Hey, fair warning this chapter is short but effective. And I no longer know how many more chapters there are going to be. Inspiration struck and who am I to turn it down.
Also now I'm all focused on writing because after 2 ½ months I finally finished my Lost cartoon! Yeah! So now there's nothing to do but write.
Broken Promises
Chapter 3
Shackled Emotions
Jack was sure he'd been following the scuff marks on the ground for more then an hour; he had begun to run, ignoring the pain in his head. He stopped suddenly when she reached a wall of unkempt vines which spread out from edge to edge claiming all territory in-between.
He moved some of the cautiously and was relieved when he felt cool metal across his skin. He took out his pocket flashlight and scanned the wall with it, finding a lock on the door. He sighed and began to put his flashlight away, but something reflected the light and it caught his eye.
Jack bent down and retrieved the small key, he shook his head, this was all too easy, Ethan had to be here somewhere, waiting for him. But what about Kate, she could be in this shelter, hurt or worse.
"Having second thoughts?" Ethan asked as he emerged from the trees to the left of the small metal building, "Thinking she's not worth risking your hide for?"
"Where is she?" Jack asked angrily, as he turned around and pocketed the key.
"Chained up in there, uncomfortably I might add but that was her problem. She decided it'd be a grand idea to try and pull her wrists from the handcuffs and basically skinned them, so I had to get a more secure option," Ethan explained.
Jack glared at Ethan, his rage growing by the second, "And that key will open this door, but this one's the one you really need," Ethan explained showing a key on his necklace, "because without it there's not a single way she's getting out alive."
"Why are you doing this to her?" Jack asked angrily.
"I'm not doing it to her," Ethan chuckled chillingly, "I'm doing it to you."
Jack grew furious, "You did all this to her, to hurt me?"
"Ever since you chased me looking for Claire, you got that punch in. No one has punched me. Ever," Ethan stressed, "I'm not about to be overrun by some city doctor, when I've spent the better of twenty-five years here."
Ethan started walking towards Jack, and before he knew what hit him, Jack had punched him in the face. Ethan staggered back, "That was not a good idea," Ethan explained.
He threw a punch, but Jack dodged it, his mind was focused on Kate. Once again someone was getting hurt because of his faults. Jack set his jaw and hit Ethan again, and again. Jack didn't feel the pain in his knuckles, the pain in his heart was far greater.
With one final hit Jack heard a crack, when his hand connected strongly with Ethan's jaw. He limply fell to the ground, and Jack looked at him, panting, unable to believe what he'd just done.
He cautiously bent down and checked for Ethan's pulse, it was there, but barely, Jack couldn't care less. He reached and lifted the second key from around Ethan's neck and pocketed it as well.
He left Ethan outside for nature to do whatever it pleased with him. Jack quickly unlocked the door with the proper key and pushed with his remaining strength to open it. A small hallway met him, a doorway on each side.
Jack quickly glanced at each door, unable to choose one, as if he chose the wrong one, the building would implode. He took the second key and walked the short distance between the door and the exit, and took the second key.
A welcoming click was made and Jack turned the handle. The room was clammy and dimly lit, and there was no sign of Kate. The room reminded him of a jail cell, and he shivered involuntarily, sensing that Kate had probably been there.
He left shutting the door and walked over to the door across the hall, taking the key he unlocked it and carefully stepped inside.
This room modeled the previous one; it resembled a jail cell, with the same bars and walls. Except there was a small barred window which allowed miniscule moonbeams to brighten the room slightly.
Jack then noticed that someone was bonded to the wall, he immediately ran to them and his heart sank, the glimmer in his eyes was gone.
Kate sat on her knees on the rough broken concrete, her back against the icy gray wall; her arms were directly above her head, her wrists being constricted in a thick unbreakable metal bar. Another shackle was closed tightly around her neck and fastened to the wall.
Jack tilted her wilted head up. He could see in the faded light, that her cheek was purple in color, and swollen greatly, "Kate?" He asked softly, "Kate can you hear me?"
"Kate?" Someone asked her. She didn't want to be rude but right now her eyes felt like every single eyelash had a twenty pound weight on it. Whatever Ethan had given her, it had done a job on her orientation.
"Kate?" the voice asked again, this time she felt a warm hand on her uninjured cheek, she knew who it was.
Her eyes opened halfway, the first thing she saw was a fuzzy, blurry Jack. She wouldn't have had it any other way. She tried to move but her arms were caught in something, her knees pained her, and rusty shreds of metal were digging into her neck.
"Jack?" she mumbled weakly and closed her eyes once again from exhaustion.
"It's me Kate," the darkness explained, "Just stay with me, I'll have you unshackled in a sec," he promised. The feeling in his voice was obvious, worry and relief at the same time.
So there you have it, Jack kicked Ethan's butt, which is how it should be, because we all know, no one can beat Jack…
FanOfLost Lol no longer five chapters probably around 10, but let's not go jinxing it.It was originally supposed to be a one-shot, it's actually titled 'One-shot' on my computer.
Auroramist Yeah I got two thumbs up! Yeah I update quick when I have it written already, but thy (the updates) may slow down, because I only have one more chapter written.
JaimeLeigh Me? Mean!? No! Never! Just ask JasmineHR ;) Lol Yes and I'd like you all to address me as Queen of the Cliffhangers, or I'll send them all after you, and you'll never know what happens, because they'll stop chasing you at the worst possible moments… (Just ignore that, I'm being stupid again)
RealitYtvQueeN GRRR I know! What the hell was up with that!!! Why do they show a crappy episode before they take a 2 week break??? They did that last time!!! And they skipped my two favorite episodes! So now I have blank spots on my LOST tape because they skipped them!!! ERRR I hate Sawyer so much! My mom is like, in love with him and it's so annoying because she gushes over him every time he's on the screen. Happy ending…I dunno we've had an awful lot of those around recently…
CrAzYhOrSeGiRl88 Ah Mount Everest Cliffhangers everywhere waiting for Locke to climb them… Yeah they'll be several thousands of those in this story because it's all angst. PS revert to the edge of your seat to wait and see what happens next.
Rain1657 I was trying to give you extra information on the story (I tend to do that in these 'talkbacks'). But I will be continuing the story, who knows about the ending, it seems a long way off…
JasmineHR HEY I was wondering when you'd find this little baby, and hit me up with a double response! I'm sorry about your therapist too, tell him me and my invisible friends all say 'hello'. No news on the computer yet sigh but it will come home eventually.
As soon as I saw Ethan in the show, he gave me that creepy feeling, like he was bad. So I kinda went with my feelings to write how Kate felt about him.
Nothing would make me happier then a Ethan piñata party, but I really don't see that coming anywhere in the story in the future. Once again, cannot promise happy ending (BUT if this makes you feel any better in my other story there will be)
Ethan got what was coming to him Bam Thunk Chime yeah but I see him coming back all rapid because he got rabies from Danielle or something..
Next Chapter Jack attempts to free Kate, but while doing so, he ignores the most important factor (ouu sounds good…) cue angsty music