THE OTHERS The castaways know there are other people on the island. But who are they? Where did they come from? Why won't they show themselves? The castaways make an amazing discovery deep in the jungle... what will it be? Please read and review! PS- Please be nice, this is my first Fan Fiction! ;)

CHAPTER ONE Kate dipped her toe into the water. It felt cool and refreshing. She stuck her entire foot in the water, then gradually waded in. She swam for a whole hour without realizing that much time had passed. Once her fingers turned into raisins, she climbed out and dried herself off. She walked back to the caves. It was almost dinnertime, and someone was probably in need of help. Somewhere.
She found Saiid and Shannon, translating the French lady's papers. Shannon was attempting to figure out what it meant, while Saiid nodded occasionally and tried to understand. "Hi guys," she said. Saiid greeted her with a smile, but Shannon continued to work as if Kate had never shown up.
What a jerk, Kate thought. She continued walking until she spotted Claire, who was reading a book.
"Hi, Kate." Claire said, without looking up. "Hi, Claire." Kate said. She sat down beside Claire. "What are you reading"
"Oh, just a little something I had with me on the plane." Claire held up the book. Shakespeare's sonnets. "Oh. Nice." Kate said. She bid Claire good-bye, then went to find Jack.
"Hey, Freckles." Saywer said as Kate passed him. Kate wanted to ignore him, but he kept talking.
"Lookin' for the rocket scientist, I suppose? Well, he's not here. He went off in the woods with Daniel Boone and blondie a few minutes ago"
"What are they doing?" Kate wanted to know, assuming that Jack had gone into the jungle with Boone and Locke.
"I don't know. Lookin' for somethin, I guess." Sawyer smiled. "I'm still here, if ya wanna talk"
"No, thanks." Kate said. She kept walking. Hurley was playing frisbee with Walt on the beach. Kate sat down against a tree, watching. "Aw, nice one, dude!" Hurley said as the frisbee went flying over his head. "You could be in the major leagues or somethin'!" "Thanks!" Walt called back. He called to Kate, "Want to play with us"
Kate sat up. "No thanks, Walt. I'll just watch"
Walt shrugged and turned back to his game.
Suddenly, Kate felt a hand on her shoulder. She spun around. It was Jack.
"Come with me." Jack whispered.
"Okay," Kate whispered back. She followed Jack into the woods.
They walked on and on. They walked until Kate's feet hurt. They walked. And walked. And walked. She didn't know how much time had passed since Jack had gotten her. The sky was darkening. She followed Jack into territory she had never been in before. She didn't know how far they were from camp. It's a good thing I trust Jack, she thought. They were really far from home now! Kate would have never been able to get back on her own.
Jack finally broke a branch and motioned for Kate to go through.
"What the..." Kate and Jack stepped into a clearing in the woods. There were tents and rickety shacks, and lean-tos against trees. There was a place in the center of it all that said there could have once been a campfire there. As far as they could tell, this place had been inhabited by human life before.
Boone was also standing nearby, next to a tree, though Locke was nowhere to be seen. This problem was solved three minutes later, when Locke emerged from the brush with Saiid. "What is this place?" Kate asked. "We know it was a campsite," Jack said. "We just don't know who was here before us"
"Could it be the French woman?" Saiid questioned, stepping over what looked like a child's shoe. "And whoever was with her"
"We don't know if there was anyone with her, that's the problem." Locke said. He looked inside one of the lean-tos. "Look at this!" Kate, Jack, Saiid, and Boone ran over and looked.
And sure enough, there was a perfect replica of a hospital. There was a small pot that seemed to be posing as a sink, several jars of medicine, cotton swabs, and peroxide. A blanket was laid down in the dirt, and they could only guess that it was a bed. "This is stuff we could really use," Jack said, looking at some cans of medicine he had found in a nearby box. "Painkillers... cough medicine... all of this stuff... but whose is it"
Saiid was looking through a suitcase nearby. "Clothes. Shoes. But no evidence of people. Whoever lived here obviously didn't plan on leaving"
Boone, who had been pretty quiet up until now, spoke up.
"Er... should we tell the others"
Everyone looked up.
"The others?" Saiid repeated. "Yeah, you know. Charlie and Hurley and Michael and all them. Do you think they should know about this"
Jack shook his head unsurely. "I don't know, Boone"
"Wait. Maybe he's right. If we just keep secrets from each other all the time we won't be able to trust anyone." Kate said. "I say we tell the rest of them"
Saiid nodded. Locke rubbed his forehead. "Yeah, I guess." Locke said. Jack nodded too. "Okay. We'll leave it now and come back in the morning." Jack checked his watch. "It's late. And we'll need help looking through some things anyway. We could really use this stuff"
The five of them trekked back to camp. Once they got there, they alerted several people about it.
Kate approached Jack.
"Should we tell him?" she asked.
"Tell who"
"You know," she said, motioning towards the corner. "Sawyer"
Jack looked from Sawyer to Kate. "I don't know," he said. "There's a lot of useful stuff there. If he takes it we could really get screwed over"
Kate shuffled her feet. "Maybe we could compromise with him"
"Maybe," Jack agreed. "But let's not do anything until he finds out." Kate nodded. The next morning, as soon as everyone was awake, the castaways set out to the found campsite. Everyone but Sawyer. Sawyer had no idea anything was going on. He was still asleep when the survivors left.
"Okay." Jack said once they approached the site. "Find anything that might be useful and leave it here." He drew an X in the dirt with his foot. "Clear"
They set out. There was a lot of things there in the campsite. It didn't look like it had been used in weeks. Maybe even months.
"I don't see a lot of clothes or anything," Saiid called. "Maybe this is where Ethan lived"
Jack looked up from the box of medicine. "It could be. Keep looking"
"Yo, DUDE!" Hurley yelled. "Batteries! Toothpaste, and a toothbrush. Soap! There are pots and pans- JACK, DUDE"
Jack ran over to where Hurley had found some items. There were spices, canned foods- all in one little tent.
"Wow," Charlie said, looking inside. "What would one person do with all this"
"Better question," Michael said. "What would Ethan do with all this?" "We're not even sure this stuff belonged to Ethan," Kate said. "We just know it's someone's." Nevertheless, they took what they wanted and went back to camp. Only to find that Sawyer had helped himself to some of their items. He took several crucial items to the camp- including some things from Jack's medical bag.
It only took the castaways a few minutes to find out that their things were gone. But by that time, Sawyer had locked himself in his place with his stolen goods. "Sawyer. We know you have it." Kate called. "Just give it back and we'll go on with our lives"
"No!" Sawyer called back. He knew he could get Kate to do anything he wanted if he played his cards right. "Unless... Kate, come in here"
"Don't go." Jack whispered to Kate, grabbing her arm. "Remember last time"
Kate pulled free of Jack's grip. "I can take care of myself." she said. "Let me just see what he wants"
Kate went into the confinement. "What do you want, Sawyer"
"Tell me where you guys were this morning." he commanded. "Then maybe I'll give you Jack's junk back"
"I don't have to tell you anything. Give me the bag, Sawyer"
"Now, now, Katie." he said. "No need to get testy. Just tell me where you were"
"That's none of your business. Give me the bag, Sawyer!" Sawyer sat back and watched Kate get madder. "You know, I don't really feel like it." he said. "Unless, of course, you'd like to tell me where you went"
"GIVE ME THE BAG, SAWYER!" Kate yelled. She pounced on him and grabbed the bag. She ran out of Sawyer's spot before he could stop her.
"GET BACK HERE, GIRL!" he yelled. He chased her through the jungle. Finally, Kate jumped up a tree and he gave up.
"Alright, you win." he said. "Just tell me where you were"
Kate jumped down. "In the woods." she said. Then she walked back to camp, leaving Sawyer all alone.