Hey, guys me again just wanted to let you know that this chapter ends the exact same way chapter 25 ends as from the chapter after this onwards will be both the bush and the bay at the same time. So, flashbacks are now finished after this chapter. Anyway, here's chapter 30.
Day 3 – Missing in the Bush – (7:29am) 19 hours and 8 minutes later…
Crash site – In the Middle of the Bush
It was now the morning of their third full day in the bush and the seven people were still not used to all the noises that they could hear during the night.
Another thing that they were all starting to notice is that a couple of them were starting to lose hope on whether they would ever be found and get to see their loved ones again.
"Guy's why don't we try to cheer ourselves up by playing a game of some sort." Colby suggested in hopes it would help pass the time.
"Like what?" the four teens all asked at the same time.
"I don't know. Any suggestions?"
"I know let's play I spy." Xavier smirked "I'll start what starts with the letter H and we all starting to have fade."
The teens all weekly laughed at that knowing what Xavier was trying to get at was true.
Kyle starts to yawn which gets everyone's attention.
"Are you ok mate?" Rocco asks his best friend.
Looking at him Kyle slowly nods his head and says: "Yeah, just a bit tired. All the noises out here are making it hard to get any sleep during the night."
"Same here." Rocco tells him "I guess we are going to have to start getting used to them as we are probably going to be here a while whether we like it or not."
"Ain't that the truth." Kyle replies "I might try and get some sleep now while the strange noises aren't as bad."
Yawning himself, Rocco agrees, and the two teens then move away to an area that is a bit quieter and try to get some more sleep. While they do that the rest of them are left just talking amongst themselves until both Belle and Xavier decide to follow their friends' leads and get some more sleep themselves.
"He's not doing okay, is he?" Colby quickly says to Bianca.
"No, he isn't fatigue is one of the symptoms if he doesn't get his full medication." Bianca replies "That's not the only issue."
"What else could be wrong?"
"I forgot Kyle can't have certain foods."
"Does this have anything to do with the argument I heard about him not having any of the crisps yesterday?"
"Ryan told you about that argument then."
"Yeah he did."
"Well, Kyle has to have a special diet to help his kidneys to work as best they can, and salt is something he apparently can't have a lot of or something like that."
"Oh great, pretty much what we have left all has salt in them."
"Exactly, he also didn't hand everything over as he blueberries too but I'm pretty sure he finished them off yesterday."
"So, what do we do now? Because we are also getting low on water as well." Colby tells her.
"I'm starting to think that staying here might not be the best thing to do anymore." Bianca whispers so Ryan can't hear what they are saying to each other.
"I know how you feel, because if they are actually looking for us, you'd have thought they would have found us by now. However, the fact they haven't has me thinking they are looking in the wrong place which means we are probably going to have to do something like go and look for the help ourselves."
"How do we do that though?" Bianca asks.
"I have no idea but whatever we do it'll have to be soon before Kyle gets worse and something else happens." Colby sighs.
With that the two of them continue to talk among themselves just as Ryan reappears with some more wood.
"Where are the other four?" Ryan asks as he passes them both and notices the teens weren't around the fire.
Pointing to where the teens were lying, Bianca says: "They decided to try and get some more sleep while they can't hear the strange noises as much."
Nodding his head, Ryan goes and puts the firewood down.
(11:43am) 4 hours and 14 minutes later…
They were all wide awake now including the teens who had gotten a couple hours more in terms of sleep.
Even though they had all had enough sleep the whole group was starting to feel a bit weak in terms of their strength due to the meagre rations they had.
"Ryan." Belle said.
Ryan looked up at the teen: "Yeah."
"We were wondering if you had ever been in a situation like this before." Belle asks out of curiosity.
Looking at the group, the pilot sighed and said: "No I haven't. However, I was trained for situations like this and was always told its best to do exactly what we're currently doing as it makes it easier for people to find us."
"What about if you run out of supplies do you still get told in training to stay with the chopper?" Rocco quizzed him.
"Well, that's not going to happen as long as we have hope that we'll be found." Ryan reminds them all.
With that he moves away to where the other two adults were standing.
Watching the man leave, Xavier turns and says to his friends: "Is it me or do you lot think something is going on that we aren't allowed to know about?"
"We all do Xavier. Something is definitely wrong; I mean Bianca and Colby keep talking amongst themselves. I personally think they are worried about food rations." Rocco replies to him as they all look at the adults.
"Whatever it is, they certainly don't want us to know that's for sure." Kyle says quietly, which has them all nodding.
With that they all start talking amongst themselves again as they continue to keep a close eye on what the three adults were doing.
(2:03pm) 2 hours and 20 minutes later…
Belle was screwing the lid off the bottle of water with her arm that wasn't broken and taking a drink before passing it on to Kyle who took it from her and did the same before passing it to Colby who took it over to where Bianca was sat, making sure that she too had a drink to stop her from getting dehydrated.
"No one's coming for us, are they?" Belle says breaking the silence.
Which has everyone looking at her and Kyle slowly moves closer to pull her weakly into a hug.
Rocco who had been sat beside Xavier wraps his own arms around his legs and rest his chin on his knees as he just thinks about Cassie and their unborn baby.