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Shannon Rutherford ([info]lightcommastix) wrote in [info]fate__rpg,
@ 2008-04-09 07:19:00

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Entry tags:boone carlyle, shannon rutherford

Who: Boone & Shannon
When: Day Four; Early morning
Where: The caves, the jungle, then survivor beach


It had been four days since the crash. Four days during which Shannon had been lost in the jungle. She had woken up alone and frightened and lost. There were bits and pieces of the plane and some luggage scattered about her, but other than that, the girl was completely alone.

Where was Boone? Had anybody else survived the crash? Had they been rescued yet, and perhaps already left without her?

That first evening, Shannon had spent the entire night cowering in some sort of cave, panicked sobs echoing around the walls and making her feel all the more isolated. There were dead bodies in the cave, as well, which terrified her even more. For a day and a half she remained there, trying to recover, trying to think of what to do, where to go. Never had she been camping - knew nothing about surviving in the wild - and it was only by luck that the caves had a fresh supply of running water.

On the third day, the blonde left the caves. She couldn't stay there. Besides, if she died (which was probable), at least she would die wandering the jungle, instead of sitting still.

All day Shannon had wandered, exhausted both emotionally and physically, suffering from shock and the few scrapes and bruises she had gained from the plane crash, and without her inhaler and any other form of luxery.

On the mornng of the fourth day, she had been just about to give up all hope, when, in the distance the young woman heard the sound of the waves crashing against the shore. It was a sound she never thought she'd be so happy to hear. Tears sprang to her eyes. Her breathing had been coming in shallow gasps for hours now, and she knew that it would only be a matter of time before she wouldn't be able to breathe at all.

Still she struggled on, smacking leaves and branches out of her way until she finally emerged on the beach. Shannon's tears flowed freely down her cheeks as her eyes rested on the ocean, then the wreckage.... And people. She wasn't the only one who had survived.

Shannon sank to her knees, inhaling deep gulps of air as she fought to maintain the affects of her asthma. Where the hell was Boone when she needed him? Was he even still alive?


[that... kinda sucked. sorreh. was trynna summarize her first couple days and yeah, blargh.]



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[info]cptamericaboone
2008-04-10 02:51 am UTC (link)
Boone was standing on the beach, trying to make himself useful. He was trying to find a good way to catch fish, which, thus far, had been rather futile.

He looked up, wiping the sweat from his forehead. Briefly, he looked around the beach, and his heart seemed to stop when he saw the willowy form of a blonde that he would know anywhere stumbling onto the beach.

He saw her hit her knees, and screamed. "Shannon! SHANNON!" He ran across the beach, fighting the sinking of the sand to keep from slowing down.

He ran toward her and hit his knees in front of her. "Shannon, are you OK?" he saw her labored breathing and looked her in the eye. "Come on, Shan... Breathe."

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[info]lightcommastix
2008-04-10 06:24 am UTC (link)
She had never been so happy to see her step-brother. Not even the time he had shown up at her father's funeral could compare to how glad Shannon was to know that Boone was alive.

Coughing, staring at the man's face, Shannon groped for his hand, wanting - no, needing - something to hold on to. Her body was shaking with sobs, making it all the more difficult to breathe.

"Boone," she choked out, the name almost swallowed completely by her coughs and attempts to breathe.

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[info]cptamericaboone
2008-04-10 07:43 pm UTC (link)
Boone looked at her as she coughed, felt her clinging to his hand, and suddenly, all of his nerves were on the edge. "Shan..." he whispered, then stood up as she said his name.

He leaned over and gathered the woman into his arms. "Come on," he said, carrying her toward his "camp." He laid her on the ground, then dug through his carry on, searching for her inhaler. He'd carried it, knowing she would forget.

He took it out of the bag, and helped her give herself the dose she needed to start breathing again. "Come on, Shan," he said, blue eyes full of concern. "Breathe in and breathe out... Come on."

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[info]lightcommastix
2008-04-12 03:17 am UTC (link)
The instant the medicine was in her, Shannon began to feel it take effect. Her throat opened up and she found that with every passing second it was easier to breathe. With her eyes locked on her brother, the blonde slowly inhaled and exhaled, saying nothing until she was sure the attack had passed.

When she felt she could speak again, Shannon said, "Boone... I thought you were dead."

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[info]cptamericaboone
2008-04-12 03:51 am UTC (link)
Boone watched Shannon as her breathing started back, then pulled her close to him in a hug. "Shan... I'm so glad you're OK."

He looked her in the eyes. "I thought you were dead, too..." He wanted to cry tears of joy, but didn't. "Jesus, Shannon... You scared me."

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[info]lightcommastix
2008-04-12 04:19 am UTC (link)
Her lips trembled when he hugged her, and she clung to him, so relieved that he wasn't a dream.

When he pulled away to look her in the eye, Shannon's own blue eyes searched his. "You were scared?" She snapped, suddenly annoyed. "How about me? I was the one lost in the damn jungle for four days. Did you even try looking for me?" If he really had been worried about her, he wouldn't have been just standing around the damn beach.

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[info]cptamericaboone
2008-04-12 04:25 am UTC (link)
He held onto her, letting her cling to him, halfway wishing she would never let go.

But she did, and his arms instantly ached to hold her again, not to let her go. And then she was on his case. "Yes, I was scared!" he said, trying not to raise his voice. "You're my sister, Shan."

He looked at her. "And I did look for you, but with the weird stuff in the jungle, I couldn't go alone. It wouldn't do any good." He reached out to touch her arm. "Shan, don't do this..."

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[info]lightcommastix
2008-04-12 04:42 am UTC (link)
She tried not to be so annoyed with him, but it was difficult. Her clothes were in shreds, she had scratches all over her, made worse by the fact that sweat was seeping into them and making them sting, she was exhausted, and a myriad other things had gone wrong. So yes, Shannon felt she had the right to be annoyed.

"I spent two days in a cave with dead people," said the blonde, honestly doing all that she could to keep from yelling. People were already staring at them, nosing into their business. "I was alone, and other than the fact that there were dead bodies around, I didn't see anything weird, so excuse me if I don't accept your damn excuse."

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[info]cptamericaboone
2008-04-12 04:50 am UTC (link)
Now Boone was angry. "I DID look for you! So, EXCUSE me, Princess, if I didn't die in the process, because God forbid that something not go exactly how Shannon freakin' Rutherford wants it to!"

He stood up and walked away from her, fighting every instinct in his body. There was the principle of the thing, and he just couldn't sit there and hold her while she treated him like shit.

He couldn't believe she was acting like this. He'd just saved her life, since God only knew that she hadn't packed any of her meds for herself.

"Dammit, Shannon... You really are a spoiled brat..." He knew that she probably had felt abandoned and alone. But he couldn't help that. He'd tried as much as he could in the situation he was in, and it wasn't working.

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[info]lightcommastix
2008-04-12 04:58 am UTC (link)
Frowning, Shannon watched as he stood up and stormed away. Tears now streamed unbidden down her cheeks. She wanted to throw something at him, to hurt him, for making her the bitch once again in the situation.

She cast her gaze around his crude camp and reached for a bottle of water lying near her in the sand. The girl reached for it, testing its weight in her hand for raising to her knees and chucking it at her brother.

Without looking to see if it hit its mark, Shannon sank back down in the sand, hugging her knees to her chest and burying her head in her arms. She almost wished she had died in the crash. At least then she wouldn't have to deal with Boone hating her.

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[info]cptamericaboone
2008-04-12 05:02 am UTC (link)
A loud curse from Boone let half the camp know that the water bottle had indeed connected, hitting him right in the middle of his back.

He turned on his heel and walked over to his sister. "What the hell, Shannon?" he asked, looking her in the eye, willing himself to find the woman that he knew was somewhere underneath the bitchiness. "I went to Australia to save you from an asshole who was beating the shit out of you, and this is how you treat me in return?"

He shook his head, fighting back tears, which made him feel like a real pansy. "Haven't you done enough without throwing stuff at me?"

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[info]lightcommastix
2008-04-12 05:12 am UTC (link)
Shannon looked up at him, roughly wiping tears from her cheeks, and resisting the urge to correct him. Brian had never once beaten her, but it was true that he had never actually loved her. And it was part of the reason she had gone to Boone's hotel room that night, drunk, but aware enough to know what she had been doing.

"I was trying to get back at Sabrina, Boone, not you," she countered, her voice thick. "I didn't mean for you to get hurt."

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[info]cptamericaboone
2008-04-12 05:17 am UTC (link)
He looked at her, feeling a strange mixture of sympathy and apathy for her tears. Part of him wanted to hold her and let her cry, whispering soothing words to her. The other half wanted to slap her like the bitch that she was being.

He glared at her. "Is that why you came to my room in Sydney?" he demanded. "To get back at my mother?"

He was almost shaking with anger now. "You didn't mean for me to get hurt?" he rolled his eyes. "So, somehow, you thought that lying to me so I'd write you a check then coming to my hotel room like you did wouldn't hurt me?"

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[info]lightcommastix
2008-04-12 05:32 am UTC (link)
She glared back. She didn't respond right away. It was no secret that Boone's mother hated Shannon, and really no secret that Shannon didn't care for Sabrina.

"You have no idea." Let her answer be crpytic. He'd believe what he wanted to believe, anyway.

After everything they had been through together, it was tearing Shannon up inside knowing that her stepmother had been the reason she and Boone were no longer close.

"It was because of that bitch that I lost everything I ever loved in this world." Staggering to her feet, Shannon stared at Boone. "If you don't want me here, then say so. I'll go and wait for the rescue boat by myself."

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[info]cptamericaboone
2008-04-12 05:40 am UTC (link)
Shannon's tears hurt Boone in an almost physical way. He hated when she cried. For years, she could get him to do anything just by crying. He would do anything to make the tears stop.

But now, he was angry and hurt, remembering the night he'd shared with her that had meant so much to him, but that had, obviously for her, meant nothing.

"Shan," he said, his voice much lower again. "My mother was terrible to you. I know that... But she didn't cost you everything. You cost yourself a lot more than you may think."

He sighed. "And I may have cost you, too..." He kept fighting to stay in control. "But if you came to my room that night to get back at my mother, maybe I don't know you as well as I thought..."

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[info]lightcommastix
2008-04-12 05:50 am UTC (link)
If Boone had any idea how wrong he was, he surely wouldn't be treating her this way. Like it was all her fault. It wasn't. That night hadn't meant nothing to her. Truthfully, though, it was partly to get back at his mother, but there had been other feelings at work as well. Of course, it wasn't like she was going to admit them, especially in front of the crowd that was still staring at them.

"Well, maybe you don't," was her heated reply. She turned away from him so she wouldn't see her crying anymore, then stepped out from under his tent thing and walked away.

To hell with Boone. To hell with all of it.

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[info]cptamericaboone
2008-04-12 05:52 am UTC (link)
But as always, no matter how hurt and angry he might be, Boone couldn't let Shannon go.

He followed her out of his tent, grabbing her arm. "If that was all that it was to you, Shan," he said, his tone soft again. "Just getting back at my mom..." He paused. "If that's all it was, then please tell me..." He looked deep into her eyes. "But if not, don't do this."

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[info]lightcommastix
2008-04-12 06:05 am UTC (link)
She jerked her arm out of his grip, gazing angrily back at him. It took all the effort the blonde could muster not to slap him. How dare he ask her this in front of everybody? If anybody found out about what they did....

"No, don't you do this." She hated herself for always being forced to hurt him like this. But he didn't believe in her. He didn't believe she could do anything.

"Just leave me alone, okay?"

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[info]cptamericaboone
2008-04-12 06:08 am UTC (link)
He took her arm again and led her back into his tent. "Shan, don't make a scene," he said. "I don't want you to go back to the jungle again..." He saw the anger in her eyes, and for some reason, unbeknownst to him, he hugged her to him, relishing the feel of her tiny body in his arms.

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[info]lightcommastix
2008-04-12 06:20 am UTC (link)
"You're the one making a scene," Shannon replied, but with a little less vehemence now. Nor did she resist him when he led her back. In fact, she was glad. It would have made her feel even worse if he had let her go off alone.

Blue eyes widened when Boone hugged her. She stood there a moment, glancing around at those still staring, and when her stepbrother didn't release her, Shannon slowly slid her arms around his neck, hugging him back.

She lowered her gaze to his shoulder, feeling very much like the bitch he thought she was, but at the same time she felt content, because he was here with her. He hadn't abandoned her.

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[info]cptamericaboone
2008-04-12 02:37 pm UTC (link)
When she didn't resist him, Boone was shocked, but he didn't let it show. He just held her as her arms went around his neck. He wished that he could redo the night in the hotel. He wished that his stepsister hadn't been drunk that night. He wished that she'd wanted it because she cared for him, not because she wanted to hurt his mother.

He wished that the next morning's conversation had gone differently, too.

But when her head rested against his shoulder, those thoughts were gone, and all he could think of was protecting her.

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[info]lightcommastix
2008-04-17 03:52 pm UTC (link)
As much as she loved the feel of his arms around her, Shannon knew that they couldn't show a deeper relationship to these other people. It was highly likely that if Boone had been searching for her, he must have told people that she was his sister (or stepsister, at least). Implications of incest, no matter that there was no blood relation between them, were not something Shannon wanted to hear whispers of.

So she interupted the tender moment to ask, "Did you find my stuff?"

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[info]cptamericaboone
2008-04-18 12:44 am UTC (link)
When she pulled away, Boone's arms felt so deprived. He wanted her close to him. He wanted to be able to protect her from everything. Including herself.

When she looked up at him, Boone was slightly stunned. "Wait, what?" Of course she would turn this into a moment for her own selfish means.

"I found some of it. Your inhalers are in my bag, and your bag's over there."

He walked away, shoulders slumped in yet another humiliating defeat by the ice queen.

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[info]lightcommastix
2008-04-18 01:10 am UTC (link)
[she didn't actually pull away or look at him, but whatevaz. XD]

Shannon watched him go, all of her self-loathing once again settling on her shoulders. One final glance at the other survivors, whom had long since gone back to doing whatever they were doing, and the blonde knelt in the sand and began sifting through her bag, making sure that everything was still there.

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[info]cptamericaboone
2008-04-18 08:28 am UTC (link)
[I'z sorreh. Bob cain't READ!]

Boone trudged away, but not before looking over his shoulder as his materialistic stepsister looked through her "stuff."

Fine.

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