The five friends spend most of the next morning sleeping. Their new camp site is perfect. They have plenty of food, clean clothes, light and warmth. Ed really had been trying hard to help them to survive in this monstrous place. Amongst the salvaged items there is a radio and an old mobile telephone.
Syn wakes up first and tried to figure out a way to get the equipment working again. If they could only send out some kind of distress signal then it might be received by a passing ship or plane. If there ever are any.


Syn looks towards Kat with a sad smile.
“I don’t know, but I hope so.”
Kat quickly changes the subject.


“Your face is already healed!”
“Yeah, it’s about the only good thing this virus does. Your black eye seems to be looking good too.”
Down at the beach, Roza is fishing and Skye is chatting to his sister Jaimie. There is tension between Skye and Roza, the two have barely spoken since yesterday. Neither of them wants to change into the clothes left for them by Ed. Most likely they both feel too guilty. They wouldn’t be in this situation if they hadn’t mistrusted their friend. But how can you trust someone that has been infected by zombie monsters? They were just trying to protect the rest of the group. And after Doris and Raye were also infected, they hadn’t wanted to take any chances.








Back up on the hill, Syn has given up on trying to fix the radio and telephone. He doesn’t have the first idea how to make these things work the way they need them to, if only his education hadn’t been cut short by the brain-munchers…




The pair head off down the road together and moments later Jaimie arrives back at the camp, which has been abandoned. Skye and Roza are still down at the cove together.

You’d think this lot didn’t even want to escape anymore. Now that they have each other. I just want to go home. I want to get back to teaching. I miss my pupils. I wonder if everyone thinks we’re dead…

A cold wave of panic passes over Jaimie as she thinks about the possibility that no-one is looking for them any more. It has been over a week now, even though it feels like months, and there has not been a single boat or plane fly near to the island. If they’ve given up searching then we will never escape!
Kat and Syn have settled down for a quiet lunch alone. This side of the island is a lot quieter than where they were before. The birds are singing and the hypnotic wash of the waves on the shore provide a sense of peace and comfort.



Syn notices how incredibly beautiful Kat is when she’s happy. Her smile could outshine the sun and her eyes twinkled with excitement.
This was the moment Syn decided what he had to do next to ensure he never lost her.


Kat takes the instrument and begins to play a song for Syn. The lyrics are ones she had written just before the day of the crash. About destiny, about finding someone special and not letting them go through anything. Her voice sounds like nothing like Syn had ever heard, so soft and emotional.

She puts down the guitar and walks slowly towards Syn, who is stunned to silence by her music.

Syn turns around and covers his eyes. His heart pounds in his chest at the thought of what he is about to do. His thoughts are interrupted by Kat beckoning him to turn around again.

They walk down to the water together. The sun is beginning to set on another day and the sky turns to a romantic shade of pink.

“you want to go in first?” Kat says.
Syn reaches into his pocket. He looks nervous and takes in a deep breath in.
He thinks to himself; ‘Just do it, you’ll regret it if you don’t.’


I know it’s quick, we barely know each other yet but… when I was fighting the monsters,all I could think about was you. And how I want so bad to get us out of here. I want to see you perform and take you out to dinner… I want to treat you like you deserve to be treated! I promise I’ll protect you until my last day.
Kat is too shocked to reply. Every cell in her body wants to scream ‘yes’ and even her mind shouts out to her ‘Syn risked his life for you!’


As the evening turns into night the two lovers head back up to the camp site. Roza is sleeping next to Skye and Jaimie is still looking out into the lonely night sky.
Kat runs over to Skye…



Roza looks angrily at her brother, she begins to speak but is interruppted by Jaimie shouting from the cliffs edge.



The rest of the group run towards Jaimie. They too can hear the voices! Could it be rescue? Or other people passing by the island? These were definitely not the shouts of a monster. At last a glimmer of hope!


They shouted and shouted but soon the voices were gone. They were definitely human, a male and a female, and they were shouting for help. Who could they be? If it was rescue, why were they needing help? Was this another zombie trick?
The group stared out into the darkness but could see nothing.
Were the voices even real? Or had they all gone slightly mad from being in this place for so long?

To be continued…