Stranded

Ryan's mouth was dry, his body felt like he fell from the top of his apartment building. Ryan remembered the crash. The helicopter's engine sputtered the engine died. The helicopter plummeted at a surprising speed. The helicopter smashed into a pine tree the pilot's head slammed into the controls. The helicopter smashed into another tree, Ryan's head flew forward and hit the controls the helicopter flew left slamming into the ground.

Ryan looked around the helicopter, Ryan checked the pilots pulse, and he was dead. "Poor guy" Ryan said. He unstrapped himself he got out the helicopter. The helicopters tail had broken off luckily the helicopter didn't explode or catch on fire. He headed to the tail of the helicopter he got his bag. Ryan checked the bag to make sure nothing broke it contained clothes, a lighter, a tactical knife, and a picture his family, Ryan's Mom and Dad and his brother Stanley. He put the bag on and staggered to the nearest tree he sat against the tree. Ryan finally dozed off in an uncomfortable, light sleep.

Ryan awoke to the sound of howling. Great wolfs, Ryan thought. He decided to make a fire he collected sticks from the trees and grabbed a few pinecones. Ryan laid down the sticks and struck a match, He threw the match into the pile the pinecones caught fire first then the sticks. Ryan sat down next to the fire Ryan looked around he thought he saw something dark move from tree to tree. Ryan decided he needed sleep he tried as best he could to fall asleep; soon he dozed off into another fitful sleep.

Chapter 2 

 When Ryan woke he was surprised about how cold it was. Last he checked it was July 28. Ryan decided he should see the surrounding area he looked up to see what tree was the tallest he climbed up the tallest pine

When he reached the top his heart sank and he felt like vomiting There were hundreds of crashed helicopters and planes some looked new but others were old and rusted. Then there was a spark of hope when Ryan saw a log cabin. All the sudden Ryan lost his grip and fell he tried to grab some branches but they only cut him and slowed his fall Ryan. He landed in a pool of mud. Ryan was surprised of how deep the mud was. Ryan tried to climb out of the mud but the mud closed around him sucking him in. He finally escaped he looked around for water. He found a small pond near his camp. He tried to run towards the camp but he felt like he had cement blocks on his legs but when he made it he took his pants and shirt off and laid it into the pond. He tried to scrub the mud off. Ryan's hand brushed against something slimy. He looked down he saw a bunch off gray brown fish. He remembered in science class that he learned about those fish, Bull Trout was their name and they were edible. He needed a spear or something to kill the fish he couldn't use his knife it was to essential and it had sentimental value to Ryan it was a gift from his brother before left. Before he died.

Chapter 3

It was a hot early summer day, about ninety degrees. Ryan sat on the branch of the maple tree in the back of his house. He saw a green and brown jeep pull up. Two men in black uniforms walked up to the front door. Ryan climbed out of the tree ran through the back door. Ryan's mother was crying, "Stanley's dead" she said. Ryan started to cry too. The knife was the only thing Ryan had left of Stanley.

Ryan grabbed a stick he had to make sure it was a good size. When he found a good stick he started his way back to camp. When he got there he got into a fresh outfit. He sat at the camp making a crude spear, or a sharp stick Ryan thought. When he was done he went to the pond his clothes were a bit cleaner he took them to hang then he tried to stab the fish but they darted away too fast. He had an idea he held his spear in the water. When a fish came under he stabbed the fish it worked. He had his dinner. Ryan made his way back to camp. He prepared the fish he but on a stick and he made the fire again. He held the fish over the fire. Only when the fish was a golden color did he take it off. After he ate the fish he went to the pond and took a drink. He went back to camp and fell asleep.

Chapter 4

Ryan woke up with the sun shining on his head. He decided he was going to make his way towards the cabin. Ryan packed his bag he went to the pond to take a drink. Ryan dropped his bag and climbed the nearest tree he looked for the cabin. Ryan started walking in the direction of the cabin. A few hours later he decided to set up camp he started a fire. Suddenly he heard a rustling in the bush. Ryan jumped up grabbed his spear and knife. Then a rabbit jumped out but it was wounded their was an arrow in its leg. Ryan stabbed the rabbit in the head with his knife. He skinned and cleaned the rabbit. Just then behind someone said, "Can I stay here awhile?" Ryan jumped and grabbed his knife, "Who are you what's your name?" Ryan demanded. "Dean." The boy said calmly. The boy was a bit older than Ryan around 16 or 17. "So can I stay awhile or not?" Dean asked calmly. "Sure." Ryan answered. After Dean and Ryan cooked and ate the rabbit dean explained that he had a village about 20 miles out. He said he'd return tomorrow. "Sure I'll go with you." Ryan said. Dean woke Ryan the next morning it was a cold cloudy morning. "C'mon let's get going." Dean said. "Ok, ok." Ryan said. Ryan stood up and stretched. "Ok let's go" Dean said

Chapter 5

A few hours the later they arrived at the village. The village contained two huge farms to the west side and there was a makeshift playground and an armory to the east side, and the remaining areas were houses. Metal and wooden walls surrounded the entire village. There was a gate to the north and south you could enter from. Ryan stared awestruck at the village. " How long has this been here?!" Ryan stuttered out. "About 8 years." Dean answered. As they entered the village Ryan was asked a series of questions like; how did you get here, how did you survive, is there anyone else alive, etc. When Ryan was done he joined with Dean again. Dean showed him to a vacant cabin. All of the cabins were small and crude but they kept the weather out and provided privacy. Then Dean gave him a bunch of supplies and weapons; A bow and arrow, a medium quiver, 10 iron tipped arrows, 5 stone tipped arrows and 5 wooden tipped arrows, and pads. "Hand-me-downs" Dean explained, "From retired hunters."

"Thanks, Dean" Ryan said. "No problem. Tomorrow I'll tell you what you're job will be. I'll let you relax now bye."

"Bye"

The next morning Ryan woke up early. He went outside and started walking to the rec center when Dean called out to him, "Hey, Ryan over here!" Ryan walked over to what must be Deans house " Yeah, what's up Dean." Ryan said, "Come. I have something to show you." Ryan followed dean to a shooting range with hay dummies and targets. "You're new job is to help protect the village and hunt for food. You should practice with you're bow. The hunters are going out for a hunt later if you want to go."

"Thanks dean, and I'll be there," Ryan said.

Later that day when the hunters were about to go out, Ryan grabbed his bow and quiver. He ran to the gate where a bunch of hunters were gathering. Just then a tall athletic looking man said, " alright all the hunters ready. We'll all go in small groups of two. I will be picking the groups. When your partner is assigned to you, you will go out and gather food. When you return, you will go to the hunters cabin and report what you've caught."

Chapter 6

Ryan got paired with a guy named Bruce. Bruce was about twice Ryan's age. They headed off into the north woods. Just then there was a rustling in the bushes, Ryan nocked and an iron arrow Bruce pulled out his spear and knife. Something ink black lunged at Bruce, it knocked Bruce over. Ryan shot his bow and hit the creature in the side, it howled in pain and then bit into Bruce's left arm Ryan ran at it but it swatted him aside. Ryan felt blood trickle down from his nose. The creature took a bite out of Bruce's neck, just as it was about to lunge at Ryan someone shot the creature when the bullet pierced the creature's hide it died instantly. The person who shot the creature was Dean. "What was that?" Ryan asked Dean as they headed towards Bruce's limp body, "A werewolf" Dean answered

"That's impossible, werewolves aren't real!" Ryan said

"Yes, they are real." Dean said impatiently, "Let's get back to the village before more come."

What they saw at the village was horrible a mass of werewolves were attacking the villagers. Several homes were on fire, and there were a few dead bodies on the ground "Hurry let's go!" Dean commanded

Chapter 7

When they got to the village Dean went to the armory and grabbed 2 silver infused spears. Dean tossed one to Ryan They ran out into the village stabbing and slashing at werewolves. A few grueling hours later, Dean stabbed the last werewolf in the village. The people of the village tried to put out the fires with handfuls or buckets of water. Dean and Ryan helped out, when Ryan was done he made his way home, His house had a few scratch marks and a dent the size of a person, and there was a strange sticky red liquid on the floor and plenty of scratches. Ryan avoided the blood, and made his way to his bed. He collapsed on his bed and fell asleep instantly.

The next morning, Ryan sat up; He went to the cafeteria; the cafeteria was a small wood building with a few large tables outside and a fire in the middle. Ryan grabbed cherries, bread and mushroom soup. While he was eating Dean walked in he grabbed food and walked towards Ryan's table and sat next to him. "Where are we, Dean?"

"In Canada. On an island" Dean answered

"Oh." Ryan Mumbled

When Ryan finished eating he went to his house and grabbed his bow and wooden spear. He went into the north woods heading towards the wreckage where the plane and helicopter crash happened.

When he got there he went to the newer planes first he checked the cockpits. In one plane he found a blanket and a small pillow, He also found a lighter, in another he found a first aid kit and in another one he found a set MRE's, there were 30 of them.

While he was checking a helicopter he heard the sound of a helicopter. Ryan ran out from the rusty plane he was checking, He saw the helicopter just above the horizon. Ryan decided to make a fire, he grabbed as many sticks as he could, laid them in a mini pyramid, and he lit a stick on fire and stuck it under the fire. When he looked up the helicopter was almost overhead but suddenly the helicopter started plummeting.

Chapter 8

Ryan started to follow where the helicopter was crashing. He ran through the woods and almost hit his head on branches. When the helicopter finally crashed into land Ryan checked to make sure there were any survivors; nobody survived. As he walked home in silence he heard a strange sound. It sounded like somebody who was in pain. Ryan headed to where he heard the noise. "Ugh uh damn" someone said in a strained voice, it was definitely a guy. As Ryan approached where the noise was coming from Ryan heard another voice, "Huh this one survived." The voice sounded familiar, it sounded like a Dean.

Chapter 9

As Ryan was about to walk up to Dean, he heard a gunshot. Ryan hid behind a tree, as he stuck his head out Dean was walking away from the body towards Ryan. As Dean walked past Ryan charged at Dean and tackled him, Ryan hit Dean with a right hook to the face then a left hook. Ryan took Deans gun and smacked him with the butt knocking him out cold. Ryan went to check out the body, he checked the body; all he found was a matchbook and a photo of the guy and his family. As Ryan stood there was a sharp pain on the back of his head as the world spun and his vision blurred and darkened. The last thing he saw was Dean standing over him with a rock in hand grinning at him.

Chapter 10

As Ryan awoke Dean was just arriving to the cave Ryan was in. Ryan tried to get up but his arms and legs were tied together and attached to a log. Dean walked over to Ryan with a sickening grin, "Well, well, well. Look who's awake." Dean said. Dean punched Ryan in the face and spat on him, "That's for hitting me with my own gun, and this is for tackling me." Dean said as he kicked Ryan in the face. As Ryan was about to pass out again Dean splashed him with cold water, "Oh no, you can't pass out yet, you'll miss all the fun. I'll be back with more stuff don't go anywhere, Ok? Ok." Dean said. As Dean left Ryan checked his back pockets where he put the matches, "Yes, he didn't take them." Ryan said to himself. Ryan pulled out the matchbook. He also ripped his shirt. He tried to strike a match, only to fail. He tried again and succeeded he tried to light the rope on fire, but it didn't light it only burnt his fingers. He struck another match and lit the rope on fire when the rope was thin enough he extinguished the fire before it burnt him with the cloth. Ryan pulled on the rope until it snapped. He untied his feet but he retied to make it look like he was still tied except it was extremely loose so he could get out, he put his arms behind his back as if tied down.

When dean returned he had a bag slung on his shoulder

"I'm back, miss me?" Dean announced. Dean opened the pack to reveal a wooden club, a knife, and a lighter, gasoline and strange leafs powders and paper. When Dean turned around Ryan grabbed a rock from his side and threw it as hard as he could at Dean when it hit Dean, Ryan sprinted he clotheslined Dean and stomped his head knocking him out. He grabbed his spear and bow he also grabbed the bag dean brought. Ryan sprinted out of the cave until he got dizzy and his vision blurred. Ryan stopped and caught his breath, He decided to go to the village to get some stuff and stay away from it until he was ready to take down dean.

When he made it to the village he grabbed his pads and grabbed food from the cafeteria he ate some then and saved the rest for later then he headed off into the woods and headed on until he couldn't go on. He decided not to make a fire in case Dean was looking for him.

Chapter 11

A noise awoke Ryan from his sleep; he instinctively grabbed his spear and took cover behind a tree. After a couple of seconds he stuck his head out to see what the noise was, just as he stuck his head out a small brown and white rabbit leaped past following it was its kit. After a couple of minutes Ryan decided it was safe to come out he sat in front of the tree and dozed off again

When Ryan woke up he was starving. He reached into his bag and grabbed an apple as he ate he gathered up his stuff, as he finished packing part of the bark on the tree next to him exploded. Someone shot at him and it just barely missed his head he sprinted to the nearest tree grabbing the bag, as he was running he felt a white-hot pain in his shoulder. He cried out in pain and fell to the ground. He tried to get up but the pain in his shoulder was unbearable. He heard Dean chuckle at his attempt to get up. Dean walked over to Ryan and stood over him, he stuck his thumb into Ryan's bullet hole. When Dean pulled his thumb out Ryan kick Deans knee as hard as he could, he heard the snap of Dean's leg. Dean cried out in pain and fell backwards. Ryan tried to sit up but the pain in his shoulder made his vision blur and darken but he fought through it. He grabbed Deans gun, He cocked it and pointed it at Dean. Ryan un-cocked the gun he walked away from Dean, he couldn't bring himself to killing anyone. Ryan headed to the village. As he was walking his vision blurred more and the world started spinning, Ryan fell to the ground and passed out from blood loss.

He woke up in the village infirmary, his shoulder was patched up and his body was numb,

"You're awake." Someone said, Ryan looked to where the voice came from; it came from a middle-aged man in a hunting vest and jeans.

" Who are you?" Ryan asked,

"The man who saved your life, I found you passed out while on hunting, hauled you back and the doc fixed you up."

" Oh, thanks." Ryan said

" Hey what happened doc said you got shot who shot you?"

"Dean." Ryan replied

"Where is he now?"

"Probably still in the woods, I broke his leg during the fight."

"Damn kid." The man said

"What's your name?" Ryan asked

"Tom, yours?"

"Ryan"

"Alright well nice to meet you Ryan. I gotta go."

When Ryan got out of the infirmary he went to the cafeteria. While he was eating one of the people who governed the village made the announcement of a mandatory meeting.

At the meeting one of the co-leaders announced that Dean had gone missing and that they will send search parties to look for him and they will assign groups at a later time, he also talked about a surplus of food so they will be able to give a little extra at meal times. As the meeting closed to an end Ryan stood up and as he was at the door tom caught up to him and said, "Didn't you say Dean attacked you while you were out there?"

"Yeah, why?"

"You should probably go to the leaders and tell them about what happened while you were out there, kid."

"Yeah, I probably should."

As Ryan walked back to his cabin he thought about whether or not he should go to the leaders to tell them about Dean. When he got to his cabin he pushed open the flap covering the opening and walked over to the wooden chair it wasn't the most comfortable chair but he didn't care. He decided against telling the leaders about Dean. He walked to his bed and tried to sleep but every time he moved pain shot up his shoulder where his bullet wound was, but he finally fell into a fitful, dreamless sleep.

Chapter 12

Ryan woke up to the sound of hushed voices he looked outside and saw a small group of people sneaking towards the gate. Ryan's curiosity got the best of him and he grabbed his bow, quiver, and knife and he followed them to the woods. One of the men said, "Why did he call this meeting for?"

"I don't know when we get there you can ask him yourself." Replied a woman

What meeting, and who called it wondered Ryan. As he followed the people they stopped by a tree and one of them, the woman, said, " He should be around here somewhere he etched the meeting symbol in the tree."

As they continued forward he studied the symbol, it was an owl with a swirl like design on its stomach, as he walked forward he tripped on a log and landed in a bundle of leaves, pain shot up his arm as he fell

"What the hell was that!" the man yelled as he nocked an arrow, Ryan humbly got up and bolted back to the direction of the village. He tried to ignore the pain in his shoulder, as he looked back an arrow whizzed past his eye. He saw the light of the village, he ran into the village ran through some alleys and charged into is house nocking an arrow and aiming at the door, after a couple minutes past he put the arrow back in the quiver and laid down to think about what he saw and heard. Soon Ryan fell asleep without even noticing

Chapter 13

When Ryan woke up he decided to go hunting. He grabbed his bow and knife. When he got into the woods he decided to investigate the owl symbol. Soon he found the owl symbol he decided to find where the meeting place was. He went deeper in the woods past the owl symbol soon Ryan found and oak tree with the same symbol he walked past it climbing over bramble, even though it still scratched him. He soon reached a circular clearing. In the middle was a circle of smoldering ash. That must have been put out recently Ryan thought.

As he stood up and turned around to see a tall buff man, the man hit Ryan with a hook to the chin and followed up with a gut punch. Ryan fell holding his stomach; the man knocked Ryan out with a final punch.

When Ryan woke he was back in the clearing. It was now night and the fire was lit and now they're the people he saw last night were also there.

"So it was you." Said the guy

"What should we do with him, kill him." The girl said over eagerly.

"Lets kill him." The guy said

"Kristen you go make sure no one followed him, Paul you check his ropes." The man in charge said to them the man, Paul, checked his roped tightened them and whispered in his ear, "I can't wait to kill you."

To be continued...