Aaron looked up at Kate with confusion.
"Why did Eko say Charlie's dead? He can't be dead. He was just faking it, wasn't he?"
Kate was starting to get agitated with Aaron's interruptions.
"Are you writing this?"
"But who's going to kill Locke?"
"Huh?" Kate asked in confusion.
"Who kills Prince Locke? At the end. Someone has to do it? Does Sawyer do it?"
"No. No one kills him. He lives."
"You mean he wins?" Aaron asks incredulously. "Mom! Why are you writing this?"
Kate sighed as she closed her laptop. "You know what? It's past ten and you're taking this story way too seriously. I think it's time to stop."
Before she took him off her lap, he shook his head.
"No. I'm okay. Please keep reading."
Kate sighed as she went back to her story.
Sawyer became so irritated and enraged, he started throwing and smashing everything he got his hands on. His last chance at getting revenge was taken away from him.
He stopped raging and started breathing as he saw Eko pick up Charlie's limp body.
"What're you doing? He's no good to us now."
Eko looked back at Sawyer. "How much money do you have?"
"I don't know. A little bit?"
Eko considered before replying. "Well, I hope it is enough to buy us a miracle."
After a short trek through the forest, they came across a small shack. Sawyer banged on the door.
"GO AWAY!"
Sawyer frowned as he started pounding harder. The door opened slightly to reveal a man about Sawyer's age with short, dark hair.
"What?!"
"You're Miracle Jack?" Sawyer asked. "The doctor who worked for the king for years?"
Jack grimaced. "The king's brat fired me. And thank you for reminding me. Now why don't you just give me a nice clean paper cut and dump a cup a salt on it? WE'RE CLOSED!"
And he slammed the door. Sawyer groaned before he banged on it again. Jack opened it again with a deep frown on his face.
"Get out, or I'll call the brute squad!"
"I am on the brute squad," Eko told him.
"You are the brute squad?" Jack asked.
"Look," Sawyer spoke up, "we need a miracle, stats."
"Listen," Jack sighed, "I'm retired. Besides, why would you want someone the king's brat fired. I might kill whoever you want the miracle done on."
"Problem there, doc. He's already dead."
"Is he? Alright, bring him in. I'll see what I can do."
And with that, Jack let them in and set Charlie's body on the table. Jack examined him a bit then held the limp man's arm and let it go. It hit the table like a rock.
Jack bit his lower lip. "I've had worse." He did nothing but study him here and there.
"Hey, doc. We're in a rush and we need this guy."
"Hey. Don't rush a miracle man, buddy. You get bad miracles. So, how much money do you have?"
"About…sixty-five."
"Pfft. I never worked for so little. Well I did once. But it was a noble cause."
"Aw, c'mon, doc. This guy's got a crippled wife and five starving babies."
Jack just gave a crooked smile. "Are you a horrible liar."
Infuriated, Sawyer grabbed Jack's collar and pulled him closer. "I need his help to avenge my parents!"
"Your first story was better," Jack said as he pushed him off and started looking for something. "Where's that bellows? What? Does he owe you money? Ah! There it is!"
And he brought a huge bellows over. "I'll just ask him."
"Problem there, doc. He's dead," Sawyer reminded him.
"Well guess what, smart-guy. You're friend is only mostly dead. There's a different between mostly dead and all dead. Open his mouth, please."
Eko obliged and Jack put the bellows into Charlie's mouth and started pumping.
"Mostly dead: he's alive but just barely. All dead: well if he's all dead, there's only one thing you can do."
"What's that?" Sawyer asked.
"See if your name is on his will."
And he placed the bellows away and bent towards Charlie's ear.
"Hey! Hello? What's important to you? What do you have that's worth living for?"
Then he placed his hands on Charlie's chest and pressed. All at once, Charlie started breathing unconsciously, "truuuuuuuuuuuuuuue looooooooooooooooooooove…"
They all gazed in astonishment at him. Sawyer then tried to register what came out of his mouth.
"'True love'. Hear that? True love! Can't get a nobler cause than that!"
Jack just shook his head. "As great as true love is…He didn't say that. He said…'Toooooo bluuuuuuuuff.' He said 'to bluff'. So…you know…he must've cheated at cards…"
"LIAR!" Came a female voice as a blonde woman came out. "LIAR!"
"GET OUT, WITCH!" Jack shouted at her.
"I'm not a witch, I'm your wife. But after what you just said, I'm not sure I want to be anymore."
"My dream come true," Jack said smugly.
"True love. He said 'True love', Jack!"
"Don't say another word, Juliet!"
Juliet looked at Sawyer and Eko. "He's afraid. Ever since Locke fired him, his he's lost his confidence…"
"WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!" Jack said. "YOU SAID YOU'VE NEVER SAY THAT NAME AGAIN!"
"What? Locke?"
"AH!" Jack shouted as he covered his ears while Juliet kept shouting "Locke! Locke! Locke! Locke! Locke!"
"I'm not listening!" Jack said in a sing-song tone.
"You're wasting yourself away, Jack. And you don't have the decency to explain why you won't help…"
"Nobody gives a damn!"
Sawyer finally got tired of the bickering couple so he decided to butt in.
"This is Claire's true love! If you save him, he'll stop Locke's wedding!"
"SHUT UP!" Jack shouted at Juliet. Then he looked back at Sawyer excitedly. "You mean if I heal him, Locke suffers?"
Sawyer smirked. "Humiliations in abundance, doc."
Jack clapped his hands and rubbed them together in joy. "Now THAT is a noble cause. Alright, I'll take the sixty-five."
After getting paid, Jack went to his desk and started covering a some kind of bulb with chocolate. Sawyer and Eko just stared as they worked.
"That's a miracle pill?" Sawyer asked.
Jack nodded as Juliet explained. "Chocolate coating makes it go down easier. But you have to wait fifteen minutes for full effectiveness. And he can't go swimming for…um…"
"An hour," Jack completed as he placed the pill in a small bag and handed it to Sawyer.
"Thanks a lot, doc," Sawyer complimented as Eko picked up Charlie's body and they walked out and left.
"Bye boys!" Juliet called out.
"Have fun storming the castle!" Jack called out.
"Think it'll work?" Juliet whispered to him.
"It'll take a miracle," Jack replied with a wink.
After several inner debates for the part of the clergyman, I finally picked him out.
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