A/N: I know, I'm terribly awful at updating, and I should just get lost. Instead, I've decided to update after forever. *Gives a sheepish grin*
Thanks to all who reviewed, basically begging me to update. Feel free to yell at me for my bad laziness striking. Seriously. Just do it.
The Stark Effect
~Chapter 6~
"So what can I shoot?" Jo asked, holding up a large and most likely lethal gun.
Allison shook her head, pushing down her gun so that it was pointing at the ground. "There's nothing to shoot-"
Jo pulled it back up eagerly. "Right. So, who can I shoot?" Allison shook her head again in amusement. Jo lowered her gun, but held it just as tight, if not tighter.
Allison called Henry and Charles over. "Do you think you'll be able to go down this carefully- as to not send another rockslide onto Jack?" Henry nodded, but Charles seemed to think it over.
Allison sighed. "Charles..."
Charles grinned. "What? I'm just joking, Allison. We'll be very careful."
Henry and Charles started down the cliff very carefully. As they were descending, they received a better view of Jack. His face was pale, except for the crimson blood on the left side of his head. There was a large, rigid slab of stone covering his legs. His sheriff suit was dirty and torn- from the tumble, Henry gathered.
When they reached Jack, Henry gently shook his shoulder. When he didn't awake, Allison-who was watching nervously from the top of the cliff- worried that he might be dead- but- no, his eyes fluttered open. Allison heaved a sigh of relief, one which Nathan didn't fail to notice.
"Morning sunshine." Charles joked. Jack attempted to groan in irritation, but it quickly transformed into a moan of pain.
Henry knelt down next to Jack, worried for his friend. "Where does it hurt?"
Jack groaned. "Everywhere..."
Henry rolled his eyes, smiling sadly at his best friend. "Could you be a little more specific?"
Carter closed his eyes and nodded. " 'M legs... and my chest... oh! And my head, of course."
Henry nodded and turned to Charles. "Do you think you can lift the slab long enough for me to pull Jack out?" Charles nodded, and Henry went behind Jack and grabbed him below the shoulders.
"Ready?" Charles asked, preparing to lift the rock. Henry nodded. Taking a deep breath, Charles began to lift the slab off of Jack. Quickly, before Charles lost his strength, Henry pulled Jack away from him. The slab fell deftly to the ground. Jack panted heavily and began to sit up.
"No!" Allison shouted up from the top of the cliff, holding out a hand to stop him. Jack slumped back to the ground at her sudden order. Allison hurried down the cliff- as fast as she could without sending a rockslide down onto the three men. She knelt next to Jack, check his head wound and then looking at his pupils. "You have a concussion, so I want you to take it easy, okay?" She pressed on his chest, receiving a low moan of pain. "You have a couple broken ribs, it feels like. Are you okay?" Jack nodded, smiling at her. She was so beautiful and graceful, looking like an angel in all the debris.
"What would I do without you?" Jack asked, still smiling. Allison inspected his legs, squeezing from the ankles to the very top of the thigh. Jack gritted his teeth in pain as she did this.
"It doesn't feel broken, but it is probably fractured. That's good news, because it means I can let you stand up."
She nodded to Henry and Charles. Henry stepped up to Jack and gave him a hand. Pulling him up, Jack leaning heavily onto Henry, they started back up the cliff. Allison was the first to get back onto stable land. Charles was next, and then Henry with Jack. As they about to step back onto stable ground, Jack began to slip from Henry's grip. As he stumbled backwards, Stark reached out and grabbed Jack's collar, pulling him away from the cliff.
Jack leaned against Allison's car, exhausted. "Thanks, Stark. I don't think I could've handled another tumble down that stupid cliff." Jack looked around in confusion. "Where's the bomb squad? And the med-team?"
Allison shrugged, confusion written on her face. "We don't know. We're the only people left in Eureka."
Henry gestured to the group. "Why are we all still here? What do we have in common?"
"Did anything out of the ordinary happen to you guys?" Allison looked at Jo. "Jo? Anything?"
Jo shrugged. "Well, I was testing a new gun, and the bullet shot back at me. It missed, but it really should have hit me, what with its force and direction."
Forgo looked around nervously. "Uhm... Someone might've tried to assassinate me. A large, pointy piece of wood came flying through my office window straight a me- but it missed, obviously. Zane?"
Zane pointed to Allison. "Well, my experiment blew up, but me and Dr. Blake came out fine, minus a little bump."
Allison nodded. "Anything happen to you, Henry?"
Henry nodded. "A mutated carbon monoxide leak sprang in my garage, but I got out in time."
Charles broke in. "Yeah, now that you mention it... I was crossing the road and a car sped up to me, knocking me to the side, but I walked off unhurt. I find that a little strange, don't you?"
Allison agreed and turned to Carter, whose eyes were filled with shielded pain. "Jack, did anything out of the ordinary happen to you?"
Jack looked at her like she had just drooled on her shirt. "I just fell down the Divinci bridg-cliff, and was attacked by millions of rocks and annoyed by Stark, that son of a-"
Stark smirked cockily. "Watch your grammar, Sheriff." A cheeky grin invaded his face as Jack rolled his eyes.
A light bulb seemed to go on in Allison's head. "Jack, where did you find Stark?"
Jack looked confused and was about to say something, when Stark cut in. "He didn't find me, I found him- plummeting from the collapsing Divinci Bridge. I saved him though- no need to thank me."
Allison shook her head, the answer appearing so simple. "No, you didn't."
"What?" They said in unison, looking at her as if she was crazy.
"We all had a near-death experience. I think-" Allison paused, taking a deep breath. "I think we're dying."
A/N: 'Trina what the heck are you doing? Stop being so confusing! What is going on?" I DON'T KNOW! Anyway, please review! :)