Disclaimer: to lazy to type it so read it in the other chapters loves
Will jolted up from where he sat on the beach. He ran into the mass of trees that covered the island towards Karen's scream. As he ran he couldn't help but feel guiltier than he had in his entire life. Was Karen okay? Was it his fault she was in trouble? If he hadn't started their fight would he had been running to save her in the first place? What if he never got to apologize? He pushed all of these thought and feelings out of his mind, and focused on the most important one: finding Karen.
After running for a few minutes he didn't know which direction to turn any longer, so he called out for her in hopes of hearing a response, "Karen?" no answer, "Karen?" still nothing. In the distance he heard the loud rushing of the water fall that Karen made mention to earlier, and he ran towards it hoping that he would find her there.
When he reached the water fall he was standing at the top of the cliff that the water poured down from. He looked down over the fifty foot edge of the cliff, and in the water below he saw Karen's jacket floating on the surface. He immediately took his shirt off and dove in to her rescue.
As soon as he hit the water he began to search for Karen. Then when he came up for air he heard a voice.
"What's the matter with you?"
"Oh my God! Karen, you're okay! I heard you scream, and I… I thought you…"
"No, sorry, I'm fine. I'm sure you're upset that I'm not dead though. Sorry to disappoint you." she said coldly.
"Karen you have to believe me, I didn't mean anything that I sad back there, I was just so angry at this whole situation, and I took it out on you. I would never wish that you were dead, and I don't hate you, not even a little. When I heard you scream, and I thought something had happened to you, I'd never been so afraid of anything in my entire life than right then when I thought you were in trouble. So please, can you ever forgive me?"
She was slightly taken aback at first; she couldn't believe that someone would be that scared over her getting hurt. She smiled softly at him then swam over to where he was and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you." She whispered to him.
"For what?"
"For taking care of me."
"Despite my better judgment."
They released each other from their embrace, and exchanged smiles.
"So, why did you scream anyways?" he asked her.
"Oh, I was looking over the edge of the cliff and I leaned too far, and I fell over." She giggled.
He laughed in return. "Nice one."
"Shut up."
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He watched the television from his lonely secluded room. On the 11 'o clock news he watched Grace Adler and Jack McFarland being hounded by reporters; being asked about the situation of their close friend Karen Walker and her lawyer. He dropped his sandwich, and turned up the TV.
"Ms. Adler, Mr. McFarland, why doesn't anyone know the location of Mrs. Walker's island?" one reporter asked.
"Do you believe that Mrs. Walker stranded herself on purpose?" asked another.
"Could this be a murder attempt towards Mrs. Walker?"
He watched the television in astonishment, as the scene took place. Grace Adler and Jack McFarland had tears streaming down their faces, trying to dodge reporters as they mourned the loss of their two best friends.
He picked up the phone on his nightstand, and dialed information.
"Yes, US Coast guard please… thank you."
"United States Coast Guard, how can we be of service to you?"
"I know the location of the island where Karen Walker and her lawyer are."
"Hold on a minute please sir, I will get the chief of the department handling this case."
"Hello?"
"Yes, hello, I know the location of the island where Karen Walker is. Three hundred miles south east off of the coast of St. Lucia; it is the most eastern island in a small chain of twelve islands."
"Thank you sir, you have saved two peoples lives… may I have your name please?"
At that he hung up the phone and placed the receiver back onto its cradle on the nightstand.
Minutes later the phone rang and he answered.
"Hello?"
"Have you heard?"
"Yes, I already made the call."
"You didn't tell them your name did you?"
"No, now I have to go, goodbye Malcolm."
"Goodbye Stanley."
He hung up the phone then placed his head in his hands, "Oh Karebear, I'm so sorry, this is all my fault. Oh God, please let her be okay…"
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The sun was beginning to set as Karen and Will finished swimming.
"So, what are we going to do about shelter?" he asked her.
"Oh, I have the perfect place. Follow me." She said going beneath the water and swimming under the water fall. She climbed on to the stone platform that was there and walked into an opening on the side of the waterfall. Inside was what reminded Will of a club house of some sort.
"What is this place?" he asked her
"Well, at home I have a place where I can go to get away from everyone, and that's my closet. So when Stan first bought this island, I had this 'made' in a matter of speaking, I would come here whenever I wanted to be alone or away from Stan." She said as she walked over to one of the walls and searched blindly through the darkness for something unknown to Will.
"What are you looking for?" he asked confused.
"Ah, here it is." She said as the whole cave suddenly became illuminated by dozens of lights along the walls.
"What… how… how do you have electricity underground?" he asked in astonishment?
"It's all battery powered… I couldn't have my own little sanctuary in the dark now could I?"
Once there was light, Will could see just how amazing this place was. There was a sofa, and a fully stocked liquor cabinet… all in a cave behind a waterfall. He couldn't believe it.
"Karen this… this place is amazing."
"Well I'm glad you like it honey, at least we have shelter…" she said sadly.
"Hey… it's okay," he said as he approached her, "we're going to be okay, someone will find us, I promise."
She sat down on the sofa, and put her hands in her head and sighed heavily. Will sat down next to her and pulled her into a tight hug.
"Why don't we get some sleep, it's been a long day…" he suggested.
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea."
"You sleep on the couch, and I'll take the ground, okay?"
"Honey, will you sleep on the sofa with me, I'd feel safer if you were closer by… that is if you want to, if you don't want to I understand." She said looking down at her hands that were placed delicately in her lap.
"Of course I'll sleep on the sofa with you."
They both lay on the sofa, Karen wrapped tightly in Will's arms. She looked up at Will, thankful that she wasn't alone through this whole mess. He was already asleep, and she snuggled further into his embrace, even though she was stranded on an island, no one knowing where she was, she felt safer in Will's arms than she had in a long time.
A/N: this took like twelve years I know, but the explanation is so insane and long that I'm not even going to put it here, just know that I am very sorry my dears. Review loves!