Kate was sprawled on the ground, her foot caught in between two large intertwined tree roots. The sudden silence was eerie, and Kate kept turning behind her, expecting something horrible to appear.
Then she saw it. A cloud of black dirt and mist exploding from the ground, followed by an ear-splitting roar which shook the trees. Kate shrieked just at the impact of the noise that shattered the jungle's silence. Another black explosion, but closer now and she tried to wrench her foot from the tree roots. It wouldn't budge, and Kate let tears of frustration roll down her cheeks.
"One." She said shakily.
"Two."
"Th-" her voice cut out and she froze.
A long puff of thick black smoke rose up from the ground and weaved its way until it was right in front of Kate. She couldn't move, paralysed with fear. The smoke was making a noise that sounded a lot like a low growl, but more rickety and mechanical. It was thick at the back, but thinned and became more transparent towards the front. It didn't move, just floated in front of her face. Kate frowned slightly…it was almost…..electrical? The smoke slowly thinned to a mist, and then zoomed back behind the trees and it was gone.
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Jack burst into a slight clearing and saw Kate.
"Kate!" he exclaimed and ran over to her. She was shaking, and he put his arms around her. He pulled back and put his hands to her face.
"Thank God your ok. What happened?"
Kate looked at Jack, and her expression not only showed fright, but confusion.
"It- uh- black…" Kate took a deep breath and began to tell Jack what she saw. Jack's eyes widened slightly, and it creepily reminded him of the time Locke was dragged into jungle by what looked like 'black smoke.'
"Lets get out of here." Jack said to Kate. She gasped in pain as he squeezed her foot out from under the tree roots.
"Can you stand?" Jack asked.
Kate nodded.
"I think so."
Jack stood and grabbed the bags Kate had dropped when she tripped and put them over his shoulder. Kate was standing up shakily, but she winced as she put weight on her foot. Jack went over to her and put his arm behind her back. He motioned for her to rest her weight on him, and they slowly began to walk through the jungle once again.
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Jack and Kate stumbled out onto the beach. Not far from them, they saw Claire and Sun in Claire's tent. They both rushed over, followed by Hurley and Charlie. A few other people were standing in groups staring.
"We were starting to get a little worried." Sun said anxiously, looking them up and down.
"Bloody hell, what happened to you?" Charlie asked, referring to their rather disheveled appearances.
Kate smiled.
"We had a few little accidents, but nothing major." She said, motioning to her ankle.
Kate exchanged a knowing look with Jack. She didn't know why she didn't tell them about what had happened earlier, maybe it was because she didn't want to scare them. Besides, what would they tell them? She didn't even understand it.
"So your ok then?" asked Claire.
"Yeah." Jack replied, and beamed. "We had a great time. I think I need a new shirt though."
"Dude, what happened to it?"
Jack laughed at Hurley. "It got ripped on a log when we were swimming."
"Swimming?" Charlie raised his eyebrows.
"Well….I wouldn't have been in the water if Kate hadn't pulled me in!" Jack glared at Kate playfully.
"You pushed me in first!" she laughed, punching him in the shoulder.
"I think we'll leave you too it." Hurley smirked, and walked off with the others following. Kate watched them go, Claire and Sun giggling with each other.
Jack was glad Kate had returned to her old self. It was awful seeing her so shook up when she was normally so brave. He bent down and kissed her, taking her by surprise but she quickly returned the kiss. Kate heard a wolf-whistle from somewhere to the left of them, but she didn't care. They broke apart, not wanting to get too caught up in the moment with everyone watching. Kate struggled to say something she knew she had to, not wanting to spoil the moment.
"Jack- I…..If we get off the island, when we are rescued….the police…they will-"
Jack cut her off. "I will never leave you Kate. I promise. I love you."
Kate looked up at Jack, tears shining in her eyes.
"I love you too."
Baby there's a reason why me met
While we still are holding on
I never knew a love so strong
When I look into your eyes
Know my love will never die
Cant live without you by my side
The End
A/N: Well everyone, this is the last chapter- tear tear- I really did love writing it, it was so sweet:) Thankyou so much to everyone that has reviewed, I really appreciate it. I know the black smoke thing I used is what happened to Eko in 'The 23rd Psalm', but in my fic everything after What Kate Did hasn't happened. I only have one last, very special thing to say : JATE IS FATE!
---------Lyrics from "Only For You" by Ronan Keating.
