Solby One-Shots

✖️The forest✖️

"He should be here somewhere! I caught the signal of his phone around here!" Sam shouts in panic. Corey, Aaron and Jake looked around in the woods from where Sam had seen Colby's phone appear on his phone. It was literally located in the middle of nowhere. They've been looking for Colby everywhere. One week ago he went missing for no reason what so ever.

They called Brennen, they called Elton - heck, they even called Colby's family to try and get an answer. But none has seen him recently.

They later on realized he went out to record an exploration video all by himself. Sam remember thinking that the thought was weird and that he never do these things on his own. Brennen wanted to come with and make a serious video on this - so of course, we allowed him. As long as he doesn't overdramatize the whole situation - and keep it real. To their surprise, he did.

Anyhow; after finding the signal of Colby's phone they kept searching everywhere. Eventually, sam yelled out 'found it!', which caused everyone but Brennen to approach me. I picked the dirty and lukewarm phone up and started to clean it off. The dirt, water and mud all going off after a while. It was indeed his phone.

"Turn it around" Corey said shakily. They did so, and on the other side of the phone was something red. Something red and liquidy. Sam's eyes widened when he realized it was blood finally, and immediately stands up and shouts 'COLBY!' out into the air. It only created an echo, followed by birds flying away and silence. It created an eerie vibe in the end, making them all uncomfortable.

"Please, Colby!!"
"Sam, relax. We'll find him" Jake tried. Putting his hand onto Sam's shoulder. However Sam wasn't having it. Colby could be injured and out there - injured and seeking help. I started to run.

Corey, Jake and Aaron all ran after me. Trying to keep up with my sudden rush of outburst.
"Sam! Wait!" Jake tried again. He wasn't stopping.
"Don't run like that, you could fall and hurt yourself!" Aaron yells after him. He eventually stop once he's tired and cannot run anymore.

"He could be dying.." He whisper once they finally caught up to Sam. They all put a hand onto Sam's back and huffed with him, trying to catch their breaths.

"Don't be so drastic. He could've just cut himself a little" Corey speaks.
"And drop his phone?!" Sam bursts out, furious at the whole situation. That's when he realized Brennen wasn't around.

"Where's Brennen?" Sam asks, his voice lowering slightly.
"He went another direction" Aaron informed. Sam's eyes widened.
"Maybe he's found him?" Sam asks, a spark of hope igniting within his chest, and growing bigger after the belief kicks in.

They all start to now look for Brennen..
Who indeed had found Colby. Unconscious behind a big boulder. He's desperately trying to wake him up. He even splashed some water from a puddle nearby onto his face. Attempting to wake him up. He was still unconscious, and showing signs of a weak pulse. Brennen recorded himself the entire time to not show how blue and hurt Colby looked. It was the same as almost recording a dead body. You could clearly see Brennen crying while he was shaking Colby's body from side to side.

Eventually, he heard running footsteps. They got quicker and quicker, and closer to where Brennen was. He knew it was the crew closing in.

"Guys!" Brennen shouts out in panic. They all saw Brennen stick his head out from behind the moss covered boulder. Sam rushed the last part, and abruptly stopped when he saw who Brennen was trying to wake up. His heart legit stopped for an whole minute, his eyes unable to leave the view. Corey, Aaron and Jake all stared at eachother - after seeing Colby's unconscious body. Slowly realizing how serious the situation got.

"Call 911" was the first words Sam uttered.
Then he rushed forward to Colby's body and puts two fingers by his neck. He could still find a pulse. And weak breathing could be felt against his cheek.
Corey was on it immediately.. calling 911 in a rushed manner. As quick as he could. Aaron, Jake and Brennen horrified and confused on what to do.

"We need to warm him. Who knows how long he's been laying here!" Sam bursts out. Fear in his voice. It's scary how quick your blood temperature drops. Sam took off his jacket and placed it over Colby's shoulder and torso. Suddenly, he shivers. Showing sign of struggling to stay alive.

Corey was now done with calling the ambulance. Corey, Aaron, Sam and Jake helped carrying Colby off of the cold grounds. Carrying him out of the woods while Brennen tries to record small versions of what's going on. Trying to not show too much.

When they are out of the wood, Brennen takes off his jacket and placed it on the ground under where Colby will be laying. Then placed him there and tried to get him warmer. That's when Sam spots the cause of blood that was seen on Colby's phone. His whole left hand seemed to have been cut open.

"Fuck" Sam utters and grabs his hand carefully. It was still bleeding. And it was so dirty, probably infected by so many things. Brennen saw it too.
"Damn. Lucky we found him before some animal found him" he admits. Sam nods, then swears outloud.

"They better hurry the fuck up!"
"Here they are!" Corey shouts immediately afterwards, making the whole situation a bit comical. They were all happy to see them, and Corey waved at them to signalize where they were. They stopped and pushed through to take a look at Colby.

(A = ambulance, S = Sam)
A: "How long has he been out here?"
S: "We suspect he's been out here a whole week"
A: "How come?"
S: "He told us he was going to go record at some abandoned place deep in the woods alone. He never does that without me or someone else. Then- a week passed and we hadn't heard or seen from him. I got worried and then the rest got worried and we decided to go look for him"
A: "Alright. We'll take him in and see how badly he got hurt"
S: "Thank you so much!"
A: "Just doing our job. Thank you for calling us"

They then put him onto a bed and pushed him into the ambulance and prepared to drive off. Sam was hoping he'll be alright. Corey, Aaron, Jake and Sam all walked back to Corey's car. Driving back home to safety and warmth.

Days later, they got a call from the hospital saying "he's doing alright, tomorrow we will make sure he get's home safely", and Sam got so happy he cried. Even the woman on the other side heard it and said in a soothing manner:
"Don't cry. It'll make me cry"

The phonecall ended.
The day Colby arrived was joyus. Even Colby got so happy that he cried. Embracing me in a tight, warm hug - we started to talk.

(C = Colby, S = Sam)
C = "I heard every word you said!"
S = "I didn't say as much as I wished to say"
C = "Doesn't matter. You cared about me"
S = "Everyone did"
C = "Sam.. what did you mean by 'as much as I wished to say'?"

Sam smiles and squeezes him in a hug.
"I'm not ready to tell you yet, you lovable goofball"