The Survivors

Chapter 20-Darkness Lurks in the Shadows

**Time to kick things up a notch, you had your twenty chapters of calm and settling. It's time to show you what you all came for. I hope your favorite character survives...**

I've always loved the dark. The dark is my friend. My dear friend that's always been there for me. When the light disappeared it was the dark that comforted me. When everything was lost, the dark came. The dark is my friend tonight. Comforting me in it's thick blanket of shadows. Allowing me to hide from my new friends, or soon to be friends.

Those stupid muscle heads have no idea what any of this means. They have no idea what they mean. That idiot Leigh blew our cover. She's now safely hidden. She claims one of the survivors is her son. I don't believe that. What are the odds that her son appears on the same island she was sent? Impossible. Everything makes sense. It has to. The darkness makes sense. Light does not. In the beginning there was darkness, until the light disrupted it.

The all-too-boring scent of the jungle fills my nose, swirling around my head. I know it's drugged. It's poisonous to breathe, but I can't ever stop breathing can I? It's what caused me to become a creature of the dark. Something I can't even look in the eye. Something, that terrified that survivor that found me. Last night while we were searching for Leigh, I ran into one of them. What else could I say to him? I told him his fate, he can't escape it. Soon he'll become like us.

All of us rejected it in the beginning. We never stood a chance. I never had a chance. I ground my teeth down feeling the familiar anger. It's completely unfair, but that's life. My new life is unfair. But at least I have the dark... I am perched up on my favorite tree, staring down at the remains of their plane. They started having night watches which was interesting. I've been watching them all day now.

The way they react... the way they act... it baffles my mind. I've never seen someone do this before. Normally when a plane crashes, people separate into groups and just acknowledge each other. They just try surviving by themselves. But this is different. They already have a leader which normally took weeks for people to figure out. They have some sort of system too which  amazes me.

Their leader, Levi Burke, Leigh's claimed son, must be experienced. They treated injuries immediately so infection wouldn't set in. They searched for supplies and put it all in one pile, rookie mistake but I admire their efforts. They tried, and failed, to build a shelter. They even had a funeral. It's strange to see such refined human behavior. I haven't seen it in a long time.

Then the wave came. Then I had to go to the safe spot because I couldn't risk getting swept away. That one guy almost got swepted away, good thing he's a strong swimmer. They managed to find each other again and went back to the beach like nothing happened. Now they've taken up camp inside the shell of their plane and somehow found weapons. This complicates things for me.

But it's not impossible yet. If they get their hands on a gun though... then I'll just have to wait until they change. The air will take its effect soon enough. It has never failed. I wonder if they caught on. Seeing the red lightning and abnormal balls of lightning that struck the sky. The green tint to the clouds. I hope they've been paying attention. At least they didn't guzzle down the rain water like the last group. That's pretty much the worst thing you can do.

Hidden in the shadows, I stare down the remains of the plane and their little bonfire. Two guys, I believe their names are Oliver and Lukas, sit there talking quietly seeming exhausted. I could strike... but maybe not. I start internally debating about it as I watch them. My bare feet stick to the damp branch, rough at the edges so I can't feel anything sharp. I am half-standing up but crouched down with my knees sticking up. I don't need use my arms to keep myself on the branch, I've been here long enough so that I don't need to use them to balance.