Disclaimer: I own nothing, if I did, the show would have lasted longer!
Author Here: Inspired in part by Joucelin Hades and the series of messages that spawned the Abduction humor story.
Rated M for violence, character deaths and adult situations.
Mosaic
Chapter One: And Then There Were Two.
"Don't die on me now baby, " she pleaded, tears streaking down her pale face as she looked down on the bloodied, brutally beaten young man, " Please, try to hold on for just a little while longer; the helicopter will be here as soon as the last of this storm blows over. Just try to hold on." Daley Marin looked down on the face of the man she loved most in this world, who as rapidly bleeding to death from at least ten different stab wounds. Thunder and lightning crashed around them as she sat there in the wreck of 29DWN, the winds howling as Lex dove in , his raincoat plastered to his skin.
" How is he Day? " he asked , fear and concern in his voice, hunkering down by the two of them, the battered walkie talkie in his hand still blaring out static.
She shook her head and mouthed the words "Not Good" to her ten year old step brother even as she lied to her boyfriend. " He's a fighter, he'll make it through. He didn't stop that psycho just to become the last victim, not after taking that nut out himself." The words were meant to sound reassuring, but they sounded more desperate than anything else. She realized in sudden horror that the strong, so seemingly indestructible young man's breathing had stopped. " Lex, we've got to give him CPR! He's not breathing!" The red haired young woman immediately ripped the remainder of the fallen teen's shirt off and began chest compressions even as Lex went to his head , to provide air. Unfortunately, they had plenty of practice at this, after the first of them had been murdered.
In a flash of motion, she pounded her fist into the firm , blood soaked chest. Damn, it's almost impossible to do this without ripping his other wounds, but if I don't , he's dead for sure! Daley Marin thought as she began the compressions and Lex sent the first puffs of air into the teenager's throat.
After a half minute, she checked for a pulse. Nothing. She resumed. A half minute later, she checked again. Still nothing.
" Day?" Lex said, tears on his own face as his sister gave CPR to his closest friend furiously.
" Shut and give him a breath!" Daley rasped as she shoved into the chest with all of her power, sweat dripping from the strain. Her hands were soaked with blood, there were just so many wounds She listened again. Nothing.
For twenty long minutes they kept it up, even when they both knew, from the horrors they had endured, that after so long , it was hopeless. Even if he revived now through some miracle, brain damage would be a near certainty.
As he had so often since they had crashed on the island just over a month ago, Lex Marin had to be the voice of reason. It was a role he had learned to hate. He sat back on his heels, exhausted both physically and mentally. " It's over Daley. He's gone now." His treble voice sounded as tired as he looked.
" NO! We're not giving up on him!" She shoved him away and started to give the dead teen air, only for Lex to pull her back with surprising strength.
" He's dead Daley! And nothing we can do will bring him back Day! Please, just stop, you're only making this even harder, " he said, the tears falling down his own dark skinned face now as he watched his sisters world crumble. She fell over onto the chest of her beloved and the sobs that came forth threatened to tear her step brothers young heart apart. He went over and hugged her tightly from behind as he shoulders shook.
After a few moments, Lex became aware of a noise. A mechanical noise, like…
" A helicopter! Day, the Marines are here! The storm must have died down just enough for them to be willing to launch.!" He jumped to his feet and stuck his head out of the cloth that served as a door to the starboard side of the plane fuselage. " I seen them, they're landing in the clearing near the garden, probably." He went back in and gently pulled his sister up.
They looked down on the body of the young man who had briefly been the center of their small universe on this island.
" A half hour, that's all it would have taken, another half hour. Damn Abby to Hell!" Daley said, hatred in her voice. " I hope they feed her fucking body to the damn sharks. She stopped her tirade before it could really start though. Now wasn't the time. She knelt back down and gave a last kiss to the young man she had given her all to, who had kept her and Lex alive, even at the cost of his life. Just as he had sworn he would. She spoke the only three words that really matter in any language to her fallen love before leaving him forever, " I love you." Then, she stood up and walked from the plane without another word.
Lex looked at his sister as she left the plane. Then, he knelt down, and in love did something he would have never done had the other boy still been alive. He kissed the cheek of the young man who had been almost a brother, no, second father to him in this time of exile and spoke from his heart to wherever the others soul had gone. " Thank you . Thanks for my life and for Daley's . I'll never forget you Cody Jackson. Neither of us will."
As had Daley, he left the plane, never to reenter it again.
Author here: Yeah, it's a Daley/Jackson fic as well as a Day/Lex one. The one thing I'll say won't be in this story is a Pedo Russell. That has become a cliché in this fandom. C'mon, we can do better than that.
Comments, questions, suggestions. All are welcome.