Erin And Gwen

“I said,” Her co-pilot replied softly. “That we have to make a drop in Fiji. It’s not my idea so don’t get all pissy at me...”

They both sighed lightly in the dim cockpit. The engines low murmur was the only thing piercing the deep silence that Erin and Gwen had been sitting in for 12 hours, only to have 6 more hours to look forward to due to their new ‘mission’. Erin and Gwen met in college as freshmen and have been best friends ever since. They went through air-flight school, the air force, and everything else together which was comforting, but sometimes they wondered how things would be if the other just wasn’t there. They sat and stared out the window. The ocean was black and seemed endlessly deep and far. Close to the dark horizon the moon was white and a quarter full. Thousands of stars seemed to light up the dark mottled blue sky that was clear except for a few lingering clouds on the horizon.

“Gosh, it’s so pretty.” Gwen said in a dreamy tone.

She’s always been a dreamer, wanting to travel and go adventure in exotic places. Before she started college, she didn’t even really have a

“You know, the pains starting to go away, and we’ll be saved soon, so ill be ok, I just know it.” Gwen said with a smirk.

Erin sat, as she always did with her spare time, and stared out at the ocean. She thought, as she always did, about the two of them, and how funny it was that a week ago, everything was just so typical. Never, had she ever imagined that she would be in all places, stranded on an island with her best friend. She also thought if she ever did crash in the ocean, she’d never be lucky enough to actually land on an island, so much water, and so little land, you know. The odds seemed so high against them, she was amazed they made it this far and now they seemed to be getting rescued. ‘Close, but not quite’ she thought. ‘Oh well, it must just be one of those things that happen.’ As she looked around, she noticed the moon was gone. She closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.

Erin walked around the island humming a melody she’d been making to past the time the past few hours. She thoughtfully walked up the beautiful coast. She glanced into the dark forest that she hadn’t yet set foot in only to see the shine of a pair of eyes staring back at her. It was human and holding something. Erin froze in shock, and was more scared than relieved that there were other inhabitants on the island. ‘I should run… No, it’ll chase me and then I’ll be screwed especially with this leg.’ The Inhabitant looked her over and placed something in the dense underbrush. With that it disappeared into the forest.

“O.k. almost done…” Erin said as she concentrated on twisting two wires together.

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