CHAPTER ELEVEN: Rescue
Kate returned back to the caves. Jack was no where in sight. She went up to Charlie.
"Where's Jack?"
"I don't know. He was here a minute ago."
She could hear Jin shouting in the background. She went over to where Sun and Jin were. Jack was over there with them.
"Look, I just need to know where you found it." Jack said.
Jin screamed at him in Korean. He made wild hand gestures at Jack. In Jin's hand was the transceiver.
"Where
did he find that?"
"I don't know. He won't even let me
touch it."
He yelled some more Korean and then pulled Sun along with him. Michael walked up.
"What's
going on, Jack?"
"Jin has the transceiver, but he won't give
it to us."
"Wait,
that means that Sayid was somewhere nearby." Kate said.
"We'll
never know unless Jin gives it to us."
Jack walked off, back to the campfire.
"Maybe I can help." Michael said.
"What, do you speak Korean and haven't told us?" Kate said, a bit annoyed.
"No…but just let me see if I can help."
He walked off. When Sun was alone, he called her over. She made sure Jin wasn't watching and went over to Michael.
"Where did he find the transceiver?" Michael asked.
"Actually," she said. "He didn't. I did. I was about to take it to the doctor and he saw me with it and took it from me."
"Do
you think you could get it from him and give it to us?"
"I
will do what I can."
"Well, thank you."
With a smile, Michael left.
Kate grabbed her sweater and put it on. Jack noticed.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to find Sayid."
"Kate, no -"
"If
they found the transceiver this close to the caves, then Sayid's
around here somewhere."
"I don't think it's a good idea.
Not at night, especially when the monster is so close."
"All
the more of a reason for me to go find him."
"Kate, Sayid can
take care of himself. He knows what he's doing."
"I
don't care. Even the strongest people need help…so I'm going
out there."
"If you're not going to listen to me, then…I'm
coming with you."
That was a bit different to her.
"Don't
you have to stay and watch after Claire?"
"Charlie's here
for her. I don't want you to go alone."
"Well, if we're going, we'd better move fast."
Jack grabbed his backpack. He went over to Charlie.
"Charlie, Kate and I are going out to find Sayid. Could you and Hurley keep things down while we're gone?"
"You're
going out…this late at night…with that thing so close by?"
"Yeah.
Just keep everyone calm. And watch after Claire."
"Of course."
In minutes, Jack and Kate were off. Treading through the jungle at night, not knowing what was going to happen did scare Kate a bit. But she wasn't about to admit that to Jack. He would just say "I told you so" and they'd go back to the caves. Suddenly, she remembered something. A pair of binoculars she had found might come in handy.
"Jack, I found these. Maybe we should get into a tree and look for Sayid from up there."
"Alright. Let's get moving."
They went into a tree that was right near the valley. They found a comfortable position up top and Jack looked for Sayid.
"These aren't just binoculars, Kate…they're night-vision binoculars. These are helping out a lot."
Kate smiled to herself. It was good that Jack wasn't still angry with her over what he had seen between her and Sawyer.
"I see him!" Jack said.
"Where? Let me see!"
He handed them to her. In seconds she saw him, too. He was laying in the grass face-down, seemingly unconscious. She shoved the binoculars back to Jack and quickly made her way down the tree.
"Kate!" he cried.
He followed after her, trying to stop her. She ran all the way to Sayid. He was, indeed, out cold. She knelt down at his side.
"Sayid, can you -"
The monster made its threatening cry. Jack rushed up to Kate.
"Kate! Don't take off like that again!"
"Come on, we have to get Sayid back to the caves quickly."
They both slung an arm around their necks and ran as fast as they could. The monster cried out again.
"We need to hurry!" Jack said.
He pulled them along faster. They stumbled into camp.
"That was fast!" Hurley said.
They laid Sayid down on the ground near the fire. Jack went to the tent and got a wet rag with warm water. He dabbed it on Sayid's head. In moments, Sayid awoke.
"Jack! Where are we? What happened?"
"Why don't you tell us that."
Boone showed up and saw Sayid as he sat up and sat on a rock.
"Sayid!
You're back! Where were you?"
"I don't remember."
"We found Sayid face-down in the grass in the valley." Kate said.
"Where's the transceiver?" he asked.
Michael
ran up. "I got it!"
"How'd you get it?" Jack asked.
"Sun gave it to me." H handed the transceiver to Jack.
Jack tried to turn it on but nothing happened. He handed it to Sayid. Sayid tried also but with the same luck.
"I'll
have to take some time to fix it. Then we can try again."
"Sayid,
no. Not after what happened. You could've died." Kate said.
"We all could've died, but we didn't. And I'm fine. Don't worry Kate. You don't have to come along. I'd rather go alone."
"No one is going anywhere alone." Jack said. He looked over at Sayid. "All you can do for now is try to fix the transceiver, then we will see what else we can do from there."
Sayid stood up.
"Right
now all we can do is get some sleep. We'll pick up where we left
off tomorrow morning." Jack said.
"I'm glad I'm not the
only one who thinks so." Hurley said, yawning.
He sat down around the fire and was asleep in moments. Sayid went off into the cave. Jack turned to Kate.
"Well, I'll see you in the morning." Jack said.
Kate smiled. "Thanks for coming with me, Jack."
He smiled, then turned away, heading for his medical tent to check on Claire. She was sound asleep, and so was Charlie in an airplane chair. Jack quietly exited and headed for his own bed in the cave.
