Chapter 5
We had been searching for well over 3 hours now. Our eyes tired, restlessly glancing in every direction, hoping to catch a glimpse of a body, a piece of clothing, anything. Kiran had kept awake for the whole time, until two minutes ago, when she finally let the lack of sleep overwhelm her. She had been fighting the urge for the last two hours, but even she couldn't keep it up. Taylor was on the verge of collapsing as well.
I sat down, watching Kiran sleep. She let out a soft snore, still clutching the bright, torch in her hand. I smiled, envying her. I wouldn't have been able to fall asleep even if I wanted to. I am sooo going to kill Reed when I find her, which wouldn't be too hard, seeing as if we would all be cranky and pretty annoyed at her. Just then, Kiran turned, her torch shining onto something pale and limp on the shore. Is that Reed? No, it couldn't be, my eyes must be playing me. I was probably getting hallucinations. I looked back again, and squinted, trying my best to fight against my eyelids closing. My vision blurred, but I could still faintly see a body. But just to check, I turned to Taylor.
"Tay, do you see that?" I pointed.
She squinted, trying her best to avoid the blurry vision as well. She took a step forward, and then moved her head back to try and see the bigger picture. Her face suddenly lit up. And shouted "OMG, I see her. I see Reed!!!"
Kiran stirred. "Mmmm….that's great Tay, but can you keep the noise down. I need to catch up on some zzzzzz's" She moaned, still with her eyes closed.
"KIRAN, GET UP. WE'VE FOUND REED." I shouted into her ear.
She woke in an instant, her eyes bloodshot. "Well why didn't you say so." She replied, jumping into a seat and grabbing a paddle. We were about 100 metres away, rowing speedily, with the help of Kiran rowing the left hand side, we were about half way there. I didn't want to get my hopes up, facing the disappointment was bad enough, but if I had to see it on both of my best friends' faces then I wouldn't be able to handle it. I had everything riding on this. Please let it be her. Please let it be her.
We reached the shore, in what seems hours. But in actual fact was probably 5 minutes. We hurried to the body, but when we got there we stopped in our tracks, and gasped. What we saw wasn't good. My hopes of Reed being okay suddenly disintegrated. What we saw wasn't so good…
