Chapter Three
"Are we there yet?" asked Tomo, a low odd sound being emitted as Yomi clenched and unclenched her leather glove covered hands. Chiyo glanced from to the other nervously. Tomo fell silent for a moment.
"Hey Yomi?" she then asked.
"Yes Tomo?" replied Yomi.
"Are we there yet?" asked Tomo, flicking a fly off of her hand.
Yomi didn't bother to reply, though Chiyo did notice her eye twitched ever so slightly. Evidently Tomo had decided they weren't in too much danger. However with the constant cracking of twigs, snarling, hushed breaths and the Halloween theme Chiyo was unable to fully relax.
Kaorin marched beside Sakaki gripping her shotgun tightly. Sakaki liked her with this! She said it matched her, oh wonderful heavens Miss Sakaki liked it! A step, a simple step from which to go on! I'd blow away a million bad guys just for you Sakaki san! I'd kick the devil himself in the balls and rip out the hearts of those who dare insult you! Hmmm…perhaps the doctor was right.
"So are we there-"
"Yes we are" said Chiyo cheerfully, interrupting Tomo. She wobbled as she climbed up onto tiptoes, trying to see over the long grass. "It should be over there" she said pointing. She yelled out as she fell to the floor, the gust from Tomo's sudden burst of speed knocking her over.
"Wow!" yelled out Tomo's voice. "Look at this crash! Wow I bet nothing survived that. Cool it's just like in a movie."
"This isn't a movie" said Yomi, appearing beside Tomo. She twitched slightly as she forced her hands down by her side. Idiot! Idiot! IDIOT!
"You need to calm down Yomi" said Tomo. "I suggest loosening up, but you don't want to get chubbier do you?"
"Mphff!" continued Tomo as her head dug into the ground, Yomi's foot resting on her head, slowly pushing down. "Pthhumpff!"
"Miss Yomi this isn't really a useful direction to be going in" said Chiyo, Yomi releasing her foot and Tomo spitting out mud.
"Well come on then, lets have a look inside this thing then" said Yomi, gripping hold of the crooked cabin door and pulling it open, grimacing as she heard the powerful screeching. She shuddered slightly. She hated that sound.
"They're dead Jim" she muttered to herself as she peered into the crushed cockpit, just about spotting a hand sticking out of the ragged metal mess. The sunlight glinted off of the metal watch. That reminded her. The evening was rapidly encroaching on them, soon it would be night. They'd have been here earlier if it wasn't for Yukari burning out the engine before they even got off the ground.
"Jeez, what is that smell?" asked Tomo loudly as she stepped into the crushed cabin.
"Dead people" said Yomi.
"Smells like mouldy bacon and bin bags" replied Tomo. "And maybe farts too."
"What a professional analysis of the situation" said Yomi.
"Why thank you" said Tomo. "I gave it a lot of thought."
"Good for you" said Yomi.
"Good for you" replied Tomo just as sternly.
Outside Chiyo tried to enter the plane, only to be forced back by a nigh on physical barrier of cold anger. She slowly turned and moved away.
"I say let the two of them work together" said Chiyo, Kaorin and Sakaki nodding. The trio sat waiting, chatting, watching the sun go down, and finally Chiyo started to eat a chocolate bar. Sakaki noticed the girl even did this politely, trying not to interrupt Sakaki and Kaorin by eating extremely quietly.
"So, do you think Mr Anno is alive?" asked Kaorin.
"He might be" said Sakaki quietly. She said little more, and looked around awkwardly as the group fell into silence. Why did she find it so hard to talk? Everyone else she knew could do it easily. She knew how it was supposed to work, what she was supposed to do. On her own she even had daydreams imagining the funny and wild things she could say, enjoying it as everyone laughed with her at something she said. Being the one who made the experience better for the first time. But every time without fail she simply wouldn't know what to say, or how to hold up a conversation. Every time she felt a little worse in herself.
"I think he probably is" said Chiyo, "But we must try to find him before the possible terrorists get to him."
"Terrorists…always the terrorists" said Kaorin.
"What does that mean?"
"I don't know actually, I'm making it up as I go along" replied Kaorin. "And something about this island gives me the creeps."
Sakaki slowly looked upwards as grey clouds went over head, the setting red sun just about penetrating them lazily, shadows stretching out over the ground. A sudden strange feeling passed over her. She didn't really like this place either. There was something odd. A creepy something- it had an odd 4Chan like vibe to it. She thought something may have happened here…apart from the crash and the arrival of a military team.
"Miss Sakaki?" asked Kaorin.
"It's nothing, just a strange feeling" said Sakaki. She let out a faint smile, as though to reassure Kaorin.
She smiled at me! It must be true love!
The three heads turned as Tomo appeared, holding her hands up in the air as though in triumph.
"So?" asked Kaorin.
"This plane crash landed!" exclaimed Tomo proudly. Despite attempting to resist it, Chiyo slapped her head down into her hands. Tomo yelled as she was shoved out of the way by Yomi who stepped out.
"The pilot is dead. Apart from that there's no one else present in the plane. The Politician and his aide are both missing. There are no signs of the original rescue team. If something happened to them, it was unlikely that it happened here" said Yomi.
"So now what?" asked Tomo, pushing herself up off the ground and accidentally treading on Yomi's toes in the process.
Yomi held in the insults as she rubbed her toes with her other foot. She slowly turned and pointed. "We now follow the tracks" said the squad leader. "A collection of footprints leading away from the plane. Given this is a deserted island there shouldn't be many small crowds of people here."
"Right Yomi!" said Chiyo.
"I'm ready" said Sakaki, Kaorin waving her shotgun in the air.
"Oh more walking? But it's getting dark and cold and I stepped in a puddle and my feet are wet" moaned Tomo.
"We'll keep going for now and try to find some shelter later" said Yomi.
"And then sleep?" asked Tomo, her eyes lighting up.
"Perhaps."
"Excellent" said Tomo standing up. Together the five began to walk away from the wreck.
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"Ha ha ha I see some fools have landed on this island. Soon they will discover the secrets that this island possesses" said the man hidden in the shadows.
"Hmm. Why do we have so many cameras?"
"I procrastinate. Putting up cameras is what I do instead of work."
"Right…What are you going to do now sir?" asked the technician.
"I'm going to adopt the Gendo pose" said the man as he sat down and pulled on a pair of white gloves.