Chapter 2- Don't tell me what I can't do!

Torrential rain had been falling for over half an hour. Lightning illuminated the night sky and the thunder was terrifying.

Jack walked through the jungle, cutting any branches that were whipping his face using Locke's knife.

Thick mud from the rain was making walking increasingly difficult. The small search party was covered in mud up to their knees. Their clothes were completely soaked, making them feel frozen to the bone.

For Jack, this was not the problem. He'd find Kate wherever she was. Sawyer and Ana-Lucia were right behind him, trying to keep up to Jack. "Kate! Kate!" Jack's voice echoed throughout the jungle with no response."

"Yeah Doc! Great! Keep yelling like this to make sure that the Others find us!" Sawyer irritatedly said.

"I don't give a damn about the Others! If they want to come out in this mess then let them come! I don't care!" Jack shouted.

Ana-Lucia was surprised with Jack's aggressive reaction and put her hand on his shoulder to try to comfort him for a moment.

"Hey Jack, I know you want to find Kate, but The Cowboy is right. We have to be careful!" She gently said.

Jack looked at her with an angry expression: "Don't tell me what I can't do Ana-Lucia!"

Jack ignored Sawyer and Ana. He started moving forward again. Sawyer gave Ana-Lucia a serious look then proceeded to follow Jack. Ana then followed Sawyer but she was hurt now…and worried.

Sawyer and Ana were both thinking that "their delegated leader" was acting so strange. Jack was usually so serious and practical, but in these last moments he was behaving so irrationally, like he was obsessed!

Jack ran blindly into the jungle. Suddenly, his foot caught in a big root causing him to fall down onto the jungle floor. Jack felt pain in his knee, cursing the moment that Kate decided to walk into the jungle all alone when a storm was coming.

Kate was too independent for her own good! Jack was becoming desperate, thinking that he wouldn't find her. He shouted her name one more time. "Kaaaate!"

The jungle continued to be quiet…except for the thunder and rain. Jack started talking to himself. "God Damn it! Where are you you stubborn woman?"

"Jack!!!" A woman's voice cried in the jungle.

"Kate!" Jack cried again. His heart beating faster.

"Here!" Said the voice trying to guide him. "Did you hear that?" Jack asked Sawyer and Ana-Lucia.

"Hear what?" Asked Ana-Lucia.

"Kate's voice!" Jack said excited.

"Calm down Doc! We didn't hear anything!" Sawyer snapped.

Jack didn't care what his friends thought at that moment. He just wanted to follow Kate's voice. The mud and the branches wouldn't be a problem for him.

"Hey Jack, wait a minute! If you hear something fine…but maybe it's not Kate! This freaking island is playing us!" Said Sawyer but Jack had already gone.

Ana-Lucia ran trying to keep up to Jack. Sawyer followed Ana. The rain was hard and cold and it was difficult to see.

Suddenly the noise of branches breaking stopped them in their tracks. Trees were rapidly, falling onto the ground in front of them.

Jack suddenly stopped and Ana ran into him. Sawyer soon collided into Ana and they all fell to the ground like a domino effect.

"What the hell is going on?" Ana-Lucia said brushing her wet hair from her face.

"Ok, this is the last thing that you ever wanted to meet, chica." Said Sawyer getting up and dragging Ana-Lucia with him.

"Let's move Jack! Now!" Ana-Lucia shouted when she realized what was happening.

Jack didn't listen to them and remained standing, watching the trees being knocked down to the ground one by one.

"Jack!" Screamed Sawyer.

"Let's go now!" Jack finally said pointing in the direction that his friends should run.

Sawyer and Ana-Lucia ran ahead, however Jack stayed behind on purpose. He wanted Sawyer and Ana to return to camp. He felt that they were hindering his search.

He wasn't crazy. Jack was sure that he'd heard Kate's voice and he needed to find her.

Ana-Lucia stopped running suddenly and looked back for Jack but he wasn't following them. She stopped, leaning into a tree, breathing heavily. Noticing that Ana had stopped Sawyer did the same.

"Sawyer! Jack stayed behind. He tricked us!" Ana yelled.

"What?" Sawyer yelled. "What was Doc thinking?"

"He believes that Kate is here somewhere!" Said Ana.

"What now, Lucy?" Asked Sawyer.

"Let's go back and find him, man!" Said Ana determined.

A deafening noise and falling trees made Ana step back and she unconsciously grabbed Sawyer's arm.

"Yep, I think that going back to find the Doc is a good idea but what do you think if we wait until "that thing" goes way first?" Asked Sawyer. "Then we can look for Jack. I hope he's still alive."

To be continued…