CHAPTER 3
Characters: Troy, Abed, LeVar Burton
(Troy's POV)
I rub my eyes, still feeling sleepy, as I try to wake up from my sleep. At the same time, Abed wakes up from his sleep. I think it's time for 'Convo 1', which is our routine conversation first thing in the morning back at Greendale, to make a comeback.
"Good morning, Abed!" "Good morning, Troy!" "What do you want to do today?" "Watch a movie marathon. You?" "I don't know." Abed looks at me, and realizes that we were still on the island. "I don't know either, Troy. I think we are stumped. Do you know what that means?" "Nah, not really. What do we do?" "I have an idea. As we are now here on this island, it's the start of a new chapter for our characters! Let's say we bring 'Troy and Abed in the Morning' back?" I don't know what he was talking about when he said, 'it's the start of a new chapter for our characters', but bringing back 'Troy and Abed in the Morning' seems like a good idea. "Let's do it!"
We chorus simultaneously "Troy and Abed in the morning." We nod towards each other, and Abed starts saying, "Today is a beautiful day here in this mysterious island. Troy. Any thoughts about this island?" I smile in reply, "Well, it seems that this island is magical to me." I sigh, as Abed continues, "You heard it here first, Troy's thoughts of this island" Abed makes hand gestures to make a point. I clear my throat. "How about you, interviewer? What do you feel about this island?" "Well, movie knowledge says that we will be stuck here, as any escape attempts will be useless, and that waiting to be rescued is not a good idea either. Staying put and doing nothing has helped no one. We should do the unexpected and build our own civilization here on this island." I'm a little puzzled as to what Abed meant by that, but that was normal when Abed was the one talking. "What does that mean?" "We must make the most out of this island and establish a village for ourselves." "You heard it here first, Abed Nadir wants to live here." We then chorus, "Troy and Abed in the morning."
"Hey, Abed. Don't you think it's hard to settle in this island if we don't have the slightest idea as to how to start?" "Well, it's easy, Troy. First the settlers must be provided the four basic needs, food, water, shelter and clothing, but before that, a form of government is preferably to be established." "That's cool!" "Let's start then, shall we?" "Yeah!" Then I look towards LeVar Burton, and remembered that he was here. "How about LeVar Burton?" "He can help us, Troy." "Shall I wake him up then?" "Yeah…"
I wake him up, as he looks toward Abed. "I'm sure you got a plan. What is it?" Abed tells him all about what we had just talked about, and after his complete explanation, LeVar Burton scratches his head, "I don't know… It seems to be a good idea, but you made it sound very difficult to achieve." Abed replies, "Cool. Cool cool cool."
After LeVar Burton agrees to Abed's plan, we start putting Abed's plan into action. Him being the director of everything, and we do most of the hard work.
(Fast-forward three months of creating a village in the island)
(Abed's POV)
That took a lot less time than I thought it would. Thanks to the island seemingly knowing what we needed and providing for what we needed to continue building the village, it only took a little more than three months for everything to be as I had imagined it.
I felt at the back of my mind that it seemed like this island was trying its very best to keep us here, that it had a mind of its own and that it did not want us to leave this place, ever, but I did not want to say it out loud, as I may be getting paranoid or something. I credit it all to luck, but I still had my doubts. I just can't get it off my mind.
Some events here seemed too good to just have been a result of coincidences and luck. Like the time that we needed water pipes to bring fresh water to the village, and it just appeared to us, the metal pipes and the tools needed to install them. Thanks to Troy, we built the water system in no time at all. It was just one of the many events that seemed weird enough, but Troy and LeVar just attributed them to coincidence/luck/magic so I just kept quiet.
A month or so has passed since we finished with the village, which we named New Islandtown, population 3, and I was sure that this island had a mind on its own. I felt that it wanted us to stay here forever, but for what reason?, I asked myself. Why? Why was it giving us all that we needed? I mean, we even managed to create some electricity, thanks to Troy's natural talents, we have made a windmill and a micro-hydro electric plant on a stream. It was really weird, but I was not that worried, as I knew the island would keep us safe. I did not know why I feel that way, but I just do.
Sorry, I did not have a lot of ideas for this chapter. Does the island really have a mind of its own, or is Abed becoming insane? More to come next chapter.