On This Island

Chapter 5: Disaster

"I can't believe that we only have 3 days left" Bri says.

no we don't

"yeah" I say. I look at the ceiling. This place is so relaxing.

Haha you wish.

"I cant believe that we cant go out after dark though"

There are poisonous bugs in the dark.

"Yeah, I bet the island is nice after dark"

no its not.

"yeah, the sunsets are very pretty" I look over at the window, Its completely dark out. there is only a little light from the other rooms that are also seen on the sand and reflect the waves. They look larger than normal. "Brianner, look at this!" She looks over to the window. Her eyes go big.

"Woah" I yawn.

"I'm tired, I'm going to bed" I say and I turn away from her.

"Ok I will too" she turns off the light. I flinch but I just try to get used to it. I cant sleep for some reason, I feel nauseous, my anxiety nausea. I toss and turn all night and eventually land on just reading and waiting till morning. At about 5 Bri wakes up for some reason. She's fully awake.

"Do you want to go watch the sunrise?" I ask her. She nods.

"Yeah" We slip on shoes and walk out. When we reach the beach on the other side of the island we see 2 teachers in the distance. They are just chilling.

"Hello?" I say. They turn back quickly, like we startled them.

"Oh! Hi.... we were just chilling..." Mr. Lectri says.

"Hi!" Mr. Grean says.

"Were you 2? ..." Bri says.

"No!" they say. Defensivley.

"I-" The earth starts shaking. Hard. I fall to the ground. Bri falls after me. We all struggle to stay standing.

"Girls!" Mr. Lectri shouts. He's almost on the ground. He's doubled over. I look at the hotel resort.

"BOOM" It falls down. The hotel crashes onto everyone inside. It was like 9\11 happened to just one short tower.

I scream and Mr. Lectri throws himself onto me. Bri moves over and covers her head. Debris goes everywhere. I see glass fly into the sand near us. Just in time Mr. Grean covers Bri.

Just as it started it stopped. The dust cloud starts to disappear after a little while. Mr. Lectri slowly comes off of me. I look up and I see a heap of trash where the hotel once stood.

"No..." I say.

"I-" Bri starts.

"Cant believe it" Mr. Lectri says sadly. Mr. Grean slowly stands. He's clutching his right side. Blood is spotting the sand.

"Mr. Grean?" I ask. He's gritting his teeth.

"I-m fine." He says.

"Are you sure?" Mr. Lectri asks.

"Yeah. Its J-just a little glass in my side." He pulls out a shard of glass and throws it in the sand.

"Uh. That's like a 4th of a mirror" I say. He kneels and splashes some salt water onto his cut. He clutches the sand and closes his eyes.

"Ok I'm good now" He says and stands up.

"Ok, we should check for survivors first." Mr. Lectri says.

"Ok" We all walk to the once standing hotel. I hear no one. We shift through all the reckeage we can. Nothing. They are all dead.

"So... What do we do?" I ask. We all look at each other.

"Maybe we should try to escape the island." Bri says, looking at the trees.

"Yeah. That's a pretty good idea" Mr. Lectri says. Looking at the sand that's covered with glass and fallen trees.

"So how much do we weigh?" Mr. Grean asks.

"Uh I weigh about 109 pounds" I say.

"Ok" Mr Grean says, writing it in the sand.

"Um.... I'm 180" Mr. Lectri says.

"Ok" He scribbles that into the sand with another number, 155. That must be his weight.

"Uh.... I weigh 110" Bri says.

"Ok, so together we all weigh.... 554 collectively. So we need a lot of wood for a raft."

"ok" we all say together.

"We have a few hours to get wood and food... we should also make a shelter for the night to make sure we have... " He paused and clutched his side.

"Mr. Grean... Are you sure your ok?" I ask. He recovers.

"Yes. I meant to say that we are fully rested to start our adventure". He says.

"Mr. Grean do we want to get the wood while Lavvy and Bri get the food." He nods.

"Ok, we'll meet you back over here later on to set up the raft and shelter." Mr. Lectri says. I look over to Mr. Grean who is knealing in the sand. Mr. Lectri goes over to him and sends us away. We head into the woods. I instantly spot some frogs and I try my best to catch them. I get 3 of them. I can't catch the fourth one. I hear hacking of trees close by. I look up to see Mr. Lectri with a... Machete?

"Look!" Bri shouts. I look over. It's berries, blackberries. How odd to have them in the Forest We grab them and run back to camp.

"Hey guys!" Mr. Lectri says. He has made most of a tent and an outline of a raft.

"Dang. You got far." He wipes his forehead.

"Yeah. I just need a little bit more wood."

"Where's Mr. Grean?" I ask.

"Oh, he's getting more wood for me." he says. "We should be ready to go by tomorrow."

"OK"

We chill until they finish building the raft and the tent. When the sun comes up they wake us up.

"Ready to go?" Mr. Lectri asks us.