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Mark POV

Hopeless. That's how I felt at the moment. Maddy had been out here in this jungle for a whole night, why didn't she just wait for me? It seemed like every minute that passed by was an hour.

The other search party went back to terra nova. I cant blame them I was getting tired and slowly running out of ammo and food.

After two hours of non stop searching I decided to take a break. With the river near by I could collect water and try to catch some fish. I parked the rover out of view and started walking to the river. It was really hot today so the thought of a quick dip sounded great. As soon as I got to the shallow part of the river the piercing sound of someone screaming stopped me dead in my tracks. " HELP!" I took off down stream knowing that those cries for help were from Maddy.

I got to the split in the river, one side leading off to the ocean the other toward a very large and powerful waterfall. And, of course I saw Maddy's head bobbing in and out of the river heading for the falls.

" Hang on Maddy " as I looked at my surroundings I realized the only way to get to Maddy was to get in the water myself. And with that I jumped in the river.

The water was cool and very rough, I swam with the current and then pure fear was all I could feel as I saw Maddy's eyes close and then she disappeared under the water. I inhaled deep and went under into the dark water. The rocks and down trees were hard and relentless as I got pushed against them, then as I was almost out breath I got pressed against something soft and cold. I brought both of us up above the water I inhaled hard coughing and trying swim to the side of the river. But it was to late I saw the fine mist of the water fall and heard the roar of the water far down below us. Free falling so far down I didn't think I would ever land, but I did, and with a hard crash we plunged into the water.

I hurt every where. I somehow managed to swim out of under the water fall. I swam till I touched ground, panicking I realized Maddy was no where in sight. I screamed for her " MADDY" but I got no reply, the tears came running down my face. My only thoughts were of Maddy and never seeing her again. The water was cloudy, but I could see the shadow of something floating just below the surface. I dived down grabbed hold of a small hand and brought her up.

I layed her gently on the soft grass and immediately began CPR. " come on Maddy don't give up on me."

After a few horrible minutes she started coughing up water and breathing hard. After she caught her breath I saw her eyes fluttering open, and realized nothing would be more beautiful than the sight of her warm brown eyes.

Maddy POV

Pretty stars every where, twinkling and beautiful then pain….. a lot of pain. Chocking on water and trying to remember how to breath came next. I was so cold and some how could tell my shirt was not on. The smell of grass and water filled my nose. I opened my eyes and there was Mark hovering over me with tear filled eyes and wet hair. " Mark?" I squeaked out. " Its ok im here, o thank goodness I thought you weren't coming back to me!"

We laid there in the grass holding each other going over in our minds all that just happened.

I remembered everything in a flash, Josh, Zoe, the slashers, sleeping in a tree, running and falling into the river. " Mark! Zoe I have to find Zoe!" " Woe easy calm down I found her last night she is safe and with your parents." in the process of freaking out I stood up and so did mark I then remembered I was without a shirt. I tried to cover myself with my arms, mark removed his shirt and gave it to me. It was three sizes to big but I was grateful. "Thanks…. for everything" My tears were running freely down my face, he took a few steps closer and enveloped me in a much needed hug. " Maddy?" he asked me "Yeah?" He looked at me with a blank face " your bleeding pretty ba…. Maddy!" I collapsed thankfully Mark was there to catch me.

So what do you think? I realized I ramble in my story sometimes, so I will be working on that. But anyways hope you all like it. Read and Review

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