Trying to Remember

"People think that 'to see is to believe', but really you have to believe to see."

"Kate, watch your step," Jack said, pointing to the chip in the ground. Kate stopped walking and looked down, and once she saw it, she rolled her eyes. "Be careful...even ifyou do havea little unbalance-ness, something big might happen."

"Jack," she said, "it's so small. My foot is at least ten times bigger than it. I think I'll be able to live if I trip over it." She looked over at him and smiled. Suddenly, a noise came from the bushes. The branches and leaves shook slightly, and Jack and Kate stopped walking. They stared at the now-calm bush. Kate frowned, and Jack went up to her side. He gestured for them to be quiet by putting a finger to his mouth. She nodded.

"Do...do you think it's gone?" Kate asked, whispering.

"Don't move," Jack said tensely. Then, out of no where, they both heard a deafening roar close in the distance. Jack and Kate's eyes widened, as Jack cried out, "No, Kate, never mind! RUN!" Kate didn't even have to think about running. She was already on her way to anywhere she could go before Jack was finished saying what he had to say. Jack was right behind Kate for a moment, then eventually got separated.

"Kate!" he called, after at least a minute had past. He bent down, trying to catch his breath. Then, he called out again, "Kate!" He frowned, but it didn't make it all the way, for he was filled with concern and worry. He quickly made his way to where he was last seen with Kate. Looking around, a confused expression on his face, he called out her name again. No one answered. She must've gone back to the beach, he assured himself, nodding. He continued to gaze around.

Where was she?

"Kate, please, I'm serious here!" Jack called out again. But then, he knew that Kate wouldn't joke around in a time like this. He knew that Kate was pretty sure that it would drive him insane if she were missing...

"Kate...?" Jack called out again. He sighed, then thinking that the 'monster' might still be out there, decided to run again. Branches, leaves, and the cold wet rain continued to hit him as he hurriedly made his way through the jungle. There was only one thing on his mind that he could think of, though.

Kate.

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Kate stopped, coming out from where she was hiding. She grimaced at the word. Hiding. She had never thought she would do that on the island. Not there of all places. Kate looked around for Jack. When she saw that he wasn't there, she thought that something could've happened to him. She gasped at her thoughts. Then, instantly and out of no where, she caught herself counting to five. 1...2...3...4...5... It had always helped in times that were hard.

"Jack?" she said, once she stepped past a tree. She entered in the area where she and Jack were right before they had run off from... She didn't want to think like that. Her mind was known for wondering off into places she didn't even know were there. "Jack!" Kate sighed, feeling hopeless. She decided to run. If she wanted to do something about the situation, she might as well do something she was good at.

And that was to run.

So she began to move, despite the heavy rain, and slipped. Slipped on the chip in the ground Jack had warned her about. His words came to mock her. "Be careful...even ifyou do havea little unbalance-ness, something big might happen." The first thing that Kate hit the ground with was her head.

"Ohh," she moaned, obviously in pain. She began to count in her thoughts. 1...2...3...4...5...

"Kate!" she heard. It seemed as if it were far, far in the distance. Then she heard the voice again. "Kate! Kate...!"

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"No," Jack said nervously. He dropped down beside Kate, ignoring the pain he felt, and lifted up her head. "Please... K-Kate, hey, Kate?" He checked her pulse and her breathing. She was definitely alive, which caused him to be at relieved, but then he noticed that her breathing was shallow and heavy. He began to panic.

"Oh, god, no...," he began, as he slightly shook her head in an attempt to wake her. Then he cried, "Kate!" He didn't care what would happen, as long as Kate would remain alive. "Kate!" Kate's eyes flinched, and Jack's heart did non-stopping back flips. He watched her intently, the rain still dripping off him. He waited impatiently for her to wake up.

"Kate...?" he said, his eyebrows narrowed in worry. Kate shook her head, sitting up. Startled, she rubbed her eyes tiredly and looked around. Once she saw Jack, who was smiling, she screamed. Jack was startled by this, too. His smile faded as his eyebrows shot up, and he cried, "Kate! K-Kate, it's me, Jack! Remember?" Then he thought.

"W-What?" she cried, standing up quickly. She looked around, a frightened expression on her face. "No, I-I don't know you! Where am I? Who are you? Why am I in the rain in some...some forest or something?" Then she frowned. "Answer. NOW."

"Kate, please tell me you remember something," Jack said, standing up calmly. "Anything, at least. Anything..."

"I-I...," she began, trembling. She shut her eyes and tried to think. But everything came back as a big blur. "No...I only remember...numbers."

"Numbers?" Jack cried, his mouth agape. Then he stammered, "You mean, four, eight, fifteen, sixteen, twenty-three, and forty-two?"

"No," Kate said, shaking her head. "I only remember the numbers one, two, three, four, and five."