We have spent a week preparing. Now I am on the bus driving on the road towards Kawhia Harbour for the take off, in a Grumman HU-16 Albatross.
We have loaded everyone's packs into this beast of a plane we are all so excited the plane is now taxiing into the take off position.
WOW The noise of the engines is amazing there is water flying up towards the sky the window next to me is SOAKED suddenly we lift off the water and head out towards the high seas I am still quite excited but for some people it is a different story, Mr Woody looks absolutely petrified he is sitting quietly at the front of the plane chewing his finger nails.
CRASH BANG BOOM
We seem to be heading into a lightning storm the why weather didnt report this we wonder, suddenly it goes black outside the plane the speaker system crackles into life a familiar voice comes through, I know that voice from somewhere I say to myself suddenly it comes to me, SAM oh crap now i'm really scared, He says we are just passing through some turbulence I seriously don't believe him.
We have just gone into a weightlessness with no gravity now people are screaming and crying Captain Sam comes over the speaker system screaming "I never passed my tests" then he screams "WE ARE GOING TO CRASH"
and that we are now plummeting towards earth at 1000 miles an hour.
SMACK
We hit the sea it has gone deathly silent and then the screaming and crying starts again as people struggle to exit the plane.
I'm out of the plane now but i cant find my pack so I decide to swim to shore and search for it later so I start swimming.
I'm on the shore and everyone seems to be OK theirs nothing major only a few bumps and bruises but nobody has seen Marek, Asser, Luke, Ben or Jordan O since the crash.
Some people are still sitting on the beach unable to move because they are traumatized from the crash but not me I'm readying myself to swim back out to the plane with James and Malik to see if we can recover any bags or maybe even a body of the boys who haven't been accounted for so we start wading out with the calm waves slapping at our legs when we hear someone yell "Where are you three going?" we turn around and see it is Leon, Sam and Josiah so we reply "Nowhere why do you care" "We want to know" they answer, so we continue swimming completely ignoring them.
We finally reach the plane then we turn around to see the three other boys swimming slowly towards us, The plane is a mess its noses as you would expect is under water with the tail still above the surface James suspects there may be an air bubble in the tail after discusing it with the group I decide to head down and try to enter the plane ok here I go
WOOSH
Down I go into the cool clear water down I go I can see that the door has been completely ripped off its hinges and now lies in its final resting place on the sandy bottom of the Tasman sea, anyway I swim into the plane and shoot to the top. James suspisions are confirmed there is an air bubble and to make it even better there are three packs floating next to me my heart fills with joy as I realise one of them is mine WAHOO I think to myself.
After composing myself I decide to return to the group waiting outside so away I go pushing the bag infront of me suddenly Leon swims past me still I keep swimming. Accedentily I knock open an overhead locker and three parachute packs fall out i'm now out the door I drive my legs hard up towards the surface James sees me and reaches out his hand I grabb it and he pulls me to the surface meanwhile another pack floats to the top and starts bobbing we look down to see Leon floating semi-counciously towards the surface Josiah does some quick thinking and swims down to grab Leon then James goes down and reappears with parachute pack James and I decide to leave the group, we leave them with the words "If yoou dont go down your share will be measly we DONT accept tag alongs" we star swimming and soon we arive at the shore people come running down the beach as they see we have two bag then they start to ask questions. "Is that your bag?" and "Where are the others?".
Sam, Leon and Josiah arrive back at shore with a pack and two parachutes I confront the boys and say "We deserve a parachute because we gave you the idea to swim out with us" so eventually they give us a parachute pack.
James, Malik and I set off towards the Western Coast of the island after about 45 minutes of intense walking we find a nice spot to pitch our tent for the night.
To Be Continued...
Some people are still sitting on the beach unable to move because they are traumatized from the crash but not me I'm readying myself to swim back out to the plane with James and Malik to see if we can recover any bags or maybe even a body of the boys who haven't been accounted for so we start wading out with the calm waves slapping at our legs when we hear someone yell "Where are you three going?" we turn around and see it is Leon, Sam and Josiah so we reply "Nowhere why do you care" "We want to know" they answer, so we continue swimming completely ignoring them.
We finally reach the plane then we turn around to see the three other boys swimming slowly towards us, The plane is a mess its noses as you would expect is under water with the tail still above the surface James suspects there may be an air bubble in the tail after discusing it with the group I decide to head down and try to enter the plane ok here I go
WOOSH
Down I go into the cool clear water down I go I can see that the door has been completely ripped off its hinges and now lies in its final resting place on the sandy bottom of the Tasman sea, anyway I swim into the plane and shoot to the top. James suspisions are confirmed there is an air bubble and to make it even better there are three packs floating next to me my heart fills with joy as I realise one of them is mine WAHOO I think to myself.
After composing myself I decide to return to the group waiting outside so away I go pushing the bag infront of me suddenly Leon swims past me still I keep swimming. Accedentily I knock open an overhead locker and three parachute packs fall out i'm now out the door I drive my legs hard up towards the surface James sees me and reaches out his hand I grabb it and he pulls me to the surface meanwhile another pack floats to the top and starts bobbing we look down to see Leon floating semi-counciously towards the surface Josiah does some quick thinking and swims down to grab Leon then James goes down and reappears with parachute pack James and I decide to leave the group, we leave them with the words "If yoou dont go down your share will be measly we DONT accept tag alongs" we star swimming and soon we arive at the shore people come running down the beach as they see we have two bag then they start to ask questions. "Is that your bag?" and "Where are the others?".
Sam, Leon and Josiah arrive back at shore with a pack and two parachutes I confront the boys and say "We deserve a parachute because we gave you the idea to swim out with us" so eventually they give us a parachute pack.
James, Malik and I set off towards the Western Coast of the island after about 45 minutes of intense walking we find a nice spot to pitch our tent for the night.
To Be Continued...
