Rescue?
Taylor held her six-month pregnant belly as she walked and sighed heavily. It had been a rough two months on her. Things had been hard for her and Aaron with how rough things had been at the caves.
There had been two more deaths since Brandon and Taylor had taken them pretty hard. They had both been on her watch and that made her feel even guiltier. She hadn't been sleeping well at night and was just hampered down by life at the moment. Luckily she had her parents and Aaron to keep her afloat.
"What are you doing?" A voice called from behind the walking woman.
"Going to the beach. Is that a crime?" She asked in an exasperated tone.
"No…but you're not going alone." Aaron appeared with backpack in hand. He smiled at her and took her by her disappearing waist. She of coarse had to smile back.
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"Jack!" Sayid called to the doctor from across the beach. "Jack!" Jack turned around to see Sayid running towards him with a radio in hand. "Jack…listen to this!" The Middle Eastern man held the radio close to his and Jack's ears and turned the dial to different channels. Suddenly a voice came through. It was a dispatcher of some kind. They were getting frequencies from a boat or something near by.
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"You been feeling okay?" Aaron asked Taylor.
"Yeah. I'm just tired. I'm feeling better than I have been though." She smiled a wide smile indicating the good news. Aaron hugged her and told her how wonderful it was to have his wife back.
"I love you." He whispered in her ear as she rested her head on his shoulder.
"I love you too." She admitted.
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Charlie piled another log onto the signal fire that hadn't been lit in years. The fire was now large enough that clouds of black smoke trailed into the sky.
"Do you think they'll see it?" Sawyer asked.
"I don't know. But I hope to god they do." Tina said out of breath. "But for now just throw!" She reached down to the woodpile next to her and threw another log onto the growing fire.
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"Hold on!" Taylor positioned herself on a rather large rock. "I need to rest." She said laying a hand on her stomach.
"Okay…fine." Aaron set down his backpack and he ran a hand through his blonde hair as his blue eyes watched Taylor guzzled her water. He exhaled forcefully and realized how tired he was.
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Sayid sat with his ear next to the radio hoping to hear about more than the bad lunch whoever was talking had. The sun was sinking lower and lower in the sky and he was beginning to lose that the boat would see them.
Suddenly… "Captain look! Is that smoke?"
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By the time Aaron and Taylor had reached the beach it was nightfall and head decided to stay the night since the walk had taken them so long. Hand in hand they turned the corner of the woods to see a ship out farther in the ocean and a rowboat washed up on shore.
Bewildered, Taylor looked for her father. "Pop! What's going on?" She asked tearing him away from the rather scruffy man he was talking too.
"Taylor…this is Capt. Sherry." Jack said introducing the tow. "Capt. Sherry this is my daughter Taylor."
Sherry looked her over and noticed her pregnant form. "I see you've all been busy." He said to Jack. "How far along are you?" He then asked Taylor.
"Six months…that really had nothing to do with what I just asked. What is going on here?" She asked in a very deliberate tone.
"Taylor they've come to rescue us." Jack told her with an undeniable twinkle in his eye.
"Rescue?" She asked slowly.