June 28th, 2009

"Honey it's time to get up, breakfast is ready." Tara announced.

"Do I have to get up? It's so early still."

"You'll get up right now and have breakfast even If I have to drag you out there myself!"

"Well what are you waiting for then?" I asked jokingly.

My back felt stiffer then ever right now. Slowly I made my way into Lucia's room.

"Sweetie what are you doing?" I asked.

"I'm making a crown with these flowers for you daddy!" she said.

"Well be careful and try not to make a mess…"

"Ok daddy!" she said perky.

I went into the bathroom which we recently added mirror to that we found somewhere on the island. I rubbed my neck seeing as though I haven't shaved it three years.

"Honey your food is getting cold, come eat it now!"

"What are you talking about? The temperature's like one hundred degrees!"

"Don't you give me that degrees crap? My temperatures raising each time you lollygag like this!"

I laughed softly to myself and walked outside. Deku was reading some paper he found by the mirror. "Is there anything new in the news today Deku?"

"Oh the same old stories Brian, here are one about a girl who drowned in a river. And this one shows how much poverty is having an effect on our country. That government of yours is really fucked up!"

"Deku not so loud, remember what I told you!"

"Okay, I'm sorry. I guess your mouth began to run on me a while ago."

I looked at Lucia inside who was still messing around with the crown.

"Be careful baby and don't make a mess!" I said.

"I know daddy you don't need to tell me again!"

I sighed and walked out to the water. "When will this be over? Will we end up off of here or not?"

That day was a day for people to lie around and do nothing. It's something we've been doing for a long time now.

"Tara, how's Sucia doing?" I asked.

"She's doing fine; she and Lucia seem to be getting along just like sisters should be."

I smiled and went back inside to my room.

That night I didn't sleep well…again. I just about drifted off when I heard voices outside. I looked over at Tara and smiled slightly then closed my eyes again.

"Is anyone here?"

I looked at Tara again but she didn't move.

Slowly I got out of bed and went outside. There was a helicopter with several people wandering around it.

"Hey over here!" I shouted.

One of them ran up to me, "Are you Brian?"

"Yes I am, but who are you?"

"We're from the U.S., we're here to take you back Brian. Quickly pack your bags and hop on."

I nodded and headed back inside the hut but I noticed something was missing….no one was there.

"Brian would you please hurry it up; we mustn't keep your family waiting any longer!" the captain said.

I looked around the room nothing looked familiar, only my bag in the corner.

As I headed out I took one last look inside and felt empty, like as if I was being taken back to reality.

"Brian step aboard and we'll be off."

The helicopter continued moving off the island. Though as I looked back I could've sworn that I saw Deku waving at me from where he originally came from.

"Brian it's taken us nearly five years to find you, how do you feel?"

I looked at them then back to the island.

"Brian?"

I couldn't help but shed a tear, "I feel like I'm being taken away from my true family."

The captain put his arm around me, "Son, all those people that you were there…they never existed."

I looked at him in disbelief, "How would you know? You weren't there for nearly four years!"

"Brian, I was once on a group that was on the island…I think I know what I'm talking about."

I didn't speak to anyone the rest of the way back. When we entered over the country I looked down and saw cities and country land, something I haven't seen for a while.

"You'll be pleased to know that your family is doing alright, they'll be waiting for you at the check in spot at the airport."

"Why can't you just fly me home?" I asked.

"We thought about doing that but your family offered to take you home instead so we couldn't argue with that."

I shook my head at him and put my face against the window. Looking down below I saw an alligator look up at me and wink. There happened to be a pair of binoculars right there so I quickly looked into them down at the alligator. Both of his eyes were the same. And sadly I thought about Axel.

"Brian we're almost here, are you ready?"

"No, though seeing I don't have a choice…yes."

He understood that I wasn't happy with coming off the island but he tried explaining that this was all an experiment. No one has ever been able to recall what happened when they got back. I never let go of that feeling.

When we got to the airport in Miami my family was there waiting, along with Tara.

My mom was so overcome with emotion that she ran across the room just to hold me.

"Mom its ok really, I'm alright…what is today?"

"Why, it's June 3rd. Brian, you don't know how happy we are to have you back with us! We've been thinking about you ever since you disappeared. Your friend here…Tara seemed to know what happened."

I walked over to her, "Is it really the Tara I know?"

She gave me a weird look, "Brian what are you talking about, we've been together for nearly four years."

I stepped back and lowered my head looking out the window of the airport.

"I guess you aren't, but either way…"

"Either way what?" she asked.

"Nothing, let's just go home."

As I walked out of the airport with my family I saw a baby with eyes just like Lucia's.

The baby looked at me and cooed. I knew she was there all along…

The End