Hello again all. Here is the next chapter. I have a pretty busy work schedule so, I can't promise a weekly update. But I hope you guys enjoy this new chapter. I once again think Melly for the help on editing ^_^
I do not own Victorious or any of the characters in it. (I wish) Here we go!
Chapter 2
The dark haired girl was asleep when she returned. She looked peaceful this time, not the unstable, half asleep mess, she had been before.
The brunette manages to locate some banana's in a tree near the river. It wasn't an easy job considering her current state and weak body. The tanned girl places the bananas on the hot white sand, next to the sleeping girl.
She notices that the dark haired girl has finished off the water she had left her earlier, still clutching the damp cloth to her chest. Thankfully she was breathing evenly, deeply, and her skin was cooler to the touch than it had been when she had awakened to find her sprawled out in the sand.
Whoever she was, she was strong, especially with the condition she had been in, she probably should have been dead. The only thing that had saved herself from death was the fact she is more tanned and she managed to be in a little more shade.
With some guessing on her part she believes the dark haired girl must have been on the open beach with no shade. She couldn't recall a name for her, but she must be some sort of acquaintance. Maybe. Not that it mattered since it seems they are the only two people around.
She decides to gently move the girl to an area that was more shaded, then sits next to her grabbing one of the green bananas and peels it. Eating slowly, she thought to herself about what could have happened to put the two of them on the beach together. The fact that she couldn't remember anything didn't help either.
There was no sign of wreckage, nothing that there might be more people on this island. Of course she didn't go that far from the beach to positively confirm that there is no human life here, but she had a pretty good guess.
Either way, once the dark haired girl was healthy enough, and once she herself was for that matter, then they would take the opportunity to explore the island for their satisfaction. She surely did not want to live on a diet of only bananas.
Finishing the banana and discarding the peel, she laid in the sand and stared at the sky. The stars were familiar enough to see, but they looked strange otherwise. She did know one thing, she was very far away from home.
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The images in her dream were vague, but unsettling. Lots of people with hazy faces and names she could not remember were all around her. There was something huge, something or someone there that caused her to tremble. Then there was brightness, a light and shouting she could barely hear and certainly not comprehend. And then nothing.
Waking up was a nightmare in itself. The dark haired girl woke from her previously distant memories which were gone, just simply vanished. She had no idea why, no idea where she was, she had no idea about anything except that she was pretty damn miserable.
Sitting up slowly, already sweating in the heat, she looks up from under plants hoping to see something, anything, anything at all. Her hopes fall when she see's the blue ocean staring back at her. Just the ocean.
She wants to cry, wants to cry at the unfairness of the world, yell and scream her hatred out. But something inside of her will not allow such a weak show of emotion. Exhaling heavily, she opens her eyes and prepares to...groan from hunger and exhaustion. Instead, a smile makes its way to her face when she sees the dried out gourd filled with water and a bunch of bananas.
She will have to remember to thank her companion, whoever she was, that is. And indeed she was her companion in this little adventure. That is until she can figure out what was going on. So in the meantime she has to rely on this tanned brunette girl.
That was when her hunger appeared suddenly in full force. Her hands start shaking suddenly as she reaches out for the bananas. Clumsily she starts peeling the green bananas, and grabs at her water. The banana almost falls from her hand but she finishes peeling it as quickly as she can and once the peel was gone, she practically shoves the entire thing into her mouth at once. She didn't taste it, didn't need to because she was already peeling the second one. The brunette left her a half a dozen bananas, and within minutes, they were all gone. For the time being, her hunger was be partially satisfied.
She will need more food shortly, but for now, she picks up the water and drinks it down, appreciating it differently than the way she had last night. It had been life then, but now simple joy. Her body practically sings with health as she downs it. And she knew she doesn't need to consider wandering off into the field of blue again.
Her quest to stand wasn't as bad this time. Her legs had some strength to them, but were still shaky. Yet, to be able to stand again and not feel like her legs were rubber made her sigh in relief. For some reason the idea that she may not be able to stand again passes quickly through her mind. That kind of weakness was one she would rather die than live with.
"Good, you're awake."
She looked over and saw her companion walking out of the greenery with an armful of fruit.
She waves to the brunette tentatively, not sure what to respond back with. She didn't know her name or what kind of person she was. The only the she knew, was this girl saved her with the water.
"Hi," She says simply.
Are you still hungry?" She asks, noticing the pile of banana peels.
"Yeah, I think I am. And I…Um…"
Her face turns a little pink, not sure how she could put it delicately. Or at least so she didn't embarrass herself.
The Tanned girl looks at her strangely for just a moment, and then an understanding dawns on her face making her companions face also turn a bit red.
"I will um fetch more water until…" She trails off, unsure on how to finish. Instead of prolonging the awkwardness, she sets down different fruits she collected, grabs the gourd and heads for the river.
Sighing with relief, not sure exactly what she was so nervous about, she goes a bit into the trees to do her business.
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After she finishes her business, she came out and found her companion eating some type of fruit with red skin. Then she happens to notice the tanned girl had a cut on her arm.
She kneels in front of the brown haired girl, "Here, you've got a cut on your arm." It looks angry red. There wasn't anything she could do to heal it but she could bandage it just in case. She tears one of the sleeves off her small shirt and wraps it around her arm, before tying it snugly, "There. That should help a little."
"Thank you. More water?" She offers her.
She dark haired girl nods and accepts the gourd, almost pulling her hand away when their fingers brush against one another innocently.
The dark haired girl blushes some and took the gourd, avoiding, looking into the other girl's eyes. Sipping the water, she looks out at the ocean, waves lapping at the beach in a hypnotic rhythm.
"I think that we should make an effort to explore this island before we…give up. What if we sat here and there maybe some sort of resort on the other side?" The tanned girl suggests, looking behind herself at the rather daunting looking jungle.
The dark haired girl only could nod, "Yeah. I don't know how much longer I can look at this beach before…" She can't finish off the sentence, but could only think about a hopeless blue void.
"Agreed. With no sign of wreckage, I can't believe any sort of rescue party will be out there looking for us." Tanned girl looks over at the dark haired girl hoping she wasn't being too delusional. "Are you feeling well enough to walk a long distance?"
The dark haired girl just glares for a brief moment, making her companion blink in surprise. She could only sigh and responds, "I could before, and I just needed some water and something to eat. I'm feeling a lot better now."
At that she finishes off the water in three large gulps and standsup abruptly. She was tired from the heat, and angry at the situation. No, she didn't want to sit looking at the blue any longer.
"Well?" She asks, looking down at the other girl.
The brunette looks up at her, rather surprised. "You mean…Now?"
She nods, a confident smile on her face, even though her body feels like she needs some more rest. "I want to get away from this beach, the ocean. I'm ready…like now."
"Okay, then I guess we go." She finishes the piece of fruit that she was eating and stands up, brushing the sand off her torn up clothing.
"It may be easier to follow the river since we have no way of carrying fresh water, "She suggests.
The dark haired girl is surprised at the idea but nods, "Good idea. Hopefully we will see animals along the river too. That way we can catch some."
As her body felt refreshed, her mind did too. It was quickly coping with the reality of the situation and trying to think of ways to survive. It was hot and humid, but the trees provided the two shade from the sun. They were lucky in that respect as they were both without any sort of covering for their heads. That was the greatest danger for now as they followed the river upstream, deeper into the jungle.
The two didn't talk; the only noise coming from them was the heat-labored breathing as they made their way through the brush. Footing was slippery with muddy ground and fallen leaves, causing the two to often cling to the trees to keep from falling or going into the river.
There was at one point, a small waterfall, where the two were making their way up the large stones that made a natural stairway, that something…odd happened. "Watch your footing. These rocks are slippery," the brunette warns as she slowly climbs onto the next rock. The brunette girl looked back briefly.
"I know." She responds, as she rolled her green eyes, concentrating on her feet more than anything. The trees overhead casting partial shadows, made walking on the wet rocks even more dangerous.
"Are you okay?" She takes another step, meaning to plant her foot on the next rock, but misses. Her foot slides off the side, and she's suddenly teetering backwards, about to plunge to the shallow water and rocks below.
The dark haired girl looked up at the sudden movement of flailing arms, she was frozen for a heartbeat while her mind determines just what she could to save her. Her body acting on its own, her legs propel her upward where her hand latched on to an overhanging branch. The momentum swung forward where she somehow was able to grab her companion's hand. She turned her body in mid-swing and let go of the branch, lading lightly on her feet on solid ground as she pulls the brunette with her.
The brunette jerked forward where she tripped over a protruding root of the same life-saving tree and tumbled into her savior. The two of them fell to the ground, chest to chest, the brunette on top of the dark haired girl, their faces inches apart.
They stayed in that position, each of them genuinely surprised, before it suddenly occurred to the both of them that their breast were pressing against each other, they quickly scrambled away from each other.
The brunette was breathing more heavily her companion, but not because of the heat, she stands up and backs farther away. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..."
Standing up, though not as quickly, and slightly winded from he fall, the hero of the moment brushs herself off even through there wasn't anything on her. "It's..." She turns to her companion and gives a cold stare for just a moment, then she shook her head, shrugging it off. "It's fine. Don't worry about it." She exhals a bit shakily and laughs a little to lighten up the tension.
"Close call, wasn't it?" she says loudly then smiles.
The brunette was already sighing in relief. She wasn't sure how the dark haired girl was going to react. "Yeah, she answers, looking back at what she would have landed on if she hadn't caught her, "it was. Thank you again."
Trembling a little, she tentatively pats her arm. "We need to stick together right? I didn't want to lose you so soon."
The brunette smiles some, "I definitely didn't want to be lost so soon." She was standing, but she wasn't sure if her feet would allow themselves to be lifted from the ground at the moment. One of the most surprising things, besides the amazing show of athleticism, was that the brunettes companion, her...friend? The confidence she showed.
When the dark haried girl had first awakened, the brunette had been so afraid that she would be helpless, useless, like herself, but she was showing herself to be much different. The burnt girl, seemed more capable than herself. Of course the dark haired girls downfall at the moment was her injuries but she ignored that now.
There was no doubt in the brunettes mind, when the dark haired girl recovers, she herself would not have to worry about her not being much help out here.
The dark haired girl speaks up interrupting her thoughts, "We should keep going" she says.
The brunette looks up the river, the path it was cutting partially obscured by trees, and nods.
"At the speed this water is traveling, there's probably some pretty sizeable hills at least."
The brunette nodded in response, "You're if we go to a higher elevation it will get us out of this heat."
Thankfully, the brunette's body was convinced it was back on solid ground and was ready to get moving again.
"Maybe we should keep a little farther from the river this time," she offered.
The black haired girl smirks at the brunette, "Good thinking, wouldn't want you to lose your footing again. We do not to think of how we will handle the plants though."
The brunette was already coming up with a minor solution. She breaks off a sizable branch, the wood still moist and green, and pulls off the branches.
"This will work a little better I think. It's better than not trying anything," she says looking up at the black haired girl smiling.
"You're kidding right?" the dark haired girl rose her left pierced eyebrow, which she hopes to remember how she got that. When the brunette didn't answer her she snorted and kicked a rock into the river.
The pair followed the river, but this time, they were at a safer distance. The bush wasn't as think as they had feared, and the only occasional tall bush got in their way. The sturdy whip-like branch being used to clear such nuisance vegetation was working quite well.
"That was a pretty good move you did back there. Are you a gymnast or something? The brunette asks, whacking some leaves aside.
"I don't know. It felt like my hand was going to slip off that branch the entire time." It wasn't saying much, but that was the most afraid she could remember being.
The brunette shook her head, and the black haired girl knew it was disbelief, maybe a little awe. "Like I said, it was a good move. Pretty good, actually...Uh.."
"What is it?"
"I was just wondering...what should I call you? I feel kind of uncomfortable not even knowing your name," the brunette explains, pausing for a moment.
"Oh." The black haired girl tried to dig up something, anything from her memory that might tell her who she was, but there was only a maddening blank. She growled frustrated. "I can't remember!"
The brunette blinked and then sighed disappointed, "You too, huh?"
Oh no. She grabbed the brunette's wrist making her stop whacking the bushes, and she turns her around."Don't tell me you can't remember anything either?"
To her dismay the brunette shook her head no. "I remember waking up on the beach, and smelling the ocean, and wondering why I was here. Everything before that..." She shrugs. "I feel like I was a newborn baby, save that I can walk and talk."
The black haired girl sighed dropping the girls wrist. "Dammit, I was hoping that maybe you knew who I was, or what we are doing here." Again she tried to seize the memories, and again found only an unnatural hole, like a tongue probing a missing tooth. "I guess..Well we know we speak English, maybe we are from America?"
The brunette stared at the black haired girl, frowning slightly. "I feel like I know you. There's something just out of reach..."
'...No! I don't want to get up...I Need a teacher! Teacher! Cat!...'
"Cat?" the brunette says, hesitantly. "Are you Cat?"
The black haired eyes widen. "Cat... Cat..." The word had meaning, it was important, it fit her in some way...
"...hey Cat..."
"That must be me," she said wonderingly. "I'm Cat." The sound of the name was strangely comforting although she couldn't help thinking it was off some. "Cat. I have a name."
"I'm happy for you, " the brunette replies, amused. "At least we have a name for you."
Cat smirks at the brunette and says, "So what should we call you, Ms. Nameless?"
The brunette shrugs, as she starts slashing at the bushes with her stick. "I don't know." she responds with a slight whine, making Cat cringe some at her response.
The brunette looks over at Cat, "But, if I know who you are, then you should know me somehow."
The girl now named Cat frowns, and concentrates on her face, trying to fit the image to the hole in her mind, trying to call it back...
...why I would never do that to my dear sister Trina...
...Trina!...
She shook her head, a wave of dizziness washing over her. "I think we were sorta friends, but we aren't. You may have liked me, but you didn't. I can't...its hard to tell."
The brunette glanced back at her, slicing away more bushes as she did.
"If I was your friend, do you remember a name? Someone who was your friend, who was angry or not angry with you? Anything?"
...no one like's you!..
...tri...no! no!...
...Trina...
"Trina," she gasped, sweat streaming down her brow. "Trina, I was in a room talking and I said that name.
The brunette's eyes widen even more than before, the name echoing in her ears.
...Trina...please give back...
...I did not try...
"Yeah. I guess that is my name. Trina." It sounded okay in her ears when she said it. "Looks like I'm Trina." The brunette now named Trina smiled and offered Cat a hand shake.
"So nice to formally finally meet you, Cat."
Cat looked at the offered hand and looked up at her companion, and finally gave her a genuine smile.
"Yes nice to meet you Trina." They both continued to hold each other's hands briefly as they stared back at one another. Finally they both quickly let go.
"Ahem. We should probably get going, its getting dark." Trina stated and they both turned back on the path they were heading, both sharing one thing in the minds, they hoped they could live through this crazy dream like place.
Well I leave it here ya'll ^_^ I hope you guys liked it...I'm worried you wont. Anyway, hope you guys are well! Until next time.