Jen

For a fleeting moment I thought I was back at the hotel sleep when everything came rushing back at me like a train. The last thing I remember was falling unconscious and half the plane was gone. I groaned everything was black, I tried moving and pain shot up through my leg. I tried opening my eyes and they felt like they were glued shut. I tried lifting my hand but it was like a lead weight. I tried not panic, I was blind! I breathed in slowly and tried to shift my weight but everything around me shook. I screamed, and suddenly I could see.

It was so bright I squinted until my eyes adjusted. I could see blue sky and clouds and a few tree tops. The sky felt so close, then it dawned on me. Oh god please no I prayed. I felt around slowly with my hands, which started to sting as the lack of use faded. I felt something, I pulled something up and looked at it. Leaves. I was up on a tree. I lifted my head slowly and saw a small branch sticking out of my pant leg and there was a small patch of blood that had soaked through.

I moved my foot to see if it was broken but the only pain was from where the branch was. I tried not to scream and I slowly lifted myself to a sitting position. I could far, but it all seemed to be forest. I grabbed the branch and hissed as it pulled across my raw skin. As I tried to remove the branch something ahead caught my attention. The trees were moving like there was a huge wind, or something big was moving. I grabbed the hole the branch created and ripped it open, I did not want to stay up here to see what that thing was.

I was free! I applauded myself and the branches beneath me gave way. I hit more branches on the way down. I screamed, and cried as I fell. My arms were lifted and the branches smacked them numb. At that moment I stopped falling, I was about 50 feet from the ground and blood ran freely around my face, into my eyes and mouth. I spit and blinked, looked up and saw that I had managed to grab a hold of a branch. I tried lifting myself but was too weak. And the other branches were to far away to reach. I looked around and was about to drop when I heard something crash ahead of me. I looked up and saw something big coming down my way. It took me a moment to realize it was a body.

I forgot where I was and let go. I fell again the grabbed another branch with my legs. I swung around in a semi circle before stopping. I placed my hands around the branch and prayed the body was caught up in other branches. I was wrong, it landed on my branch with a sickening thud. I closed my eyes, not knowing what to do, If I dropped I'd probably kill myself or the monster in the forest would eat me. If I stayed I'd probably get eaten as well. I opened my eyes trying not to look beside me where the arms hung over. I breathed in deeply and let go, luckily the body hadn't landed on my legs.

Branches smacked my back and I gasped in pain. I could feel my self slipping into darkness again, but I couldn't let that happen. I grabbed a branch to slow my fall. I hung there trying to stay conscious. I tried to clear my head but I felt like I was in a fog. Damn, I thought, get this far and I'll probably be eaten by the phantom monster. I smiled and I felt my lips crack open and bleed. I slipped into darkness and let go of the branch. Luckily I wasn't far from the ground.

I woke up, with a pounding headache. I lay there till my head felt a little clearer, before I opened my eyes. I saw splotches of blue sky out of the branches and for a frightening moment I though I was still up on the tree. When I realized I was on the ground I yelled happily, I slowly stood up and looked around looking for the part of the plane. But all I saw was green leaves, trees and something that looked like bamboo. I even saw a few bodies hanging from the branches, my stomach lurched and I turned away. Where the hell was I? Was Kellyn one of the bodies hanging from the trees? What if she was the one that nearly fell on top of me. I looked up the tree that I had been on top of but couldn't see the body anymore. I tried to keep the thoughts of finding her dead body out of my head but they came anyway.

I looked to see if maybe by any chance if anyone else had walk through but there was no tracks, I was alone. I looked around trying to guess which way to go, trying not to think about more bodies or death. I set off, the tree that I was on behind me, and prayed I wasn't the only one in the forest. I walked for a long time before stopping and taking a breath. I sat on the ground at looked at all the ivy, climbing up the trees keeping the trees at bay so the sun could shine down in the clearing. I sighed, troubling thoughts haven't bothered me since I left the tree yet and I was still relishing in the moment when a huge scream echoed throughout the forest.

I shot up and looked around. Adrenaline pumping through me, the scream was followed by a roar that chilled me, I had heard it before on the plane before I blacked out. I shot off through the forest again, not quiet sure what I was doing or where I was running but I ran until I hit the ground gasping for breath. I felt something inside me stir, I felt like I was going to go insane. What the hell was going on?

I heaved in the leafy ground near tears. I was finally cracking, everyone was saying I was crazy and this was the perfect moment. I remember in high school how odd I was. The freak. Why the hell was I thinking of this now! I heaved myself up trying not to kill myself for stupid thoughts. I knew I had to run and find Kellyn if she still was alive. "God let her be." I said aloud and ran.

I banged on Kellyn's door and stood impatiently on the porch. I looked behind me to make sure no one had followed. Kellyn's car was in the driveway and a few lights were on. "come on come on!" I mumbled.

The door swung open and Kellyn leaned out her door looking at me quiet annoyed. I pushed past her into her house and she closed the door. "Hello and come in," she said. "Everything okay?"

I turned toward her not sure how to say this. "I found a way to get rid of Jason!"

"Does it involve killing him, maybe with a shovel? Do you want something to drink?" she said walking past me toward the kitchen.

"Yes."

She stopped and turned around slowly. "Your going to kill him? Okay in high school we joked about killing people but, for real? Jen did he hurt you?"

I stared at her, not sure what to do, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything."

I turned to leave and she caught my shoulder. "Are you serious?"

"I'm thinking about it, but now I'm thinking you can't be involved."

I opened the door and walked out and Kellyn followed. "When do we do it?"

I turned and smiled at her. Jason was finally going to pay for all the hell he dished out.

At one point as I was running I thought I heard someone behind me. I turned my head, still running, and ran into a bamboo tree. With a sickening crack it opened up the wounds on my forehead and fresh blood poured down my face. I was on my back on the ground trying not to laugh hysterically. God, look at me, I'm a mess probably going insane. Monsters, no such thing. I thought. I listened trying to collect myself and I heard a noise, a soft roaring. The ocean. I scrambled up quickly and walked, pushing down on my forehead to stop the blood. I broke through the forest and saw sand. I'd never been so happy to see sand.

I looked around and saw people standing, screaming near the tail end of the plane. I started walking over there scanning for Kellyn when I was knocked down into the sand hard.

"Oof." was all I could get out before I had a person yelling in my face.

"What the hell?" I said, trying to see past the blood that was in my eyes.

"Who are you! Did you cause the plane to go down?"

"I'll tell you as soon as you get the hell OFF OF ME!" I roared. Great introduction Jen. I thought bitterly.

The shadow got off me and I thought how stupid, if it was smart it wouldn't get off but held me down. I could be a killer. I smiled and shook my head. Yea weird sense of humor. I stared at the shadow but couldn't tell if it was a he or she. The voice sounded male though. A few people were staring at us and I had half a thought to scare them all. We had just been through hell and I was thinking of scaring people, I was going crazy. My eyes went back to the shadow and I moved until I could see it clearly. Yea defiantly male, he was quite tall and he breathed heavily as if he ran a great distance to kill me.

"Why did you shove me down?" I asked trying not to let my anger get the best of me.

"We've just been through hell, we are on an island. I want to know what's happened. I want answers as does everyone else. Were you on the plane, were you the one bringing it down?" He asked

I couldn't help but laugh, I know I shouldn't but hey what he was saying was so...American. Blame someone else for your problems. I looked around but no one wanted answers it looked like. They all seemed to be drowning in their sorrows or looking at me as if I was a leader or an invader. "I know you went through hell, HELLO? do you NOT see the blood on my forehead. I was on the plane you anal asshole! AND I DID NOT BRING DOWN THE PLANE! How dare you say that! You wouldn't even stop me if I did though! So don't you EVER come near me and ask if I'm the cause of all your problems!"

He stared at me dumbstruck and his slightly long brown hair was getting in his eyes. I looked at everyone else and I swore they stepped back one foot. I was to angry to feel bad anymore. If he took a step towards me I'd knock his head off. Something touched my shoulder and I spun around, fist held up high to punch.