Hey I was on the computer most of the night, and you guys reviewed like mad! So to thank you, here's the next chapter, a day early! Yay! Hope you guys enjoy it!
Broken Promises
Chapter 5
Lost Love
Jack padded softly through the dark jungle in the mid night. All the gauche wild noises, not being so unknown. The trees and geography of this area and the inability to see within five feet of where he was walking, was slowing Jack down, but he wouldn't give up. The weak cloth on Kate's wrists wasn't going to stop the flow of blood; soon her wound would bleed through and attract all sorts of unwelcome predators.
Kate had been asleep for about half an hour now, Jack stopped walking regularly to check her pulse to make sure sleep was all she did. This time though he stopped from exhaustion, he tried to remind himself that he was injured also, but he couldn't overcome Kate's injuries.
Jack was panting and despite his bare arms being nipped at by the islands cool nighttime winds. He looked around frantically, searching for some point that looked vaguely familiar but he didn't have luck on his side.
Kate woke up from her hazy sleep, Jack's movements were suddenly very erratic, "Jack?" she questioned quietly.
She opened her eyes and found that there was no change in what she saw, everything was still pitch black, which meant that the time had to be later then midnight. She could only see a faint outline of Jack.
He stopped suddenly and Kate could hear his heart beating a mile a minute, "Jack sit down for a second," she suggested, wearily.
"Kate, I have to keep going, your wrists, you might…" Jack panted.
"Jack," Kate interrupted and summoned the strength to move her hand to his cheek, "I'm not going anywhere without you," she added.
She felt him smiled from the muscle contractions in his face, "I could use a few minutes to compose myself, but only if you're sure you're going to be okay," he stressed.
"I'll be fine," she assured in the strongest voice she could muster.
"Alright, I think we're in a clearing," Jack said unsure of himself, "I'm going to put you on the ground, then I'm going to sit down, okay?"
"Okay," she replied, and her mind screamed when she was plucked away from his warm body and placed gently on the ground.
A minute later she felt Jack rest on the ground beside her, though he was sitting up, a feat she couldn't master without help for the time being. Her good cheek was in the soft, unwatered soil of the forest's bottom, and she was weakly curled on her side in a fetal position.
Jack gently lifted her head and placed it in his lap, her injured cheek facing upwards, "I thought it would be more comfortable then the ground," Jack explained.
"Thank you," Kate replied as Jack gently stroked a stray piece of hair away from her eyes.
She was always so cold, when her hand was on his cheek a moment ago it seemed to haul all the warmth out of his body. He felt horribly guilty for taking a rest, he knew how serious her injuries were, but he was no good to her unconscious.
"Are you feeling any better?" he asked searching for something to break the droning jungle sounds.
"Not really," She replied bluntly, by her voice he could tell she was drifting out of awareness, "My wrists hurt the most," she added.
"I didn't bring any medicine," he said regretfully, "I left as soon as I woke up, to come get you. I didn't have time."
She took his hand gently in hers though it pained her to move her arm, "None of this is your fault Jack," She disclosed to him.
He sighed and took her hand in his, rubbing the back of it gently, it was all his fault. He was to blame when Claire got stolen, he made her trudge off. He was to blame that he had been beaten; he should've fought back harder, more precisely. It was his fault Kate got attack; Ethan hurt her to get to him.
He placed her limp arm across his legs; he could tell she had fallen back into sleep, which he was glad for; being awake was too painful for her. Looking at her frail outline in the hours of darkness, he found himself asking the questioning why it took him so long to realize what he had, and what he wanted with Kate.
What was holding him back? His mind searched for an answer and found one. He was afraid of her past, afraid of what she had, and would do if given the chance. He stopped caressing the side of her face, which he was doing obliviously. The thought had hit him, he still didn't know what she did, how serious it was.
"IT BELONGED TO THE MAN I KILLED!" Her sobbing voice replayed into his mind. Had she really done it? Had she taken another's life?
Jack looked at her sleeping peacefully, with the sapphire moonbeams coloring her body a virtuous silver she looked like a fallen angel. He couldn't see her doing anything wrong.
Jack sighed, when he realized what he was getting into, the last thing they needed was to intertwine a relationship into the other numerous tribulations that came along with the Oceanic plane crash.
The fragment of him inside that called for Kate, called to hold her, demanded to touch her, to observe her numberless amount of freckles that reminded him of the stars the accented the ebony night sky. That fragment would have to be ignored, shut down even, no matter how much he loved to listen to it. He could care for her as a friend only, he decided; things would get too complicated if he chose otherwise.
At a loss, he gently got up and began carrying his friend Kate in the direction he hoped camp would be found.
There you go guys, poor Jack and his head voices (get used to them, they talk a lot in future chapters seriously) but he's not crazy, just a doctor…
FanOfLost Yeah Ethan is a little mental case, sigh they grow up so fast. Hmm a shoot out at the caves, like Western Style. Might have to do that (lol just kidding) I already have plays for evil Ethan. And looks like Jack is having second thoughts about Kate…
Flashback to Ethan talking to Jack outside of that metal compound thingy in the jungle
"Having second thoughts about rescuing her?..."
weird oO
JasmineHR/Movie Fanfic Chains Ah the days of aliases. Like I should talk I have like 1,000,000 anyways. Yeah much more in store for them, emotionally, physically, Ethanally. 'Cause you know he's totally coming back, like outta the ground and then thriller will play and a dance routine will break out…
Happy/sad ending…
I'm half Hungarian too! But I don't speak a word of it! Lol I'm fluent in French and I can sing in like 8 languages (Hungarian being on of them) but can't speak it.
CrAzYhOrSeGiRl88 First off, before I forget I've been meaning to tell you, your name is the most fun to type, shift key, no shift key…
Perhaps the honey would attract polar bears or normal bears and then he'd be mauled as well.
Ethan is trying to fix his VCR so he can do his Pilates tapes, and it's not good because those keep him in tip top shape…
And believe me I will string you all along like a ball of yarn (you're not going to believe what happens and how stupid jack really can be but you know it's all good) OH and it's gonna be a sad/happy ending
Lara Chubb Of Deep hollow Ethan is like that lady in the Austin power movie who like gets shot by a machine gun, and a bazooka with a knife in her back and then thrown out a window and she's still not dead. Or he's a robot, most of us Canadian's are robots, or convicts, or both…
Freckles-101 Ethan is off doing exercise videos right now, ha just kidding, his VCR is broken. Jack will be a little more indecisive in the next chapters. He can't figure out which voice to follow his dad's or his head-over-heels in love with Kate voice (wow there's like a hidden agenda in the story!) PS keep your story up, I totally love it! And it's on my favorite's list, so you know UPDATE!!!
Pink Pinker/RealitYtvQueeN Everyone with the name changes lol, Ah yes my Mt. Kilimanjaro and Everest combination cliffhanger, ah I always seem to improve. Yeah and Sawyer should totally get eaten by the bore, because you know he's totally useless. (he's not in this story, lets say he was off, umm reading the bunny book which is apparently in a different language because man, it's taking him forever to read.)
Auroramist Yeah! Double thumbs up! Yes it was a very open ending but don't expect it to go anywhere for awhile, we deserve some indecisive fluffiness first…
Lol my best friend Lizzie who's a lost fanatic as well thinks the monster is mankind and I was like "wow that's deep…" and I laughed at her… so maybe Ethan's the monster
Lol I make faces too, but they always get deleted somehow…
Next Chapter What happens when Kate takes a turn for the worse and Jack is still hopelessly lost? Bad stuff is the right answer