The night after Sarah had left to scout the planet, there was a storm. Jim and Joshua had huddled down in their tent and even then they could tell it was bad outside. They hoped that Sarah had found some form of shelter or had made it back without their noticing.
The next morning, Jim and Joshua came out and didn't see Sarah or the solar surfer. Josh reassured Jim that she would be back before sun down. During their wait, they set up a fire pit and got some logs set up around it to make some seats. It was already getting late and Sarah still hadn't returned. "The suns almost down. She should be back already." Jim said concerned. "Let's go look for her." Josh suggested.
The two of them started their search a good distance off from their camp and were still unsuccessful in finding her. They were getting tense now that the sun was down, and got out some electric lights. They started to run and look around frantically. They called her name over and over, but never got any response.
It was their forth day on this planet, and had Jim and Joshua fell asleep in the middle of the forest and woke up with sore necks. They go up and resumed their search for another four hours. On their fifth hour of searching, they came across something that let them know she was nearby, but it also let them know that something had gone wrong. They found the solar surfer, crashed against a tree.
A wave of shock and concern shot through them and they called out her name in a panic. As the two of them came close to a cliff and were getting ready to turn back to search on the other side of the dense forest, Jim heard a voice from over the cliff.
"Jim come on we have to keep looking! Jim?" Josh was wondering what his friend was doing running back to the cliff. "Sarah?" Jim called over the cliff. "Jim! Joshua! Thank God!" Sarah responded. She was sitting on a ledge about 15 feet down the cliff face. "Sarah, are you alright?" Josh asked. "I'm okay. I tried climbing back up the cliff, but I slipped and I cut my hands on the rock." She said revealing her bloody palms. Jim looked down at her delicate hands that were now scared on the palms. "Don't worry. We'll get you back up here in no time!" Jim said.
Jim tried to grab her hands from where he was laying on the edge of the cliff, but she was far out of his reach. "Josh I need you to grab my ankles and lower me down a bit." Jim said. "Okay." Joshua grabbed Jim by the ankles of his boots and slowly lowered him down to take hold of Sarah's hands. Jim tried to pull her pull up by her hands but let her go when she hissed in pain.
"I'm sorry, Sarah. Let's try again." Jim said. Jim grabbed Sarah by her wrists and when she didn't protest in pain, he called up to Josh to pull them up. Josh dug his heels into the ground and walked backwards to pull them back to the surface. Once Sarah and Jim were safely on the top, Sarah leaned up against a tree and relaxed for the first time in what seemed like hours.
The two boys looked at their worse for wear friend and noticed what horrible shape she was in. She had bruises all over, her hair was matted, soaked, coated in mud, and her dress was tearing at the seams. "Can you get up?" Jim asked. "I think." Sarah said. She stood up and fluttered a bit before regaining her balance.
Jim and Joshua walked her back to camp and acted as her crutches. Seeing as how all the clothes Sarah had packed weren't suitable for this trip, Jim and Josh were willing to share their clothes with her. Jim set the fire and with the information Joshua got from Sarah, they were about to find food and water. Just as dinner was finishing, Sarah came out of her tent wearing one of Josh's outfits. They were baggy but she found them comfortable and thanked him for sharing it.
After they all got their food Jim had to know "Sarah, how did you end up at the bottom of that cliff?" "It was on the night of the storm. I was trying to get back to camp as soon as possible, in my haste, I didn't notice a tree that was in my way. I swerved to try and avoid it, but the back end of the board hit it and sent me flying. I rolled across the ground until I rolled off the cliff and landed on that ledge. I tried climbing back up, but like I said, I cut my hands." She said, revealing her now bandaged hands.
"I slept there on the ledge until I was woken up by you guys calling for me. Now here we are." Sarah finished. The two of them said they were sorry for not finding her sooner. Sarah said it wasn't necessary. Then she said "Since we're telling stories, I guess it's time for me to tell you about my first flying lesson."