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PART TWO: ALL HOPE IS LOST

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"You're the saddest bunch I've ever met, but you can bet before we're through: mister, I'll make a man out of you." - Shang, Mulan

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CHAPTER TEN: GIRL ON THE ISLAND!

The land was on fire. She tried running from it, but it was always surrounding her.

She saw Simon and Piggy…floating…just hanging in the air, watching. She saw Jack…his face distorted…an evil grin living there. And she saw Ralph…scared and alone…crying out for help.

And then she saw a pig head, sitting on a stake…sharpened at two ends.

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Jessica awoke, breathing heavily. She immediately shut her eyes, for the sun was already beginning to make its trek through the sky.

"Well, it's about time," she heard someone say.

"I never knew guys slept in that long!" someone else said.

"Dude…" She heard Jack's voice, and then felt a sharp pain in her side as he kicked her. "Earth to sleeping blob on the ground. Come on."

She groaned, but knew it was hopeless. She struggled to her feet, her legs feeling like Jell-O. Swallowing pints of saltwater and thrashing her way to the life raft the previous day had really taken a lot of energy out of her.

Jessica found herself and the other choir members on some sort of beach. She had a feeling they were on an island…

Then it hit her.

The plane had crashed.

The pilot wasn't in his right mind.

They were a million miles from nowhere.

Surrounded by water.

And she was alone.

With a bunch of boys.

Shit.

"Where do you suppose we are?" someone asked.

Everyone automatically turned to Jack. Jessica remembered that he was the leader of the choir, and that meant the other boys would look to him for guidance.

"I don't know," Jack answered.

Before Jessica could speak up, they heard a strange sound coming from far away. It sounded like a horn, almost.

"What was that?"

"I…I think we should follow it…" Jessica spoke up in her best guy voice. "You know…see where it's coming from. Maybe some of the other kids on that plane survived."

"Good idea," Jack said. "Let's go, boys."

They made their way down the stretch of beach. Jessica noticed that all of them--including herself--were having a hard time walking. She guessed it was because of the heavy choir robes. She rolled her eyes. Why in the world did the school supply such ridiculous apparel?

She suddenly bumped into the guy in front of her. He turned around, and she made eye contact with the most electrifying turquoise eyes…

"Oh, I'm sorry," Simon said apologetically. "Am I in your way?"

"No," Jessica said, almost melting from his gaze. Then she cleared her throat when she realized she hadn't spoken in her guy voice. "I mean…no, it's my bad, dude. I wasn't paying attention. Why'd we stop?"

Simon pointed ahead, and Jessica realized that there was a group of about twenty-eight boys gathered. A boy with dark brown hair was holding a coral pink conch shell. Jessica recognized him as Ralph.

Damn it! What's he doing here????

"Okay, listen up," Ralph said. "Whoever has the conch gets to speak. That's the rule"

"Is this like assembly?" one boy asked.

"Yeah. Only whoever wants to speak gets to."

"Only if they have the conch," Piggy chipped in.

"Right," Ralph agreed. "Now, there doesn't seem to be anyone here except us."

"But we don't know for sure," Jack said. "We gotta explore more."

"Right," Ralph said. "There's a lot of things we have to do. But the main thing is we're not by ourselves. Captain Benson survived the crash."

He gestured over to a man in a bundle of translucent netting. Jessica remembered seeing him on the plane…

"The most important thing is who knows we're here?" Piggy said. He now had the conch, and was looking at everyone behind his very thick glasses. "Nobody knows we're here. They knew where we were going…but they don't know where we are because we never got where we were going."

"Where were we going?" someone asked.

"All I know is we were being evacuated," Jessica said in her guy voice. "Because of…" She trailed off when she saw Jack stare at the ground. She immediately felt guilty for bringing up her brother's mistake.

"I'm sure they're out looking for us," Ralph said. "We should set up some sort of steady signal, like a fire, so they'll know we're here."

That was when Simon fell over.

The kids around him moved away immediately, whispering.

"What's wrong with him?"

"Is he crazy?"

"Oh, my God…" Jessica sank to her knees, knowing she had to do something. It was obvious that the other around her were just going to stare.

"Simon?" she whispered, shaking him. "Simon…?"

"He fainted," Jack said, not really caring. "He does it all the time, remember? He'll be fine in a few minutes."

Jessica's eyes widened. She was giving herself away.

"Oh…yeah, I totally knew that…" she stammered in her guy voice. "I…you know…forgot."

Jack stared at her. "May I have the conch?" he asked, his gaze not leaving her face.

Her face turned red as she backed away. The boys reassembled to as they were, and she saw her chance to try and help Simon.

While the boys went on to vote Ralph as chief, she continued to shake him. "Simon, wake up," she whispered. "Please, sweetie…wake up…"

"Doesn't matter who's chief," Ralph told everyone. "Just matters that we work together. First, we gotta build a camp."

"No," Jack said, and a gasp arose from the crowd.

"Are you insane?" Ralph asked.

"No," Jack said again. "I'm not. The first thing we need to do is…"

Jessica suddenly felt her brother's presence beside her. He jerked her to her feet to face him.

"Just what, exactly, do you think you're doing?"

"Um…" Jessica tried to keep her guy voice going. "I seriously think he's in trouble and--"

Suddenly, Simon lifted his head and looked around. "What happened?" he asked dazedly.

"You passed out," Jack said. He turned back to Jessica. "I told you so. And if you were part of the choir, you'd have known that."

Jessica tried her best to stare him down. "What are you implying…dude?"

"I'm implying that you're not a GUY!!"

On the word "guy", he whipped the cap off her head. Off went her protection, and out came her shoulder-length auburn hair.

The crowd went up into gasps and worried whispers.

Ralph looked confused and happy at the same time.

Piggy stared with his mouth open.

Jack wore the most furious look she had ever seen.

Simon could only blink and say , "Jessica…?"

Jessica knew she had to do something. "Okay…you guys know now," she said. "I disguised myself as a boy and snuck onto the plane. But it was for a good reason! I didn't want to get separated from my brother!" She hugged Jack, putting on some fake tears. "We're just too close to be separated!"

"God, get off of me, woman!" Jack said, pushing her away. "Get a grip! You may be a great singer, but your acting isn't something to talk about."

She shoved him. "Whatever! My point is, I'm here. And there's nothing you guys can do about it."

"She's right…" Ralph mumbled.

"Oh, shut the hell up!" Jack said, whirling on Ralph. "You're just defending her because you're still going out!"

"We are not!" Jessica said. "That ended, like, yesterday! Wow, where have you been?"

"QUIET!!!!!!!!" came Piggy's voice.

Everyone turned to stare at him. He had the conch in his hand.

"I say we go with Ralph's plan and start building a camp," he said. "Regardless if there's a girl here or not."

"Piggy's right," Ralph said, taking the conch. "We have to stick together. Who knows, maybe having a girl here'll help."

Everyone scattered to look for supplies. Jessica and Jack were the only remaining ones.

And out of nowhere, he embraced her.

"Jack…I can't…breathe…losing…feeling…!" she choked.

"God, you never, ever do something that stupid again," he said, not loosening his grip. "But I'm happy you're here." He kept one of his arms around her as they started to walk towards the others. "I think I'm going to need a reality check while we're here."

Jessica nodded absently. "Um…that's great and all…but can I take the robe off now?"