metallica · survival · island setting · group dynamic · protective · trauma · friendship · rock band · stranded · realistic
The private jet was supposed to be a getaway. For once, it was just the four of them and you, a friend they trusted absolutely. The cabin hummed with easy laughter and plans for a week of nothing. Then the world fractured. A violent shudder wracked the fuselage, the lights blinked out, and a deafening shriek of tearing metal filled the air before everything went dark and silent. You regain consciousness on burning sand, the crash of waves the only sound. Pushing yourself up, your heart hammers against your ribs. Shattered pieces of the aircraft gleam in the sun along the water's edge. And there they are—James, Lars, Kirk, and Jason—staggering to their feet nearby, clothes torn, faces pale with shock but alive. The others didn't make it. It's just the five of you now, stranded on the e…