Sorry for not updating yesterday, I was away the whole day and when I got home I had a writers block and it didn't work at all. Sorry!

Jade

When I woke up I felt sick and my throat hurt. The pain in my arm was less, though. I looked around, wondering where I was.

"Hey, you're awake!" someone yelled. The familiar red hair appeared in front of me.

"Yeah." I smiled painfully.

"We were all so worried!" I tried to remember what exactly had happened, but everything was vague. It was actually kind of hard to think straight.

"Where's Beck?" Cat looked behind her.

"Asleep, he didn't want to leave you but he was really tired." It took my brain a while to process her words.

"How long was I out?" I asked anxiously.

"A few hours," she said vaguely. Hours? I tried to get up, but I was too tired.

"Can you wake him up?"

"Kay kay. Hey Beck, Jade's awake!" He immediately sat up.

"How is she?" Cat giggled.

"I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know?" He got up. I smiled at him.

"How are you feeling?" I needed some time to think about that, because my brain still didn't work properly.

"Sick," I summarized. He sat down next to me.

"You got poisoned." That sounded logic, once it landed.

"Oh." Cat giggled again. Beck and I both looked at her.

"Whatty?"

"Why are you laughing?" She looked at us innocently.

"Jade's saying funny things." I tried to think of anything funny I might have said, but since it was actually difficult to remember anything I'd said at all I couldn't think of anything.

"Cat, why don't you go see what Robbie's doing," Beck said to her.

"Kay kay." She left.

Beck

"Hey Beck, Jade's awake!" I woke up immediately and sat up.

"How is she?" I quickly put a shirt on.

"I don't know," Cat giggled. Ehm... how can she not know? I got up and walked up to the girls. Jade smiled at me. She looked a bit drowsy.

"How are you feeling?" I asked her anxiously. It took her a long time to react.

"Sick." She looked sick, too.

"You got poisoned," I explained. Again, it was silent for some time.

"Oh," she finally said. She still had a vague smile on her face, like she didn't fully realize what was going on. I heard Cat giggle, and I looked at her.

"Whatty?"

"Why are you laughing?"

"Jade's saying funny things." I thought Jade's vagueness was actually rather worrying. But I wasn't going to say that to the innocent little redhead.

"Cat, why don't you go see what Robbie's doing," I said, to get her away from here. "Kay kay."

I turned back to Jade.

"How is your arm?" She stared at me for some time, then looked at her arm. We hadn't put a new bandage on it, and it still had a sick red-and-blue color.

"There's a cut on it," she stated. I frowned.

"That happened yesterday, remember?" She looked confused for a moment.

"Right." I was starting to get really worried.

"But I actually meant, does it still hurt."

"Oh!" She looked at it again. "Not really." That was good. I thought.

"Hey, why don't you wait here, and I'll go get something to eat," I suggested. I really wanted to talk to André, or Tori, or even Robbie, to think about what we should do. She nodded, and leaned back.

Jade

I'd hoped my brain would wake up, but it didn't. In fact it only got worse.

"How is your arm?" Beck asked. It took me about a minute to process the question. Then I looked at my arm.

"There's a cut on it." How did that get there again?

"That happened yesterday, remember?" What happened yesterday? Oh, right, the cut.

"Right," I said, trying to sound convincing. I don't think he believed me, though.

"But actually I meant, does it still hurt."

"Oh!" Of course he meant that. I looked back at my arm, trying to find out if it actually hurt.

"Not really." I looked at Beck. He looked back at me.

"Hey, why don't you wait here, and I'll go get something to eat." Fine by me, I wanted to sleep anyway.

Tori

We all waited for Beck to come out. All Cat had told us was that Jade was "being funny," so we didn't really know what to expect. When he finally walked up to us he looked terribly worried, so we braced ourselves for the worst.

"How is she?" André asked when he reached us. Beck sighed.

"I'm not sure, she's acting really... weird." We all looked at him curiously.

"How weird's weird?" André finally asked our unspoken question. Beck ran a nervous hand through his hair.

"She's... like half asleep." Okay...

"Isn't she just tired?" I asked. Beck shrugged.

"I'm not a doctor." He sounded panicked.

"Hey, man, calm down." André got up.

"You're shaking, sit down!" Beck looked like he was going to protest, so I quickly got up.

"I'll take care of her, okay?" If she'd ever let me, anyway. Beck nodded, so I walked towards their cottage.

She was sitting up when I came in.

"Hey," I greeted her. She didn't react. I sat down next to her.

"How are you feeling?" She stared at me.

"Where's Beck?" She was still pale, but her cheeks were glowing. I felt her forehead.

"You still have a fever." She didn't even pull away. She looked at me with a frown.

"What's up?" She shook her head.

"I'm tired." I smiled at her.

"That's okay, you want a blanket or something?" It felt weird to talk to her like this. She'd have totally killed me if this were a normal situation. Now she only closed her eyes and lied back down. I understood what Beck meant with "weird" now.

"Just call if you need something," I said, not sure if she was asleep or not.

"What 'd she say?" André asked when I walked back outside.

"Not much. She asked for Beck, and then she said she was tired and fell asleep."

"I should go see her," Beck said, and tried to get up, but André pushed him back down.

"Tori said she's asleep. You've got to get yourself back together, man!" I was worried about him. We'd all had some kind of breakdown during the last week (at some point I found myself screaming at everyone, even Cat), except for him. I feared he was getting his on a very bad moment. I turned to Robbie and Cat, who were both very quiet.

"Is there anything in your books about poison?" Robbie nodded.

"Yeah, lots of stuff. But every poison is different, I don't know where to look!" I thought for a moment.

"Is there anything on symptoms?" A smile appeared on the boy's face.

"Yeah! I'll look immediately!" He ran into his cottage. He only came back half an hour later.

Beck

I wanted nothing more than for Jade to get better. She didn't deserve this! André and Tori made very clear they didn't want me to stay with her all the time. But I HAD to know how she was! After fifteen minutes of what seemed endless torture I couldn't take it anymore. I got up and walked back to our cottage. I felt André's eyes in my back, but I didn't turn around. I knew he was only trying to help, but he just didn't understand. I couldn't lose her. I couldn't!

I practically ran inside, only to find Jade sound asleep, as Tori said. I sat down next to her, the same place I'd been for hours throughout the night. I softly put a hand on her forehead. It felt like I was touching a heater. I didn't need a thermometer to know her fever was way too high. She twitched when I lifted my hand, so I put it back and gently stroked her hair. I wanted her to wake up, yet I didn't. I'd been told sleep was the best medicine. Still, I'd rather have something that worked a bit faster.

I put my head on my knees. I hated this waiting, with all my heart. Damn, why couldn't she just open her eyes, get up and be herself again? I smiled at the thought of her waking up and seeing me sit her like this. She'd probably say something like-

"Stop whining!" If I'd been standing I'd have jumped. Now I just looked up really quickly, painfully twisting my neck. She was looking at me with an amused smile.

"You're up," I stated dryly. She rolled her eyes.

"Well, not really." I grinned.

"Hey, now that you're awake, how are you feeling?" I saw her hesitate.

"Fine. Can you get me something to eat?" I nodded.

"Sure, back in a minute. Stay awake, okay?"

"Yeah, just get me food." I was way too happy to have her back to protest.

The others stopped me as soon as I walked outside.

"We need to talk to you," Tori said. It sounded urgent. But Jade was waiting for me...

"It's about Jade." Well, that changed things.

"What is it?" Tori looked at the cottage Jade was in.

"Maybe we should discuss this somewhere else," she said.

"Hey!" someone screamed from inside. I turned around and walked back in.

"What's up?" I heard Tori walk in behind me. Jade was sitting up, her arms crossed.

"If you're gonna talk about me you can do it in here." I thought she had a point. I looked at Tori, who seemed less happy with it. But apparently she didn't have a good argument not to stay here. She turned around and called Robbie and André.

Jade

"I sent Cat for some more coconuts," André said while walking in. Then he looked at me.

"Hey, girl! How'r ya doin'?" I shrugged.

"Fine, I guess." That wasn't exactly true. I was fine, in the sense that my head had started working again, and my arm didn't hurt anymore. But I still felt sick. And not just a little. I didn't want to worry the others, though, especially Beck. Good thing I was in an acting school...

"So, what's your big news?" I asked with a fake smile. Tori, André and Robbie shared some uncomfortable looks.

"We, ehm... read those books about plants and the journals again, for more information and all," Tori said in a very soft voice. Bad news. Beck took my hand. He was worried, maybe even more than me. I saw it in his whole expression, although I knew to others he looked completely calm.

"Well, we already knew could be lethal, since it killed Anne." I had no idea who that was. I looked at Beck curiously.

"Anne's one of the people that lived here before us," he quickly explained. She died? Because of the same poison that... Damn!

"The biologist, John, said something about the animal in one of his books," Tori continued. They apparently knew a lot more than me. Since when did I get poisoned by an animal? Didn't matter, anyway.

"So. What 'd he say?" Tori breathed in deeply, and I closed my eyes, bracing myself to hear the worst.

"The poison works slowly, but effective. It can effect multiple parts of the body, which is used by the animal to slow, paralyze, and sometimes kill the prey. In big amounts the poison can be lethal for humans, but it's usually not."

She said it like she was reading it out. I opened my eyes, to find out she was.

"How is that bad news? This means it's not always lethal, right?" Beck sounded hopeful. I was too.

"It might not be," Tori confirmed.

"But what Charles wrote about Anne the period before she died... it's not good." She looked at me.

"Even if it doesn't kill you- this won't be easy."

Okay, so... I might just be in a lot of pain. I could deal with that. I thought. At least I probably wasn't going to die! And who knows, maybe it would be different with me. Because I got a smaller amount or something. That was possible, right? I looked around at my friends.

"Well, then we just... wait until it's over, right?" I said optimistically. Tori looked at me, for some reason she had tears in her eyes. "You're underestimating this, Jade. It's not gonna be just a little fever, you're gonna be REALLY sick!" She was worried about me. How touching.

"Just for the record, Vega, I already AM really sick. I think I can deal with it." She shook her head in sympathy, making me want to hit her. The only reason I didn't was because Beck was still holding my hand, and I was actually still too tired to get up anyway. Suddenly the crowded cabin started to get oppressive. I looked at the others.

"Okay, you told your news, can you get out now?" They all looked worried, except for Beck, who looked relieved. I didn't quite get what they were all complaining about. I mean, at least I had a good chance of surviving! And I really felt like I was getting better. They all attempted to leave. Beck let go of my hand, but I told him to stay. I wanted to talk to him.

Beck

When she told me to stay I sat back down.

"What's up?" She frowned. "Does something have to be up for me to talk to you?" I grinned. She looked and sounded so much better than before! I was starting to believe it would all be okay soon.

"Great news, right?" She nodded.

"Yeah, one less way for me to die on a deserted island."

I'm not sure what to think of this chapter. I'm a bit out of creativity I think. I kind of just want Jade to get better soon, but that's unrealistic and a bit boring. So I'm gonna have to torture her a bit more... I feel bad now.

I hope this was okay, please tell me what you thought about it, because I just don't know. Next chapter might take a while again because I have to think of something interesting enough for you to read and I haven't even started yet :(

Thanks to all you amazing reviewers!

Xxx Red