Disclaimer: I don't own Lost, I just think I do sometimes...really, it's rather confusing...
Author's Note: Thanks so much to the kind and considerate people who took the time to give me reviews. Thank you. I am sorry it took so long to post the next chapter.
Shannon Michelle: I am so happy that you loved my first chapter. I am in the process of writing the third chapter, i think you will like it, but for now here is the second one. Enjoy and tell me how you liked it!!
Xedra: I do try with Sawyer. It just comes naturally. Hope you like the next chapter.
Elizabeth5: I do love Sawyer and Kate, too. They are so sweet although, i have started another story that circles around Kate and Jack. I sit on the fence and go back and forth between K/S and K/J....
Chapter 2
The evening twilight had turned into a dark night with the first stars starting to appear. Kate and Sawyer headed to the beach and lit a fire a little ways away from the other survivors. Not much talking was done and Kate was glad for that. Soon Kate and Sawyer split up to go to their respective sleeping areas.
Kate settled down near the fire and pulled the blanket up to her chin. It wasn't the cold that had Kate shivering, but memories of earlier that evening. Glancing over to where Sawyer lay in his makeshift tent, Kate snuggled down as the best she could and tried to sleep. Trying to sleep wasn't the hard part, it was what came once sleep took over…
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Panic coursed through Kate like a raging river. She was hiding in the jungle in the dark. The monster wasn't what she was afraid of. Yells came from ahead. Angry voices floated past her head. Not being able to tell what direction they came from, Kate sat still, her breath catching in her chest.
A knife glinted in the moonlight. Locke! Jumping up Kate ran as fast as her legs could carry her. Tripping over an object on the ground, Kate went sprawling then smacked into something solid…a person.
Looking up Kate saw Jack looking back at her, an evil grin lit up his face as he pulled a pair of handcuffs out of his pocket.
Kate tried to run, but her legs wouldn't work. She felt a hand on her shoulder and people appeared behind Jack from out of the mist. They started to chant. "Kate, Kate, Kate…"
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"Kate. Kate? Kate!" Someone was calling and shaking her roughly, "Kate." Jerking upright, Kate's head slammed into something hard. Leaning back down Kate rubbed her head and saw white spots dance before her. Feeling lightheaded, 'Great. Now I'll have a concussion and someone will run for the doc, who has a hangover and can't do anything anyways.' Kate thought negatively to herself. Slowly she sat up and saw Sawyer holding his head as well.
Looking around Kate realized that it had just been a dream. 'A horrible nightmare, but why was Sawyer over here shaking me awake?'
"Are you okay?" Kate's voice sounded strange in the darkness and her throat hurt.
"Okay? Sure sweetheart, I get knocked in the head in the middle of the damn night all the time." Sawyer sarcastically remarked.
"Well, are you?" Kate asked, her voice holding a hint of annoyance this time.
"Ya…sure, fine. No point crying over spilt milk."
Kate looked around, 'Why were there so many people awake?' She looked at her watch. '3 am.' Usually people were asleep at this time, with no electricity on the island; there wasn't much point in staying up late.
"Something you want to share?" Sawyer's voice caused Kate to turn in his direction.
Rubbing her head, "What are you talking about Sawyer?" Not having much patience, Kate rubbed her eyes and reached for her pack, she still had the bottle of water that Sawyer had given her earlier.
Sawyer was eyeing her strangely and Kate got a sinking feeling in her stomach. When Sawyer started to speak, Kate's stomach sank even further, "Well, you was a little restless is all." Seems to consider something. "Maybe a little more than a little."
Kate looked around again. Most everyone had gone back to sleep. 'Oh-no, what did I miss.' All of a sudden Kate's mind slammed to a halt.
'The nightmare.' She had been having a nightmare… 'What did I do?'
Seeming to read her thoughts, Sawyer answered the question. "Woke up 'cause you was tossing n' turnin' and yellin' like the damn devil himself was after you." Going on, "Tried to wake you…unfortunately it worked." Sawyer said rubbing his head again.
'Great. Just great.' The barrier broke and a flood of thought bombarded Kate. 'Tossing and turning. Yelling. What did I say?! Guess that's why my throat hurts.' Kate thought sarcastically. 'What did I say? What did I say? What did I say? Maybe no one understood what I was saying? Maybe it really was just nonsense yelling? Maybe…'
Kate threw a nervous look at Sawyer, than looked back at her hands in her lap. "Did…I…say…anything?" Kate asked quietly.
"Say anything? Come to think of it, ya." Sawyer stopped and Kate gave him a questioning look. "Patience, Freckles…as I was sayin', you was talking. Sounded scared too. Something about dear ole' Jack. Dunno what about but sounded like he was out to get ya or something, from the way you was screaming." Sawyer paused seeing the horror on Kate's face. "He wasn't was he?"
'Out to get me.' Kate thought, 'Not likely. More like out to capture me and feed me to the monster in the jungle as a sacrifice, judging by the look on his face.' "I don't remember." Kate lied. "It was just some stupid dream."
'Yeah-right!' Sawyer's face screamed out, but he kept the words to himself. "If you say so Freckles. I'm off to sleep some more then. That is if you don't get the urge to scream some more."
Kate watched him saunter back to his tent. Rolling over so he couldn't see her face in the darkness, Kate tried to sleep. 'It was just a dream. It's not real. Jack wouldn't really do that?!' An uncertainly washed over Kate.
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-6 am that morning-
Unable to fall back to sleep, Kate had gotten up before the others and had walked quit a ways down the beach wanting a little space to herself. Two or three miles. "Guess I got carried away with wanted 'a little space'." Kate spoke out loud to herself. On the horizon the early morning haze had faded and the bright sun told her it was going to be another scortching day. 'How can it not be? We are somewhere around the equator.' Kate guessed. 'I always wanted to go to Hawaii.' Kate's thoughts were laced with sarcasms. She looked up and spoke as if to a god. "But I meant a vacation." Plopping down on the beach Kate stared out to the sea.
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Back at the Beachville Sawyer awoke slowly rolling over so he could see out of the tent to where Kate slept. He liked to keep an eye on her, but Kate wasn't there. 'Where was she? Sawyer barely finished the thought before he saw the site before him. Sawyer's mind took a moment to process what was going on around him.
The camp around him was in a flurry of motion, survivors running around grabbing bags and suitcases and hastily throwing them onto higher ground.
"What the hell…?" Sawyer's voice was lost in the commotion.
Getting up Sawyer stepped out of the tent and saw the problem. The tide was rushing in so quickly that no one had time to move their few precious possessions out of it's path, before they got swept away. Seeing this and how fast the tide was moving towards his encampment, Sawyer grabbed some of his things and began to frantically move it away from the greedy hands of the sea.
Amidst the rushing Sawyer saw Kate's belongings on the shore, much closer than his, they were about to be sucked out to sea.
"Damn, where is that women!" Sawyer threw the last of his belongings onto safer ground and rushed back to grab Kate's few belongings; getting very soaked in the process.
"Kate, when you get back, you are so going to pay for this." Muttering to himself Sawyer walked back to his stuff and dropped Kate's suitcases next to his. A piece of paper floated out of a jean pocket and landed itself squarely at Sawyer's feet.
'Well, I wasn't gonna snoop, but this is too much.' Looking around furtively Sawyer picked up the folded piece of paper and held it in his hands. 'I know I shouldn't…sort of. Kate's just so mysterious.' He rationalized, taking another look around Sawyer slowly unfolded the paper and was shocked by what he saw.
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Trudging back to the beach Kate heard the commotion before she saw it. Quickening her pace Kate sped around the bend and saw the tide had far surpassed its usual boundaries. Questions popped into her head pushing all else out of its way.
"What the hell?" 'Great!' Kate thought. 'The tides doing funky thing and I am starting to sound like Sawyer.' Glancing around Kate saw Michael and Walt dragging a load of luggage past Kate.
"What's going on?" Kate asked Michael.
Michael glanced at Kate in surprise. "Where've you been? The tides been coming in all morning." Michael grunted as he continued on, "Most of the beach should be underwater by evening. Better grab your stuff before it's washed away."
Michael moved on and Kate stood dumbfounded, 'Her stuff…?' A person bumbed into Kate snapping her out of her trance.
"My stuff!" Rushing to where her stuff had once was, Kate was up to her knees in water before she realized it was gone. Jumping out of the way from an oncoming wave, Kate's mind raced. 'My stuff, my suitcases. It's the only stuff I own in the world.' Starting to feel frantic now Kate hurriedly walked to where a pile of luggage lay. 'Maybe somebody grabbed it.' Her mind rationalized.
"Damn it." Tears started to sting her eyes as she lifted the last suitcase to find it wasn't hers. ' Now I have nothing.' A voice screamed in her head. 'You have nothing, Kate. This is what you deserve, this is your punishment.'
"No." A desperate voice escaped. "Please no." Whispering, Kate stood up and scanned the crowd.
'You have nothing, Kate. You may have survived the crash, but you will suffer none the less.' The voice in her head sounded suspiciously like the marshals. Then another voice screamed back, 'No, I am free!' The marshals voice spoke back again, 'You don't look free to me.'
A tap on the shoulder caused Kate to jump nearly a foot in the air. Turning she saw Sawyer.
"Whow-wee, a little jumpy now are we."
Kate kept silent knowing anything she said would just encourage him more.
"We playing the silent game now are we." Sawyer looked at Kate with a cocky grin. His face suddenly changed. "Got something for you."
Kate looked at Sawyer in surprise. "What are you talking about?" Kate looked at Sawyer in suspiciously. "I'm really busy. Need to find…something."
"I know." Was all Sawyer said before he walked away, knowing Kate would follow, if not out of curiosity but because of his irresistible charm. 'Oh-yeah, my irresistible charm!' A smile graced Sawyers lips and he shook his head.
He half-turned and wasn't surprised to see Kate following.
Entering his newly reconstructed and relocated tent, Sawyer sat down, taking much time in making himself comfortable.
Ten seconds later Kate entered the tent. Seeing Sawyer sitting comfortably a condescending smirk on his face, Kate's impatience grew. Placing her hands on her hips she spat, "Well."
"Patience, patience." Sawyer teased, wagging his finger.
Kate glared daggers as Sawyer reached over and plucked Kate's suitcase out of his own heaping pile.
Kate's jaw dropped. 'Sawyer, of course Sawyer would have it. The packrat.' She almost laughed at her own stupidity. How could she have forgotten Sawyer?
A southern drawl interrupted her thoughts, "I take it you're glad I saved your stuff from being sucked out to sea." Pointing at Kate, "You're smiling."
Kate's grin grew wider as she reached for her suitcase. "You rescued my stuff?"
"Rescuing, I dunno, more like salvaging. Hell, take a look around." Waving his arm in a broad ark at the large pile of suitcases and 'salvaged' stuff.
Kate grasped her suitcase with both hands and sat down beside Sawyer. "Thanks." Kate slowly moved her eyes to meet Sawyer's eyes. An understanding passed between them as green eyes met blue. Starting to relax, Kate sighed. 'Perhaps, I'm not being punished. I haven't lost everything.' A comfortable silence settled in the tent and for once Sawyer didn't spoil it with sarcastic remarks.
All of a sudden the moment was dashed as Jack burst into the tent…
To be continued… Muh ha ha ha!!! So the next chapter should be up by next Friday. No promises though. I am so bad with exact dates, but I will try to update soon. DON'T' FORGET TO REVIEW!!!!!! Any little comment on how you like it or advice would be nice. I am always trying to write better. Thanx to all of you that DO review…no pressure… :)
