"Cinema?"

It was a few hours later.

Richard and Miles doubled backed leaving Lapidus with the plane to make the final repairs. In just a few hours people had been killed, shot at, explosions, and last but not least...Miles noticed something Richard never honestly thought he would see.

A gray hair.

He supposed this was because of what was happening, seeing this gray hair made him feel strangely overjoyed. He was unfrozen...he was free.

Richard had insisted on running back to get Cinema before they took off, Miles on the other hand seemed uneasy about this. As they ran through the jungle, Miles mentioned that maybe it wasn't such a good idea.

"That chick wasn't looking too hot..."

Richard spun around and glared at him.

"That's my wife your talking about...if you don't want to come with just go back."

He snapped.

Miles ended up following Richard, once they broke through the tree line they made it to the beach and saw her slummed over body in the distance. Richard froze for a moment before running as fast as he could, his heart pounding in his chest.

They found Cinema laying on her side. The bleeding was no longer gushing, just simply trickling to a slow flow. Some of the sugar colored sand was now stained a purplish red from her blood. Her bangs had fallen into her pale face, and it appeared she wasn't breathing.

Richard went down on his knees, reaching forward he gently shook her arm.

"Cinema?"

She wasn't moving.

Please don't be dead...please...

He thought as he heart pounded even harder, he shook her again and this time her eyes fluttered open slightly. He noticed her eyelids and lips were turning a grayish blue.

"George?"

"Cinema?"

Cinema blinked again, her eyes seemed slightly dazed as she stared up at him.

"Where's George?"

Richard saw a tiny hole had been dug beside her in the soil. In Cinema's dirty hands held what appeared to be her wedding ring. The same ring he watched her bury hears ago. Sighing he took the ring from her hand and put it in his pocket. Leaning down, he gently scooped her up in his arms. She felt cold.

"No..."

She mumbled, but Richard wouldn't listen. Picking her up, he stood and stared down at her. Miles slowly walked over.

"She alive?"

Richard looked down at her.

"Yeah, but we need to hurry come on."

Both men took off running in the direction of the plane.

Later...

"Oh my God, Cinema..."

Kate said as Richard sat down in one of the seats inside the plane. He had Cinema in his arms who was barley conscience, and laid back almost like a rag doll. He held her tightly against him as everyone scrambled to get to their seats. Kate tried to walk over but Sawyer took her arm.

"Let's go!"

Miles shouted. Clair sat on the other side of the ail as Richard sat back as the plane began to shake and take off. Richard held onto Cinema, remembering all those years and frozen time on the island. This was the only place he had known...his only life after Isabella. Now he was facing life, no more island and no more under his spell. He would have to face faith alone.

Just as the plane took off and began to fly, Cinema's eyes snapped open. Scared and confused, her wide golden eyes looked around and something was different.

Cinema looked around sitting on Richard's lap, having no idea where she was. Richard held onto her before Cinema straightened up, and looked around the plane.

"Where..."

She couldn't finish, instead she lifted her shirt and instead of a bloody gushing wound, there was nothing. Just plane tattooed skin. No blood, no wounds...nothing. Cinema's hand swept across the skin almost in disbelief, as Richard stared in the same way. He gently touched her side before looking up at her. Both were scared, but Cinema looked out the window as they rose up from the island.

"Jack..."

She whispered.

Somehow she knew.

Smiling, she watched them slowly leave the island before. The same island they had been trapped on for so long. Richard held her and looked out the window as well before Cinema put her arms around his neck and held him close.

"I think we're going to be okay..."

Richard closed his eyes and held her.

One month later...

A 1966 Impala pulled up the dusty gravel covered road. Parking, it was nearly sunset as the desert had a rich gold red tint to it. In the distance a bird circled and cried.

Cinema sat behind the wheel. Her hair was dyed lighter and longer, tied back in a ponytail. Her wedding ring to George now on a chain around her neck. Her new wedding band, a white gold one was on her left hand. She was dressed in torn faded jeans and a tight forest green T-shirt. Slipping her sunglasses off she smiled and propped herself up to look over the windshield.

"This is it."

Richard who sat in the passenger seat wearing jeans and a dark blue T-shirt slipped his own sunglasses off and sat up as well. Squinting he looked at the huge empty lot.

"Wow..."

Richard's hair had a salt and pepper color to it. Cinema knew within time it would soon go completely gray.

He smiled as both got out and walked hand in hand to the empty drive-in. Cinema had sold her condo in LA and all the money George had left her let her work with the banks to buy her parents' old drive-in. She knew it needed a lot of work, but that's exactly what she wanted to do.

George's body had never been recovered. The ship where he was doing research on had sunk and no of the bodies had been found. He had little to no family so there was no questions. Cinema had a funeral held despite all of this. George's cousins came and a few friends they had known. Cinema's story was that she had indeed crashed back in 2004, survived and had lived on the island since. Finally there was rescue and she was saved.

Everyone sorta stuck to the same story as much as there were holes in it, but there was nothing to fear anymore...there wasn't anything to be scared of anymore. Richard stayed low for a while and finally made up a story that h was a business man from Cuba.

Being back seemed so unreal.

Going back to her condo, she saw that one of George's cousins had been watching it and most of their belongings had been packed up in self storage. Going through all of these broke her heart, but in the end she knew they were just memories...

She sold the condo and ended up investing her money. Now after buying a small trailer, Richard and her planned on fixing the drive-in up and opening it next spring.

They hadn't seen nor spoke to anyone from the plane since.

It was over...finally.

Now within such a short time, here they were.

Cinema's cowboy boots crunched against the gravel as she walked with Richard. It seemed just like yesterday she had been here. This was one of the few places she had been her happiest. This was where she had grown up.

She remembered watching Giant, crying knowing she would be loosing it soon all those years ago and meeting George.

This was a special place.

They stood there looking around before Cinema smiled, and leaned against Richard. For a moment they didn't say anything before they started walking further into the lot. Cinema pointed at different things, such as the refreshment stand, the projection booth which was build into an old water tower, the parking spaces, the rest rooms, and the pool which had since dried up. Both stood on the crumbling cement staring at the tumble weeds that had fallen into it. Cinema smirked, holding Richard's hand as they walked the length of the area and finally up to where the two large screens used to be. Now instead there were just rusted metal rods in the place where they used to be.

Cinema talked about what she envisioned them doing with the place and how they would show only movies from 1995 backward. They would have creature features, themed weeks, romance movies around the holidays, and of course James Dean movies. Richard silently listened as Cinema went on and on, finally they found an old bench and sat down. It was going to be a lot of work, but they were finally free...and this was their new life they were building.

Cinema had scars where her wounds used to be, they were faded and looking older as each day passed. Both honestly didn't know if the island had anything to do with it, but they prayed if time was slowly catching up on them, it would take them together.

They sat together before Cinema sat forward staring out at the lot. She remembered George and remembered how much he loved her.

Richard leaned back, one arm behind Cinema as he thought of Isabella. He missed her, but ever since that last day on the island he understood that he was free. That she would have wanted him to live for her.

Now as the sun began to set the two of them sat there happy, and content. This was where they planned on growing old together, and this was where they planned to die.

Slowly as the sky darkened to a lovely shade of black velvet, Cinema saw the sparking stars high above them and remembered what George told her right before she left for her flight.

"Remember babe, the sky is just for the stars..."

Smiling, Cinema leaned back as Richard kissed the side of her head. Together they sat there and slowly watched the night come in.

The End.