Yawning, Jack woke up slowly. Opening his eyes, he squinted at the bright sunlight. He looked next to him for Kate and felt confused. He immediately sat up. Kate wasn't there, and he wasn't in the spot where he had slept.

"Hey...," he said aloud, standing up.

"Don't think about going anywhere," a voice called. Jack turned around quickly.

"Dammit," Jack mumbled under his breath, "where's Kate?"

"What? Did I scare ya, Doc? Did you think I was Ethan or somethin'?" Sawyer asked, laughing. He stood up. "Kate's getting fruit… again."

"You let hergoby herself?" Jack asked, bewildered. "And why am I here?"

"Slow down, Jack-o!" Sawyer cried, smirking. "You're still at the caves. You slept here, don't you remember? Or did you finally crack loose or somethin'?" Sawyer pointed to his brain and pretended to shoot himself. He fell on the floor, chuckling, then looked up. "Oh, here she is, Jackass."

Kate appeared in the caves, armful of fruit. She looked up at Jack and smiled. "Hey," she greeted. "You look… shocked." Her eyebrows rose. "What the hell is that?"

"What the hell is what?" Jack asked, turning around. He turned around to Kate, confused. "There's nothing behind me. What are you talking about?"

"What's that thing on your arm, smartass," Sawyer pointed out, rolling his eyes. Jack looked down at his right arm, then his left. On his left arm there was a purple bump. He rested his arm at his side, looking away, disgusted. Jack looked up at Kate and Sawyer, and they too had disgusted expressions on. Jack shrugged.

"I have no clue. It wasn't there yesterday, that's for sure, though," Jack said, narrowing his eyes. He walked over to Kate, getting some fruit from her.

"Thanks a bunch," Kate said. "I was about to drop 'em." Jack chuckled.

"Good thing I came to help, then," he said. Sawyer smirked.

"Same ol' Jack-o. 'Good thing I came to help'," Sawyer mocked. He made another disgusted face.

"Oh. And, um, sorry I went out alone," Kate said, her vision going downward. She bit her lower lip. "I thought somebody was following me." She looked at Sawyer and glared.

"What?" Sawyer said, raising his arms up in defense. "I didn't know! I swear!" He turned around and chuckled lightly. "Not."

"It's okay. As long as your not hurt. Just… tell me when you're going to go somewhere alone," Jack said, smiling warmly. Sawyer laughed out loud again.

"Why? Because you're going to make out with Freckles in the 'haunted jungle'?" he said, laughing at his own cruel joke. Jack and Kate rolled their eyes. "Hey, it's not like you don't deny any of this crap I say about you guys. So how do I know that you're not?" Sawyer said, mainly to himself. He turned around because of the quietness, to make sure they were still there. Jack and Kate were, and were staring at Sawyer oddly. "What?" Sawyer said, his eyebrows raising. "It's true, Doc!"

Jack put the fruit on his 'doctors bench', then put his right hand over his mysterious bump, groaning in pain when he touched it. "What in God's name is this thing?" he mumbled to himself. Kate put the fruit she was holding onto the bench also.

"Lemme see it," she said. Kate gently put her hand over the bump, which, again, made Jack jump back.

"No, no, it's okay," Jack said, faking a laugh. Kate looked at Jack, not believing him. Jack sighed, giving up. "Okay, okay."

"Ain't this cute?" Sawyer said aloud, particularly to no one. "Jack-o and Freckles switched places." He smiled to himself and his thoughts. "So, Miss Kate," Sawyer said, leaning forward while sitting on a rock, "what's wrong?"

Kate looked up at Sawyer, her expression saying 'Not helping'. "I don't know," she said honestly, sighing. She crossed her arms. "Why don't you see what it is?" Kate frowned at Sawyer.

"It's probably not that bad," Jack said. "I-I mean, it doesn't hurt at all… only if someone touches it. So, no problems, right?"

Wrong.