Hawke lowered Caitlin to the floor of the cave he'd found slowly. It was only a short distance from where their plane had come down with a natural spring nearby that would provide them with water but it had taken them a good thirty minutes to get there with Caitlin's injury slowing them down.

Caitlin couldn't prevent the small moan that escaped her lips as she rested her ankle on the ground but seeing the look of concern on Hawke's face wished she'd found a way. She took a deep breath. 'I'm OK.'

'You're in pain.' He corrected her. He should have insisted he carry her, he thought. He went over to the backpack and took out the small first aid kit. He frowned at the dozen painkillers; that wasn't going to hold her for long. He squeezed one from the foil packet and handed it to her with some water. She took it without an argument which worried him even more. He checked his watch. Early afternoon; they'd gone down two hours before. If they were lucky a search plane would already be out looking for them and they'd only have to spend a few hours in the cave. They'd left an arrow in stones by the plane letting any potential rescue group know where the direction they had taken.

'What d'ya think happened to the other plane?' Caitlin asked interrupting his thoughts.

Hawke sat down next to her and took the water bottle she offered him. He took a sip and screwed the top back on. 'There was some black smoke a few miles away.'

'You think he crashed?'

'That'd be my guess.' Hawke said. 'It wasn't a knock he gave us.'

'True.' Caitlin said. 'What the hell was he playing at? He could have killed us. If you hadn't…' she swallowed, 'we'd be dead right now if you hadn't moved out of the way like you did.'

'We made it.' His fingers rubbed hers soothingly. 'You know I kinda think he was in trouble. Nobody flies like that unless they're seriously out of control.'

'Maybe.' Caitlin agreed. She sighed deeply. 'My Mom's never going to believe this. First I miss Erin's wedding because my plane gets hijacked and now I'm going to miss Fiona's because our plane got smashed up.'

'The wedding's not till the day after tomorrow. We have time.' Hawke pointed out. 'With any luck we'll get rescued before the end of the day.'

'You think?' Caitlin asked.

He slipped an arm around her and she cuddled into his side. 'I think there's a good chance. Dom's likely to bring the Lady out to look for us as soon as he hears we went down.'

'I hope so.' Caitlin said. She shivered; a combination of shock and pain.

'I'll start a fire.' Hawke said and eased away from her. She watched as he gathered together twigs and branches before lighting them with a match from the pack in the rucksack.

'How are we doing on provisions?' Caitlin asked.

Hawke shrugged. 'We have two apples, two chocolate bars and two packets of unsalted nuts.'

'Yummy.' Caitlin murmured. 'We should probably ration in case.'

'Yeah.' He handed her a packet of nuts. 'We'll share.'

He sat back down next to her and they ate their meagre lunch looking at the flickering flames. Hawke tipped out the rest of the rucksack and organised the items; a torch, the flare gun, the small radio, a map, binoculars, matches, rope, first aid kit and the gun with its ammo.

'It's just as well you thought to grab the bag.' Hawke said as he loaded the gun. The cave was set well back in the wall of the mountain and the fire would deter most predators but they were fairly vulnerable.

Caitlin nodded. 'I almost forgot about it.'

'At least we have the basics.' Hawke said nodding at the items he'd laid out. 'I'm going to sit outside and keep watch for search planes.'

'We can sit outside together.'

'You stay by the fire. Stay warm.' He leaned over and kissed her. 'I'll be right outside.'

Caitlin watched him wander out with the radio and both the flare gun and the automatic pistol. She sighed and looked round the cave. 'Next time I'm packing a book in that bag.' She muttered.