So here is the newest chapter. Thank you all so much for reading. This chapter gives us a little bit more information about exactly how bad of a situation the group of survivors are in! Enjoy!
"Was that the back half of the plane!" The mother from the family of four said.
"I think so," Kurt replied.
"They are all surely dead," One of the men in the gay couple cried. The crowd of people stood for a long moment. Artie was the first one to realize the horrific truth.
"Mr. Shue was in that part of the plane!" Artie yelled.
The realization hit the other members of the New Direction like a ton of bricks. Their teacher, who they had come to love and care for, was most likely dead. The New Direction continued to cry over their beloved teacher. Puck was crying over two people; Mr. Shue and Lauren. Lauren had gotten trapped in the bathroom during the jet turbulence and wasn't able to get out. The bathrooms had broken apart with the back part of the plane. She was most likely dead, and the last thing he had ever said to her was "Hurry on back bitch," when she had gone up to go to the bathroom. This made Puck feel like he was made of jello. Puck slowly sank down to the ground and began bawling. Something that he had never done before.
There was another explosion in the fiery inferno in front of them. It blew up a large majority of the plane, leaving to charcoal in front of its surviving passengers. Kurt turned around and looked at their surroundings. The whole area looked abandoned and devoid of life. Kurt was trying to figure out whether they were on an island, or the shore line of New Jersey. He pulled out his cell phone and tried to see if he had any signal, there was none. But there was a text message from Blaine. Kurt looked at the time the text message came in. He had gotten it about two minutes before the plane crash. Kurt opened up the message, it said: I have a surprise for you. This shattered Kurt's heart. He wasn't able to text him back to tell him what just happened, or to even ask what the surprise was. Kurt closed his phone and looked at his surroundings. He then turned to the crowd as they continued to look into the ocean.
"Are we on an island, or did we make the shore line?" Kurt asked. The father in the family of four was the first one to answer.
"It's an island, I was able to get one last glance outside of my window before we crashed. It's a large island. But we're not far from the New Jersey coastline." The father explained.
"So we're stuck!" Tina said.
"Does anyone still have a phone with them?" Quinn asked.
"I lost mine in the crash," A kid from the other school said.
"I have mine, but it's almost dead!" Kurt said out loud.
"Call 911! Quick!" Mercedes screamed. Kurt immediately dialed. It rang a few moments. Then Kurt's jaw dropped.
"I can't get a hold of 911!" Kurt yelled.
"Maybe we're just off course!" Santana suggested.
"Maybe the sea unicorns cut the cell phone lines," Brittany said, completely oblivious to the situation.
"Lets not worry ok! It's only a matter of time before people come out to sea looking for us." One of the gay guys explained, "We're probably going to have to spend a night out here, tomorrow morning, we'll figure out what exactly we're going to do."
"I don't want to spend the night out here!" The mother yelled. Her children had been quiet the whole time.
"We're going to have to," he replied, "We are going to be alright; but since it seems like the large majority of this group is youth, we need to make sure that we all stay together."
The entire time this series of dialogue was going on, Artie was sitting in the sand not knowing what to do. His wheelchair had been annihilated during the crash and somebody had carried Artie out to safety; but for some reason he didn't catch the face. Something was telling him that it was Puck, since he had sat across the aisle from him. This wasn't the only thing that was on Artie's mind. He was also thinking about how much he didn't like this guy that was talking. He had no problem with gay people, but Artie wasn't getting a warm fuzzy with this guy. Artie decided to speak up.
"Uh, I think before we start making plans about how we are going to survive on this island, I think we need to know about each other first. I think we should introduce ourselves and tell a bit about our background.
"That may be important, but I think we need to worry about our situation with food, shelter, and fire. We'll introduce ourselves tonight," The man replied, shooting down Artie's idea.
He then ordered everyone to walk across the beach, searching for wood to burn. Artie was infuriated at this point and wanted to tackle the man to the ground. If his legs worked, he probably would have. Quinn ran over to help him.
"Don't worry Artie, Sam is going to go back into the plane once the fire stops to see if he can get your wheelchair. Just hang tight," Quinn said, then she went to help the others in finding wood.
Tina went over to help Mike, Sam came over as well. Tina looked at his leg. The leg had a huge gash in it and was spewing blood, muscle could be seen all torn up, and part of his femur was visible.
"Oh my god Mike! Your leg does not look good!" Tina shrieked.
"Is anyone here a doctor!" Sam yelled. The father from the family of four ran up to them.
"I am," The father said.
"Is he going to be alright?" Sam asked. The man looked at Mike's leg. He immediately ripped the sleeve off of his shirt and put it over the wound.
"Nothing life threatening unless it gets infected. Keep this rag on the wound no matter what. When the fire in that plane stops, I'll go in there and see if there is a first aid kit. But for now, we need to make sure that wound doesn't get any dirt in it," The man explained. Mike held on to the rag as he told him everything.
When the night came, the fire was still going in Flight 73, but it wasn't as bad as before. The worst was over. Puck was able to start and keep a fire going. The group of survivors were all circled around the fire eating berries. All was quiet for a while. Then the man who took charge earlier that day spoke up, his partner clinging to him.
"I went and examined the forest today. There are plenty of berries that we can feed on. I also saw a few deer. Tomorrow, half of us will go hunting, while the other half tries to tell the mainland about what had happened," The man explained. He then looked at Artie, "I understand that you wanted all of us to introduce ourselves. Fine. Why don't you and your group start."
Artie nodded his head. The new direction then introduced themselves: Artie, Rachel, Brittany, Santana, Mercedes, Kurt, Puck, Mike, Tina, Sam, and Quinn. They then went on to explain why they were on the flight. Kurt mentioned how they had forgotten Finn at the airport (This made Rachel heartbroken. Finn was probably waiting for them in New York). After they finish, Artie looked to his left at the group of six students from the other school that was on the flight.
"Alright guys, It's your turn," Artie said.
So the next few chapters are going to give us the background of the different survivors before the crash actually happened. More chapters coming soon!