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Jayed crossed his legs, using his arms to stay up. "Eira, do you know what's wrong with him?" The girl touched Quinn's forehead once again, shrugging. Jayed could tell she was concealing her reaction to his temperature, which made him a little worried. It didn't get better, did it? "It must be from running or something, how would he have caught anything here? We're the only humans on this island."
"There's plenty of bacteria on the trees and in the grass, I doubt running gives you a fever and makes you puke that much," Lany said. "Plus, he might have brought it from school. I wouldn't be surprised if it just started acting up." He sharpened his piece of strong bark even more with the rock, making something sharp enough to act as a knife. He had a weird knack for using his surroundings to his advantage.
"Why not?" Jayed asked. "He was perfectly fine on the plane!"
"I'm sure Jayed's right," Quinn said. "I probably just ran too much."
"Sure you did," Lany said sarcastically. "What do you think, Eira?"
Her head shot straight up and looked at Lany as if he had just asked her to present a speech to a group of people. Once again, she shrugged.
"Is Quinn going to die?" Jayed said out of the blue, eyes widening and heartbeat quickening. He can't die! Jayed couldn't loose his best friend!
"No!" Quinn exclaimed, shocked. "Jayed, really?" Eira shook her head, which made Jayed much calmer.
"Well..." Lany started nervously. Quinn smacked his hand.
"What the hell, Lany?! Why would you even say that?! I'm not even sick, I don't feel sick! I'm not going to die!"
"Oh, you're sick, alright," Lany said. He gave a sympathetic look that Jayed hoped was real.
"No, I'm not! I just ran a lot! Honest!" He insisted, but by the look of his face, Jayed was pretty sure he was holding something back and trying to swallow it.
"Quinn, you're sick. Your face is green, apparently you threw up a bunch when I left, and you can hardly walk," said Jayed. "We need to get you more water."
"No!" Lany said, grabbing Jayed's wrist to stop him from getting up. "It's not safe out there."
"I thought you killed it," He asked, confused. "If it's dead, why are we still hiding out here?"
Lany sighed. "Are you really that gullible? That was just one of the monsters. It explains why it wasn't injured at all after Quinn hurt that one on the beach, and how it's so fast. There are probably hundreds of them, hiding."
Jayed's eyes went wide, slowly sitting back down. Hundreds? There were only 16 of them left, they stood no chance against hundreds of monsters! Eira, looking frightened as well, backed up a little from Lany and Quinn. "Y-You know what," Jayed started, voice full of nerves and a fake chuckle. "I-I'll just stay here, I-I'm sure they'll bring back e-enough to last."
