Chapter 2: The Coroner

Running out from the forest came Josie and Sarah screaming, "He's dead he's dead," running through the camp of the people. Sammy stood up and looked at them try to keep a straight face thinking it was a joke. When they told her what happened she followed the two into the forest and to Justin's body.

"What happened?" Sammy said bending down at his body looking him over to see where the damage had been.

"We don't know we just found him out here like this," Josie said still a little shaken up. Melissa looked over from behind the two girls watching the body of the man she had once talked to at the beach. With hesitation Sammy felt Justin's neck with two fingers and within seconds she said, "He's alive, get him down to the beach and I'll try to save his life."

Josie and Sarah ran picking him up and started down to the beach. "Think you can save him?" Melissa asked Sammy walking up from behind her now.

"We'll see," Sammy said.

Flashback (Sammy):

"So he's the new body today huh George?" Sammy said looking up at a man she had worked with in the morgue. Moving up the white sheet she looked him over finding many first degree burns most likely from an explosion. "Looks like there were explosives involved in this ones death, so where was he found?" Sammy asked pulling up a scalpel from a table ready to examine the body.

George looked at her and then the body for the tag. Looking at it he picked up a clipboard nearby matching with the tag and said, "Well he seems to be called Rick Humines, he was found at the front of the warehouse near the shipping docks for the supplies of the military. So he also was found with a detonated bomb," George said to Sammy.

Sammy shook her head looking at his body more. "Hmmm it would explain the burns but what isn't explained is that he's still alive, see feel the pulse in his neck," Sammy said moving out of the way from the body.

George moved to the body and placed his two fingers feeling the pulse well defined. "So we should call the hospital right?" George asked looking at Sammy once more.

Sammy nodded picking up the phone on the nearby wall and started to dial getting ready.

At the tent Sammy owned she started looking over the body pulling up a suitcase that had belonged to a doctor on the plane, and picked out gloves from it before starting to look over Justin's body. Opening the shirt Sammy went into the bullet hole and started to dig in his chest for the bullet. People gathered watching Sammy operate and were stunned when she pulled out the bullet in Justin's chest. Blood started to pour out now, Sammy turned and pointed to the nearest person, Quiana, and said, "Get me some cloth and quick!" Quiana vanished out of the tent going to get the cloth.

Back with the group in the forest, they started to look over the part of plane they had found which was the most mysterious thing in the world. Rain was pouring once more which seemed odd since it was raining just a couple of minutes ago. Moving into the tilted plane went Andrea. "You guys stay out here, I'll come back with anything I can find," Andrea said heading into it even though gravity was playing against her.

Moving by pulling herself on the seats was Andrea looking into the slight darkness of the plane. Looking into one of the seats Andrea found a bag and threw it down the plane and then into the bathroom she went trying to keep her balance with a wall supporting her now.

Moving out of the bathroom now Andrea went into the cockpit located here seeing no one inside. Looking around after closing the door Andrea found a box that was meant to find people when lost. "This flight went out many years ago," Andrea said examining the box. Looking at the pilots chair there was blood that was splattered, so on the tip of the plane too. Andrea jumped out and looked at the group.

"So, what was inside?" Sophia asked getting excited.

"Nothing really except for the bag," Andrea started and pointed to the bag on the floor, "And this twenty year old box for communicating back to the people letting them know they've crashed. Guys, this wasn't apart of our plane."

"Then who's was it," Kathy asked.

"I think it's better if we don't know. We should tell the people back at camp about this though," Jacob said looking at the box.

"I would disagree with you Jacob, that would put everyone in panic," Thomas said.

"But they deserve to know," Jacob said trying to win.

"Jacob just shut-up, let this be kept between us," Sophia said watching everyone nod to it and then start to head back in the rain.

At the camp Sammy was wrapping the cloth around Justin's body when Quiana had arrived back and sat back seeing as how she was finished with doing what she had done. "So do you guys know who shot him," Josh asked sitting down next to Sammy now interested in this development.

"No, but we do know he was after some type of criminal from what Melissa has told us," Sammy said still looking at Justin's unconscious state. "It all just seems so familiar."

"It'll come back to you I'm sure but you know if we've got a criminal on the island, we might have some problems," Josh said before standing up and leaving Sammy behind.

"Who knows, it might be bad," Sammy said still looking at the body.

When Josh walked out Lina looked up at him from her reading. "So they still don't know who shot that guy huh? And from what you guys said there's a criminal other than you huh?" Lina asked him.

"Don't eavesdrop, it could wind up bad on your behalf," Josh said walking off.

"Pft, I'm only interested because I need to write a really good story," Lina mumbled to herself going back to the book she had possessed in her hands.

Nadia and Quiana were by Sammy's tent talking. "So he got shot, wow who could've done it?" Nadia said chatting with Quiana.

"They don't know yet but I bet that Hitman had something to do with it. Who can trust a guy with a gun that knows how to use it?" Quiana asked Nadia.

"Oh who cares I really just hope a boat comes soon, I can't wait to go to that concert," Nadia said in a high pitched voice jumping up and down as Quiana dittoed her actions.

Melissa walked into the tent that Sammy owned and looked at the Justin and then back at Sammy. "So is he going to be alright?" Melissa asked looking down at him before sitting down next to Sammy.

"I don't know, he was shot with pretty good accuracy, right in the heart if you would like to put it. Looks like someone was really out to get our little police officer," Sammy said before standing and going to the body getting ready to examine Justin.

Justin then shot his eyes open and grabbed Sammy by the arm. "Ja…Ja…c…" He started to mumbled before blood came out, he squeezed Sammy's arm harder.

"Get him off," Sammy struggled as Melissa came over and pried Justin off watching him go out of conscious.

Flashback (Sammy):

Sammy watched as the ambulance came to the parking lot and the workers came out with the stretcher picking up Ricks body and rushing him to the hospital. They escorted Rick out and then Sammy let out a sigh looking at the empty room now. "No more bodies to examine today huh George, that's kind of boring," Sammy said going to her desk and sitting down at it.

George followed her and said, "Well it's like a day off, think of it like that. No filling is needed, no need to cut into the bodies, and no need to document what the hell we find in those stupid corpses."

Shaking her head Sammy said, "But I like to look inside the bodies and document what I find, but alas I guess I can deal without the need to file any papers since that is the boring part of the job." Sammy stood and looked out the nearby window as the ambulance drove off.

Moving with her George looked out the window and then back at Sammy. "Well you know we can just find something else to do today," he said.

Sammy looked at him and then slammed him on the desk getting intimate with George kissing and taking off their clothes.

Coming out of the jungle path came the group of five waving at the people only to have one rush over to them, Lina. "Guys, there's someone inside the tent over there. He got shot by someone," Lina said. Jacob ran toward the tent and Sophia followed behind him. Entering the tent they looked at Sammy who was a little freaked out and Melissa who was standing over Justin's body. Sophia just took one glance and then stomped off away from the tent.

"Sophia wait," Jacob called after her as she entered a secluded area.

"You did it didn't you! You just hated your step brother that much that when he was hunting you down you saw it as the perfect moment to kill him right?" Sophia said looking into Jacob's eyes.

"Sophia… I…" Jacob said looking at her.

"We're not to speak until you can tell me the truth some time," Sophia said going off to her tent.

Jacob watched her walk off and sighed to himself. "Is it ever going to work out between me and her?" He asked himself. Josh watched the two from a small distance.

Sitting on the beach was Melissa again watching the wave's crash back and forth. Melissa had to get out of that tent but who the hell could've shot that guy was the thought that raced around in her mind. "I guess having a criminal isn't as convenient as it should be seeing as how he could help us fight things off," Melissa said.

Coming up next to her Sophia sat herself looking at the waves. "Despite how loud it is I can see how calming it is," Sophia said looking at Melissa with a frown on her face and then back at the waves.

Melissa looked at her. "Well I can see someone's a little on the grumpy side today hm?" Melissa asked.

"Sorry, it's just my brother, he's done a lot of things that just make me want to scream and hit him but I still love him," Sophia said looking back at Melissa trying to get a smile but wasn't successful.

"Don't worry, I'm sure it will all work out in the end for the both of you," Melissa said looking back at the waves. Sophia looked back with her thinking about what Melissa said and agreed with it.

Quiana and Nadia were digging through some of the supplies from the plane that was nearby that they had crashed with. Pulling out bag after bag they finally got a bag that they were looking for and pulled out headphones and a CD player. They then searched for another bag that belonged to them so that they could find their CD's. Pulling out the Bag Nadia squealed, "Yes, I found it!"

From inside the plane, though, came a growl. Thomas had been walking by and looked inside. "The hell?" He asked allowed before seeing a giant furry figure come out making Nadia and Quiana run. It ran into the forest ad Thomas stared at the path it took. "Was that a polar bear?"

"Polar bear, what the hell is a polar bear doing on a tropical island like this?" Quiana asked herself looking at the path and then at the CD play before inserting her CD and starting to listen to it.

"This is some freaky shit," Thomas said. He thought he'd go to Sophia and tell her since they were keeping the secret about the other plane.

Finding Sophia he sat down next to her and looked at Melissa. "Can I have some privacy please?" Thomas asked nicely and Melissa nodded walking off to another location. Thomas looked at Sophia. "There was a polar bear in the plane, it came from the island," Thomas told her.

"Now you guys are pulling my leg, a polar bear?" Sophia said looking at the forest. "I mean this is a tropical place."

"I know that's what Quiana and Nadia had said," Thomas told Sophia.

"You told them?" Sophia asked.

"No, they just happened to be there when I saw it," Thomas said and looked at the waves like she had been doing.

"Well I'll tell Melissa," Sophia said.

"Tell me what?" Melissa said walking back to them and looking mainly at Sophia at the moment.

"That there's a friggen polar bear on this island," Sophia said looking at her only to find her fall on the ground cracking up in laughter. Sophia was about to laugh too watching this because it seemed impossible for a polar bear to even exist on this island.

Inside Sammy's Tent she sat looking at Justin seeing him breathing fine and all which was good at this moment. Going to his body Sammy pulled out a revolver which happened to be there since he was a police officer. "How many memories do you bring?" Sammy asked herself looking at it.

Flashback (Sammy):

Sammy buttoned up her work blouse getting up from the desk table that was now the place her and George had became fully intimate. Looking back at him dressing she smiled and looked back at the door that had opened with a person bringing in a new body. Sammy had finished Dressing in time to check the body by the time the person left, and looked it over.

George smiled walking up next to her and said, "So how'd you like it?" George asked pulling up a chart that had matched the morgue tag on his foot. He was starting to get back into the working mode.

"Well you can think you're the best ok?" Sammy said examining more of the body and looking over the charts George had pulled up. Sammy looked back at the body pulling up her scalpel and opened the body looking inside the stomach mainly. Sammy then pulled up a liquid substance and said, "Just as I thought he was poisoned," Sammy said.

"Wow how'd you know where to look?" George said seeming quite amazed by how she found it so fast.

"Let's just say it was a hunch m'kay?" Sammy said putting the body away.

Sammy sighed after awhile not liking how things were looking for this guy. Jacob walked in just as she had sighed and looked at her seeing the distress play in her eyes. "So what happened to him?" Jacob asked her playing dumb.

"Shot in the chest with great accuracy, right in the heart. You're only the twenty-second person who had asked that," Sammy said looking at Justin trying to keep her cool. She didn't like him touching her on the arm for some odd reason, but she couldn't put her hand on it.

"Well someone here has a good shooting ability huh?" Jacob said still sitting next to Sammy.

"You betcha, but I've got one too. That military man probably has a good shooting arm also. I mean anyone could have a good shooting arm if they went to the range," Sammy said looking at Justin still.

Jacob shook his head. "Well it looks like you're lonely here so I might as well keep someone company since people tend to not like me."

Lina was outside the tent and looking inside. "Wow this is going to make a good book," She whispered to herself exiting quietly before grabbing some paper from her suitcase and a pen from her pocket and started to write. "If only something more exciting would happen and if only I knew the shooter," Lina said.

Melissa looked at Lina who was writing and Sophia still next to her. "Hey come on over here," Melissa yelled at Lina, and Lina stood herself coming over and sitting next to them. "Something you wanna know?" Melissa asked.

"Yeah, whomever the shooter was would be a good start. I'm an author," Lina said showing her the paper.

"Oh you wanna know who it was," Sophia said looking at them. She told them making them gulp for a long period. "Yup, my brother did it," Sophia said.

"Then we should get him out of the tent," Lina said.

"Get who out of the tent?" Jacob said sitting next to them. They looked at him with gazes that meant he was untrusting.

Just then a bang, really loud bang, came from Sammy's tent followed by a female's voice saying, "Holy Shit," really loud. The four rushed to the tent and peered inside. Sammy was bending over the body of Just, which now Justin had a very large bullet hole located in the forehead. Over him was Josh holding his magnum at the forehead of Justin.

Sophia looked at Jacob and then back at Justin who had to be dead by now.

Sammy looked up from his body and then at Josh. "What the fuck is wrong with you," She yelled, "You almost shot me!"

Flashback (Sammy):

"Your ticket has been approved Sammy, you may now go to your flight. Please have a safe journey," The ticket saleswoman said handing Sammy her verified ticket and looking back at the computer.

Sammy looked at the ticket and then back up at the woman. "Are you going to get the corpse back on the plane too, we need it over at the morgue where I came from," Sammy said looking at the ticket again and then at the woman trying to make sure it was coming for some odd reason.

"We told you, the corpse of George will be on the plane because of the government in your country makes us do so. You may enter the flight now," The ticket saleswoman said before looking back at the computer again.

Sammy turned and sat on the chair waiting for the boarding of the plane. "I really wish he were here," Sammy said.

Time of Crash

Sammy pulled herself up and looked around. The jet was right in front of her. And there was the coffin sitting right there between her and the jet. Rushing for it Sammy went to grab it to feel some grabbing her arm and trying to pull her away. "No I need the coffin," Sammy said trying to get to it.

Josh was holding her arm trying to pull her back which was harder than he had expected it to be. Accidentally letting go of Sammy Josh watched her fall to the ground and stumble for the coffin. Josh grabbed her legs and the jet turned on for a few seconds pulling the coffin in and turning it to ash from it's flames. "NO," Sammy screamed slamming her fists into the sand.

Josh let her go and walked off. Sammy stood herself crying for a second before trying to walk away but fell still crying to herself. "George," She muttered to herself.