Chapter 18

Mako Island...

Lewis' P.O.V

It's probably nothing. Cleo will call me today. She probably just forgot to call last night. Yeah, that's it. She is perfectly safe with Rikki and Anna. But there was a cyclone over their travel path...Lewis! Stop thinking the worst. They will be fine. She'll call tomorrow.

The Island somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle...

After lying there for a good ten minutes they picked themselves up and weakly went to their shelter. It wasn't going to be as temporary as they originally thought. Rikki removed her bag from her shoulder and grabbed a papaya. As soon as they had finished eating, they lay in the soft sand using the spare change of clothes they had brought as a method of keeping warm. Rikki created a fire for them and by the light of it, they fell asleep, lost to the world.

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Her green eyes blinked open. Anna groaned and rolled over onto her stomach. Sleeping on the ground made your muscles ache, even if it was soft sand. In addition, yesterday's adventure of trying to escape the island's grasp made the muscles more tired. Anna sat up. Rikki and Cleo were still asleep. She looked out at the blue sea and pulled her cell phone from her bag.

She dialled Ben's number. Lewis had recently installed the cell phone tower next to their generator that provided their electricity. There was no reception on the island. She sighed and put her phone away again.

"'Morning," Rikki said moving forward to sit next to Anna.

"'Morning," she replied. "Have you tried ringing Zane?"

"Yeah, last night but there was no reception, damn it,"

"I just tried, we can't contact them." Anna sighed.

Cleo hearing them woke up with a yawn.

"What's for breakfast?" she asked.

Rikki reached into her bag, "Coconut anyone?"

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Once they were satisfied they decided to go and collect some more food, they didn't want to have to continuously go back to the trees. They walked to where they had found the fruit trees.

Cleo plucked a banana from a tree after scaling the trunk to reach it. She screamed. A large spider dropped on her hand. She tried to shake it off, still clinging to the tree with her legs and other arm. The spider fell onto her thigh. Cleo was still screaming when Anna and Rikki came into the clearing – they had been at the coconut trees. Cleo dropped from the tree and the others winced when she hit the ground. The spider was still on her. She was still trying to shake it off when Anna stopped dead in her tracks. (A/N: Maybe dead isn't the right word...how about 'stopped suddenly')

"Cleo, stop moving." Anna said. Rikki went pale as she saw the spider.

"That is a Brazilian Wandering Spider or Banana Spider, its bite is one of the most deadly in the world," Rikki breathed. "Stop moving."

Cleo gulped and stopped shaking her leg and look at them with wide eyes.

Rikki reached out with her hand and within seconds, the spider was a crisp. Cleo let out a sigh of relief and with a disgusted expression dusted the spider ash off her leg.

"How that hadn't already bitten you is beyond me," Anna said. "You must have woken it from its slumber – they sleep in Banana plants during the day,"

"I am not gathering fruit from this tree ever again." Cleo said. "You guys are gonna have to,"

"Okay, you can catch the fish or something for dinner tonight."

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After Anna had scaled that tree and got the bananas, they wanted and they had collected some other coconuts and papaya they headed back to the camp. They stored the fruit in their waterproof bags. Cleo, still freaked from the morning's incident, stayed on the beach while Anna and Rikki went back into the jungle in order to find something good to sleep on. They had deducted the day before that the island was small, crescent shaped, and that their camp was in the middle of the crescent bay. As they were walking, they came across a clearing with mosses covering the trees and rocks. Anna and Rikki looked at each other. They proceeded to collect moss to be used for their bedding – an extra layer of padding.

Once they returned to the camp and they had set out their moss bedding, they had their lunch of coconuts and the island's fruits. Once their food had settled down, they decided to brave the current again. They decided that they would try to escape every day that they were trapped there. After quite a while of trying to swim through, they dragged themselves back up the beach, disappointed but not surprised.

A/N: Hey guys, I got back from Sandy Bay, Northland, New Zealand (Six hour drive) I had an amazing time. Therefore, now that I'm back the updates won't be over a week apart unless something else comes up. Thank you for your patience and lovely reviews. Keep reading and reviewing! Love you guys, it really makes my day.