Stranded

Chapter 13 ~ Cassie

Selene and I find another pig run heading to the mountain and start following it at a sprint. I am officially done with the boys. That was the last straw. They want to talk to us, they'll half to come to us themselves. It's getting late, but as long as we hurry, we may make it to the mountain before dark. It doesn't take long for a few hunters to catch up with us.

"Where's the boys?" Hannah ask.

"Left them, we'll get nothing done working with them," I say.

"Ha, we should have left them long ago."

"I can't disagree with that."

We continue running until we eventually make it to the bottom of the mountain. The sun is starting to set and we have a very limited amount of daylight.

"Come on, let's take a quick look," I say.

We climb up the mountain, weapons drawn, wind blowing on us.

We make it to the top and I hear a sound. Something blue rises up, some type of cloth.

I slowly come closer and then I see it. A dead man. Flies are everywhere, and the smell is horrible. I turn to the side and throw up.

"What is it?" Selene asks as she and the others look as well.

"Someone parachuted onto the island and died," I say. "The thing's tangled and the wind makes it move."

"I know where he came from," Sophie says. "There was an air battle the other night. A plane exploded."

I look to the horizon, thinking.

"We'll come back tomorrow, untangle him, then give him a proper burial," I say deciding. "It's too late to do it tonight. Let's go."