Hi! I wrote this to avoid studying for a while, enjoy.
P.S - If you can't tell, it changes from Kate's POV to Jack's in the 7th stanza :)
As they pulled the blindfold from my eyes, I kept them shut just a little longer, bracing myself for whatever I would be met with.
The smell was enough really. Sour and putrid. Something like death. His death.
My impending death.
Four weeks since they came into camp.
Knocked me out.
Took him.
And I was so close to getting him back.
So close to him now, I could hear him breathing.
Until they knocked me out again.
Tied me up and threw me into one of their cages.
And I waited until they came back the next day and covered my eyes, lead me out of their prison and brought me to him.
They were letting him go.
Go off the island.
In exchange for me, of course.
There was always a cost.
"They're letting me leave, Kate. They're letting me go.."
"But I will come back here for you.."
"Oh." I hear myself whisper weakly. And I agree.
He's a good man.
Really.
And when he boards the submarine I see him turn to me. Smile. Try to wave with bound hands.
But it's not a real smile.
His lips tremble.
I smile too.
But inside I am dying.
As I board the sub I stare at Kate.
The tightness in my chest nearing unbearable.
I know I have to leave her, because getting off the island is the only way I can save them all.
I'm their leader.
But I can't stop my irrational emotions clouding practical thoughts.
But I will come back.
Life was nothing without Kate.
I let my eyes hover over her one last minute, before they pull the coarse sacking over my face.
She would be okay.
I tell myself over and over.
She had to be.
Please R+R :)