well, and there he was. He was lying on the side of the river, motionless, frozen, hard as metal. The others quickly rushed over him, as Charlie sat there in fear, thinking the same will happen to him. Jamlia examined Tom as soon as possible. She soon had to realise he had lost all form of life inside of him. Everything inside of him was frozen. This made Charlie the most anxious he had ever been, he had also stated the cola freezing him, from the inside.

Everyone agreed to rush back to the tribe. Charlie could no longer walk, his body was shivering too much from the sorrowing cold. As they arrived back at the tribe Tom and Charlie were immediately rushed into the hospital. They made sure the rooms were heated. Next, they wanted to see what could be done to Tom. Doctors attempted anything from laser rays to lava, but Tom would not thaw out. To their surprise, as they poured lava onto him, the lava simply solidified, it turned to rock and fell heavily onto the ground. As they tried and help Charlie, they found there was nothing they could do. He was screaming in pain, while his body turned blue. After █ hours, he had lost all signals of life.

Now the tribe knows, why their ancestors of over a thousand years ago strictly forbid all travel to the unknown regions. Further research is to be conducted on the cola river.