Danger Ahead
By: ToriBabe15
Summary: After the first dangerous storm, everything turned upside down. Now with another storm on the way, even more dangerous then the previous storm; they find shelter in each other. Except one is left out, and she has to find shelter within herself. But with the storm on the way, will she survive?
AN: Please be nice to me, this is my first Flight 29 Down story. But it would be nice if you guys all reviewed after you read the first chapter.
Chapter One: Another Storm Approaching(Melissa's Video Diary)
All I've been thinking all day is what had happened before the storm hit the island. And it's how Eric and Taylor showed the video to Jackson, about me liking him! Now Taylor I can understand, because she was still mad after I had ruined her shirt. However, Eric; especially after I just saved his life, how could they do something like this to me! Yes I do like him, and I'm glad that he said that we could go out when we get back home. I don't know about the others, but I'm starting to have doubts about being rescued before the year is over.
(Normal POV)
As Melissa walked towards the campsite with the bottles of water, she saw Jackson sitting on the beach again. After what had happened, they haven't talked much about it. She's starting to wonder if he would ever talk again. Melissa knew that he was mad about what Eric and Taylor did, but she never thought that he would stop talking to her. She dropped of the bottles of water and started walking towards him.
She sat down next to him, and he looked over and smiled a little. Surprised, that was the first time since the incident happened that she's seen him smile.
"How are you doing?" she asked him, unable to come up with anything else.
He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Ok, I guess. What about you?"
"Same." She said right away. She looked out towards the ocean, he followed suit. It was an awkward silence for a while until Daley interfered.
"Hey you guys, I know that you've had a rough day; but you guys need to get to work." She said gently.
They both nodded in unison, they both got up together and went there separate ways.
(Jackson's Video Diary)
I know that Melissa likes me, but I just think that we shouldn't be together while were trying to work on surviving here. However, if something happened to her, I would worry about her then. Maybe, maybe I do like her. I'm not sure. I just wish that it wasn't so awkward between us, because we used to be great friends before the incident. I know how embarrassed she must have been, which is also probably why she took off like that. When Lex and me found her, I was so happy that she was ok. When I told Lex that she went missing after a few hours, I was really worried about her. So maybe I do like her. (Sighs heavily) I need to think about this.
(Normal POV)
As Jackson and Melissa were having there own problems, so were Nathan and Daley. Just like Jackson and Melissa, they are also having awkward problems. Daley now knows that Nathan likes her, but she doesn't know if she likes him. Even though its hard, she's trying to stay away from him until she can face him. She felt the wind picking up a little, and look out into the sky and saw the dark clouds. She gasped quietly and ran to the campsite; there she saw Jackson, Eric, Taylor, Lex, and Nathan all who were eating. She didn't see Melissa, she looked towards Jackson and asked, "Jackson, where's Melissa?" she asked worriedly.
Jackson finally looked towards her, and felt the wind gusts. He looked up towards the sky, and saw the gray clouds. He quickly stood up and said, "I'll go find her, and you guys take shelter. Stay safe away from the tide." He said and took off.
"Melissa! Melissa!" he yelled. It started raining down hard, and it got darker by the minute, he couldn't use his flashlight because he might get struck by lightning.
"Melissa! Where are you!! Melissa!" he yelled again. He saw a shadow on the ground, but it wasn't moving. He moved towards the shadow and saw that it was Melissa.
"Melissa! Melissa please, please wakes up." He checked to see if she was breathing, and she was but barely.
"Melissa, please, please wakes up." He started crying a little because he just realized that he loved her, very much. He picked her up gently, and when he looked at her in his arms, he realized that she was hurt very badly. The storm was picking up strongly, and it seemed like it could get worse. He needed to get her back to camp, he gently and hurriedly ran back to camp.
"Jackson!" Daley yelled, who was snuggled by Nathan. She gasped as she saw Melissa in his arms.
"Is she ok?" Nathan asked as he sat up. Jackson gently put her down on her sleeping bag, while Lex got the first aid kit.
"I… I don't know. I found her on the ground, and I don't know how long she's been there. Lex do you think she's going to be ok?" Jackson said quietly.
Lex looked at him and said, "To be honest, I don't know. We don't know how long she's been out there, she may have a concussion." Jackson sighed heavily.
He looked around and saw that Nathan and Daley had gone to the other tent, and so did Eric and Taylor. He decided to help Lex with Melissa; he lifted up her shirt a little and gasped.
"Lex look." He said, as he pointed to her stomach, which was covered in blood. Lex gasped, and quickly took a small towel that was in the first aid kit; although covered in blood, he needed to whip away the blood in order to see how deep the cut was.
Since it was just he, Lex, and Melissa he gently grabbed her hand rubbed it. Once the blood was gone, Lex had saw the cut was below her chest line. Jackson looked up at Melissa's face and saw that she was starting to wake up, but slowly. He smiled but he knew that she would be in a lot of pain by the looks of the cut. Outside the storm seems to be getting stronger, so are the winds.
He heard Melissa moan in pain, and said to her quietly, "You're going to be ok, I promise." He gently rubbed her cheek and kissed her lightly on the lips. Even though Lex was there, he knew that it wouldn't matter anymore.
Lex saw all of this, and smiled, he asked, "You like her a lot, don't you? I won't tell anyone if you don't want me too."
Jackson smiled a little, but it quickly faded as the tent started to come off from the ground.
"Lex, the tent is starting to come off of its hinges, we need to get Melissa to a safe place!" He yelled over the roar of the winds.
"No, we can't move her she's in to much pain. She needs to stay still; she has a little bit of glass in her stomach where I saw the cut. If we move her, she could die." Lex yelled to Jackson. Jackson gasped, he saw Lex pointing to the cut, which was just below her chest line. Which was very bad, because that means that if the glass got any deeper it might go to her heart. Jackson went outside to see that part of the rope, and the nail had flown out of the ground. He looked around for a good medium sized rock that he could hit the nail into the ground. He found just near the tent, he got the nail and stuck it into the ground; he wrapped the rope around it and he put sand all around plus the rock.
He went back inside, and saw that Lex was trying to get the glass out but was shaking terribly.
"Lex, I'll do it." He said, he looked at Melissa who was now fully awake; however, but in pain.
"Jackson," she moaned quietly. He moved more towards her face, and gently rubbed her cheek again.
"You're going to be alright, I promise. Just squeeze my hand, and it'll be over before you know it." He said to her gently. She nodded and gently grabbed his hand.
He sighed heavily, and grabbed the twisters from Lex and took them into his hand. He leaned down towards her chest line, he felt Melissa squeeze his hand and her eyes. He finally managed to grab the glass, as he tried to pull it out Melissa squeezed his hand harder.
"Ok, Melissa you know that I have the glass, but to make the pain less, I'm going to yank it out quickly. Is that ok Lex?" said Jackson, while still holding the glass.
"Yes, just as long as the glass isn't digging into any of her flesh, she should be ok." Said Lex while looking at Melissa.
Jackson looked at Melissa who was wide eyed, but nodded her head anyways. She knew that she had to get the glass out or else she wouldn't be able to move anymore.
"Ok Melissa, I'm going to count to three and then I'll yank it out. Ok." Said Jackson nervously. She nodded her head; she closed her hands and just hoped that it would be over soon.
"One," said Jackson.
"Two." Said Lex.
"Three!" They both said, Jackson yanked it out and Melissa screamed in pain.
After the glass was out Lex immediately grabbed the towel and put it gently on her wound. Melissa, who was still screaming was crying now. Jackson went up to her and tried to calm her down.
"Hey, calm down. Its all over now, your going to be fine." He said quietly, as he wiped away her tears.
She started calming down a little, and was getting tired.
"Do you think it'd be ok if she went to sleep?" asked Jackson. Lex nodded yes, after finally wiping the blood away he took a bandage and some Neosporin and put it on her cut.
"If she's in any more pain just gives her some Advil. She should be fine by tomorrow, but she shouldn't do any work for at least a day or two." Lex said picking up the first aid kit, and putting it aside.
"I'm going to go in the other tent, let her rest she needs the rest. See you guys in the morning." He said as they both watched him leave.
Jackson lay down beside Melissa who was still squinting in pain every one in a while. He put a piece of her hair behind her hear and wiped away a few tears.
Still weak from the pain, she quietly said, "Jackson, thank you." He looked at her and smiled, and asked, "For what?" He grabbed her hand gently, and started rubbing it calming her down even more. "For saving my life." He leaned forward a little and kissed her softly, but passionately on her lips, "Anything, for you. Mel, I know I've been distance a little lately, but its only because I didn't know if I liked you or not. I know what I said earlier about us waiting until we got back home. But I don't know if we can wait that long, Mel, I love you, and I can't live without you."
She smiled lightly, and kissed him softly and gently but passionately on the lips, like he did to her. They made out for about thirty minutes, until finally they both fell asleep, with Jackson's arms wrapped around Mel protectively. It was a sight to see when everyone wakes up in the morning.
A/N: I know, this chapter seems like it should be at the then of the story but don't worry there's more excitement to come. But right now I need to go to bed, it's 12:30 am here and I have school in the morning. So hope you like the chapter, please review. And remember its my first Flight 29 Down story, so please be nice.
Bye Y'all
Tori
