A/N: Here's the next chapter, as promised.

Disclaimer: I don't own Eureka, for if I did Stark would be alive, Jo would be with Zane, and things would constantly go wrong at GD- oh wait, that one's true, isn't it?

The Stark Effect

~Chapter 5~

Stark watched Allison leave. As soon as her car drove out of sight, Stark turned to the edge of the cliff. Testing its stability, Stark nudged the ground tentatively with his foot. Satisfied he wouldn't take a death tumble like Carter did, he started down the steep cliff.

Jack looked up at Stark in confusion. "Wh-at are you doing?" He asked weakly, squirming more beneath the stone slab that kept him pinned to the ground.

Stark rolled his eyes. "Stop squirming."

"All-son said you had to st-ay put, di'n't she?" Carter nagged. His legs were starting to go numb, and he could feel blood on his head from where he had collided with a boulder. He glanced over to the bomb he had come down to retrieve. It was on its side, so he couldn't see how much time they had directly, but a red light was illuminated on the ground showing that it was, in fact, activated.

Stark chuckled. "I've never been good at doing what I was told. Besides, I have to get the bomb. Those neanderthal squads will probably cause a rockslide that could hit the bomb and make it detonate instantly."

"And it could hit me!" Carter exclaimed dramatically, eyes wide.

"I wouldn't worry about it. If I bring the bomb up, the squad wouldn't have to come marching down here. The careful doctors can bring you up, and then it'll be a peacefull afternoon-"

Carter looked up skeptically at him. "Not exactly- the bomb's still activated."

Stark sighed and picked up the bomb, turning it so Carter could read what it said. In bright red, flashing letters it read, "DEACTIVATED". Stark saw Carter's confused look. "If a rock hits it, the bomb could activate again and blow us all to smithereens. We wouldn't want that to happen, now would we?"

Carter shook his head. "I guess not. I can't believe I got myself into this mess for a deactivated bomb!"

Stark grinned cheekily. "I don't think anyone understands the workings of your brain- if there really even is anything in there," Nathan muttered the last part, just loud enough for Jack to still hear.

Stark stood up and stretched, the bomb in his tan right hand. "I'll take the bomb up to the top of the cliff for the bomb squad, then I'll see where Allison is with the med-team." Carter nodded, and Stark started carefully up the cliff. When he got to the top, he gently set the bomb on the ground. As he stood up straight, he spotted Allison's car coming around the bend, but only her car.

"That's weird," He muttered to himself. Shrugging off the strange feeling, he waved to Allison with a cheeky grin on his face. She seemed worried. As her car came to a halt, Nathan noticed she wasn't alone in the car. Crammed in the small vehicle were Henry, Zane, Fargo, Jo, and that Grant guy.

Allison rushed over to the edge of the cliff and called down to Jack. "Jack! Are you alright down there?" When no answer came, she assumed he had fallen asleep- maybe from the pain, she thought with worry.

"Stark-" she noticed the bomb sitting at the top of the cliff. "I said stay up here!"

Stark rolled his eyes. "Now we don't have to go down the cliff."

Allison rolled her eyes and pretended he wasn't there, which was surprisingly difficult. "Henry, can you and Charles go help Jack?"

Henry's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "What's wrong with Jack?"

Allison pointed to the bomb. "See that? That's a molecular bomb." Everyone-excluding Nathan and Allison- gasped and backed away from it.

"Don't worry, it's deactivated." Stark cut in. Everyone gave a deep sigh of relief.

Allison continued. "It rematerialized along with Nathan-"

Fargo seemed to just notice his boss was there. "Dr. Stark! You're back! We've all missed you so much-" he gave Nathan a bear bug, then added. "-well, I did anyway."

Stark subtly pushed him away. "At least someone missed me."

Allison groaned, and everyone went back to listening to her. "ANYWAY, Carter, Stark, and I got here-"

Stark cut in again. "And long story short, Jack and Jill went up the cliff to fetch a molecular bomb. Jack fell down to get the bomb, and rocks came tumbling after." Stark chuckled immaturely at his revision of the classic nursery rhyme.

Henry went to the edge and looked over. "Hey, Jack! How're you doing?" No answer. "He's sleeping!"

Stark shrugged. "He's got nothing better to do."

"Problem is," Allison continued. "we're the only people in Eureka. Either everyone disappeared, or-"

Henry nodded, his eyes etched with worry. "Or WE disappeared."

A/N: Interesting twist, yes? How 'bout you review and I'll update soon, yeah? I have the next couple chapters finished, but I'd like to no some people are still reading this, so press that little button again? Pretty please? With Jack on top? Maybe Stark if you're lucky? It's real easy. Push it. I dare you.