The drone of the airplane seeped into my dream. I bolted awake and smacked my head on the branches of my makeshift lean-to. The pain in my leg roared through me, a blinding streak of red that fogged my vision for a second.
But the plane was real.
I gritted my teeth and started to crawl out of the shelter, my heart racing with panic. The pilot could probably see my beached canoe, the remains of the campfire.
Maybe they found Drew’s body downstream, or pieces of the other canoe.
I waved. The plane dipped its wings and circled down.
Rescue is at hand
Whew! For a moment there I thought he wouldn’t be noticed.
Dear Josh,
Mixed feelings here. Glad he’s rescued…but I wonder what happened to Drew. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
A happy ending. Well, for one of them. Sounds like they had quite the misadventure. (I prefer to see nothing nefarious between the two friends.)
Ah, I chose a rescue theme this week too. Nicely done.
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Poor Drew, I hope the survivor can recover from the mental as well as physical scars.
Bitter sweet…One saved it seems just in the nick of time.
I hope he is not the cause of Drew’s demise.
That’s an all too real possibility story… loved it!
salvation, maybe, or not… Good stuff
Who knew such a sweet little lake could be so capricious. Or maybe the lake had nothing to do with his injury or Drew’s death… Good story that leaves questions.
Mixed emotions, relief, loss, pain – very nicely executed.
And the other canoe? Something sinister here.
All sorts of possibilities here! Hopefully this is a satisfactory end to his misadventure rather than the start of something less so.
Stressful story with many layers and left me wondering about poor Drew. Glad the rescue plane saw him.
Very good tension here, Sounds like there was a very exciting story leading uo the the rescue.
Your artfully selective presentation of the facts begs the question: Is the castaway the one who most deserved to live, or is he just the one with the strongest survival instinct?
A real push-me, pull-you story. Well done.
So layered! Great write.
Thanks!
The plane dipped it’s wings is a good sign. Thank GOD!