I really don't want this story to end up being anymore than 20 chapters and I'm really slow with the time passing by as I write it. I think every few chapters I may skip some times, because I'm having problems making the chapters long.
Chapter 3
Monstre et d'autres
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us."
"Wouldn't it have been a better idea to have stayed where we were?" A blond woman asked, walking close behind Jack and Ana. "I mean, what if rescue comes and we're out here in the middle of the jungle."
Jack glanced back at her, slowly down a bit. He recognized her as the woman that Ana had said was a doctor. "They'll come looking for us." he said. "They'll realize that there has to be other people than the few dead people they found with that half of the plane."
The woman nodded slightly, figuring he was right. "Don't you think we should at least find shelter for tonight though?" she asked. She glanced up at the sky as gray clouds began to make their way over top of them, threatening to send rain down on them.
Ana glanced up at the sky, frowning slightly. "Libby's right." she said. "It's probably dangerous enough in the jungle. Nightfall and rain aren't going to make it any safer."
Jack glanced at the two of them and then back at the other people who were also with them. He nodded his head a bit. "Where are we going to stay though?" he asked, looking around. "We're in the middle of the jungle."
"These trees look like they'd make decent shelter." Another woman said, touching one of the trees that had branches and vines growing down and all around it, making it look like it would provide perfect shelter from the weather.
Jack looked at her and nodded his head. He walked over to her. "Good thinking…" He glanced down at the nametag she was wearing. "Cindy."
Cindy smiled at him and headed inside, looking around. "Kinda nice in here." she said. "A lot better than if we would have stayed with the plane. We probably wouldn't have had any shelter."
The rest of them followed her inside, a few making themselves comfortable on the ground, others standing nervously, looking outside. There seemed to be just enough room for all of them. There wasn't much space left after they had all gotten in, but it wasn't exactly extremely crowded either.
Kate rubbed her wrists, looking at the marks that the handcuffs had made on them. Picking the handcuffs back up off the ground, she turned and threw them into the jungle, throwing the key along with them. Turning back to Sawyer, she gave him a slight smile. "Thank you." she said.
Sawyer frowned, watching her. "Ya don't get away with just a thank ya, Freckles." he told her, his frown turning to a slight smirk. "I did you a favor now it's only fair if ya do the same for me."
Kate's smile faded slowly as she studied his eyes as he talked. "What do you want?" she asked, a bit curious as to how she could possibly do him a favor.
"Ya were with a marshal." Sawyer said. "No doubt he had guns and money with him." He paused a moment. "Where were they?"
Kate tilted her head to the side slightly. "Guns and money?" she asked. "Why would you want them?"
Sawyer rolled his eyes. "Ain't like we're gonna be trapped on this place forever." he said. "Why the hell do you think I want them?"
Kate watched him carefully. "Alright. Money I can understand. But why the guns?"
"Ain't any of your damn business why I want the guns." Sawyer narrowed his eyes at her. Damn woman, trying to give him trouble. "I saved your life and gave you the key to those handcuffs. You owe me something in return."
Kate narrowed her eyes right back at him. "You don't do thing for people then expect things in return." she informed him. With that, she turned and walked off, heading down the beach towards another one of the fires.
"Damn it." Sawyer muttered, watching her walk off. He knew he should have kept the keys until she had gotten him what he wanted. With a shake of his head, he too headed down the beach, glancing at the sun as it began to disappear. Rescue should be coming soon. If he wanted to get that stuff, he needed to get it immediately.
After awhile the group had settled down, tired from the days events. Jack stayed standing and alert though, figuring it'd be best if at least one person was on guard at all times. Who knew what kind of creatures were out there in the jungle, or if rescue would find them.
There was a strange noise in the distance and all of them turned to look that way.
"Do you think it's rescue?" Cindy asked, standing up, moving towards the opening in the tree.
The noise came again, louder this time. After a moment it began to get closer, trees in the distance shaking as if they were tiny twigs.
Jack took a step back, his eyes widening slightly. "I don't think that's rescue." he muttered.
The rest of them began to stand one by one, trying to peer through the darkness to see what was going on out there.
Just as quickly as everything started though, it stopped.
Kate settled down beside another fire, sitting a few feet away from the large man she'd met earlier and a pregnant woman. She glanced at Sawyer, frowning and looking away when she noticed he was watching her. Creepy. She returned her gaze back to the fire, staring into it, just thinking until she began to drift off.
A noise snapped Kate out of her sleep, though she didn't bother to get up, figuring that it was just another survivor or her imagination. She was wide awake when the screaming started though. Everything happened so fast that she didn't even have time to process what was going on.
Screaming. People being dragged away. Someone grabbing her. Kicking. Fighting. Someone else right beside her. And then the person just dropping as she and the other person who had helped her scrambled off to try and help everyone else.
