Salty Air {LOST Plot} JACK!!

With that, one yawn and a small stretch sent my eyes closed and my head to the cushioning sand. My mind told me to sleep, but my heart told me other wise, to stay awake and pull threw this trauma. All I could remember was some muttering and pleading coming from Nick, the warm pain in my cheek, and me being picked up, my head resting on his chest as someone, Nick of course, carried me unsteadily across the beach. I wavered in and out of consciousness, feeling steady, opening my eyes, and feeling dizzy again. A little bit after I fell asleep though, the staggering over roots and branches jolted me awake. I felt like a rag doll.

"Where are we, going?" I slurred as if I was drunk. I couldn't help it though, the poison was taking me over, sedning me into fits of migranes, sleep, and confusion, maybe even a little bit of short term memory loss.

I opened my eyes for a second to look around, and I did not recognize the place. This was the mindless part of me, where the venom contracted my memories and there them aside, not making sense of anything. At that point, I didn't even recognize Nick for a while, setting me in a fit of panic. "Where are we? And ho are you?!" I sneered regretfully as I struggled against him to no avail. This snake venom was giving me some pretty terrifying affects, I hope I could have snapped out of it sooner.

[ooc: im trying to figure out what the venom should do to her, pm me please with an idea or two?]

I could feel myself being put down on some plants while Nick took a quick rest in front of me. A cold sweat had been brought upon me as I carelessly wiped it away from my forehead. Soon, I got drowsy, and I fell asleep again, this time a little longer.

I couldn't really make out my location but it was somewhere deep in a jungle, the sounds of cicadas and birds filled the air and blocked my ears from anything else, possibly even a predator moving through the jungle. I carefully trekked through the sharp branches, trying not to crack a twig. Suddenly, a large animal jumped out in front of me, fur glistening in the dim sun rays. I on the other hand, froze and faced it eye to eye. I pawed closer to me until we were practically nose to nose, and I could feel the warm breath against my face. Then it lunged, with no sound, everything went black.

I woke up shaking a little, sweat once again beading across my forehead and face. My heartbeat must have grown tremendously faint, because just as I woke up, it was racing, and I could feel it in my neck. I still felt horrible, everything ached, my mind was still lost, and my hand was still cold and numb. I didn't know how long this had to go on, and this point I just wished I could hurry up and die. The torture wasn't worth it. I wanted out.

The shaking got more severe as I grew colder and colder. A tingling sensation over took my body for a couple moments, shaking me to the bone as I couldn't decipher what was exactly going on with my body as my mind struggled against the terrifying conclusion of death that hung over me. It was hard for me to tell what was reality or not, living or dying. Somewhere within my sanity I knew it was the end of the road for me.

For a moment I listened to the jungle around me, and all I heard was sobbing. Confused, I opened my eyes for a moment only to see tears running down Nick's cheeks as I lay helplessly against this tree. It tugged at my heart to see him cry, possibly over me. I wasn't that important anyways, he shouldn't be moping over me. Elizabeth was a strong girl, she could help very well.

I closed my eyes again as the exhaustion pulled my eyes shut. I could feel myself being lifted again, as Nick carried me through the brush. A couple minutes later, I looked up at him again weakly, seeing the muddy smears across his cheek as a couple tears remained in his eyes. "What are you crying about?" I said roughly, trying to console him a bit. I didn't want to see him cry, I've never seen him cry and this wasn't the time to start. He had to be strong for me, for the rest of us. If he drug us into this he had to be the one to drag us out.

He triedto convince me he wasn't crying, but I know what I saw, no matter how messed up my head was from the venom that coursed through my veins, making every move cause y muscles to ache. I was really weak, cold, shaking, and in pain, I just wanted to sleep and get this all over with. I was a complete wreck.

Just as the rhythmic steps Nick took started to lull me into another small nap, he cursed into the air and started darting through the trees. I looked around, wondering what was the matter, but I just got to dizzy and next thing I knew I was tumbling onto the leaves below me, causing me to screech in pain as the pain from the poison caused my body to go into pulses of pain. I glanced up as Nick called my name, pain and sarcasm mixed in his shaky, tear-drown voice.

I saw him struggling against something, something holding him back as he tried to reach for me. I grabbed his hand to not only to try and pull him away but also a support so I could get over to him. I examined him wondrously, almost blankly to try and figure out what as wrong. Unable to speak since I had used up so much strength already, o couldn't ask him, but luckily I found the problem. A vine was wrapped around his ankle. I let my hands explore the ground, searching for where it was rooted into the ground. Of course, the roots sunk into a deep puddle of mud that seemed to be endless as I dove my good arm into it.

I soon gripped the roots firmly and yanked them up with the little remaining will and strength. As soon as I had them out, the vine went limp, letting Nick's ankle go which now has burns from the vine coiling around it. I took a deep breath and slumped back, completely tired and frankly ready to give up the battle with this island. "How much longer can I go on like this? I'm ready to give up, I can;t take it anymore. Everything hurts!" I cried, and thought, aloud. Salty tears began to puddle in my eyes and soon began to drip down my pale face.

As the tears keep flowing and I start to lose my state of mind, Nick starts to try and pep me up. He says I can hold on, that I can take the pain. I just shake my head and look at the ground, my body shaking in choking sobs and chill. He then firmly took me by the shoulders, forcing me to look into his deep eyes and he attempted to talk some sense into me but I didn't really listen much.

It seemed as if my pain was affecting him, I could see the hurt in his eyes as he looked at me hopelessly. "You're going to hate me for this but I can't watch you suffer like that."[/b[ he muttered sorrowfully as I looked at him curiously. Before I could object to whatever he was going to do, his fist flew at the right side of my head. Just as it made contact, I feel to the floor, the pain overwhelming, but starting to fade. My eyes were closed, but I could still here what was going on.

It was silent.

I slowly drifted off into unconsciousness. The pain left me along with my senses. Thank you I thought dreamily as I went numb and my mind went blank. I wasn't mad at Nick anymore, I was happy he knocked me out.

"Lexi!" called a voice down the beach. I swiveled my head to look for who the dark figure was that stood at the other end of the dark, moon drowned beach. "Lexiiiii!" the figure called again. it sounded familiar but I couldn't put my finger on it. It then came to me. A warmth filled my heart as my lips went from a confused frown, to a glowing wide smile. "DRAKE!" I yelled in an excited manner as I galloped towards him as fast as I could.

I embraced him in a hug so real I forgot I as dreaming, in fact, I didn't think of this as a dream. His arms were warm around my back as tears spilled from my eyes into his black shirt. "Don't cry," he soothed me smoothing my hair down with his hand. I looked up at him with my eyes teary. I had forgotten how beautiful his deep navy eyes were as the stars reflected off of them, making him seem even more magical.

"You have to pull through." he said softly but sternly. I raised an eye brow suspiciously, pull through from what. Seeing my confusion he took me hand and ran his fingers over the two inflamed holes on my knuckles. The it all came back. The snake, the vertigo, the nausea, being knocked out, and Nick. I lookjed back at his sparkly eyes. "But, I wanna stay with y-" before I could speak he cut me off, shaking his head. "You have to go back, your friends need you, Nick needs you." I lowered my head sadly. "Mom and dad need you." he finally said.

"If I ever get off the damned island." I mumbled. He chuckled at my choice of words, which made a hint of amusement curve onto my lips. "Well go on, you'll be fine Lex. Don't worry, I'm not gone, just watching you." he chuckled and gave me a wink as he made his way back down the lonely beach. I was left alone in the dark, the experience with my brother playing over in my head, until I woke up.


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My eyes opened to the bright sun invading my eyes as I immediately shrunk away from the bright light, shielding my eyes with my hand. Soon, a grand pain shot through my skull as I clenched the side of my face with my hand, the blunt pain filling me up. "Dear god..." I muttered painfully as i rubbed my head.

I looked over at Nick who was seemingly fast asleep, exhausted from our ordeal yesterday. I still felt a bit of the chills, but I definitely not as horrible as yesterday. I felt bad for Nick, had to drag me all the way, apparently up, here. I looked over the side of the rock, the leaf littered jungle floor beneath, a safe distance from any creature to prowl the ground at night. I was so thankful to have him, I had to make it up.

I noticed the red blisters around his ankle, from the vine yesterday. I looked around the wide plateaued rock. Over the edge stood a small spiky plant, I immediately recognized it as aloe. The plant was common in the District and helped a lot with the oh so common sunburn. It soothed the burning and brought don redness. I reached my arm down over the side, and plucked off a stiff, juicy leaf that I broke in half to expose the gooey center. Carefully I crawled over to nick and ran the gel over the redness on his ankle.

I got to immersed in tending to Nick's ankle to notice him wake up. I finally noticed when he let out a relieved sigh, probably to see me okay, and wrapped his arms around me in a deep hug.

I laughed a little in surprise but was happy to see him happy for once. I think this is the first time I've actually seen him this happy. "I'm too fond if you to let you go." he said. The words took me aback a little, it made me feel good on the inside though. It made me feel as though for the first time I mattered to someone on this hellish island.

My feeling grew further as Nick kissed me, not like on the cheek, but on my lips. It was quick and surprising, but nice. At this point I think I accepted the thought that I liked him, that I had feelings for him. I knew I shouldn't, every relationship leads to heart brake, but I couldn't help it.

He then looked away seeming a little disappointed. I realized that he was regarding me bruised cheek. I touched it softly, examining the damage. "Hey, it's okay. You did me a favor knocking me out, saved me a lot of pain." I said trying to help him feel better.