Le sigh, sorry for not updating, got swamped at school with a book review, a history scrapbook, some art thing (who gives a crap about art?) and I get my baby in two days! Yuss I can't wait!
Pangs of Guilt
Chapter 26
The Master Plan
Before she could make a move, the man stood up once again and cocked a gun at her, "If you try that again, I will shoot you even though I have orders to take you alive," he hissed at her.
He led her out of the camp, if it could be called their camp anymore. Everything was in ruins; all the belongings had been pilfered through, the fire kicked out and the food thrown around.
The sun had just risen, coloring the sky a comforting pink color. Kate realized she wasn't prepared for what was going to happen next. Her mind ran in circles thinking of an escape, as she kept walking through the tall reeds.
As they continued to walk, Maverick's kicks became more intense. Kate placed a hand on her stomach comfortingly rubbing it.
The man led her to where the others were. Shannon stood first, shaking like a leaf, Sun next looking around furiously and Claire cradling Alex. Kate joined them in take a place between Claire and Sun.
There were two other men there, the one who had brought Kate, another man, and the one she had recognized immediately as the translator. They walked five feet away from the girls and begun to converse in a different language.
"How many of them have you seen?" Kate whispered, Sun gestured six with her hands and Kate nodded, "Shannon," she whispered.
Shannon turned her head around and looked frightened at Kate, "Shannon, listen to me," her voice incredibly low, "Run that way into the woods and run in a crescent back to the caves. I'll meet you there. In a while."
"I can't run all the way there," Shannon whispered back.
"Just run, keep running a fast as you can and hide once you get there," Kate demanded.
Shannon took off into the trees, the men so involved in conversation, they didn't notice.
"Claire when I tell you to, give me Alex," Kate told her, "Don't worry I promise you he'll be fine."
"I know I trust you," Claire replied shaking.
"When this guy comes over I'm going to kick him, then disarm him. Sun I'll give you the gun and Claire you give me Alex. I'm going to run to meet Shannon at the caves, and I'm betting at least one of these guys is going to follow me. You need to disarm the other, use the gun if you have to, just make sure you get the gun away from him, and make sure this guy is out too," Kate explained quickly, "They probably have rope in their bag, use it to tie them up if their unconscious, but make sure they're tied up good."
"Where are we supposed to go?" Claire asked.
"Go back to the beach," Kate told.
"The beach is where the other three soldiers went," Sun explained.
"Trust me, go to the beach."
The men broke and the translator marched toward them angrily, halting before Kate, "Where did the other one go?" he asked.
Kate took her fist and punched him in the face, he stumbled back a bit and reached his hand inside his coat, but Kate brought her foot up and kicked him in the groin, sending him to the ground.
She quickly reached inside his coat and grabbed the gun, knocking him out with it. The other men had now reached for their guns; Kate quickly tossed Sun the revolver, and snatched Alex carefully from Claire and bolted through the two-armed guards.
"Be careful Kate," Claire screamed.
Kate looked back as she heard gunshots go off behind her, she couldn't tell who they were from, but she prayed Sun knew how to use a weapon.
A bullet whizzed by her head and she realized she still had one gunman on her trail. She dashed as fast as a seven month pregnant woman could and dodged into the woods.
Jack's knees ached, digging into the sand as the early morning sun beat down on them. His hands were tied tightly behind his back, but all he could think about was Kate. She was out there fending off these men, he thought, at least he hoped.
Kate had been right all along. Jack wouldn't be lying if he had doubted her a little bit in his mind, but guessed Sawyer was really sorry now. He looked sideways; all the other men sat in the same position as him, even Walt. Vincent though, he hadn't been as lucky.
Seems the island inhabitants didn't have a soft spot for Labradors that attack one of their men. Jack looked the other way; Vincent lay huffing on his side. Jack didn't see what they had done to him, but by the way Walt stared out at the ocean and answered no one, it must have been bad.
He was getting sick and tired of being here doing nothing, what if Kate was hurt, what if… He stopped there, not wanting to even think it. An acrid taste rose in the back of his throat and he swallowed harshly.
The three men walked to in front of the line of survivors and cocked their army weapons.
Jack swallowed once again, this couldn't be how it ended, and not after all he'd been through, not like this here and now. He had to stay alive, if he didn't who would deliver his baby? If Kate was even…
A man walked in front of him and aimed the large gun at his head, Jack didn't know what to do, he couldn't really talk, they'd all been gagged.
Suddenly the man fell before him, straight down almost hitting Jack. Then the next man a few feet away fell, then the next. All three of them on the ground, lifeless so suddenly. Jack was the first to cautiously stand up; he looked over at the bodies and noticed they all had rather large objects protruding from their backs. He would've gone in for a closer look, but the man responsible came out of hiding.
Locke ran down to the beach and began to help everyone out of their would-be shackles.
"So this is where you were for the last twelve hours," Jack explained as he walked over to Vincent, checking the dog. The others began dealing with the bodies of the military men. No one seemed to upset about the deaths; everyone believed it would've been the same way with them, had Locke not been there.
"Let's just say I had a vision of my own," Locke replied.
"Is Vincent going to be okay?" Michael asked his hand on Walt's shoulder.
Jack smiled, "He'll be fine, he just twisted a paw," he replied.
"Really?" Walt asked, Jack began to shake his head, but rustling in the bushes interrupted him.
Locke stood ready; a knife in his hand, but Sun fell out, stumbling to the ground and was helped up by Jin immediately, then Claire walked out carefully.
"Claire!" Charlie yelled and ran to her, hugging her and holding her close to him, "Are you okay, Love?"
"Yes, I'm fine," she explained, "Though Sun and I had to kick some ass," she added smiling at Sun as Jin helped her up.
"Where's Shannon?" Sayid asked quickly approaching them.
Claire lost her smile, "She ran out into the jungle, but Kate said she'd meet her at the caves."
"Kate's still out there?" Jack asked not believing.
"You mean she's not here yet?" Claire asked, "She has Alex."
"Shh, everything will be fine, Love," Charlie promised.
"We have to go get them," Jack said marching towards the forest.
"Jack, wait a second," Locke suggested, "How many men did you girls get rid of?" Locke asked.
"Two," Claire replied, "We tied them to a tree, they're unconscious."
"That still leaves one man unaccounted for," Locke replied.
"One man ran into the woods after Kate," Sun said desolately, "He was armed."
"You can't go in there Jack," Locke told him.
"It's one guy!" Jack replied getting upset.
"One guy with a gun that might have over twenty bullets, enough to take us all out," Locke responded, "Besides how do you know that Kate needs your help? Maybe she foresaw all this."
"Then what am I supposed to do?" Jack asked mournfully.
"Wait," Locke replied solemnly, "If she's not back in an hour, we'll go to the caves."
Oh jeez, got a lot this time, that's what I get for not updating…
Evermore Lol I'm so glad bio's over, now I have semi-easy classes.
Ethan: Her English teacher's favorite word is bombardment of HOMEWORK!
I brought Ethan to my Parenting class, but he threw my egg baby out the window…
Oh and I LOVE you're stories;) keep up the great work…
Lara Chubb of Deep Hollow S'okay doesn't hurt anymore, but I do have a hideous cold because we got like two feet of snow and I had to shovel everything by myself:( So I got sick.
Ethan: I'm not in this story…
Smilez4eva Don't worry I'm sure Kate's found a way outta this…
Whirlwind-2005 That's no excuse for not reviewing
Ethan: (points to door) Get out…
We're just kidding, we're both very grateful if you review when you can
Ethan: I wasn't kidding
You don't count..
FanOfLOST Lol I made Locke go away in the last chapter, but really he was scheming on how to get the bad guys away!
Lol here they're called NA (narcotics anonymous) and I have no clue why Charlie would be in my crappy town…
Not only do we have a huge drug ring, we have the second highest teen pregnancy rate in Canada.
Pink Pinker This Wednesday Lizzie couldn't come over because we had to go to a New York meeting. But this Friday she's coming home with me (and my baby) to watch this week's episode. And my sister from hell MSN'ed me and told me Evangeline was on this Canadian program so I all taped it. After me and Liz saw her on Ellen, I kept making the Tupperware sound and Lizzie can't do it, so I called her handicapped. And if you saw her on Ellen, the one guy had a duct tape wallet…Me and Lizzie both have those (Canadian's heart duct tape)
Liz Waller Sorry it was so late
Ethan: Ha you got poked…
CrAzYhOrSeGiRl88 Aww sorry 'bout the ankle, I've never broken a bone, but Lizzie's given me 2 black eyes in the five years I've known her, lol and I once ran into a wall and cracked my rib… (Hey I'm Canadian not much to do up here but partay with the polar bears)
Thanks for the nice comments, I've been working my ass off on the other story, it's up to a whopping 51 pages, and its sooo good (I think)
I'm going to University here, I'd like to tell you for what subject but my friggin crack addict counselor will not get back to me. I keep making appointments and she keeps canceling them so…
Oreata Hmm how about a pogo stick?
Tatiana Oh you want action, wait until the next chapter, a jolt a minute…
Standardblack Locke saved Jack, and Kate saved the girls… But what about Shannon? Don't let anything happen to Shannon, I mean she just got to make out with Sayid which is totally not fair (Kate and Jack should've made out first…)
MusicMonkey88 Psychics are awesome, my friends a clairvoyant
Rain1657 LMAO waddle, I love it. Hmm, well Kate's still in the jungle With Alex and Shannon (I mean could I pick 3 more helpless characters?) unless I picked Vincent…
Litgal Thanks I'll try to keep up the good work…
Megawriter Sorry if it was short, but I think I made a big update on the other story, besides the longer the chapters, the less time I have to write more…
Lostobsessivefreak Are you sure I won't do that? I mean Kate is seven months pregnant and running with a baby in the bowels of the jungle. I mean she should just wear a target sign on her back…
Freckles-101 Oh yeah I went ass crazy on that spider I was like "feel my pain!"
Ethan: Then I came in and used my robotic optic beams to blast that Mofo into dust…
His ashes were spread in my toilet…
Itsrikkig Thanks for the sorries, and I'm sorry that I didn't update for a while, hopefully you liked this chapter…
JasmineHR
Ethan: Quit it. Quit it! Quit It! QUIT IT! (grabs stick and breaks it)
Oh you've gone and done it now, Ethan's pissed.
Ethan: I just…ah (sobs) I have to go and do Pilates…
Next Chapter- Did Shannon make it to the cave? Did Kate make it back? Is Alex okay? How is Jack taking it all? And what if Kate….has the baby now! (Just kidding 'bout the last one…)