.A/N: I appreciate the support. Sorry for the wait for this chapter, I've been insanely busy.

Chapter 4

Locke ran toward the sound of the gunshot. The halls were empty. There was no sign of Kate, or anyone else. He stopped, uncertain of what to do next. Just then Sayid and Jack rushed into the medical station and found Locke.

"Where's Kate?" Jack asked. Jack and Sayid had their guns drawn, prepared for a fight or struggle of some kind, but Locke was standing alone in the hallway and there was no sign of anyone around.

"I don't know, Jack," Locke replied calmly.

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Sawyer turned toward where Jin was yelling something in Korean. He ran towards the yelling, crashing through the jungle, and stopped when he saw Jin. Jin was leaning over something, someone. He walked towards them, trying to get a closer look at the body; it was a woman… with brunette hair. "Kate!" Sawyer closed the distance between them in an instant. She was unconscious. He had to get her back to the beach, no, not the beach. As much as it bothered him, he should take her to Jack. He had no idea why Kate was unconscious, but she was also pregnant, and Jack was the doctor.

He picked her up and didn't look back at Jin, just changed direction slightly, to the direction the others were headed, at least he thought it was the right direction. "Come on, let's go."

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"We have searched the entire facility, and there is no one here," Sayid informed Jack. Then he said a little more patiently, "Jack, I know how much you want to find her, but she's not here."

It took a moment, but he finally relented and headed for the exit, Sayid and Locke followed him. They were headed away from the hatch. Jack yelled back behind him at the other two, "we may need to split up again."

"I don't think so, Jack," Locke responded. He had to quickly cut off Jack's incredulous response, "look!" He pointed ahead of them and to the right.

Jack looked to where Locke motioned, it was Jin and Sawyer, who was carrying Kate. He ran towards them. Sawyer laid Kate down in the grass. "Been lookin' for you Doc. We found her unconscious in the jungle. She doesn't seem to be injured at all…"

"No,…. here," Jack knelt beside Kate and pointed to a small puncture mark on her neck, "It looks like someone sedated her… in which case she'll wake up on her own soon."

"And if not?" Sawyer asked.

Jack stroked her face gently, "I don't know." He closed his eyes, trying not so much to such out the light, but to shut out the feeling of failure enveloping him. He should have made her stay, no, he knew that if he'd made her stay she would have come after them as soon as they'd left. But he should have been with her.

"Jack, we are going to keep looking for Sun, we will meet you back at the beach," Sayid waited a moment for Jack to respond, but he didn't, so Sayid, Jin, and Locke headed off.

"Go help them look for Sun," Jack said to Sawyer in a commanding tone.

"Look, Dr. Hero, this is a free island and I'm not going anywhere until I know she's okay."

"Fine," Jack hardly paid any attention to him.

Sawyer stared at him in disbelief; he'd expected at least a half-hearted verbal sparring match. "Are you… okay?' he asked awkwardly.

"It's my fault."

"How the hell do you figure that? You didn't do this to her."

"I should have made her stay."

Sawyer starting laughing at that, "you really think you could have?"

"Jack…" Kate mumbled his name.

"Kate!" Jack instantly focused all of his attention on her.

"Jack… what happened? I was with Locke… in the medical hatch…" she started to sit up, resisting his attempts to keep her lying down.

Sawyer was the one who replied, "We found you unconscious in the jungle, how are you feeling, freckles?"

"Sawyer?" She looked up to see him standing behind Jack. "Did someone find Sun?"

"No," Jack was checking her forehead for a fever, "Jin, Sayid, and Locke are still looking."

Kate tried to stand but Jack wouldn't let her, "I think we ought to keep looking in the medical hatch, someone attacked me in there and-"

"I'm taking you back to the beach, then I'll come back to help look," Jack stood, offered Kate his hand, and helped her stand slowly.

"Don't be ridiculous Jack, we can't waste any more time." Kate looked around them, trying to get her bearings and figure out where they were.

"You're going back to the beach." Jack grabbed her by the shoulder softly but firmly, and looked her in the eye.

"Whoa, Jacko, careful," Sawyer reached out slowly to take Jack's hand off Kate.

Jack turned to Sawyer, looking for a moment as if he were going to punch him, then he turned back to Kate, "stay out of it Sawyer."

Kate stepped back, "I'm not going back to the beach until we find Sun."

Jack stepped towards her, eliminating the space she had created between them, "Kate… please… just… go back to the beach." He didn't want to say anything about her being pregnant, and break her confidence. He stared at her meaningfully, thinking about her being pregnant, and the dreams… he just wanted her to be safe.

"Sawyer knows Jack," Kate said, knowing he wasn't quite talking freely because he didn't want to mention her being pregnant.

"Knows what?"

"That I'm pregnant."

He looked confused, and then he suddenly felt betrayed. He had only just found out. He'd assumed Kate had kept it to herself, but he'd been wrong. She'd trusted Sawyer enough to tell him, but she'd kept it from Jack. "Do whatever you want, Kate." He began to storm off.

"Jack!" She yelled after him, mystified by his sudden anger.

Sawyer stared after Jack for a moment and then looked at Kate, but she was gone.

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Kate blinked away the tears as quickly as they had formed in her eyes. She wasn't going to allow herself to cry. She didn't understand why Jack had stalked off so furiously, especially when he had seemed so concerned for her just one moment before. Sure, she'd told Sawyer, but she didn't see the reason for Jack to be so angry, unless… unless he thought Sawyer had known all along. Crap… she sighed.

She knew she ought to find him and sort it out, but now she was at the medical station. She glanced around the jungle, no one was there. She withdrew her gun, holding it out defensively in front of her, and carefully and quietly opened the door. It was dark, as it had been before, with scattered, flickering lights. She descended into the station cautiously, pushing back the anxiety caused by being inside this hatch again. She heard a noise around the next corner and to the right. She stopped only to look both ways before turning the corner and heading down the hallway. She saw a light coming from the room with the lockers. She ran through the door with her gun still drawn, "hold it!"

"Kate, put the gun down," the blond woman requested calmly.

"Why would I do that?"

"Because I am trying to save Sun's life, and yours….. you're pregnant."

"I know. How do you know, and who are you?"

"My name is Juliet. I'm a fertility doctor."

"You're one of the others, I saw you before I escaped."

Juliet raised an eyebrow at being called an 'other', "I was brought here to solve a problem."

"What problem was that?"

"Pregnant woman die on this island."

"Claire didn't."

"I know, I think that is because she conceived off the island. Listen, I know you don't believe me, but I'm not lying. I just want to help."

"And all I have is your word."

"Yes."

"Where's Sun?

"She's in here," Juliet pointed into the room behind her, the door hidden behind the lockers was partially exposed.

"I want to talk to her," Kate replied and she strode towards the door, but Juliet blocked her way.

"I don't think that's a good idea right now, Kate."

Kate pushed past Juliet anyway. She was stunned when her eyes fell on Sun...

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