One hour later Kate was sleeping on the bed, breathing regularly again.
After long minutes crying on his shoulder, Jack had finally bandaged her wrist so that it couldn't move at all. She was so tense and so agitated it had lasted almost an hour for her to fall asleep, and he'd spent all that time next to her, holding her hand like she was a kid who had nightmares.
The code alarm suddenly woke her up. She got up and threw a sorry look to her wrist. Then her bare feet silently led her to the control room. Where she found Michael.
His clothes were torn and dirty, he wore a several days beard, looked slimmer and had mad eyes. He seemed to come from the weapons room.
When he saw Kate, he got very nervous:
-Kate please… I've never come here OK? I'm leavin'…
-Michael don't go! That's not the best way…
-That's the only way. Please (he got a bit closer) don't tell Jack. Don't tell anybody.
-All right, she sighed.
He nodded and started to walk towards the exit.
-But Michael…
He turned around with a questioning look.
-Come back safe.
-I promise.
He gave a slight smile and ran away by the backdoor.
That's only when he disappeared Kate noticed she had only six seconds left to enter the code. At the moment she typed the last number, Jack arrived into the room.
-Hey, hem… I'm sorry but I was with Claire and Aaron and I forgot…
-It's OK, I woke up in time, Kate replied.
As always thanks to his doctor gifts, Jack noticed something was wrong.
-You OK?
-Sure, I'm fine.
Once again, she was avoiding his gaze, which was pretty getting on Jack's nerves. He got closer and stood right in front of her.
-What are you not telling me? he asked in a firm voice.
-You don't trust me?
-How could I trust you when you're lying to me?!
-I'm not lying to you!
-Yes you are! You lie about you, you lie about your feelings, and you lie about everything you don't want me to know!
Kate gave him and hurt look, turned her back to him and left in an angry walk as Jack was yelling:
-What are you hiding from me?!