Chapter 7: Wait For Me
Her head
hurt. It was banging and she couldn't feel anything. Opening her eyes
she saw nothing but darkness.
The bag she remembered. She
tried to move but her head hurt so much she could hardly move. The
gag was still on her mouth. She attempted to spit it out but it didnt
work. She dropped her head to slide the bag off. It came off withen a
few seconds. She smiled at the bag.
Can't even put a bag on
right she smiled to herself. She looked up. It was still dark.
She looked around to see the fire had gone out. The two men were
sleeping in the corner of the cave. She could see their chests rise
and fall as they slept. She tried to move her way towards the
entrance of the cave but her head hurt so much. She doubted she would
ever be able to leave. Using as much strength as she could she inched
towards the entrance.
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"Okay. Are you ready?" Sayid asked. Jack nodded and stepped in front of him.
"Let's go." Jack said. Sayid and Sawyer followed. They silently made their way through the bush and they reached the fire.
"Hey, I remember this place." Sawyer whispered. Jack nodded as he looked over at the waterfall.
"It's
where you pushed Kate and I in." Jack said. Sawyer smiled.
Not
the moment that I was thinking of Sawyer thought to himself. He
watched as Jack moved towards the entrance to the cave. Sawyer took a
deep breath and followed.
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"What happened?" Charlie asked. Him and Locke now sitting in front of a blazing fire on the beach. Most of the other castaways were now asleep. He watched as Locke gave a shrug.
"To tell you the truth Charlie, I don't know." Locke said. Charlie gulped.
"What do you mean by you don't know." Charlie asked. Locke diverted his eyes and looked over at the woods.
"I don't remember anything. All I rememeber was what happened at the hatch. Then I saw a very bright violet light and then I was somewhere on the island." Locke said. Charlie looked confused but astonded at the same time.
"Some where else?" Charlie poundered. Locke nodded.
"Yes. We were transported or taken somewhere else on the island. I woke up to see Desmond there and strangely enough Eko." Locke said. "I thought you would be there too... but you weren't." Charlie nodded but smiled in an odd way.
"You know what's weird. After that explosion, I saw Eko." Charlie said. "And he was lying on the floor. He was dead. I checked his pulse and everything. Dead Locke! DEAD!" Charlie said. Locke went to talk but Charlie was not finished.
"And Sawyer and I went down the hatch to see if there was anything left that was salvagable. I didn't think there would be much because you know, the explosion." He took a deep breath and continued on.
"So we go down there and what do we see? NOTHING! It was the same that it was before the explosion. Everything was back on the shelves, the dishes were back in the cupboards, the food was still there..." Charlie began to tremble.
"And then the bloody alarm goes off and the doors start to go down. We ran and made it past the door that leads to the front entrance of the hatch. Sawyer and I were trapped in there for hours until someone came and found us." Charlie stopped and looked away from Locke. He stood up and went over to the ocean.
"You must think I am crazy." Charlie said. He turned to see Locke stand and turn towards camp.
"Nah, I don't" Locke said. "I've seen crazier." And with that he smiled at himself and walked back up the beach to camp
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He was only a few meters from the cave. Jack quickly bounded forward and touched the wall of the cave. Sawyer and Sayid ran beside him. They stopped and put their backs to the wall.
"Ready?" Jack whispered. The other two men nodded. Jack silently turned the corner and he let his eyes adjust to the darkness. He could see two figures huddled in the far corner and right in front of him a person tied up. He could she was Kate. She was swooning back and forth on holding her head. He could see the pool of blood on the floor and the blood on her head. Jack was stunned. He felt Sawyer nudge him in the back and Jack took a step forward.
All of a sudden a loud alarm went off. Jack didn't hesitate to stop when he bounded forward for Kate. She looked up as the alarm went louder and she saw Jack. She started shaking her head. Jack moved to try to comfort her when he saw two figures come from the darkness. He turned to hit them when they hit him first. He watched as Kate managed to spit her gag out.
"JACK! RUN RIGHT NOW!" Kate yelled. Jack rose to his feet dazed as the other men ran forward. She shook her head.
"PLEASE GO!" Jack could hear her crying.
"GO. THEY WILL HURT YOU. PLEASE." Kate yelled. Jack could hear her crying. He didn't want to leave and he didn't want to disobey her. He turned and followed Sayid and Sawyer out of the cave. Who had one of the men chasing them with a gun. He heard shots going out. He could see the tall man coming for him.
"Wait for me." Jack said as he turned to run.
"WAIT FOR ME!"
