Over, and Over Again

Chapter 6: Then There Were Two

It's day three of being out here since the plane crash, and we're down to two more bags of pretzels and two more water bottles along with three almost empty ones.

I haven't slept at all because I have to sit up and watch Kyle to make sure he doesn't move and accidentally kill himself in his sleep. I get very restless during the night because all I can do is just sit there in the cold and stare at a sleeping boy. His head is starting to get infected too which isn't good. If somebody doesn't come soon, then Kyle will die. But I haven't told Penny that yet. We're actually becomes good friends in our days out here. Penny eventually told Kyle that his father, Danny is dead and he didn't take it too well. I'm starving and haven't eaten since yesterday morning but there's only two packs of pretzels left and Penny and Kyle need them. Kyle and I have become pretty good buddies too.

It's bright outside and I'm watching Kyle while Penny is still sleeping.

I'm pretty sure my leg is infected as well as my arm and they both hurt pretty bad but the pain just feels normal now. Kyle starts moving as he is waking up, and I hold on to his head to ensure he doesn't move it and cause it to bleed.

"Good morning Meredith." Kyle says sleepily.

"Good morning Kyle." I say and help him sit up. Penny moves a little soon to be awake.

"You want some pretzels Kyle?" I ask the small boy.

"Yes please I'm starving." I smile and pass him one of the last two bags.

"Thank you." He says using his manners. Such a polite boy. Penny stirs some more then its up and rubs her eyes.

"Morning baby boy." She says to Kyle who has a mouthful of pretzels.

"Morning Mer." She says to me.

"Morning Penny." Yeah she calls me Mer we're close enough now and we've only been out here for like what, freaking three days.

"Here." I say handing her the last pack of pretzels. My stomach growls at me as she opens the bag.

"Remember to pick off as much salt as you can." I say to Kyle who's just popping the salty snack in to his mouth with pleasure.

"But they don't taste as good then."

"I know they might not taste that good but salt dehydrates your body faster. It takes a lot of fluid out."

"How?"

"Its complicated but when we get out of here and you get older maybe you could become a doctor and learn about it too. Maybe you could even become a surgeon like me."

"Okay." He says and I smile at him. He continues to eat the pretzels, but he's now picking off the salt that he can. I pick up my almost empty water bottle and drink a couple sips out of it.

Then out of nowhere, Kyle starts to seize.

"Woah woah woah!" I say. I turn Kyle very carefully, but his head start to bleed a little bit.

"Crap." I whisper under my breath. The seizer was small so it stoped fast and I lay Kyle back down. I grab something to wipe his mouth with and then I take a look at his head. I see he's bleeding through the sutures.

I slump back down on my knees dreading to tell Penny the news.

"Wh-what's wrong with him?!" She shouts nervously.

"He's bleeding through the sutures about in a couple days ago. If I try to replace them, he'll bleed out because I don't have any blood to give him, and if I do nothing he'll slowly bleed out. Penny... Kyle..."

"no... no no no no." She says sitting back, her eyes getting glassy.

"His head is also starting to get infected, so even if I tried to restitch his head, he'll die in a few days from infection." We sit there silent for a while.

"Could you... um... make him, Kyle bleed out faster so he doesn't have to suffer this long." She asks breaking the silence with voice cracks.

"Do out want me to...?" She nods, and I get a scalpel out.

"You might want to look away... uh... things like this can uh... get kind of messy I guess." She nods and turns away then I make the first cut and his head squirts out blood. I cut farther stoping the squirting but his head is just pooling out blood now. He'll die in a matter of seconds. I see his breathing slow and I feel his pulse weakening and soon enough, there's not one at all. Kyle's dead.

AN: Kyle died 😭 Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter and book so far for that mater. Thank you for reading ☺️💕