Flight 29 Down – When the World Falls Apart
Chapter 1 – A Snag
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Note –
This takes place right after Regrets.
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Melissa walked back to camp with Daley, trying to wipe her tears away. She walked into the tent.
"How're you feeling?" she asked Jackson cautiously.
"Better than before." He said.
"Good." Melissa said. He rolled over so he was facing her.
"Thanks for being so brave." He said.
"What?" Melissa said.
"Taylor left because she didn't want to catch whatever I have. You didn't care. Shows what kind of a friend you are. That's a really good one." He smiled for the first time that day.
Melissa smiled back. "Do you want any water or food?"
"Just a little water." He said, and closed his eyes again.
Melissa went to get some water for him.
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Taylor was boiling the water. "Gosh, why do I have to do this? Oh yeah, cause Melissa is in some kind of trauma about Jackson." She grumbled. She heard someone coming as she put the rag on top of the can to filter the water. She looked up and saw Melissa and Daley.
She figured they were talking about Jackson, because she heard "much better" and Melissa was kind of smiling.
Melissa picked up one of the three water bottles that Taylor had boiled. "You might want to go a little faster." Melissa said, not trying to be mean.
"Well, at least I'm doing some work, unlike YOU!" Taylor retorted.
"This is for Jackson! At least I'll go in the tent!" Melissa yelled.
"HEY!" Daley yelled. "Really! What is your deal?" Melissa simply glared at Taylor and walked away. When Taylor didn't respond, Daley rolled her eyes and followed after Melissa.
Taylor pulled her hand away from the water can and heard a ripping noise. Her eyes widened and she looked down. "Oh no."
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Melissa handed Jackson the water bottle. He sat up and closed his eyes.
"Are you okay?" Melissa said frantically.
"Yeah, just a little dizzy." He popped the top of the water bottle open and took a sip, then laid back down.
"Well, we'll let you sleep now." Daley said, and she and Melissa left the tent.
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"I'm going to get so much grief for this." Taylor said. Her fingernail had snagged on the rag they filtered with. Now there was a hole in it. It was right in the middle too. With her luck, they probably didn't have any other rags. That meant no filtered water. Which meant they could either dehydrate or be in Jackson's state.
"What are you going to get so much grief for?" Nathan asked. He was standing behind her with Daley.
"Uh, nothing." Taylor tried to hide the rag, but too late.
"Taylor! Did you rip the rag?" Daley cried.
"Uh…"
"You did, didn't you?" Nathan said.
"We have more, right?" Taylor said fearfully.
"Yeah, one that we wash dishes with." Daley said.
"This is bad, isn't it?" Taylor said.
"Naw!" Nathan said.
"Is that can already boiled?" Daley asked.
"Yeah." Taylor said. Daley poured it into a water bottle that was half full. Just when Taylor remembered it wasn't boiled. She didn't say anything though. Maybe she could dump it out later. But no, they only had three left, not including the one Melissa took to Jackson. Somebody would notice it was gone.
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Daley and Nathan left to go look for something else to use. Before Taylor could think of a way to get rid of the bottle, Melissa walked over, picked it up, and took a sip from it, and left.
Taylor ran to get the first aid manual. Maybe it would have a way to prevent someone from getting sick.
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A/N: Not much of a cliffhanger, but you can still wonder what's going to happen. (rubs hands together evilly.)