Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen novel Chapter 339

The production crew had taken a full ten days of rest.

It wasn't until everyone had finally shaken off their various ailments that the filming could actually commence.

The biggest challenges with shooting on location were always the unpredictable weather and the logistical nightmare of setting up the props.

The first day of shooting started off without a hitch, but by the afternoon, the skies opened up, drenching the shooting scene in a torrential downpour!

Every crew member scrambled to protect the equipment. Eileen was no exception. She clambered up a tree to disassemble the boom mounted camera.

But just as she was unscrewing the bolts, a scream rang out from below.

"Help!"

Looking down, Eileen saw one of the supporting actresses hopping around near the bushes, yelling, "Snake! There's a snake!"

The mere mention of a snake sent everyone into a frenzy. Carrol was beside himself with fear, shouting from a safe distance, "Eileen! A snake! Help!!!"

Eileen just frowned to herself. Snakes don't usually go around biting people for no reason.

Balancing on a branch with one foot, Eileen swiftly removed the boom camera like a seasoned acrobat. She then leaped down from the ten-meter-high branch, handed off the camera to a nearby staffer, wiped the rain from her face, and asked, "Where?"

The actress was still hopping madly. "Over there, over there!"

Carrol echoed, "Over there, over there!"

His fear of snakes was evident as his usually neat bun had come undone, his hair whirling about like helicopter blades.

Paulina, shielded by the group, called out from a distance, "Eileen, don’t go there! What if it’s venomous?"

She then turned to Carrol, "With all these men around, why are you calling on Eileen?"

Carrol retorted, "What can I do? She’s the one with the muscles!"

Another crew member screamed, "There’s another snake! No, wait, it’s the same one! It’s come over here!"

Eileen looked in the direction of the commotion.

"Ah! It's by me now!" another actor shouted. "We're done for! One snake has us thirty people surrounded!"

The incessant chattering was giving Eileen a headache, like a swarm of mosquitoes buzzing in her ears, and the downpour only added to the sensory chaos.

Jarvis approached, umbrella in hand, shielding her from the rain. "Don't be a hero," he said sternly. "If you get bit and poisoned, you won't make it to a hospital in time."

Eileen shook her head, not responding, her gaze fixed intently on the surrounding bushes.

"Over here! No, here!"

"Damn it, is it really just one snake? How is it so fast? Are they twins or something?"

"Is it circling us, picking out its dinner?"

"Ah, don't eat me! I don't taste good! Eat them first!"

The noise was relentless, buzzing in Eileen's head.

"Quiet!!" Eileen finally lost her patience and bellowed.

Suddenly, the world went silent except for the sound of the pouring rain and the wind, filling the air with the sticky scent of wet earth.

Eileen steeled herself, and in a split second, her figure darted forward.

Jarvis barely registered what happened before Eileen was standing up in front of the bushes.

Wiping her face, she held a medium-sized snake firmly in her grasp.

"Hiss!" The snake fought back, flicking its tongue and readying to strike.

With one hand pinning its vital spot and the other delivering a sharp slap to its head, the snake was left dazed.