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Riding On The Wings Of An Angel
Chapter 2: Fallen
Jack:
Screams woke Jack up from his brooding trance. Quickly becoming alert, Jack jumped up, scanning the beach to find where the cries were coming from. Looking around Jack spotted a crowd that had converged at the tree line. 'Kate!'
As soon as the thought had entered his head, Jack was moving, running and crashing through the crowd. When the people saw him they parted letting him through. There standing before him was Sayid and Charlie. They were in the middle of saying something. Everyone was talking and asking questions. No one could hear a thing.
"Quiet!" Jack yelled. A few seconds later, silence settled over the crowd.
"What's going on." Jack looked around. "Where's Kate?" The desperation in his voice was not lost on the other survivors.
No one answered.
"Where's Kate!"
Sayid answered slowly, "We went to gather some fruit, Kate, Charlie and I—"
"—I know." Jack interrupted impatiently.
Sayid continued patiently, "Something attacked us. It came out of no where, from every direction…or so it seemed."
Sayid paused looking at Jack. "We ran and then we got split up. Charlie and I were together. We heard screams, but Kate was nowhere to be found. We figured that she would come back here, so when we couldn't find her, we headed to the beach." Sayid finished.
Charlie had stayed silent the whole time, but spoke up now. "It was a trap."
Everyone's head turned in Charlie's direction.
It was a bloody trap." Charlie said louder, his voice raising a pitch. Jack was looking at Charlie in concern now. "What are you talking about?"
"The creatures, they are more intelligent than we think." Charlie searched Jack's face. "They surrounded us and set up a trap to get us.
"I don't follow…Charlie?" Jack looked at Sayid who was also looking at Charlie with a confused expression on his face. "Charlie are you alright?" Jack asked just noticing a bump on Charlie forehead. "How did this happen?"
Charlie brushed Jack's hand away. "I'm fine! Listen—you don't believe me do you?" Charlie looks at Sayid. "You believe me don't you?"
"Charlie…I…It did seem odd." Sayid spoke slowly as to not upset Charlie further.
Jack cut him off. "We have to find Kate. Go out and look for her." Jack gestured to the jungle. Jack was already moving back to the med tent. Passing Boone he called out to him, getting his attention, he started spitting out orders.
"I need you to watch over Lilly—"
"—Who?"
Impatiently Jack went on speaking faster. "The girl with the stitched up leg. Make sure she doesn't walk on it."
By now Jack was hurriedly throwing objects haphazardly into a backpack. Grabbing a bottle of Aspirin, Jack tossed it to Boone, "Give her two of these every four hours for the pain." Then pointing at another bottle. "Give her one of those at seven o'clock tonight and one in the morning if I am not back. They're antibiotics."
Jack got up and started to leave the tent, then turning back. "Oh, and can you keep an eye on Charlie, he is talking nonsense. I'm a little worried about him."
Starting across the beach, Jack left a confused Boone staring a Jack's back. "Jack, what is going on? -–Where are you going?" Getting upset, Boone shouted, "You can't just leave us!"
Jack kept on walking ignoring Boone's shouting behind him. 'He will be fine. Boone is perfectly capable of handling things.' Adjusting the pack on his back, Jack picked up the speed once he entered the jungle. 'Kate, just hold on. I'll find you.'
A sound behind Jack caused him to turn around, "Sayid, what are you doing?"
"I'm coming with you."
"No you're still injured—"
"—I'm fine."
"Sayid, the people need you here… with me gone, someone needs to be in charge."
Sayid nodded his head. 'Jack was right.' "You can't go alone, maybe get Locke…?"
"He's out hunting." Jack said, slowly edging away.
"I really should get going. Which way did you say she was?"
"Jack, we don't even know if she's hurt."
"You said you heard screaming."
Sayid scratched his head, "I know, but it was very chaotic…"
"I'm going, now which way!" Jack voice held a slightly threatening tone.
Reluctantly Sayid answered. "About four miles that way." Pointing Sayid resigned to the idea of Jack going alone.
Then out of the trees came someone to accompany Jack. A backpack loaded full up to the brim.
His voice was gruff with a lack of its usual sarcasm. "That way ya say. Then what the hell are you waiting for?"
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Kate:
She had been in the tree for hours or so it seemed, but whenever she glanced at her watch it told her she was wrong. It had only been a few minutes since the polar bear had gotten board and left. That is after it had decided to munch on Kate's leg for a mid day snack.
Kate could feel the blood running down her ankle soaking her sock and shoe. After the bear had bitten her, she had screamed deafening herself and startling the bear just enough for her to yank her leg free. She climbed back up the tree four or five feet and had prayed. Prayed to a God she didn't know if existed, she prayed to whatever force saved her from dieing in the plane crash. Then she prayed to Jack. In some strange half-dazed state, Kate hoped Jack could hear her mentally calling him.
Now that the bear was gone Kate new that she should get down and get help before it was too late. Her leg was bleeding badly, but she couldn't see it from this angle and knew she was running out of time.
'At least he didn't hit an artery.' Something rationalized inside Kate.' She remembered Sawyer's knife wound. 'I would have already bled to death otherwise.' Moving slowly Kate inched her way down, stopping every few seconds to listen for sounds of the bears return. Not a sound was heard and Kate moved on.
Starting to get dizzy Kate leaned into the tree and willed herself not to pass out. 'Deep breaths Kate. Next time you will listen to Jack.' Kate lectured herself. 'Next time? There will be a next time right???'
The uncertainly Kate felt enter her thoughts was disturbed by a fluttering feeling in her stomach. All of a sudden her head felt like it was floating away and her eyes couldn't focus. Her grip loosened. Dark spots started to dance before her eyes as Kate felt the air rush past her. Then darkness engulfed her completely.
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