Bull's Boat

Chaos' Part 2

"We need a plan," Felipe was pacing. Striker had been severely wounded, and although Chaos was doing everything she could to fix him, she wasn't a skilled doctor. She only knew basic stuff because her mother is a doctor.

Most of the homies were still a little stunned and dazed from the crash, so they weren't really showing signs of acknowledging Felipe. Felipe sighed and sat down on a sandy log. She told herself they'd feel better once Chaos checked them out.

For now, it was up to Felipe to come up with a plan. None of them had any teleportation powers, or flight so that sucked. Felipe started to think harder on how their powers could get them out of this situation when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She jumped, turning to see Chaos holding the med kit.

"May I?" Chaos asked. Felipe was confused, she wasn't injured, in fact she was probably in a better condition than the others. Chaos noticed this and spoke again, "your shoulder."

Felipe reached up and touched her shoulder, sure enough it was wet. When she brought her hand down, it was red. "Oh," Felipe said. She didn't even notice before, but now she was feeling weak. Chaos stabled her, and before Felipe knew it, Chaos finished fixing up her shoulder.

While Chaos took care of the others, Felipe went back to planning. She knew they couldn't just swim back or build a raft. It would be easier if they could just walk across, but they couldn't, unless... "Chaos!" Felipe called out.

Chaos looked up from where she was bandaging IDK's arm, "what's up?"

"Can you control the kind of energy you rupture in your void thing?" Felipe called back.

"um," Chaos fidgeted with the bandaging in her hand, "I mean maybe if I focus, but I can't really control the void state yet. Why?"

"Could you disrupt the energy of the water to remove heatwaves and make it frozen so we can walk across?" Felipe stood from the log.

"Maybe," Chaos didn't look confident, "but I can't move or walk at the same time. It'll disrupt my focus"

"Bliss," Felipe stood over Bliss, "what's the biggest cat you can summon?"

"uh Tiger," Bliss said softly.

"Okay," Felipe was excited, her plan was coming together, "So you will ride on a tiger while Striker commands you to control the void."

Chaos still looked uneasy about the plan, "I don't know if Striker is able to do that, I mean maybe if he also rides a tiger. But what happens if I lose control?"

Felipe grinned, "Then I'll just stab you."

***

It took two days for Striker to regain enough strength to help with Felipe's plan. During those days Bliss and Beans fished with the surviving fishing gear. Maya and Juju gathered berries and edible leaves under the protection of Felipe. IDK built a shelter and tended to the fires. Chaos cooked the meals and tended to any wounds anyone got.

Bliss decided she would summon tigers for everyone to ride on, so there they were, tiger-clad on the western shore of the island.

Chaos, Striker, and IDK were up front. IDK's powers allowed him to get close to Chaos's void for a small moment in case things went wrong.

Bliss knew she wouldn't have too much strain carrying them all on tigers back to the Pennsylvania coast, so she was confident in the plan. Once Striker gave the command to Chaos, the waters froze in front of them, and they could cross.

Everything was going according to Felipe's plan. Striker's command kept Chaos from expanding the void anywhere but in the ocean in front of her. The ice was solid enough too that it could hold the weight of all of them plus the tigers.

The only concern that Bliss noticed was that Chaos was shaking and Striker's breathing was labored. They were an hour from the island so there was no turning back. Chaos fainted, falling off the tiger. IDK dove to catch her but was too late.

Striker didn't last long after Chaos fell, slumping over his tiger as well, although Bull did leap forward in time to keep Striker from falling off. Both Striker and Chaos' noses were bleeding heavily from the strain of using their powers that hard for that long.

Bliss told everyone to get off the tigers and made the tigers disappear. She didn't want any extra weight on the ice. Bliss shivered. None of them were wearing much more than a bathing suit, so the ice was especially cold now that the tigers were gone.

Bliss didn't know what to do, and the others looked just as hopeless. Was this the end for them? Bliss was worried and confused. Then she spotted something coming closer to them. It was a boat!

Bliss started jumping up and down while waving her arms in hope of catching the boat's attention. Felipe even summoned a knife and used it to reflect light at the boat. Soon enough, the o9iiiiiio boat was heading straight towards them.

The boat was finally in range and Bliss could make out the faces of Average and Tex, with Jimmy driving the boat. They reached the ice and pulled everyone in, wrapping them in towels. Bliss sighed as she sat on the cooler. The exhaustion was finally hitting her, and she could rest now that everyone was safe.