Dinoplot 3 || First

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The island was shaking. The rumble and tremor woke Jack and he sat bolt upright, gasping for air. Volcano Day, and he'd forgotten to set his alarm.

He reached for House, but the man wasn't there. A cold sensation sat like a rock in his gut, and grew even harder when he noticed the cane beside the bed. House wouldn't get far without it. He climbed out of bed and took it with him out the door, looking around for the man. It was preternaturally quiet, all the birds and bugs and jungle creatures having gone silent. Foreboding was in the air and Jack trusted his instincts enough to know that something was wrong.

A cursory check of the hut lead him to believe House hadn't simply disappeared. When people did that, their things disappeared, too. He'd been here long enough to know that.

What day was it? What month was it? This had to be an island thing...last year around this time there had been a tsunami and...

"Oh, fuck me," he exhaled, returning to the interior of the hut. Tossing the cane onto the bed, he opened a trunk and pulled out clothes he rarely wore. The clothes he'd arrived in. Leather trousers, a shirt and a leather vest with useful pockets. He had the holster strapped on with the 9mm at his side and was in the process of cleaning Betsy and making her ready. He needed more people. People with guns.

Jack loaded the clips and made sure the rifle was in perfect working order while he formulated a plan. He was closing down. Growing cold and hard and ready.

And the entire time, he couldn't help but think of Dale, still running the border, looking for Sookie.

Jack found resolve. He'd find House and anyone else and bring them back.

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[toshiko-san.livejournal.com]

Tosh looked away from Jack to Gwen, hoping for some support. She saw she wasn't going to get anyway, and for a moment she wanted to argue. To tell Jack it would be fine, that she could handle it.

She didn't like it that he was right, but sometimes she just had to accept it. With House and Rob both gone, the Clinic would need doctors, and she would be useful there. Useful and less cause of worry for everyone else.

"Yes." She squeezed his hand on her shoulder, looking around at everyone in the room. Her family in a way. "Be careful."

[saves-the-world.livejournal.com]

When Peter climbed up into the treehouse, he wasn't alone. Claude had insisted on coming along and Peter knew the man would get what he wanted one way or another, so he hadn't even bothered to fight. Besides, Claude had worked for the Company and was good with a gun. And then there was also the fact that Claude had walked in on Peter pulling Bennet's gun out of his hiding place in their hut.

"Look, I brought you along because you wanted to come along. So can we work together instead of-- this?" Peter muttered over his shoulder at Claude as he entered the room.

Eyeing everyone, he held up Bennet's gun, then offered it to Sarah Jane. From what he knew of her, she'd be a better shot than Peter. "I'm not sure if everyone knows everyone. This is Claude," Peter said, pointing at Claude. "And that's Gwen, Ianto, Tosh, and Jack." He did a double-take upon seeing Tosh, then shot Gwen a sidelong, questioning glance.

[visibleclaude.livejournal.com]

Claude snorted. "Right, as if I'd just hand over my gun. Do you even know how to shoot one? Probably put your bloody eye out."

Besides, he was still a little hacked off about what that one dinosaur had done to his arm. And shooting it in the head had been kind of fun.

He looked at the faces in turn, his eyes flitting especially quickly over Jack's. He thought it particularly amusing when Peter saw fit to introduce his girlfriend, as if she weren't usually underfoot anyway. "Yeah, we've met."

[be-normal.livejournal.com]

Well, wasn't that just wonderful, Peter had brought along Captain Invisible. Gwen's posture immediately stiffened, her lips pursing. Rather than replying verbally, she merely narrowed her eyes a bit at Claude, and then turned her attention back to Peter, who got his own glare.

[coffee_sir]

Ianto restrained himself from sighing in relief when Tosh decided to obey Jack. Even though he wasn't really their Jack, sometimes there wasn't much difference between the two, and Jack fit the bill well. If he wasn't here, Ianto was sure they would have all hiked off into danger bickering the entire way.

"We will," he said to Tosh, reaching out to squeeze her shoulder gently. Ianto spared the new man a nod of greeting, but wasn't about to make conversation.

[saves-the-world.livejournal.com]

Peter waited until Claude was otherwise distracted to step closer to Gwen. "What?" he said under his breath. "He wanted to come along and I wouldn't have gotten Bennet's gun otherwise."

[be-normal.livejournal.com]

"Just make sure he doesn't shove you in front of a T-Rex or something, yeah?" Gwen snidely replied, crossing her arms over her chest. "We'd be at your funeral and he'd probably say he did it to build your character."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

Jack looked at Claude, then Peter, then simply nodded. Another body, another gun. Sarah Jane, Gwen, Ianto, Claude and he were all armed.

"Peter, when we go past the Compound I want you to run into the clinic. Get supplies for teating emergencies--gauze, tape, alcohol. Claude, you take the rear, stay alert for anythig sneaking up on us. Sarah Jane in the middle, protect our flanks. Ianto, you're with me." He hesitated. "Gwen, Peter's got no weapon, so keep him safe. Ready? Let's move."

He shouldered the rifle again and headed out the door, not interested in bickering or hostilities. He was focused enough for all of them.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

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