Chapter 5

In the Philippines, John and Will were still worrying about Robin's whereabouts. They did not know what to do. The news were spreading like wildfire and still unsure if Regina knew about Robin's condition. It was morning all over again, another search party for their friend. They hoped that this would be the last. They were all exhausted in so many levels, emotionally, physically, mentally, name it and they sure feel like hell. They found signal again and hoped that Regina will pick up her phone.

Ringing. Her phone was vibrating from her pocket. She looked at it and shocked to see who it was calling her. It was John.

"Hello?" Regina asked.

"Hey Regina, it's John." He informed her.

"Yes I know, just checking if it really is you. What's up? Please John, let me talk to Robin." She begged him.

"Yeah, that's why I'm calling. I need to do this quick because signal is crucial in this island, I want you to stop what you're doing right now and and take a seat, okay?" He requested for her to do that becase what he was about to deliver was a huge news, especially for her.

"Okay. I'm already seated. Tell me now John!" She almost shouted, worry was evident in her voice.

"Regina, please promise me that you won't react so much or violently after hearing what I'm about to say." He requested again.

"I will try John but I can't promise because from what I can hear, it will be a big one so shoot away." She said sarcastically.

"Well...uhm...Robin...He's...missing." He said and for a minute, Regina didn't respond but the call was still on going.

"Hello? Regina? Are you still there?" He asked.

"Yeah. What happened John? Where's Will? How long has it been since the last time you saw him?" She asked.

"It's been three days. I tired calling you yesterday but you were not answering." He informed her.

"Does the network know about this? Are there rescue units there? Where are you in the Philippines?" She asked again.

"Yes they already know and extended their help already. Media coverage has been been here also. We're in a secluded island in the Philippines, part of Palawan." He informed her.

"Is there anything I need to know before going there?" She asked.

"What? Regina are you serious? It's not easy to go here. You need a chopper or a private mini plane to reach this island." He said as a matter of fact way.

"I don't care John! I can't lose Robin, especially now! Please let me go there! Let me help! Text me the exact location of where you are and I'll pull some strings to reach that fucking island!" She said angrily and worriedly.

"Okay. I will text the location. We'll find her Regina, don't worry." He said, comforting her and also him in some ways.

She hung up and after several minutes, she received a text from John with the location of where they were.

Meanwhile, in the island, after talking to Regina, John informed Will that he already informed her about it and she might fly from the States to the island. They understood Regina's concern even though they were still hurting for their friend and one thing is for sure for them, Robin would want Regina to be there, the man is a martyr, they thought.

Search party was still on going. Prayers were being sent out to them given that Philippines is a religious country. They want to have hope but every hour that had passed without sign of Robin, the slimmer the chance of surviving. Regardless of that thought, they continued searching for their friends. The help they were getting was overwhelming because even locals were helping in finding him. He really charmed them with his personality, smile, dimples and blue eyes.

After Regina received the news from John as well as their location, he immediately informed her parents. Hoping they could help her with her predicament.

She went to the office of her parents.

"Mom, dad, I need you help." She said with a very red eye and her parents noticed that from the time she walked in their office.

Her mom immediately hugged her and asked, "What is, hija?"

"I need your help. It's urgent. I need to fly in the Philippines, to this location. I need a chopper or a private mini plane. It's only accessible through that." She informed them.

"Why? What happened? Why are you going there? You're pregnant. " Her mother said, clearly concerned with her daughter.

"Mom dad, I need to go in the Philippines because...something happened. Robin...he's missing. Mom I can't lose him. I won't be able to forgive myself if something bad happened to him while missing." She said, almost crying.

Her father then hugged her again to comfort her and make her strong. Her mother's reaction was unreadable. Clearly she was thinking of ways to help her daughter.

And after some minutes, her mother spoke, "Alright Regina, we'll see what we can do. But I want you to go to your OB-GYN now and ask for her clearance. If she will not clear you, I can't let you fly. Alright?"

"Yes mom. Thank you. Thank you daddy." She said. She hates being babied by her parents but she's thankful for their support and understanding.

After talking to her parents, she went back to the hospital and had a check up. Thankfully she was cleared by her doctor and right after receiving the clearance, she called her mom and informed her about it. Her mother said she'll see what they can do, what strings they can pull to fly her in the island.

Some hours had passed, and her mother called her back. "Hello? Regina, good news. Leo lend his chopper to you. Capatain Killian Jones will fly you there."

"Thank you mother. What time will we fly?"

"He said that the chopper will be ready in 4 hours, so be there before 8pm, don't be late."

"Yes. Really, thank you mother!"

Her mother hung up to her and she called Tink to let her know and ask a big favor again.

"Hey Tink?"

"Regina! How are you?"

"Honestly, I'm not fine, but our baby is strong. I need to ask you a big favor."

"What is it?"

"Can you cover for me again in the hospital? I don't know for how long, but I need to go to the Philippines and my flight will be this evening."

"What? Are you insane? Why are you going there?"

"Robin...Robin, he's missing" She said while sounded like she was sobbing

"Oh my Regina! I wish i could come with you. But sure, I will cover for you but please update me from time-to-time. I'm worried now."

"Of course, I will. Thank you so much Tink!" Regina said and truly feeling grateful.

By 8pm, the chopper was ready and Killian was waiting for her in the runway of the airport.

"Good evening Regina. Nice to see you again."

"Good evening Killian. Thank you for agreeing even if it's a short notice."

"Not a problem. I'm happy to help. You'll find Robin soon, he'll be fine, you'll be fine."

She just gave him a grateful smile and stepped in the chopper. They flew for 14 hours and Regina couldn't sleep soundly. She kept waking up throughout the flight. When they arrived in the island, it was already afternoon and John and Will were waiting for them. The guys greeted them as they exited the chopper.

"Regina! Killian!" Will shouted.

"Will, please tell me what happened here. I'm so worried." Regina immediately pleaded to Will.

"Hey mates! Long time no see! It's so sad that we have to see each other again in this kind of situation" Killian greeted the guys.

"We know. Thank you for bringing Regina here safely." John thanked him.

"No problem. My pleasure to help. When I heard the news, I immediately agreed to bring this lady here. But I need go back to the city and have a little rest. I'll fly back in a few hours." Killian said and obviously oblivious to what happened to Regina and Robin.

Killian left Regina with the guys and brought her where they were staying. And in the cabin, they had a little talk.

"Regina, just so you know, we are aware of happened between you and Robin. Yes, we're very sad with what happened but we also know that Robin loves you so much and you would be the first person he'll ask by the time we find him." John told her.

"I'm really. I will not defend myself. I know what I did hurt him so much. I know I broke him. I'm just praying that he'll be able to forgive me and I'm still welcome to his heart. Because I know now that he's the one my heart is beating." She assured her friend and just nodded, without another word, he went out and let Regina unpack her things.

She changed into a more comfortable clothes because she planned to help even though she had not rested yet. After changing, she went out and look for the two guys. When she found them, they were talking to someone who looks like the head of rescue and search unit. Regina, showed up in between of their conversation.

"Sir, this is Regina, Robin's - " John introduced her but she cut him mid sentence to introduce herself.

"Good afternoon sir, I'm Regina, Robin's friend." It hurt to introduce herself as just Robin's friend but she didn't know what they were so she just introduced herself as a friend because that's the closest thing that made sense. John and Will gave her a confusing look but didn't utter a word because they could understand the situation. The officer briefed them on where they will search for that afternoon and it was evident in Regina's face the eagerness of to find Robin but the eye bags and dark circles under her eyes were so visible that was shouting for rest so before they go, John talked to her again.

"Regina, we can't let you go with us today. You need to rest. I know you want to find Robin but your body's telling the opposite story. Just rest today and we'll inform you immediately when we found Robin already."

"No John! I cant just rest knowing the Robin might be in danger. It's my fault that he's in this situation, that we're in this situation so please let me help." She pleaded to them.

"No Regina. Rest here. Robin will be damned mad at us if we let you come with us without a proper rest. You just cam from a fourteen hour flight." John was adamant with their decision that Regina just agreed. She almost forgot that she's pregnant and she felt guilty because she just negleted their child once again.

Meanwhile, John and Will joined search and rescue team in going to the part of the island they talked about with Regina. This part of the island was different from the rest. It was more abundant in life, more species of both animals and plants can be seen, and the soil was different also. It was more slippery, it seemed like it rained in this part of island judging from the texture of the soil, it was a little muddy. They were grouped into three and each group carefully looked for Robin in that part of the island.

Regina slept for 4 hours straight, the longest she had since she found out about Robin. When she woke up, it's almost dark outside and the group were still not there. She heard a knock from the front door of the cabin, she went out of the room and opened the door. She saw an old lady, a native with food on her hands. Regina was confused so she asked, "Who is this for?" The old lady seemed to understand her and responded, "You, John, Will." The lady smiled at her and handed the food to her and thanked her. But before the lady left her she asked again, "You?" while rubbing her belly, at Regina got confused but then the lady kept rubbing her belly until Regina figured it out and replied, "Ahh, yes but it is a secret." She said that put a finger on her lips, signaling to be quiet and the lady nodded and left her alone. She was hungry so she ate the food given by the old lady and was surprised to like the taste of the food, it was very savory.

In the part of the island where they were searching, some of the groups were losing hope and getting tired for the day but John and Will's group was determined to find Robin as soon as possible. They said that they were okay to be left alone but of course the team helped them searched again. After 20 minutes of walking, looking, and shouting Robin's name, they've found a man laying on the muddy ground. They turned him around while praying that it would be him. When they turned him around and cleaned his face, they thanked the Lord! It was Robin! They checked his pulse, he had it but very so immediately they asked for help from the others and they brought him back to the area where they the cabin was.

Regina was at the shore, looking at the sea, thinking when she heard a commotion. She turned around and saw John, Will, and two other men carrying a stretcher. She hurried to them and she reached them, just like Will and John, she thanked the Lord above.

"How is he?" She asked the medic.

"He's alive but his pulse is weak. We need to keep him over night here and tomorrow, when the sun rise, we'll bring him to the city to bring to the hospital." The medic explained, they just nodded and and thanked the medics and rescuers.

For the whole night, Regina, John, and Will did not leave Robin's side. All them were waiting for his eyes to open. Regina did not notice that she fell asleep again and when she woke up, the sun was shining so bright, John and Will were also asleep at the sofa and Robin's eyes were still shut and she frowned because his condition had not changed since they saw him.

The medics and some of the rescuers knocked on their cabin to check on Robin. After checking, they said that the chopper that will bring him to the city will be there before lunch time and that there will be a mini plane also to fetch them to the city. When the medics left, the old lady that brought their food from last night went back to bring them breakfast. The breakfast was native egg, dried fish, fresh tomatoes, and rice. When Regina smelled the fish, she quickly went to the bathroom and vomit. When she went out, John was there.

"What just happened?" He asked suspiciously.

"Nothing. I'm just not used to the smell of dried fish." She explained.

"Okay." John said and left.

Regina returned from the comfort room and ate her breakfast but not the fish while trying not to gag in front the two guys.

At exactly 11am, the medics went to their cabin again to bring Robin to the hospital's chopper while the mini plane was waiting for them and the rest of the rescue team. After almost an hour, they reached the airport and an ambulance was waiting for Robin, John, Will, Regina, and the medics. By 1:30pm, Robin was put into the ICU for keen observation especially with the activity of his brain. More tests were done with him and they had to wait for several days to get the results.

Since Regina was not part of the team hired by the television network, she had to find a nearby hotel and thankfully, the locals were helpful enough to give her directions and recommendations on the best deal hotels around the area.

She went back to the hospital that night to join John and Will in keeping an to him. Around 12 midnight, something moved, Regina felt it and she immediately opened her eyes.

Robin.

His fingers moved. She was sure of it because she was holding hand.

Immediately she called for doctors and woke up the two guys. They were all beaming with happiness because as a doctor, Regina knew that any movement from a patient in that condition is a good sign. Two doctors went to the room and examined Robin again. After examining him, the doctors explained to them the possibilities with his life which Regina already knew. The doctors left and the three of them could not go back to sleep anymore. They kept waiting for another move until the morning came.

Regina felt exhausted. Bags and dark circles under her eyes were very prominent already and she just wants to sleep again. Unfortunately for her, just before she fell asleep again, a sharp pain around her stomach just hit her and John noticed her discomfort. He sat beside her at Robin's bedside.

"How are you? Don't tell me you're fine because you're not. I saw you flinched." He said sternly but quietly, afraid to wake up Will who was sleeping at the couch.

"Okay. I'm not feeling okay. I'm exhausted and I just felt a sharp pain around my stomach." She admitted but didn't give a clue.

"Regina please see a doctor. We're in a hospital and it seems like you need to consult someone. You look pale, you're cold, you just felt a sharp pain and you've been vomiting." He said

"Okay. I will set an appointment." She conceded and went out to see a doctor.

The doctor warned her that even though she got a go signal from her doctor in the US, she should take it slow and not stress herself. It's not good for her or for the baby. They then proceeded to a room where the baby scanner was placed and the doctor examined the baby. She was concerned because Regina should to start to show more now and the baby is still pretty small. She gave Regina some vitamins to help them grow more, especially the baby. But before Regina left, she asked for the sonogram. When she left the room, she stared at the picture, kissed it and said sorry. Unknowingly, John was waiting at the corner and saw what she did. He didn't want to jump into conclusions before so he let her be for a while.

Regina went back to Robin's room where Will was still sleeping and John was just observing Robin.

"What did the doctor say?" John asked.

"She said that I need to rest." She said.

"What was the cause of that sharp pain and vomits you've been having?" He asked without showing his suspicions.

"It was just a stomach flu and maybe because I'm not used to the spices they have in here." She said.

John cannot take it anymore. She asked Regina to come with him outside his room. They went out and looked through the glass window to still observe him.

"Why did you ask me to go out here John?" She asked, a little irritated.

"Regina, you're still my friend. I'm just concerned. Your condition wouldn't be like that if it is just a stomach flu." He said as-a-matter-of-fact way

"And what are you implying John? That I'm lying?" She asked and it was cleared that she's annoyed already.

"Regina just tell me the truth. I saw you when you left the doctor's office. You were holding a picture, a sonogram. Are you pregnant?" He finally asked.

Regina contemplated on her possible answers. Until she decided and spoke, "Yes." It sounded like a murmur but clear enough for John to hear and a tear rolled down her eye.

But before he could ask more questions, he noticed something.

Robin.

His eyes. He's was waking up. They quickly ran to inside the room and woke up Will.

"Robin? Can you hear me? Can you hear us?" Regina asked, trying to be calm.

Robin did not respond. So they called for a doctor and in a matte of seconds a doctor came rushing to the room.

"Robin. Can you hear me? I'm Dr. Ozgreene." She asked and introduced herself. Robin just grunted, clearly in pain.

"Do you feel any pain?" She asked and he nodded and pointed his head.

"My head. It hurts. Where am I?" He responded and sounded so weak.

"You're in a hospital in the Philippines. Do you know why you're here?" Dr. Ozgreene asked carefully.

It took several seconds for him to answer, "Yes. I was in the forest, walking alone, but I can't remember anything after that."

Dr. Ozgreene just nodded and said that she'll prepare the CT scan machine to look into the activity of his brain and X-ray and MRI but for his body condition. When she left, Regina couldnt contain her emotions anymore. She hugged him closely. And Robin showed a face they didn't expect. His eyes bulged, his brows knitted, and his lips formed an o shape and surprisingly, he didn't return the gesture and pulled away from her.

"Who are you? Who is this lady John? Will?" He asked.

A/N: Hello guys! So here's the fifth chapter for this story. Hope you like this chapter. I don't know when will I be able to update again, but please hold tight! Hahaha! Thank you for the reviews, follow and favorite from last chapter. And again, mistake is mine. Hope you guys continue to support my stories. Keep reviewing, favorite and follow! Love love love 3

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