As Melissa and Jackson came back from the beach, the others were already in their tents. "Wow, how long have we been out there?" Melissa asked as Jackson looked at the sky. "Maybe an hour at the latest" "Well, I better get in there…" Melissa pointed to the girl's tent. "…before Daley wakes up and becomes all motherly on me" Jackson Laughed. "Yeah, sure…'Night Mel"
The next morning all of the crew were ready to start their morning share of work. Except for Taylor and Eric of course, but that would be a shock if they were. Daley was the first one up out of the girl's tent and Nathan out of the boys. "Morning Dale'" "Hey Nathan, want to help me with these fruits? They're kind of heavy and I need to put them ove…" She didn't need to finish, he was already on the job. They both knew he was just trying to impress her.
Meanwhile, Melissa and Jackson had just woken up, ironically almost at the same time. "Hey" Melissa casually said to Jackson as she peeled a banana and ate slowly. "Hey…" Jackson trailed as he took a piece of fruit and stuck it in his mouth. "So what are your morning chores this morning?" Melissa asked Jackson. "Oh, just lugging the water around…Eric's supposed to fill them up since Taylor's sick" "Right" Melissa said and took the last bite of her banana. God, she was sick and tired of fruit, where was pizza when you need it? "Well I have to get some sticks for the fire tonight…and maybe collect a little more fruit since I saw some just over there" She said as she pointed east. "Oh, okay…well see you later then" Jackson said as he started to walk over to the ocean. "Yeah…See you later" She replied and headed towards the fruit.
As she was walking towards them, she noticed that there were some more fruit in a trail leading towards the north. "I know I'm not supposed to go this far…but it looks like someone's been here…" She muttered to herself. Melissa was almost to the end of the trail but tripped over a large stick and conked her headhard on the stone next to her.
It was nearly nightfall when Lex started asking if anyone knew where Melissa was. Everyone looked around seeing if anyone nodded their heads. "I haven't seen her all day" Nathan said with a worried expression. "Me neither" Eric and Daley said in unison. "The last time I saw her was this morning, she said she was in the…oh NO!" Jackson ran over to where the luscious green plants started to grow and looked around.
"GUYS, Nathan and Daley check the east, and Eric take Lex to the west. I'll check north!" Jackson started to run until he saw the same fruit that Melissa had seen that had been trailed across the ground. He slowed down and followed carefully to each and every piece of fruit until he found Melissa lying unconscious on the hard ground.
"NO! Melissa wake up!" He started to pant and put her helpless body onto his back and carried her to where they had first started. "GUYS!" he yelled. "COME HERE, QUICK!" The others fortunately heard him, even when they were a while off. They ran back to where Jackson's voice was coming from and found Melissa in the soft sand. Daley ran up to her, putting her head up to her chest. "Her heart's still beating…but I'm not sure if the damage is that serious or not. She might make a full recovery…or she might-""Don't say it" said Jackson through gritted teeth. "…Die"