A/N: Cool news! I got a promotion at work and it gives me more freetime so i'll probably be updating faster on this one. I can't hear your applause......wait there it is.

Ch. 5 Chances

'Am I dead?' he found himself wondering.

He remembered the plane going down, so he must have died on impact. Sonny slowly slid his eyes open and came to the conclusion he definitely wasn't dead. His body ached all over and from what he thought he knew about the dead, they didn't feel anything. And he was certainly feeling. Grimacing he pulled himself into a sitting position and for the first time realized he was on the floor of the aircraft. But he seemed to be in one piece.

"Sonny?"

The man heard her say his name and inwardly kicked himself for forgetting he wasn't the only one that had been on the plane. He found his footing and made his way to where Courtney was already pulling herself up. He took her arm and helped her while examining they young woman for any injuries.

"Are you alright?" he asked concerned.

"Yeah, I think so."

"Well you could have internal injuries. How does everything feel? Anything hurt?"

"Everything hurts, but nothing serious."

"Are you sure?"

"Sonny, I'm fine. Well, maybe not fine I was just in a plane crash. But what about you? You're the one bleeding." His hand instantly went to the side of his head where he felt the warm liquid that he hadn't registered before.

"Is there a first aid kit somewhere?" she asked and recieved a nod from the dark man.

"It should be in the cabinet near the cockpit door."

"Oh God. Sonny what about the pilots? We don't know if they're ok or not."

The two went to the cockpit and Sonny went through the slightly open door first. He called out to the two men that had been in there.

"Anders? Remirez?"

He revieved no answer from either and found Remirez hunched over the steering levers. After checking his pulse he found that the man was alive, but barely. Blood was seeping from various wounds on his head and chest. Courtney entered after her brother and quickly turned away from the fallen man.

"Is he?"

"He's alive, for now. He needs some serious help."

"Where's the other guy?" She asked and her brother shrugged his shoulders, the other pilot was no where in sight.

"Do you think he's alive?"

"He might have been thrown through the window when we hit, or he might be out trying to figure out where we are. There's really no way to tell." Then it hit him, he would like to know where they were also. "We should get him out of here."

"Is that a good idea? We don't even know where we are or if he should be moved."

"It'll be alright. We'll figure everything out, but I think we should get him somewhere he can lay down and try to stop the bleeding."

Courtney agreed and the duo were able to carefully bring the unconscious man out of the wreckage. Outside for the first time, she took in her surroundings. They twisted metal lay in the midst of a plush wood area. The waves of the ocean could be heard in the breeze, indicating that they were near the beach of the island.

"If we get out of here I'm going to have to kill you." the blonde said after they'd done their best to clean Remirez as much as possible.

"Why?"

"I told you not to say anything. But you did."

"You're saying because I said a few words, I brought the plane down?"

"No, I'm just a little shaky. I've never been in a plane crash before."

"Understandable. Are you sure you're ok? Sometimes when your adrenaline is going or you're in shock you don't feel when something hurts."

"I'm fine, alright? I just have a few questions."

"What?"

"One, where are we? And two, what made the plane go down?"

The phone rang and he picked it up immediately wanting to get straight to business.

"Is it done?" he answered and calmly listened to the reply.

"Good. Anything comes up, let me know." The man flipped the phone shut and smiled proudly.

A/N: oh my goodness....what is going on? Why did the plane crash? Who was on the phone? Why am i asking you when i'm the one writing? Stay tuned.