Remember Me
2
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Jack pulled up fast as he saw the wreckage.
'Oh my god…' He thought. He had never seen such a diaster in all his life, the plane was completely unrecognisable. He looked out the windscreen and saw body bag after body bag lined up on the grass.
'You have to do this' Jack released the steering wheel and jumped out and ran across the grass and under the yellow border tape
"Hey! You're not allowed in here!" An officer yelled, stopping him.
"My friend is in there!" he yelled on the verge of tears, flashing his ID
"I'm sorry about your loss sir… "Jack pushed passed him and ran to the body bags. It felt like a ton of bricks had hit him all at once. There were at least 80 to 90 bodies on the ground.
'She can't be here, she just can't be…' It took Jack a long time to check every bag. There were only a few that were burnt beyond recognition. Jack heaved a sigh as he looked at the last bag… Sam wasn't there. Jack looked at the rescue workers as they searched the wreckage.
'I'm coming Carter, I will find you' Jack stood and ran for the burning wreckage. Smoke and burning flesh filled his lungs as he drew closer. Jack started to pull bits of metal away, scratching his fingers as he went but he didn't care, he just had to find her.
He search for an hour and retrieved 3 more bodies. None of them were Sam. Jack was getting more and more distressed; he knew the more time passed the worse the outcome would be. Jack pushed another large sheet of metal away. Then his eye's caught a glimpse of something. Bending down he picked it up with his dirty hands.
"Carter" he whispered as he held the silver necklace he had given her for a birthday present a few years back. He rubbed his face as he held back his tears. He placed it around his neck then continued to look
'I will find you Carter, I'm not leaving with you…'
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'…Can you hear me?
If I call into the night
Can you wake me?
So I can't give up the fight…'
Sam opened her eyes. She felt calm and relaxed as she lay on the veranda of her mother's home. She breathed in the sweet air and felt the leaves fall on her face and stared at the blue sky and for the first time in a long time she felt at peace. Just then she heard footsteps.
'...Come walk with me
Walk with me...'
Sam sat up and looked to see her mother walking towards her
"Mum?" Sam stood up and ran over to her and embraced her in a hug. "Mum I thought you were dead, Dad said…" She looked up into her mothers eyes and saw emptiness. Sam stepped back a step, a tear running down her face "Mum?" Just then her mother held out her hand and touched her soft skin
'…Breathe, my darling
Don't you say a word
I can sense your pain
And it won't take long for you to fade
So breathe, my darling
Everlasting with the night
It won't take long
So let go and follow me home…'
Sam's tear ran down and onto her mother's hand. She fought them back so hard
"Mum I've missed you so much, why did you have to leave?" Her mother didn't say anything as she stroked her cheek.
'…Can you see me?
If I walk into the light
Can you breathe me?
With every breath of your life…'
Suddenly she started to feel weak. Her mother's hand pushed harder on her face
"Mum? What are you doing?" She cried as her body felt heavy and she started to sink to the floor. "Mum?!"
"I'm bringing you home Sam, you will soon be free" Carter collapsed to the floor as pain erupted through her body
"Mum, please stop!!" She screamed as her mother lowered with her, keeping her hand on Sam's face. Carter's eyes went wide as a bright light flashed before her. "Mum!"
"I'm bringing you home my daughter…" Sam let out a cry, begging her to stop
"Mum! Please stop!!"
'…So breathe, my darling
Everlasting with the night
It won't take long
So let go and follow me home…'
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Jack cursed as another piece of metal stabbed into him.
"Damn it!" He threw it onto the pile he had made. Jack had been at it for about 5 hrs now and still there was no sign of Sam. He was even starting to think that she might have been sucked from the plane and landed miles from where he was. Jack shuddered at that thought. Just then he got a flash in his mind of Sam burnt, tears running down her face and screaming for help into the darkness. Speaking of darkness, Jack looked up at the sky as the sun began to set, they were running out of light and Jack knew they were running out of time. Coldness started to drift in on the breeze as Jack pulled up another sheet of metal.
"Come on Sam, where are you?" Just then someone shouted from over the east side
"I found a survivor! It's a woman!" Jack's head turned fast as his body went into motion, he dropped the sheet on his pile and didn't even bother to look at what was underneath. Jack practically ran over to where they carried the woman out from the rubble and placed her on a stretcher. Jack pushed through the crowd that was forming
"I need to see!" Jack tried to look but couldn't as they loaded her into the back of an ambulance. "Please I need to see if…" But it was too late the ambulance doors closed and the woman was gone. Jack gritted his teeth
'Damn!' Jack was torn, he wanted to go to the hospital to see if it was Sam but something told him to keep looking. Jack rubbed his now dirty hair… he felt a strong pull to keep looking. Jack turned back to the wreckage and started to walk back as the sun went down.
"Alright lets wrap this up there's nothing more we can do in the dark…" He heard someone say in the distant. Darkness swamped in quickly as he neared the area he was looking through. Jack looked down at the ground and saw a body of a male with no head off to one side. Jack put his hands behind his head as another image of Carter flashed in front of him as he stared at the headless body. Jack looked up at the stars and for the first time he felt lost.
"Show me a sign! Tell me where she is!" Jack shouted into the sky but there was just silence "At least give me something!…Anything!" But still only silence. Jack fell to his knees and let a tear fall from his eye. "Please just help me find her" He whispered into the night sky.
"Agrh!" Suddenly Jack slammed a fist down into the dirt with all his frustration and pain. He just wanted to find her, to touch her, to see her one last time before letting go of her. Jack looked up at the rubble in front of him. Just then he saw a small pale hand sticking out of the wreckage. He stared for a moment then suddenly a finger move in the dim moonlight. Jack's mouth fell open.
"Carter?" Jack scrambled across the dirt and touched the hand, it was still slightly warm. He started to heave the metal aside
'Please let it be her!' he managed to move all but one sheet that was too heavy. Everything seemed to slow down as he stared at the person in front of him.
"Carter?" Jack touched her bloodied face, her skin was warm but turning cold quickly. Her legs were trapped under the heavy sheet of metal.
"I need help! I've got a survivor!" he shouted over his shoulder. Jack turned back to Sam and looked at her eyes. They were slightly open, staring at… just staring. Jack placed a hand on her cheek "Carter? It's Jack, help is here, just hold on" Sam didn't seem to hear him. She just opened and closed her mouth slowly. Bending over he listened
"Mum…mum…" She said over and over. Jacks eyes went wide as he watch blood dribble out her mouth. Jack took off his coat as her skin started to turn blue
"I need help!!" He shouted harder. He covered her over and tried to push the metal off her legs but it was too heavy. "I haven't seen you in 12 weeks Major, if you wanted to surprise me you're doing one hell of a job" Suddenly she jolted.
"Mum…" She hissed sharply then her eyes rolled back into her head and her body started to go into compulsions.
"Carter no!" He tried to hold her. He tried to give her life. Looking up at the stars he screamed "You can't take her on me! I need her! She's my life! Please I beg you!" More blood started to seep out her mouth and now her nose. "Sam you need to hold on…Help! I need a medic now!!" Suddenly she went limp in his arms as the rescue men arrived and started to pry the metal off her legs. It felt like everything went into slow motion
"Carter? Sam!…" Jack touched her face with a shaky hand, smearing blood across her neck as he checked for a pulse, there wasn't any. "Major come on, you can't leave me…" He picked up her hand and held it against his face as a tear fell into it "Sam, please" Jack looked up at the rescuers as they attempted to get the metal off. They were having trouble.
"It's too heavy!" One man yelled over his shoulder "We need the clamp!" Jack looked back at Sam then attempted CPR.
"Come on!" Just then Jack felt the brush of someone behind him. He glanced up and saw a medical person appear, he looked over her.
"Just let her go" He said as he looked at the other rescuers that had stopped trying to get the metal off her legs. Jack felt his heart tear inside…
"No, no! Help me! She's going to live!…" Jack felt a hand on his shoulder
"She's gone, let her go" Jack pushed the hand off.
"No!" Jack jumped up and tried to push the metal off her legs. "Come on!" He said through gritted teeth.
"Get the saw and the body bag ready" He heard one man shout. Just then Jack felt hands grasp his arms and started to pull him away.
"NO!! CARTER!!" He screamed as he saw someone approaching in the torchlight with a bone saw. "NO! CARTER!!"
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A/N
Hey guys I really hope you liked it
Let me know what you thought
Um… I want to know in the next chapter for Jack, I had a song planned
But I don't want to do it if you think it's too much
Anyways still hope you like it
Thanks for reading everyone!