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I looked up "Holy s**t LAND!!! I put on og my massive arms over the edge and started stroking, with that fish in my stomach it felt like my ebergy was back. We started going west, once we got ourselves working together well, we headed faster in that direction. All most there, I thought.

Persephone leaped off the boat on all fours and began gathering things for the roof or the shelter. She found a small stream, that seemed to be leading to a river. "Hey Zander, will you help me find this river?" She asked leaping over to him. "It will be good to have fresh water, and there are probably fish that I can catch." She Smiled widely hoping he wasn't to busy.

Persephone and I headed down the river. I kept listening and smelling to make sure everything was sound. I really felt uneasy. I hated new places, had no sice of security or safety, but hey I'd really like to see something take me on,heh. The river was getting wider, the water was getting a little darker showing it was getting deeper. I listened again, all I heard was the swaying of the tree that weren't blown down and the rustle of leaves as we walked. Persephone found a spot on the bank she liked and went to it. I sat the opposite way keeping an eye out for anything.

She smiled at the river, she could see the fish floating down it, "I'm gonna go catch some, fish, will you watch out for me." She jumped onto a rock that was sticking out of the water and perched on it like a cat, she stood as still as she possibly could, so she wouldn't disturb the fish. She saw a fish floating by and reached out a pawed at it. "Here catch." She tossed the fish to Zander.

Persephone blushed lightly when Zander got hit in the head with a fish, she giggled, "I guess that's enough for now." As she said that something had grabbed hold of her leg and pulled her under the rushing water. She let out a high pitched scream, and tried to scratch at the monster. She was dragged under water, her breath was running short. But just before she thought she had no more air in her she found herself at the surface again. She took in as much air as possible and let out a loud scream, "Zander!" She was dragged under again. What was this thing, Persephone couldn't get a good look at it. It was to blurry to see.

Terran went out to help in whatever way he could. He ended up fashioning a sort of backpack/sling and was gathering small branches to use as firewood. He passed by a small river and saw Persephone catching fish and throwing them to Zander. Zander seemed to be more and more transfixed as she sat there, and eventually lost track of his catching ability, allowing a fish to slap in in the head. Terran laughed to himself, something he hadn't done since the events of the alleyway, and pressed on. Not to far after that he heard a subtle *splash!*, but paid it no mind. He figured Zander just got lost oggling Persephone again and fell in the river. He finished gathering the firewood and made it back to the camp. The others had already contructed the frame of the shack. It seemed large at first, until Terran realized that all 10 of them were gonna be bunking in there. He saw Asuka off to the side, blasting scream after scream at some stumps, turning them into large splinters. Sousuke would then come over and grab them up, and used a rock as a hammer and the splinters as nails to help hold their construct together. Artemis, Alisha, and Sanju were stringing together leaves and twigs, making almost a stiff wallpaper substance that Terran assumed was going on the outside to keep the wind out. Freak was up in a tree, knocking coconuts down, and occassionally snatching passerby birds out of midair and throwing their dead bodies down to be cooked later. Joe was busy lining heavy stones up in a ring. I went to him and laid down the firewood. "Here, whenever you're done with that, the wood is ready. Not sure how we're gonna start a fire, though, but we have the wood and now apparently the pit." Joe just nodded at this and continued his slow pace. Terran decided to try to scale the rock wall that was about 50 ft. away from where they landed ashore. He did so, with some difficulty, but not much, and sat at the edge of the cliff. The sun was beginning to set. He started to get worried. Zander and Persephone weren't back yet. But soon his worries faded as he heard light footsteps behind him. He turned and was face-to-face with Alisha. She sat down on his still-armed side. "Whatcha doin?" She asked as she watched the sun start to set. "Just... thinking, you know. ~sigh~ I dunno. I just can't believe all this. Our island was destroyed. I don't even know how many of my friends made it out. I watched as Cidric sacrificed his life to save me. I'm still crippled. But... I dunno... Something Artemis said... something in her tone and her action... it just made me realize that I need to press on." He sat silent for a while. Alisha leaned over and rested her head on Terran's shoulder. "You know, Terran... I've always admired you. I mean, you're a little cocky, but within reason. I guess confident is the word. Sure, you get carried away sometimes, but you've always been confident. And good. I ran with Sam for a while, as you know, but I never liked him that much. He was a coward. And now..." She lightly reached around and touched the bandages where Terran's arm once was. "...Well.. I'm proud of you. I mean, you had that moment where you were down, but you're recovering from it. Quite well. I'm proud of you." She kissed him on the cheek and got up to go back and join the others. Terran sat for a while longer watching the orange sun finishing disappearing under the horizon.

Zander and Persephone had left, following a stream. Terran had seemed to regain his spirits and was helping Sousuke and the others gather building materials. I started to help at first, then realized that we needed someone to scout out the island. I slunk away into the jungle surrounding the beach. I opened my infrared eyes so I could see if there were any people, or at the very least, small animals that we could use for food. There didn't seem to be anything, not even birds, which was strange, considering we had just seen some before we got to the island. I kept walking, looking for some fruit or something to eat. I suddenly heard a noise behind me. I looked back, but couldn't see anything. I opened my infrared eyes, but still nothing. Whatever it was, it must have been very stealthy. Or, I thought suddenly, it could just be cold blooded. I wouldn't be able to pick up heat signatures from something that didn't give them off. I kept walking, looking back from time to time, but still nothing.