Jack picked up the little toy plane, looking at it between his fingers. Confused, Jack said aloud, "Why would Kate just drop this?" He slid it carefully into his pocket, then continued to walk, still in search for Kate and Sawyer. Suddenly, Jack heard a scream. Alert, he recognized whose it was. Sawyer…?
He ran in the direction of the scream, eager to see what had caused it and where Sawyer was. Suddenly, questions bombarded Jack's mind. Was Kate with him? Was she okay? Was Sawyer okay? What had happened?
"Sawyer!" he cried out.
"Over here, Doc!" he heard. "Hurry up! Come on over here, quick!" Rushing as fast as he could, he came into a little clearing. He looked around and found Sawyer, tied to a tree with a shirt tied over his eyes.
"Sawyer!" Jack said, aghast. "Where's Kate? What happened?" Jack frantically unwrapped Sawyer from the tree and took the piece of cloth off his face.
"Jack, he has Kate," Sawyer said seriously. "We have to go after him, okay? Now! C'mon, let's go!" Sawyer grabbed Jack's arm, and moved quickly through the forest. "They shouldn't be too far ahead," Sawyer told Jack. "He just tied me to the tree, so they have to be near here somewhere. If they aren't I swear to God that-"
"He?" Jack asked. "Who are you talking about, Sawyer? Who's he and what does he want with you and Kate?" Sawyer stopped dead in his tracks, and turned around to Jack.
"Ethan," he said.
"What?" Jack asked, his eyes widening. "Ethan? The dead guy?"
Sawyer nodded. "And he doesn't want us," he said. "He wants you and Kate."
"Say what?" Jack said, almost screaming. "What does he want with us? Now, go! Go, go, go!" He gestured for Sawyer to keep walking, so Sawyer did. They started running through the forest, their bodies hitting plants and trees.
"I don't know what he wants with you, Doc!" Sawyer cried back to him as they ran. "Why don't you ask him when we get to him or something!"
"No time for jokes, Sawyer," Jack said seriously. Then suddenly Sawyer stopped and put a hand out in front of Jack to signal him to stop. Sawyer put a finger to his lips. "Why'd we stop?" Jack whispered, as softly as he possibly could. All Sawyer did was put a finger to his lips again, and narrowed his eyes. He peeked beyond the trees and leaves.
"It's them," Sawyer whispered. He looked through the trees again and quickly took his head back. Sawyer's eyes widened with fear. "I think he saw me. Dammit."
"What? You can't let him see you!" Jack whispered back fiercely. "We're supposed to be spying!"
"Shut up already!" Sawyer shot back. Jack looked at something past Sawyer. Shocked, Sawyer turned around and cried out in fear. Ethan was standing right there. In front of Sawyer and Jack. Sawyer stumbled back and fell on the ground. Without a moment's hesitation, Jack rushed past Ethan, jumping over the roots and bushes, into the clearing. He looked around eagerly.
"Where's Kate?" he asked out loud, then turned around to face Ethan. "Sawyer? Ethan?" They were gone. "Shit," he cursed out loud, "I fell for a trap." He turned around in every angle again, then sighed when he saw nothing new. A part of him urged to keep on going, and another part of him urged to go and get other people to help search from the caves. But he knew he couldn't. This was just about him.
"Sawyer!" he cried out. "Sawyer!"
"Over-! Hey! Get your paws off me!" he heard. It was definitely Sawyer.
"Shut the hell up!" Jack also heard. Jack was suddenly alert, so he ran in the direction of the cries.
"Sawyer! Don't stop screaming!" Jack cried out. A thought suddenly occurred to him that he might never find them. But he pushed that thought away. Crying out loud, Jack tripped on something and fell on his stomach, grunting. He looked down and his eyes widened.