Wow. I can't believe the last time I posted was on my birthday!

Charlene POV

The pain snapped me out of my sleep. My eyes were wide, my mouth wide open in a silent scream.

"Charlie? Are you awake?" Philby whispered. My back slowly arched until only my legs and head were on the ground. I couldn't breath.

"CHARLENE!" Maybeck screamed, catching everyone's attention. Willa sprinted over, slowly laying me back down again. Once my back hit the ground, I found my voice and let out a ear-splitting, high-pitched scream. Willa fell back, covering her ears. Maybeck and Philby did the same, eyes squeezed shut. Finn, Amanda, and Jess moved as far away as possible.

"Shhhhhhut UP!" Maybeck yelled, slapping his hand over my mouth. Willa gasped.

"Maybeck!"

Philby shook his head. "No, look. She stopped screaming."

It's true. The moment Maybeck covered my mouth I stopped screaming. Maybeck released me and I gasped, drawing in a huge breath of air. The cool air was refreshing against my dry throat, and I closed my eyes, waiting for my breath to settle back to normal. My chest slowed down.

"Charlene, can you drink by yourself?" Philby asked, lifting a water bottle from the plane to my lips. I sucked a ton of it down, letting it slosh around my mouth and swallowed, sighing contentedly.

"Wait..." I finally said, sitting up. "Where are we?"

I was sitting in the sand, water lazily splashing at the shore. After the shore was a huge jungle, very creepy looking. My eyes finally settled on the plane.

The plane wreck.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE PLANE?!" I screamed, smacking Maybeck on the arm.

"OW! Looks like your all better!" Maybeck rubbed his arm. "And why do you blame me?"

"Because you ALWAYS mess everything up!"

"Nice to see you looking better, Char," Jess said, crouching next to me.

"Hey, are you all right?" I asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just not ready to go swimming for a while," she giggled, smiling nonchalantly. I know Jess. She was trying to hide the fact that she WASN'T okay. That was the kind of girl she is.

But I'm so not in the mood for an argument, so I'll play along.

"So, did you guys call for help?" I asked. Pure silence was my answer. I sighed, running my fingers through my hair.

"Of course you didn't."

"We were busy trying to see if you and Jess were okay," Philby explained. "I guess we were too distracted."

"BESIDES, it's not like there's any reception out here!" Maybeck added, causing Charlene to roll her eyes.

"All planes have an SOS signal, Maybeck. I didn't mean cell phones."

"Oh. I knew that!" Maybeck laughed.

Philby POV

Willa and I were decided to be the ones to go into the cockpit, considering we were the best with technology.

"There's a cockpit just for when autopilot is switched to manual," Willa whispered, looking around in awe. I ran a finger along some buttons on the wall.

Nerd Heaven. AGAIN!

"Look for something that can set off an SOS signal. Probably big and red and blinky," I explained.

"Like this one?" Willa motioned for me to come over. She had her hands on her bent knees and was leaning over a row of buttons. I crouched next to her, our shoulders brushing, her hair tickling my neck.

"Well, now we have a problem," I nodded.

The button was big and red, and had an SOS sign right above it. But there was indeed a problem.

"I have no idea how to use these kind of wires, Philby," Willa said, sitting down and digging through the wires, every single on torn and destroyed. I sat next to her, taking a red wire into my hand and studying it.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Wills?" I asked. Willa nodded.

"This isn't safe. We should stop touching the wires," she said, standing up and backing away.

"These can set off electric shock at any second. Let's get out while we can," I took Willa's hand and ran out of the plane quickly.

Jess POV

"I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!"

"I know," I muttered, my face squished against Amanda, stuck in her painfully tight embrace.

"YOU ARE NEVER JUMPING OUT OF A PLANE AGAIN!"

"I didn't jump," I said for about the thousandth time.

"Guys!" Philby called out, dragging Willa along behind him.

"Hey guys," I said, pushing myself out of Amanda's grasp and sitting up.

"We can't go with the SOS, the wires are messed up. I will try to fix it."

"PHILBY!" Willa crossed her arms. "I'm helping!"

"Absolutely not!"

"Philby, you're THAT desperate to get all the attention?!" I rolled my eyes. "What an egomaniac, you're worse than Maybeck!"

"HEYYYY!" Maybeck whined.

"Hey, that is OFFENSIVE! No one's even close to Maybeck!" Philby said, ignoring Maybeck.

"HEYYYY!" Maybeck stood up. "Enoughhhhh!"

"It's not that I want all the attention, Jess," Philby said, walking up to me. "It's the safety I'm worried about. It's dangerous, you wouldn't understand. I'm not going to put Willa or any of you in danger, understand?"

"I REFUSE TO LET YOU DO THIS, PHILBY!" Willa yelled, but was ignored.

"I will try my best," Philby nodded before walking back into the plane, slamming the door shut.

"PHILBY!" Willa screamed, rushing over and yanking at the door. "DELL PHILBY UNLOCK THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW OR SO HELP ME-"

She was cut off as Maybeck wrapped his arms around her elbows and pulling them back,so she was yanked away from the door. "Phil will be FINE!" he growled, shoving her into the sand. "He knows what he's doing!"

"Why are you being so mean?!" Willa asked, looking up at him and not getting up.

"I am NOT being mean! I want to know what this danger is NOW!"

Willa opened her mouth, but stopped herself, realization filling in her eyes. "You're worried."

"What?! No I'm not!" Maybeck said, crossing his arms and turning his back to her. Willa stood up and turned him back around, studying his face carefully.

"You're scared that your best friend will get hurt, aren't you?"

"Willa, STOP!" he yanked his arms out of her grasp, limping away searching for his crutches.

I glanced at Willa as she sat beside me. "I'm worried about Philby. And Maybeck is too."

"We all are, Wills," I said, taking her hand. "But this is Philby we're talking about. He knows what he's doing. Besides, it's not like he's walking off to war or anything."

"I know, but the destroyed technology is very risky, and he can easily get electrocuted."

Amanda POV

As Willa and Jess talked, I leaned against a tree, looking off into the forest, the shadows quickly hiding anything two feet away.

"Hey."

I looked up and saw Finn looking out into the forest next to me, laying a hand on my shoulder. The wind pushed my hair out of my face, and I was able to clearly see the breeze ruffle his light hair, blowing it out of his eyes. His green eyes, staring, no...glaring into the forest, bravery and determination in his eyes.

"What's with that look?" I asked, snickering slightly.

"It doesn't feel right, Manda," he whispered, ruining my joking mood. My face fell.

"You feel it too, huh?"

Finn nodded. "There's something out there."

"Multiple somethings."

Finn looked down at me, surprised. "Really?"

I nodded, looking back out into the forest. "We're not safe here, and I think we all know it. We need to get back to civilization."

"Do you think this place is on a map?"

"Probably a map of a specific area."

"We are not even close to any other land forms, Amanda," Finn sighed, scrubbing his eyes as to get rid of a headache. "And I feel like there's a reason for that. There's something wrong with this island. Something not natural."