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I woke up and the first thing I felt was the unbearable heat. I cursed myself for wearing sweats on the plane. I dragged myself up, noticing that my stomach hurt a lot. I hoped we would hurry up and go to the cockpit before it got infected. I walked over to the wreckage in hopes of finding my bag. As I was sorting through the luggage, I started singing to myself without realizing it. "Abc, easy as 123, or as simple as do re mi, thats how easy love can be."

"Well, you're a regular JLo aren't you?"

"Sawyer," I groaned, embarrassed of my habit.

"Wow, tone down the enthusiasm!"

I grinned at him, then noticed my blue backpack laying next to his foot. "Hey can you pass me my bag?" I asked, pointing down at it.

He picked it up and grinned at me. "Why don't ya come over here and get it?

I smiled back at him, and walked over. He playfully held it up and away from me. I laughed and lunged for the bag, but he put a hand out to hold me off. I gasped, stopping as it connected with my side.

"Are you okay?" He asked, concerned.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's nothing." I responded quickly, wincing in pain.

"The hell it aint! I barely touched ya!"

"Wow Sawyer, are you worried?" I teased, reverting to my usual playful self. A look of anger flitted over his face, and I instantly felt bad. After all, it was not often that he cared about other people. He threw my bag down at my feet and started walking away, and I felt rotten. "Wait!"

He turned around, and I started painfully peeling my tank top away from my stomach. I folded it up, exposing my usually toned stomach.

Sawyer's eyes widened, and he walked over to me. I angled myself away from the other passengers, not wanting them to see. "This was nothing? You need to get this looked at!"

My eyes filled with tears, and I felt hopeless and weak. " If Jack sees me like this, there's no way I'm going to the cockpit. I need to find my family." I replied, trying to keep my voice from cracking.

"Are ya really sure ya should be going like this?" he asked.

"I'm going." I concluded, and rushed off so he wouldn't see my tears. I pulled down my tank top, and realized that I had forgotten my bag. I quickly composed myself when I saw Kate and Jack talking at the edge of the jungle. I walked up to them. "Ready to go?" I asked.

"Yeah we're ready. You?"

"I was born ready." I responded, smiling.

At that moment Charlie walked up and asked where we were going. Jack explained that we were going to the cockpit, and he asked to come along. Jack agreed, and we started off. Charlie and I started talking, and I was amazed at how sweet he was. I was telling him about my family being in the cockpit when we came upon it.

"Oh my god." I gasped and started running towards it. We approached the entrance and started climbing up with Jack in the lead. The stench was overwhelming. I swayed slightly, but soon caught my balance. I climbed quickly, determined to find my family. I climbed up to the second row, and there they were. My mom's head was twisted at an unnatural angle, and I didn't need to check her pulse to know she hadn't made it. I let out a sob, and Charlie rubbed my shoulder soothingly. I looked at my brother. He looked like he was asleep, and I ran my fingers through his hair. He twitched, and I jumped back in shock. "What?" I said, still in shock. I felt for his pulse, and it was strong. I lightly slapped the side of his face. "Brian, wake up! Wake up! Come on god damn it!"

Brian woke with a start, nearly giving me a heart attack. I hugged him with all of my strength. "Britney?"

"Yeah."

"Where are we?" He asked, disoriented.

"Well, our plane crashed, and we are on an island," I replied. "I thought I lost you!"

"Where's mom?" He asked. I saw Charlie looked pained, and Kate had tears in her eyes. Jack looked the saddest I have ever seen him.

"She didn't make it." I sobbed and hugged him. He started to cry, and squeezed me hard. "Okay, I know this is hard, but we need to find the transceiver and get out of here."

Brian nodded and started to get up. We climbed into the cockpit, and started looking around for the transceiver. Jack started to climb over the pilot. Even though I knew he was still alive, when he woke up I truly believed in zombies for a moment. We found the transceiver, when we heard a loud metallic clicking noise, followed by a loud roar. We all froze in terror.

"What is that?" The pilot asked.

"We don't know." Jack answered tensely.

Kate tried to look out a window, but it was too foggy. The pilot started climbing towards the broken windshield.

"No!" I screamed. "Do you have a death wish? Do not go near that window!"

The pilot glanced at me but kept going.

I lunged forward, grabbing his forearm in an attempt to stop him. "Stop." I warned, but he kept going. Suddenly he screamed and was pulled from my grasp.

"Run!" Jack yelled, and we all ran as fast as we could. I was in the lead. My legs were burning, and the cut on my stomach was stinging, but I did not hesitate. The rain blurred my vision, but I saw a large clump of bamboo. I ran in, with Kate right behind me. I looked back, expecting Brian to be right behind us.

"Jack!" Kate screamed.

"Brian! Charlie!" I added, equally petrified. I confident that Jack and Charlie were okay, but Brian? He was only thirteen. He was far too young to die. He had a full life ahead of him.

"One." Kate said. I looked at her confused until I remembered Jack's story. "Two." Ugh. Why couldn't she count a little faster? We were wasting time here. "Three." Oh well, it helped her calm down. "Four" Finally. "Five."

Suddenly, Charlie came, running.

"Where's Brian?" I demanded, worried that he wasn't with Charlie.

"I don't know," he said. "I fell and Jack helped me up. He was right behind me. But I didn't see Brian."

"We have to go back for him." Kate stated. She was probably talking about Jack, but I was more worried about my brother. We walked out of the bamboo, despite Charlie's protests.

"Brian! Jack!" I screamed. Suddenly Kate saw something lying in a puddle and picked it up.

"What is it?" Charlie asked

"It's the pilot's." I spun around, recognizing Jack's voice.

"Where's Brian?" I asked, terrified that he wasn't with Jack either.

"He insisted on finding you." His brow furrowed. "Wait, so he's not with you?"

"You let a thirteen year old boy wander into the jungle with that... thing in it?" I cried, furious. "Are you insane?" I turned on my heel and started running. "Brian!" I screamed. I slid around a turn and did not notice the puddle of mud in front of me. I slipped in the mud, and fell hard. I jumped up, but I must have hit my head hard because the next thing I knew I was falling.