The Great Escape

Chapter 1

"JASON JUMP, IT'S NOW OR NEVER!" Screamed Alex over the loud noise of the helicopter. As I felt shivers run up and down my body, as well as a little vomit crawling up my throat, I hesitated for a moment. I shut my eyes and jumped. I ever so slightly opened my eyes and at the same time, I couldn't believe that I was skydiving for the first time in my life.

As i was looking down at the beautiful nature of One Tree Island, All the worst possible endings raced through my head. What if my parachute didn't work, What if I hit land instead of water, What if I hit a rock, so many things could happen.
I screamed Alex's name to see if he was behind me. I heard nothing. I screamed Alex again. No response. I was going to scream as loud as i could until I just jerked back. I screamed really loud and even peed a little.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" As i attempted to try and keep it in my head. I swung my body around and i saw Alex. I rolled my eyes.
"You scared the crap out of me!"I shouted.
"Sorry, I wanted to have a little bit of fun." As he shouted back. I rolled my eyes once more and and looked at the ocean below. At that moment in time, I shut my eyes and thought about my family in Dallas well, what's left of them. My family and I had a skydiving trip planned. The day before we were supposed to go, my mother Jackie, got in a car accident coming back from work. She got rushed to the hospital but didn't make it in time. A couple years later, my dad Mark, and my only brother Jonathan, were flying back from Alberta, visiting my grandma. I didn't go because of College and work. Just a few hours into there flight, a airplane went of the radar and that happened to be my fathers and brothers plane. All I have now is my 15 year old sister named Sarah.
As I was starting to tear up thinking about my family, I started to have pains in my belly, head, and legs. I started to run out of air. I slowly opened my eyes and I realized that I was underwater. I started to panic. My eyes became blurry and I instantly started squirming around, kicking my legs back and forward. I gasped for air but all that I swallowed was water. I realized I had to use my arms to get any where. I pushed and pushed, then I felt my head become freezing cold and I knew that I had reached the surface. I gasped for air and felt a lot better that I could breath. My vision started to come back and the first think I saw was a huge cruise ship, anchored next to One Tree Island. There was someone swimming towards me and there was a very faint noise. As my vision became better and better by the minute, I squinted to see who the person swimming towards me was. It was Bryan, one of my friends and a member of The A Team.
"Jason, you ok?" Bryan hollered as he swam as fast as he could. "You alright Jason?" He said once more.
"Wha..Wha.... What happ.. What happened?" I mumbled
"You didn't use your parachute and you hit the water really really hard. It was loud" he said as he slowly approached me. " Are you sure your ok?"
"Ummm.....No."
"Alright, have to get you to the boat. Can you swim?"
"Ya well kinda." Bryan rapped his arm around me and told me to start swimming. I slowly started to kick my legs and use my arms. Bryan started to talk to me but I started to zone out of the conversation Bryan was trying to have. I was trying to remember what happened. The only thing I could remember is thinking about my parents. I felt a good grip around my shoulders and I started to shake. I shook my head and snapped back to the real world where I was facing Bryan.
"We need to get you on the boat now.You need to rest" Bryan said ever so slightly."Come on Jason start swimming. I don't want to do all the work" Bryan said with a smile and a chuckle.
"Jason, give me your hand." I looked up and, I've never seen this person in my life. He was muscular, chubby, and he had black hair and had a huge scar going from the bottom left to the top right of his face. I grabbed his hand and he pulled me up. I felt the cold racing down my body. Alex was aboard and he gave me a towel so I could dry off.