As the sun quickly began to set the members of the crashed oceanic flight to LA settled down for yet another restless night on the island. All had seemly been going well, we as well as it could be going being stranded on an island. I knew that I barely had time to spare so I snuck away from the camp to the other end of the beach where Ana Lucia had been staying for the past week or so. When she turned and saw me, she instantly knew what I was there for. She didn't put up much of a fight, which made it easier to finally bring her back to where she belonged…

Jack had left the hatch to take a walk by himself and reflect on the day. As he let the warm ocean water rush past his feet as the tide came in he thought it would be a good time to visit Ana Lucia. Thinking back on the day from when they talked at the airport made his heart beat a little faster as he contemplated his real feelings for her or whether it was just the island getting to him. He always remembered one of his co-workers at the hospital talking about how people stranded on islands all quickly became sex-deprived. Jack shook his head at the very thought and continued on his way to Ana Lucia's small camp. When he got there he found a fire quickly burning out and all of Ana Lucia's things, but no Ana. "Ana Lucia?" He cried.
No answer.
He quickly jogged around the perimeter of her tent with the only clue were foot prints leading off into the untamed jungle. Instantly he knew this was unlike Ana Lucia to run off, as irrational as she could be sometimes, so he sprinted back to the main camp. "Has anybody seen Ana Lucia?" Jack called to the camp. People looked up from whatever task they had at hand to listen to Jack.
"No, not since this morning," Siid said to Jack showing no trace of emotion of her disappearance. Then again he wasn't, too concerned being that she did shoot his newly discovered love.
Charlie looked up from his guitar, "Maybe it was the others"
But Charlie only received looks of disapproval; he was still being shunned for taking Claire's baby.
Jack whipped his hand across his sweaty brow and inhaled deeply, "It had to be someone from camp. Where she stays is visible from here and we could all easily see if an other came and just grabbed her. One of us had to take her"
Locke appeared in the clearing, "Jack I think you are overreacting. She could have just gone for a walk"
"With nothing? No water at all?" Jack asked as he walked back to her tent.
Kate finally spoke up, "I'll come with you"
Kate had always noticed how attractive Jack was and she could honestly say that she had felt something for Jack, but lately felt ignored since Ana Lucia had shown up. Things had never been the same after they had kissed it the jungle, and maybe, just maybe now was the right time to relive this moment.
Jack paced quickly and Kate almost had to jog to keep up with him, "Jack, I'm sure she's fine. It isn't completely dark yet"
Jack only shrugged his shoulders and kept walking, "I got a feeling"
They slowed as they got closer to the camp. They walked silently with the sound of the treetops rustling and the ocean waves crashing up against the sand.
When they got to her tent, the footprints that had once been there when Jack first arrived had been covered up, and not by the tides. Jack noticed that clearly someone had came back to cover their tracks. Kate stood as Jack took off rummaging around for any clue of where Ana Lucia may have disappeared off to. As he got consumed in looking Kate slowly walked around. It wasn't until a small index card size of paper caught her eye on the log did she stop.
Looking behind her to make sure Jack was still in the tent she picked up the paper and read the short note to herself: I thought we had an agreement for you to stay of your side of the line. Ana Lucia is back where she belongs now. But don't worry, we still know what you're up to. I'll be watching you, Jack. Maybe you were right not to trust me.
The note ended there, startled, Kate slipped the note into her back pocket. What could this note mean? Kate thought. She thought back to the night where she had been taken hostage by the others. It had to be them. But what did they mean by Jack being right not to trust someone? Could it be someone in own camp? Kate thought. She heard more rustling in the tent and she quickly collected her thoughts and calmed down. "Nothing," Jack said clearly disappointed.
Kate sighed and slowly walked over to him, this was her chance to comfort him, "It's okay, I'm sure she's fine like I said. She probably just went out for a walk to clear her thoughts and got caught up with something." She knew that she should give Jack the note she found, but her emotions got the best of her and she thought that could ruin her moment for Jack to notice her.
"Maybe you're right," Jack said quietly looking out on the ocean. He thought about Kate and couldn't help but smile a little, "Thanks. For coming out and helping," he paused, "I know you don't really like Ana Lucia, so it was really nice of you"
Kate frowned, there he went with Ana Lucia again, he wanted him to notice her and here was her chance. She inched closer to him and slowly placed her lips on his. He responded and kissed her back, it was even more intense than the kiss out in the jungle. All Kate wanted was for it to go further, and she could tell that Jack did, too. She started to unbutton his shirt as they continued to kiss. Inside, Jack was going crazy with feelings which made him even more confused about Ana Lucia, he knew something had clicked that day in the airport and once they were reunited on the island, but he also knew that there was something more intense that he had with Kate ever since they kissed out in the jungle during their golf game.
Kate felt Jack's hands slowly drop from the side of her hips down to her waist and to the front of her jeans where he fumbled with the button and fly and slow slipped them off. As he did the note which in a hurry, Kate had quickly jammed in her back pocked slid out and onto the warm sand. Kate opened her left eye just to see it. Jack was so focused on her she started to sink onto the beach as she did she took the note up again and made sure it was at the very bottom of her pocket this time.
Kate and Jack. They were bound to end up together, and this makes the perfect little distraction for me to get the rest of the job done. I bet if Kate knew, she would be happy that I got Ana Lucia out of her way, eliminating her competition. Well, for now at least. They may want Ana to go back as a spy, perhaps. I can now finish my duty, I'm sure Jack will have his hands full for the next hour or so, but still I'm sure he'll be on to me soon enough………