After spending a day in the crash site and witnessing the death of five more mortally wounded survivors, Blanko and the others were getting pressured and desperate than ever but those problems are going to be solved.
The next day, the remaining survivors woke up and some of them were horrified that there were a few more mortally wounded survivors that had just died right before their eyes. While Blanko helped Sabrira in assessing her harsh internal injuries, the black jaguar saw the tiger and the lioness flight attendant dragging the newly died survivors.
"Hey!" Blanko called. "What are you guys doing?"
"We're dragging these fellows out of the wreckage." The tiger replied.
"Why?" Blanko asked.
"They're dead." The lioness answered.
"What?!" Blanko exclaimed. "You both must be serious."
"No time to explain more, man." The tiger said. "For right now, we have 12 dead and 18 survivors left."
As the duo continued on, Sabrira groaned. Blanko approached her.
"Sabrira." Blanko said.
The snow leopard tried to open her eyes slightly.
"B-Blanko." Sabrira called. "W-Water, please."
"Ok, Sabrira." Blanko replied. "I'll be right back."
Blanko then went out of the wrecked DHC-5 Buffalo and he searched for something in the luggage that was piled on the grass. The tiger and the lioness then returned.
"What are you looking in there, dude?" The tiger asked.
"I'm looking for any canteens or containers of drinking water, man." Blanko replied. "My mate's thirsty."
"Here, take this." The lioness flight attendant said as she handed the dented water canteen that she found.
"Thanks." Blanko gratefully replied. "Where did you get this?"
"I found that in the pilot's bag." The lioness replied.
"Wait a second there." Blanko realized. "How's the remaining crew?"
"Of the crew on board, only me, my partner and the pilot survived." The lioness answered sadly. "The radio operator and the extra flight attendant were both dead in the crash."
"My coach was dead as well." The tiger added. "He was thrown forward and got crushed by the seats."
"I'm sorry to hear all of that, guys but we'll mourn them for later." Blanko sympathetically responded. "Let's focus on our survival in here first."
The duo agreed. The group then disbanded when Blanko returned to Sabrira and the others went to the nose of the plane. With the dented canteen on his paws, he slowly administered Sabrira some sips of water.
"Don't worry, Sabrira." Blanko reassured. "I'm still here for you."
Sabrira grabbed hold his paws.
"B-Blanko." She feebly said. "When help w-will arrive to save u-us?"
"Help will be here soon." Blanko replied. "Just hold a bit more longer."
"O-Okay, Blanko." Sabrira weakly replied back.
...
The tiger athlete was helping in wrapping the lioness' partner lacerated leg.
"I hope his wound wouldn't get infected or something." The tiger feared.
"Don't worry about me, dude." The lioness' male tiger flight attendant replied. "I'm strong as a ox."
"Yeah, right." The lioness remarked with a grin.
Blanko then appeared.
"How's your mate, sir?" The lioness asked.
"She's weak, girl." Blanko replied. "Her voice started to be drowned by her injuries."
"Damn." The tiger flight attendant swears. "I hate to hear that from you."
"Me either." The tiger athlete added.
Blanko sat on the grass.
"We have spent a day in the forest and there's still no sign of rescue yet." Blanko said.
"A few fit survivors tried to search for help out in the forest but it's ended futile." The lioness replied. "The forest was so vast that the party might risk themselves in getting lost."
Blanko places his paws on his face.
"I wish this hell would end soon." Blanko hoped.
Right after saying that, he perked up when he heard a faint sound of a low flying plane from a distance. The other trio noticed the sound as well and all of them were jubilant.
"It's a plane!" The tiger athlete shouted.
"That must be a search party!" The lioness added.
As their mood started to improved, they could then saw a vintage biplane flying low and slow near to the treeline. Blanko finally saw it with his own eyes.
"It is really a search party, guys!" Blanko hollered.
"Signal it!" The tiger flight attendant shouted in response.
Blanko then grabbed a discarded piece of colored cloth that was on the grass and he waved it on the flying plane. Other survivors tried to direct it's attention by waving their hands or by calling it on the top of their lungs. Before the biplane disappeared from the survivors' sight, the plane dipped its wings that gave Blanko and the others a certain signal that they have been spotted.
"He dipped his wings, guys!" Blanko realized. "He had dipped his wings!"
"We're going to be saved!" The tiger athlete added. "We're gonna live!"
Blanko and the other survivors celebrated. In tears of joy, he rushed back to Sabrira.
"Sabrira." Blanko called.
"W-What, Blanko?" Sabrira responded weakly.
"We're spotted by a plane, Sabrira." Blanko replied joyfully. "We're going to be saved from this hellish ordeal!"
The good news gives the snow leopard a distinct smile.
"That's good, Blanko." Sabrira remarked happily. "That's good."
Tears started to leaked from her eyes. Blanko then wiped it away with his paws.
"It's gonna be okay, Sabrira." Blanko reassured. "We're all going to be okay."
Sabrira nodded as the other survivors celebrated outside.