Call Me When You're Sober

~On The Corner Of Thoughts And Poison~

Kim's Pov

Unending emotions free-flowed through me all at once making me discombobulated and just to put it plainly, sick. Jerry and I were currently trying to find somewhere to hide again. Since our hideout was destroyed and most of our rebellion was poisoned, we were in sever need of a safe place. A poisoned Jack was right now on my back as I lead the remaining teammates somewhere, anywhere hidden. Every few minutes I would feel as if I were going to get sick with a sharp pain stabbing into my stomach. I had no idea why though. Along with Jack on my back and our frantic lead to somewhere safe, the thoughts sent electric bolts of fear, sadness, pain, worry, sickness, and dizziness all at the same time.

When was Jack going to wake up? Would he ever? Why is the pain in my stomach making me nearly sick? How did they find our hideout? Why is Kyle such a jerk? Why would he do this to Jack? When will we be safe? Will we ever find a safe place faster than the enemy can find us?

These were only a few of the questions driving around on the corner of Miserable and Aggravated in the city of Stressed Kimberly. The constant feeling of zero-gravity made my heart jump during each hop I made over a log or hole in the ground. This was it, I needed to stop. I wanted Jack to wake up. I needed him to wake up. I then stopped making Jerry confused.

It was night time, thankfully, so we hid in shadows for the time being. Jason, Leah, and Kyle carried any belongings that we could have saved from the explosion of our base as Eddie, Jerry, and I carried Jack, Heather, and Collin who were the only ones asleep by the poison. Jack, Collin, Heather, Jason and I were all effected by the gases but only Jason and I did not pass out.

"What are you doing?" Jerry asked. Seeming as if I completely ignored him, I fell to my knees and gently slipped Jack off of my back. My arms were around his torso and I laid him on the ground against a tree, under the spreading branches that kept us from being spotted out.

"I needed a break. Besides even if he's not ready to wake up, I'm making him wake up." Sensing my irritated attitude, Jerry simply nodded leaving it at that and the walked over to tell the rest of the group. Everyone, in their right minds, knows to not mess with an already tired and stressed Kim and if they didn't, they'd find out. Quickly.

I then exhaled audibly and pressed Jack's bangs out of his face. I then leaned down and pressed my lips against his. Wait, I pulled away quickly. I tasted metal. Then, I saw just one drop of blood fall from his mouth and leaked down his lips and chin. My eyes widened.

"J-J-Jack." I whispered now worried beyond measure. I then slipped my arms under his and lifted him up to a sitting position. When I did, his head fell forward and excessive amounts of blood then came out of his mouth.

"JERRY!" I then yelled in a whisper. I heard leaves frantically rustle and he was right next to me in a blink of an eye. He gawked at Jack's appearance. He then stood up and ran back to Eddie.

I turned back to Jack. His eyes were rolled to the back of his head and his breaths were growing uneven.

"No, no, Jack stop. Wake up." I kept talking to him as if he were awake and responsive. My heart brushed against my ribcage and I felt anxiety sweat drip from my forehead.

"Jack please, wake up." I kept on and on. Jerry then came back and had started to wipe the blood away from his mouth with a clean rag. He then grabbed something else that didn't look familiar and started to press it towards Jack. My hand caught his arm making him stop, his head whipping around to meet my gaze.

"What is that?" I asked him. His eyes softened.

"It's a stun scent. You wave it in front of someone's nose and they will instantly wake up whether or not they are sick like this." After a moment of contemplating it, I nodded and let go of his wrist. His eyes now shot at Jack and he then moved the tube under Jack's nose.

Jack's eyes shot open and he tried to catch his breath. My eyes widened as I watched him. His back arched and his mouth was open as he still tried to breath.

"J-J..." I didn't finish his name. I then moved and tried to calm him down. Jerry stood up and walked away not wanting to see him like this. Finally, Jack inhaled and exhaled loudly. A smile then crept to my lips seeing him breathing.

His eyes were now slowly blinking and when he saw me, the scared gleam in his eyes vanished as he slumped over into me. I then threw my arms around his neck and pulled him to me. My nose was against the top of his head and I kissed it.

"Kim." Jack whispered my name over and over. His voice was very raspy and sounded like it hurt to talk.

"Shhh Jack it's okay I'm right here." I told him, bringing his face level to mine. His eyes were tired but I saw something else that made my heart leap. Wanting to not tell Jack about it, I just grinned slightly. He did so back. My arms then wrapped around his neck and I pulled him into me again. This time, he landed his lips on mine. A little surprised, I whimpered a little but kissed back almost immediately. Feeling him pushing me down, I just relaxed and let myself lay down on the wood's floor. Jack was on top of me and still kissed me hard. He then moved and started to kiss my neck and collar bone.

My eyes snapped shut and I bit my bottom lip as I felt his teeth drive into me. I then lifted him back to my lips and I kissed him again. He pulled away first and supported himself by his elbows which were on either side of my head. He smiled as I did. But then, the trees moved with the wind and let the moons's light stream through to all of us. The blue tinted light reflected Jack's eyes. My eyes widened when I saw them in remembrance of what I saw in them.

"Jack." I started, raising myself to my elbows. Sensing the worried tone in my voice that I could not hide, he then raised himself to his knees. I then sat up. I saw him close his eyes and slightly shake his head as if he were trying to make dizziness go away. I moved him up against the tree and he sat against it still trying to regain full awareness. I then whipped my gaze around back to the rest of the group. Feeling me stare, Collin's head perked up and seeing me, he then walked quickly over here.

"Look at his eyes." I whispered to him. He then nodded and descended to his knees. Jack kept looking at him still expressionless.

The moonlight still reflected his eyes. I have got to say, they were gorgeous whenever they were reflected, but I snapped myself out of it and kept focused. Collin's eyes then widened and he looked deeper into Jack's eyes in seeing what I had saw.

A yellowish tint was around the white part of each of his eyes. Jack never showed any signs of pain, but it still freaked me out knowing it was possibly from the poison.

"He'll be alright," Collin then whispered back to me after thinking about what to do, "But if it does start to hurt him, we'll try to find some medicine since we are going back to the city for food." I nodded then he got up and walked away.

"By the way," he said back, I turned to him, "We're going to stay here for a few more hours until the sun starts coming up." I then nodded with a smile. After I turned back to Jack, I realized that his eyes weren't glazed over anymore. A smile pulled at my lips as I saw him do the same. He then sat up on his own, our noses barely touching. My smile grew as he pushed a strand of hair behind my ear.

"I love you, Kim." Jack whispered.

"I love you too." I replied. He then kiss my nose and smiled more. Jack laid against the tree and I laid next to him, as close I could be to him. I knew I wouldn't be able to go to sleep because of everything that has happened in the past twenty hours, but I just rested with Jack for the first time this week.

"Do you still have yours?" he asked me. I looked down to my jacket's pocket and zipped the zipper back. I slipped my hand inside and grabbed the tiny piece of shiny metal. It was in the palm of my hand and I showed it to him. Jack's smile grew as he saw the ring. He then kissed me and I did so back.

I moaned a little bit when I felt him push me down. I fell back onto the bed his lips still on mine. Then, I suddenly felt his lips and weight gone. I looked up and he was at the door. A smirk pulled at my lips as I saw him close the door.

"I told you that we couldn't trust him!" I yelled. Jack nodded.

"But we can Kim, he won't do anything too stupid." Jack replied. I groaned.

"But Jack, Kyle might betray us like he used to back when we could live like normal Americans." I tried to tell him.

"Kim, this is more serious. It's about our country, freedom, and lives. He won't do it."

"Jack, his girlfriend is taken by them in their camps. He's going to see her, find her, screw up the plan, and get us all killed." Jack nodded as he looked to the ground. He took another step to me then our eyes met again.

"Don't tell Kyle this, but they don't keep anyone longer than three weeks." he whispered. My eyes widened as I gasped. My hand slowly lifted to my mouth as I heard this.

"She's probably in North Korea, on the way there, or dead. These aren't permanent camps, Kim."

"Kim?" in hearing my name I turned around. Jason stood there. I smiled and went up to him. He hugged me.

"Where do you think mom and dad are?" I asked him. He nodded avoiding my gaze.

"I don't know Kim, I don't know where mine are either. But, I bet they will make it. We will see them again." he soothed me. A weak grin pulled at my lips as I hugged my cousin again.

"KIM!" My heart jumped into my throat. I knew it was his scream. But this time, it was one of pain. I then jumped out from behind the dumpster and jumped again, over it, and pulled the trigger. My attackers were killed and then I quickly swung my gun over my shoulder. I then hit the ground and rolled. As I do so, I grabbed my sniper and when I was on my knees, I aimed it and shot the four men surrounding Jack. When they were dead, I realized Jack was still on his knees clutching his side. I gasped and ran over.

Once on my knees in front of him, I pulled his hand from his side. Blood spilled from it. He groaned from pain. I could tell that it wasn't a gunshot; it was a knife stab.

"C'mon Jack, we've got to get to the base." he nodded breathing heavily. I helped him up and we tried to get to the base as fast as possible.

But then, I heard a blast. A sharp pain sliced through my arm and I jumped away from it. I looked down and a bullet was still in it. With a yell, I then fell back next to Jack and we were running now. But something felt weird. It was a feeling I never thought I'd get. Neither of us would make it out of the city alive.

Then, I heard multiple blasts. Knowing there was no where to hide, I just clutched Jack's arm.

I bolt upright with a gasp. My arms were now wrapped around my stomach as I breathed hard. I looked at my surroundings and I realized that no enemies were around. My heart started to calm down. I then pulled my arms away and looked down. No blood and gunshot wounds were in me. Still breathing hard, I laid back down against the tree and turned to my left. Jack was on his side, facing me sleeping peacefully. A smile sprouted on my lips as I realized that we did get some sleep... well sort of for me.

I just laid there waiting for Jack to wake up. I knew that he has been so tired and he needed sleep severely. In hearing leaves' rustles. I sat up and looked towards the rest of the crew. Collin was stirring. Knowing no body was coming, I relaxed. I then looked to my right and saw the tinted blueish gray sky, in the distance, slowly pulling up the sun into it's rightful place in the sky. From the looks of it, it was around 6:00am. We should be leaving soon. I then looked back at everyone and Collin was already on his feet waking everyone up.

"Jack," I whispered, "Jack wake up." He just groaned and wrapped his arms around my waist and held me. I gasped for air.

"No, no it's time to wake up not take the life out of me." I started hitting his side but Jack wouldn't move. I heard chuckling and looked up. Collin stood up over us smirking, arms folded.

"Well are you going to get him off of me?" I asked him. He shook his head.

"You should be able to do this by yourself, besides this is actually kind of funny." I just glared at him. His eyes widened and he ran back over to the rest of the group.

"Jackson Brewer get up NOW." I yelled at him. He just groaned and pressed his nose into my hair and neck.

"Jack, JACK! Help!" I yelled as if I were being hurt. Immediately his eyes shot open and he sits up, me in his lap.

"What's wrong?" his sleepy voice asked. I just hit him and stand up. Knowing what I did, he fell back and laid on the leaves.

"Kiiiiiiiiiim." he whined. I folded my arms.

"Get up, we have to go the sun's nearly up and we're about five miles from the city." he nodded his head and after a few seconds, he jumped to his feet. With an expressionless face and folded arms, I glared at him.

"Well, good morning to you too." He smirked and just walked passed me to the already hiking crew. I couldn't help it. A smile then grew on my lips and shaking my head, I turned back to the rest of the rebellion and followed them as we made our way to the city.

R&R

~Lee:]