Hey guys this chapter 14. Just a heads up, this will be quite a long story (I'm talking 30-40 chapters) If you have any questions or ideas please feel free to PM them to me. I might not be able to update this as often because my dad wants to ban my writing privileges (Yes it as bad as it sounds, and trust me I'm fighting it.) Also should I start the opposite of this? Instead of aliens to the plot of JP I was thinking I could do JP to the plot of aliens for a sequel.

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CHAPTER 14. LONG NIGHT

Hicks' relief was short lived, the Queen knocked the upside down car and it spun around on it's top pushing Hicks and Newt over with it. She then proceeded to push it closer and closer to the edge of the enclosure; which had a huge concrete moat. Tim screamed from inside the wrecked car as it edged towards the massive drop. Hicks had to think of something quickly, as he and Newt were about to be pushed over.

He wrapped one arm around Newt and then grabbed onto one of the broken fence wires, and started to abseil down the wall of the moat, which was ridiculously slippery due to the rain water flowing down it. He moved as quickly as he could, but the Queen was going to push the car over the edge before he made it down; killing them both with the impact. Great now what? He thought desperately and then saw it; another broken fence wire; this one out of the path of the falling car. He tried to reach it; but it was too far away.

He tried to use the the wire he was currently holding to swing across the wall, and this time his fingers skimmed his desired wire. Meanwhile the Queen had managed to push half of the car off the edge of the moat, and it loomed above them; with it's headlights still on.

Come on. Hicks thought as he tried to reach the wire again, and this time he managed to get a hold of it; it was still warm from all the electricity that had been flowing through it not too long ago. He then heard the groan of metal above him and the car toppled over the edge, straight for them. Oh shit... Hicks thought and let go of the old wire; he then swung away from the path of the falling car just in time. He felt the breeze as it flew past him. He also heard the scream of Tim, who was still trapped inside. Oh no...Please survive! Hicks thought and abseiled down the cliff as quickly as he could. Tim's car had fallen off the edge but was stopped by a tree at the bottom before it could smash into the ground. Hicks breathed a sigh of relief and went to go help Tim out.

As he hurried over to the tree, he saw the ripples of the Queen's footsteps in the puddles; growing fainter and fainter. She's going...That's good...for now. Hicks thought and turned to Newt, who was still trembling in fear.

"Listen I'm going to go help Tim out, stay here." He ordered her and she shook her head weakly.

"He left us..." She mumbled, referring to how Gennaro deserted them.

"That's not what I'm going to do. I'm your father Rebecca and you know I wouldn't let anything happen to you." Hicks said and turned towards the huge tree Tim's Land Rover was wedged in.

He looked up and gulped; that was one big tree. He grabbed onto the trunk and started to climb his way up, slowly but surely. He then felt a branch snap beneath his foot. Shit! He thought and started repositioning his feet on the trunk. Jesus, I haven't tried anything like this since when I was kid in Alabama. He thought and finally reached the wreckage of the car.

He forced the mangled door open and found a battered Tim, lying in the front seat with a sad expression on his face. Something stank too. Tim looked up at him.

"Come on I'm getting you out of here." Hicks said and held out a hand, that Tim refused.

"I threw up." Tim admitted and looked down at the floor of the car.

"That's okay...Everyone throws up. Now come on we need to get out of here." Hicks reassured him.

He then leaned forward and leaned against the cars steering wheel, which he didn't notice he had turned; changing the position of the wheels on the branches to one that would slip much easier. Tim took Hicks' hand and they started down the huge tree together. They were about halfway down when Hicks heard the chilling sound of wood cracking and the car started to slip down; right at them again.

"Oh no." Hicks said and motioned for Tim to hurry up.

They raced down the tree as fast as they could but sure enough; the branch holding the car up snapped and the battered Land rover plummeted down towards them. Hicks flinched and waited for the impact but felt none. He opened his eyes and saw that the car had been stopped by another branch, but it wasn't going to hold for long. They raced down the trunk as fast as they could, and had almost reached the bottom. Then it happened.

The branch snapped and the car fell down again; just as they hit the ground. Hicks jumped on top of Tim and covered his head; hoping for the best. Amazingly the space where the car's door should have been landed directly on top of them, leaving the two unscathed.

"Well...we're back in the car again." Tim panted, out of breath from his climb.

"At least we're out of the tree." Hicks pointed out and helped him out of the car.

He brought Tim back to where Newt was hiding and led them both deep into the jungle. He eventually found a tree suitable enough and gestured for them to start climbing to a safe spot.

"Aw...I hate trees." Tim complained, a bit shaken from his last experience.

"They don't bother me." Newt bragged.

"Yeah well you weren't in the last one." Tim argued and Hicks raised a hand, signaling for them to shut up.

H heard the faint roar of the Queen in the distance and hurried up the tree after Newt and Tim. He sat down next to them on a huge branch and put an arm around both of them. They snuggled up to him; as if he were the only means of safety on the entire island. This made Hicks smile. Maybe I am a good dad. He thought and Tim spoke.

"Did you get hear about the man who got captured by alien teddy bears?" Tim asked, in the happiest tone Hicks had heard him speak in for a while.

"No." He said, playing along.

"He had close encounters with the furred kind." Tim joked and Hicks chuckled.

"Why is an alien like a collection of famous actors signatures?" Tim asked again, setting up a joke.

"Why?"

"Because they both come from the stars." Tim said and Hicks laughed again, he might never have known it, but he was starting to bond with this kid that he hated not too long ago.

Tim looked up to him now, as more than just one of his favorite authors and soldiers, but as a fatherly figure. After a while of talking, the two kids drifted off to sleep in Hicks' arms. He soon followed them.

It was going to be a long night for them.

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