Ralph ran one way, I ran another. I didn't think to look back, to look and see where he'd gone. Why should I? I knew the tribe would be going to the beach, and that's where Jimmy is. I can't leave him alone. He's only a littlun. He'll get hurt.

I sprint as far as I can. Which is halfway to the beach. I jog the rest, wanting to get to Jimmy as fast as I could. I wasn't concerned about Ralph, Piggy, myself or even Simon. All I wanted to do was get back to Jimmy. To keep him safe and tell him everything will be okay.

I get to the beach and Jimmy runs up to me. "Where's Ralph, Piggy, and the twins? Are they okay?"

"No," is the only thing I said. I was looking out towards the sea. "Hey, Jimmy? Can you see something in the sky?"

"I see smoke! What if it's a ship?!"

They were coming straight towards us. They must've seen our fire.

*A little while later*

The ship has landed. We're rejoicing. We were all afraid to believe it until a Navy Officer stepped off and asked us if we were okay. Too shocked to speak, I ran up to him and gave him a hug. Jimmy followed. He took the littluns and I onto the ship. When we got on and I was finally able to speak, he asked if there was any others on the island. I told him about Merridew's tribe, and he took me by the hand and ran with me off the ship.

We ran into Ralph first.

"Hullo," said the officer.

"Hullo," Ralph said, embarrassed by how he looked. Even under his mud-caked face, you could see that his cheeks were red. Then Merridew's tribe showed up.

Ralph still talked for all of us. He told the officer about Piggy and Simon. About how we were together at first then had a disagreement, causing us to split into two tribes. The officer led the two tribes back to the ship, and we were all excited to be going home.