Henry approached us just as the sun set below the horizon, he had a flashlight in his hand. "You guys ready to go?"
"You bet." I said nodding, "You have any more flashlights on you by chance?"
"Yes," answered Henry quickly, he opened his backpack and pulled out two more flash lights handing them to Kristalyn and I.
"Let's go boys," said Kristalyn leading the pack.
Henry and I looked at each other in disbelief, she has only been part of the group for a few hours yet she was charging into everything. "Way to go Jack." Said Henry.
"What did I do," I questioned, "I've told you I have not done anything."
"Yes you did, you got someone else to join the cause." Explained Henry breaking into a run after Kristalyn.
I ran after them, calling out "I don't really call that helping!"
Maybe an hour later we caught up with Ms. Blanchard, Sherriff Graham, and Emma in the woods. We ran down the hill as quick as we could not caring that we caused twigs to snap under our feet as we approached, we after all were not trying to sneak up on them.
"Children?" exclaimed Ms. Blanchard.
"Any sign of him yet?" I asked.
"No, not yet," said Emma, "You three shouldn't be here."
"We can help," urged Henry, "I know where he's going."
"And where is that?" asked Ms. Blanchard shocked by Henry's statement.
"He's looking for you," explained Henry.
"Henry…" started Ms. Blanchard.
"We can discuss this later." I cut in, "Right now we just need to find him."
Our search party journeyed deeper into the forest, despite my advice, Henry continued to try to convince Ms. Blanchard of his theory "You're the one who woke him up. You're the last one he saw. He wants to find you!"
"Henry, its not about me. I just…I think he's lost and confused, he's been in a coma a long time." Said Ms. Blanchard, yeah 28 years I thought.
"But he love you!" said Henry, "You need to stop chasing him and let him find you."
"Kid, you need to go home! Where's your mom?" said Emma, "She's going to kill me, and then you, and then me again."
"She dropped me at the house, then went right out," explained Henry.
"And what about you two?" asked Ms. Blanchard, "Aren't your parents looking for you?"
"My Da won't mind, I'll just call him later."
"I'll call my parents after we find John Doe."
"No you won't, we need to get you back immediately, all three of you." Said Emma.
"No!" we all said at the same time.
"Guys?" called out Sherriff Graham from around the bend, we ran to where he was. On a nearby plant was a torn hospital bracelet.
"Is that…" questioned Ms. Blanchard.
"Blood." Stated Emma.
"That can't be good." Said Kristalyn.
"I think we need to quicken our search," I said continuing to state the obvious.
Sherriff Graham picked up a trail and we followed it as quick as our legs would take us. The trail led to a stream that ran under the old toll bridge.
"Oh, God," breather Ms. Blanchard, "Where is he, can you see him?"
"The trail dies at the water line," explained Sherriff Graham.
"He must be nearby then," I said, "Scan the stream."
Ms. Blanchard dropped her flashlight and bolted down stream, "Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!"
I looked down the stream to where Ms. Blanchard was running. There was John Doe lying quite still amongst the rock, his head in the water. Kristalyn gasped in horror when she saw it, out of instinct I turned her around and placed her head on my shoulder keeping it down with my hand, "No don't look."
"I need an ambulance at the old toll bridge as soon as possible," said Sherriff Graham urgently into his scanner as he and Emma quickly made their way down stream.
Sherriff Graham and Ms. Blanchard grabbed his arms while Emma got his legs; together they lifted him up and worked to get him to the shore, "Hang on. Hang on. Hang on," said Emma.
"I'm falling, falling, falling. I'm falling," said Ms. Blanchard.
"Hold on. I feel we need to slow down. Slow Down. Slow down," said Emma as they got John Doe to the shore, they gently placed him on the ground.
"No, no, no, no, no. I found you!" cried Ms. Blanchard, "It's gonna be okay."
"Help's coming," explained Sherriff Graham.
"Is he okay? Is he gonna be okay?" asked Henry frantically.
Emma ran over to Henry and turned him around, "Henry, don't look okay? Don't look."
"Come back to us," commanded Ms. Blanchard shaking the body listening for breath. She began to give him CPR.
"Is he alive?" Kristalyn asked me.
"I do not know" I answered quietly not wanting Henry to hear me.
After a few reps against his chest, Ms. Blanchard tried to give him mouth to mouth. If there was a time for the power of a true loves kiss now would be a good time for it. Seconds later John Doe began to sputter getting the water out of his lungs gasping for air.
"You saved me," said John Doe looking at Ms. Blanchard.
I looked down at Kristalyn's head, "He's alive."
"Thank goodness." She sighed breathing a sigh of relief into my shoulder.
"She did it. She did it," said Henry awed, "She woke him up."
"Yeah, kid, she did," said Emma in disbelief.
"Thank you." Said John Doe
"Who are you?" asked Ms. Blanchard.
"I don't know," answered John Doe.
As the sirens approached and got closer, Ms. Blanchard said to him, "It's okay. You're going to be okay."
A/N: Hi Everyone, how are you all doing after that finale? I am in tears but in a good way. Jack watched it with me and he is so happy for his Da…as you will see later he always like Belle! (haha you all get to wait for that!) Unfortunately I am too also pissed. I will say this now SPOILERS SPOILER SPOILER…Kristalyn here was suppose to BE Elsa…..as she is going to be a character on the show I have to rewrite WHO Krista is…luckily for me I did have a backup plan in mind…I am use to this happening to me Adam and Eddy did this with Jack many a time. I'll tell you the story…originally I wanted him to be Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk (Out the window), then I wanted him to be Peter Pan (can sort of tell that from the prologue a bit) again flew out the window, then I thought I have him play a flute he can be the pied piper (nope). I can only help that the character Jack has been finalized as is no appearing in the show any time soon (should be safe as the character technically belongs to dreamworks) ANNYWHO Tell me what you think and I'll have the next chapter up soon….btw I went back to the old formatting of this story so there will be a lot of chapters per season! End A/N