Chapter 1: Letters

Dear Reader,

We are stranded here on a deserted island--it's deserted so far-- and we need help. We were on a plane with our pilot Captain Russel when all of a sudden there was this huge storm that made us crash somewhere. We're lost. We're scared. This is Nathan--

"A letter? Oh my gosh Nathan are you serious?"

Nathan McHugh groaned and looked up to find Daley Marin peering down at him. She was standing up right in front of the tropical forest, while Nathan had his back turned on it. Nathan felt Daley's eavesdropping has gone too far. He felt he could never have any privacy here on this island.

Nathan casted his attention toward the sky, still leaving Daley's question hanging in the air.

It's all your fault, Nathan complained to the sky in his thoughts. Why couldn't you let the storm come after we landed on our island trip destination?

Nathan squinted his eyes towards down the beach and caught the sight of the airplane, Flight 29 Down.

And YOU! Why couldn't YOU handle that tough situation in that storm thing? I don't understand why YOU can't just fly through it---

"Hello?" interrogated Daley loud enough for Nathan to shift his attention to her. "I'm still here."

"Oh yeah," Nathan said obnoxiously. "Hey. Look, I don't know why you're eavesdropping on me again, but I just want to say I've had enough Daley."

"Okay sorry," Daley said quietly. "I'm just bored that's all."

Nathan heard her sigh as he stared up at her face. She had that sweet simple expression every time she wasn't on her 'Miss Competitive' side. Daley shuffled her feet and sat down next to Nathan on the beach sands.

"I'm bored too," said Nathan quietly. "It sucks how we're stranded here on this island. I mean seriously. How ironic this happened this us."

"Yeah," Daley agreed. "True. Hey, let me see that letter."

Nathan rolled his eyes and surprisingly blushed. He gave it to her shyly.

Daley scanned through for about five seconds before giving it back to him. "Hey, this isn't bad after all... It's like our message bottle to the world like that raft Jackson made."

"Heh," replied Nathan nodding as they stared across the ocean together wondering if they'll ever get rescued.

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Melissa Wu constantly grabbed the water tank and began to steadily fill it up with the water from the underground well deep in the forest. Foliage surrounded the clear passage she was sitting on and dirt spots were deserted around her hands. Another water tank stood by the well.

This is supposed to be Eric's job, thought Melissa getting a bit furious. Why does he get away with everything?

After filling up the last water tank, she painfully stood up and stretched. Doing that job for about ten tiems in a row can cause serious cramps.

That weirdo Eric, thought Melissa complainingly. If he makes me do his job one more time--

"Hey," said a low voice coming from behind her.

Melissa's heart began to thump rapidly. She had a strong feeling it was Jackson, the guy who she liked from the beginning the airplane crashed on this deserted island.

Melissa slowly turned around and found him standing in front of her, about three feet away. He had a bored face on. Melissa smiled at him but he didn't give her back one.

"Hi," Melissa said blushing as she turned back to carry back the water tanks to the fireplace.

There was silence for a few seconds. Then suddenly there was a shuffling of feet.

"Need help?" asked Jackson with no tone showing feeling of any kind.

Melissa awkwardly grabbed the handle of one water tank in her hand and lightly blushed. "Um, it's okay."

"Okay," Jackson replied as he started to turn away and slowly walk back to the fireplace.

Shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot! screamed Melissa in her head as she grabbed the other one in her hand, nearly dropping it. I messed up again...

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The sun began to set onto the neverending ocean as Taylor Hagan relaxed on her cozy beach towel. She began to dawdle the oyster 'sushi' in her mouth tasting it's very delectable flavor. Eric McGorril layed down a feet away from her on the beach sands closing his eyes and humming a song from the 80's.

"Eric shut up," Taylor said quietly as she turned to her side. "I'm not a big fan of the 80's."

"Sorry," Eric said mockingly, but satisfied that Taylor talked to him for the first time of the day. It seemed that today all Taylor was doing was ditching him for some reason.

"Hey Taylor," called Eric still closing his eyes.

"Yes?" Taylor replied turning her attention toward the sky which was a deep shade of gray, blue, pink, and purple.

"Just out of curiousity, why were you avoiding me today?"

Taylor let out a soft chuckle. "Because I wanted to."

Eric McGorril frowned and said," Okay. Hey, I forgot. I was supposed to fill the water tank. Oh well. Melissa will do all that."

"Hahaha," laughed Taylor. "You're so evil."

"Thank you," Eric said letting our an evil laugh. "Thank you very much."

There were serveral moments of silence between them as both of them gathered their inner most thoughts.

Taylor's so hot, thought Eric dreamingly.

I want more sushi, Taylor sang in her mind.

And without notice, Taylor got up and ran off to the beach rocks, abandoning Eric all by himself.

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Clatter. Clatter. Clatter.

Far beneath the thick green foliage of the woods, Lex Marin steadily grabbed his video electronics and set them up into an upright position. The video camera pointed towards him on the tripod as Lex pressed the recording button.

"I am still here on this deserted tropical island," he reported to his video diary. "It's getting pretty boring and everyone's not doing their jobs much as they used to. Overall, we got along, but our-- their laziness has to decrease by that much." Lex held up his hand in a certain motion toward the screen.

"Well," Lex continued, "the good thing is no one has died yet. Every since that incident of Eric's food poisoning, everything's gotten pretty gaudy. What I'm hoping for is everyone getting rescued before something really bad happens--" Lex stopped as if he sensed something. He turned around.

BOOM!!

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Thirty feet away from where the loud boom occured, Nathan and Daley jumped horrifyingly.

"What was that?" Daley cried out nervously looking back at the dark forest.

"Someone screamed," Nathan said his heart thumping fast. "Melissa and Jackson's by the fireplace, Taylor and Eric's down at the campsite, but where's Lex?"

"He..." Daley said hesitatingly. "He said he was going to record something in his video diary..."

Daley's heart started beating rapidly and she looked at Nathan worringly.

"The forest...?"

The two teenagers immediately jumped up and started heading inside the forest desperate to find Lex's location.

"LEX!!!"

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note from sahelseeah: Chelsea's evil twin sister here. Rawrrrr. So, hello. Yes I do highly admire and enjoy watching Flight 29 Down. It is a very nice story, yet sad. So yeah. This fanfic I've created right now is my third one and I'm hoping to stick to it because the last two stories I've attempted to create weren't very... how do you say it... 'interesting'. Ell oh ell. Okay, I will update when I get a review. Good day to you.