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Stranded
Chapter 4: Stranded
Danny began stirring awake, feeling his body soaked, his head aching and he soon found himself coughing up water. He groaned as he tried to get up and make sense of what just happened.
"Ugh...What happened?...'He groaned as finally managed to stand up.
Suddenly he checked his surroundings and soon saw that he wasn't in Amity Park or on the boat, but on a beach and soon his memories came back. They were on a field trip cruise to some island, there was a storm, he fell over board but not before trying to help-
"Star?...'Danny muttered as he looked around.
His eyes widen when he saw, about 5 feet away from him, the unconscious form of his blonde project partner, who is soaked to the bone!
"Oh my gosh!...'He yelped as he ran over to make sure that she was okay.
He examined her and saw that she didn't look injured, just a little bruised, soggy and not moving. But she is still not moving, he was about to check her pulse and see if whether or not she would need resuscitation, but before he did so, she started moving and coughing up a lot of water.
"Are you alright?..."Danny asked the blonde girl, happy that she at the very least is still alive.
"What happened? Where am I?..." Star asked after she got all of the water out of her body, though she is still in a bit of a daze from the trauma.
"I'm not sure...some island...'Danny said as he got up to look around.
To his horror and dismay, he saw the shore that was filled with Spectral Algae, the thing that rendered his powers to be absolutely useless!
"Oh man! We're back on Specter Island, I don't believe it!...'Danny shouted, getting the attention of the blonde girl, who finally got out of her daze.
'Specter Island...What? how long were we out?...'Star asked in a worried voice.
"I don't know, I got up just a few moments ago...'Danny said but saw Star looking...well... fidgety to say the least.
"Oh man, what time is it?..."Star asked as she got up, but flinched when she saw what the ocean water done to her hands, leaving them all wrinkly and pruny like.
"I don't know...the sky is still pretty cloudy from the storm..'Danny said, though he wondered what's up with her.
"Star?...'He asked in a concern voice.
"Oh man, of all the bad luck...I just hope they manage to find us before 8, since I doubt even Paulina will take this excuse to not go to her and Kwan's party..."Star lamented, feeling worried over what she fears her friends will say if she is absent.
Danny blinked when he heard that and looked at her in confusion. Didn't she understand the implications of this situation? He doubted it and Danny knew he had to spell things out for her...
"Party? Star, I don't think you understand...'Danny started but she wasn't listening.
"Look at these clothes, the salt water is already ruining the colors..."She bemoaned.
"Star, listen...'Danny started, only for Star to suddenly scream.
"OH MY GOSH!...'She shouted.
"WHAT?!...'Danny flinched, wondering what is wrong with her.
"My ballet lessons?...'Star shouted in dismay.
With Paulina's party plans, she forgot that she still had to take her lessons, if not, her father would be very upset with her. He pays good money for her lessons and even if he's not in town, he expects her to take them seriously!
"Fenton, if I'm not back by 4:30, my dad is going to be so mad..."Star said, actually sounding nervous.
"STAR?! Listen to me! Look, we are on a deserted island,miles away from the coast...there was a huge storm and as far as are friends are concern, we're probably floating anywhere in the middle of the ocean...it could take hours...maybe days before they come here to look for us...'Danny pointed out.
'And that's if they made it too...'Danny said in a solemn voice.
He didn't like thinking morbid thoughts but he had to be realistic here...there was a huge storm and the boat they had been on was a rickety old thing...there's every possibility hat either their friends and classmates might have gone overboard to. Star was silent when she heard this and felt a cold chill down her spine when she registered it.
Before she could say anything, both she and Danny heard what to be a growl echoing from a distance and they both flinched at the sound of it, and realizing that there might be more on this island than just funny looking plant life. Both she and Danny shared a very nervous, worried look, both over the chances of their survival and the survival of their friends, wherever they are...
At the ship
Over an hour has passed since Mr. Lancer and Captain Angus tried to contact the Coast Guard with his radio but still no response.
"Anything?...'Sam asked her teacher who shook his head.
"Not yet but don't worry Ms. Manson, we have everything under control...'Mr. Lancer said with a fake smile, probably wanting to keep his students from panicking but Sam saw through it.
When she closed the door, she could still hear the two of them go into an argument over the who thing.
"Just what the heck is wrong here?..."Mr. Lancer shouted.
"I don't know...it seems either we somehow are too far to get a signal or the thing is damaged..."Captain Angus said.
Sam sighed as she tried to find Tucker, who is in the middle of freaking out, if the expression on his face is any indication , much like the rest of their classmates.
"Oh, this is horrible, Star is out there, probably getting nasty sunburn and she doesn't even have any block, and we're stuck on this smelly old boat in the middle of nowhere...'Paulina said in distress.
Sam tried hard not to roll her eyes over her whining, since they had much bigger issues to worry about that sunburn...Sam eventually managed to find her other best friend, who looks troubled to say the least.
"One hour without internet...is an hour too long..." Tucker said as he help his PDA tightly, as if afraid that something will happen to it.
"How are you holding up?..."Sam asked in a sarcastic tone.
"About as well as anyone else I guess...Tucker shrugged as he got up and placed his PDA in his pocket for safety.
Suddenly they heard some commotion and saw Dash pacing around with a scared expression.
"WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG? It's getting too hot! It's been hours! We're all going to die out here!...'The blonde jock shouted, scaring his fellow classmates.
Sam saw this and had to put an end to it. She marched over to Dash and slapped him across the face, hard.
"WILL YOU SHUT UP DASH! No one is going to die! It's only been an hour since the storm...'Sam said in a level voice.
Dash blinked before he sent an angry look at the girl over slapping him.
"Why you! What gives you the right to slap me?...'Dash shouted.
"I do so you will stop scaring everyone else!...'Sam screamed.
Mr. Lancer suddenly appeared to break them up before this escalated.
"Students please...break it up...Look, this is only a temporary setback but I promise you that soon, everything will be in order again and you will all be home...and that we will look for our missing students but for now, please...remain calm or it will be a week's worth of detention when we get back to Amity Park, understand...'The portly teacher shouted.
Sam and Dash kept glaring at each other before they nodded and separated, much to the teacher's relief.
"Good, now everybody...just...as you were...'The teacher said before he went back to go get some form of contact.
"Well I'm not waiting around for Lancer to do something...I'm going to go see if I can take a look at that radio, maybe see why we can't get access...maybe I can fix it.."'Tucker said as he got up.
Mikey and Nathan heard him and approached the scene...
"We'll help...'The two said before the trio of nerds went to go put their best skills to good use.
"Good luck Tuck...'Sam said, hoping that he will be successful.
The Gothic girl soon turned her attention back to the sea and she thought about her other friend Danny. She hoped that he is alright now. Despite it going against her Gothic norm, she tried to be optimistic. Danny has been through a lot over the years and he has always pulled through. He would pull through this too.
She knew it...or at the very least she hoped...
Back on Specter Island
With Danny and Star
The dark haired boy and the blonde haired girl both started walking around the perimeter of the island, in hopes of finding either food or shelter, though they weren't speaking to each other. Though after the shock from earlier has worn out, Star adopted to sending him glares, as though this was somehow his fault.
"I can't believe this...stranded on a deserted island with some... not popular guy, my hair is ruined, my clothes are ruined and this sun is going to ruin my complexion...this has got to be the worst day of my life!...'Star said in an angry, miserable voice.
Danny heard this and sent her a glare.
"This isn't my idea of a fun afternoon either, Star..." Danny said to the blonde girl who just snubbed him.
"Look, I get it...this is scaring me too but we got to just stay strong here and hope that the others are okay and they are looking for us...'Danny said but Star just sent him a venomous glare for whatever reason.
"I don't need to hope...I know that they made it and they are going to find this place...'Star said in a stubborn tone.
"I hope you're right...'Danny sighed.
He didn't like this at all. He is trapped on a deserted island without his powers, and surrounded by anti ghost Spectral Algae, and his friends and other classmates are either lost at sea too or just looking in circles for them...Even if he gets his powers back, the risk of coming in contact with Spectral Algae will affect them again and he'll be back where he started...Even if he manages to avoid touching that horrible plant all together, he has to accept that unless anyone comes to save them, he might be force to give up and reveal his secret to Star of all people in order to get them both out of here before they either starved to death or died of dehydration, or any other terrible fate.
As nasty as she is, Danny can't abandon her to a place like this, so he would have no choice but to reveal himself to the blonde girl...
Either way, this is a lose-lose situation for him...
"I can't believe this..."Danny thought bitterly as he kept walking along side the blonde girl.
Unfortunately, Danny was so deep in his worried thoughts, that he didn't see a slippery rock in front of him, the boy ended up stepping on it and quickly lost his balance, sending himself falling to the ground...and Star as well as he accidentally knocked her down too.
The end result is that the two are now on the ground, intertwined and smarting from the fall, and Star is not so happy...
"YOU DWEEB!..."Star shouted as she pushed him away and started yelling at him.
"Look, I'm sorry, I didn't see the rock...'Danny started to apologize, only to stop when Star just kept yelling at him..
"Ugh! Why the heck is this happening to me?! It's bad enough that Lancer stuck me with you and now I'm gonna be stuck here on this lousy island with you too!Ugh! First you argued with me over the project and NOW THIS?!..."Star yelled, her anger and fear over this whole situation is in control of her right now.
Danny heard this and frowned...hard...
"Are you suggesting that this is somehow my fault?...'Danny shouted in an incredulously voice.
"I DON'T CARE WHO'S FAULT IT IS! I JUST WANT TO GET OFF THIS STUPID ISLAND!NOW!..."Star yelled.
"SO DO I!...'Danny yelled back, wondering why this girl seems so determined to make this situation harder for the both of them.
"Star, I don't like this anymore than you do, but the fact remains that we are stuck here, and until a miracle happens, we have to work together...'Danny said.
"I'm not working with some freak who doubles as the least fittest boy at school...'Star said in an insulting tone.
Danny heard this, was momentarily shock by her still-rude nature until he frowned, and started glaring at her, feeling his temper flaring up until-
"If that's the way you feel, then why don't we just divide the island up, I take the South Side, you take North and we don't have to say or do anything to each other...'Danny said angrily to the difficult blonde girl.
"FINE!..."Star yelled.
"FINE!...'Danny yelled back before angrily marching away from her.
Unknown to the two bickering teens, they were not alone on this island, as something was lurking in the shadows, looking at them before venturing back within the dense camouflage of the trees, never taking it's eyes off of them.
-To be continued-
Next time on Stranded
The Island
REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:
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Guest:
1) Well to be honest, Danny doesn't really take well with being openly badmouthed...most of the time he ignores it but there have been times when his patience has worn thin...
2) Yeah but now he's basically powerless on a deserted island, so it's still not good...
3) Maybe...
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