Chapter 10
It had taken Steph hours to get to sleep, the heavy rain beating down on the ground and onto the cliff made the whole place echo. The noise was deafening and the cold didn't help matters, her sleep was a light one and the drops of water onto her skin woke her easily. She sat up quickly hoping to see Chris standing over her after returning but discovered that he hadn't and it was just some water running off of the roof. Steph lays back down, annoyed at herself for getting her hopes up. It wasn't long before she was asleep again, for how long, she didn't know.
"The elements don't seem to be slowing Chris and Adam down very much, their determination to get back to the others is helping them keep strong" Mr. Shan mumbles to himself watching the monitors at Chris and Adam battling through the rain "I need something more to stop them" he chuckles looking along the line of figures pausing at the snakes "Too risky, I want them alive" he sighs angrily "Maybe it's not cold enough for you" he laughs before turning the temperature right down "Did you all pack for below freezing temperatures?..I don't think you did!"
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"Chris, I'm freezing" Adam whines dragging his feet through the deep water that the rain has caused, suddenly the rain stops and the clouds disappear leaving a bright cloudless sky "Ok, that's freaky"
"Tell me bout it" Chris whispers looking around him and then up at the sky "weather doesn't just do that, it's getting colder every second but it's too wet still to make a fire. We've got to keep going" Chris says looking back at Adam and then down at the murky water they were walking through, it was slowly turning into slush and would soon be frozen over if it carried on getting colder.
"Is it bad that I cant feel my toes anymore?" Adam asks stamping his feet around in the water "It's freezing over, what do we do?" He says kicking at the chunks of ice with his heel.
"Get out of the water Adam" Chris says climbing up onto the bank of the path were the water is shallower "We're getting close to the sea now, it wont be far till we get back to the others, just don't stop or you'll get cold. Keep walking and watch where you step" Chris says continuing to walk forwards using the trees around them so not to slip "This is weird" He mutters
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Mr. Shan studies the monitors letting his fingers tap his chin in thought; nothing he did was stopping Chris and his want to get back. He watched carefully as Chris continued to motivate Adam, getting them closer and closer back to the others. "He's got a strong spirit," he mutters to no one in particular.
"He's a fighter" a voice says from the shadows of the room startling Mr. Shan "That's why I knew he'd be good for my daughter" Vince growls stepping into the light as Mr. Shan gets to his feet "What are you doing to them?!" Vince demands glancing up at the pictures on the screen. "They are human beings not things that you can control!" he yells grabbing Mr. Shan's collar. "Vince, Vince, Vince, I suggest you take your hands off of me" Mr. Shan puts his hand in his pocket and pulls out a small remote with a single red button on it "If you refuse then you see this button here, it will destroy the whole island and your precious daughter and her friends with it" Vince lets go off Mr. Shan, not willing to take any chances and risk his daughters life.
"Your sick!" Vince yells making Mr. Shan just laugh "You have no right to play god and destroy peoples lives and put them at risk like you are!" "That's the best part about it Mr. McMahon, I can do anything I want and there is nothing you can do to stop me. Do you really think I would let you use my island just for your silly little love matches and get nothing out of it myself, I didn't want your money. The day you handed them over to me is the day you allowed me to use them as guinea pigs, to test my island and the power it has.. For that, I thank you" he chuckles walking back over to his seat and sitting down. Vince goes to the door "I think you'll find they're locked, looks like you'll be sticking around for the show then doesn't it.. Vince. It looks like Adam and Chris are going to be arriving back any minute"
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"Even rain is better than this" Paul sighs leaning back against the wall as the three sit near the fire huddled together trying to keep warm.
"You didn't have to go out in the rain" Andrew says zipping his coat right up to his chin and wrapping his arms around himself trying to keep in all the heat "At least when it was raining I didn't have to sit so close to you Paul, this is not an experience I want to have again ya hear!" Andrew laughs rubbing his hands together and holding them out to the fire to warm them. "You alright Steph?"
"Huh?..Oh yeah, I'm fine. I'm just missing Chris that's all" Steph says looking up at Andrew and giving him a smile to let him know she's all right.
"I'm missing you too," Chris says dropping his bag to the floor at the cave entrance and walking inside followed by Adam. Steph looks up from the fire and sees him. She jumps up and runs over to him jumping into his arms and wrapping her legs around his waist. "I missed you so much" he whispers in her ear and kisses her.
"Your freezing cold" Steph says as he carries her over to the fire and sits down with her in his lap. "I have never been so worried in my life, when it started raining I didn't know if you'd found any shelter or not and then with the cold and I was so worried about you.." Chris kisses her silencing her and brushes the hair away from her face.
"I'm fine" he laughs watching as Adam dives for the fire and starts bathing himself in the heat of it "There was no shelter but the trees, we walked for a day and a bit in the rain before deciding to come back, we would have never found anywhere in that weather" Steph hugs him tightly and puts her head on his chest.
"That's what he wants you all to think anyway, the real reason is because he couldn't bare to be away from Stephanie" Adam laughs turning his back on the fire to warm it. The group was back together now but they still had the problem of the weather and whatever dangers the island had to offer.
It had taken Steph hours to get to sleep, the heavy rain beating down on the ground and onto the cliff made the whole place echo. The noise was deafening and the cold didn't help matters, her sleep was a light one and the drops of water onto her skin woke her easily. She sat up quickly hoping to see Chris standing over her after returning but discovered that he hadn't and it was just some water running off of the roof. Steph lays back down, annoyed at herself for getting her hopes up. It wasn't long before she was asleep again, for how long, she didn't know.
"The elements don't seem to be slowing Chris and Adam down very much, their determination to get back to the others is helping them keep strong" Mr. Shan mumbles to himself watching the monitors at Chris and Adam battling through the rain "I need something more to stop them" he chuckles looking along the line of figures pausing at the snakes "Too risky, I want them alive" he sighs angrily "Maybe it's not cold enough for you" he laughs before turning the temperature right down "Did you all pack for below freezing temperatures?..I don't think you did!"
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"Chris, I'm freezing" Adam whines dragging his feet through the deep water that the rain has caused, suddenly the rain stops and the clouds disappear leaving a bright cloudless sky "Ok, that's freaky"
"Tell me bout it" Chris whispers looking around him and then up at the sky "weather doesn't just do that, it's getting colder every second but it's too wet still to make a fire. We've got to keep going" Chris says looking back at Adam and then down at the murky water they were walking through, it was slowly turning into slush and would soon be frozen over if it carried on getting colder.
"Is it bad that I cant feel my toes anymore?" Adam asks stamping his feet around in the water "It's freezing over, what do we do?" He says kicking at the chunks of ice with his heel.
"Get out of the water Adam" Chris says climbing up onto the bank of the path were the water is shallower "We're getting close to the sea now, it wont be far till we get back to the others, just don't stop or you'll get cold. Keep walking and watch where you step" Chris says continuing to walk forwards using the trees around them so not to slip "This is weird" He mutters
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Mr. Shan studies the monitors letting his fingers tap his chin in thought; nothing he did was stopping Chris and his want to get back. He watched carefully as Chris continued to motivate Adam, getting them closer and closer back to the others. "He's got a strong spirit," he mutters to no one in particular.
"He's a fighter" a voice says from the shadows of the room startling Mr. Shan "That's why I knew he'd be good for my daughter" Vince growls stepping into the light as Mr. Shan gets to his feet "What are you doing to them?!" Vince demands glancing up at the pictures on the screen. "They are human beings not things that you can control!" he yells grabbing Mr. Shan's collar. "Vince, Vince, Vince, I suggest you take your hands off of me" Mr. Shan puts his hand in his pocket and pulls out a small remote with a single red button on it "If you refuse then you see this button here, it will destroy the whole island and your precious daughter and her friends with it" Vince lets go off Mr. Shan, not willing to take any chances and risk his daughters life.
"Your sick!" Vince yells making Mr. Shan just laugh "You have no right to play god and destroy peoples lives and put them at risk like you are!" "That's the best part about it Mr. McMahon, I can do anything I want and there is nothing you can do to stop me. Do you really think I would let you use my island just for your silly little love matches and get nothing out of it myself, I didn't want your money. The day you handed them over to me is the day you allowed me to use them as guinea pigs, to test my island and the power it has.. For that, I thank you" he chuckles walking back over to his seat and sitting down. Vince goes to the door "I think you'll find they're locked, looks like you'll be sticking around for the show then doesn't it.. Vince. It looks like Adam and Chris are going to be arriving back any minute"
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"Even rain is better than this" Paul sighs leaning back against the wall as the three sit near the fire huddled together trying to keep warm.
"You didn't have to go out in the rain" Andrew says zipping his coat right up to his chin and wrapping his arms around himself trying to keep in all the heat "At least when it was raining I didn't have to sit so close to you Paul, this is not an experience I want to have again ya hear!" Andrew laughs rubbing his hands together and holding them out to the fire to warm them. "You alright Steph?"
"Huh?..Oh yeah, I'm fine. I'm just missing Chris that's all" Steph says looking up at Andrew and giving him a smile to let him know she's all right.
"I'm missing you too," Chris says dropping his bag to the floor at the cave entrance and walking inside followed by Adam. Steph looks up from the fire and sees him. She jumps up and runs over to him jumping into his arms and wrapping her legs around his waist. "I missed you so much" he whispers in her ear and kisses her.
"Your freezing cold" Steph says as he carries her over to the fire and sits down with her in his lap. "I have never been so worried in my life, when it started raining I didn't know if you'd found any shelter or not and then with the cold and I was so worried about you.." Chris kisses her silencing her and brushes the hair away from her face.
"I'm fine" he laughs watching as Adam dives for the fire and starts bathing himself in the heat of it "There was no shelter but the trees, we walked for a day and a bit in the rain before deciding to come back, we would have never found anywhere in that weather" Steph hugs him tightly and puts her head on his chest.
"That's what he wants you all to think anyway, the real reason is because he couldn't bare to be away from Stephanie" Adam laughs turning his back on the fire to warm it. The group was back together now but they still had the problem of the weather and whatever dangers the island had to offer.