Chapter 3: Finding water
Kai didn't much give a damn about what was happening in the plane, his responsibility wasn't to the other survivors. He quickly scanned his surroundings. Dense mixed forest, not jungle like he expected it to be. There seemed to be a mountain some way off in the distance, looking the other way, he saw the trail of destruction left by the plane, parts of the plane littered the forest floor here and there.
Kai looked further down, the forest ended at the beach, and beyond that, a glistening blue sea. They had stopped about six hundred yards into…where ever they were which would be Kai's next move, how to locate where he was. The only way he could do that though, was if it was night time, he'd be able to work out where he was on the planet simply by working out the star pattern, which he wasn't hot on at all, but he knew what he needed to.
Meanwhile back in the plane Mina and Nathaniel were talking, while John had removed the two bodies and two heads from the cock pit and was now piecing it the cock pit back together.
"Nathan," Mina said as she bandaged up a patient, "What do we do about the dead?"
"The best thing would be to eat them," Nathaniel said.
"WHA?" Mina exclaimed.
"Food," Nathaniel replied.
"he's right," Kat suddenly appeared, "We don't where our food supply is coming from or where our water is going to come from and the plane only has a limited amount for a about a three day's maximum for the sixty of us." Mina looked at her shocked that she could even entertain such a thought.
"What about we start looking for a fresh water supply, because at this rate we're going to run out fast," John said having come out of the cock pit. Everyone looked at him, "Water is more important than food, besides where would we store them?" Mina was thankful someone was on her side, or as close to it as she would get.
"Your right," Nathaniel said, "Right I'll go and see if there are any volunteers willing to come with me."
"Well what are we going to do about food?" Kat asked.
"We'll have to get rid of quite a few of the bodies. Besides, it's enough meat for us a year over, and unless we can find somewhere cold enough we can't freeze them," Nathaniel replied. Kat nodded. Then Mina looked around, before going over to some patients.
"What's wrong with her?" Kat wondered.
"She's worrying. Usually she'd agree with us, but not when someone else is on her mind," Nathaniel said.
"Who?" Kat asked.
"I have no idea," Nathaniel said. John had already disappeared again, and he was heading down to where the living was being kept and treated. The dying and dead had been separated from the living unless the living went to them.
"Is there a teacher here?" Kat called out. A young woman stood up.
"Yes," She mumbled, really she should have taken control but she was too shook up to do anything.
"Do you have a register?" Kat asked walking up to her. The young woman nodded, she was tall, and professional looking, even through all the trauma not a spot of make up seemed to be out of place. Then Kat noticed, she wasn't wearing any make-up, the teacher's lips were naturally red, and her facial complexion was as if she wore some foundation to keep her skin perfect. The woman straightened out, she was tall, brown haired, which was tied up neatly into a bun, a small reading glasses, that hadn't been broken with hazel eyes. However, similar to Kat, a strand of hair had escaped the bun, however, unlike Kat it was only on one side of her face, and it was thicker than her strand.
"Yes," The woman nodded and she took it from a briefcase under her seat. The woman handed the register over. There were a few sheets inside for more than a day at least. Kat scanned it quickly before handing over a black pen.
"Go ahead take the register," Kat said, "I want a register of everyone who is alive. If there are people missing, then they are obviously dead." The woman stood at the front of the room now full of confidence that she knew what to do.
"I need everyone to be quiet," The woman called. Silence fell over the room, "This might seem silly, but I still need to take the register." A few student's frowned as she began calling names out. Friends of people were calling out Deceased, to notify her that they were dead. Though, some notified that they had gone with Nathaniel.
Kat watched the proceedings carefully.
Nathaniel meanwhile, had taken ten volunteer's, made sure that they were wearing shoes that were suitable for his little mission, and was now walking through the forest. The forest or the island had been bigger than they had first anticipated it was also very abundant in wild life of all kinds. Nathaniel made notes as he walked through.
They had walked for about two miles with various breaks. People complained that their feet hurt, but Nathaniel reminded them that they said they were up to it. He wasn't seeking to demoralize them, but to get them motivated. Soon though they had come to the sound of running water, and they jumped for joy as they found the water. Nathaniel didn't though he began to walk up the river.
"Hey where are you going?" They asked.
"For the pure water," Nathaniel said, "We need water that is pure and clean, for all we know this could be polluted." One of them though bent down to taste the water.
"It's perfect," The student said, "Now what do we do?" Nathaniel smirked.
"Okay," Nathaniel said confidently and he reached for his knife.