The
Unknown Island
Chapter
Six
"Bailey, can you pass me a few more leaves?" Lucas
asked, patching up a hole on the cabin roof. He examined his
work. "Think that will help?"
"Yeah, it's
fine," I said. Lucas slid off the roof, and landed easily on
his feet next to me. He leaned in to hug me, but I pushed him
away once I smelled him.
"You smell terrible. Go
rinse off or something," I said playfully. He sniffed
himself, and pretended to gag. Then he walked to the edge of the
river trailing from the waterfall, took off his shirt, and
lowered himself in. He dunked under the water. I waited for him
to come up, but he didn't. After about half a minute, a
trotted over to where he went under, and peered in the water.
I screamed as a hand
darted out, and pulled me in by my ankle. Realizing it was Lucas,
I laughed and put my arms around his neck, grinning. We flopped
around the water for a while, then we decided to get food.
"Let's have a
feast," Lucas declared. I looked at him questioningly.
"We can collect lots of fruit, start a fire, and see what
else we can find," he said, clearly excited.
"All right. But
I'm not eating any squirrels," I said seriously. He
laughed.
My job
was to gather the fruit. I found some familiar berries, and
picked tropical fruits off the trees. I impressed Lucas by
pulling myself up a palm tree to grab a coconut. Lucas, a former
Boy Scout I assumed, attempted to start a fire. I watched in
amazement as the dry wood began to spark, then turn into a
flame.
I looked around,
then spotted what I wanted. A roasting stick. I picked it up,
then came back to the campfire, holding a banana speared on a
stick. Lucas took two of the stumps from the cabin, and put
them around the fire. I moved mine closer to him.
The warmth of the fire
comforted me as the sun set. This was our...fourth, maybe fifth
night on the island. And I was still terrifed of the woods,
flinching at every stick cracking. I roasted the banana over the
fire, waiting for it to look nice and toasty. When it caught on
fire, I offered it to Lucas, and he blew it out. He peeled it,
then we each took half. It was the best think I had tasted for a
while.
"So what now?"
I asked. "Are we trapped forever?" He shrugged.
"I'm
not sure. It depends on what's on the other side of the
island. For all we know, it could be inhabited," Lucas said.
"But I'd say our chances are pretty low."
"I wonder
why Edwin Vernes never came back," I said thoughtfully.
"Maybe he got rescued."
Lucas didn't
respond. After a few more toasted bananas and some coconut water,
we went back to the cabin. Lucas had already extinguished the
fire.
I got as comfortable as
I could on the cabin floor, using a pile of leaves as a pillow.
Lucas took giant palm tree leaves and covered the entrance with
them, and they acted sort of as a barrier from the night. I
closed my eyes and tried to rest.
I felt Lucas lie down
beside me, and wrap an arm around me. I felt his lips by my
ear.
"We're safe,
Bailey. We have a home, and food. This is our life now,"
Lucas whispered.
I smiled slightly, then
drifted into a peaceful sleep.
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The
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Chapter Four
My eyes fluttered opened and I squinted as the sunlight shone
into my eyes. At first, I had no idea what was going on and where
I was. Quickly, everything started filling my head again. Plane
crash. Lucas. Blacking out. How long was I out for? What
happened?
Judging by the sun, I guessed it was a little after noon. I
hadn't been out for more than a couple of hours. I groaned
when I realized how badly my stomach still hurt.
I lifted my head, which was propped up on a pile of giant,
exotic leaves. Lucas was sitting on a fallen tree a few feet
away, looking at me worriedly.
"Aren't you thirsty?"I croaked, through my
dry, cracked lips. "Can't a human only survive two days
without water?"
"Nah, I found something to drink," Lucas said, picking
a coconut up from a neat pile on the ground. He took another
coconut, and began banging it against the first one. When it
wouldn't break open, he took a large rock and hit the coconut
as hard as he could. The coconut opened, and a cloudy liquid
spilled over the edge of it. After taking a sip, he brought it
over to me.
I gulped it down, and instantly felt much better. Then,
Lucas and I shared the white meat from inside the coconut. I
looked up from the forest of palm trees, and other strange
vegetation, seeing a dark, cloudy sky. We decided to go deeper
into the forest to find shelter. We carried all we had… a
pile of coconuts. I still didn't feel well, so I leaned on
Lucas for support. He kissed me softly on the nose as we traveled
into the forest.
We walked for a
couple of miles, brushing plants out of our way. I saw a small,
colorful bird perched on a branch above. We watched as it flew
past us and decided we might as well follow it. Within seconds,
we came to a waterfall. We were surrounded by bushes full of
berries and trees covered in fruit.
"Bailey, do you see
that?!" Lucas gasped excitedly. He pointed to the right of
the waterfall. "Someone else is here!" He took my hand,
and led me to the small, wooden cabin. We peered through the
window.
There was nothing inside but a
board propped up with tree stumps, acting as a table. There was a
stump next to it to sit on, too. On the table was a mess of old,
tattered paper. The cabin looked pretty empty at the moment, but
someone was sure to come back. Lucas pulled off a makeshift door
and gestured for me to go in.
Right away I
grabbed the paper. I sat on the stump, and Lucas kneeled on the
floor with his arm around me. I smiled a bit and looked back to
the paper. It was a letter.
Dear Reader,
My ship took me to this island exactly 57 days ago. I recently
finished building this structure, and hope it will be as much use
to you as it was to me. I decided to journey farther, in
expectation of finding civilization. When I do, I plan to collect
supplies and return to my residence here.
Yours truly,
Edwin Vernes
"There's still hope.
He's coming back," I said. Lucas frowned, then put his
finger on the date of the letter. July 7th, 1831.
I began crying and slid off of
the stump. Lucas hugged me as I sobbed. When I was finished I
looked into his honest, brown eyes, and squeezed him tightly. He
stroked my hair and delicately kissed my nose. The whole time, he
said nothing. There wasn't anything to say. He wasn't
going to lie to me. The truth was too obvious. We were never
getting off this island.
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The
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Chapter Three
The
passengers braced themselves for the crash. My first thought was
to protect my new Iphone, but that was kind of
petty. Looking out the window, I could see a glimpse of
water below. We were falling into an ocean. Just my luck.
"Unbuckle." I told
Lucas. He looked at me like I was crazy. "We're over
water. We'll have to get out of the plane somehow and swim. I
know it sounds ridiculous, but trust me."
Why did I just say that? Now I'm going to be
responsible for his death.
"If you say so."
Lucas shrugged. Then he reached into a compartment above us and
opened it. Out flopped two life jackets. He smiled smugly, and
then put his on. He looked out and said that we were still
pretty high in the air. There was probably less than a minute
left before we hit the water.I felt Lucas sliding my arms through
the life jacket and I helped to pull it on.
The rest of the passengers were
sitting in their seatbelts. I even saw one guy listening to his
iPod. I yelled for them to unbuckle. No one listened. The pilot
made a goodbye announcement with his apologies. Some people were
hyperventilating; others were puking into those free paper bags
the flight attendants give out. I looked away, and noticed an
emergency axe in a glass frame. I opened it. Nobody cared that
the alarm was going off. I hadn't thought that they
would.
I smashed my window open and
ducked as the glass flew at me. Fortunately, none pierced my
skin. I told Lucas to jump when we got low enough to the water.
We were about 100 feet from the ground now.
"Jump… NOW,"
he yelled pushing me through the window head first. I slid down
the wing of the plane, and then tumbled into the water. I heard a
small splash after me. Then another, much larger splash after
that. I could hear the screams from underwater.
The plane sinking was
causing the water to pull me deeper. I couldn't fight it, and
I was running low on oxygen. The pull gradually stopped, but I
couldn't swim any further.
Soon, I felt a hand grab mine,
and tug me to the surface. I gasped for air. I saw a wet-haired,
chiseled guy holding me to his chest, swimming at the same time.
Lucas.
I didn't talk. There was nothing
to say. Anyways, I was content enough just looking at his fluffed
up hair, and determined facial expression. He glanced back for a
moment, and raised his eyebrows, asking if I was okay. I nodded.
He didn't seem to have any trouble swimming while carrying
me, so I figured why not make it last as long as possible?
Somehow, he stood
up and began walking in the clear, warm water. He continued
carrying me in his arms. The water got lower, until there was
just sand. Maybe my luck wasn't so bad. The plane crashed
near an island.
We turned to face the direction
we came from. There wasn't a person in sight. I held his hand
as I watched the last bubble disappear. We couldn't help them
now. Then we looked back at the island, dense with palm trees,
and bushes. It had to be at least a few miles long. Lucas sat
down and placed his hand on my shoulder, encouraging me to sit
with him.
I put my arms
around him and buried my face in his chest as I cried. He gently
patted my back, and still, neither of us said anything. After
about a half an hour, I gathered myself and let go of him. Lucas
took my hands and held them in his as he spoke.
"We're
going to get out of here, alive, okay? It's going to be
fine." he said surely. He stared into my eyes, waiting for a
response. I shook my head.
"No. We're
going to freaking die in there," I spluttered, pointing to
the jungle. I blabbered on about how if the giant spiders
didn't get us, we'd starve to death. I would have gone
on, but he did something that put an instant stop to my
rambling.
Lucas let go of my
hands, then softly tipped my chin upwards. He slowly bent towards
me and kissed me for a moment. Then he pulled away to speak
"I'll protect you." he said
quietly."We'll get through this," he paused.
"Together.
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Chapter Two
I didn't sleep well. I was still thinking about the way I saw
Lucas looking at me. I think I liked it.
"Morning," Lucas said, noticing I was awake
again. He reached into a plastic bag in front of him and pulled
out two crisp bagels. "Want one?" he asked, offering
one to me.
"Thanks," I responded, taking it and wolfing it
down. While we ate all of the food he brought, we continued
talking about life in general. He told me that he's never
been out of the country before. I let him know that I haven't
either.
"When we get to Sydney, we should hang out or
something," he said shyly, as he finished ordering a drink
from the flight attendant. Pepsi. My favorite. I eyed it before
he told me I could have it. What a gentleman.
"Definitely," I agreed gladly. I looked at my
phone and saw it was 10 a.m. I figured there would be about 8
more hours on the plane with Lucas. Hopefully longer. It started
to pour, and I mentally encouraged a rain delay.
Abruptly, the pilot came on the loud speaker, clearing his
throat. I grinned to myself, thinking my wish was about to come
true.
"Listen up passengers. We're about to go through
some rough air. Please fasten your seat belts and remain--",
the pilot was interrupted as the plane suddenly dropped on one
side. I heard him say a couple of profanities before the speaker
was turned off. The flight attendants were bouncing up and down
the aisles helping to buckle people up, and assuring us that
everything was okay. I wasn't so sure. Lucas looked to me
anxiously. I raised my eyebrows, wondering what was wrong.
"Bailey, I think an engine is out," he whispered
in my ear, leaning over me so that no one would overhear. He
smelled like some sweet, familiar cologne. I inhaled, and sighed
quietly. He was intoxicating.
"There's another one though, right?" I said
nervously. He nodded, but still seemed a bit restless. I looked
at the other side of the plane, and noticed it still seemed to be
slanted downwards. The rain was coming down hard, slamming onto
the wings of the plane. I heard the first sound of thunder. I saw
a flash of lightening and soon felt a great rumble.
The plane shook unsteadily and the screams began. I glanced
at Lucas, and realized he was holding my hand tightly. I moved
closer to him and put my other hand on top of his. Someone came
on the intercom and made an announcement.
The plane was going down.
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Chapter
One
"Bye Mom" I said, hugging
her. I made this decision by myself and she hadn't exactly
agreed with me. I had to get away from my stepfather. I
couldn't stand him. That's why I decided to leave
Washington D.C. and live with my grandmother in Australia. Also,
I was hoping on meeting some nice Australian men.
"Bailey, remember the rules," she said sternly.
Here we go again. "No talking to strangers, no drugs, no
alcohol. Just be careful, okay?" she looked at me
expectantly, and I nodded, letting go of her hands.
I waved
to my stepfather, without making eye contact, and he scowled at
me as he placed his arm around my mother and kissed her. I have
no idea why he hates me so much, but I know that he wouldn't
lay a finger on her.
I boarded the plane and made myself
comfortable at a window seat. I placed my bag on the seat next to
me so that I could rest without being disturbed by a neighbor.
Unfortunately, the plane filled up pretty quickly so I was out of
luck. A young guy walked up the aisle and stopped when he noticed
the empty seat.
"Would you mind if I sat here?" he asked
pleasantly. This guy was hot. He had dark brown hair, deep brown
eyes, and tan skin. I also noticed some abs stretching at his
gray shirt. I guessed he was a couple inches over six
feet.
"I really don't have a choice, huh?" I said
jokingly, gesturing to all of the full seats. He smiled and sat
down as I moved my bag. "I'm Bailey." I told
him, holding out my hand. He shook it gently.
"Lucas Mitchell," he said grinning. "Hey
any idea what time it is?" Lucas said, as he rummaged around
his pocket for a phone. I quickly pulled mine out and slid it
open.
"Uh yeah it's almost
8." I was planning on going asleep as soon as possible, but
his good looks were keeping me up. I couldn't stop glancing
at him. I told Lucas where I was going and he explained that he
was moving to Sydney, Australia for college. I silently swore. He
was a year older than me. Figures. Then we talked about our lives
back home. Turns out he lived just a few towns away from me. The
way I saw it, we were practically childhood friends.
"Well, I'm going to sleep." I told him. He
said goodnight, then turned to rest his head too. I leaned
against the window and fell asleep.
When I woke up early in the morning, I'm positive I saw
him staring right at me.
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