AUTHOR'S NOTE1: It is fricken freezing in my house as I'm typing this, so I'm wearing gloves. Just in case anyone cares. :cricket, cricket:. Yeah. --WHENICOMEAROUND
DISCLAIMER: LOST belongs to ABC, but Sawyer belongs to ME. I wish. -Maria (again, ha ha)
-HOLIDAY-
-BY WHENICOMEAROUND AND CO-AUTHOR ALLISON-
-CHAPTER FOUR-
"Not to start anything," said Hurley. "but who's gonna carry the dynamite?"
Allisyn looked at Hurley and stuck her tongue out. Jack laughed quietly. "I'll take it." he said.
"No!" Allisyn and Kate said at the same time. Jack tried to his his smile. Allisyn looked at Jack in disbelief as he picked up the dynamite and carefully put it in his backpack. Locke looked around.
"Well, we'd better get going." he said as he walked into the jungle. Kate and Hurley followed. Jack put his backpack on his back, then realized Allisyn was still there.
"Aren't you going?" he asked her.
"That's what I should be asking you." Allisyn said, crossing her arms. "I'm giving them a ten-minute head start, just in case... something happens." The image of Jack walking through the jungle and exploding popped into Allisyn's head. She blinked quickly and it was gone. "Jack, why are you doing this? What are you trying to prove?" She was starting to cry.
Jack looked at Allisyn. He never really realized how much he meant to her until now. She's right, he thought. What am I trying to prove?
Then he knew- he wanted to prove to Allisyn that he wasn't scared.
He put down his backpack and moved closer to her. He wiped her eyes. She looked at him.
He held onto her face and gently pulled her forward. And without another word, he kissed her.
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"So I says to the mayor," said Maria once again, "mayor I says!"
"Would you just shut up about the damn mayor?" Sawyer shouted.
"So I says to the dentist," Maria said, laughing.
"Shut up!" Sawyer shouted.
"Make me!"
"Okay, fine. You asked for it."
Sawyer walked over to Maria, grabbed her, and kissed her on the mouth. Hard.
When he pulled away, he looked at her beautiful, surprised, brown eyes. "Maria," he began. But he was interrupted by the beeping of the transmitter. All of them ran to see. Sawyer reached for the flare and pointed it up into the dark night sky, prepared to shoot it.
"No." Michael said.
"No? What do you mean, no?"
"I mean we've only got one flare, and you're not wasting it on whatever that is out there!" said Michael.
It got quiet. They looked at the screen; the tiny green dot was almost gone.
"Do it, Sawyer!" Maria shouted.
He pulled the trigger and the flare went up. Instantly the beeping grew louder.
Walt cheered.
"Sawyer!" shouted Michael. What's your problem?"
Then, a boat came into view.
Walt cheered louder, joined this time by Jin. Maria looked into the horizon. It really was. It was a boat.
They all cheered.
"Hey!" shouted Michael.
There was a blinding light and a man's voice said, "You guys need help?"
"Yeah! We... we were on a plane, we crashed, and, we've been stuck on this island for a month, man!" Michael said. He was having trouble speaking. They were practically home already.
"You don't say." said the man very matter-of-factly.
"Can you help us?"
"Sure we can. Just give us the boy."
"What?" said Michael. The grin washed off his face.
"The boy."
Michael grabbed his son and pulled him close. Sawyer said, "You bastards aren't getting anybody."
"Oh, yeah?" at that instant somebody fell from the boat and onto the raft. Sawyer ran to grab him put the guy shot Sawyer in the arm. He screamed and flew back in the water.
"Sawyer!" Maria cried. She dove into the water after him.
Meanwhile, the "other" on the raft grabbed Walt and jumped back onto the boat. "DAD, HELP!" he screamed. Michael tried to go after him but one of the others threw a homemade bomb onto the raft next to Michael.
"Michael!" shouted Jin. He lunged on top of Michael and they fell into the water, and not a second too soon. The raft exploded and the others vanished without a trace.
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Jack and Allisyn kissed for what seemed like forever. Allisyn pulled back and looked at Jack.
"I thought..." she started to say.
"It doesn't matter." Jack cut her off. He looked up at the darkening sky. "We'd better get going if we want to make it back before it's late." Allisyn nodded as Jack let go of her. He picked up his backpack and cautiously put it on.
"Well, I guess I should get a head start," Allisyn said, turning to leave.
"No. It's too dangerous for you to go into the jungle by yourself." Jack protested.
"It's also dangerous to go with you." Allisyn pointed out.
"Yeah, well, why should we have to die alone?" Jack half smiled. Allisyn turned to face him. "So you're saying you want to die?"
Jack snickered at Allisyn's remark. "No, I don't. But if I do die, I'd rather die a hundred times with you than once by myself." He smiled.
"Oh, Jack," Allisyn said. Jack walked over to her. "Come on," he said. "Before everyone else starts to worry."
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Maria came up to the surface, gasping for breath. "Sawyer!" she shouted.
Behind her, he coughed. She grabbed his arm and began to swim. She looked around for Michael and Jin. She spotted them sitting on what was left of the raft.
"WAAAAAAALT!" Michael shouted into the heavens.
"Jin, help!" Maria said, swimming over the to them. She hoped Jin would understand.
Thankfully he did. Jin held out his hand and Maria grabbed it. He helped her up, then they both pulled Sawyer up.
The small piece of wood was submerging in water fast.
"This isn't going to hold us," Maria said. Another part of the raft floated ocer to them. Maria reached out and pulled it closer to her, then jumped onto it. Once she caught her balance she motioned for Sawyer to get on. Weakly, he hopped over, clutching his injured arm. He collapsed next to Maria.
"WAAAAAAAALT!" Michael shouted.
"Would you shut the hell up!" Sawyer shouted irritably. "He's not in shouting distance!"
"How would you know? WAAAALT!"
"I've got a pretty damn good idea!"
Sawyer got up and stuck his fingers inside his wound. He cried with pain.
"Sawyer, are you crazy? What the hell are you doing?" Maria exploded.
"I'm taking the bullet out of my arm!"
"With your hands?"
"You got any better ideas, Blondie?"
Maria shook her head and Sawyer proceeded to take out the bullet. He groaned with pain one last time as he pulled it out.
"Son of a bitch!"
Sawyer held the bullet in his bloody hand and stared at it for a moment. Angrily, he tossed it into the water. Then he grasped his arm and turned to Maria.
"You got a bandaid?"
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By the time Jack and Allisyn made it to the hatch night had already fallen.
"So what were you two doin'?" Hurley asked Allisyn. A mischievous grin spread across his face. Allisyn looked at him. She wanted to tell him about Jack's kiss and how it had felt like it had lasted for what seemed like an eternity. But she just said, "Nothing, Hurley."
Allisyn felt Jack's eyes on her. She turned to meet his gaze. He smiled and nodded as if to say, "Thanks for not saying anything in front of Kate." Allisyn's smile told him that she understood.
Locke was getting very bored. "Jack. The dynamite, please."
Jack took off his backpack and handed it to Locke. "Thank you, Jack." He walked over to the hatch door and knelt down. Locke opened the bag and started setting up the dynamite.
"Do you want some help there, Locke?" Kate called. Instantly Allisyn knew what Kate was trying to do. She was trying to impress Jack, she was.
If we're lucky she'll explode and then Jack will be all mine. Allisyn grinned at that thought.
"What are you smiling at?" Kate said.
"Nothing... just daydreaming." Allisyn replied.
Kate rolled her eyes and waited for Locke to give her something to do. And what better way to kill time than to talk to Jack.
"So do you think this will work?" she asked him. Jack avoided her gaze and simply replied, "I hope so."
He's acting weird, Kate thought.
"You okay, Jack?" she asked.
"Yeah... I'm just tired from the trip." he said, fake yawning.
"Kate," Locke said. She turned around. "Take this fuse behind the rocks over there. Kate nodded and took the fuse from Locke.
Hurley, who had been staring into space, glanced at the hatch.
It can't be, he thought.
He looked again. It was. There, on the hatch, were the numbers, 4 8 15 16 23 42.
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ALLISON: Definitely my favorite chapter. :grin:
MARIA: Oh, yes, me too. :grin: