June 17th, 2006

Several days went by and I still wasn't awake. Everyone knew that a miracle would happen soon, it had too! Even axel stayed out of the water just so he could see me if I woke up again. Tara hadn't eaten anything since I went out.

Finally four days later my eyes awoke. My head felt like a weight had been put on it. I cocked my head to one side looking around and tried reading my cell phone, 4:18am. Jason was sound asleep on the floor. I knew this wasn't the right time to make an entrance so I went back to sleep. When morning rolled around Jason still was sleeping. I didn't wake him and gently made my way out where Cree was the only one up. I made a motion to her saying to not make any noise.

The only thing she did was give me a hug, "Oh Brian thank god you're alright! Please don't ever let that happen again, Jason was with you this whole time and he didn't know if you'd survive or not."

I nodded, "Whatever that was that Axel put into me, well I feel like I've been reincarnated or something." I asked her to sit down by the fire.

I made my way over to the water and looked around for Axel who was floating nearby. I thought about waking him up to thank him but again I'd wait until the timing was right. A few hours later Jason was the next to come out.

When he saw me standing there he ran over to me and gave me a hug as well, "Thank god you're alright Brian! Don't ever do anything like that again!"

I didn't say anything except hug him back. I knew that we had been through nearly everything together now. There was nothing that seemed impossible anymore.

When Tara still hadn't come out I decided to go in and surprise her. I crept through the room trying not to disturb her and slowly I rested my hand on her face. She nudged a bit turning towards me and slowly opening her eyes.

"Ha Brian I'm so relieved you're ok! I heard Jason and Axel talking about your condition a few days ago!" She slowly sped off course, "I just want us to be together! Don't ever leave me!"

I tried to calm her down, "Listen, later I'm going to have a talk with Axel and see what's going on with me. In the meantime let's go outside, we'll get around to your surprise tonight, ok?"

She kissed me slightly, "Anything for you sweetie!"

As we got out both Jason and Cree were eating. "We saved both of you some lobster!"

Tara didn't seem interested but I sat down and had some anyways.

"So Jason what exactly was that that Axel did to me?"

He tried to be understanding, "Well Brian it was some kind of exotic formula I guess, you'll have to ask him though yourself if you want to get solid answers."

I laughed a bit, "Well I'm just glad we're all together.

"Say Brian when are we going to have that tournament you were talking about a while ago?" Cree asked. Out of the back of my head I tried thinking about what she meant then suddenly it hit me, literally.

"Hey Brian, you thought you would go on without us!" A familiar voice rang out. We all looked around and saw four people coming in off the coast. Well the guys were people we knew, the girls was a different story. I picked up the tennis ball that had hit me.

Scott and Beraht came onto shore, both wearing yellow soccer jersey's and black shoes. Behind them were two girls.

Tara stayed close at my side, "Brian who are these people?"

I looked at her, "These are a couple of friends of mine that were on the plane as well."

Scott took the tennis ball out of my hands, "Looks like we have a new target in mind, don't we Beraht?"

Beraht looked at him, "It's more than that, its sweet revenge!"

I tried making sense of this, "I don't know exactly what you're talking about, but if it's about baseball then it'll have to wait."

Tara and Jason looked at me, "Brian you were the one talking about the tour…" Scott and Beraht leaned closer, "What's that we hear? You thought you could have a tournament without us?" They asked cockily.

"Well now it looks like we have a game to play! Tonight, no wait, tomorrow at sunrise we start! Will you need a place to stay?" I asked.

They laughed, "Nah, but out here by the fire is fine enough!" Tara asked if she could speak to me alone.

I agreed and went off with her to the other side of the hut, "Brian I don't trust those guys one bit, plus they didn't introduce those girls who were with them!"

I looked concerned back at her, "There's only one way to find out if this is for real or not, I too have a feeling of suspicion that they are acting different."

I took her hand and kissed it, "Don't worry, it'll be ok."

She looked back at me, "We should hold off then on our little surprise for a bit until we know if we can trust them or not."

I shook my head right away, "Good idea, let's see if they're the real Scott and Beraht to me."

That night things calmed down a bit. At the fire I asked Scott to talk alone with me. "Scott, I don't want this to sound wrong, but you seem different for some reason." He seemed impatient, "Well the sooner we get to the tournament the sooner you'll find out why!"

I tried getting through to him, "Dude what's the matter with you, you've never acted like this before!"

He laughed to himself, "Now Brian, don't be jealous just because we're going to win and rub it in your face!"

By now I had put up with his insolence. "Tomorrow, when I kick both your asses, you'll regret for landing on this island with us!"

Again he laughed, "Let me warn you Brian, we're not about to give up that easily!"

He left without saying a word.

I came back to the fire and sat down, "Well it looks like I may have lost a friend." Tara still seemed bothered, "Brian please doesn't go through with this tomorrow; I have a bad feeling you're going to get hurt really badly."

I rocked back and forth in the sand, "I can't go without facing them, all my time as being friends with them I've accepted their challenges, and this is no different from those."

I didn't seem to hear her, instead I was thinking still about the two mystery girls that were with Beraht and Scott. One of them looked familiar, I don't know how though.