A/N: Thanks to all the reviewers and readers of this story! I have absolutely nothing to say except that I am extremely happy to hear that Zac and Vanessa are now OFFICIALLY dating!
"His name's Troy," Jane said.
"Are you sure?" Ryan asked.
Jane nodded once again.
"Here," He said. "Follow me,"
Ryan grabbed Jane's hand and pulled her along. They arrived at the beach, in front of Troy and Gabriella.
"Troy, Troy, Troy," Ryan said, panting.
"Yes Ryan?" Troy asked, looking at the girl who he was holding.
"I have something to tell you…" He said. "Come here,"
He let go of Jane's hand.
"Is this your sister?" Ryan asked.
"I don't know,"
"Troy?" Jane asked.
"No, no, no. Jane?" Troy said, amazed. "You found my sister! How'd you find my sister? How'd you know she was my sister?"
"Over there…"
Gabriella stood there, stunned.
"So you have a sister, Troy?" Gabriella asked. "How come you never told me?"
"Actually, I never got around to telling you," Troy said. "No one knows, except for my mom and dad. Not even Chad knows,"
"I'm Gabriella," Gabriella said, introducing herself.
"Jane,"
"You have explaining to do," Gabriella said, pulling Troy along into the shade of the trees.
Gabriella raised her eyebrows.
"Well, it goes like this. My dad got together with my mom. The mom I have now. They had me, but then they split up. Dad got together with some other random woman and they had Jane. But then my dad broke up with her and she kept Jane. My dad soon got back together with my mom, but my real mom doesn't know about Jane. Only her mom does. Which makes me Jane's half-brother," Troy finished with a frown. "And even I don't get what I just said,"
"I think I do," Gabriella said, thinking hard. "Well, okay, let's get back,"
Troy and Gabriella walked back over to Ryan and Jane, who were both talking quietly. They didn't notice that Troy and Gabriella had returned until Troy cleared his throat.
"Oh, hey," Ryan said, turning to face them.
Suddenly a loud roar erupted from the jungle and everyone stopped and looked towards the sound.
"Wha…wha…what was that?" Sharpay asked, sounding very scared.
Nobody answered her but kept staring into the jungle, backing away slowly. The noises grew louder and Sawyer and Kate crouched down, taking their guns out of their jeans. Sharpay stared at Kate then Sawyer then the guns and almost screamed before Locke put a hand over her mouth.
"Shhh…." He said softly and she nodded, and he let go of her.
Kate and Sawyer crept slowly towards the jungle, the loud noises getting louder still. When they entered the jungle the noises stopped, but then started a few seconds later, louder this time. They walked around, and the camp watched them uneasily. When Kate walked around a tree she screamed, and Sawyer went after her.
The camp heard gunshots and other noises but then there was silence. Then the monster sounds started up again. Jack, Locke and Sayid had already sprinted into the jungle when they heard Kate scream, but they came back a couple of minutes later looking frustrated
"Sayid, grab the rest of the guns, Locke, we need to get ready to go as soon as possible!" Jack yelled, running to the medical tent.
Troy ran up to Jack and watched him grab things and stuff them in a bag.
"What's going on?" he asked
"Something grabbed Kate and Sawyer out there, we need to find them before they get killed," He said, putting the backpack on his back.
"Can I help?" Troy asked
"No, I'm not putting another life in danger, 3 is enough," he said, walking out
"But I know how to use a gun, please, let me help!" he pleaded, and Jack stopped walking and looked at Troy
"Are you sure?" Jack asked, knowing he was gonna regret it
Troy nodded and Jack reluctantly handed him a gun, looking into the jungle as they heard the monster noises again
"Thanks," he said, stuffing it into his jeans.
"Troy! Where are you going?" Gabriella cried
"I'm gonna save Kate and Sawyer," he said
"Troy, we need to go!" Locke shouted from the tree line where Jack and Sayid were standing with him.
"I love you and I promise I'll be back," Troy said, giving her a quick kiss on the lips and then running up to them
"I love you…" Gabriella whispered, tears trickling down her cheeks.
Troy and the others ran through the jungle, following the faint sounds of the 'monster'. Nobody spoke as they ran, but suddenly Troy tripped and landed on something hard. He gasped in pain and put his hand on his stomach. When he pulled it back he saw blood and gasped again. Jack ran down to him, gently turning him over.
"Go find them, we'll catch up!" Jack said and Sayid and Locke ran ahead.
Jack ripped open Troy's shirt and looked at a small stick that had lodged itself into Troy's stomach.
"You okay?" Jack asked Troy as he reached into his bag.
"Yeah, actually, it's surprisingly not as painful as it looks," Troy said almost happily.
"Not usually a good sign," Jack said worriedly, shining a torch over the wound.
"Isn't it?" Troy asked and Jack shook his head.
"Just try to stay awake okay?" Jack said, looking in his bag again.
Troy nodded and sighed, breathing in slowly and raggedly. Suddenly they head footsteps
"Jack?" he heard Locke call.
"I'm over here," Jack yelled back and they saw Locke and Sayid appear. "We need to get him back to camp,"
Locke nodded and came forward, gently picking Troy up and heading towards camp. Jack and Sayid followed him and when they reached the beach they took Troy to Jack's medical hut/tent.
Gabriella and the rest of the 819 survivors ran over and Gabriella screamed.
"Troy! Oh my god, what happened?" Gabriella asked, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Get them away from here and tell them everyone what happened," Jack said to Sayid and Locke as he started looking around for things in his bag.
They nodded and started to move them out of the way and back into the main part of the beach.
"What happened?" Charlie asked them worriedly.
"There was an accident. Troy fell and has a stick lodged in his stomach," Locke said, rubbing his bald head and sighing.
Charlie nodded and walked away, heading for Claire's tent.
"Claire?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah?" Claire appeared with Aaron.
"I'm gonna go over to help that kid," He said. "Just stay here and stay safe,"
Claire nodded and looked down at Aaron. Charlie ran back over to Locke and stood, waiting for instructions.
"Charlie, you stay here and make sure he stays awake," Locke said. "I'm gonna go over there and look for Sawyer and Kate, then I'll get Jack back here to help. Whatever you do, don't let him fall asleep,"
Charlie nodded and saluted as Locke ran back into the forest.
"So…" Charlie began nervously. "Do you like cows? I mean, do you like bands?"
"Yeah, some bands," Troy said, wincing.
"Have you heard the band called Drive Shaft?" Charlie asked eagerly.
"Yeah," Troy said. "There was some news on that actually. They said the bass player's gone missing,"
"Do you know any of their songs?" Charlie questioned him.
"A couple," Troy muttered.
"Like what?"
"Umm… You All Everybody," Troy said, looking down at his stomach.
"Do you know the bass player?"
"No,"
"Well, I'm him,"
"You're Charlie Pace?" Troy asked, sitting up but laying back down again as he couldn't stand the pain.
"Sure am," Charlie said, grinning.
"Awesomeness," Troy said, smiling.
Gabriella ran up to Troy, her face stained with dry tears.
"Are you okay?" She asked, fear creeping up in her voice.
"I'm fine,"
"Troy, how can you be fine?" Gabriella asked. "I mean, you have a stick, in your stomach. That's gotta hurt. And I can't stand seeing you in pain,"
"It's no problem Gabriella," Troy assured her. "I'll be fine as long as I don't do anything and sit here being bored and stuff and you know, just being…"
Gabriella cut him short by kissing him softly. He gave her a 'what-was-that-for?' look.
"You were blabbering," She said, sitting on the ground next to him.
Charlie saw that the two would probably want to talk alone so he told them that he'd better get back to his tent. He left and Gabriella frowned.
"Is it just me, or does he not like me?" Gabriella asked.
"I think it's just you, babe," Troy said, laughing. "Ow, ow, ow, that hurts,"
"What hurts?" Gabriella asked worriedly.
"Haha, got'cha," He said, sitting up straight.
"Not funny," Gabriella said hotly. "I thought you were in pain,"
She turned away from him and huffed.
"Aww," He said, putting his hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry,"
Gabriella looked him in the eyes and stood up.
"How do we go to the bathroom?" She asked inquisitively.
"Behind a tree, I suppose," Troy said, shrugging.
"Urghh," She groaned. "The sooner we get off this island, the better,"
She stormed off in search for Claire and a way to go to the loo.
"Girls," Chad said, walking up to Troy. "They're annoying aren't they?"
"Sometimes," Troy agreed. "But not that often,"
"You're some strange, weird kid, Troy," Chad responded.
"Well, for one, I love Gabriella, and two, Sharpay is really the only one who pisses people off," Troy said.
"Hmmm," Chad thought. "I think you have a point there, captain,"
Troy nodded and turned in the direction of the forest.
"Do you think they've found them?" He asked.
"Found who?"
"You mean you don't know?" Troy asked. "You didn't hear?"
Chad shook his head.
"Kate and Sawyer were taken by something or someone in the forest," Troy told him.
His eyes widened.
"Are they dead?" He asked in shock.
"I dunno," Troy said sadly. "I honestly don't know,"
"Claire!" Gabriella yelled. "Claire!"
"Yes, Gabriella?"
"Uhh, I have a serious problem," Gabriella said quietly.
"And what is this problem?" Claire asked.
"How do we go to the bathroom?"
"Ahh, well, you have to umm…"Claire began.
Gabriella gave her a look urging her on.
"Uhh, you have to, see, you have to… go to the hatch," Claire said, putting Aaron back in his cot. (In this, the hatch never imploded)
"Right, what's the hatch?" Gabriella asked. "Where is it?"
"Umm, I could go down with you if you want," Claire said.
Gabriella nodded. She led her down to the hatch and pointed out to the toilet. Gabriella rushed off and shut the door.
Jack, Locke and Sayid looked at their surroundings, following footsteps that they had spotted a while back.
"What's that?" Sayid asked, pointing to something shimmering in the light.
Jack approached it and touched the wall it was on, pulling away some of the branches and vines.
"Here!" Jack called to them, opening a door.
They entered the place carefully, their guns in their hands. As they walked around a corner Jack saw Kate and Sawyer sitting back-to-back, tied up to each other.
"Wait, it seems to easy…." Sayid said.
"Doesn't matter, if anyone comes, shoot them," Jack said, running up to them and untying them.
He looked over both of them and as he finished Sawyer woke up.
"What's going on?" he asked, rubbing the back of his head
"You tell us," Jack replied, looking around. "I'm gonna look around for supplies, take Kate and go,"
Sayid, Locke and Sawyer looked at each other and then at Jack, but then Sawyer picked Kate up and they walked outside. Jack came out moments later, carrying a bag. They walked back to camp in silence, and when they arrived Jack ran to where Troy was.
Sawyer placed Kate on the table next to Troy's and sat on the chair, watching as Jack inspected the wound.
"I'm gonna have to pull it out now, otherwise it wont heal properly." Jack said and Troy nodded worriedly
"Can you get Gabriella?" Troy asked Sawyer and he nodded, taking one more glace at Kate and then running down the beach.
"Gabriella!" he called and Gabriella ran to him. "Jack's gonna take the stick from Troy,"
"Oh no…." she said, her hands going to her mouth.
"Come on," he said, grabbing her arm and dragging her towards the tent
When they reached it Troy was breathing raggedly.
"Gabriella," Troy breathed
"I'm here baby," she said softly, grabbing onto his hand as tears trickled down her cheeks.
"I'm…okay." He said in between breaths
Gabriella nodded and bit her lip.
"You ready?" Jack asked Troy
"I'll never be ready, but go ahead," he said, bracing himself.
Jack nodded and placed his hands around the stick.
"Three…two…one!' Jack said, pulling the stick out
Troy groaned in pain and fell unconscious and Gabriella screamed. Sawyer stood up and walked next to Gabriella, handing Jack a cloth that he asked for. Jack worked quickly, stitching up the wound and wiping the blood away. He looked over at Troy and panicked.
"What's going on?" Gabriella asked worriedly, tears running down her cheeks.
"Sawyer, get her out of here," Jack said,
Sawyer pushed Gabriella away but she pulled away from him and saw Jack performing CPR. She choked back a sob and fell to the ground in shock. Sawyer lifted her up by the shoulders and she cried on his shoulder as he dragged her away, sitting her down a couple of meters away.
She flung her arms around him as she cried and he looked at her awkwardly, but hugged her back slightly. Sawyer stood up after a little while and walked over to where Kate was stirring. He picked her up and placed her near Gabriella then headed back to the tent.
Suddenly Troy gasped and started sucking in huge amounts of air.
"That's it, keep breathing," Jack said happily
"Gabriella!" Sawyer yelled "Come here,"
Gabriella shook her head and kept crying, so Sawyer walked up to her and dragged her to the tent, where Troy smiled up at her.
"TROY!" she screamed, running to him and kissing him
"Hey darlin, I'm back," he said, coughing
Jack and Sawyer left them and walked up to Kate, who was sitting in the sand.
"What happened?" she asked, standing up shakily
"Troy died and then came back…" Sawyer started
"What?' Kate asked, confused
"Kate! You're alive!" Claire screamed, running up to her and hugging her
Kate smiled and watched as Charlie and Aaron slowly walked towards them.
"Guess what!" she exclaimed
"What?" Kate, Jack and Sawyer asked
"I'm pregnant!" she squealed.
A/N: Fabulous. I think I'd like to leave it there. Please tell me if you like it!