Jack looked at his watch; it read 10:00 pm. It had been an hour since the search had been put on hold and outside the weather was still pretty wild.
Jack hadn't been too happy when Scott had come in and told them about the search. But he'd kept his mouth shut because he knew Scott was right; it was too dangerous to send people out.
Jack wondered what his dad and Luc where doing right now. Where they ok? Where they with Alf and Ric still?
Jack was scared. He was scared for his family, but he was also scared for himself. If he lost his dad and Luc, he'd have no-one.
He looked over towards Martha; he could tell that she was starting to get impatient. She'd been so upset when the search was put on hold; but unlike him, she had let her frustrations be known to a room full of people.
Occasionally Martha would look over at him and they would lock eyes for a few seconds. Jack had wanted to go and sit with her but couldn't work up the courage to do it.
"This is crazy," someone yelled, grabbing Jack's attention.
Martha couldn't take it anymore. She wanted her family back and nobody would help her.
She jumped up. "This is crazy," she yelled. "I can't just sit here doing nothing, I feel so useless," she said.
"Martha, you need to calm down," Tasha told her.
"I'm sure they'll be heading back out soon," Beth tried to reassure her.
"Well they had better hurry up. Because if anything happens to my family….," Martha started sobbing.
"Oh sweet, its okay. Let it out," Beth said while pulling the crying girl into her arms.
"Is everything okay?" a voice asked. Martha pulled away from Beth to see Jack standing there. Was Jack actually asking if she was okay? Martha was quite surprised; he hadn't spoken to her since they had arrived.
"Ah, were going to go and sit down," Beth said while pulling Tasha away with her. Martha and Jack were left standing alone.
"Are you okay?" he asked her again.
"Do I look ok to you," Martha replied. "I'm going crazy. I feel like hurting someone," she growled.
"I know how you feel," he said.
Martha had finally had enough. "I refuse to stand around waiting, I'm going out there," she told Jack.
"What? Wait, where are you going?" Jack asked as Martha pushed passed him.
"I'm going to find my family," she stated.
Jack tried to stop her but she had already taken off towards the door. Damn it, Jack thought as he ran out the door after her.
Tony pulled his son closer to him, trying to warm Lucas up. He looked over to Ric and Alf who were also snuggled close together.
After what had seemed like hours of swimming, Tony and the others had finally found land. Now the only thing they could do was keep themselves warm and wait for some help to come.
Alf was not doing so good; when they were out in the water he had grown so tired that Ric was having trouble keeping him awake. By the time the waves had washed them all up onto the beach, Alf had stopped breathing. Ric and Lucas were both crying and panicking.
Tony thought back to that horrible moment when they had thought that Alf was dead. He had started CPR straight away; someone must have been looking down on them because Alf started breathing again.
So now Tony and his three companions did the only thing they could do. Sit and wait.
Martha could hear Jack calling out from behind her; she wasn't going to stop though. Martha saw the Jetty up ahead and it made her run even faster. Just before she reached it Jack caught up to her and grabbed her; making her stop.
"Martha, what do you think you're doing? You can't go out there, it's too dangerous," Jack yelled at her.
Martha whipped around to face him. "Don't tell me what I can and can't do," she screamed back at him while trying to pull free from his grasp.
Jack was not letting go of her though. He held on tight. "Let me go Jack," Martha started crying.
Jack looked down at the crying girl. She looked so innocent and fragile standing there in the rain with her wet hair plastered down all over her face. This was the first time he'd seen her cry and it was strange. Martha usually came across as this tough girl who would never let someone make her cry, but now Jack could see that she was just like everybody else. She hurt and had feelings just like everybody else.
Martha was crying hard now and seeing her like this gave Jack a pain in his heart. He just wanted to take her in his arms and make her feel better.
Jack reached out to touch her face. As he ran his thumb across her cheek, he felt that tingle again. Martha looked up at him "I want them back," she whispered.
"I know, me too," Jack replied.
"I need them. They're the only family I have here, and without them I'm nothing," Martha cried to him. "And that's why I'm going out there to find them," Martha said while pulling out of his grasp. She spun around quickly and took off running down the jetty.
"Martha. Wait. You can't," Jack called out as he chased her.
Jack was catching up to her but what happened next stopped him in his tracks.
Martha slipped on the wet wood of the jetty. She fell into the water, hitting her head on something on the way down.
"MARTHA! NO!" Jack cried out.