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Post by Chris McCormick on Jul 6, 2008 12:43:07 GMT -5
Chris had decided to walk through the jungle again. He didn't want to stray too far, fearing he might get lost again. He didn't want that to happen. He was walking in the jungle alone. He had on a pair of blue jeans and a white fitted tshirt and some tennis shoes. He was walking when he felt his foot kick something.
He looked down and picked up something he didnt expect...a gun!? What the hell was a gun doin out here? He looked at it and realized it was loaded. He suddenly heard something stomping and twigs snapping. He figured running away wouldn't be smart. So he looked up and decided to climb the tree. That wouldn't be easy now that the rain was pouring. He began to climb...he was a pretty good climber..he grew up climbing trees all the time.
He watched a group of people running by and recognized one....Skinner! He didn't want her hurt. He looked down and saw what they were running from and couldn't believe his eyes...a polar bear?!?!
He looked at the recently found gun and knew that he could stop the chase...but was he up for killing it? He quickly took aim and fired hoping he didnt hit anyone and thats when he heard a moan from the bear. He shot once more and the beast collapsed.
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Post by Nikki Fernandez on Jul 6, 2008 12:50:03 GMT -5
Nikki turned, running from the bear, when suddenly, something sounded through the canopy. It was gunfire. Two shots were fired and aimed at the bear that tailed the group from behind. Nikki was greatful for whoever brought down the beast, but she was afraid too. What if it was one of the "others" that some of the survivors were talking about. If Nikki could get a glimpse of their face, she would know who it was. Nikki was good with names.
"Who's out there?" she cried, fearing for the other two with her and not particularly herself. The more she looked around, the more she felt like she was talking to thin air. Nothing was around her but leaves and mud. The rain still hit hard on Nikki's face, clouding her vision and not letting her see farther up the branches of the trees around her. "Come out, wherever you are!"
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Post by Chris McCormick on Jul 6, 2008 12:56:57 GMT -5
Chris was coming down the tree when he heard someone shout. It sort of startled him and caused him to slip down and fall to the ground. His white shirt was not covered in mud and soaking wet fromt eh rain.
He looked at the faces nearby he waved "sorry...I didn't mean to startle you...I--I foudnthis gun while walking and figured maybe that would stop the bear from chasing you guys" he said. He felt bad for startling them.
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Post by Nikki Fernandez on Jul 6, 2008 13:30:54 GMT -5
Nikki let out a breath that she didn't realize she was holding and let her muscles relax. She recognized the boy from the beach, so she knew that he wasn't anyone harmful. "Oh no, don't be sorry. If it wasn't for you, we would have been polar bear chow." she laughed, showing her pearly white teeth as her pink lips curled over them. It was just her luck to be saved in the nick of time and by a handsome stranger, no less.
"I'm Nikki." she introduced herself for the second time today. She made a mental note to get to know everyone on the island so that she wouldn't have to repeat herself all the time. That was one thing she hated, repitition. "I'm still wondering why the hell there's a bear, let a lone a polar bear, on a tropical island." she crossed her arms, looking around and examining the dead specimen. this was something she would have to show to Dr. Artz. He was interested in this sort of stuff.
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Post by boonecarlyle on Jul 6, 2008 15:26:40 GMT -5
As Boone ran, he heard 2 gunshots and a loud thump. The polar bear was dead. For a moment, he regared who ever it was with suspicion, but when one of the other survivors hopped out of the tree, he also let out a breath. "Well, that was interesting, but where'd you find the gun ?" Boone lowered Skinner to the ground, now that the large carnivore was dead, they needn't run anymore.
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Post by Chris McCormick on Jul 6, 2008 16:46:35 GMT -5
"I was walking and found it on the ground" he said to Boone's question. He knew how suspicious that sounded...but it was the honest truth. He looked at the woman smiling at him and gave a weak smile "I'm Chris..." he said. He looked at Skinner and smiled "Just glad I could help" he said to them.
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Post by Skinner Jones on Jul 6, 2008 18:35:25 GMT -5
Skinner was in a rather rush the entire time, one moment she was grasping Boone hand to walk to camp and the next he was running with her in his arms thorugh the forest. She felt her senses become rather mroe intune to everything and noticed Chris and her increased worry hormones made her almost cry out for him, had her vocal chords been working. She suddenly felt herself being set back down and she sort of sank to sit on a tree trunk again, oblivious to much of the conversation.
She then looked up and clamped her jaw closed. "Wow," was all she could utter. Then she saw Chris and darted to him, hugging him tightly. damn emotions. "Oh God Chris are you alright?" she asked, worry blatant in her eyes.
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Post by Shannon Rutherford on Jul 6, 2008 19:03:26 GMT -5
Shannon had been getting a tad worried about her dear step brother. It had been quite awhile since he had told her he was going into the woods to try and fetch some food for the camp. She doubted he could get anything, but she had waved him off and wished him luck while finishing a word puzzle. Of course, when it had started to rain she wondered how long it would be until he gave up and came back. When that didn't happen, she decided she would go look for him.
That's when there were gunshots heard in the jungle that Boone had been in. Her heart stopped and then began to race as worry fell upon her. What if that had been Boone?
"Boone?!" She called, her slow walking turning into a quick pace as she pushed through the leaves. The rain making it hard to hear the voices that were there with him. "BOONE?" He may have driven her crazy almost one hundred percent of the time, but she still cared for him. He was all she had left, especially on this island, and she didn't want anything to happen to him. She gasped as she ran into the small group of them, stopping in her tracks. Her eyes fell upon Boone and she relaxed slightly. "Is everything, um... alright?" She didn't mean to interrupt the gathering, if that's what it was, but she was glad to see Boone was not shot or anything. She attempted to push some of the soaking wet hair of hers out of her face as she moved her gaze from the woman hugging the man, the other girl standing there, and Boone. Everything seemed like it was okay, but what had that gunshot been from?
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Post by boonecarlyle on Jul 6, 2008 19:10:51 GMT -5
Boone pointed at the bear and the boar after Shannon ran over" Everythings fine, he..." BGoone said, pointing at Chris "Shot the bear that tried to kill Nikki, Skinner and I" Walking over to his step-sister, he put his hands on her shoulders "You okay?"
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Post by Nikki Fernandez on Jul 6, 2008 19:11:08 GMT -5
Nikki swerved around, her back no longer facing the person who had just entered the jungle. She recognized the tall girl with the blonde hair as Shannon, the brat who had complained about not being in first class while Nikki and Paulo were at the airport. Nikki wanted to throw first impressions away, but she found that she couldn't. They were on a deserted island, but something never changed. Nikki's stubborn attitude was one and she wasn't going to stand for any frou-frou, pretty girl nonsense.
"Yeah, everyone is fine here." Nikki answered, her tone harsher than she thought. She cleared her throat and spoke a bit kinder, not wanting to leave a bad first impression herself. She didn't want to leave a bad reputation in anyone's head.
"We should all head back to camp. About how far is it from here?" She asked Shannon, knowing that the girl probably just headed back from the beach. Hopefully, she would remember the way back. Nikki looked around her, hoping that another crazy monster wouldn't pop out of nowhere. She knew she needed to get Skinner back before anything else happened.
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Post by Chris McCormick on Jul 6, 2008 19:25:57 GMT -5
Chris watched as a tall beautiful blonde woman came into view and towards the man that was there. "Yea everythings fine" he said to reassure. He looked around. "Well I'm at a disadvantage...I dunno any of your names besides Nikki and Skinner here" he said. "I'm Chris by the way...he said to the blonde girl that came back"
He looked around and tried to figure her way back..."well if we listen for ocean waves or look for stronger light that could probably lead us back towards the beach and hopefully the camps" he said to them.
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Post by boonecarlyle on Jul 6, 2008 19:29:18 GMT -5
Boone turned his head to Chris "I'm Boone, and this is my stepsis, Shannon Rutherford" Noticing the way Nikki reacted, Boone suddenly had a flashback and jumped verbaslly at her "Wait a minute ! I recagnize you, I think I asked the man with you if me and Shannon could sit there, and then she scolded me for flirting with guys" and realized something "She's not as bad as you think, only when she's pissed does she do that"
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Post by Shannon Rutherford on Jul 6, 2008 19:38:00 GMT -5
Shannon followed where Boone was pointing, her eyes widening as she saw the bear, unconciously taking a step back away from it. She looked over at the one who Boone said had killed the beast. "You killed that?" She glanced at Boone, then slightly smiled towards Chris. "Thank you."
When Boone had came over to her and asked her if she was okay she nodded, her body tensing up a bit when he put his hands on her shoulders. "Yeah, I'm fine, I was just worried and-" she smiled at him, "I'm just glad you're alright."
The blonde turned towards Nikki as she spoke, a frown crossing her face at the girl's tone. She figured that it must have been just because of what had happened, not remembering the girl from before in the airport. "Oh, it's uh..." she pulled away from Boone as she inspected where she had just came from. She pointed a finger. "That way. Not too far from here. At least, I don't think it was. I was sort of hurrying to see what the noise had been..."
She looked towards Chris, smiling once more. He sure was something to look at, wasn't he? Then Boone had snapped, and she glanced back over towards the woman and him. She suddenly realized that she had seen the woman before. She almost shook her head at what Boone had said, standing up for her. He always stood up for her and her actions, even when she was completely wrong and evil. Even when she had done something horrible to him and drove him crazy, he still cared. Oh, Boone. She put a hand on his shoulder. She didn't have anything to say, but she didn't want him to get upset. Honestly, she owed him her life for not getting those first class seats... Perhaps one day she would thank him for that. Just not in front of so many people...
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Post by Chris McCormick on Jul 6, 2008 19:52:17 GMT -5
Chris saw Shannon staring at him out of the corner of his eye. He didn't mind it...he'd always been stared at...he was blessed with attractive features and physical appearance. He looked at her and gave her a smile.
He saw Nikki and Boone recognize each other and it sounded like the encounter had not been pleasant. He looked at the group and decided to change the sunject to avoid conflict. "So you said the camps were back this way?" he said. "Well it's good someone here has direction" he said giving a little smirk. "So where are y'all from?" he asked..a hint of his southern accent coming out.
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Post by Nikki Fernandez on Jul 6, 2008 21:06:22 GMT -5
"So where are y'all from?" Chris had asked the entire group as Shannon explained the way back to the camp. Maybe Shannon wasn't as usless as most of the camp thought. She had come in handy now. Nikki shrugged and answered Chris' question as she made her way towards the camp.
"I'm native to Los Angeles." Nikki said, with distain in her voice. She didn't want to remember the crash. "I was coming home on flight." Nikki bit her lip lightly as they continued walking through the brush. The jungle seemed to go on forever, but Nikki tried no to let that bother her. She kept her mind on what lied ahead and not whatever sorts of creatures possibly followe behind. Nikki had to admit, the polar bear had scared her a bit. If it wasn't for Chris, Skinner, Boone, and herself would probably be gone. It was sort of sketchy that he found a gun on the ground, but Nikki was greatful none the less. She looked at the boy from the corner of her eye and saw him looking at Shannon. Shannon was an attractive girl, there was a plus side to her too. Nikki needed to wipe all of her previous impressions away. They were all on this island together. No one needed to hate anyone.
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