Stranded

Chapter Eight

"I'm going to kill you guys!" Riley yelled from where she was buried in the sand.

"That's if you can get out of the situation you're currently in," Reese laughed, patting Riley's head.

"Ok come on guys help me dig her out now," Ash laughed, kneeling next to her frowning friend.

"No, I think she looks quite comfortable like that," Xander said, nonchalantly. Owyn nodded her head, agreeing.

"You guys suck," Riley mumbled.

"Mhm but you love us anyway," Vesper said, eating some berries that they had found on some nearby bushes. They honestly had no idea if they were poisonous or not until a kid had eaten them, and nothing seemed to happen to him therefore the berries were deemed edible.

"We've been here what, four days now," Xander said, dropping herself beside Vesper in the sand as they watched their younger friends laugh before them, "You reckon we'll ever get off of it?"

"I don't know Coon," Vesper sighed, "If we ever do I have a feeling it's not gonna be anytime soon."

"I mean, we've already lost one of our people here, if we stay for longer god knows how many more," Xander trailed off.

"Oh are we talking about how this island sucks?" Owyn said, joining the older two, "Because it really does, I don't want to live off of fish and berries for the rest of my life."

"Yeah but I mean, it has it's perks," Ash commented, with a small smile on her face as she looked at the beautiful view before her and Reese teasing Riley in the sand, "And I don't mean to get sappy but there's no one I'd rather be stuck here with than you guys."

"AWWW," Riley yelled from where she was buried, having heard what Ash said. The others chuckled and finally decided to help their friend out.

On the other side of the island Christina mindlessly kicked at the sand. Lisa let out a sigh as she sat down beside her. A few of the nicer people who wanted to help had set up a few huts out of vines and logs and branches. Dani currently lay in one, on her stomach, passed out again. Lauren slept beside her injured sister, her hand loosely intertwined with Dani's.

"How is she?" Lisa yawned, glancing at her younger two sisters. Christina rubbed the sweat from her forehead before laying her head on Lisa's shoulder.

"That doctor lady, Tanya I think, says she's the same as she was last night, still a high temperature and she passed out again," Christina mumbled. Lisa just nodded her head.

"Did you sleep at all?" Lisa asked to which Christina replied with a shake of her head, "Me neither...couldn't stop thinking about Kath."

"Hey," Lauren said quietly as she joined her older sisters. They smiled up at her, squinting through the sun. Lauren forced a smile back.

"Guys," Lauren slowly said, "I'm worried about Dani." They gave her a questioning glance as she moved closer to them.

"She doesn't look too good," she paused for a moment before continuing, "And then everything with Kath, I mean she had to watch her sister die."

Lisa looked away for a second, she didn't want her sisters to see the tears glistening in her eyes. Meanwhile, Christina took to assuring Lauren that everything would be okay, even though she wasn't too sure about that herself.

"We need to head out and find Amy, we owe it to Dani," Lauren spoke determined. Lisa nodded her head.

"I'll get a group together. We have to head out soon though, we don't want to be in those damn woods in the dark again."