Chapter 2 - Hold me
Shannon had been woken by the sound of crashing, she was
still trying to re-cover from her asthma attack before she moved back
to the beach. Shannon looked around her, she thought she was
dreaming.
"Boone?" her eyes skimmed for her brother
"BOONE?" she shouted again. Boone came walking behind
her.
"What the hell just happened?"
Jack sat up
looking around he couldn't quite make out where he was. Then he
looked at his right leg and pulled the heavy rock that had fallen
onto him, off. It was then that everything came flashing back into
his brain. Kate! He thought, he started to panic.
"Got to
find Kate" he said under his breath
Hurley, Charlie and
Claire came upon the crashed cave.
"Bloody hell" Charlie
pointed at the mess.
"Dude what happened here?" Hurley
was starring in disbelief.
Charlie looked at Claire he could tell
she was confused, so he put his arm around her for safety. Shannon
and Boone approached them.
"See I told you something had
happened but you wouldn't believe me would you"
"how
do we know if anyone's in there?"
"uh...dude...we
don't" Boone could see Shannon knew something that they didn't
he could always tell this with her.
"Shan, who was in
there?"
"Um...Jack was here but I must've fallen
asleep to see if he'd left"
"he's not here now though
is he?"
"So the one time we need you, you fall asleep
good work princess"
Rummaging around the rocks Jack still had no sign of Kate. There was no way he was giving up, he wouldn't risk losing her. Jack thought back to just before the cave came in, why did he need to argue with her? Why couldn't he have just told her the truth? God how he wished he would've done. He was put out of his thoughts hearing sobbing he knew it was Kate.
The group
were convinced Jack was in there but none of them knew Kate was.
Michael had reached the caves he was going to see if it was safe to
dig in.
"wait a minute"
"what?" Charlie
said
"some-one needs to tell Kate!"
"I'll go"
someone shouted from out of no-where!
"Good"
"Charlie
what's going on?" Claire had chosen to speak up
"well
we think that. know that the cave caved in on Jack so were going to
try and get him well...out"
"you don't need me here
then I'm just in the way, I think I'll just go back to the
beach"
"Claire, don't go on your own, I'm just as
bloody useless as you, I'll take you back"
"I'd like
that, but i do know something, I think maybe Kate's in there with
Jack"
"why do you think that?"
"Because
they were together earlier"
"them two. Their always
together...it's like they share their own inside joke or
something!"
"Just remember I only said I think"
"yeah
well, let's go to the beach now" With that Charlie took
Claire's bags and they walked together out of sight!
Back in
the cave Jack found Kate led in the corner she was crying in
pain.
"Kate"
"Jack?"
"I'm here
its ok"
"it's my ankle I can't move it"
Jack
took a look and he could see it wasn't broken but was badly
swelled.
"It's not broken"
"Jack, I'm cold,
hold me" Kate reached out for him and Jack took a hold of her.
She cuddled up in his arms. He was so warm and gentle with her, she
wanted to fall asleep in his arms and know he had her protected.
"I'm
tired" Kate yawned
"yeah, well I need you to stay awake
for me ok Kate?"
"Ok jack" she was trying her
hardest but she just drifted off.
Jack hadn't realised that she
was asleep he just couldn't get over that he had her in his arms
even after their little fight. Then Jack noticed something it was a
clearance, great exit he thought. He had only one theory how was he
going to get Kate all the way up there? But then jack came up with an
idea...