Stuck
Jason opened his eyes. He was lying on the sandy shore of a mysterious island and next to him was his childhood companion. He jumped up and struggled on the flimsy sand to run to her. She began to move and rolled herself over. He shook her a little and she sat up almost instantly.
"Jase!" She yelled.
"Kim, you're okay." He replied softly.
"What happened?"
He was going to answer her but a groan caught their attention. They walked over to the familiar face and helped her up, then another groan of pain. It was another familiar face.
Shane struggled to drag himself out of the water but when a helping hand reached out, actually four, it made it a little easier. Rocky and Adam pulled him to his feet and helped him up and out of the rising tide. He leaned up against a nearby tree and watched as the two boys ran over to another limp body on the beach. This one was someone Shane knew.
"Hunter?" He whispered to himself.
"What happened?" He overheard Hunter ask.
"The plane crashed and so far, we're the only survivors." Rocky answered.
"I'm Adam by the way and this is Rocky." Adam introduced him.
"I'm Hunter and that guy over there is Shane." Hunter said quietly.
"Did you see anyone else when you landed on the island?" Rocky asked.
"No." Hunter sighed.
Billy, Trini and Tommy wandered the forest in the center of the island along with Blake, Dustin and Cam. So far, their group was the largest but didn't know of the others. They were all a few feet from each other and in some cases, ride beside each other. Dustin was the first to wake up and he ran down the beach, waking everyone else up.
"Do you have any idea where we are guys?" Dustin asked as they approached a lagoon.
"According to my calculations, we're on an island in the middle of the ocean." Billy replied.
"Great, we're like real life survivors." Trini whined.
"Not yet, we have to survive the island in order to be survivors." Cam stated.
"I hope Hunter's not dead." Blake thought out loud.
"Don't worry bro, if he's anything like you. He'll survive." Tommy reassured the shorter man.
Aisha, Kim, Jason and Tori walked along the shoreline. Kim and Jason were dragging Tori; she hit her head on the way out of the plane and was disoriented. She could walk but needed the help.
"Hey, do you think any of the others made it out alive?" Aisha asked, falling behind.
They sat Tori down and leaned her against the nearest tree. Aisha joined the tired trio and they all sat around the tree. They were tired, hungry and thirsty and no one had anything. Jason stood up and ran to the water. He dove under and came back up hauling a black suitcase. It looked familiar to Tori and when he got nearer, she whipped it open and found it to be...
"Who packs a motocross magazine when they're a pro rider?" Tori asked herself, kind of jokingly. "Besides Hunter?"
"Not me." Jason chuckled.
"I don't even know what that is." Kim said.
"Me neither." Aisha added.
"We should take this with us, it might come in handy, let's go look for anyone else while it's still light." Tori suggested.
"Only if you walk on your own." Aisha joked.
"I'll try." Tori smiled.
Adam and Rocky had gathered wood for the soon-to-be fire built by Shane and Hunter. The two good friends laughed. When they returned, there was no fire and no sight of fire in the evening air. It was beginning to get dark and if they didn't get a fire soon, they might freeze.
"Look, who showed you guys how to make a fire?" Rocky asked.
"Let me try." Adam broke in.
He bent down and Hunter stood up. Shane and Hunter watched as he started the fire his first try. He smiled to himself and stood up after he got it going pretty strong.
"Boy scout, ten years." Rocky explained Adam.
"Oh, I see." Shane replied.
"Yeah."
Hunter ignored the conversation and went to sit down on the beach. He knew he could've saved his blonde friend but quickly gave up. He knew he could've held his breath longer, it was his fault she was gone. He fidgeted with the sand and eventually Shane noticed his glum friend and excused himself. He walked down and sat beside Hunter, playing with the sand also.
"What's up bro?" Shane asked.
"You know why Tor isn't here, because of me."
"What did you do?"
"Nothing, I could've held on for a few more seconds, I could've been strong and held onto her and now every time I touch the sand I can feel her skin, trying to grab on with her hands. I just let her go." Hunter blurted out angrily.
"It's not you're fault, you tried right. At least you tried."
"Yeah man, I mean, you don't see Aisha or Kim anywhere. I saw them floating in the water." Rocky joined the two boys with Adam not far behind.
"Yeah man, at least you tried and while you're mad at yourself for not helping your friend, what about the rest of the people on the plane, they weren't even tried to be saved." Adam stated.