Title: alone

Fandom: Stranded

Disclaimer: not my characters; just for fun.

Warnings: AU for movie; character death

Pairings: none

Rating: PG

Wordcount: 265

Point of view: third


Father died in the hold with Sarah; Jacob made it out in a lifeboat. Fritz held on tight to Ernst and Mother as the waves crashed around them, trying to keep all their heads above the water. But one particularly large swell pulled Ernst away, dashing him upon the rock the ship had beached on.

Fritz clung even tighter to Mother, struggling with all his strength to keep them both alive, both breathing. But as the sun rose, Fritz's exhausted body finally gave up and Mother slipped away into the sea.

He sobbed, letting the waves roll him and spin him, and no longer tried to fight.

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Fritz woke on sand and for a long moment had no memory of the storm. But as he sat up, his battered body screaming at him, he saw the ship not too far out, broken on the rock, and he remembered—Father and Sarah, Ernst, Mother… all gone. And Jacob.

He rolled over onto his stomach, lifting himself up onto his knees so that he could vomit into the sand. Everything in his belly came out, leaving him gasping. The only thing he could think was, Jacob might still be alive. Might even be somewhere close—the land is within swimming distance of the wreckage. The lifeboat could have made it.

Once he could move, he stood. He needed to find water, food, somewhere to actually rest, and then he'd start searching for Jacob.

He had to find Jacob. For Mother, Ernst, Sarah, Father… if they were the only two Robinsons left then they had to be together.