I know it's been a while, but here it is. Hope you enjoy. I know
it's kinda short, but i'll have anohter chapter up by the weekend.
Consequences of Revenge
Jack looked at her for a minute. Was this a trick?
"Yeah." Jack laughed turning away not believing her.
"Jack I'm serious." Claire wined following him as he tired his best to get away from her.
She stopped, as it became a struggle for her.
"We had sex that night in the cave." Claire nearly whispered in guilt as she lowered her head.
Jack stopped what he was doing and slowly looked back to her.
'You what?" Jack asked somewhat shocked by what she said.
Claire slowly looked up to him.
"We had sex Jack." Claire repeated.
"How could you? You know the consequences-"
"Jack I know them!-"Claire stopped as she saw Charlie look over in her direction suddenly curious.
She looked back to Jack as Charlie turned back to Christopher in his lap.
"I knew them when I got pregnant with Christopher. Don't lecture me on the consequences." Claire warned.
Taking a deep breath Jack tried to take this all in.
"Are you sure about this?" Jack asked. Claire looked over to Christopher and Charlie.
Charlie was so good with Christopher. It was just so amazing.
"I'm sure." Claire smiled watching Charlie toss Christopher up in the air.
"Look Jack I'm not coming to you for help or anything. I just thought you should know being the only doctor and all." Claire explained.
"Well I'm glad you came to me, but you should be more careful." Jack suggested.
"Like I said I don't want help, but please don't tell Charlie I came to you." Claire begged.
Jack turned away with a sigh. Why was she so uptight about not telling Charlie? Did he really know about her being pregnant?
"Jack." Claire's voice rang as her hand came to his arm.
He looked back to her with the weight of the world on his shoulders.
"Promise you won't tell." She pleaded.
"I promise." Jack assured her.
A smile came to her face with the assurance.
"Thank you." She smiled feeling completely reliant with Jack.
Looking over to Kate, Jack felt that weight press down harder.
"Not to change the subject, but I have to go to the beach to get some things. Could you keep an eye on her?" Jack asked.
"Sure. Is there anything I should do if she wakes up?' Claire asked looking from where Kate lay back to Jack's worry filed eyes.
"Well she should be fine, but if she has a panic attack try to calm her down and get her to drink some water. But all in all she should be fine." Jack explained.
"Ok. And thanks for not telling him. He doesn't want this to be one big mess." Claire laughed nervously.
"Sure thing." Jack smiled as he watched her walk over to Charlie.
From them he looked to each person there. All people he didn't know 6 months ago, but now were closer to him then any other people in his life. Ending with Kate who lay peacefully sleeping. A smiled came to his face just watching her. She had been through so much. Both had been through so much. And still they had so much yet to overcome.
Watching her he pondered what was yet to come. What more would they have to through together and alone. Still they had their battles alone. Battles of self and the past. No matter what those fights were they would have each other to catch them if they fell.
Smiling he watched her body move as she took in each breath. Turning he kept that one thought as he headed over to Sayid.
"Is she going to be ok?" He asked pulling Jack away from his thought.
Jack looked up in a questioning daze.
"Yeah." He quickly said as he turned back to Kate.
"She'll be fine." He smiled.
"Well let's get your stuff at the beach and get back to her." Sayid said as he turned and headed off.
Jack stood there watching Kate again.
"Jack." Sayid called.
He heard his name, but it barely struck him. He just stared at her wanting to tell her it was ok. But knowing she needed the medication he pushed himself to turn away and follow Sayid to the beach.
Claire watched as Jack disappeared with at the end of the trail.
"Claire." Charlie called.
Claire quickly looked over to him.
"What was that little chat you had with Jack about?" He asked pulling Christopher close to him.
"About Kate." Claire smiled looking over to Kate whose was head was the only thing the two could see on the ground.
"Oh. Is she all right?" Charlie asked completely believing her.
"Yeah. Jack says she'll be fine, but wants us to keep an eye on her." Claire said nodding her head as she looked over to Charlie.
She quickly became oddly content watching how caring he was. He was really worried about Kate. Now she believed him when he said everything was going to be all right.
He looked over to her slowly feeling weird with her stare.
"What?" He asked.
She went to say something but was interrupted by the sound of the trees on the other side of the caves rumbling and the sound of crying.
"Did you hear that?" Claire asked.
"Yeah…" Charlie said handing Christopher to her.
"What was that?" Hurley asked walking over to the two.
"Don't know." Claire said back to him.
All three looked around for someone else in the caves that could go see what it was.
"Go see what it is." Hurley said pushing Charlie towards the impending sound.
"You go.' Charlie insisted pulling Hurley in front of him.
"Why don't you both go check it out!" Claire yelled looking back to both who stood in shock.
Both grabbing sticks for protection the three inched towards the trees. As they came to the trees they all look between each other as the sound of crying became louder. Claire held Christopher tight to her chest as she looked back to Kate. The sudden thought of a distraction came to her mind. Was someone taking them away to get to Kate? Taking her eyes off of Kate for only seconds Claire kept close to the other two. The sound suddenly stopped. They again looked between each other.
"Hello?" A small quivering voice called as a person quickly emerged in front of them.
All there gasped in disbelief. Looking this person up and down.
"Sun?" Claire asked not believing her eyes.
There in front of them stood in the flesh Sun. Her face was beaten and bloody with her clothes torn hanging off her body. Scratched across her skin and tears and fear in her eyes.
"How-I thought you were-" Charlie tried to get out in aw of her standing before him when no more then three weeks ago he saw her body hang in the net.
"I got away." Sun cried as she tumbled towards them.
Charlie put his arms out catching her in an instant before she would have fallen to the ground. Pulling her self up Charlie and Hurley held onto her helping walked over into the caves and sit down to rest. Charlie looked back and forth from Hurley to Claire whose eyes were wide with wonder in how she was alive.
The three tried their best to keep her calm as they waited for someone just a bit more experienced then them. It was an hour before that happened
Jack slid his backpack down his arm as he came to the caves. He could see Kate lying there still sleeping out of the corner of his eye.
"Jack!" Charlie's voice called as he could be seen. Jack quickly looked over to him and stopped where he stood. There sitting amongst Charlie, Claire, and Hurley was Sun. There was no way this was real he had to be dreaming.
Rubbing his eyes he looked again and there she still sat.
"I know Jack we thought we were dreaming too." Hurley joked walking past him.
"But it's kinda obvious when three people now four are having the same dream." He finished as he walked out of sight.
Still in a daze Jack walked over and sat down next to Sun. He didn't say a word as he examined her. Looking over her bruises and cuts. Pulling out the peroxide he cleaned them and medicated them the best he could.
"How long have you been here?" Jack finally asked looking into her eyes with a small flashlight.
"About an hour." Claire answered. Jack looked back to her.
"She came out of the trees over there." Claire announced pointing to where she came out.
As he looked back to Sun from the trees there were so many questions he had, but didn't want to overwhelm her.
"Any pain or discomfort?"
"No. I'm just a little dizzy.' Sun smiled nervously as she looked away.
"Here eat this and tried to relax. Your probably dehydrated." Jack said handing her a banana and a bottle of water.
Turning around to Charlie and Claire he glanced down the Charlie's leg remembering it from earlier.
"How's the le-"
"He says he wants revenge." Sun interrupted.
Jack slowly turned back to Sun with wide eyes.
"He told me to tell you he wants revenge and to keep an eye on Kate." Sun continued before quickly going silent.
Jack glanced over to Kate with her words. Still she lay there sleeping like she said she would.
"What I hell do you suppose that means?' Charlie asked. Jack didn't pay attention to the question he knew what it meant.
"Jack." Claire began to wine.
"What's going on?' She asked holding back tears.
Jack looked to her. Seeing her scared put a strong feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"It's nothing. I don't want either of you to worry.' Jack tried to assure them.
"Oh yeah don't worry. Will do there Jack. How in the hell are we not supposed to worry when in the last month half of us have been slaughtered. I've been beat and chased down twice. Kate's been attacked twice and is now dying and now this bastard is telling us to watch her or something's gonna happen. Oh I will so not worry on that one." Charlie ranted in sarcasm.
"Look Charlie just clam down." Jack yelled closing his eyes.
All three looked to him in shock. Taking a deep breath Jack tried to calm down himself.
"I know what's going on ok. And I am trying my best to deal with all this at once." Jack explained gathering his stuff as he stood up.
"It's my problem not yours so don't worry." Jack tried pleading becoming exhausted at this constant threat over his head.
'Well it's hard not worry when someone's trying to kill us all out and threatening you and Kate both." Charlie huffed as he folded his arms across his chest.
Jack's mind spun as he walked away. Closing his eyes he began to count again trying to clam himself. He knew they were all worried and they had every right to be, but it was hard enough keeping Kate alive and with them constantly asking what was going on it was worse.
Now this man was threatening him on the inside. Using the survivors as bait and messengers. He wanted it to stop, but he had no clue where this man was or who he was for that matter. But he did know next time he tried he wouldn't succeed.
He came over to where Kate lay on the cot. As slowly as he could he sat down next to her trying hard not disturb her sleep. Sitting there watching her he forgot about every thought that just went through his mind. All the worry and anger disappeared as he sat there staring down upon her. She seemed so helpless and frail yet inside she was strong and fearless.
Gently brushing a curl off her cheek her eyes slowly opened. She looked up to see him above her.
"Hey.' Jack smiled as she moved around trying to wake up.
"Did you go to the beach?" She asked pushing her self to sit up.
"Yeah.' He replied helping her sit up.
Yawning and stretching out she glanced over and saw Sun sitting there. Rubbing her eyes like they all did she still saw her.
She looked back to Jack with wide eyes
"Is she?"
"Yeah. She's alive. Had to convince my self the same thing." Jack chuckled. Kate looked back to Sun amazed.
"Claire said she just walked out of the trees over there." Jack explained.
Kate looked back and then lowered her head.
"Then who was in the net?" Kate questioned.
"Someone else. I'll get Sayid to take names at the beach later to fid out who it was." Jack sighed.
"But right now I need to take a look at your face." He smiled as she looked up to him.
Sitting as still as she could Kate let Jack run his fingers over her face and put the necessary medication on it. It hurt so badly. The stinging was near unbearable.
"Well it's not that bad." Jack said.
"Nothing that won't heal in a week or so." He announced hoping to make her feel better.
"But in a week I'll have some other kind of mark on my body from being attacked or falling down." Kate laughed not at all trying to be funny.
Jack looked from her face to her eyes. She was serious. He didn't know what to say.
He was quiet as he finished cleaning her up.
"He told me to watch you." Jack announced out of the blue.
Kate looked over to him confused.
"Who told you to watch me?" She asked.
"This man whose doing this to us. He told Sun to tell me he still wants revenge and for me to watch you." Jack explained not even attempting to look her in the face.
Kate lowered her head. She couldn't say anything.
Putting his stuff away as they remained silent Jack turned back to see he still looking down to her lap. Turning around he pulled a bottle out of his backpack.
"Here take one." Jack offered handing her a bright blue pill.
She knew that pill well. It was a sedative.
"No." She whispered finally looking up to him.
"I'm good." She smiled meekly.
Giving up on it he put it back. Kate looked away and over to the others who were talking amongst themselves. Claire felt her stare and looked over. Her face had the same fear Kate's had. They both knew the other one knew. But Claire pushed through the anxiety and gave Kate a warming smile before she turned back to Charlie.
"Do you think we'll make it?' Kate asked turned back to Jack.
He looked her in the eyes intensely trying to figure out what she meant.
"Well if you mean we'll make it through this island. I doubt it. It's been seven months and no ones come." Jack sighed realizing the enviable.
"No not the island. This. Will we survive what going on right now?" Kate asked.
Jack couldn't really answer her. He had no clue how any of this was going to end, but he wished it would so it would just be over with. Nodding his head he hid his worry.
"We'll all be fine. I promise." He smiled rubbing her leg.
Kate believed him. She knew he had no clue, but she believed him. Yawning Kate felt drowsiness hit her quickly. Ajck sta there staring at her in an uninhibited daze.
"Don't worry. Just go to sleep and forget about it." Jack sighed trying to make his promise sound real.
Helping her settle down on the cot that feeling grew again in his stomach. He basically just lied to her. How could he expect her to not worry when this threat was on her life?
Turning over Kate kept her back to Jack knowing he was still sitting there hoping she didn't worry. She was going to try her hardest not to, but she couldn't make him a promise as easily as he did her. She closed her eyes taking a deep breath trying to push her body to relax. Opening them again she felt his chest against her back.
"He won't get you." She heard him whisper before leaving a kiss on her cheek.
Closing her eyes a tear rolled down her cheek as he pulled away. With those words she pushed all doubt from her mind. She knew he would protect her.
