Kelly+R

= = =__**Silent Moments**__=

A picture of our island.
=__**Chapter One: Commencement**__=



====The sound of crashing waves filled the air as a crumpled heap of a man lay on the sandy pristine shoreline. His formal attire now had gashes throughout it, and the sand and dirt had ruined his immaculate white shirt. He had ghostly pale skin, and his breaths were long and shallow; to the casual observer this man would seem but a lifeless corpse corrupting what have been a pristine beach, but life still clung to this man if only ever so faintly.====

====The plane this man was to take was slightly behind schedule, but this is to be expected in any busy international airport, and the Vancouver airport is no exception. Eventually, they were called to board the aircraft, and the man rose from his seat with the materials he required for the conference to have the flight attendant scan his ticket and allow him to board the aircraft.====

====He quickly found his seat and sat down beside a pretty woman that looked to be in her mid-twenties. She warmly smiled at him when he sat down, and he tried to politely smile back, but social interaction is not his strong suite.====

====Soon as he sat down he brought out a scientific paper that had been published, and hoped this would engage him for the lengthy flight to Sydney as he dare not make conversation with the women sitting beside him.====

====Then he gingerly stood up and took in his surroundings. There was dense jungle further inland and a large hill to his left and aircraft wreckage surrounded him. In addition there was a small white box with a blood red cross on it, and he slowly walked over to it to find that it was a first aid kit, and he knew this would most definitely come of use. He then turned around to see a small group of three come toward him. Their cloths were ripped and torn in several places similarly to his, so it seemed they were other survivors. So he slowly moved to join them.====

====Most of the flight to Sydney was uneventful with slight turbulence in places, but nothing as awful as they were experiencing now. The aircraft was shuddering and jerking around, the pilot came on to say they were navigating through a awful storm , and to of course to keep calm. Not a minute later there was a bright flash of light and what sounded like an explosion to his right, and the aircraft lurched to the side. That is also when the intense screaming started, and it started with a single frightened person put over the edge by the explosion, but she was soon joined by the rest of the startled and frightened passengers. The aircraft then lurched downward with increasing speed, and the man knew now the pilot must have lost control, and that the crash was now an inevitability. As the aircraft hurtled toward the cold ocean surface the oxygen masks poped down, and the passengers were recommended to put on the life jackets as well. but the man knew that putting it on inside the plane whilst it was rapidly sinking would only insure his death, and the pretty woman beside him knew this fact too because she did not put her life jacket on either. Now the only thing left to do was brace for impact; and with that the aircraft struck the surface.====

====Despite his seat-belt the man was thrown from his seat, and he slammed against the seat in front of him , and after he had regained the ability to move his only thought was to get out of the aircraft as it was already submerging. Part of the aircraft was ripped open and water was gushin through, and he treied to make it to the opening , but was caught on something. By now the cry's and moans of the other passengers filled the cabin. The and kept pulling to get himself free, and he knew that every second he was caught the harder it would be to swim to the surface. The cabin was now mostly filled with water, and the aircraft was almost completely submerged; and with all his strength he tried to get himself free one last time. He pulled with all his might ,and he ripped a hole down his spotless black dress pants but he was free. Next he held his breath as the aircraft was now submerged, and sinking to the depths of the ocean , and he swam toward the opening. He hadn't gone swimming in years years but he remembered the basics. He swam out of the plane to find it was now dozens of meters from the surface. But he would try his best to swim to the surface and to preserve his life. He was getting so close to the surface, to salvation, but he was out of oxygen, and the darkness was eating away at his vision as his oxygen deprived brain was shutting down. He would not survive the crash, and get so close to the surface now, and fail. The darkness ate away at the rest of his vision, then thir was nothing but void.====

=**__Chapter 2: Equidistant__**=