Title: Chaos amongst them.

Rating: T for now but that may change as they story progresses.

Summary: The survivors of flight 29 DWN have survived storms, sicknesses, injuries and each other. But when tempers run high, and the stress of it all becomes too much for the survivors to handle they begin falling apart one by one. Will they be able to band together before disaster strikes or will they be too late to save one of their own?

Disclaimer: I don't own the charters, the show, or any of the songs and artist that I choose to use. This is just for fun.

A/N: Sorry for the delay, I had some trouble coming up with this chapter and rearranging the plotline a bit. Thanks Punette101 for the suggestion! As always I hope you guys enjoy reading it and let me know what you think.

Chapter Eight: Guilty

Nathan groaned as he sat up and looked around the tent. It was unusually empty leaving a feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach. He hated all of them being crowded in one little tent but not having everyone there was a lot worse that having no room to move. He could see the dim sun light shinning in through the tent. He seen Jackson, Eric and Lex but where was Melissa. Nathan lowered his eyes brows and grabbed the closest lantern to him and turned it on to make sure he wasn't mistaken. He turned it off and quickly stood up. He stepped outside the tent and quickly looked around. She wasn't anywhere around camp. He cupped his hands around his mouth.

"MELISSA!" He yelled hoping she was just using the bathroom or gathering food.

Lex and Jackson both stepped out of the tent groggy from the sudden wake up. They both looked around then at Nathan confused. Nathan didn't even notice them he was too busy looking around for Melissa She wouldn't go out alone would she? At home no way but here maybe… he thought as he took off running towards the fire pit. Lex looked up at Jackson and Jackson shrugged. They both took off running following him. They both stopped about running into Nathan. When they didn't see Melissa anywhere they both got why Nathan looked so panicked.

"She wouldn't…would she?" Lex asked looking up at the two older boys.

Jackson shrugged and looked down at Lex. He was shocked that the younger boy didn't take off running and hide behind Nathan. It had been the first time that he'd been anywhere near him since the fight. Nathan looked at both of them before sighing and looking around. He couldn't believe that Melissa would take off without letting any of them know especially when they already had two people from the group missing. He knew she had to go looking for them but he couldn't think of why she would leave without telling them and why she wouldn't wait for them to help knowing it was a risk that she would get lost of hurt her self. It wasn't like Melissa to take off without thinking of these things first. She always thought everything through even with the smallest decisions. She obviously would have seen that this was not a good idea at the beginning. He cupped his hands over his mouth again.

"MELISSA!" He yelled as loud as his voice would let him.

They all listened for a response expecting Melissa to come stumbling out of the forest with her arms full of fruit or fire wood asking why they were panicking but something told them that wasn't going to happen. Nathan looked down at the ground, put his hands on his hips and shook his head. He couldn't believe that the Mel he knew would do something like this even if she thought she could find them she wouldn't have left without telling someone or leaving a note at least not the Mel he knew back home. The person she was then and the person she was now was two completely different people. She was still the sweet, considerate, and loving girl but something inside her had changed, something inside of all of them had changed in the last few weeks. None of them were the same people that crash landed on this island just four week before. Even Eric had changed even if it was for the worse.

"We have to go find her…" Nathan said finally looking over at Jackson.

"And the others." Lex added looking up at both of them. "They've been out there all night through the storm we have to find them. They could be hurt or sick or."

"Let's just hope they're all together." Jackson said interrupting Lex before he said what they all had in the back of their minds.

Nathan and Lex both nodded looking over at him. They all headed back to the tent to change and gather up their gear knowing that at least one if not all of them would be hurt. The thought of one of them being hurt was almost too much for any of them to handle but they knew that thinking none of them got hurt after being out there all this time was naive. Nathan nudged Eric with his foot, when he didn't move he did it a little harder and harder until finally Eric shot up.

"What?!" Eric snapped glaring up at Nathan through one eye.

"Melissa went after the others we have to go find them now!" Nathan said.

He almost completely forgot about the fight. He expected him to protest and complain like he always did but he just groaned and sat up the rest of the way. He glared at Jackson but Jackson didn't seem to notice. He stood up and grabbed some clothes and changed. He looked around at the others who were already packing up their backpacks. He lowered his eye brows and looked around at everyone.

"We need to eat before we leave. To keep up our strength or what not." Everyone looked over at Eric.

None of them believed that he cared about any of them having any strength but that didn't change the fact that he was right. They all needed to eat before leaving or they'll be worthless to the others when they found them. Nathan nodded and walked over to the food bin.

"We need to take some food and water for the others too." Nathan said handing out some fruit to everyone making sure Lex got a little more then everyone else.

"And Jackson needs to change that bandage to keep his leg from getting infected." Lex added looking over at Jackson. "I'll help…" Lex said handing a bottle of water to everyone.

He and Melissa filled almost all of the bottles they had before the storm hit the island. Nathan and Jackson were both worried about taking Lex with them but neither of them was brave enough to leave him at camp by his self. He would probably wonder off after they left to look for his sister it was better for him to be with them than to be on his own. After breakfast Eric and Nathan walked outside with the packs to make sure everything they needed was in them Lex sighed and walked over and sat down beside Jackson's legs. He grabbed some clean bandages, some antibiotic ointment and some clean bottled water and sat it down beside him.

"It's ok Lex, I can do it." He said looking over at him.

Lex nodded and stood up he walked over to the tent flap then looked back at Jackson. He stood there for a moment before walking back over to Jackson and sitting on his knees beside him. He was still scared of both him and Eric but he couldn't ignore everything that Jackson done before the fight. Plus he heard what he said to Melissa the night before even thought both of them thought he was asleep. Jackson began taking the ace bandage off his leg and looked over at Lex.

"Listen Lex, I'm sorry about what happened yesterday…I'm sorry that you had to see it. I didn't mean to lose it like I did and I defiantly didn't mean for anyone to get hurt…well other than me and Eric obviously…" He said looking back down at his leg.

Lex nodded and looked up at him. "I know…" Lex said with a sigh. "I've known it since yesterday…You're a good guy, everything you've done since we got here had proved that. I wasn't scared that you were going to hurt me…I know better than that…I was just scared in general…I've never seen a fight before…" Lex said looking over at him.

Jackson smiled and nodded. "Thanks Lex that means a lot." He said putting the ace bandage back around his leg.

He threw the old bandages it the garbage bin then stood up. He helped Lex up then they both walked outside. Nathan and Eric were both standing a few feet from the tent with their packs on their backs. Nathan picked up Jackson's and handed it to him. Lex picked his up and put it on his back then looked around at everyone.

"Were not coming back without them…" He said looking for everyone's approval.

One by one everyone nodded. Jackson grabbed one of the notebooks and a pencil and wrote a note just in case anyone came back. Once they were at the fire pit and taped the note to a piece of bamboo then suck it in the ground. He stick the last roll of tape from the first aid kit in his pack and looked around at everyone.

"Lets go…" He said walking towards the forest.

Lex trailing close behind him, then Nathan, and Eric.

We've come to look for you,

Don't go anywhere.

We'll be back soon enough.

Jackson, Lex, Nathan and Eric…

Daley's eyes slowly fluttered open; she groaned from the throbbing headache and the aches and pains surging through her body. She could hear water hitting the plastic above her but it didn't seem like rain more like water falling off the trees. Her vision was a little burry but she could see well enough to tell she wasn't back at camp. She blinked a few times until her vision returned to normal. She winced as she pushed her self up into the sitting position and looked around. Her mouth dropped when she seen Taylor laying on her side facing her. She only had a pair of blue jean shorts and her pink bikini top. She was really pale, and from the looks of it hurt really bad. She was covered with scrapes cuts and bruises. Her ankle was swollen three times it's size and was covered with a dark purple and blue bruise from her toes to five inches above her ankle. Tears formed in Daley's eyes and quickly began to stream down her face. She fought through the pain of her own injuries and quickly crawled over to her. She put her fingers on her neck to feel for a pulse. It was strong and as far as she could tell normal.

"Oh my god Taylor! Come on wake up, please wake up?" Daley begged through the tears. She went to touch her shoulder but jerked her hand back not wanting to cause her anymore pain. "Taylor, please wake up?" She said almost screaming but Taylor didn't budge.

She reached over her to grab the flash light but suddenly froze when she seen her back. She quickly grabbed the flashlight and turned it on shining it on her back. She instantly began to sob. Her back looked horrible and it the deep cuts and scrapes on it wasn't bad enough it looked infected. She was beginning to feel sick to her stomach just by looking at it. She backed up and shined the flash light in her face hoping it would wake her up.

"Come on Taylor…Wake up…" She said her voice barley above a whisper. "Please…"

Daley put her wrist to Taylor's forehead. She wasn't running a fever if anything her temperature was below normal. She calmed her self down and grabbed all the supplies she brought with her. It wasn't much, some gauze, tape and one of the two ace bandages they had along with some antibiotic ointment. It wasn't enough to cover all her wounds or even half of them but at least she could get most of the worse ones covered and cleaned. She took a long drink from one of the bottles of water before she sat it down beside her leaving it open so she could use it to clean out at least most of the cuts. Hopefully the pain would help wake her up, she hated the thought of hurting her but her wounds needed to be clean and if it hurt enough to wake her up then that would be great.

Melissa struggled up the hill resisting the urge to fall to her knees. Her legs ached and cramped more and more each step she took. She knew it would be hard to get up the hill but she didn't know it would be that hard. She gasped for air but she continued to force her self up the hill. She left camp an hour ago while everyone was asleep. She didn't do it to be the hero or so she would fell better about her self. She couldn't sleep at all last night and the more she laid there the more she thought about all the could bes. By the time the sun came up she was driving her self crazy. She looked around and leaned against a tree long enough to take a drink of water before heading back up the hill. All the thoughts from the night before still lingered in her mind. The storm from the night before made it a lot harder to get up the hill. It was slippery and muddy; plus the wind had blown tree limbs, small weak bushes, veins, and anything else that was loose enough for it to grab making it harder to navigate through it.

She suddenly froze when she seen something at the top of the hill, something that was obviously made by humans. She smiled excitedly and rushed up the hill as fast as her leg would allow. Five minutes later she stopped in front of a make shift tent. She was gasping for air worse than before, her chest felt like it was going to cave in and her ribs aches with every move she made but at least she made it there. She walked over to the side and pulled one of the leaves from its place.

"Daley! Taylor!" She said looking side.

"Melissa!" Daley said looking up from Taylor. "Get in here I need your help!"

The sound of Daley's voice made Melissa want to panic but she kept her self calm and began pulling the leaves from the sticks. Taylor slowly came into view and she seen why Daley sounded so upset. She quickly dunked inside and got on her knees beside her.

"What happened to her?" Melissa asked looking at Daley. "What happened to you?"

Daley looked up at her. "What do you mean what happened to me?"

"Your head…it's bandaged up…" Melissa said looking at her confused.

Daley narrowed her eyes and reached up to her forehead. She winced when she put the slightest bit of pressure on it. She looked down at Taylor for a moment before looking over at Melissa.

"I don't know, I don't remember but I know she needs help. I can't get her to wake up; where are the others?"

"They're all back at camp, I couldn't sleep so I decided to head off early." Melissa said trying to figure out what to do to help Taylor.

"We're going to need the guys to help get her back to camp. We won't be able to do it on our own." Daley said grabbing the sweatshirt that was under her head and propping Taylor's head up on it. "I'll stay here with her, you go and try to find them hopefully they're still back at camp…" Daley said brushing the hair from Taylor's face.

Melissa nodded and looked at Taylor one last time before standing up. She ran down the hill as fast as she could without falling and rolling down the rest of the way. She stopped and looked around at her surroundings trying to figure out if she was going the right way. She lowered her eyes brows and glanced at the trees. This way She thought as she began running down the hill heading towards the right. Her roof got caught on a root and she tripped. She tried to stop her self from hitting the ground with her hands but the moment her right hand hit the ground a sharp intense pain shot up her arm. She instinctively jerked her arm back towards her leaving nothing to stop her from rolling down the hill. She tried to stop her self with her other hand by grabbing at things on the ground but alls it did was get her other hand scraped and cut up. With a loud thud she came to stop hitting her back and head against a large tree.