NOTICE: So yeah, the freighter people are coming up. I think I will probably take two OCs for their group. So far, nothing. If you guys want to submit a character or if you know someone who does. Please submit. Even if I don't get any it will still be okay. I have one... so i'll use him then and I'll probably kill him off... poor poor JB(His name BTW) So submit! And read the two A/N's they're important!
A/N:So it was my cousin's 16th birthday, which is my excuse for the lack of updates. This chapter is going to be filled with male bonding, Garret and Rhys, and James and Gavin. Not to mention Averi and Melissa finally meet up again and she finally gets to speak with Garret… it's about time! FYI Angel appears a lot in this chapter, mostly because he's friends with Desmond and this is around the time where they find Naomi and because he's been knocked unconscious for the first few chapters and I felt he needed some airtime. Also just a not "~" means time is passing and it's not another persons POV. A whole line whoever is the same as it's always been, another persons view. Enjoy! :)
The others had been gone for so long that Jack had left the tent to speak with Angel, his other patient. He found Angel sitting by the shore, the same place he had been talking to Melissa earlier.
"How are you feeling?" Jack asked as he stood next to Angel.
"Better, you're a good doctor," Angel smiled up at him. Jack gave a half smile and a drained sigh,
"I was lucky, you're friend James patched you up pretty good. He's pretty skilled with medicine. You were lucky to have him there."
"Yeah, I was lucky to have him there…" Angel said as he continued to stare out into the ocean.
"Expecting someone?" Asked Jack as he searched the horizon.
"A boat's bound to come by sometime…"
"We've been here for months, and we haven't seen one boat," Jack tried to explain, but Angel was having none of it. Instead he shook his head and spoke,
"You're a pessimist, that's why you're getting nowhere here."
"I'm a realist," Jack countered, "If a boat hasn't come yet then why now?"
"Who knows, but we found this place, why not someone else?" Jack sighed exasperatedly,
"I don't know. Look, juts come find me if anything seems up. Okay?"
"Sure thing Jack." Jack gave one last look at Angel before walking away to the makeshift kitchen where Riena and Skye were sitting.
"Is there any food?" He asked the two of them. Riena silently passed him a mango, which he took with a smile. "I've been working forever on Garret, any sign of the others?" He asked.
""No... It's been a while, are they okay? Skye asked concerned. Jack nodded without hesitation.
"Look!" Called Riena as she pointed to the edge of the jungle, sure enough James' group came trotting out of the jungle with two more, Rhys and Averi, who were both barefoot. Jack ran over to them.
"Do you have the supplies?" Jack asked. James handed him the first aid kit. Jack glanced down at the cut feet of Averi and Rhys. "Where did your shoes go?" He asked confused and a little upset. He was probably going to have to clean off their feet now.
"It doesn't matter now, is Garret awake?" Rhys asked as he eyed the tent.
"Yes why?"
"Because his sister hasn't seen him in about three days so I think she should go see him don't you?" Rhys asked Jack with an attitude.
"Go ahead, but don't bother his arm." Jack told them. Averi looked up at Rhys who was casually glancing at the ocean.
"You mean it? I can go?"
"No I'm going to hold you hostage… go for it. I've kept you away from him long enough." Averi smiled at Rhys then walked off, she stopped and turned back.
"Will you come with me? And just stay outside or something?" She asked as she glanced towards the forest. Realization hit Rhys; she was remembering the monster from before,
"Sure, of course. Come on." Jack watched as the two walked off then turned to Kate.
"Did something happen?" He asked. She opened her mouth to respond but Sawyer cut her off,
"Tybalt and Juliet met Smokey. Ain't that wonderful?"
"And they're okay?" Jack asked, when Sawyer nodded in response Jack opened his mouth again, "You do know those nicknames make no sense right? Tybalt and Juliet were cousins, not lovers."
"I know that, I ain't an idiot. But it does work. He's angry," Sawyer gestured to Rhys, "And she's… love struck," he nodded his head at Averi. "See it works." As Sawyer walked off Jack turned to Kate,
"I will never understand him."
"Maybe it's better that way. Don't worry about it… but there is something you should know."
"What?" Asked Jack.
"The boats destroyed." Jack looked at Kate confused,
"Garret said it could be fixed."
"Yeah well the last time Garret saw it, I'm assuming it could be fixed. However it turns out the monster wasn't after Rhys and Averi, it was after their boat. And it destroyed it." Jack felt a sharp pang in his chest. He didn't know why, their attempts of leaving had been thwarted before. Maybe this time though he thought they might actually have had a shot
Averi and Rhys walked together to the blue tent where Garret was.
"I'll be here. Call if you need me princess," he joked. She smiled at him and climbed into the tent. She was taken a back by the sight of her brother's broken arm.
"Garret?" She asked. Garret turned to look at her and his whole face light up.
"Hey Ave… you okay?" He asked her.
"I'm fine. I've just missed you so much… are, are you in pain?" She asked him. He gave a light shrug and smiled back at her,
"I've had worse. And look," he pushed his broken arm forward, "I did that myself. Look at all the colors," he grinned pointing out the bruise, "It looks like that abstract art piece you tried to make a few years ago."
"Shut up," she snapped at him, "everyone but you thought it was good!"
"Well... Mom's mom, Rhys is your boyfriend, and Melissa has been your best friend for years. They all are supposed to lie about your talents."
"Yeah well I haven't seen Mel in ages."
"She's here you know."
"What!" Averi exclaimed a smile growing on her face.
"Yeah, go find her after this," Garret told her with a smile as Averi looked down at her feet. Garret followed her gaze and scooted closer to her. "What happened? Where are your shoes?" He asked.
"You're not going to believe me…"
"Well that last time I didn't believe you, you turned out to be right. So lay it on me."
"Rhys and I were chased. By a monster…" Garret's eyes widened and he touched Averi's arm.
"Right and before this 'monster' did you two… oh I don't know eat anything strange looking?" Averi looked up at him with her eyes flashing,
"I serious! You can ask Rhys! The others even confirmed it!"
"You're serious?" He asked after a moments pause, "Why the hell is there a monster here!" He yelled. "We need to get off this island. When James gets back we're heading back to the boat!"
"We can't do that…"
"Why not?"
"The monster destroyed the boat…" There was silence in the tent.
"The boats gone? A monster destroyed my boat… are you kidding me!" Garret yelled so loud, that Rhys stuck his head into the tent.
"…Is everything okay?" He asked Garret.
"A monster destroyed my boat!" He yelled again.
"Yeah, but be quiet. Only us three, the other survivors, James and Gavin know about this." Rhys explained as he climbed into the tent next to Averi.
"You have to be kidding me! Why didn't they mention this earlier?"
"Apparently they didn't see the need," Rhys explained.
"They didn't see the need? They didn't see the need! If there is some kind of monster roaming around here I think it might have been important to let us know!" Garret yelled. "Where the hell is Jack?" He demanded, "I want a word with him!"
"Last time I saw him he was talking to that redneck, Sawyer." Garret laughed,
"I see you've added a new person to your hit list." Rhys rolled his eyes and looked up at the roof of the tent. "Hey, Aves can you go see if you can find Jack for me?" Averi opened her mouth to protest but Garret gave her puppy dog eyes.
"Fine, I'll be right back." Rhys and Jack waited until Averi was out of earshot before continuing their conversation.
"I heard about your fight."
"Did you?" Rhys asked as he stared at Garret.
"Yeah I did. You need to lay off Gavin; he's not worth it. They're just friends, she's dating you after all."
"I know that," Snapped Rhys, "I don't think Gavin does though." Garret shrugged and scratched his head with his good hand.
"Well the fact is he's going to flirt with her, but you know she loves you and you love her so I really don't see a problem."
"I see a problem, he's flirting with my girlfriend and your sister! I'm surprised you don't care."
"Look, you've known me for more than five years Rhys. You've been dating my sister since you guys were like 18? So you know I don't get involved in her personal life unless she asks me to, or she's in trouble."
"Shit, seven years we've been together…"
"You didn't listen to anything I just said did you?"
"Of course not." Garret rolled his eyes then glanced back at Rhys,
"You should marry her!" He concluded. Rhys' eyebrows shot up.
"You're kidding right?"
"No, seven years. You two might as well be married."
"So I propose with what? A flower?" Garret laughed,
"I dunno, it could be romantic… but then again, Aves might take it more seriously if you give her a ring."
"So I what, propose to keep her?" Rhys asked,
"No, propose if you love her. Hell I've known you long enough, you're already part of the family."
"That means a lot Garret."
"Don't mention it Rhys. You and Ave are perfect, you're both utter opposites, so you balance each other out."
"That's one way to look at it," said Rhys. Garret gave a wicked grin at Rhys,
"You mean there's another way?"
Averi left the tent and Jack was nowhere in sight, she couldn't see Sawyer either. She looked around Riena and Skye were cutting up fruit. They were talking to the fat man, Hurley; Angel was walking slowly over to Desmond who was fishing on some rocks. Then she spotted James and Gavin, neither seemed too happy to be talking to each other. Averi rolled her eyes as she walked over to them. Obviously Gavin was still pissed about earlier.
"Gav!" She called, Gavin turned around; he was wearing some aviator sunglasses that he didn't have before. James gave a small smile and he waved at Averi.
"How's Garret?" James asked.
"Huh? Oh he's good," She turned her attention back to Gavin, "Have you seen Sawyer, or better yet Jack?"
"Ah Sawyer's going to be thrilled you were asking for him. But I don't quite no where he is," Gavin explained as he adjusted his sunglasses. "Jack's over there though," Gavin pointed to small blue tent. Jack was sitting outside drinking a bottle of water.
"Thanks Gav, I'll see you guys later." Averi approached Jack when the blue tent flap opened. A tall, thin, blue-eyed, blonde-haired girl stepped out. She sat down next to Jack and said something to make him laugh. It was Melissa.
"Mel!" Averi yelled as she ran to the tent. Melissa looked away from Jack and ran forward.
"Averi! Garret told me you were here! But I hadn't seen you!"
"I know! I just got back!" She exclaimed grinning like a little girl. "Um, hold on for a second though. I need to talk with Jack." Averi walked a bit further until she reached Jack who looked up expectantly.
"What can I do for you?" He asked as he slowly stood up.
"I'm actually okay, it's my brother. His arm's fine!" Averi said quickly when Jack suddenly snapped his head to the tent. "He just wants to talk."
"Does he know about the boat?"
"Yeah… I told him. He took it really well actually. But he's probably on medication right?"
"No actually. He's probably just in a lot of pain. I have the bandages in here though. I'll grab them and wrap him up. I'll let you know when he's done. You just relax, you've had a rough morning."
Angel had finally decided to move from his spot on the beach. He didn't quite no where to go. He was at first tempted to go and hang out with Riena and Skye, but they both seemed engrossed in a conversation with Hurley. So instead he walked over to a man who seemed to be fishing. Angel sat down next to him,
"It doesn't seem like the fish are biting." The man smiled,
"Not today brotha', I'm Desmond."
"Angel… maybe you'd have better luck over there." Angel pointed to where an Asian man seemed to be plucking fish out of the water.
"Maybe, but I like this spot." Angel shrugged and lay down. The rock where the two were sitting on was large and flat enough that he could spread out. Angel stared up at the sky, he then noticed Desmond stiffen and after a few minutes whip his head around to stare at a blonde man.
"Who's that?" Angel asked.
"That's Charlie…" Desmond whispered worriedly.
"Don't sound so scared, he looks fine."
"For now. "
Riena watched as Skye talked animatedly to Hurley. Riena was surprised how fast Skye opened up to Hurley and Charlie. It was as if they were all meant to be friends. Riena however was a bit slower to open up to the others. As mature as Skye seemed she was still young, Riena was older and a bit more cautious towards the others. She didn't trust these people… especially that Locke character. She saw his little speech for what is was, a threat. And then he goes wandering off into the jungle? He seemed like a creep to her. Riena turned her attention to the dubbed, 'hospital tent.' Jack, Rhys and Garret, with his arm in a sling, had just exited it. Garret made an angry motion with his arms and stiffened in pain. She watched as Jack reprimanded him sternly and as Rhys looked away with a wiry smile. She watched as Jack left the group and made his way over to a pile of wood, Rhys and Garret both walked over the blue ocean and stood in silence. Riena's attention was adverted again when the Scottish man, Desmond and Angel approached the makeshift kitchen.
"You want to come with us on a hike?" Desmond asked Hurley, who looked away from Skye. Hurley gave a shrug and waved Riena and Skye off.
"Sure dude, let's go." As Angel, Hurley and Desmond made their way to the jungle Desmond stopped them.
"We have to see Jack, and get the first aid kit."
"Why" Angel asked.
"I'll explain later…" The three men walked over to Jack who was squatted by his shelter.
"Mornin' Jack!" Desmond called as they approached. "Must be nice to wake up in your own bed," Desmond pointed out. Angel checked out the bed, it was small, but looked very comfy.
"Yeah, home sweet home. However I haven't been in there for a while, first the kidnapping and now dealing you guys," Jack smiled as he nodded towards Angel who shrugged.
"Sorry about that…"
"Don't worry about it. What can I do for you three?"
"I was wondering if I could borrow a first aid kit, I seemed to have twisted my ankle," Desmond lied. Angel's eyebrows raised, he could have at least faked a limp.
"Do you want me to take a look at it?" asked Jack.
"No, no it's alright," Desmond explained a little to fast. "Don't worry yourself with it brotha' I can fix it."
"Right," Jack said slowly as he picked up a first aid kit. "Here… you okay Hurley?" Hurley who hadn't said a word was standing awkwardly stiff next to Angel and staring at the ground.
"Yup, just helping out Desmond, you know, because we're friends." Jack looked once again at Hurley, before turning back to Desmond,
"Right, well bring that back when you're done with it."
"Absolutely!" Angel said with a smile as he grabbed Hurley's shirt and tugged him away. When they were out of earshot Desmond glared at Hurley,
"What was that? Are you trying to get him suspicious?"
"Why would he be suspicious? Aren't we just going on a walk?" Asked Angel. Desmond ignored him.
"This is like the time Claire was drowning isn't it? Is someone getting hurt?"
"Wait, I thought we were jut going on a walk…" Angel trailed off.
"No, nobody is getting hurt. "
"Look dude, if you want me to take you to the wire, I need an explanation," Hurley announced. Angel looked back at the two men confused.
"I thought we were going on a walk?"
"Yeah, to the wire," Hurley said. Angel was tempted to ask what the wire was, but he figured he would just be ignored.
"Look," Desmond approached Hurley slowly, "I saw a sequence of events…"
"Is that why you got all weird?" Interjected Angel.
"What did you see?" Asked Hurley. Desmond shook his head,
"I don't know, it was like pieces of a big picture, and the first piece was you pulling the wire out of the sand."
"What were the other pieces?" Asked Hurley.
"I can't tell you, it will change the big picture."
"So what?" Hurley asked confused.
"So if he tells you, what's going to happen won't happen…. I get it. You want this stuff to happen?" Concluded Angel.
"But why isn't it something bad?" questioned Hurley.
"Not this time, I want this to happen, more than anything." The three walked over to the beach, back where Angel and Desmond were before.
"So why are we back here?" Asked Angel as he eyes the rock where they sat before.
"We need Jin… I saw him in the flash."
"Um, what if he won't help us? Does that mean what you want to happen won't happen?" Hurley asked.
"Aye. I have no idea how to get him to come with us…"
"Watch the master," Hurley grinned as he walked off. He came back with Jin…
"Alright, you three run off and get food and water." Angel waked with Hurley and Jin to the now deserted kitchen. They silently packed up food and water.
"So, he doesn't speak English?" Asked Angel.
"Nah, just a bit… he's learning. His wife, Sun, she speaks it though. So she's kind of like a translator."
"Shouldn't she come along?" Asked Angel as he grabbed two water bottles.
"If she wasn't in the vision, she ain't coming." Hurley explained. "Come on let's get back to Desmond."
It was night when Angel spotted it. They had been listening to a mix of Charlie's guitar and Jin's story telling. Of course Jin was speaking in Korean, so nobody understood. As he stared up at the sky he saw something. A falling red dot.
"Guys!" Hey yelled, "Look at that!" The four stared as the red dot descended in the air and fell into the dark jungle.
"Oh my god," Desmond gasped out as the dot disappeared into the darkness. Angel watched as Charlie turned back. Was this what Desmond wanted to happen?
"Pellet?" Jin asked after the dot disappeared.
"No dude, you saw it, it wasn't a food drop."
"Maybe it came from a helicopter?" Suggested Angel.
"Yeah, but you can't eject from a helicopter," explained Charlie.
"Look all that matters is that they're here…" Hurley said with a smile.
"How do ya know it's a person?" Angel wondered aloud.
"I heard Desmond talking, he said it was a person coming… someone's here to save us." They all turned as Desmond zipped up a backpack.
"Where are you going?" Charlie demanded.
"To where it fell, come on!" Desmond called. Jin and Angel went to follow Desmond but Charlie grabbed them both.
"We're not just going out there in the middle of the night!" Exclaimed Charlie.
"Yes we are," countered Desmond as he pulled Angel and Jin away from Charlie.
"Don't you remember Rousseau's death trap? Look it'll be light in two hours we can go then!"
"She can't wait!"
"She? How'd you know it's a she?" Asked Angel.
"Fine, whoever it is could be hurt. All four of us have to go now!"
"Why?" Asked Charlie.
"Because it has to happen this way!"
"Well I'm not going!" Snapped Charlie. Angel rolled his eyes, they were acting like children.
"Fine, we'll leave at first light then... together."
It was about midday. James and Gavin both sat with their backs to the sea, and their face towards the ping-pong match of the century. It was Sawyer versus Jack.
"Five seashells, and a two mangos on Sawyer," Gavin betted. James looked at him disbelievingly,
"What the hell am I going to do with a pile of seashells?"
"I don't know," scoffed Gavin, "fashion it into a knife?"
"You're an idiot… but you're on! I raise you three mangos" A few minutes later, Sawyer had beaten Jack.
"And you owe me three mangos!" James rolled his eyes.
"It's not over yet!" Gavin looked up, Jack had beaten Sawyer at the second game.
"Best two out of three?" Asked Jack.
"Guess you're right. Any chance you want to raise the stakes?" Gavin grinned.
"Hell yeah, this is the most interesting thing all day."
Angel was near the back of the group; they had been walking for hours. They had stopped when Hurley started complaining and Desmond had spotted a backpack, with a satellite phone inside. He had also found a picture of him and some girl, Penny. If anything this encouraged him to move way faster. After this the pace picked up a reasonable amount. As they walked further the rain kicked in. Angel's curly hair became matted against his head as they continued to walk. He had to admit, he was amazed at how these people knew their way around the island. As the walk continued, a conversation of superheroes commenced. It was between the Flash and Superman; Hurley was clearly winning this argument. Suddenly Charlie stepped on a wire,
"What the hell?" He exclaimed and stepped off the wire.
"Charlie, Duck!" Cried Desmond as he talked Charlie to the ground. Angel and the others watched in amazement as an arrow slew past Charlie's head. Desmond brushed himself off and kept walking, the others did too. The rain stopped as Angel ran up to Hurley.
"What was that?"
"One of Rousseau's traps."
"Who the hell is Rousseau?" Asked Angel.
"A crazy French lady who wanders the jungle," Hurley said calmly.
"You're kidding right?"
"Nope." The four walked in silence until they reached a small clearing. There was a brief scuttle, of which way the beacon landed before Hurley spoke up,
"We should split up," Hurley suggested. "Me and Charlie will go that way, you Jin and Angel will go around and we'll meet up over there." Hurley told Desmond.
"No, you Jin and Angel," Charlie advised Hurley. "I'll go with Desmond." The five split up and after a bit of walking Hurley stopped short.
"Dude, look," he pointed to a person hanging from a tree branch. Jin called out something in Korean and then Desmond and Charlie came running through the bracket.
"Hey! Can you hear me!" Called Angel as he stepped in front of Hurley.
"Hello?" Jin called loudly. There was no response the person hung from the parachute limply as Jin continued to scream in Korean.
"Dude, she's not moving…" Hurley noted.
"I'm sorry Penny," Desmond whispered as he stared wide-eyed at the woman. Desmond suddenly pushed past the group and tossed the pack to the ground. He pulled a machete from his pants and hacked at the ropes of the parachute after he had climbed a tree trunk. As he hacked the first rope the parachute fell lightly to the ground. When he hacked the second rope however the woman fell quickly into the parachute the four men held out.
"She's alive!" Hurley exclaimed as the woman moved her head around. Desmond suddenly jumped from the trunk and made his way over.
"Stand back!" He cried happily as he bent over her. "I'm hear Penny, it's alright," he whispered to her like a mantra.
"Be careful," Charlie said as he leaned forward.
"Get off! Charlie!" Yelled Desmond as he elbowed Charlie. After Desmond yanked the helmet off he stared in shock. That wasn't Penny. Instead of a light skinned, fair-haired woman, it was a dark skinned and almost caramel colored haired woman.
"Desmond," she croaked out. Angel looked down at her,
"Um guys… I don't think that's Penny…"
A/N: Well that was long. I want to apologize that Martina wasn't in this chapter much, but don't worry she'll be back. Especially now that Garret's up and I have some ideas for scenes between Martina and Naomi ;) Hehehe... Anyway, I have to say, I'm actually kind of pleased with this chapter. Let me know what you guys think so far! - Alexa
