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Chapter Two - Muddy And Miserable
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Jack stumbled for what felt like the hundredth time. He managed to grab a branch, which broke, sending him knees-first on the muddy ground. It didn't matter. His trousers and t-shirt was torn and stiff with sweat and dirt - he was covered in mud, for Christ's sake - and a month earlier he would have cared, but not anymore.
Being a surgeon, he had been among the most distressed by the lack of hygiene on the Island, but he had got used to that, too.
He got to his feet again, leaning on the torn branch for support. The noise he had been following was long since gone, Jack begun to wonder if it had been there at all. But every time he decided that it really had been nothing, that he ought to turn back, he heard something again. A sudden rustle of leaves, boughs creaking - and always something at the edge of his vision. He saw glimpses of strange creatures that was gone as soon as he tried to focus on them.
"You're delirious", he told himself. "You're exhausted, half starving and now you're hallucinating."As if to confirm this, he heard a loud, screeching sound and saw the shape of something that disappeared when he blinked and shook his head.
"And now you're talking to yourself", he added. "Not a good sign."
He wondered if he was going mentally ill. The thought brought him back to Kate.
Suddenly he felt acutely miserable. He should be back there, with her.
Could he really trust Sun? Well, off course he could trust her, but after all, she had no medical knowledge. Would she know what to do if Kate should get worse?
For that matter, he didn't even know if he could trust himself anymore, especially not with her. With Kate.
He tried so hard to be rational, professional, to keep up his emotions under control, even under the highly irrational conditions of this wretched island. But even so -–
Jack's thoughts were cut off when the trees in front of him started to rustle violently.
Something huge emerged from them. When it saw Jack, it let out a piercing shriek.
"Hush, you silly bird", Kate said as she stepped into the clearing.
Then everything went black.
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R&R please ;)
TBC...