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God, I don't think she can swim right now. Bad idea, but at least she got a little far... and the boat is close. Maybe they can paddle closer...? Ralph thought to himself, and shouted, "Hey! Hey! Over here! Come over here!" They heard him, and they got there in the nick of time. All of Ralph's strength was gone from trying to swim in the choppy water, and from keeping Samantha's bloody head above the water. They helped her on first, and they he got on the boat, heaving breaths. He must have fallen asleep, because when he opened his eyes, it was bright out.

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He groaned as he sat up, remembering where he was and why. He looked around, and no one was up. They were still on the boat, in the middle of nowhere. Luckily, the water had calmed down, and it was peaceful. He flexed everything to make sure nothing was broken or sprain. He only had a few bruises, that was all. He got lucky. But Samantha, on the other hand...

He glanced over at her sleeping figure. She had dried blood in streaks down her face, and the top of her clothing was a rusty brown from the blood that had dried. The blood in her hair was especially matter near her hair line over her right eyebrow, and he guessed that that is where the cut was. But even covered in blood, he couldn't help but think how pretty she was...

Someone placed a hand on his shoulder, startling him. "Ah!" He yelled.

"Hey, hey, sorry man. Just me." Said his friend Simon.

"Oh, dude. Your okay..." He said, and gave him a "man hug". Haha sorry I didn't know how else to say it... /

"Yea, I'm okay, but look over here at Roger... he isn't looking so good." He said, and pointed in his direction.

Roger was very pale, and sleeping. He hardly looked like he was breathing. One of his legs didn't look like it should be sitting in that position, it was all twisted. He was covered in scratches. Right above his left hip there was a huge, deep gash that still seemed to be bleeding.

Ralph felt sick. "What happened to him?"

"Same thing that happened to us, but more severe. He sat in the seats right where the plane ripped in half. He stayed on our side, but he was the only survivor." He glanced over at him, and then added, more queitly, "but I don't know if he'll be around for much longer."

Ralph was silent, and then looked around the dingy. "How many people are on here?" He asked. It siriously looked like people were piled up on each other.

"I... I'm not sure. Let's ask Piggy." He kneeled down, and shook Piggy awake.

"Piggy. Piggy, wake UP!"

"Hm? Oh... hi." He mumbled, and rubbed his eyes. "Oh my goodness where are we?" He yelped, frantically looking around at the calm blue water.

"On the water, stupid. Now, do you remember how many people are on this boat?" Simon asked, impatient.

"17."

Ralph's eyes widened. "17?! How many people were on the plane? How many people DIED?" He yelled, and then shut his mouth quickly, hoping that he didn't wake anyone.

"16. The only survivors are you, me, Simon, Jack, I guess Roger, Sam, Eric, those two girls,"

"Samantha. And Karly, I think." Ralph interupted. Simon and Piggy both raised an eyebrow, and Ralph scowled at them. Piggy continued.

"Fine. Samantha and Karly, Bill, Maurice, Robert, and 4 littluns. I'm pretty sure their names are Henry, Johnny, and Pervical. I don't remember the last ones name."

"Okay. Well... I don't know what to do. How many paddle do we have?" He asked, wondering where the heck they were.

"Luckily, we have two. And I have seen a few birds fly in that," he pointed towards North, "direction. We should follow them."

"Okay... maybe we should wait until the other boys wake up so we can go over the plan with them. Sound good?" Ralph asked.

"Yup. I could use some more down time anyways..." Piggy said, and then laid back down.

"I guess we should try to do the same." Simon said, said sat down, laying his head on the side of the dingy. Ralph didn't feel tired, so he sat on the side of the dingy, looking out at the water, hoping that he would see land. He was lost in thought when suddenly, something peaked up in the distance.