Part II : The Fall...
His fingers lay outstretched as the life in him faded. The gorilla which became Ann's dearest friend, died. Her eyes were swollen with redness, the tears passing down and onto Kong's open palm. She desperately held on, but it was too late. He slid gradually, and finally fell from the tallest building in the entire state. A gasp escaped her as he plunged from the sky, rising to watch him go down in slow motion.
She stood there, the wind pushing her white dress with a cold rush. Her fists clenched as she moved to the edge, trying to muster up the courage to end the agony she felt. Reminiscing on their memories, she only cried more.
"Ann! Ann..."
Jack whispered, silently climbing the top of the ladder to reach her. She turned, shocked to see him coming for her. He let out a sigh of relief, seeing she was unharmed. But he could see the look in her eyes. It was the same as the day Kong was enslaved by Carl and the "Venture" crew. He stood tall, looking tenderly into her face, the pain would not subside.
"Ann...Don't do it. I know you want to let go, but you can't."
"Why, Jack?"
He came to her, grabbing her hand and holding it in his.
"Because I love you, Ann. I love you."
His voice faltered, an obvious sense of torture lay in his mind on the thought that she would leave him. He didn't want to be alone again, not after witnessing such wonderful things with this woman.
A bitter smile spread across her lips. She knew his words were genuine. No man would climb to the top of a skyscraper to save her if he did not truly love her.
"I know..I got your letter, Mr. Driscoll.."
He felt a small, sharp pain in his heart as he heard her revert back to her previous title for him.
"You said you loved me...but I had to hear it to believe it."
They embraced. Their arms wrapped around each other, their lips explained all the longing they'd had for one another since the trip to Skull Island. Jack's head tilted back after a few moments, the anxiety vanished.
"Will you be alright?"
She looked over the edge once more.
"Part of me died with him. And I don't know if that piece of me will ever come back. Maybe one day I'll be whole again...For now, I'll have to live without that thing which...which made me open my heart again."
She focused back onto him.
"I'll be okay, eventually. Only if you promise to stay with me."
"..Forever."
"You would do that for me?"
"...Isn't it obvious?"
He smiled lightly, embracing his love once more. The orange sun engulfed them and held them for the moments following that freezing, winter day.