Disclaimer: Lost and its characters belong to J.J. Abrams and ABC Television.
Genre: Adventure/Romance/Drama/Suspense
Rated: M
Summary: This story starts after the end of Lost Season 2, with several adaptations. Ana-Lucia and Libby haven't been murdered and Michael was forgiven for his betrayal. Life continues on the island.
The survivors of flight 815 are still confronted with danger, betrayal and passion. The island still has many secrets and mysteries to be revealed about itself and about the Dharma Initiative.
Jate, Sana, Shayid, PB&J, Hubby and something more!!!
Note: This is a translation of my story "Lost Alternative Season 1" originally posted in Portuguese.
Episode 1 – Disappeared
The sterilizing alcohol on the open wound caused her pain, but she remained quiet allowing herself only to bite down on her lower lip.
With a concerned look, Doctor Jack Shephard held the glass of vodka in his right hand while with the other hand, he was preparing the sewing needle to suture his patient's arm.
"Are you OK, Kate?" He asked looking in her tearful green eyes.
"Yes! Sure!" She answered trying hard to show that she wasn't feeling any pain. Jack smiled at her attempt to be brave.
"Come on Kate. I know it hurts!" He said amused. "I know this better than anyone!"
She frowned, pretending to ignore his comment. "No, it doesn't!"
"All right." He answered patiently. "So tell me, how did you hurt yourself?"
"I fell out of a tree while collecting fruit." Kate answered.
Jack shook his head. "Take care next time. You could have asked someone to help you."
Kate frowned again. "Somebody? Who? Sawyer?"
Jack laughed. "What about me?"
"You? No way! You're the only doctor on this island, and you're not here just to take care of me. Besides that, I can at least collect mangoes on my own!"
"Well, I can see that." Jack joked, pointing to the wound on her arm. The two of them laughed together, and Jack started to suture the wound on Kate's arm. She closed her eyes and bit her lip.
"Thanks Jack." Said Kate.
"Anytime." He replied. "As far as I'm concerned, I am the only the doctor here but you've done this once for me before, remember?"
She smiled when she remembered how they'd first met. Jack had been injured with a deep gash on his back during the plane crash and he'd asked Kate to suture his wound for him.
Kate had never faced a situation like that before. She was nervous but she was able to do what needed to be done for him.
"Done!" He said as he cleaned up his medical supplies and improvised a gauze to cover her wound with.
"Don't get yourself into anymore trouble!" Jack ordered.
"Don't worry doctor. At least not today. I promise to be careful." Kate replied.
They smiled at each other and for a moment they felt as if they were the only two people on that island. Jack wouldn't mind if he and Kate were the only ones on the island, without monsters or polar bears. Free from any concern. Jack was an honest and decent man and he was used to taking care of everyone, but he adored taking care of Kate.
Moments like this one were rare because she wasn't a woman who liked to be taken care of or ask for help. At least this was the impression that she gave everyone.
Probably, her behaviour had something to do with her mysterious past as a fugitive, but Jack wasn't worried about this. At that moment, she was more beautiful and gentle than ever to him.
With Kate so close to him, Jack just couldn't resist and he gently touched her light brown curls. She responded to his touch with a sweet smile.
A hoarse woman's voice interrupted their tender moment.
"Doctor?" The woman inquired upon seeing Jack and Kate together. "If I'm interrupting I can..."
Before Rose could finish Kate said. "No Rose. It's ok. Jack has already finished the dressing on my arm. I was about to go back to the beach."
"Oh, of course…" Rose began. "Doctor I've had a headache the past few days, could you…"
Jack listened attentively to Rose but at the same time he tried to nonchalantly follow Kate with his eyes, but she had already left the hatch. He smiled and thought. "We are definately not alone on this island!"
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A storm was approaching. The thunder echoed throughout the island. Charlie, feeling uneasy, was stuffing everything he could into his bag to help Claire and baby Aaron get to the caves.
Jack had warned everyone that it wouldn't be safe for people to stay on the beach with a storm of this magnitude coming. He had asked that everybody move to the caves because it wasn't possible for everyone to fit in the hatch.
Almost all of people had listened to him. Even Sawyer had started packing up his stash.
While watching everyone hurriedly getting ready to leave for the caves Jack had noticed that he hadn't seen Kate since he made the dressing on her arm earlier.
Sawyer noticed his worried face and sarcastically asked. "Are you looking for Freckles, Doc?"
Jack tried to ignore him. "Yes I am. Do you know where she is? The storm is coming in fast and I want to be sure she's going to be safe."
"Have you looked in my tent?" Sawyer insinuated.
Interrupting Jack's answer Sayid appeared saying. "Jack! Everybody is leaving for the caves now. I'm going to take care of everything up there just as you asked me too."
"I can't find Kate." Jack nervously blurted out.
"I think she has already left. I haven't seen her on the beach for awhile now." Sayid tried to reassure Jack.
"I don't know Sayid. Kate wouldn't go to the caves without…" Jack started to say.
"Telling you Doc?" Said Sawyer. "'Cause I'll tell you from my own experience with Freckles, when she wants to do something, she just does it!"
Jack just angrily stared at Sawyer but never said a word.
"Why are you acting like this, Doc? Nothing happen between you two, yet?" Sawyer said with a malicious grin on his face trying to taunt Jack.
"I don't give a damn what you say Sawyer! I'm really worried about Kate!"
The thunder was getting louder.
"Come on Jack. The storm is coming soon. Kate must already be safe at the caves. Who's in charge at the hatch?" Sawyer asked.
"Locke and Eko are!" Jack answered.
"Sayid! Let's go!" Shouted Shannon while carrying her suitcase into the forest.
"Hey Mohammed! Your owner is calling you!" Sawyer taunted.
Sayid forced a smile to Sawyer then held Jack's arm saying. "Let's go Jack. Listen, Kate must be at the caves and she might have already gone to the hatch."
"Yeah Doc. Listen to Ali Baba and leave before the sky falls down on us!" Sawyer said as he started into the forest.
Jack hesitantly agreed and followed the group to the caves.
When they arrived at the caves he couldn't find Kate anywhere and became almost frantic. Jack started to put water and food into his backpack preparing to look for her.
Hurley observed him doing this and asked. "Are you going to look for Kate, Jack?"
"Yep!" He answered.
"But the storm is almost here!" Hurley said concerned.
"I don't care! She must be lost, possibly hurt, and I need to find her!" Jack abruptly stated.
"I'll go with you." Charlie said joining their conversation.
"No Charlie! Forget it! I'm going alone, and I'll be back, with Kate!" Jack exclaimed.
"Alone my ass!" Said an intimidating female voice.
Jack turned to face Ana-Lucia.
"If you're going out in this weather to look for your "girlfriend" then you're not going alone! I'm going with you." She firmly stated.
Jack quickly corrected Ana. "She's not my girlfriend!"
"I'll go with you, too!" Said Sawyer approaching the group.
"I will go too." Said Sayid.
"No Sayid! You can't go!" Said Shannon holding on to him.
"Sorry?" Asked Sayid.
"It's dangerous. I don't want you to go and I don't want to be here alone in this storm!" Shannon pleaded.
"Shannon don't make this a sentimental game. We need to find Kate!" Sayid sternly replied.
"Yes. I know." Shannon emphasized. "But Sawyer, Jack and Miss."Shoot everybody!" can do this, ok?
"Sure!" Sawyer confirmed.
"I think that Jack should go alone." Said a new male voice.
"Alone?" Sawyer questioned Locke. "Are you nuts Crocodile Dundee? Me and the Doc aren't the best of friends but I don't want anything to happen to him. After all, he's our only doctor here on this damn island and Freckles is missing!"
"I've always thought that you were a very smart man, Sawyer, but presumption isn't everything. I say that Jack must go alone and he'll find her." Locke calmly stated.
"What are you talking about, Locke? Asked Sayid.
Before Locke could say anything, Jack put the backpack on his back and said. "Enough of this arguing! I'm going to look for Kate. Ana Lucia and Sawyer you're both welcome to come with me. Sayid, I'd like you to stay here and take care of everything. Locke, you take charge of the hatch!"
"I was just going back there. I just came to see if you all were ok." Locke replied.
A threatening bolt of lightning flashed in the island's sky, followed by deafening thunder. Everybody ran to protect themselves in the caves.
Michael looked curiously at Locke while covering the entrance of the cave with an improvised plastic tarp.
"What do you think, Charlie?" Michael asked.
"About what?" Charlie asked as he unpacked his things.
"About what Locke said. That Jack should go alone to look for Kate! I mean, what's his reasoning for this?" Michael curiously asked.
"I know it's kind of strange Michael, but all I know is that Locke is usually right!"
To be continued…