J.R. jumped up. This talk looked like it would have to wait. Jason awoke at the screams. He had no idea he was about to be awoken for a very different reason other than this, but right now he would have to remain in the dark to what his brother knew so far. J.R. hollered and his mother and Celeste to stay where they were as he and Jason raced to the sounds of the screams. By the time J.R. and Jason made it they were too late. The fellow survivors were in a panic and pacing frantically. "What happened?," J.R. asked. "My daughter! Some man grabbed her and she's gone."
"What do you mean 'gone'?"
"He took her took and went that way!," The woman, Justine cried as she pointed towards the jungle. Her daughter was five, and whoever had her would have her until they found them, she was much too small to get away on her own. J.R looked around in shock. The abduction had literally taken seconds and these was no trace of the mystery person or Justine's child. Carter was among the group with Justine, his jaw clenched as he looked at J.R.
"Time to tell the truth.," He growled as pointed his finger at J.R.
"Hey, back off!," Jason chimed in. "Shut up!," Carter snapped, redirecting himself to J.R. "When you out there today, were there any signs of any else being here?" J.R. stayed silent. Just because there were signs of people long ago didn't mean they were the ones responsible for this. Hell, for all he knew one of their own could have done this. Thirty survived the crash. That's a lot of people who didn't know each other. Then again, what if the people before in the abandoned camp had moved on, but just to another place on the island? Even so, telling what he knew could start a riot and a witch hunt that would leave a lot of people dead. The people on the island; if they have been there a considerable amount of time, they were probably stronger, faster, and without a doubt more keen to how to maneuver around the jungle.
"Well?!," Carter yelled as he pushed J.R. hard enough to nearly knock him off his feet. Jason stepped in front of his brother and pushed Carter back angrily.
"You son of a bitch, hit my brother again, I dare you!," Jason threatened, her eyebrows furrowed as he made a fist.
"Fine, I'll just hit you!," Carter responded quickly, too quickly for Jason to dodge Carter's fist as it made contact with his jaw. It escalated from there and the next thing J.R. knew he was pulling apart the two men. Jason had always been a little too easy to agitate, and had come home from school more than his fair of times after fighting. Carter returned the glare and J.R. made a mental note to keep an eye on the situation. J.R. grabbed his brother and wrapped his arms around him forcibly. "Stop! Stop now!," J.R. screamed at him. Jason's body relaxed but kept his eyes on Carter, narrowing his eyes threateningly as to say 'this isn't over'. Just as J.R. loosened his grip and let of Jason someone ran up.
"Hey.," the young man, Terrance, said. "Aren't you guys with that older lady and the light skinned black girl in her twenties?"
"Yeah.," Jason answered. "Well, the girl's out cold and..." Jason took off running not hearing the rest of what Terrance had to say. J.R. rushed over. To hell with what Carter had to say right now. He barely noticed that Jason was right behind him. Celeste came into sight. She was sitting up with her hand on head as Terrance's girlfriend sat next to her. "Are you o.k.?," Jason asked he kneeled beside Celeste. "My head...," She murmured. She pulled back her hand and a small amount of blood trickled from her forehead.
"Just be still...," Jason said as he tried to look in the darkness. It was a small bruise with a bit of the skin broken, but it looked like she'd be all right. Celeste suddenly jumped. J.R. gripped her shoulders. Just in case he was wrong he didn't want her to many any sudden movements or get over excited.
"Just take it easy.," He said sternly.
"They took her!," Celeste exclaimed. "They came up right after you left and grabbed her and when I tried to stop them that hit me with something I didn't see what," Celeste rambled.
In the excitement J.R. hadn't noticed someone was missing and it didn't quite register. Celeste's eyes were full of panic and she looked around frantically as her breathing quickened. She looked up at J.R. and her words made his stomach turn.
"They took your mom!"