Lost docs in pages after ios9

I Bought the 64G iPad so I could have my documents without relying on iCloud. But repeatedly iCloud glitches have caused all my documents to disappear. this time it was right after updating to 9. I don't want to use iCloud, and I sure don't want to update to drive on one device, then lose the docs on other devices that haven't upgraded. Either let me store my docs on my iPad (please) or stop screwing them up on iCloud (better than nothing). Where are my docs?!?