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Ellie's POV
After the whole finding Max issue, Sean and I had grown closer then ever. It was…weird, in a nice kind of way. Whenever I fell asleep, Sean was holding me tightly while whispering softly in my ear and when I woke up he was watching me with kind chocolate coloured eyes. I was loving the attention but couldn't help but wonder why he was giving it to me. I hadn't done anything special.
Well I did comfort him the most when we found his dad, but by the end of the night he was the one cradling me while I slept. I'm glad he did that, I kept rolling on my arm. I didn't want to worry anyone, but it was really starting to hurt and was going slightly grey. there were still some flecks of metal stuck there, the ones that hurt to much to pick out. I knew that if I told Sean he would get really overprotective and make us stop working on the raft to take care of me. If he did that then we would never finish on time. It's no big deal I can wait until we get home before I tell them, it's not like it's serious.
"Ouch," I cried, jumping as a sharp twig brushed over my arm. I checked to see if there was any blood. Just a little, but it was darker then usual. Nothing to worry about.
"Ellie can you hand me that branch?" Hannah asked. I nodded and heaved it up to hand it to her. It was a lot harder then I thought it would be to lift ad by the time I had it in my harms I was puffing and panting. Sean was next to me in a second, discarding his own branch to help me with mine.
"Go away," I muttered to him, hating how weak I was becoming around him. He scowled as he heaved it up onto his shoulder before walking it over to Hannah. I couldn't help but marvel at his strength, feeling my mouth water slightly. I started to feel light-headed as a hot flush rushed through my body. Just as I started to sway I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"Ellie are you okay?" he asked cautiously. I shook my head, clearing it from its haze before giving him a smile.
"Yeah I'm fine. I'm just goanna head down to the beach for bit." I mumbled tiredly. He looked unsure but nodded before turning back to the raft with Hannah. I turned and headed down to the beach, kicking a pebble as I went. When I reached the shore I sat down, my head swimming. I don't know what's wrong with me today. This morning I didn't want to wake up, having a headache, then I didn't want to eat anything until Sean force-fed me a banana he had found and now I can barely stand for more then five minutes.
My eyelids started to droop and I realised that I was seriously tired. Laying down on the sand, I let my eyes close and soon I was asleep.
I dreamed on the beach. Everything was blurry with shapes darting around everywhere. I felt hot and bothered, my hands shaking as I ran. Someone was next to me, pulling me along while screaming something. I had a moment of clear vision and saw it was Sean. He was screaming at me to keep moving, saying the T-rex was going to catch us. Suddenly I was on the floor, a huge crevice between me and Sean.
"Ellie keep running!" he shouted at me but I couldn't move, only watch as he took a run up before leaping the crevice, just missing the edge with his feet but catching it with his hands. I threw myself down, gripping his arms tightly and pulling as hard as I could. Sean scrabbled against the edge but he couldn't get up, no matter how hard we tried. "Ellie just run! Let me go! You're more important!" he shouted. I could feel tears streaming down my cheeks as I shook my head.
"No, we can make it together!" I cried. He gave me a sad smile.
"I love you Ellie." he said softly before forcing his hands from mine, plummeting into the fiery chasm.
"NO SEAN!" I cried, rolling into a ball as I sobbed over the death of the boy I loved.
I sat bolt upright in the sand before falling back down again, to weak to move. I don't know how long I'd been lying on this beach but I really wanted to go back to the tree house and sleep more. I couldn't fall asleep out here, who knows what's out here. I tried to force myself to sit up, but just couldn't find the strength. I tumbled back into the sand, whimpering slightly from the pain in my arm.
"Sean." I cried weakly, praying to anyone who was listening that he would come and find me.
"She said she was going down to the beach! I'll see if she's still-ELLIE!" I heard a voice cry before a shape was on their knees beside me. It rolled me onto my back and once again I was staring back into Sean's eyes.
"Sean?" I grumbled, trying to roll back over but he stopped me, helping me sit up. "I don't feel so good." I mumbled weakly.
"It's okay Ellie. I'm goanna take you to Trevor and Hannah, they'll help you. They have to." He said determinedly as he lifted me into his arms. I groaned, rolling into his chest. Just as I was about to doze off I was placed in our hammock by Sean before I was surrounded by the rest of the gang. "I don't know what's wrong with her but she has a fever and can't sit up." Sean said hurriedly to them.
"Has she been exposed to anything dangerous? Besides everything else here?" Hannah asked. I could hear Sean struggling to come up with an answer.
"She was hit by some of the metal shards when the sensor exploded a few days ago b-but she said she was fine." he said hysterically, pacing in front of me. There was a tense silence.
"Let me look." Trevor said, sounding grave. I was to weak to move but hissed in pain as he touched my arm. "It's just as I thought. She has a mild case of blood poisoning." I heard Sean gasp before he was beside me, gently stroking my hair with a trembling hand.
"Is there anything we can do for her?" he asked with a shaky voice.
"Did anyone bring any medication?" Trevor asked, sounding urgent. I could hear rustling before Sean cried out.
"I can't find any!" he sounded desperate. I didn't think I meant that much to him.
"Calm down Sean!" Hannah said softly.
"Don't tell me to calm down!" Sean snapped. "Ellie is dying and there's nothing we can do!" he sounded like he was going to start crying.
"Don't worry Sean I have some medicine in my backpack." Hannah soothed. Sean stopped panicking and came to sit beside me again, going back to wiping my forehead. "Now the medicine was mixed with some of the water from when we fell so it might not be as effective as we'd like." Hannah warned, prepping the needle from the first aid kit.
"Meaning?" Sean asked.
"There's only a fifty-fifty chance it could work. If she pulls through the night then she'll be okay." Hannah answered grimly, giving me the shot. I winced, wishing Sean would hold me some more. I missed his warmth. As if to answer my prayers, Sean climbed into the hammock next to me, pulling me close to him. Using the little strength I had left I snuggled into him, resting my aching head on his chest. The medicine started to kick in and soon I was slipping in and out of consciousness.
Throughout the night I slipped in and out of consciousness and every time I woke up Sean was there, staring at me with concerned eyes. At one point I think I must have been hallucinating because when my eyes opened I think I saw Sean, tears running down his cheeks as he placed a kiss on my forehead.
"You can't die Ellie, please. I know you can't hear me but...I love you." he chocked out softly. I couldn't find the strength to answer so just fell back asleep, wondering what else I would dream up.
Finally morning came along and I slowly opened my eyes. The first thing I saw was Sean's sleeping face, his mouth slightly open as he dreamt. I smiled at the fond scene, wishing I could wake up every morning like this-which I had been doing for the past couple days. Testing how well I had recovered, I sat up. No wooziness so I stood up and walked around. I smiled, glad I was feeling better.
"Ellie, please...please be ok." I heard a voice mumble. I turned back to Sean to see him clutching onto one of the pillows Hannah had made tightly. I smiled endearingly at him, walking over and stroking his fringe. He sighed happily, his eyes lazily opening. "Ellie? Ellie!" he cried, sitting up and pulling me towards him. I giggled as he sobbed quietly. "I thought you were goanna die. You have no idea how worried I was." he cried. I sighed into him.
"It's ok Sean, I'm fine. Now I really think we should get back to work on the raft." I said. He seemed tense for a moment, staring into my eyes.
"Ellie I...I just want to say..." Why was he so nervous. He sighed in defeated. "When this is all over...I have something I really want to tell you." he said softly. I nodded, taking his hand and leading him outside. I was shocked to see that, sitting on the sand of the beach, was a fully made raft.
"Wow. How long was I out?" I asked. Sean smiled down at me, squeezing my hand.
"Only two days. Come on, we haven't got much time." he said, dragging me towards the raft and sitting me down. I waited for the others to get everything together, having no idea how this raft worked. With a few flicks of the sail, it caught the wind and took flight, dragging it towards the sea. I grabbed Sean's hand as he ran for the raft, Hannah grabbing Trevor.
"It's just a little storm, ain't no big deal!" Trevor yelled in assurance as the waves crashed, water spraying everywhere. It was pouring down with rain and the sky was a blackish purple color with the frequent bursts of fork shaped lightening which flashed through the sky, brightening it all up for half a second. The thunder rumbled on and on like a thousand slamming doors and windows. Hannah moved toward the side of the boat, drenched by the freezing rain.
"There's something moving down there!" she cried and I looked over to.
"Probably just plankton! Same thing we saw back at the beach!" Trevor replied in a bellow. Sean leaned over side next to me, keeping a secure hand on my arm.
"I don't know it looks kinda big for plankton!" he said, pulling me away from the edge. Ever since my blood poisoning he's been far to protective.
"Sean, we're not at Sea World, so just back up a little!" ordered Trevor.
"I think it's some sort of fish!" I yelled, shaking out my hair. Sean suddenly jumped back. I then saw the reason for his sudden movement and yelled out in fright. It was a huge fish, silvery with giant, wide translucent eyes and teeth like knives. It had leapt out at Sean and when he jumped out of the way it went straight for Trevor. He wrestled with it until he finally kicked it off. Soon fish everywhere were jumping out of the water, trying to take a chunk out of us.
"They're everywhere!" Sean yelled, us standing back to back to protect each other.
"Sean! Ellie! I told you we'd get to the batting cage!" Trevor shouted back, pulling out three large sticks. We then whacked every fish that leapt out at us, smashing them right out to sea. I noticed one headed for Sean. Instinctively, I whacked at it, making it bounce off the mast and right into another one, knocking both of them into the water.
"Nice shot!" Sean yelled and I smiled. Hannah mimicked and soon we were all whacking fish away from each other. Then I heard something beeping… a phone?
"Do you hear something?" Hannah asked. Sean pulled a cell phone out of his pocket.
"Hello? Mom? Mom, I can't hear you...uh, Uncle Trevor, Ellie and I are… sorta on a…a fishing trip… and uh…uh…uhm…oh no it was Ellie's idea...uh" I followed his gaze and scowled when it was at Hannah's butt. I did a double take and saw a huge fish, mouth gaping open at Hannah's behind. Before I could do anything, Trevor had picked it up and whacked it. "Uh… Uncle Trevor just caught a really big one… and…" All of a sudden, a fish had leapt out and caught it with its mouth. "My phone!" he cried. I rolled my eyes.
"I'll buy you another one okay...uh Sean?" I said, pointing to the massive thing moving behind him.
"I got it – Argh!" An enormous snake-like thing had burst out of the water and jumped onto the raft. Its jaws snapped at Sean, who pushed me behind him. Wait, no. Whatever this thing was, It was going for the fish at his feet. It snagged it and crept back into the sea. Soon enough there was more of them.
"Look! They don't want us they want the fish!" Trevor yelled us we huddled together in the center of the raft. "Sean, Ellie you take the tiler, we'll take the front. Hannah, hold the slack!" He bellowed. Sean and I went to the back while the two adults were at the front. Trevor then told us something not either of us understood.
"What?" We said together.
"THAT WAY!" We turned the rudder, and we started going left. "Now, Hannah, just let it out gently, gently." He said to Hannah, who held the rope.
"It's working!" I shouted, grinning. Sean grinned back before turning to his uncle.
"You're the man, uncle Trev!"
"That's what I've been trying to tell the scientific community for years!" Sean and I laughed but then quickly stopped as the sail was jerked forward. Hannah suddenly fell back.
"Hannah!" Trevor yelled, coming to the back of the boat where my she lay. I noticed the ropes of the sail slipping free. I tapped Sean's arm and he nodded. We both ran forwards towards the ropes.
"Are you okay?" I yelled to Hannah as I passed but I didn't think she'd heard me. She yelped as Trevor pulled her back to her feet. I got a glimpse of her bleeding hands and winced. Trevor continued to help the struggling woman as Sean and I ran to catch the sail. We pulled and pulled at the sail. Both of us screamed "NO!" when it snapped off. We were jerked up and Sean grabbed my waist.
"SEAN! ELLIE!" The adults yelled out our names.
"TREVOR! HANNAH!" I screamed back, clutching onto Sean tightly.
"WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T LET GO!" Sean yelled in my ear over the thunder. I curled myself into him, letting him protect me.
"NO!" Hannah yelled after us.
"HANG ON! DON'T LET GO!" Trevor cried out but we were already lost into the sky.
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