Rhea Brenner's Story

"If only she were a doctor..." Muttered Oliver. He wasn't sure that he was confident with Emily's field medicine, as he was positive that she has never worked with burns before, especially ones the size he has. Still, she was the most 'certified' it seems... "Okay, Oliver. This will be kind of cold and probably feel really weird but it should take effect immediately and help relieve the pain quite a bit." Emily said, getting some form of paste ready. "Great..." He braced for pain, despite what she said. She put her hands on his back and he winced. The paste was weird, almost like honey, mixed with weird shit. It hurt when she put her hands on his back, but as soon as the stuff started getting spread around, it actually started feeling good. Oliver sighed. The water felt good, but didn't feel like this. This wasn't as relaxing, but it was certainly working. "This better work..." He muttered. "Alrighty tighty, you're all set. I hope that helps. If it still hurts tomorrow, I can put on some more." She said, standing as much as the shelter would allow. "Yeah, alright." He crawled out and stood up. His back felt better already, but not much. He saw Rhea looking out over the water and turned to look where she was looking. The sea... There was something about the sea that Oliver couldn't put his finger on... It was just so... So... Oliver couldn't think of a word, he just stood there, looking out over the vast expanse.

Chloe patted the peanuts in her pockets once she was done. She laughed a little about how bulgy her thighs looked now. "Man, we're living it. Got water, peanuts, the gun." She nodded at that. Even though the peanuts wouldn't last super long, it was still nice to have something for now. "Pretty girl.." She heard him add. She didn't acknowledge what he just said, that wasn't something she ever did. She just gave a little laugh and then brushed it off.

"Alright, we should go back. Hide the gun somewhere and let's go." She then jumped off the plane and headed back towards the little camp area.
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Devon watched Emily work on Oliver for awhile, and then got bored. He turned to Rhea, who had followed Oliver into the shelter. He didn't exactly know why she was hanging with the crazy one, but he figured it was a sympathy thing. "Hey, your name is Rhea, right?" He smiled at her. She was looking off into the distance, so he tried to bring her attention back to the present. "I'm Devon, in case you didn't already know. You took a pretty big hit in that plane, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Hi Devon I'm Rhea..." She paused for a moment. "No I'm fine time will heal it." She looked over to him. Truely she wasn't a doctor and didn't really know how her leg was doing. For all she knew it could be infected. But she couldn't really feel and thing on that leg from her theigh down so...hopefully it wasn't rotting. "So I have barely seen you all trip. How has it been?" She was making conversation nicely. There wasn't anything else to do. "Wait...shouldn't we make an SOS sign?" Rhea always had good ideas and loved to voice them. Throwing a simple one out there was right now was probably a good idea.

Devon was somewhat relieved when Rhea said she was fine. He really didn't feel like doing anything. "So I have barely seen you all trip. How has it been?" She asked him. He shrugged. "Well, you know, we're on an island... It could be going better." He then saw a look cross over her face. It was the look someone got when they had a sudden idea. "Wait...shouldn't we make an SOS sign?" Devon felt a smile cross over his face. He felt kind of like a dick, but it was kind of funny. "I hate to be an asshole, but I don't think our problems are going to be solved just by spelling SOS in the sand. That shit only happens in movies." Then he cocked his head and looked at her. "But, if you want to try it, I'm sure we'd all be willing to help." He glanced back at the rest of the group. He didn't want to do any more work than necessary, considering it probably wouldn't do anything.

She had the peanuts in her pocket and patted them, laughing. Her thighs were wider than usual with the extra cargo. Leo noticed that she still wasn't responding much to what he told her, but he didn't mind much. Not like anyone else is jumping up at the opportunity. "Alright, we should go back. Hide the gun somewhere and let's go." He thought to himself what good would it be if they didn't have it with them? He reconsidered, and decided that it'd be better to not rush back with it. "I'll see if my hat made it." He opened the rest of his stuff, "it didn't.." He hid the gun and ammo with his charred possessions, and quickly followed Chloe.

"Any idea what they're doing over there?" pointing to Devon and Rhea. Leo'd been left out of the loop by going to a different school from the others, and didn't know about the reputation. Though, Leo cared about Rhea, and his paranoia only increased. Better not try anything.. His pockets moved, a reminder from the frog to get out. A smile emerged on Leo's face, and a terrible idea came with it. Before thinking about it, he acted. Any sense of self preservation were tossed aside as he placed the frog on Chloe's head.

Rhea was slightly annoyed that Devin had show. Little interest in her idea. "Okay...but what if a plan flys over. They won't be able to see us." She tried to use her most persuasive voice. The. She moved around trying to get up. She would do it by herself if no one else wanted to help. As she continued struggling on getting up rhea noticed Chlor and Leo nearing the camp. She honestly didnt want to be mad at Leo any more. So to show that she waved to him. But Leo wasn't looking, he had other plans that had to do with putting a frog on Chloe's head....

Chloe walked back with Leo. He had hidden the gun in a suitcase back in the plane. They walked to a shelter which basically had everyone in it. She didn't even have enough time to say hi before she felt something cold and slimy on her head. Before she could even ask what it was, she heard it croak. Immediately, she let out a very high pitched squeal, jumping into the air. This launched the frog off of her head and back into the sand.

Angrily she turned to look directly at Leo. "Are you fucking kidding me!? You know that I hate frogs! I specifically told you how gross they are, and you still did THAT!? Do you know how much time and effort I put into my hair every morning, and now it's ruined by frog slime!" She was fuming, and she could feel her face and neck flushing red. She then took a deep breath and narrowed her eyes at him. In a quiet, yet fierce voice, she whispered "You'll pay for that." She then turned and stormed out of the shelter.
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"Okay...but what if a plan flys over. They won't be able to see us." Devon sighed, placing a hand just below her shoulder, looking into her eyes. "Listen, I think it's logical to assume that the last thing a pilot is going to be doing while in the air is looking down below. I'm pretty sure they'd be too far up anyways to make out the letters. Why don't we just accept that we're going to be here for quite a long time."

He was interrupted by the arrival of Chloe and Leo. He was not happy to see Chloe. Sure, she was pretty attractive, but he didn't settle for girls like that. He may be a flirt, but he has standards. He was just about to say something to her, when he saw Leo put a frog on her head. The show that she put on was absolutely perfect. He couldn't stop laughing the entire time. He watched her leave, still smiling.

He then turned back to Rhea, deciding to make a deal with her. "Okay, Rhea. I may not be smart, but I used to be in boy scouts as a kid. There is a better way to attract a planes attention. You have to build a fire first, but keep a pile of wet leaves by the fire. If you hear a plane, throw the leaves on top. The smoke attracts attention. Does that work?" He gave her a nice smile.

Rhea thought about Devons idea for a moment. She looked down to where Devon had placed his arm and thought a moment. It sounded good actually, it would attracted attention for sure. "All right we can do that...Maybe later" Ray sighed. Leo and Chloe had entered the shelter but Chloe had not stayed for long. With a scream and a threat to Leo she was out again to cool off. nice one Leo Rhea smiled to him saying "Want to sit down?" She patted the ground next to her. "Hey everyone is together...mostly." She knew Timothy was gone and Chloe had left but at least Devon and Leo could meet. Devon was smart for suggesting his idea and she felt like she owed him one. But for now she had nothing and just sat silently pulling her legs up to her chest.

Once they got off this island things would be so different. She couldn't even imagine what her family would do. For the group of them that went to school together would they become cool or act like it never happened and never talk again...would Rhea's family sue the plane company and get enought money for a nice home? I have too much time to think here...

At first, Leo was smiling thinking it was great. Her shriek was slightly amusing, thought he began to feel guilt. The frog was launched to the sand, and Chloe turned to face him, She was ticked. "Are you fucking kidding me!? You know that I hate frogs! I specifically told you how gross they are, and you still did THAT!? Do you know how much time and effort I put into my hair every morning, and now it's ruined by frog slime!" He was laughing, and so was someone else, but his chuckling died down shortly. "It's not that bad. Told you ya look better without makeup and shit." Whispering, she spoke to him. "You'll pay for that." Leo's eyes widened with the threat. "Oh fuck..." He recovered the frog from the sand, grabbing a rock he ended it. It wouldn't squirm in his pocket that way.

It had set in to him that with the two people on this island that he'd actually cared to be with, one of them was now mad with him. The other was preoccupied with Devon, and wanted them to meet. "Want to sit down?" She'd pat next to her, but Leo declined. "Hang on, in a bit. I'll be back. I gotta fix that." He turned to leave, but stopped before exiting. "Save my seat." Running to catch up to her, he hadn't planned on anything to say. "Hey, did you know I'm here to stay? I'm sorry about that." Leo was honestly afraid, with no clue of what she would do, only hoping it wouldn't be too bad.

Chloe was staring at the sea, thinking about ways she could get back at Leo. Easiest thing to do would be tell everyone about how Leo found a gun and hid it. I could really sell it by running in there crying, saying that he threatened me not to tell anyone, but that wouldn't be necessary. Then again, that could end really badly, worse than I want, so I guess that's a little too much. She then heard someone run up behind her. Turning around, she saw it was Leo.

"Hey, did you know I'm here to stay? I'm sorry about that." She smiled slowly, sarcastically. "Oh, you don't have to apologize." She made sure her voice sounded sticky sweet and very fake. "I'm over it now." She turned around and walked further away from him. "It's not like I was thinking about telling them that YOU hid the gun. That would be crazy, wouldn't it." She let out a giggle.
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Devon watched Leo leave and sighed. "Poor bastard, got himself in too deep." He shook his head. "I still don't get why guys fall for chicks like that." He then shrugged and then went over to Emily, who was finished with Oliver. He sat down next to Emily and across from Rhea.

"So what do you girls think we should do next. I personally think we should get some guys together to kill some animals. Peanuts are good and all, but I'm craving meat."

Emily watched Devon's exchange with Rhea, and she was surprised to find a strange feeling in her chest. Am I jealous? Of Rhea and Devon? God, Emily, grow up. You knew he wasn't even serious in the first place... She sighed sadly, and chose to disregard her apparent jealousy and move on, although she wished she didn't need to. She had really started to like Devon, a lot.

"Y-yeah, I said that e-earlier," Emily said quietly in answer to Devon's question. She grimaced, knowing no one could hear her or understand her stutter. Thinking about her words first, she said louder and more clearly, "Yeah. Unfortunately, on an island, there won't be much except birds and fish. And snakes." Emily added that last part with a shudder. If anyone had the urge to eat a snake she would seriously wonder the status of their mental health.

"Spears are easy to make with a long stick and a sharp rock. Those are ideal for fishing with the lack of a fishing pole." She turned to the group, wiping the cream from her hands on her already dirty pants. She was wishing terribly for a shower, or even another rainstorm. I wonder if we can make soap? That would be nice...

She yawned, looking at the group and seeing the injured and the tired. They really weren't in good shape. "Well, I can get started on the spears. If someone wants to help, that'd be great but it's not necessary," she tried not to glance at Devon during her sentence, but she had to sneak at least one. Stop it, don't get attached. You said that you weren't going to get attached!

Biting her lip, she exited the shelter, heading farther towards the trees to look for good sticks for spears, not looking behind her to see if anyone followed.

Meat sounded good, seafood even better so when Emily spoke it only seemed to make the next meal seem farther away. "Yeah. Unfortunately, on an island, there won't be much except birds and fish. And snakes." Chloe then got up to go make spears to fish with.

Rhea sat in silence. Every one was here just a moment ago and now Leo, Chloe and Emily had all left. It would be hard to keep everyone as a group. Then with a little wiggling around Rhea was able to stand up. She wanted to talk to Leo badly but he couldn't stop chasing after Chloe. She also planned to go help Emily make spears and possibly start a fire. So Slowly but surely she stood up and using her crutch maneuvered out of the shelter and onto the beach "Devon you coming?" She glanced back into the shelter.

No one had incourage Rhea's presence any more and truly Leo must have found no interest in being around her. So after following behind Devon and Emily a little while she mumbled "I'm going to go into the forest a while..." Then she turned to the forest and made her way in. At first the bushes were high along the outside near the sand but once she was in it evened out and became easier to limp through. Rhea listened quietly as she walked. Maybe she would here a river babbling, then she could was herself. She felt disgusting, blood was dried along her body and side of her face. Her hair was matted and oily. A cold bath sounded amazing. So slowly but surely she walked farther in. As she went Ray remembered telling Leo no one should go in the forest alone...oops. Eh whatever it's not like anyone would notice she was gone anyways. So she hummed to herself and kept walking until she heard the sweet sound of water...

Yes! Ray happily reached the small river. She was eager to go in. The water wasn't more than 3 feet high and the current wasn't strong so she shed her clothes and dipped her toes in then slowly keeping her wounded leg out of the water she slide in and positioned herself comfortably. The water felt amazing and she watched dirt and blood flow away from her in the water. She rubbed her arms till them turned red and then she laid her head back on a rock and closed her eyes.

(OOC; no worries guys! haha she's going to take a tiny bit of time to herself i guess lol)

Leo observed Chloe shortly as she floated on her back. "I don't why everyone's freaking out so much about being here. I think it's pretty relaxing." "Trueee. People need to calm down.." Pushing forward his apathy and optimism. She'd gone under to wash her hair, though Leo didn't see the big deal about it, there we plenty of things that were much grosser than frog slime. She emerged and flipped her hair, water draining.

She'd spotted fish going around them, but Leo was distracted by her. "Hey, I think I know what dinner could be tonight. That is, of course, if someone here knows how to catch a fish without a pole." He noticed them when she pointed them out. "More frogs?!? Well what's the fun in that? No pole.." Leo started thinking of how to capture one. "Well, ain't no togue.. Hey, I got that frog, can probably get this." Though, he was still planning on how to get one. "Could stab em with a pole. Saw it on Animal Planet once. Gonna have to get something to do that with though.." He began to head back to the shore, to find something to stab the fish with.

He redressed himself, and intended to pass the shelters as Devon and Emily were getting mushy. Though, once he noticed Rhea was gone, he had to confront them. "Where'd she go?"

(OOC; Ain't getting away that easy ;P)

Ray sighed. The peace and quiet felt good, this would be the closest she ever go to a spa. It was time to wash her hair so she dipped it into the water and finger combed through it. the water felt fabulous on her scalp and after she finished Ray coveniently pulled a hair tye out her pocket. because there was so many knots in her hair it was easy to put up into a bun. But Rhea wanted to continue on so she wiggled her way out of the water and using her jacket she dried her self off. Then she slipped her tank top and shorts on. Deciding to leave her jacket behind as it would only be extra weight.

And with that she kept moving, down the river this time maybe a lake would come up some where...

OOC:sorry for the short post not at home :p)

Leo stood, trying to get answers but he was getting ignored. Frankly, it was pissing him off. They didn't pay any attention to him. They were only poking each other with sticks, calling each other names. "I got a bunch of names for you..." He was fuming. Leo wanted to clock them over the head. He held himself though. They didn't seem to notice him at all, and he rejoiced that he never met them. Good thing I slept with the ones I did last night. They might not like each other, but least they're observant. "None of you know? Thanks for fucking nothing!" He stormed off, leaving the two to just be mindless on their own. "Quit wasting my time.."

He ventured inland to find more sticks, hearing the same trickling of water. "More frogs." He went to it, finding Rhea's jacket. "Probably washed that crud off. Have to wrap her leg again..." Leo didn't mind that too much though. All it meant is he would have an excuse to get close to her again. "She might want this.." throwing the the jacket over his shoulder, and continuing on, hoping to find her. Shouldn't be hard too. Not like she's trucking it out of here with that limp.

With no lucky Ray kept walking. Her burned leg wasn't hurting but the one doing all the work seemed sore. So without telling herself no just keep walking Rhea sat down under a tree and took off her shoe to massage her foot. When she touched the other burned one she felt nothing. The peaceful scene surrounding her was alive with birds calling out to each other and Rhea took a second to memorize there noises. It was like a new song had come out, because she hadn't listened to music in more than 2 days. She decided she would head back for the camp when it got dark but until then she had plenty of time to explore some more, or just rest either would do.

Leo continued on, watching the water downstream, following the current. He found a decent stick that would get the job done. He plucked it up, careful not to drop her jacket in the mud. Looking over the steam it seemed deep enough to hold brook trout. Too bad there won't be any brookies. He sighed, and focused on moving ahead. It can hold frogs though.

The river hadn't made much progress, there were no ponds or anything. There might of been farther down, but Leo stopped short. She was under a tree, rubbing her foot. The birds were singing, she was sitting under a tree, it was something else. The colorful clothes she wears, and the way the sunlight plays upon her hair. Leo didn't want to interrupt the moment, but after the pause he went over to her. "You forgot this?" moving her jacket to his grip. He lowered himself next to her under the tree. "How's your leg holding up? It got you all the way out here," he'd chuckle. "You did a good job of finding water."

As Rhea sat quietly under the tree none other than Leo Shilstone had found his was through the forest and found her. He was carrying her slightly wet, old red jacket. "You forgot this?" He was smiling slightly at her in his normal joking matter. "I guess it a piece of junk though anyways." Rhea watched him sit down next to her and believe it or not it felt nice that he was paying attention to her for once. She hadn't talked to anyone since the fight last night and was glad for his presence. "How's your leg holding up? It got you all the way out here, you did a good job of finding water." He was laughing slightly. "Yeah I'm glad, it's fresh water too." Then she paused looking down at her leg. "It's okay...I just...well it is completely numb from my thigh down. So at least there is no pain" She poked a non burnt area of it then looked back up at him squinting her eyes in the light but also smiling. Rhea was actually tired and even though it might have been weird she rested her head on his shoulder and sighed. Not having to pick up her head realised the tiny head ache she had been having all trip.

"I guess it a piece of junk though anyways." Leo was glad to be able to sit, not having to listen to Chloe or anyone. It didn't matter much to him, going with her, but just sitting with Rhea.. was pretty nice. "Yeah I'm glad, it's fresh water too." "Even better." She started to speak about her leg. "It's okay...I just...well it is completely numb from my thigh down. So at least there is no pain." It seemed it was getting better. "True. Least it ain't hurting." She poked her leg and turned to him. The sun was lighting her face, and she was smiling up at him. Before he knew it, she had laid her head on his shoulder. Leo was surprised by it, but accepted it none the less. Keeping her head on his shoulder, he wrapped his arm around her.