BROKEN SPIRIT
BY: Me
RATING: R
SUMMARY: They only ruin the story...
DISCLAIMER: I still don't own the show. Ask again when Disney's conspiracies send it down the toilet.

Becky was so startled that the knife cut into Clu, right where it would do serious damage.

"Clu!" Jack screamed as he ran up to Clu. He shoved Becky against the wall and her knife went flying out the open window. Jack began untying Clu's bonds furiously, his clothes soaking up the blood gushing from Clu's neck. Clu was still alive, but wouldn't be for long.

Jack finally finished removing Clu from his bondage, and eased him down to the floor, resting his head in his lap. "Clu..."

"Hey, man," Clu said breathlessly "thanks for comin'. Too bad I gotta go now."

"NO! You are not dying here, not like this."

"I loved...and still love you, man." Clu said, with his last breath.

Jack started sobbing over his best friend's lifeless form. "I love you too. Come back to me." he began repeating over and over. Becky slipped out before everyone else barged into the cabin.

"Jack, honey, we heard you-- Oh my God," Molly began. Irene was behind her but as soon as she saw the scene, she broke down in tears, as did Ned and Carey. Molly stood there in shock as Jack rocked back and forth with Clu still in his lap.

After the paramedics arrived and Clu was carried from the cabin, Irene got up the nerve to ask Jack. "Jack, please, you were there when he...died," Irene said, fighting back the tears, "did he say anything? Do anything? What?"

Jack simply replied, "His thoughts...were on all of us at the time." And Jack gave Irene a reassuring hug, as they all walked from this marker that would be a part of their lives forever.