Chapter 1

Pain pulses through my ankle as I find myself struggling to get to the surface. I can't find Gray and that scares me but then I feel a hand grab mine and we then surface. I help Gray get to the shore and we both land on muddy sand. "ow"I wince, "Zach"he ask scared "Gray, I'm OK, I just hurt my ankle, I'm not sure if I can get up or not, but it'll be OK"I say grabbing his hand and squeezing it reassuringly. I try to get up and find that I can bear weight on it some what, but not a lot. It pains me to walk as Gray and I make our way through the woods. After several miles I realize I can't walk anymore, it hurts too much and I feel like I'm going to throw up. But I need to hold it together for Gray, he's already scared as it is, he can't see me break down , it'll scare him even more. We eventually make it to a building, and we go inside. Inside there is 2 jeeps and some other tools, and a first aid kit.

I sit down on a bench next to the wall, wincing in pain as I sit my ankle across my thigh. "Gray, get the first aid kit for me alright, and grab the flashlight"I say. He grabs both items and the brings them over and sits down beside me. I roll up my pants leg and I gently take my shoe off, and it's bad. My ankle is swollen and there is a cut down to the bone, where the glass cut me. "Zach it's bad, are you going to be ok"he asks quietly, "shh, yeah, I think we need to stay here tonight, i'm not going to make it anywhere tonight, I need to rest"I say taking in a breath as I clean the wound. "OK"he says. I find an instant icepack in the kit and I rest it against my ankle, as I sit there I notice some food and water on a shelf, and know that we're going to need it. Gray gets it for us and I take a swig of water with some ibuprofen.

I look at the food and determine we need to heat it up so it's edible. I somehow manage to get to my feet and we go outside to find fire wood. We find some and I use the matches he has to start a fire, then I go get some food. As I do so I feel the uneasy nausea come back with a vengeance and before I know it I throw up onto the dirt. I know there is something more going on with me but I don't want Gray to know, it would just make the situation worse. I get the food and come back, and I act more or less normally, I don't want him to know that I threw up, he doesn't need to know. I let him heat up the food and we eat, I don't eat a lot but I eat some. After this I lay down on a blanket I found, and Gray comes and lay's down against me.

"Shh Gray, it'll be ok, they'll find us"I say, "Are you sure, you promise"he asks, "yeah, I promise"I say. Soon enough I feel my eyes closing and before I know it i'm fast asleep.