| abstract | - The Predatory Vines have made an ancient Mayan Temple their home. The origin of the plant remains unclear but it based on it's notority with the local authorities and the seize of the growth, it is save to say that it is a few centuries old. The temple can't be found on any map. In The Ruins, a German archaeologist named Heinrich, discovers the existance of the temple and invite his brother, Mathias to come an visit him, only to disappear later. Mathias befriends a group of teenagers who are more then interested to interrupt their vacation to go and take a look at the temple. When they arrived at the temple, they find the temple, overgrown with strange plant. But before they can reach the temple, locals appear from nowhere. As they don't understand English nor Spanish, the group find it hard to communicate with them. When they touched the vegetation, the locals become more disturbed and as one of the friends Dimitri tries to go and talk with them, he's shot on sight. It becomes clear that now they have come in contact with the temple, the locals don't want them to leave. The reason for this remained unclear for that moment. After an accident in the temple, which paralyzes Mathias, two of the group, Jeff and Amy go and try to talk with the villagers but they don't want to talk with them. Angry, Amy throws a clump of vines at a local boy, who panicks and is promptly executed. It becomes clear that the vines is what scared the villagers. Soon it becomes clear to group why the locals are so afraid. The vine isn't an ordinary plant but a highly adeptive apex predator that will do everything to eat those who touched it. As the story progress, the plants end their lifes one by one, until only Jeff and Amy are left. Jeff, knowing he's infected by the plant, sacrifices himself and attacks the Mayans as Amy can escape, which she does succesfully. A few weeks later, friends of Dimitri show up at the temple, likely to undergo the same fate as their friend...
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