(HI! Well, I thought I updated, but then it turns out I didn't. Whupsy-Daisy. I'm really sorry about all the commotion and such but these last few weeks have been really hard for me, homework-wise, and school-wise. I'm going on in about two weeks with school, and I JUST got it paid off. Right on time too, so yea. Only thing is, I have to miss the first part of the Season Finale.
Me: ((finds this out; goes up to principal)) ARE YOU TRYING TO RUIN MY LIFE!
Him: …What in the world are you talking about?
Me: The first part of the season finale of LOST is on when we're on our trip, and I won't be back in time to see it!
Him: That's why man created the VCR or TiVo.
Me: …(( walks away))
So, it was a very interesting conversation, and I'm sure I'll have more fun at the ESPN Café in Washington DC then watching the Season Finale of LOST in my hotel room. cough NOT. So yea, that small piece of information basically ruined my whole week. BUT on a brighter note, I got a WIRELESS keyboard! And I love it very much! Not loud, or annoying like my last one. Dear God, it had better work, cause $50 is hard to come by, especially when you pay it off by babysitting.
Omg, that is scary…
Me: looks at my clock
Clock: 8:15pm
Me: 0.0 EIGHT FIFTEEN! OH MY GOD!
Mom: 0.o… Are you ok?
…Shows how dumb (and addicted) I am. Lol.
ON A VERY SAD NOTE, I MUST SAY THAT ALL FICS MUST COME TO AN END. AND THIS ONE HAS REACHED ITS LIMITS. Today, I was looking back on everything I had written in this fic, and I figured out, I smushed two stories into one. One with Kate getting kidnapped (my original plan) and Kate getting drunk (something I thought would be a one chappie thing, extended my story five. So, yes, on behalf of me, I must say that this is indeed the last chapter of 'Saving Kate'. Goodbye, my friends, my reviewers, and my colleagues, it has been great talking to you, and reviewing you!
Also, I have a great one-shot coming soon (It includes Kate, Jack, a cup of coffee, a pursuit by the police, Jack's ex-wife, and a gun! And another chapter of 'Searching' might just find it's way on to soon too!)
(Btw, I am sorry the A/N was so long, but it's the last chapter, and dammit, I say it deserves one!)
Disclaimer: I don't own LOST. And oddly enough, I don't want to either. JJ Abrams and ABC already do a damn good job of owning it, and Lord knows if I owned it, the show would go way down in the ratings. Lol. Sting and the Police sing and play "Every Breath You Take". –LOST- is copyrighted by H.B.
-Saving Kate-
Chapter 20- (My God, I made a 13 chapter fic into a 20 chapter fic!)
Watching You-
Jack woke up a couple minutes later, the cave void of deep breathing. He looked over to Kate, who he expected to see sleeping like normal. But she wasn't. Her chest wasn't moving neither up nor down, and she looked somewhat of a ghost.
"Kate!" He nearly bellowed. She'd have to wake up. She had to.
But no response came from her form.
Jack scrambled up, the blanket falling off to the side, forgotten. "Kate!" he repeated.
Again, nothing.
He ran over to her side and examined her. No signs of breathing whatsoever. Suddenly, the whole impact of what might just happen hit Jack like a bowling ball does when it gets a strike. He had to save her, one last time. Lightly tapping her face, he made sure she was out, and thus she was. He had adminstered CPR, but never to Kate, never to one he truly loved. And now, if that failed him, then she would die, and a part of him would die along with her. Kneeling beside her, he gently opened her mouth, his warm fingers trailing against her frozen lips.
"1… 2… 3… 4… 5…" he echoed, like before. But this time, he could not grasp the concept. Kate had actually died. And he'd be damned, if he couldn't save her, make her breathe the ocean air once more, her emerald green eyes see across the fallen trees of the forest. And that's when he realized something.
He actually loved her.
Before, he just said the words, knowing they'd mean nothing later. When they got rescued, they'd go their separate ways, him back to work, and her back to jail. But now that they truly meant something, she would never hear him utter them. Silver tears fell upon her face, slicing her image in two, as Jack cried. He blew into her lungs, his soft lips touching hers.
If only the situation had been different.
If only he had never let her travel into those woods that fateful day when Ethan had taken her. If only he had assisted her to the beach when Sawyer had offered her a drink. But being his foolish self, he thought she could take care of herself, when all she really wanted was his help. And now, she would never get it. Not unless he saved her.
Checking his watch, he saw he had only 3 more minutes before she technically went brain-dead. If it passed the 4 minute marker, he would quit. That was his only barrier. If she was past it, she would turn into a vegetable, and long gone would be the days of peacefulness and sanctuary. He blew into her mouth again, each breath filled with hope. But as her eyes didn't open, or her chest didn't move, that hope dwindled.
-LOST-
He beat on her chest, each pound getting harder, until he was sure he'd break a rib or two. "Kate," he held her face up in the dim lantern light, "Kate, listen. Please wake up. Please!" he pleaded with her, knowing it'd get him nowhere but the silence of the cave.
A shadow appeared in the cave. "Jack?" a familiar voice traveled into it depths. "Jack, is everything all right?" It traveled closer.
Jack stared up at Locke, the man who had betrayed him back at Ethan's lair. The man who was a coward. The man who was responsible for Kate. But Jack couldn't feel any hate towards him, not now. "John, get Sun." He said.
John stared at him. "Why?" He asked simply.
"GET SUN NOW!" Jack bellowed at him. "Hurry up!" He clutched the dead Kate in his arm, never wanting to let go.
Locke got the idea, and ran off, waking Boone and telling him to help search the caves with him.
Jack couldn't hold his breath much longer, Sun wouldn't get there in time. He knew it, and Locke knew it, but yet he still searched for her. Jack was touched, and hurt, at the same time. But now was not to start regretting anything. His watch read 2:45am. 15 more seconds. 15 more seconds to save Kate. 15 more seconds to get a second chance at life and love. Blowing hard, and pounding on her chest, his voice echoed through the caves. "WAKE UP!"
-LOST-
In his mind, the imaginary heart monitor by her side went dead, and the nurses started to spread the sheet over the patient. Jack had seen it too many times before. He knew what the circumstances where, and though he wasn't a big believer in God, right now he was praying for her. Her life was now in the hands of God, no matter how cheesy it sounded, Only He decided whether the beautiful human lived, or died. Sun came running, her footsteps air and quick, splashing water around from the recent storm.
It would be her to tell Jack to stop pounding the chest, not Kate. It would be Kate who was the patient, not Charlie. It would be her life that ended, and it would be all his fault. And now, he would never forgive himself.
One more pound. One more breath. One more second chance at life.
A rasping sound came through out the caves, along with Kate's body twitching with every breath she took. He saw that it hurt to breathe, that it hurt to move, that it hurt every time her heart pounded, but she was alive. And once again he saved Kate.
-LOST-
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you
Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you
-LOST-
FIN(So, what'd you guys think of the ending? I thought it was pretty damn good myself, and now my clock reads 10:40pm. On a Sunday night. How lovely. Lol. Oh well, I was planning to stay up later anyway, to catch up on some more writing. Yeppers.
God, I myself am crying. All you guys have been great, and supportive, and I don't think I ever received a flamer on this thing. And I really appreciate it. All fics must come to an end, all roads must come to a stop. Every waterway has it's dam, and every car will eventually run out of gasoline. The trip I've taken with this has been wonderful, and amazing, and I hope to find one very much like it on 'Searching'.
It's been a wonderful road I've walked down, and I hope to come across it again inthe near distant future.
-FanOfLost)