Park Before Time

Eli looked at Griffin, "I think we've finally found something, is there any way to reply?"

"No, this isn't a radio that can do that." He said.

"Is there any sort of satellite phone, even if it's broken, on board? You know I had engineering training, if there is I might be able to rig it so we can reply." Eli said

"In the cabins." He said.

"It's worth a shot don't you think?" Eli said

"Yeah. go!" He said.

Eli ran to get the satellite phone and came back with the phone and a bunch of tools. He started opening panels to access the radios wiring and looked between everything working quickly trying to connect it in a weird looking but possibly operational communications system.

Ryker listened to the pleads of Kat. He watched and waited.

As I soldered on the last wire I pressed some buttons and turned a weird dial i added in and picked up the phone, "Kat, can you hear me? It's Eli." My voice came through the radio feed and I looked at Ryker.

"Eli!? Oh thank god you guys got off the island." Kat said. "Are there many survivors?"

"Grif and I escaped with some of the others on a boat. It's lucky I was here or we wouldnt be able to reply to you." Eli looked at Grif, "Do you want to speak to her? You can probably answer better than me. I'll still be here to make sure the rigging I did doesn't cut out"

Ryker nodded. He took the phone from him. "Hey." He said.
"Hi." She replied. "I'm so glad you're safe." She said.
"Kate...is it true...you're well...expecting." He asked softly.
"Yeah it's true." She said.
Ryker gave a short laugh, tears starting to run from his eyes. "I-I'm glad..." He said. "But what are you doing trying to contact us then?" He asked.

Eli stayed there listening and making sure the connection wouldn't cut out

"Because I think I can help you take them down." She said. "But I guess you guys first need a place to land for a bit, right?" She asked.
"Yeah."
"Okay, If my math is right, if you go left for about two days there should be a small enough island that you can stay on without detection."

Eli spoke up, "On the island, what kind of resources are available? Any fruit or fresh water?"

"Probably fruit, and maybe some water." She said.

"Well that's more than we thought..." Eli said while looking at Ryker, "Some fruit and water could offset the diet of just fish. I think the nutrients would help and we could have everyone take turns cleaning up."

Ryker nodded. "Aye."
"Alright. I've got to go so they don't catch me. I'll contact you all later." She said.
"Kate...Be safe and I love you." He said.
"I love you too." She said before the signal canceled out.

Eli turned the dial down and pressed some buttons and we were no longer transferring on the air. "Alright, that should be it for now, but we'll need to monitor the station often so we can remain in contact"

Ryker nodded. He looked to Eli his mind still alittle out of it.

"Hey, get the boat headed in the right direction and then go rest up, I think the rest of us can get it for now" Eli said

"Oh, yeah, okay." Ryker said as he walked off.

Eli just started doing the things he needed to do

Ryker pulled himself up and looked at him with a nod. He started to steer the boat. After another day on the water, the small island came into view. "I'll be damned."

"There it is... finally we can start fixing things" Eli said