Chapter 13 - Return of the Others
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Abby, Jory, Ian, and Captain Russell stepped into the clearing. Everyone got up and hugged each other. Then Lex asked 'the question.'
"So, you didn't find any civilization?"
"No. The island is deserted. I think I found it on the map though. I can get to work on the radio, so that we can at least watch out for passing planes. Did you not put up any signal kites or anything?" Captain Russell said.
"Well, we put up the signal kite…" Lex replied.
"Then Nathan accidentally shot it with the flare gun." Melissa said.
"We sent a distress signal out on a raft." Jackson said proudly, being the one who had the raft idea.
"They've done a great job getting into a routine." Abby said.
"Well, I'm hungry. Could I have some food?" Ian said.
Melissa headed to the food pile, but Jackson stopped her.
"Sit! I'll get it!" He insisted.
"I'm fine!" she said, but she sat down anyway.
"What happened?" Jory asked.
"Nathan accidentally pushed Melissa over a cliff and she was knocked out. Jackson saved her though." Daley chirped.
"Why do you keep acting like it was all my fault?" Nathan whined.
"Because it was!" They all said.
"Really? Are you okay? Did you almost die? Are you gonna di-" Jory rambled.
"No, I'm not gonna die. Jackson and Nathan are overreacting." Melissa teased.
"No we're not!" Nathan and Jackson said in unison.
Everyone laughed.
Melissa got up and skipped around the fire. "See! I'm fine!" Then she tripped, and Jackson caught her.
"See?" He said, raising his eyebrows.
"Fine." She went back to her log, and finished eating her banana.
Everyone else sat down to eat.
"So, how did you find the others Abby?" Daley asked.
"They had set up camp not to far from where you found me, and that's where I looked first. So, what have you guys been up too?" she said. "I mean, apart from falling down a cliff."
"Well, Melissa got sick, then a storm came in, then Jackson, Melissa, Taylor, and Nathan got colds, then we had another dance, then Melissa fell, then you guys came." Lex ticked off each event on his fingers.
"Well, you guys had an eventful couple of days." Abby said.
Captain Russell then finished. "I don't think we have enough room in the tents you seven have, so one of you is going to have to put up our tent, then we'll have to move the sleeping situation around. We can figure that out later. For now, will someone show me where the radio is?" He conducted.
Lex got up and took him to the plane, where he had been working on the radio. Nathan and Daley offered to put up thethird tent. Jackson went to fish, and Melissa went with him, although he only let her watch. Taylor and Eric watched the fire. Abby went with Melissa and Jackson, and Jory and Ian stayed at the fire with Taylor and Eric.
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"I caught one!" Abby said excitedly.
"Yay Abby!" Melissa said from the shore. "Can I fish now? Pretty please?"
"Nope." Jackson smiled.
"Pretty please with a kiss on top?" She teased.
"Tempting." He pretended to think for a minute. "Fine. One fish, and I mean one."
She ran to change, and when she came back she stood on her tiptoes and gave Jackson a kiss on the cheek. Then she took the fishing pole from him. He had made two, so he gave up his while Melissa caught her one fish.
"Ha! Gotcha Mister Fish!" Melissa said triumphantly.
"I'll be taking this!" Jackson said, and took the fishing pole from her. She laughed, and they started splashing each other. Abby stood on the sidelines, smiling.
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Water squirted at Taylor from behind.
"Eric!" she screamed, and she grabbed her own water bottle and squirted him back. They chased each other along the beach.
"Guys…" Jory said, trying to get their attention.
"Be right there!" Taylor yelled.
"But the fire's dying!" Ian said.
"And it's cold!" Jory added.
Eric and Taylor ignored them.
"Who would have thought." Ian said to Jory.
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"Ha! I got static!" Captain Russell exclaimed.
"Yes! I'll go tell everyone!" Lex said, running off.
He came to Daley and Nathan first.
"Guess what? Captain Russell got static again!" Lex said, not giving them a chance to guess.
"That's great!" Daley said.
"I have to go tell everyone else!" Lex said, and hurried off.
Next he came to Melissa, Jackson, and Abby.
"Hey! We got static again!" he yelled. Jackson and Melissa were splashing each other, and Abby was standing a ways off, smiling. Jackson and Melissa stopped when they heard Lex, and Melissa slipped. She fell backward, and Jackson caught her. Still in his arms, she gave Lex a thumbs up, a big smile, and said "That's great!"
He walked on, to the fire. Taylor and Eric were having an on-land water fight with the water bottles. Jory and Ian were talking and shaking their heads up at the fire.
"We got static!" Lex yelled.
"Cool!" Jory and Ian yelled. Taylor and Eric gave him a thumbs up, then went and sat by the fire.
Lex ran back to the plane.
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"This is great! Now if a plane passes by, we can radio them." Nathan said.
"Maybe having Captain Russell around won't be that bad." Daley said as she bent down to pick up a piece of wood.
"I agree." Nathan said.
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"Ahh! Something touched my foot!" Melissa screamed.
"It was probably just a fish." Jackson said.
Sure enough, they saw a little fish darting around in the water.
"It's cold." She said.
"Well it is winter." Abby remarked.
They all headed to the tents to change into warm clothes before they cleaned the fish.
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"Truce?" Taylor held out her hand to Eric.
"Truce." He said, and they shook hands.
Jory and Ian rolled their eyes.
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A/N: Well, I told The Child Music Prodigy that I would update as soon as I finished this chapter, so here you go. I think I like this story better than my other one. Of course, I'm like obsessed with Flight 29 Down right now…Maybe I'll do the sequel to this before Zoey 101...Anyways, review review review! Ciao!