Title: Chaos amongst them.
Rating: T for now but that may change as they story progresses.
Summary: The survivors of flight 29 DWN have survived storms, sicknesses, injuries and each other. But when tempers run high, and the stress of it all becomes too much for the survivors to handle they begin falling apart one by one. Will they be able to band together before disaster strikes or will they be too late to save one of their own?
Disclaimer: I don't own the charters, the show, or any of the songs and artist that I choose to use. This is just for fun.
A/N: This is something that has been stuck in my head since forever and I finally decided to type it up. Let me know what you think and if I should continue. Also, only certain chapters will be song fics depending on wither I feel that the song will help out with getting the point and their feelings across without having to write six pages on how one of them is feeling. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy the first of many chapters.
Chapter one: Welcome to Paradise.
' Song: Paradise by Vanessa Carlton'
Daley sighed in frustration as she tossed the remaining contents of one of the surviving bins on the sand. The family portrait that was taken only a few weeks before they crash landed on this seemingly deserted island had come up missing. She wasn't sure if she had lost it or if one of the others took it as some sick joke but she had already retraced her steps from the last few days three times and found nothing. She asked Lex if he had taken it and he seemed just as upset as she was. It was the only thing she had left that reminded her of home. The memories she had seemed more and more vague as time went on. Between searching for fire wood, food, and getting water it didn't leave much time to think about anything other than what they needed to do to survive.
It seemed like decades ago that their plane had crashed when it had only been four weeks and now the only tie she had to her old life was missing. Her eyes burned as tears formed behind her eyes threaten to fall. She took a deep breath to calm her self down but even someone as determined and level headed as her couldn't keep her self together at a time like this. A few tears escaped and rolled gently down her cheeks dripping off her chin. She sniffled and quickly whipped them away but more just followed. Within a minute she was sobbing uncontrollably. She fell to her knees and covered her face with her hands. She never thought that anyone would see her.
Everyone was too engulfed in their own worlds to notice that she wasn't around and even if they wasn't all of them…well all of them but Eric and Taylor were all hard at work in other parts of the island. Her vision quickly became blurry, and her eyes quickly turned red. She coughed as she struggled to catch her breath. She felt like her world was collapsing around her and she was being buried beneath the rubble. How can one person feel so alone? She thought as her body began to tremble. She tried to stop the tears from falling numerous times but it was a useless attempt. She had already lost control and they weren't going to stop until she had no more tears left to cry.
Once upon a year gone by
She saw herself give in
Every time she closed her eyes
She saw what could have been
Well nothing hurts and nothing bleeds
When covers tucked in tight
Funny when the bottom drops
How she for gets to fight…to fight
And it's one more day in paradise
One more day in paradise
Taylor sighed as she stared out into the empty ocean. Was this all they had to look forward to for the rest of their lives? A endless ocean, fruit, coconuts, and fish. She never thought about the possibility of them not being rescued before but now the thought was haunting her. Every time she was alone the thought slowly crept into her mind and lingered around for hours before someone came to rescue her from her own thoughts. Just the thought of living out her life on the island formed knots in her stomach. She looked over at the beach towel sitting beside her. All the extra batteries they had that weren't being used or weren't already charged were lined up along the towel with the solar battery charger safely placed in the middle.
She still had another hour or so before the last battery would be charged so she decided to take the ones that were charged back to camp and see if there was anything that she could do to take her mind off the lingering thoughts that rushed through her mind. She stood up and gathered up all of the batteries in her arms and walked up towards the tent. She seen Daley knelt down beside one of the bins that survived through the storm with her face buried in her hands. She didn't notice her body trembling or her sobbing unless she was a few feet from her. Taylor frowned and walked over to the bin, obviously Daley didn't hear her walk up because she was still sobbing and she hadn't bothered to look up. Taylor looked at the pile of things that were supposed to be in the empty bin piled up beside it. Taylor narrowed her eyes and knelt down in front of Daley. She put the batteries in the bin then looked back at Daley.
She was glaring at her like she had just stolen her puppy. "What are you looking at?" Daley snapped at her.
"Ummm…I was just…" Before Taylor could think of something to say Daley interrupted.
"You know what!" She yelled standing up knocking Taylor backwards. "I'm sick and tired of you doing nothing to help us! You act like charging batteries is so hard that you can't bare to do anything else! You are so lazy and the only person you care about is you! Were all on the edge of disaster and you are doing nothing! One day one of use is going to die because of the lack of help from you and it's not going to be anyone else fault but yours!"
By the time Daley stopped yelling her face was as red as her hair and she was gasping for air. Her throat felt like it was on fire and her head was throbbing. Taylor just stared at her stunned by her sudden out burst. Daley felt bad after she said it but the way she seen it it was the truth. Taylor and Eric both needed a wake up call before one of them did end up dieing. She turned and stomped off into the forest leaving Taylor speechless. Tears began to stream down Taylor's face. Was it true? Was she really going to responsible for one of their deaths? She had helped out a lot here recently, she helped gather fire wood, food, and even lug water from the well but no one seemed to notice that she wasn't the same naïve, self centered, lazy girl that landed on the island.
She had her wake up call and she answered it or at least she thought she had. She stood up from the ground and brushed the sand from her hands as the stream of tears became a water fall. She looked around to see if anyone else was around and she seen Jackson standing in the clearing, coming up from the beach. He looked at her sympathetically, one of the very few times he showed any emotion at all. He must have heard everything. She thought before storming off towards the beach. She didn't want him to see her break down. He grabbed her arm to stop her but she jerked away from his grip and without looking at him she ran off down the beach. She ran as fast and as fast as she could away from camp, and away from everyone there.
She was gasping for air and her chest felt like it was being ripped open but she continued running. She tripped over a root and fell on her hands and knees. She sobbed for a moment before she repositioned her self to where she was sitting with her knees hugged close to her chest. She couldn't get Daley's harsh words out of her head no matter how hard she tried to stop them they replayed over and over in her head.
As darkness quickly steals the light
That shined within her eyes
She slowly swallows all her fear
And sooths her mind with lies
Well all she wants and all she needs
Are reasons to survive
A day in which the sun will take
Her artificial light…her light
And it's one more day in paradise
One more day in paradise
Its one more day in paradise
One last chance to feel alright…alright
Melissa watched the trees sway in the gentle warm breeze. She was sitting on a fallen tree near the same cliff she and Taylor had fell off of a week or two before. She couldn't get over the beauty of the place even though she came close to dieing that day she couldn't stop her self from wondering back there just to take in the scenery. She stayed a good ten feet from where she had slipped and made sure that she never went anywhere near the ledge. She admired the beautiful mountains and water falls that she could see from there and unlike any place else on the island she could be completely alone to think about everything without being bothered. She had even gone up there a few times just to cry.
She felt like the world was sitting on her shoulders. They were having more and more problems finding fruit and Jackson never caught enough fish to feed them alone and there were times where he didn't catch anything at all. Lex's garden had began blooming some but it would still be a long time before they would be able to eat anything out of it. What were they going to do when they couldn't find anymore fruit? They had enough stocked up to last them a few days and there was always more fruit trees farther away from camp but it wasn't like the trees there had an infinite amount of fruit growing on them. They would run out soon if they were rescued. Then what would they do, slowly starve to death one by one.
She couldn't get the image of all of them standing around a mound of dirt crying only one of them wasn't there. Just the thought of any of them dieing made her sick to her stomach and formed tears in her eyes. They had become a family, a dysfunctional family but a family none the less. She couldn't stand the thought that one day they would loose one of their own. Captain Russell and the others hadn't come back yet and they hadn't seen any sign of Abby since she left to look for them. They could be out there somewhere hurt, or starving, or dehydrated or maybe even…No Melissa you can't think about that, their fine they have each other just like all of us have one another. She thought looking down at her hands. A couple tears fell down her cheeks and dripped on to her hands. She brushed them off her cheeks and stood up, determined to stay strong. She took a deep breath and one last look at the beautiful scenery there before she turned to walk back to camp. A few more tear began to fall down her cheeks and she sniffled and brushed them away once again as she made her way through the thick and humid forest.
Don't pretend to hold it in just let it out.
Don't pretend to hold it in just push it out.
Don't you try to hold it in just let it out and
Don't you try to hold it in…you hold it in
One more day in paradise
One more day in paradise
Its one more day in paradise
One last chance to feel alright
The sun slowly began to sink towards the horizon and the sky slowly became darker as the day went on. The sound of the waves crashing against the sand grew louder and louder as the birds singing grew dimmer and dimmer as night began to overcome the island. The sky was beautifully colored with layers of light blues, purples, and pinks and the sun was a bright orange slowly dimming as well as the hours passed. The camp site was quiet and empty. Everyone was rushing around doing some last minute chores or off on their own crying as their thoughts consumed them. Crickets began chiming in one by one slowly chirping. It almost sounded as if they were playing the heart beat of the sun as it slowly began sinking further and further below the horizon their chirps became faster and louder as more chimed in to sing the same song.
Once upon a year gone by
She saw herself give in
Every time she closed her eyes
She saw what could have been
End of Chapter One