~*~Chase's POV~*~
I sat in the cold chair and wished that Ben was here. Ben was tough and strict. He would know how to talk to these guys and, even if they beat him up, he'd still stay strong. He always looks out for me.
Even when we were little, he'd stand up for me. We've known each other since we were two-years old. He's the brother I've never had and I'm the brother he wishes he had. I just hoped he was all right.
After what seemed like forever, the door opened and a guy, one of the guys I saw sitting in the first room that you see when you come into the building, walked in.
"Chase right?" He asked. I nodded my head.
"Chase, my name is Paul and I'm going to ask you some simple questions and, if you'd like, you can ask me some simple questions too. Does that sound good?" Paul asked. I nodded my head without looking at him and sighed.
"All right, Chase, how did you get on this island?" He asked.
"The plane I was on crashed." I said quietly.
"And where were you going to?" He asked. I looked at him then back at the floor.
"Australia." I said.
He was about to say something else when we heard a loud bang down the hall. A flashing red light turned on and sirens went off.
Paul jumped up and ran out the door. I watched the hall and saw Ben run past the door than into the room.
"Chase!" He shouted as he pulled me up and untied the ropes on my arms.
"Desiray?" I said as she walked into the room looking like she's been crying for hours.
"Come on!" Ben said as we ran out of the room and down the hall.
He grabbed Desiray's hand and Desiray grabbed my arm as we ran through door after door until finally we were outside.
We stopped and looked around.
"There!" I shouted pointing to a long path that went into the forest. We ran down that path running as fast as we could not even knowing where we were going.
I could hear voices behind us in the distance but I didn't look back. Not once. None of us looked back. We just kept running.
Finally we got to the shore, but the tents were nowhere in sight.
"We better keep on moving. If they come down this path and see us, we're screwed." Ben said grabbing Desiray's hand and pulling her with him.
We were pretty far down when I heard a noise in the bushes, like leaves being crunched by feet.
"Ben." I whispered as I stopped.
"Yeah I know." He said looking at the forest.
We were watching, waiting for something to happen, when finally a small squirrel like thing came out and darted across the shore to the water.
"Let's keep moving. Quick." Ben said as we turned and walked away from the forest.
Right as we started to move again, a guy jumped out and tackled me down to the sand.
"Chase!" Ben shouted running to the guy and punching him as hard as he could. I kicked the guy and squirmed out of his grip.
Ben helped me up and we ran down the shore and into the forest again. We jumped over logs, branches, and bushes as we hurried to find a path.
I was afraid to look back, but I did anyways. I couldn't see the guy at all. I couldn't see anyone.
That's when I tripped over one of the branches and fell straight to the ground. I could feel the dirt in my mouth as I pushed myself up. I couldn't feel my left ankle and when I tried to put pressure on it, pain shot up my entire leg.
"Ben!" I shouted trying to get his attention. He was already way ahead of me.
"Ben!" I shouted again. I hopped around on my right leg and dragged my left trying to go as fast as I could.
"BEN!" I shouted as loud as I could. I couldn't even see him anymore. I couldn't see anyone.
I stopped to catch my breath and looked around. Nobody was in sight. I sat down on a small rock and lifted my pant leg to see my ankle. It was bleeding and swollen. I sighed and stood back up.
I slowly dragged my way through the woods and onto a path that I noticed had recently been walked on. Ben and Desiray must have found the path.
I followed the footsteps until I heard a small noise again. This time I limped my way off the trail and into one of the bushes.
Two tall guys came walking down the trail talking about something that had to do with the huts.
They stopped right in front of me and looked around.
"They got away. I'm telling you, they're gone." One of them said.
"Yeah but they're still on this island somewhere. There's no way they could just disappear." The other guy said.
"I guess." The smaller one said.
"Look, they know where we are now and are probably on the verge of figuring out what we want. They've set up a camp somewhere and it's only a matter of time before we figure out where they are and who else is here." The other guy said.
"So does Ian know if they know about the crypt?" The smaller guy asked.
"He doesn't think they do but they're probably about to figure it out." The bigger guy said.
"And when they do, they'll know everything. They'll know about the crypt, about the crash, about the huts, about the system, and they'll even know about the others. That's why we have to find them and stop them before they find us and stop us." He said.
There was a noise off in the distance and they both rushed off of the path and into the woods.
I waited for a couple of seconds before dragging myself out of the bushes and back onto the path.
I was thinking about everything they were saying. They didn't know where our camp was, but they were looking for it. And what did they mean when they said 'on the verge of figuring out what we want?' What was the crypt? Why did they have to stop us from finding it?
I fumbled over these questions again and again in my mind as I dragged down the path. Finally, I was back on the shore.
I looked ahead and saw small dots that I hoped were the tents. It wasn't until I saw smoke that I knew that was the camp.
I started to drag myself even faster when I finally saw two people running up to me. It was Ben and Troy.
"Chase! Chase I'm so sorry buddy! I'm so sorry!" Ben kept saying as he ran towards me. I stood still and waited for them.
Ben stood right in front of me and shook his head.
"Chase, I'm sorry. I didn't even notice that you weren't behind me until I got to the shore. I thought you were gone. I thought…" He stopped and I put my hand on his shoulder.
"It's ok man." I said. Troy was just standing there when I saw him look at my ankle and gasp a little bit.
"Dude what happened!" He said pointing to my ankle.
"Oh um I tripped and that's why I wasn't behind Ben anymore. I tripped over some log thing. Guys I can't exactly walk on this leg." I said.
They both grabbed one of my arms and held them around their shoulders. We limped back to camp and everyone was standing there smiling.
"Look who we found." Ben said.
Alex ran up and hugged me. I smiled and hugged her back lightly.
"Hey man." Shane said walking up to me and we shook hands. I looked around at everyone else.
"Guys, I…I've gotta tell you something." I said sitting down on one of the logs.
"We've got to do something about that leg." Ben said.
"Not right now, Ben. This is really important." I said. Everyone looked at me and sat down. I sighed and looked at my feet then back at them.
That's when I told them. I told them everything that I had heard those two guys say. I told them about the crypt that they were talking about. I told them about what they thought we were about to find out and I told them that they were looking for our camp.
"Wow." Ryan said.
"So this…this is serious?" Nicole asked. I nodded my head.
"But how much could they know? I mean how many of us do they think are on this island?" Jessica asked. She looked scared.
"I don’t know. All I know is they think that we know something that we shouldn't. I think that it's in our best interest that we DO know that something!" I said.
"What happens if they find out that we know?" Kyle asked.
"No idea. All I know is, if we know that, we can probably use it to our advantage." I said.
"What about the camp? Shouldn't we move the camp?" Paige asked. I shook my head.
"If we do, we risk moving it to an area that they are at right now." I said.
"So we should just stay here?" Matt asked. I nodded my head.
It got quiet for a second when suddenly we all heard a noise in the forest. I stood up and Ben put his hand on my shoulder.
"Stay here." He said with that intense look that he always had. I felt like I should have gone with him, but I stayed. He walked into the forest then I heard him stop.
"What are you doing here?" He shouted. Then we heard another loud noise. A loud noise that sounded like a gun shot. The girls screamed at the sound and we all ran into the forest. Desiray screamed and started to cry.
I was the last one of the group to get to the forest. I knew something was wrong too.
Everyone seemed like they were crying or about to cry.
I pushed my way through the crowd and stopped at the horrible sight. Ben was lying on the ground, blood on his shirt, and dead.
