I think I got about two hours of sleep, and as I'm walking out of the plane in the cool morning air I realize that my whole getting my rest so I could search for Ally is out the window. I'm going to be really tired, but I don't care, as long as I find her today.
Rick and Daniel are standing with their backpacks staring at me, and I don't have to ask them to know that they are the ones coming with me today. Frank is with the twins somewhere, and Tiffany and Wanda were stills sleeping when I got up.
I am kind of nervous to have them with me. I don't really talk to either of them, and none of us were ever friends back home. They aren't really the type of people I hung out with at school, but then again neither is Ally. When we get home, I have a feeling a lot of things are going to be different; if we get home that is.
They both look at me, almost like they want my approval. I nod at them and go grab my backpack. We start walking in the complete opposite direction as yesterday, and it makes me think they planned this all out. I don't know if I should be scared, or grateful, because I have no idea what I'm doing and they seem like they actually do.
Rick and Daniel are pretty tough, tougher than I thought they were. When we crashed, If was asked who I thought would die and who I thought would live, I would have defiantly thought Caroline would have lived longer than Rick. Rick was always weak at school when it came to everyday things, and he couldn't even take a hit at the one football practice he showed up for. But Caroline was a tough girl, and I defiantly didn't expect her to go like she did.
I didn't think Stacy would go that fast. I think we could have really used her. She's so smart, I bet she would have figured out where we were, and would have probably been able to tell us if we can eat those berries. I can't imagine what her family feels like right now. They don't know if she's alive or dead, and now they have to wait for that horrible news. I bet all our parents are feeling that way right now.
"We're going to find your girl Austin." Rick says out of nowhere.
We're walking through a muddy patch and Daniel's trying not to fall over, so Rick helps him but holding on to his shoulders. He looks at me with a smile after he says it and I just look at him.
"She's not my girl." I say.
Daniel laughs, "Oh, okay. The girl you wish was yours then." He says.
"What makes you think that?" I say, and then avoid tripping over a large stick.
"It's obvious." Rick says.
"We all see it." Daniels says right after.
"I mean, if this was at home at the school, you two wouldn't even be near each other." Rick says.
I stop and turn to him, "What's that supposed to mean?" I ask.
"I don't know. I just found it odd. I guess tragedy brings some people together." He says.
I don't like how he's saying the things he is, but I decide not to say anything because if it leads to a fight, I'll probably pound the crap out of him, and then I'd have to deal with him the rest of the time we are here. It's already hard enough as it is. I just nod at him and we all start walking again. I wait for them to say more things, but they don't so the silence thickens.
I've never been in this part of the woods. The only word I can think of to describe it is; sketchy. There are so many trees and thick ones too; it's like walking through an obstacle course. It's really muddy in a lot of spots and those berry bushes are everywhere. The whole area reminds me of some scary horror movie and I would hate to be here at night.
A noise startles us and the three of us stop at the same time. I look all around, but I don't see anything. The noise happens again, and I hear Rick mumble something under his breath. I turn to him, and he's look right at me. I follow his eyes and that's when I see the paws of a wolf under a few bushes a few feet away from us.
Damn it. Is all the goes through my head. Why does this keep happening? It's unreal. This whole location we're stranded on is defiantly hell. I have major déjà vu because I have had to run away from these damn wolves many times, and I don't have the mental strength to figure out a plan, so I really hope Rick and Daniel have one.
But apparently they don't, because all of us stay still and stare at the animal, which seems to just be staring back. I don't know what will happen if we just turned around and walked away. Would it chase after us, or would it just watch us leave?
I can't figure out these wolves. Sometimes they will try to attack, others they don't seem to bother. And I defiantly can't tell which scenario is going to happen right now. But what happens next, I defiantly did not expect. Rick turns around and runs away. Daniel and I look at each other, completely dumbfounded as the wolf leaps out of the bushes and runs after Rick.
"Watch out Rick!" I yell.
Daniel and I run after them, knowing we have to help Rick somehow. It doesn't take long for the wolf to catch us to Rick, and snatch him on the ankle. Rick falls down to the ground, screaming bloody murder as the wolf gnaws on his flesh.
Daniel grabs the biggest stick he can find and knocks the wolf right on the head with it. He yelps but doesn't go down. Now he's just pissed. He stands in front of Rick, and shows his teeth like he's guarding his snack from us. Daniel backs away and stands beside me. I can't help thinking we all just screwed ourselves.
He bows down in his attack stance right in front of Daniel, who stays frozen in fear. I know he's going to attack him, and it could be bad. What am I going to do? Should I try and stop it? Sure Daniel and I aren't really friends but I can't let anyone get hurt.
The wolf jumps towards Daniel and I shove him out of the way before he gets to him, except I suddenly feel the wolf's sharp teeth dig into my shin. I scream out in pain and that's when I start to feel dizzy. I hear the wolf yelp again and when I get my eyes to focus I realize Daniel hit it over the head again hard.
"Because killing one of them is defiantly going to make the pack happy with us!" Rick screams at Daniel.
"It was going to kill us you idiot!" Daniel screams back.
I lie back down on my back and scream as loud as I can, because I'm annoyed by their argument and my shin is throbbing with pain and the blood is starting to form a puddle under it. I get their attention because they both turn to me, and then look at my shin. I see Rick turn pale and Daniel kneels down next to me.
"Shit dude." He says and takes off his flannel shirt, revealing his white T-shirt.
He wraps the shirt around my leg and ties it as tightly as he can. I flitch at the pain but I know the tighter it is the better. Rick stares at the dead wolf while Daniel finishes covering up my wound. He's looking at it like it might not be dead and will jump at him at any moment. But this isn't a horror movie, so I doubt that is going to happen.
"We need to get you back to camp. There might be something in the first aid kit." Daniel says as he helps me up.
"What about Ally?" I ask.
"We will look for her again later; we have to help you first." He says.
"We have to find her now. What if she got hurt too?" I say.
But he doesn't listen to me. Rick comes over and I use them as support as they walk me back to the plane. It was a long trip back and by the time they sat me down next to the fire, the flannel shirt was soaked in blood.
Frank rushes over to me, and looks at my leg, "What happened?" He asks.
"A wolf decided to use my shin as a shoe toy." I say through gritted teeth, the pain suddenly getting to me more than before.
Tiffany comes over with the first aid kit, and Frank looks through it. He hands me two Advil he found, and Tiffany brings me some water. I watch him put on a ton of big bandages, and then two ace bandages. I assume the blood will be through all of that in a few hours, but I know he did all that he could.
Everyone gathers around the fire and asks me what happened. Daniel and Rick already went to bed, so I'm stuck with the questions. I really want to tell them to leave me the hell alone, but I'm too nice I guess, "Well we were walking and we heard a noise. So we all stopped, and then we noticed the wolf staring at us." I say.
"So why did they attack you then?" Tiffany asks.
I sigh, "Rick decided to run away."
I see Frank roll his eyes, "Idiot." He says.
"And then the wolf ran after him. Daniel and I went after them both, and found the wolf attacking him. So Daniel hit the wolf over the head with a big branch, and that obviously pissed it off. It jumped to attack Daniel but I pushed him out of the way and then that happened." I say, eyeing my leg.
"Wow." Tiffany says.
"I guess they do attack huh?" Frank says.
"That's obvious. They got Thomas remember?" Wanda says.
Thomas… I forgot about Thomas.
"Well this wolf attacked in a whole different part of the woods and because Rick tried running. Why would the wolf snatch Thomas when he was walking out of the plane?" I say.
"Who knows really? These wolves are smart." Frank says.
"I guess so." I say.