The Regulators
Chapter Two
Alex and Walt were walking back to the camp, which was taking longer than it should have. This was due to the fact that though the trails before had seemed so familiar to her, but one wrong turn had led her into unknown territory, by either her or Walt.
"Are we lost?" Walt asked finally after a half an hour of walking.
"No," Alex lied, "we're just- taking the long way around.
"Yeah, well-"
Alex stopped suddenly, and held a hand out right before they both tripped over the bloody, dead body in front of him. She didn't recogninize him, and clearly, neither did Walt.
"Is he- dead?" Asked Walt with uncertainty.
"I..I don't know," Alex said, suddenly feeling a little shaking as she bent down and checked the man's pulse, to find that he had none, "yeah, he's dead."
"How do you think it happened?"
She was now remembering why she never really liked kids: they asked so many questions they knew you didn't have the answers to. Not replying, Alex notice something black hidden by some weeds. She reached over, the grass brushing against her arms, and picked it up, seeing what it was: a gun. Knowing perfectly well how to use one(something she had also not told Walt, or anyone for that matter), she checked to see if it was loaded. At the sound of a click, she knew instantly what had happened: the man in front of her had been murdered.
(Space)
"Okay, Jack, you just need to calm down," Kate was telling Jack as she sat him down on the sand near her tent.
"Why does Jack need to calm down?" Charlie asked curiously, approaching him.
"It's nothing, Charlie," Jack lied, "just-"
"Jack!" Somebody screamed from somewhere far to their left.
The three of them turned to see Alex and Walt dragging a body out of the forest. Jumping up, Jack and Charlie ran to help them, and Kate ran after, along with Michael, who seemed relief to have found his son.
"Walt!" Michael cried, embracing his son, "Where have you been?"
"We found a body!" Walt replied, jumping with excitement.
"A body?" Michael turned to where Jack and Charlie had laid the body down.
Jack was double checking the man's post, and Kate was watching him.
"Wait," she said suddenly, "isn't that that guy with the leg? The one that Boone found?"
"There's something else too," Alex spoke up, and showed them the gun she had found, "I found it, laying right beside him."
Carefully, Jack took the gun, and looked up at Kate, who looked back down at him, and they both knew..
"So how was work?" Sarah asked, taking the flowers from Jack and leading him to a badge, leather couch where he sat down, exhausted.
"It's a hospital," Jack said, "people rushing in because they bumped their elbow on a computer desk. Yeah, it was great."
Sarah chuckled from the kitchen.
"At least we know you're an optimist," she added, and crossed back into the living room where Jack was sitting.
She then let her arms slip around Jack's neck as she brushed her lips against it, causing Jack to smile a little.
"So have you thought about it anymore?" Sarah asked as she made room for herself on the couch above Jack.
"Abut what?" Jack said in between kisses.
"You know," Sarah said playfully, "about having a baby."
"I don't know," Jack sighed, pulling himself back a little, "I just don't know if this is the right time. With work and my father and everything-"
"But what do you think about the idea?" Sarah said, pulling Jack back towards her the distance she had placed between him.
Jack moaned as he felt her hot breath surface against his mouth.
"I like it," he admitted.
"Good," Sarah said, smiling as she pushed Jack down into the couch, placing herself on top of him.
"Why?" Jack asked, making himself comfortable.
"Because I'm pregnant."
Jack stopped mid-kiss and stared up at the woman on top of him in disbelief.
(Space)
Sitting in the mist of a crowd on the beach, Jack let the conversation settle around him, and let the only he could feel be Kate's leg knocking against his every now and then as she set next to him, glancing towards Jack in concern every few seconds.
"Who do you think did it?" Charlie asked for the dozenth time.
"Maybe he killed himself," Hurley suggested.
"Jack, can I talk to you?" Sayid said from behind Jack, maybe him jump a little.
"Um..yeah."
Kate watched from the ground as Jack stood up, and followed Sayid down the beach a safe distance away from everyone else.
"Yeah?" Jack said when Sayid didn't say anything more.
"I need to tell you something I should've told you a long time ago," Sayid began, and Jack wondered if this was about Sayid's past, or the present. "When we were out looking for Shannon, Boone was attacked."
"Attacked?" Jack repeated, staring at Sayid.
"i don't know what happened," Sayid admitted, "but he was attacked, and tied to a tree."
"What are you saying?" Jack asked, trying not to get angry at the fact that this story was kept from him.
"Whoever it was," Sayid continued, "didn't want to kill him. I think they were only trying to scare him."
When it was clear that Sayid didn't have anymore to say, Jack spoke up for him.
"Well where's Boone now?"
(Space)
Boone winced as Locked pulled on the bandana he had tied around Boone's knee. Though he spent days in the woods, Locke hadn't bothered to pack a shirt, and Boone didn't even have his bag anymore, so the bandana Locke had was the best they could do. After bandaging the wound, Locke placed a water up against it, and Boone hissed at the cool feeling.
"It's fine, it's fines," Boone insisted, grabbing the bottle from Locke's hands.
Locke looked at Boone doubtfully, and then stood up, facing the large computer screen once more. It was the oddest thing he had ever seen, and though he could admit that he wasn't up to date with the latest technology, Locke was certain that nothing like this had ever been sold in stores.
"How do you think you turn that thing on?" Boone wondered out loud from the ground.
"Not like a normal computer," Locke said, running his fingers across a bar of controls that looked similar to that of which a record producer used.
"Maybe you should just- press something," Boone suggested, "key something in."
"I thought you watched a lot of tv," Locke said.
"Yeah, so?"
"Isn't that how most things blow up?" Locke asked, looking at Boone, who realized what a stupid idea that was.
"So what do you think we should do?" Boone asked, just as Locke discovered the row of numbers.
"I wonder-" Locke muttered to himself.
"You wonder what?" Boone said from the ground behind him, and watched as Locke began keying things, numbers, to be more specific. "What are you doing?"
Curiosity getting into him, Boone put his weight on his good leg, and lifting himself up, biting down another cry of pain. He then limped beside Locke, who was keying numbers compulsively. When he finally stopped, Locke sighed, slamming his fist down in the space between him and the keyboard. Boone then decided it was his turn, and instead of keying random numbers, he remembered one set that had really stuck out to him, and slowly keyed it in: 4 8 1 5 1 6 2 3 4 2.
He stepped back as the computer buzzed in front of him, sprinting into life as the screen blinked a few times, before bursting into colors of blues, greens, and yellows, sketching a picture like magic in front of them. Then the movement stopped, and Locke and Boone stared at the digital creation in front of them, and it took them a moment before realizing what they were looking at: a map of an island- their island.
Author's Note: I'm soo sorry the chapters have been getting so short! But I need room for at least two or three more Jack flashbacks, and I'm just trying to space it out. If I made them longer, the chapters would take forever to get out, and there would only be a few of them. I still try to make the chapters as eventful as I can. I'm getting more and more ideas for a post island fic, and I hope to become a writing machine this weekend, so I can get to the rescue part by next fic. Don't worry, there's more to the computer than just a map. This part of the fic should actually only be one or two more chapters long, but don't worry, because I know EXACTLY what I want to happen from there! All the way up to the very last line of the sequel! Thanks so much for all the reviews!
Crazyhorsegirl88: Yep, that's it, Jack and Sarah are getting a bunny. That's why they split up. Jack couldn't keep a bunny in his apartment, plus he's allergic. So Sarah gets upset and leaves, great plot, huh? Nah, I think you're right on your second guess, and don't worry, I have it all planned out. Yeah, wouldn't Boone love to see what I'm doing to him in this fanfic?
Next up, on "The Regulators":
Jack makes a wrong assumption that could change his life, and makes Kate wonder what's really going on with him. This is the part where knowledge of the Jack/Sawyer fights in my future fic come in. But don't worry, Michael solves it all by noting that the raft is ready to go, with a place for Kate.
Thanks again, and until next time..
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