Chapter 8
Steph sits bolt up right, tears streaming down her face. She looks around her and breaths deeply trying to shake the bad feelings that had just come over her. She reaches up to her neck and holds the necklace tightly in a closed fist. She closes her eyes, something was wrong, she could feel it.
"Steph, are you ok?" Andrew asks sitting up and looking through the darkness at her beside him "What's wrong?" She feels him move closer to her and hug her tightly; she gives in to fighting back the tears and cries hard into his chest. Soon feeling bad when her tears start to soak a patch into his shirt, Andrew strokes her hair softly trying to comfort her.
"There's something wrong, I think it's Chris" Stephanie sobs the tears stinging her eyes
"Steph it's alright. Chris will be fine; you're probably just feeling anxious about him not being here. He's got Adam with him and he can look after himself, they'll be back before you know it and we can get out of here. He wont let us down.you should try and get some rest" Steph gives him a weak smile and nods her head, he was right, Chris wouldn't let them down and neither would Adam. They'd be back..
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Mr. Shan stands over the model of the island, a singular lamp shining down onto its surface. With a singular movement of his bony hand he moves two figures away from the others and places them into the jungle. He looks up onto one of the many monitors on the way and smiles.
"Adam come on, we're nearly there!" Chris falls back behind him and starts pushing him up the slope, which had been slowly increasing since they had set out climbing it.
"Nearly where, we don't even know where we are or where we are going!" Adam yells back at him "Chris, im tired. We haven't stopped walking since this morning and my feet are killing me. Have you any idea where we are even heading!" Chris gives up pushing Adam any further and sits down on the gritty floor and embraces his knees. "My point exactly, you don't even know!" Adam moans sitting down on the ground too and throwing his bag to the floor "Maybe we should just go back, it would have been easier to just have all gone together!" he mumbles under his breath watching Chris who sits in silence "Even if we do find somewhere else how are we going to find it again if we go back to get them! We wont find it again! Have you even looked where we are, we're in the middle of this god damn jungle and we don't have a clue where we are!"
"Fine go back if you want to, this isn't a game anymore. So ok you guys had this whole big plan but your plan has gone wrong, Paul has got hurt and there is something out there and we don't know what it is. Now im going to do what I said I would and find somewhere safe for us, if you want to stay here and play your stupid little games and put yourself and your friends at risk then you do that, I wont stop you. I can do this on my own" Chris gets up and carries on walking leaving Adam behind.
"Chris! Wait up! Where are you going? Chris just wait for me!" Adam grabs his bag and sprints after Chris not wanting to go back on his own or to be left in the jungle on his own.
Mr. Shan couldn't help but chuckle to himself, it was going so well and everyone had fooled for it, it wasn't so hard getting the McMahon's to put their money into this. They knew he could control the Island and everything that went on in it; they thought they were just getting Chris and Stephanie together. They didn't know that Mr. Shan had other ideas and that he was using them as guinea pigs.and what good little guinea pigs they were being. Mr. Shan let his bird like eyes wonder over the table; he plucked the plastic bear from out of the jungle and enclosed it in his fist before squeezing tightly letting the broken bear fall to the floor. It had done what he had wanted it to, he no longer needed it. What would he use next? Sharks? Wild animals? No that would be too easy; he needed something they would never expect, something they couldn't control, something that was stronger than anything that man could make.the weather.
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"Is it just me or is it starting to get really cold?" Steph asks over to Andrew who is checking on Paul "So much for tropical island and hot sunny weather all the time" she mumbles pulling on her jumper and wrapping her arms around herself to keep warm.
"Stop ya complaining princess, it's been amazing weather up till now" Andrew laughs "If it will make you any happier I'll build a big fire to keep us nice and warm, ok?" Andrew starts bringing more wood over to the fire and stacking it up, he watches Steph out of the corner of his eye. She sits just staring at the ground holding her necklace in her hand.
"You miss him don't you?" Andrew asks not looking up from what he was doing, he sees Steph look up at him and then back at the ground "You don't have to talk to me about it if you don't want to, but if you do I'm here"
"I know.Im going to go and see Paul" Steph gets up and walks inside, Paul is sitting up peeling the bark off of a branch and humming to himself, Steph smiles to herself and goes over to him "Hey ya, feeling any better?" she asks sitting down in front of him as he sees her come in.
"Yeah im alright, it hurts but that's what you get when half your leg eaten" Paul laughs putting the knife and branch down onto the sand "Chris and Andrew did a good job making it better though" he says smiling at her.
"Don't be such a drama queen, it wasn't half your leg only a little bit. Once it's better your only have a nice war wound to show off to the girls" Steph laughs "What are you doing anyway?" Steph nods towards the two branches he has next to him and the big knife.
"Well I thought, as Chris has gone to find us somewhere to move to I'd help and make myself some crutches so I can move easier...makes sense" He says showing her what he's already done of one "But then It's taken me ages to just do this much so god knows when they'll be finished, I was bored and there's nothing else to do"
"Yeah I guess your right" Steph says watching him; she was so relieved he was feeling better than he was. There was a time when she thought he wasn't going to make it but things where going to get better now.she hoped.
Steph sits bolt up right, tears streaming down her face. She looks around her and breaths deeply trying to shake the bad feelings that had just come over her. She reaches up to her neck and holds the necklace tightly in a closed fist. She closes her eyes, something was wrong, she could feel it.
"Steph, are you ok?" Andrew asks sitting up and looking through the darkness at her beside him "What's wrong?" She feels him move closer to her and hug her tightly; she gives in to fighting back the tears and cries hard into his chest. Soon feeling bad when her tears start to soak a patch into his shirt, Andrew strokes her hair softly trying to comfort her.
"There's something wrong, I think it's Chris" Stephanie sobs the tears stinging her eyes
"Steph it's alright. Chris will be fine; you're probably just feeling anxious about him not being here. He's got Adam with him and he can look after himself, they'll be back before you know it and we can get out of here. He wont let us down.you should try and get some rest" Steph gives him a weak smile and nods her head, he was right, Chris wouldn't let them down and neither would Adam. They'd be back..
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Mr. Shan stands over the model of the island, a singular lamp shining down onto its surface. With a singular movement of his bony hand he moves two figures away from the others and places them into the jungle. He looks up onto one of the many monitors on the way and smiles.
"Adam come on, we're nearly there!" Chris falls back behind him and starts pushing him up the slope, which had been slowly increasing since they had set out climbing it.
"Nearly where, we don't even know where we are or where we are going!" Adam yells back at him "Chris, im tired. We haven't stopped walking since this morning and my feet are killing me. Have you any idea where we are even heading!" Chris gives up pushing Adam any further and sits down on the gritty floor and embraces his knees. "My point exactly, you don't even know!" Adam moans sitting down on the ground too and throwing his bag to the floor "Maybe we should just go back, it would have been easier to just have all gone together!" he mumbles under his breath watching Chris who sits in silence "Even if we do find somewhere else how are we going to find it again if we go back to get them! We wont find it again! Have you even looked where we are, we're in the middle of this god damn jungle and we don't have a clue where we are!"
"Fine go back if you want to, this isn't a game anymore. So ok you guys had this whole big plan but your plan has gone wrong, Paul has got hurt and there is something out there and we don't know what it is. Now im going to do what I said I would and find somewhere safe for us, if you want to stay here and play your stupid little games and put yourself and your friends at risk then you do that, I wont stop you. I can do this on my own" Chris gets up and carries on walking leaving Adam behind.
"Chris! Wait up! Where are you going? Chris just wait for me!" Adam grabs his bag and sprints after Chris not wanting to go back on his own or to be left in the jungle on his own.
Mr. Shan couldn't help but chuckle to himself, it was going so well and everyone had fooled for it, it wasn't so hard getting the McMahon's to put their money into this. They knew he could control the Island and everything that went on in it; they thought they were just getting Chris and Stephanie together. They didn't know that Mr. Shan had other ideas and that he was using them as guinea pigs.and what good little guinea pigs they were being. Mr. Shan let his bird like eyes wonder over the table; he plucked the plastic bear from out of the jungle and enclosed it in his fist before squeezing tightly letting the broken bear fall to the floor. It had done what he had wanted it to, he no longer needed it. What would he use next? Sharks? Wild animals? No that would be too easy; he needed something they would never expect, something they couldn't control, something that was stronger than anything that man could make.the weather.
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"Is it just me or is it starting to get really cold?" Steph asks over to Andrew who is checking on Paul "So much for tropical island and hot sunny weather all the time" she mumbles pulling on her jumper and wrapping her arms around herself to keep warm.
"Stop ya complaining princess, it's been amazing weather up till now" Andrew laughs "If it will make you any happier I'll build a big fire to keep us nice and warm, ok?" Andrew starts bringing more wood over to the fire and stacking it up, he watches Steph out of the corner of his eye. She sits just staring at the ground holding her necklace in her hand.
"You miss him don't you?" Andrew asks not looking up from what he was doing, he sees Steph look up at him and then back at the ground "You don't have to talk to me about it if you don't want to, but if you do I'm here"
"I know.Im going to go and see Paul" Steph gets up and walks inside, Paul is sitting up peeling the bark off of a branch and humming to himself, Steph smiles to herself and goes over to him "Hey ya, feeling any better?" she asks sitting down in front of him as he sees her come in.
"Yeah im alright, it hurts but that's what you get when half your leg eaten" Paul laughs putting the knife and branch down onto the sand "Chris and Andrew did a good job making it better though" he says smiling at her.
"Don't be such a drama queen, it wasn't half your leg only a little bit. Once it's better your only have a nice war wound to show off to the girls" Steph laughs "What are you doing anyway?" Steph nods towards the two branches he has next to him and the big knife.
"Well I thought, as Chris has gone to find us somewhere to move to I'd help and make myself some crutches so I can move easier...makes sense" He says showing her what he's already done of one "But then It's taken me ages to just do this much so god knows when they'll be finished, I was bored and there's nothing else to do"
"Yeah I guess your right" Steph says watching him; she was so relieved he was feeling better than he was. There was a time when she thought he wasn't going to make it but things where going to get better now.she hoped.