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Post by Jack on Aug 3, 2007 23:24:51 GMT -5
JACK
He swam out as far as he thought the woman would be. The only thing out there was himself and the ocean. Calm waves settling around him. He frantically twist and turned in the ocean trying to find any sign of the woman, but there was nothing. Jack, not giving up hope just yet, swam down a few feet into the water, and resurfaced a few seconds later. He did this 5 or 6 times with a short pause in between, checking to see if she, herself, had resurfaced.
Jack took another deep breath, ready to dive under again. Only this time he held his breath above water. Holding it in as the rage built up. He exhaled violently as he slapped the water around him. Still, he was kicking his legs to keep himself afloat. "ARRGGH!" he yelled out at the top of his lungs. He paused in the water with a large frown upon his face as he sniffled. He was on the brink of jerking a tear, but he didn't. He held it in. He just swallowed all his emotion, that, and some sea water. He kicked harder as he started to sink a bit. He began swimming back with the dreaded feeling of knowing he failed.
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Post by Jack on Aug 3, 2007 15:15:11 GMT -5
JACK
Jack handed Boone over to the others, and without doing, or saying anything he was back into the water.
"Jack!"
"There's someone else still out there!" he shouted in a hurry, trying to avoid wasting any time. If he were to make it back to the woman in time he'd have to faster then he ever thought he could. Immediately Jack was in the water swim with great haste.
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Post by Jack on Aug 2, 2007 20:53:48 GMT -5
JACK
***Jack swims to the camp area from Beach and Shore***
Jack continued to swim out towards the woman who was drowning. The task appeared to be much more difficult then expected. He continued to fight the current that was trying to pull him back in. He could barely see anything, he just followed the sound of her voice. He looked up to see someone swimming frantically. He couldn't see who it was because of all the waves splashing up around them. Jack put his head down for a second and when he looked up again, there was nothing to see except the empty ocean.
Jack must have been right on top of where the person was. He swam down, trying to find them. But he came up with nothing. He paused trying to get his barrings, and then swam down again, only this time he popped out of the water with Boone in his arms. "Your okay," Jack told him. Boone was coughing up water, barely even able to open his eyes. "Just deep breaths now," Jack told him as Boone continued to cough. "C'mon, just breath. Just breath," the funny thing was, was that Jack was telling Boone this as he tried to catch his own breath.
BOONE
He practically floated in the water, in Jack's arms. He couldn't move a muscle, he was out of breath and feeling very weak. As he started to regain consciousness, he tried to speak, but he kind of just muttered the words, "Did you get her?"
JACK
This was the last thing he wanted to hear. He knew he had dove into the water after a woman, but he just assumed that his perspective was off and it was only Boone in the water. "What?" Jack asked hoping Boone was talking about something else.
BOONE
He struggled to speak, but he had to make sure that Jack saved the woman. "There was a woman. I was trying to...Did you get her?!" Boone prayed Jack had saved her. Otherwise it was his fault, he would have slowed Jack down, causing the woman to drown. Another of Boone's failed attempts at being the hero.
JACK
He looked around, desperately trying to find the woman. Hoping she was still above water. Jack could see her in the distance. He stared at her and then looked at Boone trying to make a decision.
BOONE
"You gotta go back," Boone told him, trying to get Jack to save the woman and to let him drown instead. Boone knew that was the only way to save the woman, and that's the way Boone wanted it to be.
JACK
He continuously looked at Boone, the beach, and the woman, trying to make a decision about his next move. Finally after a little while the woman sank, she slipped under, and Jack knew there was no more time to think. As quick as he could he swam back to the beach with Boone in his arms. Jack would have to act fast if he was to get Boone back and be able to get the woman in time.
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Post by Jack on Aug 1, 2007 22:09:50 GMT -5
BOONE
He swam out about half of the distance between the camp and the woman who was drowning. He stopped to look up to see if he was going in the right direction, and to see whether or not Joanna was still above the water. As Boone caught sight of here, beyond the waves crashing in his face, he braced himself to keep going. But before he could do anything, he suddenly felt himself pulled under. He must have been caught in the same under toe as Joanna. He slipped under quickly, and the pressure made it extremely difficult for Boone to resurface.
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Post by Jack on Jul 29, 2007 14:29:41 GMT -5
BEN
***Ben arrives from his tent***
I stood a couple of yards away from the shore. I could see Kate near by. She looked tense, or worried...or hell I couldn't tell, I was never that great at reading people's expressions, which is probably why I would always bust first when playing poker. But anyway, something didn't seem right, apart from the fact that there were no boats on the water.
I approached Kate. "What's going on?" I asked looking at Kate, which was rather foolish since I'd probably be able to answer my own question if I looked out at the ocean instead.
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Post by Jack on Jul 27, 2007 11:17:44 GMT -5
BOONE
"Help...help...!!"
Boone attention was immediately taken over by the cries for help. He looked around trying to find where it was coming from. He looked around the beach, but still he couldn't put his finger on it.
"Please someone!....H....H...H..ee...e...lp!"
It was when he heard the second call for help that he realized it was coming from the water. He looked out at the ocean, and just in the distance he could see a small area of waves rippling frantically in all directions, and in between it all, he could see arms flailing. Boone looked around the beach at everyone else, panicking. As Boone realized nobody else had heard the calls, he quickly threw off his shirt and shoes and dove into the water.
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Post by Jack on Jul 26, 2007 15:17:54 GMT -5
BOONE
He stretched out his muscles as he walked along the sandy beach to the stash of water bottles. He grabbed one out of the pile. He took a big and long sip, a gulp was more like it. He screw the cap on and stared out at the ocean.
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Post by Jack on Sept 30, 2007 21:42:50 GMT -5
KYLE
"Alright, well, tomorrow... bright and early."
He smiled and nodded, "Alright then."
"I think all we need are three people here with weapons, plus whatever else they can all find."
He paused for a moment as his eyes wandered from the sand, to the ocean and back to Cassie. "Alright." He pulled up his jeans around the right ankle and pulled down his sock. He grabbed the knife from its holster. He flipped the blade around so he was holding out the handle to Cassie, "That should get you started." He told her.
"Hey, you guys be careful out there,"
He paused as he looked over to another of the survivors. He looked up at her with a look of fear and sadness. His eyes were winced, his eyebrows were curled up wards, and his mouth open just the slightest bit. It was only as of late that he was beginning to realize that they were in it together. Perhaps he and who ever else was professionally trained in certain fields should spend less time trying to protect them, and more time trying to help them. "Thank you." He said plainly with no emotion.
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Post by Jack on Sept 30, 2007 14:35:00 GMT -5
KYLE
“Weapons, for the others. They’ll need something to protect themselves while were in there.”
He nodded slowly. "Agreed. But who do we know who can handle one?" he asked. "I agree that they need some kind of protection wil we're gone, just in case, but it won't do them any good if they end up shooting each other."
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Post by Jack on Sept 30, 2007 10:55:39 GMT -5
KYLE
"My gut's telling me yes.... but my gut is also very hungry..."
Kyle smiled and let out a small chuckle that grew into a hysterical laugh. It only lasted about 3 seconds, but it was the first time he had laughed, without faking it, in years. "I wouldn't worry about her. Despite the fact that she has a weapon, she should be okay." Kyle wasn't just saying it, he believed it.
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Post by Jack on Sept 30, 2007 10:05:32 GMT -5
KYLE
"Can we trust her?"
"Who Cassie?" Kyle asked now turning back to Brooks. He motioned to stand up, but he didn't quite finish it. Instead he continued to sit in the sand and look around the beach.
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Post by Jack on Sept 28, 2007 16:45:48 GMT -5
KYLE
"Try and get some sleep."
He looked up at Brooks since he didn't match the voice to the face right away, Kyle figured it would be easier to just look at the face. He smiled as he turned back to the ocean, which left his back to Brooks, he let out a chuckle, but it was a very grim, and unsettling chuckle. "I wouldn't count on it," he replied.
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Post by Jack on Sept 27, 2007 21:06:50 GMT -5
KYLE
He sat with silently in the sand, with his shoes off an his feet in the water. He just sat and watched the horizon. Of course there wasn't much to see since the sun had sat and it was rapidly becoming dark, but still he didn't move a muscle. He just rested his arms on his knees and stared out.
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Post by Jack on Sept 23, 2007 19:05:56 GMT -5
GOODWIN
"I--there was a YMCA where I used to coach middle schoolers in basketball. It's the same thing here. The best way to play defense is to have an offense. Force them to think on two levels."
"But we don't even know who these people are," Goodwin continued trying to get them to reconsider, "Not to mention how are we suppose to know whether or not you guys are still out there. How do we know if you're...dead." That was definitely a stretch. 'They' weren't planning on killing anyone...Not yet anyway.
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Post by Jack on Sept 23, 2007 16:04:17 GMT -5
KYLE
"I, of course, am willing. And it sounds to me as if Kyle is, as well. I wouldn't think more than five people would be needed, maybe even four would do."
He nodded to say that he was in. He turned to Fox, "You in too?"
GOODWIN
At first he had no problem with just letting them debate whether or not the would move off they beach. But now they were thinking defense, and good defense meant that his people would get hurt as well. Especially considering the fact that at least two of them had weapons. "This is insane. How are you going to protect those of us on the beach if your out in the jungle." He was hoping that Ryan and Tom would use the sub to sneak in and raid the camp, but he could be dependent on it.
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Post by Jack on Sept 22, 2007 12:38:45 GMT -5
NEIL
((OOC: Sorry it took me so long to reply, I've just been really busy lately))
"But when they took three of us, it didn't just become about surviving a plane crash. It became about surviving a war."
He let out a laugh of disgust, "A war? Maybe you've forgotten, but we've have kids here. Are we suppose to just throw into the middle of this?"
KYLE
He nodded to Brooks as he drew out his plan. He then turned and faced the rest of the group, "You all seem to be missing the point here. We take a select few. We set them up in the jungle to guard treelines dividing the beach and the jungle," Kyle decided to go with Brooks' plan. It was the best plan they had until the others were ready to give up on the rescue team and head inland. "Trust me," Kyle said as he looked over to Paul. Kyle of course had other motives with their current plan, "No one will get hurt."
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Post by Jack on Sept 7, 2007 17:36:21 GMT -5
GOODWIN
He stood with the rest of the group. He was trying to listen to Ben's advice. 'Don't get involved,' but if Goodwin didn't say anything, it would draw a lot more attention to him. "Maybe Kyle's right, maybe we should move into the jungle. I mean they already know we're here, if they want to find us they won't have to look to hard if we're on the beach." Goodwin didn't mind one way or the other. Even if they did move into the jungle, it wouldn't take Goodwin to long to let Ryan and the others know where they were.
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Post by Jack on Sept 7, 2007 17:31:48 GMT -5
KYLE
He almost immediately turned and walked towards Paul. He walked right to him, they were face to face. "You're right..." it was obvious that Kyle wasn't agreeing with him for the majority of what Paul had said. It was more of an angered agreement. "You weren't there." Kyle turned to the rest. "Now they came the first night, they took 3 of us," Kyle was looking from person to person before he looked back at Paul, "Does that sound like their scared to you?"
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Post by Jack on Sept 6, 2007 19:58:38 GMT -5
KYLE
He walked into the conversation part way through. He simply sat aside, let people speak their thoughts. It would give him a better idea of what they should do next. "You all seem to forget the most important point," not much of an entrance he would agree, but he only felt he would get involved if need be. "They know we're here," he said pointing into the jungle. "We can wait a few more days fine," he said looking straight at Paul. "But we've been here 6 days, how long until we face facts that they've turned around and gone home." He paused for a moment as he observed their current camp site. "We'll wait it out a few more days, but if they come back, we move into the jungle...no questions asked."
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Post by Jack on Sept 4, 2007 18:44:39 GMT -5
NEIL
"Not to sound like a fatalist, but Aaron has a point. We keep these signal fires burning every night, but to what end?"
"So what exactly are you saying, we give up sooner rather then later?" Neil asked, perhaps over simplifying things, but to he knew no matter what the others decided, he would be forced to go with the flow, or to live alone. At least it wouldn't hurt to get some clarification.
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