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Rescued By the Fire
Chapter 2: Fiery Irony
It was getting dark. The sun was sinking into the ocean and the bright growing moon had taken its place in the aqua sky surrounded by stars.
A tall shadowed figure approached a pair of cowering boys and kneeled down in front of the identical brothers, his long black bangs barely covering his eyes.
"Well, well, Sam and Eric." The twins tilted their heads up to gaze into what they thought were Roger's eyes. It had been so long since they had been called their names separately.
"Why did you help Ralph when you knew that it would be me who would punish you?" His hands touched a cheek of each boy.
"Is it because he's your friend?" The hands traveled down tracing either brother's collarbone.
"Or maybe… It's because he's your chief?" Roger leaned close to the other two boys, pressing them to the ground, straddling both of them. "Or do you fear for his safety?" He brushed his lips against Eric's jawbone, and whispered into his ear. "And what Jack may do to him?" He turned to Sam.
"Don't worry. It's not even half as bad as what I'm going to do to you…"
He reached over for his recently sharpened stick (on both ends) and holding Samn'Eric down, carved the word 'Roger' on each boys bare chest. This was probably the only writing he'd done since he arrived on the island.
They whimpered as hot blood trickled up their necks.
"You belong to me… Both of you…" Samn'Eric starred up in horror at the nightmare above them.
Ralph never got the chance to even close his mouth. He writhed in the water, kicking violently at the other boy. His lungs were filling up with water… fast, when suddenly he felt his head being pulled up by his hair.
He rose above the surface, coughing out the water, he took in the precious air.
"Jack." Ralph sputtered. He wanted to rub the moist sea from his eyes but found he couldn't move his hands. He couldn't even move his arms…
"Isn't this rich…" Jack spoke long and spiteful. "You wanted a fire Ralph?" He forced the other boy against the flat vertical cliff. "Here's you're fire."
Ralph starred up at the billowing clouds of black smoke and then tilted his head to the side and glared the violent fire.
Ralph felt a deep satisfaction in watching the island burn. All of its trees, creepers and those damn pigs! Ralph began to think back.
'Would Jack still have become this way if there had been no pigs on the island? Nothing to hunt… No temptation of the hunt…' The fair-haired boy looked up at the wild tyrant and watched the war paint wash off his face and onto the oceans surface, making oily pools of red and white, like a melted candy cane. Ralph could swear for a moment he saw the real Jack… The first Jack…
Far above the two boys at the top of the cliff, a raging fire spread throughout the helpless trees and grass. The wood was black and weak and started to crumble at the base until it came lose and fell off the crag and down to the ocean with the fiery debris of the island.
"Why don't you come with me?" Jack leaned in dangerously close to Ralph's face. "Join my tribe and obey me." His hand released the smaller boys left arm and ran it through the boy's curly hair. "Be mine or be hunted." His hand slapped against the rock above Ralph's head.
"No." Ralph then jerked away but the remaining grasp on his right arm made this difficult. Gathering all his remaining strength Ralph landed the heel of his foot on Jacks jaw. The redhead released the other boy's arm from the shock and after regaining his composure, he started after Ralph, who was trying to swim through the crashing waves, back to the shore.
/Go ahead. Swim back. You're safe nowhere…/ It was then when Jack first noticed the pieces of burning bark in the water around him. He looked up just in time to see a flaming log hurtling down towards him. "Bloody hell." His scramble wasn't quick enough and the heavy log came crashing down onto the back of his head. Jacks body went limp and fell subject to the rumbling waves.
Thank you again for all of the wonderful reviews! Thanks Crimsontears. I corrected the mistake... I have to write it on notepad so... no spell check. Thanks.
Sorry for the delay and it's really short! I promise the next chapter will be really long! or longer… waffles.
A/N: OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH! Cliffhanger! I wasn't really too happy with my wording for that last bit. Sorry
I've been busy with a manga project and summer school so I haven't gotten much done. I lack motivation.