Don't Dream it's over
Author note: After watching the final episode of Lost, I felt very depressed. I loved that Jack and Kate ended up together, but why did it have to be after they had died. So in order to find peace with the finale, I have decided to write a story about what I would have liked to happen. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy! If I have enough interest I might continue this story, if not it will just be a Three-shot. Please leave a review to let me know what you think and leave suggestions on what you would like to happen.
"I took the job because the Island is all I've got left. It's the only thing in my life I haven't ruined."
He had made so many mistakes in his life, but this just felt right, it felt like destiny. He had ruined his relationship with Kate. It didn't seem to matter how hard they had tried, they just couldn't make it work. At first it had been her friendship with Sawyer, which later turned into something more. Then it was Jack's guilt about leaving the island, seeing his dead father, the pills, and his alcohol problem. They could never seem to make things work, the situations never allowed them to be completely together. Now all Jack had left was the Island, it was the one thing that made him feel important. He loved Kate, probably more than she would ever know, but he had to let her go. He couldn't ask her to stay on the island with him, when she belonged back in the really world with Claire and Aaron. It would be very selfish of him, and no matter how much he wanted her to stay, it was time to let her go.
"Nothing is irreversible." She told him, as they began to journey across the island, as they had done so many times before.
He was just about to tell her the plan, when 'Locke' appeared. Jack knew that he didn't have time to tell her right now, because he had to save her and the rest of his friends. It was at this moment that Jack realized he missed the real Locke. They had never really gotten along; they were always arguing about their destiny and whether or not that the island had really brought them there. There had been times where Jack had hated Locke, but in this moment he missed his old friend very much. If Locke was here, he would know what to do; he would know how to handle this situation.
"I'm going to kill you." Jack told Locke as they came face to face. "How do you plan to do that?" Locke asked with a smile, fully knowing that Jack's plan, whatever it may be, would fail. To this Jack simple smiled and said "It's a surprise." The two enemies then began to make their way to the heart of the island, where they would end this once and for all. Jack had no idea how he was going to kill Locke, but he had to try something, anything, or everyone he cared about would be dead soon. How do you kill black smoke? Jacob hadn't really prepared Jack on how to be the leader of the Island, so how was Jack going to pull this off.
After what seemed like hours the Jack, Locke, and the rest of the survivors arrived at the heart of the Island. Everyone was prepared to go in, and do whatever they had to do to save the island, but Locke insisted that only Jack and Desmond come with him. Hurley didn't like this idea, but he didn't have a say in the matter.
"I believe in you."
Those words warmed Jack's heart, he needed that support, and he needed to know that this was not just for nothing. With one last glance at his friends, Jack began to make his way into the heart of the island. Once inside, Jack knew what he had to do; Desmond was his only hope in saving the island. Desmond was what Jacob had called 'a failsafe', a way to make sure that if everything else failed, the island would still be protected. Desmond seemed to know exactly what he had to do, so Jack didn't need to explain a lot to him. Jack began to tie the rope around Desmond, wandering if he would ever see Desmond alive again, knowing that this may be his last chance to save the island.
This doesn't matter. Him destroying the Island, you destroying him. It doesn't matter. You're going to lower me into that light, and I'm going to go somewhere else. A place we can be with our loved ones. A place where we never have to think of this place again. And you know the best part Jack, you are in this place.
Jack couldn't accept this; this could not be for nothing. Losing friends, losing Kate, giving up everything just to save the island, to fulfill his destiny, it couldn't be for nothing.
"What happened, happened. All of this matters." Jack said to Desmond, although it felt like he was just trying to convince himself.
With that Jack began to lower Desmond down the waterfall, towards the light. Locke decided to help Jack lower Desmond down, if anything Desmond would end up failing his mission, which would help Locke sink the island and escape from this prison he had been living in for thousands of years.
"Does this remind you of anything Jack? Desmond going down into a hole in the ground. If there was a button down there to push, we could fight about whether to push it. Just like old times." Locke said, acting as if he were the real Locke, as if he had lived Locke's life.
"You're not John Locke, you disrespect his memory by wearing his face, but you are nothing like him. It turns out he was right about just about everything. I just wish I could have told him that when he was still alive." Jack shot back, furious that 'Locke' would pretend to be the real Locke. If there was one thing that Jack knew, it was that Locke was a wonderful person, and he missed him very much. He could not sit there and let this man or smoke act as if he were John Locke, he would never be John Locke. He could take John's body, quote his words, and even talk about his memories, but he could not fool Jack.
They finally heard Desmond shout that he had reached to the bottom, and he was now going towards the light. He was doing exactly what Jack had told him, but this was also what Locke wanted him to do. By putting out the light, the island was going to sink, and he would be free to leave the island. Jack knew that this would happen, but he knew what he was doing, he knew that this was somehow going to save the island. Jack knew that in a few minutes this would all be over, that this would end and his friends could go on living their lives.
Authors note: I really hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter. The next one will be up in a few days. Let me know what you think. This was really just a recap and is setting up the story, so please give it some time. Thank you so much!
