Wow guys, I've never gotten so many reviews at once, and to think I thought this story wasn't even that great... Well anyway, hope you enjoy chapter two.
Chapter two
Kate was furious-why'd everyone always want to look after her? She could look after herself! She'd done it all her life, she didn't even need help to find Jack, she could do it on her own.
She was so angry that she hardly enven noticed where she was going, then suddenly the trail stopped.
"What?" Kate said aloud, how could it just stop? She searched a little way off, become more and more flustered as she found no sign of Jack.
She stood up…but there was nothing. Nothing. It would be dark soon, and with no trail, she knew it would be impossible to find Jack, at least by herself.
She was just about to turn back when a deafening sound stopped her. Two meters from her, maybe less, a tree flew into the air, followed by another.
Kate bolted, but she could hear the noise of the monster as if it were right behind her-could feel the air move past her as trees were torn from the ground. Through her mind images of the pilots death flashed before her, images of a wisp of black darting away through the trees-and she ran faster.
She had to keep running, she had to run or she would die. But already she could feel herself tiring; it was getting harder to keep up the pace. Inside her chest her heart thumped so hard it felt like it would burst, and Kate was sure if anyone had been around they would have heard it. Behind her the monster began to get closer and closer, while Kate started to slow down.
Kate skidded behind a tree and doubled back, but the monster followed. Struggling to outrun it, Kate lost her footing and went flying. She hit the ground with thud, entire body aching. But there was no time, within seconds she pushed herself to her feet, but it was too late.
Inches from her face was a huge, black cloud. It floated the in the air, a black smoke-like cloud. Inside it there were flashes, faint whirls of colour…. But Kate was too terrified to recognise them for what they were. She began to shake, her heart beating so fast it hurt. She was breathing heavily. Was this really it? After everything, she was going to die now.
It seemed like at age as she sat crouched there, staring into the billowing black cloud of smoke. Terrified as she was to look at it, she was much too scared to look away. Then she heard a shout:
"Kate!"
She swung around, to see Sawyer, and at the exact same moment, felt herself being pulled through the jungle.
Kate screamed, the world was just a blur of green anddisorted shapes, she closed her eyes and screamed again, louder this time. The monster was pulling her, draging her like it had once done to Locke, but this time Jack wasn't here to save her.
After what seemed like hours, but must have only been minutes, there was a thump, and she felt herself hit the ground. In the distance she could hear shouting, but was too terrified, too confused to shout out or even open her eyes.
Was the monster still there?A mass of swirling black just waiting for her totry and escape.Was she even alive? She had no idea, so she just lay on the ground, taking in the earthy scent of leaves and dirt, and listening to the sounds of the birds and Sawyer shouts in the distance.
Sawyer crashed through the jungle screaming Kate's name as loud as he could. He could see the trail she'd left through the jungle and was following it as fast as he could. "Please god," he thought to himself, "please let her be alive, please, just let her be ok!"
He screamed her name every few seconds, but there was no reply, soon even her screams stopped. Sawyer quickened his pace-newfound strength reaching him. He just had to find Freckles, he had to find her before that thing-whatever it was, killed her.
He came across her after a few frantic minutes of running; she was lying, curled up in a heap on the jungle floor. For a horrible moment Sawyer thought she was dead, and then he saw her chest heaving and heard faint sobs.
"Freckles?" he asked softly, he bent down beside her and gently touched her shoulder. Kate looked up at him. Her eyes were red and puffy, and tears streaked clean lines through her dirty face. As soon as he touched her, she burst into uncontrollable sobbing.
Sawyer quickly pulled her into a hug, and she didn't resist. "Shhhh Freckles," he whispered quietly, not really knowing what to do.
"Shhhh its ok Freckles, you're alright. It's okay." He held her tightly, feeling her shake as she cried into his chest. Sawyer had never really hugged anyone like this before, but then again, he had never cared for someone like he did for Freckles, and seeing her like that made him want to cry as well.
"It's alright," he whispered over and over, rubbing her on the back and holding her tight. "Its okay Freckles, I ain't gonna left anything happen to you."
Who knows how long they simply sat there, hugging each other tight. It could have been minutes or hours, but slowly Kate began to calm herself.Eventually she began to pull out of his hug, careful to avoid catching his eye, ashamed that he had seen her in such a state.
"We should probably move," Kate said quietly, getting to her feet.
Sawyer nodded, suddenly feeling awkward . "You sure you're okay Freckles?" he asked.
"Yeah,"
But Sawyer could tell she was still trying to pull herself together, in fact, she was still shaking.
"Here," Sawyer pulled Kate onto his shoulder, supporting her weight underneath him.
"Sawyer-," she began softly, but he cut her off.
"Don't be silly freckles, you can hardly walk."
Kate looked up at him with those big green eyes, "I was just going to say thankyou." She whispered.
Ok, I just had to put a skate hug in there, since we haven't had one and I really, really wanted one, so here it is. Hope you liked it!
