Slowly her eyes blinked themselves open, causing her to wince at the pain in doing so. As she slowly became more aware of her surroundings, the world seemed to come back to life. She began to hear voices, a low grumbling of male chords.
"Captain Bernadette?" She murmured as she righted herself, clutching her head at the sudden wave of nausea that hit her like a brick. She quickly grabbed her stomach, leaned over the back of her seat, and vomited. She surprised herself, given that she hadn't vomited in years.
"Sir Integra?" A French accent rang loud and clear about the mass of other voices. "Boss, are you alright?"
Pip began to make his way toward her through the darkness of the cabin. Integra could barely make out much more than his braid swinging back and forth. He reached out and put a hand hesitantly over her shoulder to try and straighten her. She batted his hand away and composed herself, taking a deep breath.
"Captain, I want to know exactly what happened!" She demanded, glaring at him. She felt something tickling her face, and she reached up to touch it. Her fingers dabbed at something sticky and wet. Blood.
"We've landed." Pip stated wryly. "Or rather, crashed. Thank some god that we've escaped with just injuries. We were most worried 'bout you, though, since you were the only one who didn't wake up in the first 'our."
"First hour? How long have we been stuck on this god forsaken island? What exactly happened?" Integra was furious, but also panicked. She never panicked. When hundreds of vampires were against her, she didn't panic. But she was now, and that scared her.
"We 'ave no power, so no clocks. I'd imagine we've been 'ere for a little over three 'ours. Give or take. When we went down, we'd just reached the island, and some huge bat-like creature tore across the windshield." Pip explained, shuddering ever so slightly.
"Three hours…" Integra slumped back into her chair. "And they haven't caught onto us yet?" She muttered, thinking to herself.
"I'm just glad they 'aven't." Pip said. Integra's eyes had adjusted to the darkness now, and she could see his truly relieved expression. "Dawn is coming now. I think we should wait until daylight, and then scout the area a bit. What do you think?"
Integra stared out the window next to her, where she could see a faint pink glow. She nodded.
An hour later, when the sun was casting its light across the island, seven people jumped out of the crashed jet.
Integra's brow wrinkled a bit in confusion. The air was moist, and heavy with fog. This was unusual, but not impossible. She could barely make out the beginnings of a lush forest on the other side of Yes, they were standing on a runway!
"What do you make of this?" Pip asked, kicking at the ground with his combat boots.
"It's unusual." Integra nodded.
"Oy! Over 'ere!" A shout from a soldier called the others to him. He was stout and brunette, and pointing at the ground.
Pip sneered at what he was pointing at. A skeleton was sprawled on the ground, bits of old, dried out flesh still sticking to him. Rags of clothing hung from his bones.
Jack bent down to take a closer look at him.
"A Millenium victim?" A soldier asked, tilting his head. "Possibly." Integra said.
"Not unless they pick at bones with very tiny teeth." Jack looked back up at the others as they stared at him curiously. "Notice that all over the bones are little markings. Teeth markings. But there are also two different sizes. Around the neck, there is a row of bigger teeth, like a…German Shepherds, but sharper. The rest of the body is covered with tiny little teeth marks, like tiny mice with needles for teeth."
"So, it would seem he was killed by something large, then stripped clean later by something else? Like scavengers?" Integra asked, bending down to examine the skeleton as well.
"That's the way it would seem." Jack nodded in agreement, wrinkling his eyebrows as he pulled a small piece of cloth off of the body, with half a logo on it.
"Oy! Everyone! I suggest we get back in the plane!" Pip hissed suddenly, looking at the fog in alarm. When everyone stared at him, he snarled. "I mean now!"
A/N:that's it for chapter three, hoped you've all enjoyed it. See you next time.