chapter 10-16 Flight 29 Down

So now Nathan is looking around for matches in the plane because he couldn't start the fire with his two sticks. He doesn't find any so he returns to his fire pit he made and starts to rub the sticks again. Meanwhile Melissa searches the plane for matches and finds some in a small box. On her way back to the fire pit she sees Eric and Taylor drinking the water that was supposed to be rationed. Eric ends up telling Melissa that she never has any fun, and to prove him wrong she runs and jumps in the ocean. Learning later that the matches were in her pocket when she jumped in the ocean. Nathan freaks out on her and she breaks down and goes and cries to Jackson. Meanwhile Daley and her kid brother Lex are looking for a place to camp for the night. In the process of looking for a camp sight, Nathan sees that five leeches have climbed onto Daley's legs. They run back to camp and Lex says that she can't tear them off that would cause infection, and the only way to get them off is to burn them off. So there all going crazy trying to get the fire started, and they have this huge leadership blowout. So Jackson steps in, pulls a lighter out of his pocket, and lights the fire. Next it flashes to the Boys in their tents in the middle of the night. Its thundering and lightening and all their gear is getting wet and the fire is going out and the exploring party has yet to return. So now all the wood on the island is wet and they can't start a fire, and everybody has decided to have a huge competition to see who will lead the group. So Daley's off counting and rationing supplies, and Nathan is in the jungle looking for food. Meanwhile Taylor and Eric are using the camera to make a film of Taylor. They have been using this video camera the whole time to document each travelors story. So far the decision has yet to be made of who will lead.