-------------------------EMENIUS SLEEPUS-------------------------
-CHAPTER NINE-PLAN-
Kate looked at Jack and wondered what he was thinking of doing. He was smiling, his eyes were glowing. Kate couldn't remember ever seeing him like this before.
"What are you thinking?" she said.
"Do we have the list of passengers?" he asked her.
Kate looked puzzled, but rummaged around the cave and found the manifest. She handed it to Jack.
His eyes scanned it quickly, then he pointed to a name.
"If we get rescued," said Jack. "Your name is Ella Martin. She died in the crash, says so right here."
Kate smiled. "I didn't think of that."
"Yes, you did." said Jack with a smile. "You tried to put your picture on someone elses' passport, remember?"
Kate's cheeks reddened.
"Come here." said Jack. He took her hand and pulled her into the jungle. He scanned the trees with his eyes.
"Jack, what are you-"
"Come here," said Jack, pulling Kate towards a lemon tree. He took one off the tree and ripped it in half.
"Close your eyes." he said to Kate.
Kate obeyed, and when she did, Jack squeezed lemon juice on her hair.
"There," said Jack. "It'll lighten."
Kate smiled and kissed him. "You're a genius," she said.
Jack smiled. "Are you hungry?"
"Not really," said Kate. "I was going to take a bath."
"You do that." said Jack, kissing her forehead. "I love you."
"Love you too, Jack." Jack left.
Kate waded into the spring and sighed. She felt a kick coming from her stomach.
"Hey," she said. "Be nice."
The baby kicked again.
Kate grew nervous. She knew that she was due soon. She wasn't sure what day, but she knew that it was someday soon. What if she had the baby right now? What if...?
Kate's mind was exploding with What If's when Sawyer approached.
"Hey, Freckles." he said. Kate stood up and got out of the water.
"Morning, Sawyer." She wrung her hair out and put her shoes back on.
And then, a sharp pain shot through her lower abdomen.
"Ouch!" she accidently said out loud. She put a hand on her stomach.
No, she thought frantically. Not now. No...
"Something wrong?" said Sawyer.
"No, nothing's wrong." The pain shot through he stomach again. Kate bit her lip.
"Something's wrong." said Sawyer.
Kate knew that she couldn't deny it any longer. "It hurts, Sawyer!" she screamed. She held her stomach tighter.
Now Sawyer was panicking too. The last thing he wanted to do was deliver a baby, and here was Kate, going into labor.
"My God," Sawyer whispered. "You're having the baby."
"I need Jack, Sawyer!" Kate screamed. The searing pain was almost unbearable.
"Uh... okay, I'll... I'll-"
"GET JACK!" shouted Kate.
"JACK!" she screamed. "HELP!"
Jack was in the caves, so he only heard a muffled sound of Kate's screams. He stopped moving around and listened.
"JACK!"
Now he knew he wasn't imagining it. Kate.
He ran to the spring faster than he'd ever run in his life. When he saw Kate with Sawyer, he gasped.
"Thank God," said Sawyer, standing up and holding up his hands. "She's all yours."
Jack bent down. "Kate. I need for you to relax." she inhaled deeply and cried out again. "It hurts, Jack!" she screamed.
Jack was nervous. "Can you stand?"
Kate tried to stand and failed. She was sweating. "Please, Jack." she whispered. "Don't let me die."
Jack looked at her with an expression that told Kate she had nothing to fear. The pain shot through her stomach once more and she whimpered a bit.
"I'm not going to let you die." he said bracingly. "I'm not going to let you die."
Kate grasped his hand and screamed again.
"It's time."