Part 317: A Story about Jenny

The night was slowly creeping on them. The sun was starting to touch the horizon. Locke stood up and stretched his back. He had no idea that Raven was talking for that long. Jack sipped on his water, thinking back to all the stuff the mysterious man had told him. Everything from Watchman to the other Jaeger Units to finding Ecko. Raven took a deep breath and sighed. He gently wiped his eyes of his tears, thinking of all the painful memories. Jack felt more sympathy for the man at that moment than he ever did. To have those things done to a person and have their brain experimented on to the point when he didn’t even remember his own name, it was horrific to think about. “I’m sorry for that you’ve gone through, Raven.” The doctor whispered.

“Thank you, Jack,” he sniffed.

“Yes, no more questions.” Locke said, patting him on the shoulder, “I have all I need to know.”

“I hope it’s what you wanted to hear.”

“It was,” the bald man smiled his warm smile, “Now you had some questions for me?”

“Actually, no. The question is for Jack.” Raven looked at the doctor.

“Me?” Jack whispered.

“I’ll leave you to it, then.” Locke said, walking away from them.

The bald man continued his walk back toward the metal bunker. As he came the door, he noticed the motioned coming from the bushes toward his left. Sayid soon appeared with Shannon and both looked tired. “You’re back.” Locke pointed out.

“Yes,” The Iraqi smiled, “And we are quite hungry.”

“Did you find a rendevous point?”

“Yes. About 7 Clicks down that way there is a small beach. When Tony and the others bring our rescue we’ll meet up with them there.”

“Perfect,” Locke smiled.

“One of these days you’ll have to tell me what a Click represents,” Shannon sighed, then blinked at the sight straight ahead, “Who is that with Jack?”

“Raven,” the older man smiled with joy.

“Raven? The Security System . . .is having a conversation with Jack?” Sayid said, almost hardly believing he just said such a sentence.

“There’s more to him than you know, Sayid. You should probably have a conversation with him. He’s quite . . .stimulating.”

“Is he . . .gonna leave with us?” Shannon asked.

Locke looked back toward the two men sitting on the ground by the fire. He looked to the ground briefly and then opened the door to go inside. “I don’t know.” He whispered.


Jack didn’t know what to do. It was an incredibly awkward situation. He was sitting three feet from what science fiction would classify as a cyborg. Yet, his scientific and intelligent brain was telling him it was impossible . . .yet there he sat. And Raven had a question for him. The doctor was fidgeting wonder what it could possibly be. Jack finally shrugged his shoulder; slapping his knees in the process. “So,” he said, nonchalantly, “ What did you want to ask me?”

Raven said nothing. He simply stared into the fire, his eyes emitting a soft blue glow. He gently massaged his chin and shifted his mask back around. “Tell me about her.” He whispered.

“About who?” Jack replied.

“About Jenny,”

Jack grew even more curious about Raven at that very moment. Was it because of the Blonde in the picture that this warrior became smitten with someone he didn’t even know? But Raven’s question also made him a little sad. He understand that Jenny cared deeply for him and they had no time to really talk about one another. Jack understood why Raven wanted to learn more. “What do you want to know?” he asked.

“Everything.” He whispered softly.

“Okay,” Jack said, “I met Jenny . . .when she was just 11 years old. By then she was already well on her way to becoming a Jeet Kune Do master.”

“Jeet Kune Do?” Raven finally looked at him, “That is her fighting art?”

“Yes. And damn good at it too. I’ve seen her . . .smash cinder blocks in half, whereas a guy twice her size couldn’t do it with a sledgehammer. She’s been able to take apart guys twice her size, as evident with . . .Texas.”

“You are her family?” Raven asked.

“I . .well . . .not technically but . . .this adventure we’ve had here as brought us back. Jenny was . .upset about what I did to her sister. Sarah and I were married for the longest time but I . . .screwed it up. I kissed another girl named Danielle and . . .well, I drove Sarah away into the arms of another man.”

“Did Jenny ever forgive you?”

“Yes. Yes, she did. After me taking a few punches by her.” Jack chuckled, finding the comment funny.

“Does she have any other family besides her sister?”

“Her mother is still around.”

“What else can you tell me about her?” Raven asked.

“Um . .well, she loves soccer. Her favorite movie is . . .uh . .was Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I don’t know if that has changed. She . .uh . . .she will make a great leader one day. Her other girlfriends in her Jeet Kune Do class look up to her. She’s got a great strength that her family relies on. Sarah would protect her but most of the time, it went the other way.”

Jack paused for a second, then rubbed his chin. He stared into the fire recalling a fond memory. “There was this one time,” he smiled with a slight teary eyed look, “Sarah had to stay at her office later because of a budget concern. So I volunteered to pick up Jenny at soccer at practice. When I got there, she complained that she was starving so I took her McDonalds. When we arrived, I was about to order but she ordered a Big Mac meal and ordered me . . .a kids meal.”

Raven chuckled slightly as did Jack. The doctor smiled as he continued his story. “When we sat down, she switched our meals back of course. She said, she enjoyed making fun of me, cause I knew she didn’t put any malice behind it. She told me . . .if she could have picked a brother-in-law, she would have picked me.”

Jack wiped his tears slightly. He smiled as he continued his tale. “She told me the most God awful joke that night,” he chuckled, “But the way Jenny told it, it was very funny.”

“Let me hear it.” Raven whispered.

“No, it’s . . .stupid.” Jack smiled and politely protested.

“Please, Jack. If it came from Jenny, then it must be special if you remembered it.”

Jack looked at the mysterious man, thinking of his statement. The doctor smirked; how could he refuse such a request. “Okay, I warned ya,” he said, scratching his forehead, “Okay . . .two guys, Sam and Bob escape a Looney Bin. Sam manages to take a flashlight from a security guard in the facility. The two crazies make their up toward the roof, looking for a way out. Sam then runs and takes a flying leap, jumping onto the next building. Bob looks at the distance and screams, I can’t make that jump! Sam comes back over and says, I got an idea. I will shine this flashlight toward the other building and you walk across the beam to get over here. Bob replies, What do you think I am, CRAZY?

You’ll turn it off before I get to the other side!”

Raven then burst out laughing. Jack laughed as well, almost so hard it made his side hurt. The masked man kept laughing, wiping his eyes. He continued to laugh slightly, until he took a deep breath. He gently wiped his eyes and even through his mask, Jack could tell he was smiling. “Thank you for that, Jack,” he grinned, “It’s been a long time since I laughed.”

“But it was stupid though, right?” Jack grinned.

“Yes, yes it was.”

“Jenny told it perfectly. She could even make the worse jokes funny.”

“I wish . . ..I wish I had more time to talk with her.” Raven said in all seriousness.

Jack looked at the man, almost starting to view him as Jenny’s Guardian Angel. The doctor then paused for a second and reached into his back pocket and pulled out his wallet. He opened it up and shifted through one of the inner sleeves. Raven watched him, wondering what he was doing. Then he pulled out two credit cards and then pulled them apart, revealing something underneath. He unfolded a long strip of paper but as Raven looked closely, he understood it was photos from like a photobooth. Jack looked it and then tore off a section. He then handed it to Raven. “My gift to you,” he said.

Raven took the photo and looked at it. It was a picture of Jack, Jenny and another woman who he assumed was Sarah. They were all squeezing in the photo of the booth. Jack was hugging Sarah by the neck while Jenny was smiling brightly, and sitting on his lap. “You look so happy,” Raven whispered.

“We were.” Jack sighed.

“Thank you for this, Jack.” Raven said, then unzipping the arm pocket and pulling out his own photo, “This is my photo.”

The doctor took it and gently unfolded it. It was exactly as he described; a beautiful blonde running down a peer, while looking back with a wonderful smile. The crazy part was that the blonde looked almost like Jenny. “Now I can see why you were interested in Jenny,” Jack smiled, handing the back to him, “She looks just like her.”

“Yes, she does.” Raven said, proudly.

“Hell, it’s probably her grandmother.” Jack scoffed with a chuckle.

Raven and Jack then paused, looking at each other. For a brief second, they actually entertained the possibility that the woman in the photo looked like Jenny cause they were related. Then they both laughed, waving it off. Jack then stood up, and brushed the dirt off his jeans. Raven stood up as well. The doctor was the first to hold out his hand and then Raven shook it. “Thank you for the kinds words, Jack, “ the masked man whispered, “I feel closer to Jenny now.”

“I only wish she was hear talking you as I did.” Jack said, then letting go of his hand.

Jack proceeded to walk back to the metal bunker but noticed his new friend wasn’t following him. “You coming?” Jack asked.

“I do not want to frighten to your people.” Raven said, shaking his head in disagreement.

“Okay, then,” Jack said, “But you’re not scary, Raven. People just don’t know you but now I do.”

“Thank you, Jack,” Raven bowed slightly.

The doctor turned and then paused; turning back around again. “One more thing, Raven?” Jack mentioned.

Raven paused before he leaped up into the sky. “Yes?” he asked.

“When we leave this Island, are you leaving with us?”

Raven blinked and then looked to the ground. The thought had never occurred to him, until Jack mentioned it. Could he ever leave? The fact that now he was a security system prevent him from doing such thing? He didn’t know but the thought of going back to America was intriguing. “I don’t know,” he whispered, “I’ll . . .think about it.”

“Okay,” Jack smiled, “You gonna be here when we wake up?”

“I’ll be above. Let Ecko know if he needs me.”

“Good night, Raven,” the doctor said, turning around.

“Good night, Jack.” The warrior whispered as he leaped up into the sky landing on a tree with the grace of a bird.

Jack stared briefly at the disappearance of the man before going inside to join the others. He had one hell of a dinner conversation to tell them.