Arachnid

Chapter 4

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Yugi yawned widely as he woke the next morning with the 10 other people all waking up as the sun rose. They had all taken turns last night to keep watch. Yugi sat up and grabbed his suitcase and started to head off with the rest of his group as they all headed along the beach, checking any suitcases for luggage that might belong to them or their friends.

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Ryou walked along the few people he’d found. They had woken that morning and had been walking for nearly 4 hours now. Ryou was so tired as were all of them. As they continued they noticed part of the plane sticking out of the ground. All the people with him cried out in joy and ran off leaving Ryou to carry Malik’s bag by himself.

“Selfish people. Leaving me alone while I take this by myself. How rude.” Ryou mumbled to himself.

The heat was getting to him and making him annoyed and agitated. As he got closer he started walking towards the shade of the trees. As he got there he collapsed on the ground laying on top of Malik’s bag.

“Ryou?... Ryou!”

Ryou looked around for the source of the voice to see Malik coming closer with his bag. Ryou smiled happily and as Malik sat next him he wrapped his arms around him laying limp.

“Malik you’re ok?”

“Yeah I’m fine, few small minor cuts. You?”

“Nice bruise on my rib that’s it. Where’s Yugi?”

“He’s not here. I haven’t seen him since before I blacked out.”

“Me neither. I hope he’s ok.”

“Same here.”

Malik held Ryou up and brought one of their suitcases and pushed his behind him to keep him up. Ryou frowned before Malik jumped off before coming back with someone from the group of people he’d met who was a doctor.

“Hi I heard you had a bruise on your rib. Mind if I have a look?”

Ryou shook his head and lifted his shirt to show that black bruise that sat there. The man pushed and prodded around before placings Ryou’s shirt back down.

“You’ll be happy to know that there is nothing broken. It’s just badly bruised so it will hurt if you bump it.”

“Thankyou.”

The man nodded and walked off again. Malik smiled and sat down next to him. They were seated away from the rest of the group in the shade.

“Hey I snagged 3 backpacks from other luggage’s I found on my way here. We can use them to put some clothes, food and water in. We can then hide our bags somewhere in this front part of the jungle till we come back.”

Ryou nodded. “What about Yugi?”

“We are apparently staying here till tomorrow morning before we head into the jungle. Let’s hope he gets here soon.”

“Yeah.”

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It was close to night fall now and Yugi and his group were all tired, some had been carrying bags that they had found that were theirs or a friends or family members. Yugi was so exhausted and his arm that was carrying his bag in was nearly dead. Because he couldn’t use his other hand he had to use his good one which he thought was about to fall off.

“Hey! What’s that?” Someone from the front of the group said.

“Looks like part of the plane!”

“There’s a fire there!”

“Looks like there’s people too!”

“Quickly!”

Yugi nearly collapsed right then and there but he had to force himself to keep going just to hopefully see if Ryou and Malik made it there. Yugi found Malik and Ryou’s luggage near the edge of the camp and he sat his down and collapsed on the ground.

“I need someone to bring that boy water hurry.” Someone yelled out.

Yugi just ignored it, getting ready to fall asleep when someone knelt next to him. Yugi looked up to see man in his 40’s holding a bottle of water.

“Here drink.”

“No someone else will need it more than me. I’ll be fine.”

“No you will. I’m a doctor now drink.” Yugi sighed and sat up, taking the bottle and slowly took sips. “What happened to your wrist?”

“I don’t know it was....”

“YUGI”

Yugi turned his head hearing his name and saw Malik and Ryou running over before they collapsed the ground next to him and hugged him tightly. Yugi nearly burst into tears, he was so glad they were alright.

“You were saying?”

Yugi looked back at the man. “It was like that when I woke on the beach.”

The man nodded and slowly started to remove the bandage he’d made out of the shirt and placed it on the ground. Malik picked it up and opened it out before he snorted to hold in his laughter. Yugi rolled his eyes before yelping, which stopped Malik’s laughter.

“I’m going to have to straighten it out you know. That way at least it will heal more on it’s own. It’s surprisingly not broken, you’ve just sprained it and it’s bent itself slightly and I’m guessing you weren’t game to touch it, yes?”

“Yeah.”

“Alright I’ll be back in a minute. I’m going to get some proper bandages.”

Yugi nodded and looked at Ryou and smiled he was glad they were both ok. Yugi moved to lay down when he felt something other than sand and looked up to see Malik sitting behind him. Yugi smiled and relaxed as Malik ran his hand through his hair.

“You guys hurt?”

“Yeah Ryou has a nice bruise and I have small scratches everywhere.”

“At least it isn’t anything bad.”

“Listen Yugi when the doctor comes back I want you to sleep ok. Tomorrow we’re all heading into the jungle to head up to the top of the mountain to hopefully get a signal for someone to rescue us.”

“Ok but Malik have you heard anything since you woke in the island?”

“What do you mean Yugi?” Ryou asked, having just listened in the whole time.

“Like loud crashing noises. I did when I first woke and haven’t since.”

“No I haven’t. Ryou?”

“No, but I feel like I’m being watched. Not just by one set of eyes but many though it only felt like one person watching.”

Yugi nodded, showing he did too before both looked at Malik who gave one small nod. Malik grabbed Ryou’s hand and tugged him closer till he sat right beside him.

“Ryou and I will take turns watching either Yugi or the other sleep. I would bring you in Yugi but your too tired, your already struggling to stay awake. Now at night fall we’ll sleep close to the fire and away from this over grown hill side.”

Yugi and Ryou nodded just as the doctor came back and he got Malik to stuff part of Yugi’s mouth with the shirt he used as a bandage, Yugi having not wanted that in his mouth so he just glared at Malik. The doctor quickly bent Yugi’s wrist back straight and Yugi screamed around the shirt and was bitting it hard, tears leaked from his eyes. Ryou wiped them away before Malik took the shirt from his mouth after the doctor had finished strapping it. Yugi now couldn’t bend his wrist in any direction.

“This is just for a day so after tomorrow you can take the bits of wood out and just wrap it properly. You know how to do that?” Yugi nodded. “Ok. I’ll see you three later. Make sure he gets some food and more water.”

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 End of Chapter 4