BS: Alrighty, the weekend is over and though I'm pretty sure I got a cold, I needed to get this up before tomorrow. Anyways, this is pretty short, but the ending just kinda seems like the end to a chapter, so I cut it off. I'll be updating tomorrow though and I'm pretty sure due to it being kinda late where I am you guys probably wont get this till then. So yeah, don't forget to review and tell me what you think so far :)

Chapter Eight: Dr. Earnhardt

"Son of a bitch!" I shouted, jumping out of the jeep and storming towards the wood shack I had spent the last five days in. I shrugged off my quiver and opened the door, roughly setting my weapons on the table and resisting the urge to punch the wall.
"There's nothing we could have done. They were probably prepared for this." Nol's calming voice followed me into the room, though he set his stuff down much more carefully.
"I was so close into getting her out of there!" I yelled, pacing the room as my blood boiled in rage and adrenaline still pumped through my veins.
"There will be other opportunities. That part of the jungle is right on the edge of Rakyat territory and just one glimpse of her and she'll be taken in and your other friend called." He tried to reassure, though it just made me more irritated.
"How can you be so sure?!" I wheeled on him. It was rare I ever really got angry due to my more passive personality, so usually when I got upset I tended to explode and hate myself later for anything I said. "I could barely even survive out there, and everyone thought I was dead." I added, sitting on the edge of my bed and burying my face in my hands.

Nol sighed and crouched down in front of me before speaking. "Chelsea, listen to me. She'll be fine. She probably got followed and is waiting to call." He pointed out and I nodded, not trusting myself to speak as I thought back to what had happened only minutes ago.

Everything had gone downhill after the compartment door opened up. I had hit the guy square in the forehead thankfully, but clearly it didn't go unnoticed. In a matter of minutes me and Daisy were pinned behind a nearby boulder and I was quickly running out of ammo. Nol told us the only as to get out of there was if we split up, and after Daisy convinced me he was right Nol and I had to cover her as she bolted into the jungle. She got grazed on the arm by a bullet, but it must not have been that deep considering she kept running. I had given her the cell me and Nol had got me for communication before she had left, and his number was in there for Daisy to use once it was safe. All we really were waiting for was her call.
"Reinforcements are a bitch." I finally told the brunette, starting to calm down. I heard him chuckle and he patted my shoulder before standing up.
"Come on, its late and you need to rest." He walked out of the room, quietly shutting the door behind him and letting me sleep. It took longer than expected to get out of there, and the rest of the time we had spent avoiding other pirates and looking for my blonde haired friend.
I sighed and ran a hand through my hair, eventually deciding to lay down and sleep a few hours off until morning.

The loud shrill noise of a cell phone ringing woke me up with a start, and after a moment of realization I jumped up off the bed and raced to the other side of the room. I fumbled with the device and by the time I hit the answer button Nol had burst into the room, his hair standing up at odd angles and his eyes wide as he stared at me.
I quickly slid my finger over the screen, answering the phone. "Daisy?" I asked, only to be answered by a male voice.
"So that's her name is it? Hm, suites her quite well I think." The man chuckled a bit.
"Who is this?" I looked over at Nol, who wore a deep scowl in confusion. I pressed the speaker button and set the phone on the table, waiting for the man's reply.
"Oh, forgive me. I'm Dr. Earnhardt, I found your friend a ways away from my house here. Seems she ran through a field of Antiaris Toxicaria." The 'doctor' went on to explain.
"Upas Trees, highly poisonous." Nol muttered an explanation and I nodded.
"Do you have an antidote?" I asked hopefully.
"Of course, I'm administering it each hour."
"And you won't be calling Vaa's men to collect her?" Nol cut in and I felt my heart drop. So this guy was working with pirates then?
"Heavens no!" exclaimed and I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. "I did however call...Oh what was his name? Daniel? Denny ...?"
"Dennis." A look of realization came over Nol's features, though for a moment I could have swore it was in slight panic.
"Yes! Dennis Rogers. He called and told me if I found anyone of the American captors I should notify him immediately."
"Did he say why?" I questioned, hoping to finally find out which one of my friends had had gotten the girlish name 'Snow White'.
"Just said that another one of the captives, Jason, was looking for the rest of his group."
"Jason? Are you sure that was his name?" I asked, surprised. Nol must have seen it since he raised an eyebrow at me in question.
"Positive."
"Thank you , it's good to know she'll be in safe hands." Nol spoke up when he noticed I wasn't about to.
"Not a problem."
Nol ended the call and the cell phone screen went black; a pregnant silence falling between us for a good few moments.
"At least we know who Snow White is." Nol shattered the silence and I nodded.
"Right." I murmured. "I just can't see scrawny indecisive Jason holding a gun and shooting someone is all." I admitted. The Jason I was used to didn't know what to do with his life and tended to panic like a schoolgirl in heavy situations.
"Before you came to this island, could you see yourself doing the same?" Nol asked and I looked up at him, letting his words sink in.
"No... I guess not."I muttered quietly.