Sailing Away

Chapter Two

"You're telling me that there's a sick person on that goddamn boat?! We can't risk the lives of everybody on the boat!" Strand yelled at Daniel.

"I mean, it's probably nothing. She can't have been bitten, she stayed on the boat all the time."

"The water! The water could've been contaminated!"

"Of course, but wouldn't we all be sick? We all drank that water. She needs some rest, that's all. We are all tired and our body isn't made to survive to this. I mean, we have been through a lot of stuff. Give her some time," Daniel begged him.

"Time is all I have left," he sighed.

He turned to Daniel.

"And how did you learn she was sick?"

"I heard Alicia and Nick talking," he declared, looking down.

"There's an island right in front and I see a village! But there's no movement," they heard from the flying bridge.

Alicia had noticed an island on which they could go get some supplies. Maybe something to help Madison to heal. Travis ran to Alicia and took her binoculars to see what she was seeing.

"It's not safe," Victor declared, getting out and walking to the deck.

"We need supplies. We need food, we need clothes, we need water," Travis declared.

"We also need medical equipment which I'm sure we can find out there," Nick exclaimed.

"Plus, I've been watching the island for a long time to be sure there weren't any movements," Alicia confirmed.

"Victor. We'll go," a feminine voice declared from behind.

Everyone turned back to see Madison.

"No, Madi. You stay on the boat," Travis said, walking to her.

"Trav. I'm okay. I'm feeling less sick, I'm gonna come with you. Victor, stay on the boat with all the ones who are not coming. We're gonna be quick: we get on the island, we get what we need, and we get back on the boat. An hour max," Madison tried to make Victor change his mind.

"Alright, alright," he finally resigned.

"But Madi, you're not coming," Travis told her.

"You won't stop me from getting there," Madison replied, walking passed him.

A few minutes later, Madison, Chris, Alicia, Nick, and Travis were in the small survival boat, heading to the island. It only took 5 minutes for them to get there.

"Okay. Everyone takes something to defend themselves and we all come back in 40 minutes," Travis told everybody before walking with Madison to the closest house.

The village was small, so in 40 minutes, they had the time to get in every house. Madison headed upstairs as Travis stayed downstairs. The village was deserted and from what was left in the fridge, it had been a long time ago. In the pantry, he found some cans of soup and vegetable and some crackers and other stuffs that were still good to eat. Meanwhile, Madison found some clothes and some medicine. She hadn't check what was in the first aid kit and just took it. They got in a few houses and around 40 minutes later, everyone was ready to get back in the survival boat to head back to the boat.

"So, what did you find," Victor asked, not sure that it was their best idea.

Everyone put what they found and Victor quickly looked through everything.

"Okay, let's put that back in," Strand approved.

Everyone helped to bring the supplies into the cabin area. Getting some supplies in the cabins, Madison felt weird and dropped her stuff. Ofelia walked to her.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah... Sorry, the bags slipped from my hands..." she declared, quickly finding an excuse.

She was pretty proud of it because Ofelia thought she was telling the truth. After rubbing her forehead, Madison took back the bags to bring them to the cabin reserved for the supplies. After having dropped the bags in the room, Madison walked right back to her cabin. She entered and let herself fall on the bed. In addition to her dizziness, she had now a terrible headache. Travis walked in with water.

"Here. You should drink a little bit," he softly declared, giving the water to his fiancée.

"Thank you," she replied, taking a sip.

"You're not feeling better, are you?"

"Do I look like someone who's feeling better to you?"

"No, not at all," he sighed.

"I don't wanna die, Travis... I don't..." she started to sob.

"You won't, Madi. Why would you?"

"I'm getting sick! And if the water or the food was contaminated? And if that's why I'm getting sick?!"

"Hey, Madi... Calm down. First of all, you're not dying. Second of all, if it was in the water or the food, we would all be sick, alright? Now, get some rest, you'll feel better after," he declared, kissing the top of her head.

"I hope so..." she sighed.

Travis put the blanket over her and kissed her before she closed her eyes and tried to get some sleep.

"She's not feeling better, is she?"

"Goddammit!" Travis exclaimed, surprised.

He never thought someone was waiting for him behind the door. But Alicia was there, patiently waiting, leaned back on the wall, arms crossed.

"No, she's not," he finally managed to answer.

"Has she got bitten?"

"I've seen nothing, so I don't think she was."

Alicia seemed to be less anxious by the time he had finished his sentence.

"But... Is she gonna die?" she asked, in one breath.

"It's too early to tell. But I hope not. Anyway, we have a lot of medical supplies which can probably help her healing, if not, at least feeling better."

Suddenly, he was thinking about the worst scenarios. But soon enough, he was able to put them away.

"I told her to get some rest. She'll probably get better after," Travis confirmed, trying to make things sound better.

Alicia wasn't completely sure, but she had to trust him. She got back on the deck. Nick was also there, waiting for her. His feet were in the water.

"How is she?" he asked his sister without turning back to look at her.

"Travis told me it was getting worse," she sighed, sitting next to him.

"She's not gonna die, is she?" he asked, getting worried too.

"No, she's not gonna die. She won't abandon us. She's not like that."

"No one's like that. But the world has changed. The world shut down, humanity extinguished," Nick declared as his gaze got lost in the immensity of the ocean.