STRANGERS ♱ yellowjackets

22. captain laura-lee

"I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT", Laura-Lee says, spreading her hands slightly as she looks over at her sleeping teammates. Bunny groans as she snuggles her face deeper into Natalie's shoulder, breathing in the familiar scent of the girl. The girl's peace is quickly interrupted as Laura-Lee bangs the wooden table with a soup handle. Bunny quickly shoots up, her heart racing as she thinks it's some sort of an emergency. As she looks around and everyone seems okay, she lets out a long sigh.

The other girls groan, looking around confusedly as the blonde Christian takes the stage. "In light of the expedition ending as it did, I have decided that I'm going to take the dead guy's plane and fly south", Laura-Lee tells the crew, earning confused stares from everyone.

Bunny feels Natalie get up as well next to her.

"I'm going to find us help, and I'm going to get us out of here", the girl says with a determination Bunny has never heard the girl have before. Lottie frowns from her spot, "You're gonna fly?"

Laura-Lee nods, sending an even deeper frown on Lottie's face. "But you don't know how", Natalie states the obvious. "I've been studying the flight manual for weeks, and I checked the gas tank, it's full", Laura-Lee goes on to explain.

Bunny sighs as she shakes her head softly, this was so far the worst idea the team has ever had. Shauna and Taissa appear from the attic, looking around the room in confusion. Taissa finds Bunny quickly, her eyes flickering between Natalie and Bunny as they are still sitting weirdly close to each other. "I used to watch my grandpa fly, he even let me steer a few times! I know that I can do this", Laura-Lee swears, but Bunny already fears the worst.

"Laura-Lee, this is a bad idea", the blonde girl says, shaking her head as she looks at her teammate.

Laura-Lee shakes her head, "You can't deny that Van needs serious medical attention." Bunny can't argue that, but still her chest feels heavy with worry. Losing Van and Taissa was already so close - she doesn't want to lose any of her other friends.

"She's not the only one", Jackie pipes in, causing everyone to look at her. Jackie turns to look at her brunette friend, "Shauna, tell them." Shauna looks a bit shocked as she looks at her friend, "I- I really don't..." Jackie interrupts the girl, "Tell them!"

"What? What is it?", Bunny asks, looking at her two friends confusedly. She knows something has been going on with Shauna, but if she's honest she just thought it was stress. Taissa and Shauna had been going behind Bunny's back for weeks now, but she didn't want to ask either of the girls anything about it. It wasn't her place to butt into matters that weren't hers.

"I'm-I'm pregnant", as the words leave Shauna's lips, Bunny's mouth falls open. Natalie sits up straighter as she looks at the brunette, "Did you know?", the blonde asks quietly from Bunny, but the girl only shakes her head.

"You were having sex?", Akilah blurts out, causing Bunny to shoot the girl a pointed look. "How far along are you?", Misty asks as she stands up and walks up to Shauna eagerly.

"Wait. Did you get knocked up here?", Mari asks, eyeing the girl suspiciously and with a hint of judgement. "No? I-", Shauna starts to defend herself, but is again interrupted by Jackie, "It doesn't matter when it happened. Okay? It just matters that we get them both help."

Misty tries to take a look at Shauna's stomach, but the girl shrugs the curly-haired manager away, angrily snapping, "Misty, not right now."

Finally, a voice of reason. "All right. Can everyone just... Laura Lee, you can't do this. No. It's not even close to safe", Coach Scott says, causing Bunny to nod in agreement. "There is no "safe" anymore, Coach Scott", Laura-Lee answers, her face serious as she speaks, "It's going to be winter soon. If I don't do this, we're all gonna fucking starve."