The Return of Atlantis

Chapter 5 - Finding Alexander

Opening his eyes, Alexander found himself in a little hut. The roof was built out of straw and the door in front of him was made out of bamboo. He curiously sat up and shook his head till he got back to Earth.

"Where on Earth am I?" he asked himself grumpily. Just then a door opened and a figure walked in. A man dressed in thick animal-skin clothing was in sight.

"Who are you and why did you bring me here?" Alexander demanded. The man stepped closer and closer to him. Alexander gulped, doubting his chance of living...

Cutting through the bushes, Matthew and June went all over the place looking for Alexander.

"Alexander? Alexander! Alexander, where are you?"

' Alexander! Come on, if you're hiding this isn't funny! '

"Alexander!- June where is he?"

"I don't know." June said, looking as though she was tempted to give up. 

"It's almost nightfall. We'll have to work a little faster." Matthew said, looking at the sea which was now a shade of orange. They continued searching: looking behind trees: through bushes and hedges; into caves, where they were chased by a bear— but Alexander was nowhere to be seen. 

The evening sky dove into a pool of dark blue as stars began to reveal themselves. Matthew sat down, leaning against a tree, exhausted from the long search.

"That's it, June. I give up. He's not anywhere on this island!" he sighed.

"Matthew, don't give up now, he was clearly with us standing on this island when we last saw him he must be somewhere..." June sank down beside him. He sighed softly and looked at the moon; June then suddenly noticed the below the moon was a translucent steaming colour of grey. It slowly blended in with the starry night, one by one. June then realised what it was.

"Matthew, look! A campfire!" June gasped, shaking Matthew wildly on his shoulder. Shaking his dizzy head, Matthew cleared his view and peered at the moon, his eyes nearly blinded by the moonlight, but he soon managed to at least take a glimpse at what June was trying to show him. He gasped, "Woah - t-then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

He pulled June up by the hand and yanked her towards him as he set off, but June was still busy getting to her feet, so she let out a yell and tripped on her left foot, nearly stumbling over a twig. She glared briefly at Matthew who shrugged, smiling sheepishly before signalling her to follow him. A while later, Matthew began to smell roasted meat.

"Woah... Alexander's probably having a memorable camp right now." he said, surprised. June nodded before her face fell.

"Matthew... that isn't Alexander." she said slowly before pulling him behind a hedge. Matthew peeked through the leaves and saw a whole lot of feet walking here and there. His eyes widened like a pair of ping pong balls.

"What the..." he sputtered before sneaking up to get a closer look, with June silently tailing him. He headed to a little hut nearby, peeking through the gaps of the planks of wood.

"Matthew— Matthew!" June whispered desperately. "What are you doing?!"

Matthew turned to June and pressed a straightened index finger against his lips before whispering, "There's a prisoner in there. That could be Alexander!"

June raised an eyebrow as she shifted besides Matthew, peering into a gap. Her other eyebrow raised in shock along with her widening eyes as she looked at Matthew.

"Holy... it is Alexander!" she gasped softly. Matthew raised his eyebrows too and looked into the gap, watching Alexander clumsily stumble off a wooden chair he had been sitting on. June winced upon hearing the grunt. Then out of the blue, Matthew felt a huge blow at the side of his head, as a surge of pain flowed through him before his sight went pitch black.