A/N: Hello my duckies, I know it has been a long time since I last updated but my boyfriend and I of two years broke up so I guess I took a bit of a break from writing. I'm back though and have all summer to work on this story. Thank you all who reviewed and I'm sorry I didn't get to respond. I will respond to all signed in reviews from now on. So, please enjoy chapter 21.
LOST: The Other Survivor
Chapter: 21
"Day Two: Sacrifices"
I woke up the next morning to my cage door being swung open and two men coming in to get me out. They handed me my lunch, and pushed me out. I glanced over to see Sawyer being yanked out as well. He yawned exhausted, and scratched his stomach.
"I ain't leavin' without my breakfast!" Sawyer growled.
"Fish biscuit?" I asked him.
"Fish biscuit." Sawyer confirmed.
"You're not getting any damn breakfast today, now move it." Danny ordered. I sighed frustrated.
Thus Sawyer and I were put to work and this time it was different. Every time Sawyer would come up to me to load the chipped lose rocks into the wheel barrel, he'd silently talk to me.
"It's purty out, ain't it?" Sawyer whispered as he lifted a chipped loose rock.
"Yeah, I'm working on my tan." I joked. Sawyer chuckled.
"Ya come here often?" He asked me, a grin forming on his dry lips. He grunted as he lifted a rock.
"No, not really, this is my first time. My friend came with me but she ditched me to hook up with a doctor." I chuckled, and brought down my pick axe on a large boulder.
"Well, that ain't nice. But that don't mean you can't have fun either." Sawyer winked at me. I chuckled and had to put a hand over my mouth to hide my laughs.
"Are you hitting on me sir?" I asked and chipped at the boulder again.
"That depends, is it workin'?" He asked. I couldn't stop the laughs, and Sawyer joined me. Danny stormed over and demanded to know what was so funny.
"N-nothing." I gasped. Sawyer picked up his wheel barrel's handles and walked off to unload the rocks. Danny glared at me and for a minute just watched me chip at the boulder.
After a while Kate appeared in a beautiful white dress with flower designs on it. She was put to work a few feet away from me. I kept glancing over to see if she'd look over at me. She finally did. I mouthed, 'Are you okay?' She nodded and looked and me questioningly.
'I'm okay. So is he.' I mouthed. She nodded and glanced at Sawyer. She then resumed her work. I felt extremely bothered by the fact that I couldn't talk to her and get some idea why she was here, and where Jack was. I pretended to tie my tennis shoe.
"Kate." I whispered. She barely heard me. She looked at me questioningly.
"How's Jack?" I asked. She watched me for a second.
"Fine… He's under surveillance. I was with him before they brought me here." She whispered. Danny slowly walked over to us and we snapped back to our work.
"What're you wearing?" I whispered to her when Danny went back to talk to his friends.
"They made me wear it." She whispered. I chuckled.
Sawyer came back to load up on rocks. He nodded at Kate, who nodded back. Sawyer then seemed to see something behind me, but before I could turn around and look, he grabbed me and pressed his lips against mine.
"Ceal, be careful, I'll find ya if I have to." Sawyer whispered really quickly before I felt two sets of hands grab my arms and yank me away from him. Danny was sprinting towards Sawyer.
"James- What? Why-" I then realized I was being taken somewhere. I watched as Danny shocked Sawyer.
"Hey! Stop!" I yelled as I was being dragged away. Kate stood by defeated and watched sadly. Danny was saying something to Sawyer, and then a hood was placed over my head. I was dragged somewhere and where ever it was it was indoors.
"Where the hell am I being taken?" I asked annoyed. No response. I heard a metal door open and then I was relieved of the hood. I was thrown inside the empty concrete room. I looked to my left and saw the familiar double glassed wall, and saw Jack on the other side of it. He was looking at me confused and worried.
"Jack!" I called and scrambled to my feet and ran over to the glass. The men left the room and locked the door after themselves. Jack called my name but we couldn't hear each other. He looked down at me sadly.
"What the f-ck is going on?" I asked, thinking Jack would read my lips. He got a strained look on his face and turned away from me. I looked at him confused and then we could hear each other. A loud speaker went off.
"We need your help Jack. One of us have been shot and we need you to help her." The loud speaker said. I was confused.
"I repeat- why would I do that?" Jack asked, his eyes on me. I wasn't liking where this was going.
"I'm only going to ask one more time." The speaker said threateningly. I watched Jack with a raised eyebrow.
"You got the wrong person in there- Ceal is perfectly capable of-" Jack cut himself off as a dark yellow cloud of gas erupted from vents inside my prison. I looked around in shocked, and noticed the vents were built into the ceiling. I had no way to block them. The gas was rushing at me. I whipped around to look at Jack.
"Uhm, Jack?" I asked, starting to worry. Jack was up against the glass, staring at the yellow gas fill the room slowly- he looked at me torn and angrily.
"I-" Jack started. I felt my eyes start to burn, and my throat constrict. I coughed and tried to get the feeling to subside. My eyes burned like I'd gotten a bottle of shampoo dumped onto them, and my throat was paralyzing, limiting the access of air getting to my lungs. I gasped and fell to my knees, clutching my throat. I could barely hear Jack screaming my name then screaming that he'd do it.
"Get her out! STOP IT!" Jack yelled. I felt myself lose consciousness and fell on to my back. I didn't know when the gas stopped coming out- and I didn't know when I was lifted and carried into another room. I only started to regain some sense of reality when I saw Jack standing above and analyzing me- he face drawn with guilt.
"J-Jack…" I croaked. His eyes snapped to mine.
"Don't talk- your throat is pretty raw still…" Jack said. I tore my eyes from him and looked around the room. I was in Jack's cell and he'd been given a couple of things to use on me.
"I'm so sorry Ceal- I didn't think they'd do something so… drastic…" He whispered. I then found myself having eye drops dripped into my eyes. I blinked and felt the sting subside slightly. I closed my eyes and let myself fall asleep. Jack must have given me a sedative.
Later
I woke up outside. I was in my cage and I noticed Sawyer in his. Kate was nowhere to be seen. My head hurt like crazy, and my throat still stung. I slowly started to sit up.
"Ceal, are ya okay?" Sawyer asked quietly, his hands fisted around the bars of his cage. I groaned and sat still.
"Yeah…" I mumbled. Sawyer watched me worried.
"What'd they do to ya?" Sawyer asked. I cleared my throat a couple times, really wishing I had water. I considered climbing out of my cage and into Sawyer's for a drink but I didn't want to cause more problems.
"Nothing." I whispered. I noticed Sawyer had a black watch around his wrist and I cleared my throat again, nodding at him.
"Where'd you get the watch?" I croaked. Sawyer suddenly grew defensive.
"No where." He growled and sat. I felt myself become tired again, the sedative obviously still in effect.
"Sleep Ceal. I'll watch over ya." Sawyer whispered. I noticed his hand ghost over the watch he was wearing. I frowned, but lay down way too tired to fight with him.
"Okay… Thanks James." I mumbled and fell into another deep slumber.
That night
I woke up to a light rain and Sawyer munching on a fish biscuit. I felt a lot better, but still well due to the lack of hydration and nourishment. Sawyer glanced over at me and saw me awake.
"Good evenin'." He said, and tossed me a fish biscuit. I picked it up and nibbled on it.
"Good evening James." I said and ate more of my fish biscuit. Sawyer hesitated.
"I uh, noticed ya started callin' me… ma real name." Sawyer said, not quite meeting my eyes.
"Yes. Does it bother you?" I asked, and looked over at Sawyer, the rain lightly hitting my face due to the wind.
"No. It don't bother me." He whispered. I smiled. I then saw Danny running towards Sawyer's cage, his body soaked from the rain, and his face twisted in rage. Sawyer backed away from the door of his cage. I watched in shock as Danny unlocked the cage, opened the door, and walked into the cage. Sawyer held up his hands in defense, but Danny rammed right into him like a bull, and started to punch Sawyer like crazy.
"What the hell are you doing? STOP!" I screamed, while pulling at the bars of my prison. Danny grabbed Sawyer by the shirt on his back, and threw him out of the cage into the middle of the ground between the two cages. I watched as two more appeared and watched nervously. Sawyer groaned in pain and stumbled backwards trying to evade the hits, but Danny was in a crazed frenzy. I immediately climbed up the cement cubes in my cage and squeezed through the bars. The other two guards were too preoccupied watching Sawyer being beaten to notice me escape. I jumped down, and just before Danny landed another punch, I threw myself in front of Sawyer, my back taking the punch, and hugged Sawyer tightly.
His chest was wet due to the rain, but I could feel the heat radiating from his body. An annoying beeping came from his wrist. I felt Sawyer's hands gently touch my sides. I was then yanked back, and dragged a few feet away. I was put on my knees and the two other guards pointed their rifles at me while Danny aimed his 9mm gun at Sawyer's head.
"STOP!" I screamed. Danny was crying... This completely threw me off.
"Do you love him?" Danny screamed at me. My heart thundered and fluttered, and I felt myself bite my lip in worry. I hadn't yet admitted this to James himself, how could I spit it out now to an Other?
"Do you love him?" Danny barked and rammed another fist into Sawyer's face. I flinched and realized I had no choice.
"YES! I LOVE HIM!" I yelled and looked at my hands defeated. The rain soaked my clothes and gave me a chill. Silence passed, then slowly, Danny left… One guard opened my cage and told me to get in, his rifle still aimed at me. I walked in numbly, while James was dragged to his cage. I watched James' unconscious body for two hours, before I succumbed to sleep.
I awoke the next morning to find Sawyer gone… I looked around horrified and bit my lower lip.
"Please be okay…" I whispered. A few hours later, Juliet came to me with food and stayed to chat, which I didn't exactly want to do since she was an Other.
"He's okay." She said, while watching me grimace at the grilled cheese sandwich.
"He better be." I hissed. Juliet watched me for a second before starting up another conversation.
"I'm sorry we used the gas on you… but we knew about Jack's feelings for you and how he wouldn't let anything bad happen to you." Juliet said. I glared at her.
"Would you leave me alone?" I asked glaring at her. She just nodded and left.
Well into the late afternoon Sawyer was back, and his watch was gone. I grimaced.
"Where the hell were you?" I asked.
"Out with the boys." Sawyer said and looked a little worried.
"Are you okay- are you in pain?" I asked, looking him over, He did have major bruising and cuts. Sawyer shook his head.
"No…" He whispered and sat. I grit my teeth and decided the hell with this. I was getting Sawyer and I out- and we'd come back for Kate and Jack. At least that way we'd have man power, and if they did anything to hurt Kate or Jack- I would kill them all.
I climbed up the familiar cement cubes, through the bars of the roof, and slid down the side.
"What the hell do ya think yer doin'?" Sawyer asked. I jogged over to Sawyer's cell and ignored his shouts of disapproval.
I picked up a big rock and rammed it against the lock on Sawyer's cell.
"We're getting the hell out of here." I said angrily, and successfully opened the metal door. Sawyer stepped back from me, as I entered his cage.
"I ain't going nowhere." Sawyer whispered. I stared at him incredulously.
"Come on you moron!" I yelled. Sawyer looked down at me sadly.
"There ain't no where to run Smiley. When I was gone… they showed me we ain't even on our island. Were on another island a few miles away from the one we crashed on." Sawyer whispered. I stared at him.
"How- what?" I asked and rubbed my temples. This definitely complicated things… Sawyer reached out and stroked my cheek with his right thumb. I closed my eyes to his touch.
"You need to escape Ceal. I would never forgive maself if somethin' happened to you." Sawyer whispered. I looked up at him stubbornly.
"I'm not leaving without you. Get it through your thick skull." I whispered. Sawyer watched my eyes for a moment then sighed.
"Live together, die alone." Sawyer whispered. I nodded.
I then sat down at the far end of his cage, near the pipe that gave him water. It ran alongside the back of the cage.
"SO, ya gonna bunk with me tonight?" Sawyer asked, and sat beside me. I nodded.
"Yes. I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow, but I want to be with… you… tonight." I mumbled the last part feeling really silly. Sawyer kissed my cheek.
"I want to be with you too." He replied. I smiled up into his grey blue eyes and smiled at the warmth in them. Sawyer leaned down and kissed me. I kissed him back, and soon Sawyer pushed me over on to my back and lay over me, kissing me. I'm not gonna lie, it was really sexy, but given our circumstances, I wouldn't be able to relax or enjoy myself.
"Not now." I whispered. Sawyer stopped kissing my neck.
"Ya may not get a chance later." Sawyer said jokingly, but we both knew it to be the truth.
"I will." I said trying to sound confident. Sawyer pushed himself up so he could look me in the eyes.
"I love ya." Sawyer whispered extremely quietly. My eyes widened, but I smiled happily.
"I know!" I said cheerfully. Sawyer laughed.
"That ain't the answer I was hopin' for…" Sawyer said and rolled off me. I sat up.
"Did ya… mean it when you said ya loved me?" Sawyer asked, a teasing smile on his lips but his eyes were watching me with worry, hope, and nervousness.
"Yes. I love you." I said and kissed his cheek. I leaned against Sawyer's body, and felt all the tension leave his form.
"That… thanks. I mean, good…" Sawyer stumbled for words. I smiled and leaned against him, my face against his warm chest.
"James I have a confession." I whispered, feeling bad for not announcing this little bit of information sooner.
"What is it Ceal?" Sawyer asked curiously. I hesitated.
"You were the one I was supposed to kill. Not Jack…" I blurted out. Sawyer didn't go stiff like I expected, instead he just chuckled.
"I know, I ain't that stupid Smiley. I was just waitin' for the time you'd tell me. Figured when ya did, it'd show me how much ya trust me… us." Sawyer whispered the last word. I smiled into his chest.
"Ever the cheese ball." I chuckled, but my stomach had butterflies doing summersaults.
I couldn't believe how much I loved him and how incredible he made me feel. There was definitely no way in hell I was going to let anyone take him from me. I hugged Sawyer tighter and felt him squeeze me back softly.
A/N: Okay, not as long as usual, but hey, I'm going through a break up so my moods are up and down. I'm getting over it… OH and YEAH totally not writing a sex scene. I mean it might be implied later buuuut seriously I already feel like I'm horrid at mushy shit sooo yeah. REVIEW!