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Chapter 3: utter heart break
Hawaii . A place where families dreamed to live and where thousands of people visit every year. Who wouldn't want to visit the small island paradise?
With soft white sand, colorful flowers a bloom, bright sunny skies, shady sceneries, friendly natives, tropical wild life, ocean as blue as sapphires . It was a magical place.
Where Kori and Rachel resided in was not this magical place though. In fact it was far from it . With tropical plants invading the foreign land, and grey skies that were a depressing hue, and thick dark clouds blocking out all sunshine. It was rather a dull sad little place.
Kori and Rachel stood on the light brown sand, observing the new surrounding and taking it all in.
Not one piece of land in sight.
The girls were a mess , but who could blame them? They had quite the day. First time meeting each other was an awkward debate, uncomfortable plane ride, massive plane crash, huge storm, getting swallowed by a wave, nearly drowning in the tropical storm, and then coming ashore to an unknown island with no source of food, water or resources. Now that was a bad day.
Rachel's hair was soaking wet as was Kori's. Both of the girls were soaked to the bone and pretty cold due to the relentless wind. With scared eyes Kori asked the question she had before at her new companion.
"Rachel where are we?" Kori timidly asked. Rachel moved her gaze from the ocean to the red head.
"I have no idea." Rachel replied. It was silent for a moment. It was still hard to absorb the events of the day. It had all happened so fast that it was unbelievable.
"Should we look around?" Kori asked. Rachel shrugged.
"We have nothing better to do, other then starve." Rachel muttered. Getting up the two began to head into the dense vegetation on the island.
Kori and Rachel began to look at the island more closely. Palm trees, banana trees, cocoanuts , and other tropical wild life was seen. Rachel looked at the small banana tree with clumps of the yellow produce.
Grabbing a bundle she followed Kori who was at the moment climbing a tree. Rachel rolled her violet eyes at the red head. The purple haired female had no idea why she was up in a tree playing as if she was a monkey.
"What are you doing up there?!" Rachel called from below. A few bangs and falling leaves were her reply. Rachel pinched the bridge of her nose and groaned. Like she thought before. Kori was all body and no brains.
Then a cry of victory reached Rachel's ears. Looking up she saw Kori begin to throw several cocoanuts at the sandy floor below. Seven in total hit the ground as Kori bounced from the tree and collected her prize.
Rachel looked at get slightly surprised, but quickly masked it. Maybe Kori was smart?
"Well at least this island has some stuff we can eat." Kori said. Rachel gave a small nod.
"Yeah. We should probably make some shelter and start a fire. We have no idea how long we're going to be here." Rachel informed. Kori grimaced. What if they were stuck here forever?
"I'll go get some firewood, you uh- try to make some shelter for the night." Rachel commanded. Kori nodded, but with a scowl. She had no idea why Rachel was bossing her around.
Kori and Rachel each went their separate ways as the two began to look for wood.
. . .
" sir, um sir." A flight attendant called. She continued to shake the sleeping Gar as Richard poked his head into the plane. He groaned at the sight. Gar was still asleep and they had landed about five minutes ago.
Gar was the only one on the plane. Well except Dick and the employee.
"I'll wake him." Dick assured. The stewardess rolled her brown eyes and turned to face one of the hottest men on the planet.
"Oh! Um don't worry I can wake him!" She assured in a seductive voice. Dick looked at the brunette with a glare. He really didn't feel like dealing with a girl flirting with him right now. Not when Kori was waiting.
"Gar wake up!" Dick yelled. Gar grumbled and pulled the blanket tighter around his lean body.
"You have amazing eyes ." The young female complimented. Dick scowled as he turned to see she had unbuttoned her top making her cleavage become revealed. It was not a pleasant sight to Richard, and besides Kori's were bigger.
"If you think my eyes are amazing, then you should see my fiancé's. Her eyes are as green as emeralds." Dick stated happily. The girl flushed and buttoned her top , where she quickly exited the cabin. Dick chuckled before turning to the matter at hand.
"Hey Gar. Rachel's waiting." Dick simply stated. Gar shot up in his seat and ripped the sleeping mask from his eyes. All he needed to hear was that his girl was awaiting him, and he would be up in a heartbeat.
"Dude she is?!" Gar exclaimed. Dick nodded.
"Yup. Gar we're finally in Hawaii and since their flight left first they've probably been waiting on us for like an hour." Dick informed. Gar grinned.
"I don't know how I survived the whole flight without her." Gar admitted. Dick snorted.
" I remember your ass was asleep." Dick said. Gar frowned.
"Hey! I'm going to tell Kori on you!" Gar shouted. Dick grinned.
"Kori. I wonder how their flight was ?" Dick asked. Gar shrugged.
"We'll never find out if we just stay on the plane all day! Now lets go!" Gar yelled. The two smiled as they dashed from the plane. The two almost looked like small eager children dying to see a beloved relative.
Running through the airplane the two exited out the long hallway that connected the plane to the gate. Inside the gate pictures of Hawaii filled the place, as chairs and employees were among the new setting.
Getting on a small train that transported passengers to the airport the train zipped by. Making the stop people began to leave the train as Gar ran out excited by the whole experience.
"HELLO HAWAII!" Gar yelled. Several people began to give him questionable looks, as Dick tugged Gar's ears making him yelp.
"What are you doing?!" Dick scolded.
"Uh- saying hi." Gar replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Dick face palmed himself as the two began to walk into the airport.
"You're so luckily Rachel didn't hear that. Otherwise you would've been slapped." Dick stated. Gar nodded enthusiastically . Those slaps really hurt!
The airport was quite nice. With large windows for watching the airplanes land and take off, escalators, plentiful gift shops, stores and restraunts. At the center of the airplane the luggage carousal spanned.
Since Kori's flight was at maximum capacity they had a cargo ship take all baggage to the terminal. So Rachel and Kori's belonging were still there.
Untouched.
Gar ran excitedly to the baggage carousal. Holding his small carry on bag he began to search for his bag. Then Dick appeared grabbing his large black suitcase with one hand. Gar easily found his green bag and claimed it.
"Alright, we have our bags so we should call the girls." Dick suggested.
"Sounds good to me!" Gar agreed.
Getting his phone out Dick went straight to speed dial. The phone began to ring as he smiled at the picture . It was him and Kori who were lying in the bed. She was laughing her melodic laugh and he had a big smile on his face.
'greetings friends! This is Kori Anders and I am sorry I cannot reach the phone at the moment. I am either with my friends, volunteering at the shelter, or visiting my fiancé Richard at work. I promise I shall call you as soon as possible, and again I am sorry for the inconvenience'.' if you would like to make a voice call please press one.'
Dick frowned but complied with the phone. He had no idea why his call went to voice mail.
"Hey star, its me. When you get this, call me so you and Rachel can meet us at the entrance."Richard replied to the call. Sending it, he ended the phone and looked at Gar who had a superised expression on his face.
"Uh- dude , isn't this Kori's bag?" Gar asked. Dick gave him a confused look. Kori was supposed to pick up her bags an hour ago.
"No, it shouldn't be." Dick dismissed not even taking a glance. Gar grabbed the purple bag and grew a skeptical look.
"dude, hate to break it to you, but this is Kori's bag." Gar informed. Dick whipped his ebony hair towards Gar to see what he said was true. It was indeed Kori's bag.
The bag was a bright purple with small white stars painted on by Kori at the front half. A white zipper and a small key chain that held a neon green shooting star on the zipper. It was unmistakably hers.
"That is Kori's, but why is it still in the baggage claim?" Dick asked to nobody in particular. Gar shrugged.
"I don't know dude, but maybe Raven will know!" Gar assumed. Dick shook his head with a creased forehead and pointed behind Gar.
"What?" Gar questioned. Noticing his fingers he turned and widened his forest green eyes at the sight of Rachel's navy blue suitcase.
"What the hell is going on?" Gar mumbled. Grabbing her bag he looked at Richard.
"Where do you think they are ?" Gar asked. Dick sighed.
"I don't know, but lets split up and look for them. You call Rachel and I'll call Kori again. We can both look for them here and meet back up at the gate." Dick stated. Gar nodded as the two walked away searching for the missing girls.
. . .
Kori heaved a breath and adjusted a severed branch. Fixing the wooden material she grabbed a few large banana leaves and covered the top and placed some at the bottom. Standing up she smirked in victory at the sight.
It was a large wooden tent with extra water resistant covering as the leaves, and a firm hold. It was a soft layer of sand at the bottom and a clumps of thick mud holding the whole thing together. It was a rather good shelter.
Rachel soon returned to the beach with a bundle of heavy branches. Dumping them onto the sand she clapped her hands and wiped any dirt that may have gotten on her wrinkled, but dried shirt.
"Okay, I got the fire wood. Did you-" Rachel stopped mid sentence at the sight of the new home. It was actually pretty good.
"Is it bad?" Kori asked nervously assuming her silence for a bad judgement.
"It's tolerable. " Rachel replied in monotone. She squatted down and sat as she began to grind the sticks to form a fire. Kori watched in fascination as a whiff of light grey smoke began to form and then a small fire sparked.
"Go get some of the wood so we can set it up." Rachel commanded. Kori obliged and soon returned with a bundle of wood. Soon the two had a small fire, shelter and their own awkward company.
"This is not how I planned my day would go." Rachel muttered as she slumped into the sand. Kori sighed and joined Rachel in sitting.
Watching the grey sky and the several stars that perked out the two were having internal conflicts. Thoughts, feelings, new emotions they never thought they would ever feel. Rachel could honestly say she was never scared until today.
"Rachel." Kori called quietly. Rachel turned from her gaze on the quickly darkening sky and looked at the red head.
"What?" She asked. It was not a harsh tone, but it wasn't nice either.
"Do - do you think we'll ever get home?" Kori asked. Rachel softened her expression and thought. Was it even possible?
"You want the truth?" Rachel asked. Kori timidly nodded in reply.
"Its pretty unlikely. I'm not saying we will ever get home, but what I'm saying is that it isn't impossible." Rachel answered. Kori curled up into a small ball and felt the tears brim her eyes.
"Rachel I'm scared. What if we don't ever see Gar or Richard again ?" Kori asked sadly. Rachel's breath hitched as she felt a lone tear fall down her pale cheek.
"If we never see them again, then they'll know that we loved them." Rachel replied calmly. Crawling to Rachel's side Kori glanced at her fellow female.
"I guess we won't get married." Kori muttered. Rachel turned to her with a scowl.
"If you keep thinking like that then we won't." Rachel growled. Kori's bottom lip shook as her green eyes grew clouded.
"Oh Rachel! I miss him! I miss him so much! I want Richard! I need him to hold me and tell me everything's going to be alright! I can't stay here forever. I love him! " Kori sobbed. Tears ran down her cheeks similar to a water falls as she clutched her knees and cried while her sobs continued to rack her body causing her to shake in despair.
Rachel looked sorrowly at Kori. Watching her cry made her feel bad. She actually seemed a wreck. Rachel thought of what she said. Did Kori love Dick? Well maybe if she's crying her heart out over here. Then Rachel glanced at the tent. A green leaf caught her attention. It reminded her of Gar's green eyes. That's when the trigger pulled. A sob escaped Rachel's mouth. No matter how much she tried not to, she couldn't live without him.
"I love you Gar, no matter how much you annoy me, you'll always be the idiot who has my heart." Rachel whispered. Covering herself she crawled into the shelter where Kori now resided.
The night continued to progress into darkness, as the only sounds heard that night in the island were the girls cries for their lost loves.
. . .
"Did you find them?" Richard asked walking to Gar. Gar shook his head.
"No dude! I asked everyone if they've seen a girl with purple or red hair and they all said no." Gar exclaimed.
"We should check Gate 46. That's where the passengers on flight 724 got off. " Dick suggested.
Walking towards the gate they began to notice an odd sight. Several people covering their mouths in shock, others sobbing uncontrollably, whimpers, questions, angry faces. It was a massive crowd in front of the gate, and several security guards holding back people who tried to claw their way inside.
"HEY LOOK THERE'S DICK GRAYSON RIGHT OVER THERE!"
Dick's blue eyes widened at the sight of a mob of photographers and papparazi. Camera flashes, and loud yells were heard as Dick covered his eyes with his arm from the blinding lights. Several news reporters jumbled their supplies and scrambled to Dick with microphones at ready.
A microphone was shoved in Dick's face as several recorders did as well.
"MR. GRAYSON! MR. GRAYSON! HAVE YOU BEEN AWARED OF FLIGHT 724!" A female reporter yelled.
Richard rose an eyebrow. He knew that his presence would bring the blood thirsty papparazi eager to get any information, but this was extremely excessive.
" WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU WERE INFORMED ABOUT THE INCIDENT!?" A male reporter yelled while mumbling was heard among the small crowd that had gathered.
" IS IT TRUE YOUR FIANCE KORI ANDERS WAS ON THE FLIGHT!?"
"WHEN WERE YOU AWARE OF THE PLANES LEFT ENGINE FAILURE!?"
" ARE YOU PLANNING TO SUE THE COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS TRAGEDY!?"
"MR. GRAYSON OVER HERE!"
"ARE YOU IN ANY WAY EMOTIONAL?"
"MR. GRAYSON!"
Continuous screams of attention grew as Dick was pressed into a corner with Gar by security. The two confused boys were utterly shocked. What were they talking about? Gar turned and watched people weep and be comforted by sobbing relatives. He wasn't a genius, but he was smart enough to know something happened.
Turning he saw a small group of people watching a flat screen TV with somber expressions. Curious, he went and joined the crowd where his heart stopped. Dick who had noticed Gar's absence followed him, and soon joined the small party. At that moment the boy's world's had stopped.
" BREAKING NEWS! We have just received news that Flight 724 from northern east airlines have crashed. Reports from earlier today states that the left engine malfunctioned causing the accident. We'll now switch to sky 2, where Tom will give you more details. Tom." "Thank you Bob. Here we see floating debris of the aftermath of the wreckage. From as much as we have gathered there no survivors. The coast guard shall continue to search, but what we've heard so far is that it's a slim chance anybody could have survived this disaster."
" No, no t-that can't be true..." Gar breathed.
" Please tell me this is some sick joke. Any body please. PLEASE!" Dick yelled.
"This isn't happening! I know it isn't! This has to be some twisted nightmare I just need to wake up from. Yeah, I'm still asleep on the plane and I'm just having a really bad dream, is all." Gar said as he began to shake his head furiously.
"The woman I love can't be dead. No, she isn't! Life can't be so cruel to take away the one person I love in life. It's not true that I've lost my family again." Dick mumbled.
But sadly in both their hearts, they knew it was true. The unthinkable had happened and it felt like pure hell.
" I LOVE HER!" Dick yelled in an emotion of anger and utter heart break. Kicking several chairs he settled down and began to breath heavy breaths as reality settled in.
Kori was gone.
Gar who had been handcuffed for attacking a pestering reporter layed slumped on the ground continuing to shake his head furiously as hot tears flowed down his face. Dick clutched his head and choked back sobs, while he tried to ignore the scene of the relentless papparazi.
Now instead of a day filled with joy, all the guys could remember was the empty feeling in their chests knowing that their hearts were with the woman who had stolen them. The one emotion that stuck out from the rest.
Utter heart break.
and there goes chapter 3! I know it was sad... :( poor guys! Poor girls! Poor everyone! D:
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