Chapter 2: After Effects
At first I didn't know what was going on. All I saw pitch black, then I felt a sharp pain on my left leg. I opened my eyes, and immediately saw trees surrounding me. I sit up, looking around my surroundings. I had no clue where I was, every time I look around, it was all trees. Then the sharp pain in my leg came back, I look down and notice my pant leg was ripped, and there was a long scratch on my leg. Along with that was blood.
I sat up, trying to think what happened. Then it hit me. The plane crashed. I grabbed onto a tree next to me. Trying to help myself sit up. After the struggle, I managed to pull myself up. My leg hurt a little every time I put pressure on it. I started to walk around, and now my head was pounding. I then realized my mom wasn't with me. So I went forward, and kept going while looking around every once and a while. To see if my mom was around.
I notice how late it was. It was sunset. 'How long was I out for?' I thought to myself. I continued forward, I didn't know where I was going. I just knew I was trying to find a beach or something. It felt like hours till, what sounded like water crashing into each other. I then realized it was an ocean. My leg was still hurting, so I couldn't really run. I was excited to see if there were any other survivors though.
When I emerged from the trees, I saw there were many fire pits burning. I saw a lot of different people around, sitting a different fires. I was still walking around, no one had notice me yet. I tried counting how many there were. I estimated almost fifty people. I then stopped, I was wondering if my mother was here. I was circling around, trying to spot her. But I didn't. Then after I was about to walk again. I saw someone running up to me. It was the same man who was yelling at the front desk lady at the airport.
"Hey, you okay? Can you hear me?" He asks me.
I couldn't find any words to tell him. I just simply nodded at him. I was still trying to look for my mother.
"It looks like your leg hurts pretty badly. Come on I`ll help." He tells me.
"No…no I need to find my mom." I finally told him.
"It`s okay, I won`t hurt you. I`m a doctor. My name is Dr. Jack Shepard," He tells me. I stop, and look at him. "It`s okay, let me fix your leg, and after that we can look for your mother." He assures me.
"Okay." We start to walk to what looks like a make shift, tent. Made out of the plane.
"Can you tell me your name ?" He asks me.
"Madison, Madison Jennings." I told him
"How old are you Madison?"
"I`m twenty-one. What happened?"
"The plane crashed, I don't know how."
"How many of us survived?"
"Close to fifty of us. Can you lift your leg please?" I lifted my leg painfully, and set it on the other seat.
"So you're a doctor?"
"Yeah, I am. Spinal surgeon, but I know a lot of different thing too. Where did you land at, after the plane crashed?"
"I was somewhere in the jungle. I blacked out before we even crashed."
"I was too. Just had scratch on my left side though. This is going to sting, but this will help." He showed me a bottle of peroxide.
I knew this was going to hurt like hell. So I nodded my head at Jack, telling him I was ready. He poured the peroxide on my leg. It stung like a bitch. I tried not to scream, and I was holding onto the couch cushions like there was no tomorrow. He stopped pouring it, but it was still hurting. After he let it dry up a bit, he grabbed some wrapping gauze and started to wrap my leg.
"Thank-you, for helping me."
"Your welcome. So was your mom next to you on the plane?"
"Yes she was. I was surprised she wasn't next to me, when I woke up."
"Crazy things can happen in a plane crash," Jack told me. "Okay all done. Let`s find your mom."
He helped me up. Jack told me it was going to be sore for a little while, and to stay away from the ocean. So it wouldn't get effected. Jack helped me search around on the beach for my mom. We look around for a while, but I couldn't spot anywhere.
"I`m sorry but It is getting dark, let`s call it a night. We can start tomorrow okay."
"I have to find her."
"I know. But I promise you, I will help you look for her," Jack assured me. "I was planning to go look for the cockpit tomorrow to look for the transceiver. Maybe if you want, you can come with me and we can also look for your mom as well. Okay?"
"Okay, I have nowhere to sleep."
"I`ll help you find somethings and help you set up a tent. I`ll be right back, just find a spot to sleep at."
I walk around, and found a spot near a pregnant women. She look around eight months. I would be surprised if the baby was alive. The women saw me staring at her, and she smiled at me and I just smiled back. She look back down at her belly, and continued to rub it. A few minutes later, Jack comes towards me with some plane parts, and a lot of blankets too. I also notice another man with him.
"Hey, hope you don't mind. I have to stay with another guy right now. He`s hurt pretty badly. This is….."
"Boone." The other guy finished for Jack
"I hope it`s okay if he helps you with your tent?"
"Yeah, its fine. Thanks for all your help Jack."
"Anytime. Also were leaving first thing tomorrow morning. Get plenty of rest."
"Okay."
He walks off, and I look towards Boone. He seems in his mid-late twenties. Short brown hair, with green eyes. He is wears a blue t-shirt, with blue jeans and tennis shoes on. While I was wearing a plan black shirt on, with blue jeans, and blue tennis shoes on.
"Hi, my name is Boone. Boone Carlyle. What`s yours?" He said, letting me shake his hand.
"Madison, Madison Jennings."
"It`s nice to meet you," Boone said.
After we introduce ourselves, Boone started to help me with my tent. It didn't take very long, and after he was finished helping me. He told me if I needed anything just to come to him. I told him thank-you, and watched him go back over to where he was sleeping. I notice he walked over to a young women, maybe a few years older than me. I then walked into my tent, and started to make my bed.
I never slept on sand before. So hopefully it was comfortable enough. I laid down, and looked around in my make shift tent. It was small, but it had to do for now till we all get rescued. I then thought about my mother again, and hoping she was okay. I also thought about my luggage, of all things. Well I did need a new pair of pants, since one of my pant legs were ripped off.
I then started to feel my eyes lids getting heavy, and I was getting tired. I wasn't too surprised. Of course being in a plane crash wears you out big time. So I started to find the comfiest place in the sand with a blanket under me, and laid my head down under my arms for a pillow. I still didn't like the fact sleeping on sand was the most comforting place in the world, but it just has to for now. That was my last thought, before let the darkness take me in.
