The next night Matt and I sat in front of the fire with our meat for the day in our hands, staring at it rather than trying to eat it. I closed my eyes tightly and took a small bite, choking it down. Once my brain got past the fact of what it was it didn't taste so bad, it was almost like chicken. Almost.

"This really isn't appropriate but your face looks like a baby trying a lemon for the first time." Matt was smiling weakly at me and I rolled my eyes, smiling back.

"Very inappropriate but very true." I finished the bit of meat, noting that he was already done with his. I guess he had a stronger stomach than I did. "How long do you think this will last for us?"

"Maybe…a week and a half?" He shrugged, looking unsure. "Mello do you think they're looking for us?"

I paused, looking up at the cliffs above us and the stars. No one had heard any noises and I wasn't sure whether or not we'd be able to even if they were searching. It was a scary thought to think that they weren't even bothering to look. Perhaps they'd decided no one could possibly survive the crash, perhaps they didn't even care. So I lied.

"I'm sure they are Matt, this would be a big thing and I'm sure they've already got people on it. Who knows they may almost be down to where we are and just scanning from the start. I think we drifted quite a bit."

He nodded slowly and threw another stick into the fire.

He surprised me by murmuring, "Do you have family Mello?"

I blinked, shaking my head. "No, they're…gone. Long gone. What about you?"

Matt shook his head too. "Only child and parents are dead."

Somehow this information made me seem closer to him, as if we had more in common than I could even imagine. He was in the student car with me so he was obviously going to the same private school I was headed to and despite his best attempts to cover them I could see great intelligence in his eyes. I desperately wanted to push up his orange goggles and get a closer look at them but knew that it'd not only be weird but unwelcome. A sudden shout came from one of our group members and we rushed behind the train to see what was going on. The group was standing there staring at a new hole in the rock wall, a hole that seemed to be a cave passage.

"I leaned against it and it just collapsed…" The shocked man explained.

Curiously I poked my head inside, trying to see if I could make out anything in the shadows. However it was pitch black in there and without a flashlight it was impossible.

"Does anyone have a flashlight?" When everyone shook their head I sighed. "Guess we'll have to walk through blind if we decide to explore it…"

Matt looked at me amused. "Mello. We have fire. We can make a torch."

I blushed a light pink, shoving at his arm. "Oh stop looking at me like that, my brain is a bit fuzzy."

He gently pushed past me, holding a stick with a shirt wrapped around it that he'd lit on fire. "You probably just need to take a shit."

"…only you would make a joke about crap when in a situation like this." I couldn't help but roll my eyes at him, turning to the group. "Everyone stay close together."

Slowly we stepped into the opening, Matt holding up the torch to light the way. I followed him with our other survivors, eyes scanning the cave passage. Along the rock walls there were odd carvings painted with what seemed to be a bioluminescent substance. One man almost dipped his finger in it but I stopped him, there was no way of knowing if it was poisonous or not. We continued to walk for what felt like hours, but was probably only minutes, until we came to an opening at the other end. It was covered with a thin piece of wood and for some reason my heart began to thump wildly inside my chest. That door spelled trouble, we didn't know what was behind it...or who. Matt, who was still in the lead, put his hand on the wood and pulled. It slid away easily to reveal old piles of rubble and several half standing stone houses. Behind them, far in the distance, was a huge medieval castle. Matt rushed to where I was standing, excitement obvious on his face.

"Mello, do you think that could be the private school?!"

Quickly I climbed on top of a pile of rubble, standing to get a better view. I had to squint my eyes to be able to get a good look at the castle.

"I…I guess it could be. Does anyone recognize this place?" I looked around at the survivors, noticing one girl cowering. "You, do you know this place?"

She nodded shakily. "My mother told stories of this isle. She said it was inhabited with flesh eating monsters. The monsters took on human form but all they would ever do is continue to sate their hunger for flesh and blood."

Well that was very uncomforting, we all stood in silence as we looked around. It seemed deserted but then…why would there be freshly cut wood in front of the houses? And why did the air smell like someone was cooking?

Matt spoke up before I could. "Everyone just stay calm alright? It's just a story. Let's split up into pairs of two and search this place okay? We'll meet back here by the cave."

While I stood to the side everyone split up into pairs, I was happy and relieved when Matt came to be my partner.

"Ready to search?" Matt had a nervous smile on his lips.

"Ready as I'll ever be…"