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Jack's Mark

Jack sat on the edge of the cot and the edge of the world. Kate had gone missing. Well hopefully she just wondered off or something, but Jack's mind was in the worse case scenario. He bounced his knee up and down as he chewed on the tip of his thumb. He was worried "he" he gotten her.

Around him the others saw his worry and held in their own as well. They thought that he'd go looking for her, but he couldn't exactly leave the caves. With Sun passing out the night before he needed to watch her incase. Plus he had no idea where to look for Kate and had no idea how to rack her, so he sent Locke. But still he desperately wanted to get up and go looking for her and the others could see it in his glistening eyes.

Claire walked around eagerly watching Jack as she bounced a fussy Christopher in her arms. Charlie sat next to a sleeping Sun glancing back and forth between Jack and Claire.

"He's on end." Charlie whispered.

"If something has happened to her-"

"Nothing's happened to Kate. She's perfectly ok." Claire assured trying her best to reassure herself.

Then there was a sound of heavy footsteps at the edge of the caves. Nearly all of them jumped as the looked over only to see Hurley walk in and look to each of them confused.

"Dude, don't all of you jump at once." He joked as he walked away with discontent stares.

Charlie sat back down with a huff with Claire right next to him. Charlie focused on Jack who looked about ready to cry as he sat in clear disappointment of Hurley's entrance. He knew this tore Jack up. It was slowly eating away at his heart thinking she might be dead.

"What if she doesn't come back?" Charlie asked still entranced with Jack.

"She'll come back Charlie! She just went for a walk or something." Claire exclaimed catching the attention of both Jack and Charlie.

Jack tried hard to take Claire's words to heart, but this was just too obvious to him. Last night he had been warned to watch her and the next day he wakes up and she's gone. This had something to do with "him".

"Jack." Locke's voice called him from the cave entrance.

Jack looked up to see Locke walk in leading a weary Kate. The others saw her before he did rejoicing to themselves.

"Kate." Jack called as his heart leapt.

He quickly walked over searching her eyes then her body. He immediately saw her arm.

"What happened?" He questioned as he took her arm and looked up into her eyes.

"I fell." She answered in a low voice.

Was she telling the truth or was she covering up in fear? With out words he wrapped her in his arms.

"Thanks." He said looking to Locke as he passed.

Holding her tight being careful of her arm, he led her over to the cot. This had become a ritual for the two. As he led her over she pulled away. The look in her eyes was fear as she searched his.

"Where'd you go? What happened?" Jack quickly questioned.

"I went for a swim at that small lake I showed you." She said as she sat down and he came in front of her.

He looked up to her with resentment.

"Kate you know what he said last-"

"I know Jack." She said never looking away from him as he again gathered the things to clean her wounds.

As he turned back he glanced up to her and then down to her arm as he began to clean it.

"You need to stop doing this to yourself. Your gonna end up getting yourself seriously hurt worse or getting kil-"

Kate quickly pulled her arm away from his grasp brining it to her chest in anger. Causing Jack to look up in surprise.

"I'm not doing this to myself Jack. And I have gotten seriously hurt more then once." She exclaimed loudly calling the attention of the others.

Jack looked around to them as Kate kept her stare. Taking a deep breath he reached up and took her hand pulling her arm to him.

"I know that, but I'm just saying that if you don't start being careful your gonna end up dead." He said not even daring to look at her.

Slowly he did and caught her eyes. That same look of fear buried itself deep in the sea of green.

"I can't loose you Kate." He whispered looking her strait in her eyes telling her the absolute honesty of his heart.

Tears formed in her eyes as he looked away going back to her arm. Quickly his words became too much and she looked away. Trying to concentrate on something else besides his words and her emotions.

Her mind moved from Jack to what Ethan had said. He had watched them that night in the caves. Was he watching them now? Studying their weaknesses? She searched the trees and crevices of the caves. She saw his face everywhere she looked. No longer could she tell if they were real.

"He's watching us." She whispered coldly staring off into nowhere.

"Who?" Jack asked barely acknowledging the question.

"Him." Kate replied looking down to see Jack's face turn up to hers in question.

Slowly he looked around paying close attention to where Kate had been looking.

"Now?" Jack asked.

"I wouldn't doubt it." Kate answered still looking down to him.

Jack looked back to her confused.

"What are you talking about?" He asked with a furrowed brow.

"He was out there when I was walking." She announced.

"Following me, taunting me with things that have happened. Saying how adorable we were that night in the caves, talking about how deathly sick I got, and how he was worried when I collapsed yesterday. He knew everything." She explained with wide eyes of intrigue staring again out into nothingness.

"Kate there is no way he kn-"

Kate quickly turned her stare to Jack.

"No Jack he knew. He knew how we kissed, the looks we gave, and he knows Claire is pregnant." Kate whispered.

Slowly Jack looked over to Claire with her words. He was the only one who knew about that. How did Kate know if someone hadn't told her? He turned, but didn't look to her. He couldn't. He just lowered his head towards her. He couldn't handle this all at once.

"Jack…"Kate whispered with the sound of tears on her voice.

He looked up to see her lips trembling and her eyes watering as a look of uncertainty filled them.

"I'm scared." She said as she began to cry.

"Kate…' Was all he could say as he wrapped his arms around her.

She held in her tears as best she could as he held her close. She gripped onto his shirt seemingly holding on for dear life.

"He said I was going to die." She said.

"That I was going to suffer." She continued sniffing back her tears.

Jack pulled back looking down to her. Holding her head in hands he wiped away her tears.

"You're not going to die." He said.

"But he said-"

"I don't care what he says. I won't let it happen. I promise." He smiled trying to make her feel better.

Holding her close again he realized he had to end this. This had gone on too long and too far.

"I promise." He whispered again.

The two sat there for the longest time clinging to each other. Wishing that the world would just pass them by and let them be, but Jack wasn't going to settle for that.

Pulling back he sighed giving her a smile.

"What?" She asked wiping her face.

"Nothing. I have to go do something, but I want-"

"I'm goin-"

"I want you to stay here. Can you please stay here?" He asked.

She didn't want him to leave her, but obviously she was safer here.

"What about Ethan?" She questioned.

Jack's face grew stern.

"Don't worry about him anymore." Jack said.

Don't worry about him anymore. That seemed a little demanding even from Jack. What was he cooking up in that mind of his?

"Just stay here and don't worry. Everything is going to be ok." He assured her with a small smile.

"I'll be back before dark." He said as he got up.

She sat there in question as he turned and headed over to the others. Where was he going? Usual he says he going to the beach or to talk to someone. This time he said nothing. He was up to something. Kate wanted to be nosy and ask what, but she knew Jack wouldn't tell her. Plus he said not to worry and she trusted him. With that she lay down staring at the waterfall. Eased up a bit she still fought herself in question of what he was going to do.

Jack walked past the others to one of the caves. Charlie and Claire took notice.

"Go talk to him." Claire whispered pushing Charlie.

With hesitation and a sigh Charlie got up. As soon as he was to his feet Jack came rushing out right past him.

"Where're you off to?" Charlie questioned.

"Not now." Jack warned as he began to load the gun.

Charlie and Claire's eyes went wide seeing it as Jack tried to be discrete.

"What are doing with that thing?" Charlie questioned.

Jack looked back. His face drug down by worries and thought. He looked like Kate had after Sawyer's death he looked suicidal. That was the thought on both Charlie and Claire's mind.

"Man if you're planning on ending it, think about the positives first." Charlie suggested.

With a squinted look Jack tried to make since of all he just said.

"I'm not killing myself Charlie." Jack said pulling the gun in his pants.

"Then what are you doing?" Charlie asked looking back to Jack from the gun.

"Finishing what I started." Jack breathed.

Charlie and Claire looked back and forth between each other.

"What did you start?" Claire asked.

Jack said nothing. He just glanced over to Kate who lay on the cot with her back to him. She was unaware of what he was about to do, but she was the complete reason why he was going to do it. Turning back from his daze he looked over to Claire and Charlie still in question.

"Don't let her leave. No matter what." Jack ordered.

Without their scouts honor he turned and walked out. No questions. Not paying attention to anything around him he didn't see Locke.

"Jack." He called.

He turned.

"You're going to need help." Locke said.

"No John. I'm doing this my self." Jack said heading along again.

"No you're not." Locke warned.

Jack stopped and turned around. He walked up to him full of rage.

"And why am I not?" Jack questioned.

'Cause three guns are better then one." Locke smiled pulling out a gun.

Jack eyed it. He wanted to ask where he had gotten it from, but he was too unfocused to do so. Plus he hadn't been too strict on hiding the case or locking it.

"Where's the third?" Jack asked.

"Sayid." Locke smiled.

It wasn't long before the two were on the beach.

"Did you have ask?" Sayid smiled in acceptance as he took the gun Jack extended to him.

"Now you can't say anything to anyone. We're going to end this once and for all without anyone having to know." Jack explained.

"Isn't someone like Kate going to notice that she isn't being stalked anymore?" Sayid asked checking out the gun.

"I just want her to be able to sleep again." Jack nearly whispered.

The two felt his sorrow. This was reason he was doing this.

"Killing him isn't' going to settle this. There are others out there." Locke reminded them.

"One at a time." Jack said turning from them.

The two faltered, but followed. Neither knew what was going to happen or where this was going to end. But Jack did. He knew he was going to come face to face with this "monster" and end it.

Thunder rolled over the sky creating astir of the castaways. Jack stooped looked back as the two proceeded before him. He looked out to the raging waters and up to darkening sky. This was how it was supposed to end seven months before, but that's not how it happened. Was that going to happen again? Jack was going to make sure it wasn't.

Lying there Kate had had enough. She couldn't just lie there knowing he was up to something. Sitting there she thought about what she could do. She scanned the caves seeing the same simple-minded people carrying on the same mindless chatter. Sun was up now joining them. They gave hidden looks of secret. They knew something.

Standing up she quickly gathered herself. Pulling her hair back and straitening her shirt she walked right up to them for answers.

They talked quietly among themselves then went into whispers as she came up behind Charlie.

"Where is he?" She asked in a demanding tone.

Charlie looked back with pondering look.

"I think he headed to the beach right?' He lied asking the others to play along with simple head nods.

She grew impatient.

"Look I'm not in the mood for games and him telling you guys to protect me from whatever it is he's going. And I know he's up to something. So fess up. What did he tell you?" She ordered looking between them.

They were all quiet as they waited for someone to fess up. With a sigh Charlie began.

"He told us not to let you leave the caves. Then he grabbed a gun form the cave over there and said he was finishing what he started." Charlie explained pointing over to the cave where Jack had rushed out of.

As he finished Kate wondered over to where he was pointing. All of their eyes seemed to focus on her what she would do next. Hurriedly she headed over to the cave.

"Kate what are you doing?" Charlie asked frantically following her.

She kept quiet as she entered the cave searching for the case.

"Jack said to stay here." Claire warned from outside the cave.

"I don't care what Jack said!" Kate yelled back.

Turning she spotted it to obviously hidden under some blankets. Jack had really under estimated her. Picking up the blankets she came to see the lid open. He really didn't think about what she would do.

Lifting the lid she was taken back to see only one gun in the case. Where were the others? Picking it up she realized it to be the one with the broken safety.

"Dammit." She muttered.

"What?' Charlie asked looking up to her from the gun.

"Nothing. It'll have to do." She sighed.

Taking the gun in her hand she put the case back. Then she turned and walked past Charlie out of the caves.

"I thought you didn't know how to use a gun?" Charlie questioned following Kate under Claire's fearful stare.

"I lied." Kate answered putting the gun under her belt.

Charlie stopped at the thought as she headed out of the caves

"You can't serious go after Jack." Charlie yelled after her.

"I'm not going after Jack. I'm going after Ethan." Kate announced hoping that would stop him and he head back into the caves. But no.

"Kate you can-"

Charlie stopped mid sentence and froze in a horror filled stare. Kat had turned and pointed the gun it his face. Had she gone mad he thought to himself? He didn't doubt it, but he wouldn't say anything to her while she had a gun pointed at him. She had that same deathly look on her face as Jack did.

"I'm trying to save us. Don't push me." She warned placing her finger in front of the trigger. If she twitched Charlie's brains would be splattered. Slowly she lowered it.

"And if Jack comes looking for me tell him I'm finishing what "we" started." She said turning her back to him as she slowly walked off.

Charlie took a deep breath. This wasn't going to end well. He had a feeling. Turning from her slowly disappearing silhouette he walked in angst back to the caves.

Being out for there for no more then ten minutes she had wondered off into the deep. She had been heading towards the lake, but decided to take a different course. She was looking for Jack more then she was Ethan or at least that was what she told herself.

Coming to a small clearing she looked around. Down to the ground she spotted tracks. There was three sets of them. Jack wasn't alone. Pushing the tips of her fingers in the dirt she could tell they were new. Within the last two minutes. She was close.

"Jack." She yelled as she stood.

The minute the words escaped her mouth rain came trickling down her skin. She glanced up to the sky as the rain played down on her face. For once the rain was refreshing. It seemed to calm her. Then sudden sound of Jack's voice made her heart race.

Looking down she turned her head towards his voice as it came again. Walking down the trail his voice got closer as was joined by the sound of Sayid's and Locke's.

Coming up to a narrow pathway between two trees they sounded as if to be on the other side. Approaching the trees she climbed up over their roots. Peaking behind them she stopped in freight. There "he" was. No more them two feet from his face. He just stood there waiting for her move.

Ba-bump

"Kate." He greeted her with a growling voice as he walked towards her.

Without words Kate stumbled back over the roots between the trees. Before she could hit the ground he was right there with her walking through the narrow way. Kate pushed herself to her feet. Turning she began to run, but she didn't get anywhere. Her head filled with a stinging pain as his hand gripped her hair pulling her back with all his might.

Kate swung around jabbing him in the face. He fell back letting go to grab his face in pain. As she was free she came crashing to the ground. Her body splattered in the mud. Rain came pouring down harder and faster as she tried to scramble to her feet. Little did she know the gun had fell from her pants.

Looking up Kate's eyes went wide as he walked slow and ape like over to her. Her feet slipped and slid in the mud as she tried to stand. Coming over her stomped his foot to her stomach causing her to gasp for breath. As she laid at his feet a black object lying in the mud beside her begged his attention.

"What do we have here?" He asked squatting down applying more pressure to her body.

Forcing her eyes to open she looked over to see him pick up the gun.

"No. No. No." She whispered to herself.

His eyes traveled over traveled over the gun. Looking it over.

"Now we wouldn't want this to get into the wrong hands would we?" He asked moving his foot to her inner thigh.

Slowly he lifted his foot then came down as quickly and hard as he could on her leg. Kate heard it snap before she felt pain.

"Ahhhhh!" She screamed at the top of her lungs a pain filled her whole body quickly.

"Shut up!" Ethan demanded placing the gun to her neck.

She choked back her tears and pain as she looked up to him through the rain.

"Or I'll make you bleed." He said pressing his foot hard to now broken leg.

Slowly he applied more and more pressure the pain became unbearable and her leg snapped a couple more times before he let up.

"Do you understand?" He asked pressing the gun so hard to her neck that it began to bruise.

Kate gritted her teeth together as her body shook from the pain. She began to cry, but held back her sobbing fearful of what he might do.

Pulling the gun back he bent over her grabbed her arm. Yanking on it she was afraid her might try to dislocate her arm.

"Get up!" He ordered pulling at her arm.

Kate pushed her weight to her other arm as the other became sore. At gunpoint she tried her best to not stumble as she made it to her feet. As soon as she made it and applied pressure to her broken leg she went towards the ground in pain. Oddly enough Ethan caught her. Falling to his arms Kate didn't care anymore. She gave up.

Gripping her around her neck he put the gun back to her head.

"Now you're going to do what I say right?" He asked

Kate shook her head as with a whimper.

"No she's not." A comforting voice contradicted.

Kate didn't even pay attention. She was too out of it and in too much pain to care anymore. Slowly dragging her along Ethan turned.

"Jack. How nice of you to join us." Ethan greeted.

Jack was taken back to see this man for the first time. His body stood tall. His face torn and beaten. Scared from other encounters. It almost unreadable, but Jack had seen him before. Now he believed the others.

Kate's eyes looked up to Jack who caught her glance. He saw her lip his name too weak to say it or maybe too scared. She wanted so badly to push out of Ethan's arms and run to Jack or stumble, but she didn't have the strength.

"Let her go!" Jack ordered.

"Why cause you're holding a gun?" Ethan asked eyeing the gun in Jack's hand lowered to his side.

"Well I have one too and it's pointed at her." Ethan pressed the gun harder to her head.

Jack wanted no more to rush him push him to the ground and beat the life out of him, but he had Kate and Jack couldn't take chances.

"So what are you going to do Jack?' Ethan asked.

"You wanted revenge from me. I'm here now. Let her go." Jack tried to work with him.

"Now where would the fun in that be?' Ethan asked nuzzling his face into Kate's cheek.

Kate winced as Ethan pressed his body onto Kate's making her shift her weight. Jack could see the pain on his her face and he saw that her leg was injured from her holding a shaky balnce.

Feeling his body up against her she felt something on him. Moving the in the slightest she brushed her skin across a knife barely hanging off his waist. She began to think of how she could get it and stab him giving her enough time to get away. It was crazy, but it might work.

As him and Jack bickered on Kate slowly moved her hand as if she were trying to balnce herself. She tried to get a grip on the knife, but failed. Again she tried and quickly she grasped the handle. Pulling with all of her might as discrete as she could she got it out.

Holding onto it she glanced up to Jack who caught her. Keeping his stare she quickly looked down to where her hand was. He looked down to see her holding onto the knife. Looking back up she saw him grip the handle of the gun tighter telling her to go for it. Before she did she saw his eyes quickly shift to either side of him. Looking over to each side she saw Sayid and Locke hiding in the trees waiting for the moment to strike.

Taking a deep breath as she closed her eyes. Unexpectedly Ethan tightened his grip again as him and Jack went on. Opening her eyes she didn't look to anyone. She readied herself with another breath. With that she pushed herself out of his clutches.

As she came out her arm came up slashing the knife across his stomach. Quickly he raised his gun signaling the others to do the same.

In an instant four guns went off.

One sent Kate hurling to the ground another pushed Jack back off his feet and last two took Ethan down.

As the sounds of the guns resided and the rain quickly stopped, Sayid and Locke jumped to the ground. They looked to the area where the three had stood. Now there was no body, just bodies on the ground.

Quickly the two rushed towards where Jack had stood. Before they got to him he struggled to sit. He gripped his arm obviously being shot.

"Jack." Locke called as him and Sayid came next to him.

They bent down and tried to help him up, but he refused. Pushing them off he struggled to stand. As he did her looked in a daze looking around for Kate. With the tall grass he couldn't see Kate or Ethan's bodies.

Walking with the two behind him he searched the grass. He wanted to yell out for her, but couldn't bring himself to. He was terrified she was dead. He had seen her get shot and then fall to the ground before he did so himself.

The two along side of him were silent. They feared what he feared.

Slowly Jack came to grips with what was happening as he approached her body lying in the grass. She was so still. He became sick as he choked back tears. His body became weak and he almost couldn't stand.

"J-ack.' Her voice choked sending a million thoughts and feeling through his mind.

Not thinking of himself or the other two he rushed as quickly as his legs would carry him to her side. Coming to her he fell to his knees.

She looked up to him through her pain filled tears.

"Kate." He said sniffing back tears.

He was so happy to her face alive, but that feeling slowly went away as he looked down to her chest to see a bullet wound. She had been shot and it had barely missed her heart. Looking back up her she began to cry.

"I'm going to die." She cried in pain.

Jack closed his eyes at the thought of her words as he held back his own. Shaking his head he looked down to her.

"No you're not." He assured her with a teary smile.

"I'm going to get you back to the caves and you'll be fine." He said wiping her face.

"No I'm not.' She whispered as she sobbed.

The two stood over them trying to keep their own sorrow back. She didn't look good. Her face was pale and her body shaking. Jack could try his best, but there was little hope.

Jack swallowed his emotions, as he looked her in the eyes. Cupping her face he caressed her cheek trying to clam her down.

"You're going to be fine. I promised remember?" He asked.

She tried her best to nod her head.

"And I don't break my promises. You're not going to die." He assured her again.

Without any warning her slid his arms under her ready to pick her up. As he adjust her head in his arms she glanced over to see the bullet wound in his arms. She tried to raise her arm to touch him, but couldn't move more then her hand.

"Your arm.' She whispered gazing at it.

"Don't worry about me." He said looking down to her.

With one swift movement he stood up taking her with him in his arms. As she fell towards his chest pain struck his arm and gasped out in pain. Sayid came to his side.

"Jack you're arm. You're not strong enough. Let me carr-"

"No. I'm fi-"

All voice were stopped as the sound of somebody gasping for air stopped them. Jack immediately looked down to Kate who was struggling to keep consciousness in his arms. It wasn't her.

The sound aroused them again and they turned to see Ethan lying behind them. He had been shot in the chest a neck it was only a matter of minutes or hours at the most that he would bleed to death. Taking a deep breath, Jack shifted Kate in his arms as pulled his gun out and aimed it at his head. Before he could pull the trigger Locke's hand was over the barrel pointing it away. Jack looked to him confusion.

"Leave him Jack. He's already dead. Don't waste the bullet." Locke said.

Jack wasn't in the mood to argue. He put the safety on the gun and handed to Locke.

"Stay here and make sure he dies." Jack ordered as he again shifted Kate in his arms.

Moans escaped her lips from the pain.

"Hold on Kate.' He tried to comfort her.

"Don't worry Jack. Just get her back to the caves." Locke ordered back.

With that Jack and Sayid were on their way to the caves. Racing against time and energy. Jack didn't care about his pain he had a promise to keep with Kate. He was going to save her.

Rushing into the caves Jack walked past everyone who stood up wanting to know what happened.

"Oh my god. What happened?" Charlie asked.

"Is she all right?" Claire joined in hurrying behind Jack.

"She was shot." Jack announced coming over to the cot.

"By who?" Charlie asked as Sun had risen to her feet and came up behind them.

Jack didn't answer.

As gently as she could he lowered her onto the cot. Her eyes went wide as she saw all the faces around her. She was having trouble remembering who they all were.

"Everyone please back up and give her some room." Jack yelled.

He turned back seeing them move back, but still look over her. He looked up to Sayid who stared at Kate.

"I need water, anything cloth, some bandages, peroxide, and pliers." Jack said calmly.

"Pliers? What do you need those for? You're not going to?" Sayid questioned.

"Yes I'm going to take the bullet out! Now get me that stuff!" Jack yelled sending Sayid off in a hurry.

Turning back to Kate he looked to her wound. The bullet had clotted the blood flow, but once he took it out it would be hard to stop. He had never prepared himself for this.

Glancing up to Kate she started blinking her eyes continuously as her eyes rolled around.

"No. No. Kate stay with me." Jack said tapping her lightly on the cheek.

She opened her eyes at his touch.

"Good. Kate keep your eyes open sweetheart." He smiled trying to encourage her.

Slowly she began to do again. He quickly grasped her face making her look at him.

"Kate stop! You need to keep your eyes open." He tried to coax her.

With his last word her eyes shut.

"Dammit!" Jack yelled loudly hoping she would wake up from the noise.

Quickly everyone rushed up.

"Is she-?" Claire asked looking between Jack and Kate limp body as tears welled up in her eyes.

"No. She blacked out." Jack sighed wiping his mouth in frustration.

"Well isn't that a good thing? Now she won't feel it when you take that thing out of her." Charlie said.

"No Charlie. Now that's she's blacked out there's a high possibility that she'll loose oxygen to her brain that could cause severe irreversible brain damage." Jack explained standing up.

"Oh." Charlie replied looking over to Claire who was on the verge of a breakdown.

"Oh is right. Because now she might die because someone let her leave the caves!" Jack yelled in Charlie's face.

"Hey I bloody well tried to stop her! But I don't do good when somebody's pointing a gun in my face!" Charlie yelled back.

"Both of you stop it please!' Claire begged a she cried.

Both stopped and looked over at her.

"Kate's lying over there dying and if you don't go over and try to save her Jack she will die." She cried looking Jack in the face.

"And Charlie, if you don't come over her and hold me I'm going to loose this baby.' She began to sob as she pressed her hand to her stomach.

All went quiet as they all looked to Claire.

"You're pregnant?" Sayid asked.

Charlie looked from a daze with Claire back to Sayid and Jack. He wondered why Jack wasn't so hit by it. Maybe it was Kate dying behind him, but still he just stood there looking over to him.

"You know don't you?" Charlie asked stunned by the whole aspect of everything that was going on.

"Yes Charlie I know." Jack replied.

"Claire you told him?" Charlie asked walking slowly over to her.

She glanced up to him with guilt on her face.

"I had to. I was scared Charlie!" She wined.

Charlie said nothing as he walked up to her. Slowly her took her in his arms holding her close.

"You don't have to be. I'm here for you." Charlie smiled sniffing back tears.

The others stood there in aw and utter shock of everything that had come out in the last few minutes. Sayid didn't know what to say along with Sun. And Jack stood ready to collapse. Slowly he turned ready to go back to Kate.

An hour or so went by and along with it came the night. She had been out the whole time. Jack was kneeled next to her with Sayid next to him holding flashlight over her wound. Jack had gotten the bullet halfway out by then and was on the verge of pulling it all the way out. But he was staling. He was scared of what would happen when he pulled it out. The rush of blood that would leave her body would be a lot. Jack could either stop it and let her slowly heal or it would come out to fast she would bleed to death.

Ready to pull it out he got a strong grip on the pliers. Staring at the wound he could barely tell if he had a hold of it anymore. Without looking he grabbed Sayid's hand and positioned the flashlight. Letting go he pinched to tip of the bullet again.

"Ready?" Sayid asked.

Jack shook his head. Taking a deep breath he looked up to Kate who lie there probably in so much pain she didn't wanna wake up and face it. Knowing this was her only chance he wiped his head and looked back to the pliers.

Gripping them tighter he clenched his jaw. Swiftly without a thought he pulled back yanking the bullet from her body.

Quickly Jack turned throwing the bullet to the ground he was startled by the sound of Kate gasping for air.

"J-a-ck." Kate began to gasp.

He turned back with cloths in hands. As he saw the blood rushing from her chest he was taken back. He froze not knowing what to do. She looked so helpless crying and begging for her life.

She began grabbing for him trying to grasp onto him.

"Jack stop the bleeding!' Sayid yelled at him.

Jack looked over and saw the panicked look on his face.

"Oh yeah." Jack said turning to Kate.

Quickly he blotted the blood with the cloth. Still using all of them and pressing as hard as he could the blood didn't stop and Kate was moaning and screaming in pain.

"Dammit!" Jack yelled throwing the blood soaked cloths to the floor.

Everyone watched anxiously as Jack tried his hardest to save her, but he was soon fading along with her.

In a quick moment of thought Jack plunged his fingers into the wound hoping that would stall it for a while. Kate yelled out in pain.

"I know. I know." He said putting his other hand to her cheek. She was extremely cold.

"Sayid get me something to stop this. Look through the luggage. Tear the caves apart just find me something." Jack said trying to keep calm.

Sayid rushed up and hurried off looking through everything he came to.

"Jack.' Kate cried squirming around.

"Sweetheart don't move. Please don't move." Jack begged.

Kate stopped and became still. Her eyes wondered around the room passing Jack. He looked over her oddly not knowing why she had suddenly stopped. Suddenly she began to cough and gasp for air and her eyes became glossy. Looking down he saw blood quickly seeping over his finger and soaking her shirt. Glancing up to her again she started to shake, but stayed still.

'Oh god.' He whispered.

He heard questioning from everyone near him.

"She's going into shock." He whispered.

"Sayid! HURRY!" Jack screamed trying to keep calm.

He turned back to Kate who was quickly slipping form him.

"Kate just hold on. Please." He begged her trying to get her to look up at him.

"Jack!"

"Jack!"

She began choking and gasping his name begging him to help her.

"Hold on sweetheart." Jack told her.

As Jack looked up to yell again for Sayid he came rushing up.

"Here." Sayid said handing Jack a ripped up t-shirt.

"This ain't going to last long…" Jack began.

"It'll last long enough.' Sayid finished.

As Sayid handed him a piece of cloth he slowly pulled his finger out and much to his dismay it wasn't the right thing to do. Kate began to grab for him trying her best to yell for him, but she couldn't. Her mouth would open, but no noise.

"This isn't working! Here quickly put this in and press down as hard as you can!" Jack ordered Sayid.

The two switched places and Jack hovered over her trying to meet her gaze. He looked right into her eyes and she didn't see him. Feeling her hand at his side he grabbed it and felt her squeeze as hard as she could. She was holding onto him for life as her body shook.

"We're loosing her.' Jack whispered to Sayid hoping no one else could hear. But they all did.

He was hoping more so that Kate didn't hear him, but she did. With his words he squeezed his hand harder.

"Come on sweetheart stay with me." Jack begged grasping her face.

Suddenly her body stopped shaking and her grip loosened. Jack looked up to see her eyes slowly close and her head fall to the side. He just stared at her for a long moment in shock.

"No…" He whispered staring at her in disbelief.

"What?" Sayid asked tying looking up to Jack.

Jack hovered over her lips listening for breath, but there was none.

"She stopped breathing." Jack announced.

There was a hushed silence over everyone.

Sayid looked up to Jack in disbelief. There was whimpering and crying coming form the others. It had happened.

"Kate. No you can't do this to me." Jack said as tears formed in his eyes.

Still keeping her hand in his, he let his other hand wonder down to the crevice of her neck and look for a pulse. There was one, but barely. He let his hand fall to his side. Swiftly without thinking he lifted her head into his arms and cradled her.

"I can't lose you." He whispered brushing a piece of hair from her face.

Everyone watched as he broke down in front of them. This was how he really felt about her. He couldn't loose her.

Every so slowly her hand became limp and fell out of his. He looked down to it as it fell to her stomach covered in blood.

"No." He whispered realizing it.

He had broken his promise, but it wasn't that which upset him the most. It was the fact that the bullet that he took from her body was from his gun. He had struck her in the heart and caused her to suffer. He left his mark.